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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 28, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
CALIFORNIA
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
94-2404110
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1 INFINITE LOOP
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014
(408) 996-1010
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
EDWARD B. STEAD
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND SECRETARY
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
1 INFINITE LOOP
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014
(408) 996-1010
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)
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COPY TO:
WILLIAM H. HINMAN, JR.
Shearman & Sterling
555 California Street
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 616-1100
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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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/
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / /
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM
PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE
TITLE OF EACH CLASS AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SECURITY (1) PRICE (1) REGISTRATION FEE
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6% Convertible Subordinated Notes
due June 1, 2001........................... $568,575,000 100% $568,575,000 $196,061
Common Stock, no par value (2).............. 19,468,412 Shares(2) -- -- --
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(i) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Such number represents the number of shares of Common Stock as are
initially issuable upon conversion of the 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes
due June 1, 2001 registered hereby and, pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such indeterminate number of shares of
Common Stock as many be issued from time to time upon conversion of the
Notes as a result of the antidilution provisions thereof. Pursuant to Rule
457(i), no registration fee is required for these shares.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT 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, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED AUGUST 28, 1996
PROSPECTUS
$568,575,000
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED
NOTES DUE JUNE 1, 2001
This Prospectus relates to the 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due June 1,
2001 (the "Notes") of Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple" or the "Company") sold
otherwise than in reliance on Regulation S (the "Registrable Notes") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the shares of the
Company's common stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), issuable upon conversion
of the Registrable Notes. The Registrable Notes registered hereby were issued
and sold on June 7, 1996 (the "Original Offering") in transactions exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act, to persons reasonably
believed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as the
initial purchasers (the "Initial Purchasers") of the Registrable Notes, to be
"qualified institutional buyers" (as defined by Rule 144A under the Securities
Act) or other institutional "accredited investors" (as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under Regulation D of the Securities Act). An
additional $92,675,000 aggregate amount of Notes were issued by the Company in
the Original Offering and sold by the Initial Purchasers in compliance with the
provisions of Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Registrable Notes and
the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof may be offered and sold from
time to time by the holders named herein or by their transferees, pledgees,
donees or their successors (collectively, the "Selling Holders") pursuant to
this Prospectus. The Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part
has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a
registration rights agreement dated as of June 7, 1996 (the "Registration
Agreement") between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, entered into in
connection with the Original Offering.
The Registrable Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock at any
time on or after September 5, 1996 and prior to the close of business on the
maturity date, unless previously redeemed or repurchased, at a conversion price
of $29.205 per share (equivalent to a conversion rate of 34.2407 shares per
$1,000 principal amount of Registrable Notes), subject to adjustment in certain
events. On August 27, 1996, the closing price of the Common Stock, which is
quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "AAPL", was $24.86 per
share.
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FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY INVESTORS
IN EVALUATING AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY, SEE "RISK FACTORS"
ON PAGE 7.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS , 1996.
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Interest on the Registrable Notes is payable on June 1 and December 1 of
each year, commencing on December 1, 1996. Principal and interest payments will
be made without any deduction for U.S. withholding taxes, except to the extent
described under "Description of Registrable Notes -- Payment of Additional
Amounts". The Registrable Notes are redeemable (a) in the event of certain
developments involving U.S. withholding taxes or certification requirements (as
described under "Description of Registrable Notes -- Redemption -- Redemption
for Taxation Reasons"), at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of
the Registrable Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest to the redemption
date, and (b) at the option of the Company, on or after June 1, 1999, in whole
or in part, at the redemption prices set forth herein, plus accrued interest to
the redemption date. See "Description of Registrable Notes -- Redemption". The
Registrable Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund. The Registrable Notes
will mature on June 1, 2001. The Registrable Notes issued and sold in the
Original Offering in reliance on 144A have been designated for trading on the
PORTAL System of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Registrable Notes sold pursuant to the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus forms a part are not expected to remain eligible for trading on the
PORTAL System.
In the event of a Change in Control, subject to certain limitations, each
holder of Registrable Notes may require the Company to repurchase its
Registrable Notes, in whole or in part, for cash or, at the Company's option,
Common Stock (valued at 95% of the average closing prices for the five trading
days ending on and including the third trading day prior to the repurchase
date), at a repurchase price of 100% of the principal amount of Registrable
Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued interest to the repurchase date.
The Registrable Notes are unsecured obligations, subordinated in right of
payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined) of the
Company and are effectively subordinated in right of payment to all indebtedness
and other liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries. As of June 28, 1996, the
aggregate amount of outstanding Senior Indebtedness of the Company was
approximately $490 million. As of June 28, 1996, the aggregate amount of
indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries was
approximately $1,030 million. The Indenture will not restrict the Company or its
subsidiaries from incurring additional Senior Indebtedness or other
indebtedness. See "Description of Registrable Notes -- Subordination".
The Registrable Notes and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Registrable Notes may be sold by the Selling Holders from time to time directly
to purchasers or through agents, underwriters or dealers. See "Selling
Stockholders" and "Plan of Distribution". If required, the names of any such
agents or underwriters involved in the sale of the Registrable Notes and the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Registrable Notes in respect of
which this Prospectus is being delivered and the applicable agent's commission,
dealer's purchase price or underwriter's discount, if any, will be set forth in
an accompanying supplement to this prospectus (the "Prospectus Supplement").
The Selling Holders will receive all of the net proceeds from the sale of
the Registrable Notes and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Registrable Notes and will pay all underwriting discounts and selling
commissions, if any, applicable to the sale of the Registrable Notes and the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Registrable Notes. The Company is
responsible for payment of all other expenses incident to the offer and sale of
the Registrable Notes and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Registrable Notes.
The Selling Holders and any broker-dealers, agents or underwriters which
participate in the distribution of the Registrable Notes and the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Registrable Notes may be deemed to be
"underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission
received by them and any profit on the resale of the Registrable Notes and
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Registrable Note purchased by them
may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities
Act. See "Plan of Distribution" for a description of indemnification
arrangements.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Apple is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements, and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy
statements and other information filed with the Commission can be inspected and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room
1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's
Regional Offices at Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York
10048 and Northwest Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago,
Illinois 60661. Copies of such material also can be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates.
Such reports, proxy statements and other information can also be inspected at
the offices of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. at 1735 K
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form
S-3 (herein, together with all amendments and exhibits, referred to as the
"Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") with respect to the offering of the Securities made hereby.
This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the
Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further information with
respect to the Company and the Securities, reference is hereby made to the
Registration Statement.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:
1. Apple's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
29, 1995.
2. Apple's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
December 27, 1995.
3. Apple's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March
29, 1996.
4. Apple's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 14, 1996.
5. Apple's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June
28, 1996.
6. The description of Apple's capital stock contained in Apple's
Registration Statement filed on Form 8-A, dated October 30, 1981 and the
description of the Common Share Purchase Rights contained in its
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated May 15, 1989.
All documents filed by Apple pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act after the date of the filing of the Registration Statement
of which this Prospectus forms a part and prior to June 1, 2001 shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from
the dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Prospectus.
THIS PROSPECTUS INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTED
HEREIN OR DELIVERED HEREWITH. THESE DOCUMENTS (WITHOUT EXHIBITS, UNLESS SUCH
EXHIBITS ARE SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE) ARE AVAILABLE WITHOUT
CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO APPLE
COMPUTER, INC., 1 INFINITE LOOP, CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014, ATTENTION:
CORPORATE SECRETARY, (TELEPHONE: (408) 996-1010).
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SUMMARY
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY INFORMATION IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE
DETAILED INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (INCLUDING THE NOTES THERETO)
APPEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS. WHEN USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, THE WORDS "BELIEVES" AND "ANTICIPATES"
AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE COMPANY'S STATEMENTS
REGARDING ITS OBJECTIVE TO RETURN ITS BUSINESS TO PROFITABILITY, ARE INTENDED TO
IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH STATEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY
FROM THOSE PROJECTED. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE
MATTERS DISCUSSED UNDER THE CAPTION "RISK FACTORS".
THE COMPANY
Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple" or the "Company") has long been recognized as
a pioneer and innovator in the information technology industry, providing
easy-to-use, powerful, quality information products to people who want to
create, communicate and learn. The Company develops, manufactures, licenses and
markets products and technologies for the education, home, business and
government markets, in more than 140 countries.
In the second quarter of fiscal 1996, in light of declining demand for the
Company's products and disappointing operating results, the Company, led by a
new management team, announced a new strategic direction and began restructuring
its operations. The Company's plan has three key elements: (i) return the
Company to profitability by reducing costs and streamlining operations; (ii)
realign resources to more effectively focus on core market segments and
opportunities where the Company believes it has competitive advantages and (iii)
capitalize on emerging trends in the information technology industry.
The new management team's first priority has been to develop a broad
restructuring program designed to lower operating costs and return the Company
to profitability within approximately twelve months, although there can be no
assurance that the plan will be successful in this regard. Among other steps, to
date the Company has announced a headcount reduction of approximately 2,800
full-time employees, incurred a write-down of inventories and associated charges
in the second quarter to reflect lower than anticipated demand for the Company's
products, sold a manufacturing facility to a third-party supplier, sold its
domestic data center operations to an outsourcing firm, and restructured its
operations around four hardware product divisions. In addition, the Company has
announced that it is taking steps to reduce its costs by significantly
streamlining its product offerings, standardizing hardware components,
increasing outsourcing of manufacturing operations, and divesting certain
non-core assets.
In order to leverage Apple's key strengths, the management team intends to
focus the Company's resources on core market segments and opportunities. The
Company plans to emphasize Apple's key strengths, such as its global brand name,
the large installed base of Macintosh systems, the ease-of-use of its products,
its multimedia and connectivity capabilities, and the tight integration and
reliability of its hardware and software. Management believes that by shifting
its focus away from the commodity segment of the personal computer market and
towards more distinctive value-added products, the Company will be able to
maximize profitability and enhance its position within the computer industry.
The Company has initially targeted four core markets where it believes that its
products provide substantial added value: Learning, Publishing, Digital Media
Authoring and Scientific/Technical. The Company believes that these market
segments represent attractive growth opportunities and that users in these
segments place a premium value on the distinctive features of the Apple
platform.
In support of these initiatives, the Company is realigning its
organizational structure in an effort to increase accountability, improve
customer responsiveness, and strengthen the competitiveness of its products. For
example, the Company will continue to reorganize its business around a small
group of divisions and core hardware platforms. Hardware and software
development will be separated in an
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effort to achieve best-of-class competitiveness independently, while retaining a
high level of integration at the core level. The Company intends to
significantly reduce the number of SKUs in its product line and to increase the
use of standardized components. In addition, the Company intends to work more
closely with software developers and licensees in order to achieve the broadest
possible acceptance and penetration of the Macintosh platform.
The Company believes that, in the long term, emerging industry trends
towards pervasive multimedia and connectivity present new opportunities for
Apple to capitalize on its distinctive competitive advantages. The Company
believes that demand for highly functional, graphically-oriented, networked
computing products, together with the proliferation of multimedia technologies
such as desktop video, audio and high-end graphics, aligns well with the
Company's traditional strengths. As one of the world's leading providers of
servers on the World Wide Web and a leading supplier of tools for desktop
publishing and multimedia authoring, the Company is well-positioned to take
advantage of growth in these areas. Apple's Internet strategy is focused on
delivering seamless integration with and access to the Internet throughout its
product line and developing and supporting "open" standards for the Internet. In
addition, management believes that the platform-independent nature of the
Internet will, over time, provide an important benefit to the Company in its
efforts to compete with the Microsoft Windows platform.
Apple Computer, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of
California on January 3, 1977. The Company's principal executive offices are
located at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California 95014 and its telephone number
is (408) 996-1010.
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THE OFFERING
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Securities Offered........... $568,575,000 aggregate principal amount of 6% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001, issued under an
indenture (the "Indenture") between Apple and Marine
Midland Bank, as trustee ("Trustee") and Common Stock
issuable upon conversion thereof.
Interest Payment Dates....... June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on December
1, 1996.
Maturity..................... June 1, 2001.
Issuer....................... Apple Computer, Inc., a California corporation.
Conversion Price............. The Registrable Notes will be convertible into Common
Stock at a conversion price of $29.205 per share
(equivalent to a conversion rate of 34.2407 shares per
$1,000 principal amount of Registrable Notes), subject to
adjustment.
Conversion Rights............ The Registrable Notes will be convertible into shares of
Common Stock of the Company at any time on or after
September 5, 1996 and prior to the close of business on
the maturity date, unless previously redeemed or
repurchased, at the conversion price set forth above,
subject to adjustment. Holders of Registrable Notes called
for redemption will be entitled to convert the Registrable
Notes up to the close of business on the date fixed for
redemption. The right to convert a Registrable Note
delivered for repurchase will terminate on the close of
business on the repurchase date.
Subordination................ The Registrable Notes will be subordinated in right of
payment to present and future Senior Indebtedness (as
defined) of the Company. The Registrable Notes are also
effectively subordinated to all indebtedness and other
liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries. As of June 28,
1996, the aggregate amount of outstanding Senior
Indebtedness was approximately $490 million. As of June
28, 1996, the aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness
and other liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries was
approximately $1,030 million. The Indenture does not
restrict the incurrence of additional Senior Indebtedness
or other indebtedness by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
Optional Redemption.......... The Registrable Notes will be redeemable at the option of
the Company, on or after June 1, 1999, in whole or in
part, at the redemption prices set forth herein, plus
accrued interest to the redemption date. In addition,
certain Registrable Notes may be subject to redemption as
described immediately below under "Additional Amounts and
Redemption for Taxation Reasons".
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Additional Amounts and The Company will pay Additional Amounts (as defined in
Redemption for Taxation "Description of Registrable Notes -- Payment of Additional
Reasons..................... Amounts"), subject to certain exceptions, in order that
the non-U.S. Holders of Registrable Notes receive the full
amount of the principal, premium, if any, and interest
specified therein (including any amount payable under a
repurchase of the Registrable Notes as described
immediately below under "Repurchase at Option of Holders
Upon Change in Control") without deduction for or on
account of U.S. withholding taxes. In the event that the
Company must pay such Additional Amounts as a result of a
change in law, the Tax Affected Notes (as defined) will be
redeemable at the option of the Company, as a whole but
not in part, at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus
any accrued interest to the redemption date (but without
reduction for U.S. withholding taxes).
Repurchase at Option of Upon a Change in Control (as defined under "Description of
Holders Upon Change in Registrable Notes -- Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon
Control..................... a Change in Control") holders of the Registrable Notes
will have the right, subject to certain conditions and
restrictions, to require the Company to purchase all or
part of their Registrable Notes at 100% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the repurchase
date. Subject to certain limitations, the repurchase price
is payable in cash or, at the option of the Company, in
Common Stock (valued at 95% of the average last reported
sale prices of the Common Stock for the five trading days
ending on and including the third trading day prior to the
repurchase date).
Use of Proceeds.............. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the
sale of any of the Registrable Notes or the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion thereof.
Events of Default............ Events of Default include: (a) failure to pay principal of
or premium, if any, on any Note when due; (b) failure to
pay any interest on any Note when due, continuing for 30
days; (c) failure to perform any other covenant of the
Company in the Indenture, continuing for 60 days after
written notices as provided in the Indenture; (d) any
indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company in an
aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of
$50,000,000 is not paid at final maturity or upon
acceleration thereof and such default in payment or
acceleration is not cured or rescinded within 30 days
after written notice as provided in the Indenture; and (e)
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization.
Registration Rights.......... Upon any failure by the Company to comply with certain of
its obligations under the Registration Agreement (as
defined herein), additional interest will be payable on
the Registrable Notes.
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RISK FACTORS
RECENT FINANCIAL RESULTS
The Company reported a net loss of $32 million, or $0.26 per share, for the
quarter ended June 28, 1996, and $841 million, or $6.81 per share, for the nine
months ended June 28, 1996. These results include second quarter charges
comprised of a $207 million restructuring charge and a $616 million charge
principally for the write-down of certain inventory, as well as for the cost to
cancel excess component orders. These charges were necessitated by lower than
expected demand for many of the Company's products, primarily its entry level
products, aggressive pricing policies within the personal computer industry, and
the Company's decision to alter its strategic direction in order to focus more
closely on key strategic markets, reduce costs, and increase its
competitiveness. Also, the Company separately incurred $77 million in charges in
the second and third quarters that reflect the estimated cost to correct certain
quality problems in certain entry level Performa and Powerbook products,
covering both goods held in inventory and shipped goods. The Company expects to
continue to incur operating losses throughout at least the remainder of fiscal
1996, if not longer. Although the Company's restructuring plan is designed to
return the Company to profitability within approximately twelve months' time of
its inception, there can be no assurance that the plan will be successful in
this regard or that similar charges will not be required in the future.
LIQUIDITY
The Company's financial position with respect to cash, cash equivalents, and
short-term investments, net of short-term borrowings, was $1,172 million at June
28, 1996, $240 million at March 29, 1996, and $491 million at September 29,
1995. The Company's financial position with respect to cash, cash equivalents,
and short-term investments was $1,359 million at June 28, 1996, $592 million at
March 29, 1996, and $952 million at September 29, 1995. The Company experienced
positive cash flow from operations of $289 million for the quarter ended June
28, 1996 and positive cash flow from operations of $112 million for nine months
ended June 28, 1996. Cash generated by operations was primarily the result of
decreases in accounts receivable and inventories, partially offset by a decrease
in accounts payable. Cash generated during the first nine months of fiscal 1996
from the sale of certain equity investments and the sale of a manufacturing
facility totaled $120 million. Cash generated by financing activities during the
first nine months of fiscal 1996 was $383 million, primarily as a result of the
receipt of the net proceeds from the Original Offering, partially offset by
repayments of short-term borrowings. The goals of the Company's restructuring
plan include returning the Company to profitability and improving cash flow from
operations. To the extent the plan is unsuccessful or takes longer to implement
than expected, the Company may need to seek additional sources of financing.
There can be no assurance that such financing will be available.
As of June 28, 1996, the Company had short-term borrowings of $187 million,
with maturity dates ranging from September 1996 to December 1996. The Company
intends to refinance, extend or pay down the remaining borrowings. There can be
no assurance that the Company will succeed in refinancing or extending these
obligations on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all. If the Company is
unable to refinance or extend these short-term obligations, the Company's
liquidity and financial position may be adversely affected.
DECLINING SALES; LOSS OF MARKET SHARE; INDUSTRY TRENDS
Over the last six months, the Company has experienced a significant decline
in both its unit shipments and its market share in the overall personal computer
industry. For the third fiscal quarter of 1996, the number of the Company's
Macintosh computers shipped worldwide declined by 16% when compared with the
corresponding quarter of 1995. Moreover, according to an industry source, in the
third fiscal quarter of 1996 as compared to the same period in 1995, the
Company's share of the worldwide and U.S. personal computer markets declined to
5.3% from 7.4%, and to 7.4% from 10.6%, respectively. As part of its new
strategic direction, the Company intends, among other things, to streamline its
product line, which could result in a further decline in the number of units
shipped and the Company's share of the overall personal computer market.
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A consumer's decision to invest in a new computer product is often
influenced by the level of ongoing support he or she believes will be provided
by the manufacturer and third parties, including software developers. The
Company believes that extensive media coverage of the Company's financial losses
and speculation regarding the Company's financial position have raised concerns
with consumers and third-party resellers with respect to ongoing hardware and
software support for the Company's products. This in turn may have further
contributed to the decline in the Company's sales. Although the Company believes
that the actions it is taking under its restructuring plan, including the
Original Offering, should help restore confidence in the Company and the
Macintosh platform, there can be no assurance that such actions will succeed or
that further erosion in confidence will not take place.
In addition to its own declining sales, the Company believes that the rate
of growth in overall worldwide personal computer unit sales has declined and may
remain below prior years' growth rates for the foreseeable future. This decline
in the rate of growth could further increase the competitive nature of the
environment in which the Company operates and negatively affect the Company's
unit shipments and, accordingly, its results of operations and financial
condition.
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH RESTRUCTURING AND NEW STRATEGIC DIRECTION
In the second quarter of fiscal 1996, the Company formulated a new strategic
direction and announced certain restructuring actions aimed at reducing its cost
structure, improving its competitiveness and restoring profitability. There are
several risks inherent in the Company's efforts to transition to a new cost
structure. These include the risk that the Company will not be able to reduce
expenditures quickly enough to restore profitability and the risk that
cost-cutting initiatives will impair its ability to innovate and remain
competitive in the computer industry.
As part of its restructuring effort, the Company has begun to implement a
new business model. Implementation of the new business model involves several
risks, including the risk that by simplifying its product line the Company will
increase its dependence on fewer products, potentially reduce overall sales and
increase its reliance on unproven products and technology. Another risk of the
new business model is that by increasing the proportion of the Company's
products to be produced under outsourcing arrangements, the Company could lose
control of the quality of the products manufactured and lose the flexibility to
make timely changes in production schedules in order to respond to changing
market conditions. In addition, the new business model could adversely affect
employee morale, thereby damaging the Company's ability to retain and motivate
employees. Also, because the new business model contemplates that the Company
will reduce its research and development expenditures by, among other things,
relying to a larger extent on collaboration and licensing arrangements with
third parties, the Company will have less direct control over its research and
development efforts and its ability to create innovative products may be
reduced. Finally, even if the new business model is successfully implemented,
there can be no assurance that it will effectively resolve the various issues
currently facing the Company. In addition, although the Company believes that
the actions it is taking under its restructuring plan should help restore
marketplace confidence in the Macintosh platform, there can be no assurance that
such actions will succeed.
For the foregoing reasons, there can be no assurance that the current
restructuring actions will achieve their goals or that similar actions will not
be required in the future. The Company's future operating results and financial
condition could be adversely affected should it encounter difficulty in
effectively managing the transition to the new business model and cost
structure. To the extent the restructuring is unsuccessful or takes longer to
implement than expected, the Company may need to seek additional sources of
financing. There can be no assurance that such financing will be available.
COMPETITION
The personal computer industry is highly competitive and is characterized by
aggressive pricing practices, downward pressure on gross margins, frequent
introduction of new products, short product life cycles, continual improvement
in product price/performance characteristics, price sensitivity on the part of
customers, and a large number of competitors. In the first nine months of fiscal
1996, the
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Company's results of operations and financial condition were, and in the near
future are expected to be, adversely affected by industrywide pricing pressures
and downward pressures on gross margins. The industry has also been
characterized by rapid technological advances in software functionality and
hardware performance and features based on existing or emerging industry
standards. Some of the Company's competitors have greater financial, marketing,
manufacturing and technological resources, broader product lines, and larger
installed customer bases than those of the Company. There can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to compete successfully in this environment.
The Company is currently the primary maker of hardware that uses the
Macintosh operating system (the "Mac OS"). The Mac OS has a minority market
share in the personal computer market, which is dominated by makers of computers
that run the MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The Company
believes that the Mac OS, with its perceived advantages over MS-DOS and Windows,
has been a driving force behind sales of the Company's personal computer
hardware for the past several years. Recent innovations in the Windows platform,
including those introduced by Windows 95, have added features to the Windows
platform similar to those offered by the Mac OS. The Company is currently taking
and will continue to take steps to respond to the competitive pressures being
placed on its personal computer sales as a result of the recent innovations in
the Windows platform. The Company recently announced a new strategy with respect
to updating its operating system. Rather than introduce a comprehensive new
operating system in a single release, the Company intends to issue periodic
releases consisting of discrete operating system components. The Company expects
that this will enable it to introduce some new functionality for the operating
system sooner than it would be able to introduce a complete new operating
system. The Company's future operating results and financial condition could be
adversely affected should the development and introduction of new operating
system components be delayed or fail to meet users' expectations or should users
fail to embrace the periodic release strategy.
In order to better compete, the Company has taken steps to increase the
installed base for the Macintosh platform. As part of these efforts, the Company
announced the licensing of the Mac OS to other personal computer vendors in
January 1995, and several vendors currently sell products that utilize the Mac
OS. The Company believes that licensing the Mac OS will result in a broader
installed base on which software vendors can develop and provide technical
innovations for the Macintosh platform. However, there can be no assurance that
the installed base will be broadened by the licensing of the operating system or
that licensing will result in an increase in the number of application software
titles or the rate at which vendors will bring to market application software
based on the Mac OS. In addition, as a result of licensing its operating system,
the Company's products will be forced to compete with those of other companies
producing Mac OS-based computer systems and the Company will be forced to
compete with other producers for personnel and other resources. The benefits to
the Company from licensing the Mac OS to third parties may be more than offset
by the disadvantages of being required to compete with such third parties.
As a supplemental means of addressing the competition from MS-DOS and
Windows, the Company has devoted substantial resources toward developing
personal computer products capable of running application software designed for
the MS-DOS or Windows operating systems ("Cross-Platform Products"). These
products contain both the RISC-based Power PC 601 microprocessor and the 486
DX2/66 microprocessor, which enable users to concurrently run applications that
require the Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 operating systems.
During the third quarter of fiscal 1996, the Company began shipment of
Cross-Platform Products that include the Pentium 586-class chip, or in which a
Pentium 586-class microprocessor can be installed through the use of an add-on
card. Depending on customer demand, the Company may supply customers who
purchase Cross-Platform Products with Windows operating system software under
licensing agreements with Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft"). However, in order
to do so, the Company will need to enter into one or more agreements with
certain Microsoft distributors. There can be no assurance that the Company will
be able to enter into such agreements on terms acceptable to the Company, if at
all. If
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the Company is unable to enter into agreements with Microsoft distributors or
renew the Microsoft licenses upon their expiration, the Company's sales of
Cross-Platform Products could be adversely affected.
On November 7, 1994, the Company reached an agreement with International
Business Machines Corporation ("IBM") and Motorola, Inc. ("Motorola") on a new
hardware reference platform for the PowerPC microprocessor that is intended to
deliver a much wider range of operating system and application choices for
computer customers. As a result of this agreement, the Company is moving forward
with its efforts to make the Macintosh operating system available on the common
platform. In line with its efforts, on November 13, 1995, the Company, IBM, and
Motorola announced the availability of the "PowerPC Platform" specifications,
which define a "unified" personal computer architecture in order to give access
to both the Power Macintosh platform and the PC environment. The Company's
future operating results and financial condition may be affected by its ability
to continue to implement this agreement and to manage the risk associated with
the transition to this new hardware reference platform.
Recently, several competitors of the Company, including Compaq Computer
Corporation ("Compaq"), IBM and Microsoft, have either targeted or announced
their intention to target certain of the Company's key market segments,
including education and desktop publishing. Some of these companies have greater
financial, marketing, manufacturing and technological resources than the
Company. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain its
leadership in these segments or that this added competition will not have a
material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations or financial
condition.
NO ASSURANCE OF SUPPORT FROM THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS;
MICROSOFT POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Decisions by customers to purchase the Company's personal computers, as
opposed to MS-DOS or Windows-based systems, are often based on the availability
of third-party software for particular applications. The Company believes that
the availability of third-party application software for the Company's hardware
products depends in part on the third-party developers' perception and analysis
of the relative benefits of developing, maintaining and upgrading such software
for the Company's products versus software for the larger MS-DOS and Windows
market. This analysis is based on factors such as the perceived strength of the
Company and its products, the anticipated potential revenue that may be
generated by the developers, and the costs of developing such software products.
The Company's recent and any future operating losses may cause software
developers to question the Company's position in the personal computer market.
In addition, the recent decline in the Company's market share of the overall
personal computer market and any future decline in such market share as a result
of the Company's new strategic direction or for any other reason, could
adversely affect software developers' perception of the relative benefits of
developing software for the Company's products. Such factors could cause
software developers to be less inclined to develop new application software or
upgrade existing software for the Company's products and more inclined to devote
their resources toward developing and upgrading software for the larger MS-DOS
and Windows market. There can be no assurance that third-party developers will
continue to develop sufficient application software for the Company's personal
computers to induce consumers to purchase the Company's products.
Microsoft is an important developer of application software for the
Company's products. Microsoft's interest in producing application software for
the Company's products may be influenced by Microsoft's perception of its
interests as the vendor of the Windows operating system. There can be no
assurance that Microsoft will continue to produce application software for the
Macintosh platform. If Microsoft were to discontinue such production, the
Company's results of operations and financial condition could be adversely
affected.
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DEPENDENCE ON THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIERS; IBM POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Although certain raw materials, processes and components essential to the
Company's business are generally available from multiple sources, other
processes and key components (including microprocessors and application-specific
integrated circuits ("ASICs")) are currently obtained by the Company from single
sources. If the supply of a key single-sourced material, process, or component
to the Company were to be delayed or curtailed, the Company's ability to ship
the related product utilizing such material, process, or component in desired
quantities and in a timely manner could be adversely affected. The Company's
business and financial performance could also be adversely affected, depending
on the time required to obtain sufficient quantities from the original source,
or to identify and obtain sufficient quantities from an alternate source.
The Company believes that the availability of microprocessors and ASICs
presents significant potential for constraining the Company's ability to produce
products. The Company and other producers in the personal computer industry
compete for semiconductor products with other industries that have experienced
increased demand for such products. In addition, the Company uses some
components that are not common to the rest of the personal computer industry
(including certain ASICs). Continued availability of these components may be
affected if producers were to decide to concentrate on the production of common
components instead of components customized to meet the Company's requirements.
Such product supply constraints and corresponding increased costs could decrease
the Company's market share and adversely affect the Company's future operating
results and financial condition.
In particular, the Company's ability to produce and market competitive
products is dependent on the ability and willingness of IBM and Motorola, the
suppliers of the PowerPC RISC microprocessor for certain of the Company's
products, to continue to supply to the Company microprocessors that produce
superior price/performance results. There can be no assurance that IBM or
Motorola will be able or willing to continue supplying such microprocessors on
terms acceptable to the Company, if at all. Specifically, IBM's incentive to
supply such microprocessors to the Company may be limited by the fact that it
produces personal computers based on the Intel microprocessors as well as on the
PowerPC microprocessor and is also the developer of OS/2, a competing operating
system to the Company's Mac OS. IBM's perception of its interests as a competing
manufacturer of personal computers and as a competing operating system vendor
may influence its decision to supply the Company with microprocessors.
As a result of the Company's restructuring plan, which included the sale of
the Company's Fountain, Colorado manufacturing facility to SCI Systems, Inc.
("SCI") and a related manufacturing outsourcing arrangement with SCI, the
proportion of the Company's products produced under outsourcing arrangements
will increase. While outsourcing arrangements may lower the fixed cost of
operations, they may also reduce the direct control the Company currently has
over production, and it is uncertain what effect such lowered control will have
on the quality of the products manufactured, the Company's ability to ship such
products on a timely basis or the flexibility of the Company to respond to
changing market conditions. Furthermore, any efforts by the Company to manage
its inventory under outsourcing arrangements could subject the Company to
liquidated damages or cancellation. In addition, the Company will now be forced
to directly compete with these manufacturers for personnel and other resources.
Moreover, although arrangements with such manufacturers may contain provisions
for warranty expense reimbursement, the Company remains at least initially
responsible to the ultimate consumer for warranty service. Accordingly, in the
event of product defects or warranty liability, the Company may remain primarily
liable. Any unanticipated product defect or warranty liability, whether pursuant
to arrangements with contract manufacturers or otherwise, could adversely affect
the Company's future operating results and financial condition.
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PRODUCT RECALLS AND WARRANTIES
The integration of functions and complexity of operations of the Company's
products increases the risk that latent defects or subtle faults could be
discovered by customers or end users after volumes of product have been produced
or shipped. If such defects were significant, the Company could incur material
recall and replacement costs under product warranties.
On May 9, 1996, the Company notified certain Apple resellers that it was
voluntarily recalling certain shipped Power Macintosh and Performa models that
had experienced system freezes and shifting monitor colors. At the same time,
the Company voluntarily recalled certain PowerBook models that had exhibited
defects, including flaws in the plastic casing and problems with their AC power
connectors. Although the Company currently believes that it has adequately
reserved for the expected future costs associated with these recalls, there can
be no assurance that the Company will not incur additional inventory charges or
that these recalls will not significantly affect market confidence in the
Company's products or have a material adverse effect on the Company's future
operating results and financial condition.
The Company is implementing a rework program for recalled PowerBook models.
If the rework program does not proceed on schedule, the Company's ability to
supply PowerBooks into the sales channels could be affected and could have an
adverse impact on the Company's future operating results and financial
condition.
LEVERAGE AND SUBORDINATION
In connection with the Original Offering, the Company incurred approximately
$661 million in additional indebtedness. This resulted in an increase in the
Company's ratio of debt to total capitalization, including short-term
borrowings, from approximately 24% at March 29, 1996 to approximately 36% at
June 28, 1996. As a result of this additional indebtedness, the Company's
principal and interest obligations will increase substantially. The degree to
which the Company will be leveraged could adversely affect the Company's ability
to obtain additional financing for working capital or other purposes and could
make it more vulnerable to industry downturns and competitive pressures. The
Company's ability to meet its debt service and other obligations will be
dependent upon the Company's future performance, which will be subject to
financial, business and other factors affecting the operations of the Company,
many of which are beyond its control.
The Registrable Notes are unsecured and subordinated in right of payment in
full to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the Company. As a result
of such subordination, in the event of a payment default with respect to Senior
Indebtedness, a covenant default with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness
(as defined), liquidation or insolvency, or upon acceleration of the Registrable
Notes due to an event of default, the assets of the Company would be available
to pay obligations on the Registrable Notes only after all Senior Indebtedness
has been paid in full, and there may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay
amounts due on any or all of the Registrable Notes then outstanding. The
Registrable Notes also are structurally subordinated to the liabilities,
including trade payables, of the Company's subsidiaries. The Indenture does not
prohibit or limit the incurrence of Senior Indebtedness or the incurrence of
other indebtedness and other liabilities by the Company or its subsidiaries. The
incurrence of additional indebtedness and other liabilities by the Company or
its subsidiaries could adversely affect the Company's ability to pay its
obligations on the Registrable Notes. As of June 28, 1996, the Company had
approximately $490 million of Senior Indebtedness outstanding. In addition, as
of June 28, 1996, subsidiaries of the Company had outstanding an aggregate of
$1,030 million of indebtedness and other liabilities (excluding intercompany
liabilities and liabilities of a type not required to be reflected as a
liability on the balance sheet of such subsidiaries in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles). See "Description of Registrable Notes --
Subordination".
INVENTORY RISK
The Company must order components for its products and build inventory well
in advance of product shipments. Because the Company's markets are volatile and
subject to rapid technology and
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price changes, there is a risk that the Company will forecast incorrectly and
acquire or produce excess or insufficient inventories of particular components
or products. The Company's operating results and financial condition have been
and may in the future be materially adversely affected by the Company's ability
to manage inventory levels and respond to short-term shifts in customer demand
patterns. The management of the Company's inventory levels is further
complicated by the fact that some components used by the Company are not common
to the rest of the personal computer industry. Accordingly, these components
cannot be easily resold to third-parties in the event of inventory surplus or
obtained from third-parties in the event of inventory shortage.
As the Company increases its reliance on outsourcing arrangements pursuant
to its restructuring plan, the flexibility of the Company to respond to changing
market conditions may diminish and the Company may become subject to even
greater risk of inventory shortage or surplus. Furthermore, any efforts by the
Company to manage its inventory under these new outsourcing arrangements could
subject the Company to liquidated damages or cancellation of the arrangement,
either of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of
operations or financial condition.
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
The Company's success depends to a significant extent upon the continued
service of its key engineering, marketing, sales, manufacturing, support and
executive personnel, and on its ability to continue to attract, retain and
motivate qualified personnel. The competition for such employees is intense, and
the loss of the services of one or more of these key personnel could adversely
affect the Company. The Company believes that extensive media coverage of the
Company's financial losses and speculation regarding the Company's financial
position have encouraged its competitors and other technology companies to
actively recruit the Company's personnel. There can be no assurance that the
restructuring will not cause the Company to experience additional difficulty in
attracting, retaining and motivating the personnel needed to implement the
Company's new strategic direction. The Company does not maintain key man life
insurance on any of its key executives.
RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; DEPENDENCE ON NEW PRODUCTS;
UNCERTAINTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERNET
Most of the markets in which the Company operates are characterized by rapid
technological change and frequent introduction of new technology, which results
in short product life cycles, price erosion and greater inventory risk.
Substantial research and development investment is required for products and
processes to keep up with the rapid pace of technological change.
The Company's products are in various stages of their product life cycles.
The Company's success is highly dependent upon its ability to develop complex
new products and to introduce them to the marketplace ahead of the competition.
The success of new product introductions is dependent on a number of factors,
including market acceptance, the Company's ability to manage the risks
associated with product transitions, the availability of application software
for new products, the effective management of inventory levels in line with
anticipated product demand, the manufacturing of products in appropriate
quantities to meet anticipated demand, and the risk that new products may have
quality or other defects in the early stages of introduction that were not
anticipated in the design of those products. Accordingly, the Company cannot
determine the ultimate effect that new products will have on its sales or
results of operations. In addition, the uncertainties and risks associated with
new product introductions may be increased as a result of the Company's new
business model which will, in part, emphasize a refocusing of product offerings
and the introduction of new products for core market segments.
In accordance with the Company's new strategic direction, the Company
intends to integrate Internet capabilities into its new and existing hardware
and software platforms. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able
to successfully integrate Internet capabilities into its products. In addition,
the Internet market is rapidly evolving and is characterized by an increasing
number of market entrants who have introduced or developed products addressing
access to, or authoring or communication over, the Internet. Some of these
competitors have a significant lead over
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the Company in developing products for the Internet or have significantly
greater financial, marketing, manufacturing and technological resources than the
Company, or both. Finally, the hardware and software industries addressing the
accessing, authoring and electronic publishing requirements of the Internet are
young and have few proven products. Critical issues concerning the commercial
use of the Internet (including security, reliability, cost, ease of use and
access, and quality of service) remain unresolved and may affect the growth of
Internet use, together with the hardware and software standards and electronic
media employed in such markets. The Company is devoting significant resources
toward developing its Internet strategy. There can be no assurance that such
strategy will prove successful or financially benefit the Company.
INTERNATIONAL SALES AND OPERATIONS
Net sales outside the United States represented approximately 48% and 53% of
the Company's consolidated net sales in fiscal 1995 and the first nine months of
fiscal 1996, respectively. During these same periods, approximately 40% and 46%
of the Company's central processing units were manufactured outside of the
United States. The Company currently sells its products in more than 140
countries. The success and profitability of international operations may be
adversely affected by risks associated with international activities, including
economic and labor conditions, political instability, tax laws (including U.S.
taxes on foreign subsidiaries), and changes in the value of the United States
dollar versus the local currency in which products are sold. Changes in exchange
rates may adversely affect the Company's net consolidated sales (as expressed in
United States dollars) and gross profit margins from international operations.
Although the Company attempts to mitigate this exposure through hedging
transactions, the Company also enters into foreign exchange currency
transactions for the purpose of reducing its hedging costs, which exposes the
Company to further currency fluctuation risk. The Company's current financial
condition may have an impact on the costs of its hedging transactions, as well
as the willingness of its trading partners to enter into hedging transactions
with the Company.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
From time to time, other companies and individuals assert exclusive patent,
copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights to technologies or
marks that are important to the personal computer industry or the Company's
business. The Company evaluates each claim relating to its products and, if
appropriate, seeks a license to use the protected technology. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to obtain licenses to intellectual
property of third parties on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In
addition, the Company could be at a disadvantage if its competitors obtain
licenses for protected technologies with more favorable terms than does the
Company. If the Company or its suppliers are unable to license protected
technology used in the Company's products, the Company could be prohibited from
marketing those products or may have to market products without desirable
features. The Company could also incur substantial costs to redesign its
products or to defend any legal action taken against the Company. If the
Company's products should be found to infringe protected technology, the Company
could be enjoined from further infringement and required to pay damages to the
infringed party. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on
the results of operations and financial position of the Company.
ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE REGISTRABLE NOTES
The Registrable Notes were issued in June 1996 to a small number of
institutional buyers. The Registrable Notes issued in reliance on 144A have been
designated for trading on the PORTAL System of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Registrable Notes sold pursuant to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part are not expected to remain
eligible for trading on the PORTAL System. The Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus forms a part is filed pursuant to the Registration Agreement,
which does not obligate the Company to keep the Registration Statement effective
after the third anniversary of the date when the Registration Statement is
declared effective or, if earlier, the date when all the Registrable Notes and
the Common Stock issuable on conversion thereof covered by the Registration
Statement have been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement or may be resold
without registration by persons that are not affiliates of Apple
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pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. The Company does not intend to
apply for listing of the Registrable Notes on any securities exchange or to seek
approval for quotation through any automated quotation system. The Initial
Purchasers have advised the Company that they intend to make a market in the
Registrable Notes. The Initial Purchasers are not obligated, however, to make a
market in the Registrable Notes and any such market making may be discontinued
at any time in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers without notice.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any
market for the Registrable Notes.
POSSIBLE VOLATILITY OF REGISTRABLE NOTES AND STOCK PRICE
The market price of the Company's Common Stock has been, and may continue to
be, extremely volatile. Factors such as new product announcements by the Company
or its competitors, the implementation of the Company's restructuring plan,
quarterly fluctuations in the operating results of the Company, its competitors
and other technology companies and general conditions in the computer market may
have a significant impact on the market price of the Registrable Notes and the
Common Stock into which the Registrable Notes are convertible. In particular, if
the Company were to report operating results or restructuring progress that did
not meet the expectations of research analysts, the market price of the
Registrable Notes and Common Stock could be materially adversely affected. The
Company's stock has recently experienced sharp declines in price and there can
be no assurance that such reductions in price will not recur. In addition, from
time to time the stock market has experienced extreme price and volume
fluctuations, which have particularly affected the market prices for many high
technology companies and which have often been unrelated to the operating
performance of specific companies.
LIMITATIONS ON REPURCHASE OF REGISTRABLE NOTES
Upon a Change in Control (as defined), each holder of Registrable Notes will
have certain rights, at the holder's option, subject to certain limitations, to
require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of such holder's Registrable
Notes. If a Change in Control were to occur, there can be no assurance that the
Company would have sufficient funds to pay the repurchase price for all
Registrable Notes tendered by the holders thereof. In addition, the Company's
repurchase of Registrable Notes as a result of the occurrence of a Change in
Control may be prohibited or limited by, or create an event of default under,
the terms of agreements related to borrowings which the Company may enter into
from time to time, including agreements relating to Senior Indebtedness. See
"Description of Registrable Notes -- Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a
Change in Control".
IMPEDIMENTS TO CHANGES IN CONTROL
Certain provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Company and the shareholder rights plan, adopted by the Company's Board of
Directors in April 1989, may make more difficult or discourage attempts to
change the composition of the Board of Directors, may make more difficult or
discourage takeovers of the Company, including those in which holders of the
Company's Common Stock might receive a substantial premium for some or all of
their shares, and could potentially depress the market price of shares of Common
Stock. In addition, the ability of the Board of Directors to issue shares of
preferred stock or rights to purchase preferred stock and to fix the voting,
redemption, conversion and other rights thereof without shareholder approval
could hinder any proposed tender offer, merger or other attempt to gain control
of the Company. See "Description of Capital Stock".
FACTORS AFFECTING QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS
The Company's quarterly operating results are affected by a wide variety of
factors, many of which are outside of the Company's control, including but not
limited to the Company's ability to introduce new products and technologies on a
timely basis, changes in product mix or fluctuations in manufacturing costs
which affect the Company's gross margins, market acceptance of the Company's
products, sales timing, the level of orders which are received and can be
shipped in a quarter, the seasonal nature of the markets addressed by the
Company's products, product obsolescence, price erosion, foreign currency
exchange rates, foreign currency and interest rate hedging, and competitive
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factors. The Company's future operating results also will depend in part on
economic conditions in the United States and the worldwide markets that the
Company serves. Any unfavorable changes in the above or other factors could
adversely affect the Company's operating results.
OTHER FACTORS
The majority of the Company's research and development activities, its
corporate headquarters, and other critical business operations are located near
major seismic faults. The Company's operating results and financial condition
could be materially adversely affected in the event of a major earthquake.
Production and marketing of products in certain states and countries may
subject the Company to environmental and other regulations which include, in
some instances, the requirement that the Company provide consumers with the
ability to return to the Company product at the end of its useful life, and
leave responsibility for environmentally safe disposal or recycling with the
Company. It is unclear what the effect of such regulation will have on the
Company's future operating results and financial condition.
The Company is currently in the process of replacing its existing
transaction systems (which include order management, distribution, and finance)
with a single integrated system as part of its ongoing effort to increase
operational efficiency. The Company's future operating results and financial
condition could be adversely affected if the Company is unable to implement and
effectively manage the transition to this new integrated system.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Registrable
Notes or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof by the Selling
Holders.
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DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRABLE NOTES
The Registrable Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of June 1,
1996 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee
(the "Trustee"), copies of which are available for inspection at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
and at the offices of the Paying Agents, Midland Bank plc, Mariner House, Pepys
Street, London EC3N 4DA and Banque Internationale Luxembourg 69, route d'Esch
L-1470 Luxembourg. Wherever particular defined terms of the Indenture (including
the Registrable Notes and the various forms thereof) are referred to, such
defined terms are incorporated herein by reference (the Registrable Notes and
various terms relating to the Registrable Notes being referred to in the
Indenture as "Securities"). References in this section to the "Company" are
solely to Apple Computer, Inc. and not its subsidiaries. The following summaries
of certain provisions of the Indenture do not purport to be complete and are
subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the detailed
provisions of the Registrable Notes and the Indenture, including the definitions
therein of certain terms.
GENERAL
The Registrable Notes are unsecured subordinated obligations of the Company,
mature on June 1, 2001 and are payable at a price of 100% of the principal
amount thereof. The Registrable Notes bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum
from June 7, 1996, payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year,
commencing on December 1, 1996. Interest payable per $1,000 principal amount of
Registrable Notes for the period from June 7, 1996 to December 1, 1996 will be
$29.00. (SectionSection 3.1 and 3.7)
The Registrable Notes are convertible into Common Stock initially at the
conversion price of $29.205 per share, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence
of certain events described under "-- Conversion Rights", at any time on or
after September 5, 1996, and prior to the close of business on the maturity
date, unless previously redeemed or repurchased. (Section 12.1)
The Registrable Notes are redeemable (a) in the event of certain
developments involving U.S. withholding taxes or certification requirements as
defined below under "-- Redemption -- Redemption for Taxation Reasons", at a
redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the Registrable Notes to be
redeemed, plus accrued interest to the redemption date and (b) at the option of
the Company under the circumstances and at the redemption prices set forth below
under "-- Redemption -- Optional Redemption", plus accrued interest to the
redemption date. (Section 2.2)
CONVERSION RIGHTS
The Holder of any Registrable Note will have the right at the Holder's
option to convert any portion of the principal amount of a Registrable Note that
is an integral multiple of $1,000 into shares of Common Stock at any time on or
after September 5, 1996, and prior to the close of business on the maturity
date, unless previously redeemed or repurchased, at a conversion price of
$29.205 per share. The conversion price is subject to adjustment from time to
time as described below. The right to convert a Registrable Note called for
redemption or delivered for repurchase will terminate at the close of business
on the Redemption Date for such Registrable Note or the Repurchase Date, as the
case may be. (Section 12.1).
The right of conversion attaching to any Registrable Note may be exercised
by the Holder thereof by delivering the Registrable Note at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee or at the specified office of a Conversion Agent,
accompanied by a duly signed and completed notice of conversion. Beneficial
owners of interests in a registered global Registrable Note may exercise their
right of conversion by delivering to DTC the appropriate instruction form for
conversion pursuant to DTC's conversion program. Such notice of conversion can
be obtained at the office of any Conversion Agent. The conversion date will be
the date on which the Registrable Note and the duly signed and completed notice
of conversion are so delivered. As promptly as practicable on or after the
conversion date, the Company will issue and deliver to the Trustee a certificate
or certificates for the number of full shares
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of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, together with payment in lieu of any
fraction of a share; such certificate will be sent by the Trustee to the
appropriate Conversion Agent for delivery to the Holder. Such shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Registrable Notes will be fully paid and
nonassessable and will rank PARI PASSU with the other shares of Common Stock of
the Company outstanding from time to time. Any Registrable Note surrendered for
conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date to the opening of business on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
(except Registrable Notes called for redemption on a Redemption Date or to be
repurchased on a Repurchase Date during such period) must be accompanied by
payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date
on the principal amount of Registrable Notes being surrendered for conversion.
In the case of any Registrable Note which has been converted after any Regular
Record Date, but before the next Interest Payment Date, interest the Stated
Maturity of which is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such
Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion. Such interest shall be
paid to the Holder of such Registrable Note on such Regular Record Date. As a
result, a Holder that surrenders Registrable Notes for conversion on a date that
is not an Interest Payment Date will not receive any interest for the period
from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of conversion to the date
of conversion or for any later period, even if the Registrable Notes are
surrendered after a notice of redemption (except for the payment of interest on
Registrable Notes called for redemption on a Redemption Date or to be
repurchased on a Repurchase Date between a Regular Record Date and the Interest
Payment Date to which it relates). No other payment or adjustment for interest,
or for any dividends in respect of Common Stock, will be made upon conversion.
Holders of Common Stock issued upon conversion will not be entitled to receive
any dividends payable to holders of Common Stock as of any record time before
the close of business on the conversion date. No fractional shares will be
issued upon conversion but, in lieu thereof, an appropriate amount will be paid
in cash by the Company based on the market price of Common Stock at the close of
business on the day of conversion. (SectionSection 2.2, 3.7, 12.2 and 12.3)
A Holder delivering a Registrable Note for conversion will not be required
to pay any taxes or duties in respect of the issue or delivery of Common Stock
on conversion but will be required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable
in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of the Common Stock
in a name other than that of the Holder of the Registrable Note. Certificates
representing shares of Common Stock will not be issued or delivered unless all
taxes and duties, if any, payable by the Holder have been paid. (Section 12.8)
The conversion price is subject to adjustment in certain events, including:
(a) dividends (and other distributions) payable in Common Stock on shares of
capital stock of the Company, (b) the issuance to all holders of Common Stock of
rights, options or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common
Stock at less than the then current market price (determined as provided for in
the Indenture) of Common Stock (provided that the conversion price will be
readjusted to the extent any such rights, options or warrants are not exercised
prior to the expiration thereof), (c) subdivisions, combinations and
reclassifications of Common Stock, (d) distributions to all holders of Common
Stock of evidences of indebtedness of the Company, shares of capital stock, cash
or assets (including securities, but excluding those dividends, rights, options,
warrants and distributions referred to above, dividends and distributions paid
exclusively in cash and distributions upon mergers and consolidations to which
the next succeeding paragraph applies), (e) distributions consisting exclusively
of cash (excluding any cash portion of distributions referred to in (d) above,
or cash distributed upon a merger or consolidation to which the next succeeding
paragraph applies) to all holders of Common Stock in an aggregate amount that,
combined together with (i) other such all-cash distributions made within the
preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment has been made and (ii) any
cash and the fair market value of other consideration payable in respect of any
tender offer by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for Common Stock
concluded within the preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment has
been made, exceeds 12.5% of the Company's market capitalization (for this
purpose being the product of the current market price per share of the Common
Stock on the record date for such distribution times the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding) on such date and (f) the
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successful completion of a tender offer made by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries for Common Stock which involves an aggregate consideration that,
together with (i) any cash and other consideration payable in a tender offer by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries for Common Stock expiring within the 12
months preceding the expiration of such tender offer in respect of which no
adjustment has been made and (ii) the aggregate amount of any such all-cash
distributions referred to in (e) above to all holders of Common Stock within the
12 months preceding the expiration of such tender offer in respect of which no
adjustments have been made, exceeds 12.5 % of the Company's market
capitalization on the expiration of such tender offer. With respect to Rights
(as defined below) issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement (as defined below),
if Holders of the Registrable Notes exercising the right of conversion attaching
thereto after the Distribution Date (as defined below) are not entitled to
receive the Rights that would otherwise be attributable (but for the date of
conversion) to the shares of Common Stock received upon such conversion, the
conversion price will be adjusted as though the Rights were being distributed to
holders of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date. If such an adjustment is
made and the Rights are later redeemed, invalidated or terminated, then a
corresponding reversing adjustment will be made to the conversion price on an
equitable basis. The Company reserves the right to make such reductions in the
conversion price in addition to those required in the foregoing provisions as it
considers to be advisable in order that any event treated for federal income tax
purposes as a dividend of stock or stock rights will not be taxable to the
recipients. No adjustment of the conversion price will be required to be made
until the cumulative adjustments amount to 1.0% or more of the conversion price.
No adjustment of the conversion price will result in zero or in a negative
number or will reduce the conversion price below the then par value of the
Common Stock (in which case the conversion price would be reduced to such par
value), unless the Common Stock has no par value at such time (in which case the
conversion price would be reduced to $.01 per share). (Section 12.4)
In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another
Person or any merger of another Person into the Company (other than a merger
which does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or
cancellation of the Common Stock), or in case of any sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, each Registrable Note then
outstanding will, without the consent of the Holder of any Note, become
convertible only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock into which such Registrable Note was
convertible immediately prior thereto (assuming such holder of Common Stock
failed to exercise any rights of election and that such Registrable Note was
then convertible). (Section 12.11)
The Company from time to time may reduce the conversion price by any amount
for any period of at least 20 days, in which case the Company shall give at
least 15 days' notice of such reduction, if the Board of Directors has made a
determination that such reduction would be in the best interests of the Company,
which determination shall be conclusive. No such reduction shall be taken into
account for purposes of determining whether the closing price of the Common
Stock exceeds the conversion price by 105% in connection with an event which
otherwise would be a Change in Control.
If at any time the Company makes a distribution of property to its
shareholders which would be taxable to such shareholders as a dividend for
federal income tax purposes (e.g., distributions of evidences of indebtedness or
assets of the Company, but generally not stock dividends on common stock or
rights to subscribe for common stock) and, pursuant to the anti-dilution
provisions of the Indenture, the number of shares into which Registrable Notes
are convertible is increased, such increase may be deemed for federal income tax
purposes to be the payment of a taxable dividend to Holders of Registrable
Notes. See "United States Taxation -- United States Holders -- Adjustment of
Conversion Price".
SUBORDINATION
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and the
redemption or repurchase of, the Registrable Notes will be subordinated in right
of payment to the extent set forth in the Indenture to the prior payment in full
of the principal of, premium, if any, interest and other
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amounts in respect of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company. The principal
amount of outstanding Senior Indebtedness was approximately $490 million at June
28, 1996. Senior Indebtedness includes (i) the principal, premium, if any,
interest and other amounts in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for
money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds
or other similar instruments issued by the Company, (ii) all capital lease
obligations of the Company, (iii) all obligations of the Company issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale
obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title
retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the
ordinary course of business), (iv) all obligations of the Company for the
reimbursement on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance, security purchase
facility or similar credit transaction, (v) all obligations of the Company then
due and owing with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar
agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge,
exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement, (vi) all obligations of
the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other persons for the
payment of which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise, and (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i)
through (vi) above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset
of the Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company),
except for any such indebtedness or other obligation that is by its terms
subordinated to or PARI PASSU with the Registrable Notes. Such Senior
Indebtedness shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and be entitled to the
benefits of the subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment,
modification or waiver of any term of such Senior Indebtedness. (Section 13.1)
No payment on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or
redemption or repurchase of, the Registrable Notes may be made by the Company if
(i) a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest
(including a default under any repurchase or redemption obligation) or other
amounts with respect to any Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing beyond
the applicable grace period or (ii) any other event of default occurs and is
continuing with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness (as defined below)
that permits the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof, and the
Trustee receives a notice of such default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from the
Company or other person permitted to give such notice under the Indenture.
Payments on the Registrable Notes may and shall be resumed (a) in the case of a
payment default, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived and (b)
in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on which such
nonpayment default is cured or waived or 179 days after the date on which the
applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received. No new period of payment
blockage may be commenced unless and until (i) 365 days have elapsed since the
effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice and (ii) all
scheduled payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes that
have come due have been paid in full in cash. No nonpayment default that existed
or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the
Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage
Notice. "Designated Senior Indebtedness" means any particular Senior
Indebtedness in which the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the
assumption or guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents to which the
Company is a party) expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" for purposes of the Indenture (provided that
such instrument, agreement or other document may place limitations and
conditions on the right of such Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of
Designated Senior Indebtedness). (SectionSection 1.1 and 13.2)
Upon any acceleration of the principal due on the Notes or payment or
distribution of assets of the Company to creditors upon any dissolution, winding
up, liquidation or reorganization, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all principal,
premium, if any, and interest or other amounts due on all Senior Indebtedness
must be paid in full before the Holders of the Registrable Notes are entitled to
receive any payment. (Section 13.2) By reason of such subordination, in the
event of insolvency, creditors of the Company who are holders of Senior
Indebtedness may recover more, ratably, than the Holders of the Registrable
Notes, and such subordination may result in a reduction or elimination of the
payments to the Holders of the Registrable Notes.
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In addition, the Registrable Notes will be structurally subordinated to all
indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables and lease
obligations) of the Company's subsidiaries, as any right of the Company to
receive any assets of its subsidiaries upon their liquidation or reorganization
(and the consequent right of the Holders of the Registrable Notes to participate
in those assets) will be effectively subordinated to the claims of that
subsidiary's creditors (including trade creditors), except to the extent that
the Company itself is recognized as a creditor of such subsidiary, in which case
the claims of the Company would still be subordinate to any security interest in
the assets of such subsidiary and any indebtedness of such subsidiary senior to
that held by the Company. As of June 28, 1996, there was outstanding
approximately $1,030 million of indebtedness of subsidiaries of the Company
(excluding intercompany indebtedness); this amount was not included in the
principal amount of Apple's outstanding Senior Indebtedness at June 28, 1996, as
set forth above.
The Indenture does not limit the Company's ability to incur additional
Senior Indebtedness or any other indebtedness.
REDEMPTION
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Subject to the discussion under "-- Redemption for Taxation Reasons" below,
the Registrable Notes may not be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to
June 1, 1999. Thereafter, the Registrable Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, at the redemption prices specified below,
upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days' prior notice as provided under "--
Notices" below.
The redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) are as
follows for the 12 month period beginning on June 1 of the following years:
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REDEMPTION
YEAR PRICE
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1999............................................... 102.400
2000............................................... 101.200
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
in each case together with accrued interest to the date of redemption.
(SectionSection 2.2, 11.1, 11.5, 11.7)
REDEMPTION FOR TAXATION REASONS
If the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts (as
described below under "-- Payment of Additional Amounts") as a result of any
change in, or amendment to, the laws (including any regulations or rulings
promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in, or
amendment to, the application or official interpretation of such laws,
regulations or rulings (any such change or amendment being herein referred to as
a "Tax Law Change"), and such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company taking
reasonable measures available to it, the Tax Affected Notes (as defined below)
may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, in whole but not in part. With
respect to any Tax Law Change, "Tax Affected Notes" shall include any
Registrable Note that, on or before the 20th day after the date on which the
Company publishes a notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, is
delivered to the Trustee together with a written statement from or on behalf of
the beneficial owner of such Registrable Note to the effect that such beneficial
owner has or will become entitled to receive Additional Amounts as a result of
such Tax Law Change. Such redemption shall be upon not less than 20 nor more
than 60 days' prior notice as provided under "-- Notices" below, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Registrable Notes, plus
accrued interest to the redemption date and any Additional Amounts then payable;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier
than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated
to pay any such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the Registrable
Notes then due and (2) at the time such notice of redemption is given, the
obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect; PROVIDED FURTHER,
HOWEVER, that such redemption by the Company shall
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apply only to a Registrable Note (or any portion of a Registrable Note that is a
global registered Registrable Note) the Holder of which within 20 days of the
publication of such notice of redemption provides a written statement from or on
behalf of the beneficial owner of such Registrable Note (or such portion, in the
case of a Registrable Note that is a global registered Registrable Note) to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent to the effect that such beneficial owner is entitled
or will be entitled to receive Additional Amounts. Prior to the publication of
any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee (a) a certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect
such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the
conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and
(b) an opinion of counsel selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee, to the effect that the Company has or will become obligated to pay
such Additional Amounts as a result of a Tax Law Change. The Company's right to
redeem Tax Affected Notes shall continue as long as the Company is obligated to
pay Additional Amounts, notwithstanding that the Company shall have theretofore
made payments of Additional Amounts.
PAYMENT AND CONVERSION
The principal of Registrable Notes will be payable in U.S. dollars, against
surrender thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or, subject to any applicable laws and
regulations, at the office of any Paying Agent, by dollar check drawn on, or by
transfer to a dollar account (such transfer to be made only to Holders of an
aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes in excess of $2,000,000)
maintained by the Holder with, a bank in New York City. Payment of any
installment of interest on Registrable Notes will be made to the Person in whose
name such Registrable Notes (or any predecessor Registrable Note) is registered
at the close of business on May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business
Day) immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date (a "Regular Record
Date"). Payments of such interest will be made by a dollar check drawn on a bank
in New York City mailed to the Holder at such Holder's registered address or,
upon application by the Holder thereof to the Trustee not later than the
applicable Regular Record Date, by transfer to a dollar account (such transfer
to be made only to Holders of an aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes
in excess of $2,000,000) maintained by the Holder with a bank in New York City.
No transfer to a dollar account will be made unless the Trustee has received
written wire instructions not less than 15 days prior to the relevant payment
date. (Section 2.2)
Any payment on the Registrable Notes due on any day which is not a Business
Day need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such due date, and no
interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such date.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any place of payment, place of
conversion or any other place, as the case may be, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions
in such place of payment, place of conversion or other place, as the case may
be, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close; provided,
however, that a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or
London, England are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close
shall not be a Business Day for certain purposes. (SectionSection 1.1 and 2.2)
Registrable Notes may be surrendered for conversion, subject to any
applicable laws and regulations, at the office of any Conversion Agent outside
the United States and at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. Registrable Notes surrendered for
conversion must be accompanied by appropriate notices, and any payments in
respect of interest or taxes, as applicable, as described above under "--
Conversion Rights". (SectionSection 2.2 and 12.2)
The Company has initially appointed as Paying Agents and Conversion Agents
the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Officer and Midland Bank plc and Banque
Internationale Luxembourg S.A. as set forth in the Indenture. The Company may at
any time terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent and
appoint additional or other Paying Agents and Conversion Agents, provided that
until the Registrable Notes have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
or moneys
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sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
have been made available for payment and either paid or returned to the Company
as provided in the Indenture, it will maintain an office or agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for surrender of Registrable Notes
for conversion, and in a Western European city for payments with respect to the
Registrable Notes and for the surrender of Registrable Notes for conversion.
Notice of any such termination or appointment and of any change in the office
through which any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent will act will be given in
accordance with "-- Notices" below. (Section 10.2)
All moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Registrable Notes which remain unclaimed at the end of two years
after such payment has become due and payable will be repaid to the Company, and
the Holder of such Registrable Note will thereafter look only to the Company for
payment thereof. (Section 10.3)
PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
The Company will pay to the Holder of any Registrable Note who is a
Non-United States Holder such additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as may
be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Registrable Note, after deduction or withholding for
or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or governmental charge
imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, will not be less
than the amount provided for in such Registrable Note to be then due and
payable; PROVIDED HOWEVER, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional
Amounts will not apply to:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former
connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor,
beneficiary, member, shareholder of or possessor of a power over such
Holder, if such Holder is an estate, a partnership or a corporation) and the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary,
settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been
a citizen or resident of the United States or treated as a resident thereof,
or being or having been engaged in trade or business or present therein, or
having or having had a permanent establishment therein, or (ii) such
Holder's present or former status as a personal holding company, a foreign
personal holding company with respect to the United States, or a foreign
private foundation or foreign tax exempt entity for United States federal
tax purposes, or a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United
States federal income tax;
(b) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been so imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of such
Registrable Notes appertaining thereto for payment on a date more than 15
days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date
on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(c) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or
similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been imposed but for the failure to comply with any certification,
identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality,
residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or
beneficial owner of such Registrable Note, if compliance is required by
statute or by regulation of the United States as a precondition to relief or
exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable
otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on such Registrable Note;
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(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder
that actually or constructively owns 10% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company entitled to vote or that
is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Company through stock
ownership;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be
withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on any Registrable Note, if such payment can be made
without such withholding by any other Paying Agent in Western Europe;
(h) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder
that is a partnership or a fiduciary or other than the sole beneficial owner
of such payment, but only to the extent that any beneficial owner or member
of the partnership or beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary
would not have been entitled to the payment of Additional Amounts had the
beneficial owner, member, beneficiary or settlor directly been the Holder of
the Registrable Note; or
(i) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h).
(Section 2.2)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to pay
Additional Amounts in respect of payments becoming due on the Registrable Notes
more than 15 days after the Redemption Date with respect to any redemption of
Tax Affected Notes described under "Redemption -- Redemption for Taxation
Reasons" to the extent that the Company's obligation to pay such Additional
Amounts arises from the Tax Law Change that resulted in such redemption.
For the purposes of this Prospectus, "United States" means the United States
of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction and a "Non-United
States Holder" is any person who, for United States federal income tax purposes,
is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual, a nonresident alien
fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of
the members of which is for United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign
corporation, a nonresident alien individual or a nonresident alien fiduciary of
a foreign estate or trust. Solely for purposes of the foregoing definition of
"Non-United States Holder," the term "United States" shall include, when used in
the geographical sense, only the States and the District of Columbia. (Section
2.2)
REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL
If a Change in Control (as defined) occurs, each Holder of Registrable Notes
shall have the right, at the Holder's option, to require the Company to
repurchase all of such Holder's Registrable Notes, or any portion of a
Registrable Note that is $5,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof, on the date (the "Repurchase Date") that is 45 days after the date of
the Company Notice (as defined), at a price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Registrable Notes to be repurchased (the "Repurchase Price"),
together with interest accrued to, but excluding, the Repurchase Date. (Section
14.1)
The Company may, at its option, in lieu of paying the Repurchase Price in
cash, pay the Repurchase Price in Common Stock valued at 95% of the average of
the closing prices of the Common Stock for the five trading days ending on and
including the third trading day preceding the Repurchase Date; provided that
payment not be made in Common Stock unless such stock is listed on a national
securities exchange or traded on the Nasdaq National Market at the time of
payment. (Section 14.1)
Within 30 days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company is
obligated to give to all Holders of the Registrable Notes notice, as provided in
the Indenture (the "Company Notice"), of the occurrence of such Change in
Control and of the repurchase right arising as a result thereof. The Company
must also deliver a copy of the Company Notice to the Trustee. To exercise the
repurchase right, a Holder of Registrable Notes must deliver on or before the
30th day after the date of the Company Notice irrevocable written notice to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent of the Holder's exercise of such right, together
with the Registrable Notes. Beneficial owners of an interest in a
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registered global Registrable Note may exercise the repurchase right by
delivering the appropriate instruction form for repurchases at the election of
Holders pursuant to the DTC book-entry repurchase program. At least two trading
days prior to the Repurchase Date, the Company must provide notice in the manner
described above specifying whether the Company will pay the Repurchase Price in
cash or in Common Stock. (Section 14.2)
A Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after the
original issuance of the Registrable Notes 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) of the Exchange Act) of
beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or
other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of shares of
capital stock of the Company entitling such Person to exercise 50% or more
of the total voting power of all shares of capital stock of the Company
entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than any such
acquisition by the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any employee
benefit plan of the Company; 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) any such transaction pursuant to
which the holders of 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of
capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in elections of
directors immediately prior to such transaction have, directly or
indirectly, at least 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of
capital stock of the continuing or surviving corporation entitled to vote
generally in elections of directors of the continuing or surviving
corporation immediately after such transaction and (b) a merger (x) which
does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or
cancellation of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company 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 Common Stock into solely shares of common stock);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have
occurred if either (a) the closing price per share of the Common Stock for any
five trading days within the period of 10 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 clause (i)
above) or ending immediately before the Change in Control (in the case of a
Change in Control under clause (ii) above) shall equal or exceed 105% of the
conversion price of the Registrable Notes in effect on each such trading day, or
(b) all of the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) in
a transaction or transactions constituting the Change in Control described in
clause (ii) above consists of shares of common stock traded on a national
securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market and as a result of
such transaction or transactions the Registrable Notes become convertible solely
into such common stock. "Beneficial owner" shall be determined in accordance
with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act. (Section
14.3)
Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act requires the dissemination of certain
information to security holders in the event of an issuer tender offer and may
apply in the event that the repurchase option becomes available to Holders of
the Registrable Notes. The Company will comply with this rule to the extent
applicable at that time.
The Company may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, at any time
purchase Registrable Notes in the open market or by tender at any price or by
private agreement. Any Registrable Note so purchased by the Company may, to the
extent permitted by applicable law and subject to restrictions contained in the
purchase agreement relating to the Original Offering, be re-issued or resold or
may, at the Company's option, be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Any Registrable Notes surrendered as aforesaid may not be re-issued or resold
and will be cancelled promptly.
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The foregoing provisions would not necessarily afford Holders of the
Registrable Notes protection in the event of highly leveraged or other
transactions involving the Company that may adversely affect Holders.
The Company's ability to repurchase Notes upon the occurrence of a Change in
Control is subject to limitations. There can be no assurance that the Company
would have the financial resources, or would be able to arrange financing, to
pay the Repurchase Price for all the Notes that might be delivered by Holders of
Notes seeking to exercise the purchase right. In addition, the Company's ability
to purchase Notes may be limited or prohibited by the terms of its then-existing
borrowing arrangements, including Senior Indebtedness. The Company's ability to
purchase Notes with cash may also be limited by the terms of its subsidiaries'
then-existing borrowing arrangements due to dividend restrictions. Any failure
by the Company to repurchase the Notes when required following a Change in
Control would result in an Event of Default under the Indenture whether or not
such repurchase is permitted by the subordination provisions of the Indenture.
(Section 5.1) Any such default may, in turn, cause a default under Senior
Indebtedness of the Company. Moreover, the occurrence of a Change in Control may
cause an event of default under Senior Indebtedness of the Company. As a result,
in each case, any repurchase of the Notes would, absent a waiver, be prohibited
under the subordination provisions of the Indenture until the Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full. See "-- Subordination" and "Risk Factors --
Leverage and Subordination".
MERGERS AND SALES OF ASSETS BY THE COMPANY
The Company may not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person unless (a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person to which the properties and assets of the
Company are so transferred or leased shall be a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes and the performance of the other covenants of the Company under the
Indenture, and (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event
of Default and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. (Section 7.1)
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The following will be Events of Default under the Indenture: (a) failure to
pay principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when due; (b) failure to pay
any interest on any Note when due, continuing for 30 days; (c) failure to
perform any other covenant of the Company in the Indenture, continuing for 60
days after written notice as provided in the Indenture; (d) any indebtedness for
money borrowed by the Company in an aggregate outstanding principal amount in
excess of $50,000,000 is not paid at final maturity or upon acceleration thereof
and such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded within 30
days after written notice as provided in the Indenture; and (e) certain events
of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization. (Section 5.1) Subject to the
provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee in case an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee will be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section 6.3) Subject to such
provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes will have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee. (Section 5.12)
If an Event of Default (other than as specified in clause (e) above) shall
occur and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25%
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may accelerate the maturity of all
Notes; provided, however, that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or
decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Notes may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul
such acceleration if all
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Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal, have
been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture. If an Event of Default as
specified in clause (e) above occurs and is continuing, then the principal of,
and accrued interest on, all the Notes shall IPSO FACTO become immediately due
and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Holders of
the Notes or the Trustee. (Section 5.2) For information as to waiver of
defaults, see "-- Meetings, Modification and Waiver".
No Holder of any Registrable Note will have any right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless
such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default and the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request, and
offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as
trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent
with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60
days. (Section 5.7) However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted
by a Holder of a Registrable Note for the enforcement of payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Registrable Note on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Registrable Note or of the right to
convert such Registrable Note in accordance with the Indenture. (Section 5.8)
The Company will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement
as to the performance by the Company of certain of its obligations under the
Indenture and as to any default in such performance. (Section 10.9)
MEETINGS, MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
The Indenture contains provisions for convening meetings of the Holders of
Notes to consider matters affecting their interests. (Article Nine)
Modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made, and certain past
defaults by the Company may be waived, either (i) with the written consent of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes at the time Outstanding or (ii) by the adoption of a resolution, at a
meeting of Holders of the Notes at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of
at least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented and
entitled to vote at such meeting. However, no such modification or amendment
may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected
thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment
of interest on, any Note, (b) reduce the principal amount of, or the premium, if
any, or interest on, any Note, (c) reduce the amount payable upon a redemption
or mandatory repurchase, (d) modify the provisions with respect to the
repurchase right of the Holders in a manner adverse to the Holders, (e) change
the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts described above in a
manner adverse to the Holders, (f) change the place or currency of payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note, (g) impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any
Note, (h) modify the obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency
in New York City and in a Western European city, (i) adversely affect the right
to convert Notes, (j) modify the subordination provisions in a manner adverse to
the Holders of the Notes, (k) reduce the above-stated percentage of Outstanding
Notes necessary to modify or amend the Indenture, (l) reduce the percentage of
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes necessary for waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or for waiver of certain
defaults, (m) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding
Notes required for the adoption of a resolution or the quorum required at any
meeting of Holders of Notes at which a resolution is adopted, or (n) modify the
obligation of the Company to deliver information required under rule 144A to
permit resales of Notes and Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof in the
event the Company ceases to be subject to certain reporting requirements under
the United States securities laws. (SectionSection 8.2 and 5.13) The quorum at
any meeting called to adopt a resolution will be persons holding or representing
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding
and, at any reconvened meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum, 25% of such
aggregate principal amount. (Section 9.4)
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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Notes may waive compliance by the Company with certain restrictive provisions of
the Indenture by written consent. (Section 10.13) The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes also may waive any past
default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest, by written consent. (Section 5.13)
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
In connection with the Original Offering, the Company entered into the
Registration Agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to, at the
Company's expense for the benefit of the holders of the Registrable Notes and
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, (i) file with the
Commission within 90 days after the date of original issuance of the Registrable
Notes, a registration statement (the "Shelf Registration Statement") covering
resales of the Registrable Notes and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
thereof, (ii) use its best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to
be declared effective under the Securities Act within 180 days after the date of
original issuance of the Registrable Notes and (iii) use its best efforts to
keep effective the Shelf Registration Statement until three years after the date
it is declared effective or such earlier date as all Registrable Notes and the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall have been disposed of or on
which all Registrable Notes and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
thereof held by persons that are not affiliates of Apple may be resold without
registration pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (the
"Effectiveness Period").
In the event that during the Effectiveness Period the Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective for more than 90 days or the Company suspends
the use of this Prospectus which is a part thereof for more than 90 days,
whether or not consecutive, during any 12-month period then the interest rate
borne by Registrable Notes will increase by an additional one-half of one
percent (0.50%) per annum from the 91st day of the applicable 12-month period
such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or the Company suspends
the use of this Prospectus which is a part thereof, as the case may be, until
the earlier of such time as (i) the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes
effective, (ii) the use of this Prospectus ceases to be suspended or (iii) the
Effectiveness Period expires.
BOOK-ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM; GLOBAL CERTIFICATES
The Registrable Notes may be represented by one or more fully registered
global notes (the "Global Note") as well as Registrable Notes in definitive form
registered in the name of individual purchasers or their nominees. Each such
Global Note will be deposited upon issuance with, or on behalf of, DTC and
registered in the name of DTC or its nominee (the "Global Note Registered
Owner") or will remain in the custody of the Trustee pursuant to a FAST Balance
Certificate Agreement between DTC and the Trustee. Except as set forth below,
the Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another
nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee.
DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking
Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the
meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency"
registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC
was created to hold securities for its participant organizations (collectively,
the "Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of
transactions in those securities between Participants through electronic
book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants include
securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations
and certain other organizations. Access to DTC's system is also available to
other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear
through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly
or indirectly (collectively, the "Indirect Participants"). Persons who are not
Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only
through the Participants or the Indirect Participants. The ownership interest
and transfer of ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each security
held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and
Indirect Participants.
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Pursuant to procedures established by DTC, (i) upon deposit of the Global
Note, DTC will credit the accounts of Participants with portions of the
principal amount of the Global Note and (ii) ownership of such interests in the
Global Note will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof will be
effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the
Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect
to other owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note). The laws of some
states require that certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of
securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer Registrable
Notes will be limited to that extent.
Except as described below, owners of interests in the Global Note will not
have Registrable Notes registered in their names, will not receive physical
delivery of Registrable Notes in definitive form and will not be considered the
registered owners thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.
None of the Company, the Trustee, nor any agent of the Company or the
Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for (i) any aspect of DTC's
records or any Participant's records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests in the Global Note, or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any of DTC's records or any Participant's records
relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Note or (ii) any
other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC's or any of its
Participants.
Payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
any Registrable Notes registered in the name of the Global Note Registered Owner
on any relevant record date will be payable by the Trustee to the Global Note
Registered Owner in its capacity as the registered holder under the Indenture.
Under the terms of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee will treat the
person in whose names the Registrable Notes, including the Global Note, are
registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments and
for any and all other purposes whatsoever. Consequently, neither the Company,
the Trustee, nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee has nor will have any
responsibility or liability for the payment of such amounts to beneficial owners
of the Registrable Notes or for any other matter relating to actions or
practices of DTC or any of its Participants. The Company understands that DTC's
current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as
the Registrable Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the
accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date, in
amounts proportionate to their respective holdings in principal amount of
beneficial interests in the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC
(unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment
date). Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the
beneficial owners of Registrable Notes will be governed by standing instructions
and customary practices and will be the responsibility of Participants or the
Indirect Participant, and the beneficial owners and not the responsibility of
the DTC, the Trustee or the Company. Neither the Company nor the Trustee will be
liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants in identifying the
beneficial owners of the Registrable Notes, and the Company and the Trustee may
conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from the
Global Note Registered Owner for all purposes.
So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner or holder of a
Global Note, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the
sole owner or holder of the Registrable Notes represented by such Global Note
for all purposes under the Indenture and the Registrable Notes. No beneficial
owner of an interest in a Global Note will be able to transfer the interest
except in accordance with DTC's applicable procedures, in addition to those
provided for under the Indenture. Transfers between Participants in DTC will be
effected in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC rules.
The Company expects that DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a
holder of Registrable Notes (including the presentation of Registrable Notes for
exchange as described below) only at the direction of one or more Participants
to whose account the DTC interests in a Global Note is credited and only in
respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have given such
direction.
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Although the Company expects that DTC will agree to the foregoing procedures
in order to facilitate transfers of interests in a Global Note among
Participants of DTC, it is under no obligation to perform or continue to perform
such procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. Neither
the Company nor the Trustee will have any responsibility for the performance by
DTC or its Participants or Indirect Participants of their respective obligations
under the rules and procedures governing their operations.
If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for a
Global Note and a successor depositary is not obtained, the Company will issue
definitive certificated Registrable Notes in exchange for a Global Note. Such
definitive certificated Registrable Notes shall be registered in names of the
owners of the beneficial interests in the Global Note as provided by the
Participants. Notes issued in definitive certificated form will be fully
registered, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 above that amount. Upon issuance of Registrable Notes in
definitive certificated form, the Trustee is required to register the
Registrable Notes in the name of, and cause the Registrable Notes to be
delivered to, the person or persons (or the nominee thereof) identified as the
beneficial owner as DTC shall direct.
The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book-entry system
has been obtained from sources that the Company believes to be reliable, but the
Company takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
A holder may transfer or exchange Registrable Notes in accordance with the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange
any Registrable Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not required
to transfer or exchange any Registrable Note for a period of 15 days before a
selection of Registrable Notes to be redeemed.
The registered holder of a Registrable Note will be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, United States of America. (Section 1.1)
THE TRUSTEE
In case an Event of Default shall occur (and shall not be cured), the
Trustee will be required to use the degree of care of a prudent person in the
conduct of his own affairs in the exercise of its powers. Subject to such
provisions, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its
rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any of the Holders of
Registrable Notes, unless they shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity. (SectionSection 6.1 and 6.3)
NOTES ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON REGULATION S
The Notes issued in the Original Offering in reliance upon Regulation S (the
"Regulation S Notes") are not being registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The Regulation S Notes issued
under the Indenture are governed by substantially similar terms as the
Registrable Notes, except with respect to certain mechanical provisions relating
to form and denomination, payment and conversion, redemption for taxation
reasons and payments of additional amounts. For a complete description of the
terms and conditions of the Regulation S Notes, see the detailed provisions of
the Indenture.
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UNITED STATES TAXATION
The following is a summary of certain United States federal income and
estate tax considerations relating to the purchase, ownership and disposition of
the Registrable Notes and of the Common Stock into which the Registrable Notes
may be converted, but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all the
potential tax considerations relating thereto. This summary is based on the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
regulations, rulings and decisions now in effect (or in the case of certain
regulations, now in proposed form), all of which are subject to change. This
summary deals only with holders that will hold Registrable Notes and Common
Stock as capital assets and does not address tax considerations applicable to
investors that may be subject to special tax rules, such as banks, tax-exempt
organizations, insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies, persons
that will hold Registrable Notes or Common Stock as a part of an integrated
investment (including a "straddle") comprised of a Registrable Note or shares of
Common Stock and one or more other positions, persons that have a "functional
currency" other than the U.S. dollar or holders of Registrable Notes that did
not acquire the Registrable Notes in the initial distribution thereof. This
summary does not address any state or local tax considerations, nor does it
address the U.S. tax consequences to holders of a Registrable Note that is not a
United States Holder (as defined below).
INVESTORS CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF REGISTRABLE NOTES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR
OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL
INCOME AND ESTATE TAX LAWS TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AS WELL AS ANY TAX
CONSEQUENCES ARISING UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAXING
JURISDICTION OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATY.
UNITED STATES HOLDERS
As used herein, the term "United States Holder" means a holder of a
Registrable Note or Common Stock that for United States federal income tax
purposes is (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation,
partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) any estate or trust
the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source or (iv) otherwise subject to United State federal
income taxation on a net income basis in respect of a Registrable Note or a
share of Common Stock.
PAYMENT OF INTEREST
Interest on a Registrable Note generally will be includible in the income of
a United States Holder as ordinary income at the time such interest is received
or accrued, in accordance with such Holder's method of accounting for United
States federal income tax purposes.
SALE, EXCHANGE OR REDEMPTION OF THE REGISTRABLE NOTES
Upon the sale, exchange or redemption of a Registrable Note, a United States
Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference
between (i) the amount of cash proceeds and the fair market value of any
property received on the sale, exchange or redemption (except to the extent such
amount is attributable to accrued interest income which is taxable as ordinary
income) and (ii) such Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Registrable Notes. A
United States Holder's adjusted tax basis in a Registrable Note generally will
equal the cost of the Registrable Note to such holder. Such capital gain or loss
will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Registrable Note was held for more
than one year at the time of sale, exchange or redemption.
CONVERSION OF THE REGISTRABLE NOTES
A United States Holder generally will not recognize any income, gain or loss
upon conversion of a Registrable Note into Common Stock except with respect to
cash received in lieu of a fractional Share of Common Stock. Such Holder's tax
basis in the Common Stock received on conversion of a Registrable Note will be
the same as such Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Registrable Note at the time
of
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conversion (reduced by any basis allocable to a fractional share interest), and
the holding period for the Common Stock received on conversion will generally
include the holding period of the Registrable Note converted.
Cash received in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion
will be treated as a payment in exchange for the fractional share of Common
Stock. Accordingly, the receipt of cash in lieu of a fractional share of Common
Stock generally will result in capital gain or loss (measured by the difference
between the cash received for the fractional share and the United States
Holder's adjusted tax basis in the fractional share).
ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE
The conversion price of the Registrable Notes is subject to adjustment in
certain circumstances. Under Section 305(c) of the Code, adjustments that have
the effect of increasing the proportionate interest of holders of the
Registrable Notes in the assets or earnings of the Company (for example, an
adjustment following a distribution of property by the Company to its
shareholders) may in some circumstances give rise to deemed dividend income to
United States Holders; similarly, a failure to adjust the conversion price of
the Registrable Notes to reflect a stock dividend or other event increasing the
proportionate interest of the holders of outstanding stock can in some
circumstances give rise to deemed dividend income to United States Holders of
such stock.
DIVIDENDS
Dividends paid on the Common Stock generally will be includible in the
income of a United States Holder as ordinary income to the extent of the
Company's current or accumulated earnings and profits.
SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF COMMON STOCK
Upon the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of shares of Common
Stock, a United States Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss
equal to the difference between (i) the cash proceeds and the fair market value
of any property received and (ii) such Holder's adjusted tax basis in the Common
Stock. Such gain will be capital gain, and will be long-term capital gain if the
shares of Common Stock were held for more than one year (including the holding
period before the Registrable Notes were converted into Common Stock).
INFORMATION REPORTING AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING TAX
In general, information reporting requirements will apply to payments of
principal, premium, if any, and of interest on a Registrable Note, payments of
dividends on Common Stock and payments of the proceeds of the sale of a
Registrable Note or Common Stock to certain non-corporate United States Holders,
and a 31% backup withholding tax may apply to such payments if the United States
Holder (i) fails to furnish or certify his correct taxpayer identification
number to the payor in the manner required, (ii) is notified by the Internal
Revenue Service (the "IRS") that such Holder has failed to report payments of
interest and dividends properly, or (iii) under certain circumstances, fails to
certify that such holder has not been notified by the IRS that he is subject to
backup withholding for failure to report interest and dividend payments. Any
amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a United
States Holder will be allowed as a credit against such Holder's United States
federal income tax liability and may entitle the holder to a refund.
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SELLING HOLDERS
The Registrable Notes offered hereby were originally issued by the Company
and sold by the Initial Purchasers, in a transaction exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, to persons reasonably believed
by such initial purchaser to be "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act), or other institutional "accredited
investors" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
Act. An additional $92,675,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes were issued
in the Original Offering by the Company and sold by the Initial Purchasers in
compliance with the provisions of Regulation S under the Securities Act. The
Selling Holders (which term includes their transferees, pledgees, donees or
their successors) may from time to time offer and sell pursuant to this
Prospectus any or all of the Registrable Notes and Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Registrable Notes.
The following table sets forth information, as of August 27, 1996 with
respect to the Selling Holders and the respective principal amounts of
Registrable Notes beneficially owned by each Selling Holder that may be offered
pursuant to this Prospectus. Such information has been obtained from the Selling
Holders. None of the Selling Holders has, or within the past three years has
had, any position, office or other material relationship with the Company or any
of its predecessors or affiliates, except as noted below. Because the Selling
Holders may offer all or some portion of the Registrable Notes or the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion thereof pursuant to this Prospectus, no estimate
can be given as to the amount of the Registrable Notes or the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion thereof that will be held by the Selling Holders upon
termination of any such sales. In addition, the Selling Holders identified below
may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of their
Registrable Notes since the date on which they provided the information
regarding their Registrable Notes in transactions exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF REGISTRABLE NUMBER OF SHARES OF
NOTES COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY ----------------------------
OWNED AND BENEFICIALLY OFFERED
SELLING HOLDER OFFERED HEREBY OWNED (1)(2) HEREBY (2)
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IDS Life Capital Resource Fund (3)............................... $ 50,000,000 12,712,035 1,712,035
C.S. First Boston Corporation.................................... 25,270,000 865,262 865,262
Mainstay Convertible Fund........................................ 20,250,000 693,374 693,374
Fidelity Devonshire Trust: Fidelity Equity-Income Fund (4)....... 17,780,000 608,799 608,799
UBS Securities LLC............................................... 17,500,000 599,212 599,212
Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P. Investment Advisor.................... 16,800,000 575,243 575,243
The TCW Group, Inc............................................... 15,925,000 545,283 545,283
HSBC James Capel................................................. 12,100,000 414,312 414,312
J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated................................... 12,000,000 920,483 410,888
BNP Arbitrage SNC................................................ 10,990,000 376,305 376,305
BT Securities Corp............................................... 10,215,000 349,768 349,768
Alpine Associates................................................ 10,000,000 342,407 342,407
Allstate Insurance Company....................................... 9,000,000 308,166 308,166
Lipco Partners, L.P.............................................. 9,000,000 308,166 308,166
Swiss Bank Corporation, London Branch (5)........................ 8,275,000 283,341 283,341
Froley, Revy Investment Co., Inc................................. 7,800,000 267,077 267,077
President & Fellows of Harvard College........................... 6,500,000 280,164 222,564
BT Holdings Corp................................................. 6,500,000 222,564 222,564
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated............... 5,825,000 199,452 199,452
RBC Dominion Securities Inc...................................... 5,500,000 480,626 188,323
Hamilton Partners Limited........................................ 5,500,000 188,323 188,323
NatWest Securities Corp.......................................... 5,185,000 177,538 177,538
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF REGISTRABLE NUMBER OF SHARES OF
NOTES COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY ----------------------------
OWNED AND BENEFICIALLY OFFERED
SELLING HOLDER OFFERED HEREBY OWNED (1)(2) HEREBY (2)
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Bond Fund Series -- Oppenheimer Bond Fund for Growth............. $ 5,000,000 171,203 171,203
New York Life Separate Account #7................................ 5,000,000 171,203 171,203
SBC Warburg Inc.................................................. 5,000,000 171,203 171,203
Susquehanna Investment Group..................................... 4,900,000 167,779 167,779
Societe Generale Securities Corp................................. 4,850,000 166,067 166,067
OCM Convertible Trust............................................ 4,575,000 156,651 156,651
Nomura Securities (Bermuda) Ltd. (6)............................. 4,450,000 152,371 152,371
Lord Abbett & Co. Bond Debenture Fund............................ 4,000,000 136,962 136,962
Tenret & Co...................................................... 4,000,000 136,962 136,962
SoGen International Fund, Inc.................................... 3,500,000 119,842 119,842
Hughes Retirement Plan Trust..................................... 3,500,000 119,842 119,842
State of Connecticut Combined Investment Funds................... 3,470,000 118,815 118,815
Delta Airlines Master Trust...................................... 3,330,000 114,021 114,021
JMG Convertible Investments, L.P................................. 3,000,000 102,722 102,722
Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc............................. 3,000,000 102,722 102,722
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (7)................... 3,000,000 144,322 102,722
Paul Berkman & Company........................................... 3,000,000 102,722 102,722
Pacific Horizon Capital Income Fund.............................. 2,750,000 94,161 94,161
Millennium Trading Co............................................ 2,500,000 138,601 85,601
Lipco Offshore Partners, L.P..................................... 2,250,000 77,041 77,041
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds for the account of:
Oppenheimer Growth & Income Fund................................ 2,000,000 68,481 68,481
Merrill Lynch Convertible Securities Inc......................... 1,750,000 59,921 59,921
Robertson Stephens & Company LLC................................. 1,550,000 53,073 53,073
Sage Capital..................................................... 1,500,000 51,361 51,361
KA Trading L.P................................................... 1,500,000 51,361 51,361
Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co...................................... 1,500,000 51,361 51,361
Forest Fulcrum Fund, L.P......................................... 1,250,000 42,800 42,800
Fidelity Management Trust Company on behalf of accounts managed
by it (8)....................................................... 1,220,000 41,773 41,773
AIM Fund Group................................................... 1,200,000 41,088 41,088
Indosuez Capital Asset Advisors.................................. 1,000,000 34,240 34,240
Husic Capital Management (9)..................................... 1,000,000 34,240 34,240
Colonial Penn Insurance Co....................................... 950,000 32,528 32,528
Zazove Convertible Fund, L.P..................................... 950,000 32,528 32,528
Forest Fulcrum Fund Ltd.......................................... 750,000 25,680 25,680
Franklin Investors Securities Trust Convertible Securities
Fund............................................................ 750,000 25,680 25,680
Catholic Mutual Series........................................... 550,000 18,832 18,832
CFW-C, L.P....................................................... 500,000 17,120 17,120
Smith Barney Convertibles Portfolio.............................. 500,000 17,120 17,120
OCM Convertible Limited Partnership.............................. 250,000 8,560 8,560
West Merchant Bank Nominee Limited............................... 250,000 8,560 8,560
First Hawaiian Bank Custodian Kapiolani Medical Center for Women
& Children...................................................... 200,000 6,848 6,848
Financial Institutions Retirement Fund........................... 150,000 14,136 5,136
Credit Suisse London Branch...................................... 128,000 5,182 4,382
Donald George Scheidt............................................ 60,000 2,054 2,054
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF REGISTRABLE NUMBER OF SHARES OF
NOTES COMMON STOCK
BENEFICIALLY ----------------------------
OWNED AND BENEFICIALLY OFFERED
SELLING HOLDER OFFERED HEREBY OWNED (1)(2) HEREBY (2)
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Patricia Pazdry.................................................. $ 60,000 2,054 2,054
Margaret B. Blinn................................................ 40,000 1,369 1,369
J. Keith Johnstone and Kathleen L. Johnstone..................... 40,000 1,369 1,369
Arthur E. Watt................................................... 40,000 1,369 1,369
Earl Robinson and Benita Robinson................................ 40,000 1,369 1,369
K-Ridge Farms.................................................... 30,000 1,027 1,027
Penny Werle...................................................... 30,000 1,027 1,027
John Werle....................................................... 20,000 684 684
Norman Enns and Marnie Enns...................................... 20,000 684 684
Glen Frehlich.................................................... 20,000 684 684
Ross R. Pinder................................................... 20,000 684 684
Margaret Pinder.................................................. 20,000 684 684
Fred Weeks....................................................... 20,000 684 684
Peter Rempel..................................................... 10,000 342 342
Fred Grant and/or Holly Grant.................................... 10,000 342 342
Edward Napper.................................................... 10,000 342 342
Ken Fleury....................................................... 10,000 342 342
Any other holder of Registrable Notes or future transferee from
any such holder (10)(11)........................................ 183,687,000 6,289,573 6,289,573
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(1) Includes shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Registrable
Notes.
(2) Assumes a conversion price of $29.205 per share, and a cash payment in lieu
of any fractional share interest.
(3) IDS Life Capital Resource Fund is a fund in the IDS Life Investment Series,
Inc., a series mutual fund in the IDS Mutual Fund Group (collectively, the
"IDS Funds"), and is an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. American Express Financial Corporation
("AEFC"), formerly known as IDS Financial Corporation, an investment adviser
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, provides
investment advisory services to each of the IDS Funds and to certain other
registered investment companies. AEFC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
American Express Company. The information set forth in the table with
respect to IDS Life Capital Resource Fund and the information set forth in
this footnote was provided by AEFC.
(4) Fidelity Devonshire Trust is an investment company registered under Section
8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Fidelity Management &
Research Company ("FMR Co.") is a Massachusetts corporation and an
investment advisor registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, as amended, and provides investment advisory services to such
entity mentioned above, and to other registered investment companies and to
certain other funds which are generally offered to a limited group if
investors. FMR Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp. ("FMR"), a
Massachusetts corporation.
(5) SBC Warburg Inc., a subsidiary of Swiss Bank Corporation, acts as investment
advisor to Swiss Bank Corporation, London Branch with respect to $7,675,000
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes. Swiss Bank Corporation,
London Branch also beneficially owns $1,150,000 aggregate principal amount
of the Company's 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001, which
it purchased in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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(6) Reported beneficial ownership is based solely on a review of the relevant
records of Nomura Holding America Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
majority-owned subsidiaries, including, without limitation, Nomura
Securities (Bermuda) Ltd. ("NSB"), as of August 8, 1996, and does not
encompass any other affiliates of NSB.
(7) Includes $1,000,000 in principal amount of Registrable Notes held in the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Group Annuity Separate Account.
(8) Shares indicated as owned by Fidelity Management Trust Company are owned
directly by various private investment accounts, primarily employee benefit
plans for which Fidelity Management Trust Company ("FMTC") serves as trustee
or managing agent. FMTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR and a bank as
defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(9) Held in its capacity as a discretionary asset manager for the Ameritech
Pension Plan under an investment management agreement dated December 22,
1995.
(10) Information concerning other Registrable Note Selling Holders will be set
forth in Prospectus Supplements from time to time, if required.
(11) Assumes that any other holders of Registrable Notes or any future
transferee from any such holder does not beneficially own any Common Stock
other than the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes at the
initial conversion rate.
Information concerning the Selling Holders may change from time to time and
any such changed information will be set forth in supplements to this Prospectus
if and when necessary. In addition, the per share conversion price, and therefor
the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the Registrable Notes, is
subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. Accordingly, the aggregate
principal amount of Registrable Notes and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion thereof offered hereby may increase or decrease.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Registrable Notes and Common Stock offered hereby may be sold from time
to time to purchasers directly by the Selling Holders. Alternatively, the
Selling Holders may from time to time offer the Registrable Notes and Common
Stock to or through underwriters, broker/dealers or agents, who may receive
compensation in the form of underwriting discounts, concessions or commissions
from the Selling Holders or the purchasers of Registrable Notes and Common Stock
for whom they may act as agents. The Selling Holders and any underwriters,
broker/dealers or agents that participate in the distribution of Registrable
Notes and Common Stock may be deemed to be "underwriters" within the meaning of
the Securities Act and any profit on the sale of Registrable Notes and Common
Stock by them and any discounts, commissions, concessions or other compensation
received by any such underwriter, broker/dealer or agent may be deemed to be
underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
The Registrable Notes and Common Stock offered hereby may be sold from time
to time in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices
at the time of sale, any varying prices determined at the time of sale or at
negotiated prices. The sale of the Registrable Notes and the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion thereof may be effected in transactions (which may
involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange
or quotation service on which the Registrable Notes or the Common Stock may be
listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii)
in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or in the over-the-counter
market or (iv) through the writing of options. At the time a particular offering
of the Registrable Notes and the Common Stock is made, a Prospectus Supplement,
if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount and
type of Registrable Notes and Common Stock being offered and
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the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any underwriters,
broker/dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms
constituting compensation from the Selling Holders and any discounts,
commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker/dealers.
To comply with the securities laws of certain jurisdictions, if applicable,
the Registrable Notes and Common Stock will be offered or sold in such
jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In
addition, in certain jurisdictions the Registrable Notes and Common Stock may
not be offered or sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in
such jurisdictions or any exemption from registration or qualification is
available and is complied with.
The Selling Holders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, which provisions may limit the
timing of purchases and sales of any of the Registrable Notes and Common Stock
by the Selling Holders. The foregoing may affect the marketability of the
Registrable Notes and the Common Stock.
Pursuant to the Registration Agreement, all expenses of the registration of
the Registrable Notes and Common Stock will be paid by the Company, including,
without limitation, Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state
securities or "blue sky" laws; provided, however, that the Selling Holders will
pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. The Selling
Holders will be indemnified by the Company against certain civil liabilities,
including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, or will be entitled to
contribution in connection therewith.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Registrable Notes and the Common Stock being offered
hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Shearman & Sterling, San
Francisco, California.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Apple Computer, Inc.
included and/or incorporated by reference in Apple Computer, Inc.'s Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended September 29, 1995, have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon
included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements and schedule have been incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such reports given upon the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS, OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CORPORATION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR
ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE AN IMPLICATION
THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION SINCE THE DATA
HEREOF. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY ANYONE
IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN
WHICH THE PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO OR
TO ANYONE TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN SUCH
JURISDICTION.
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Available Information.......................... 2
Incorporation of Certain Documents by
Reference..................................... 2
Summary........................................ 3
Risk Factors................................... 7
Use of Proceeds................................ 16
Description of Registrable Notes............... 17
United States Taxation......................... 31
Selling Holders................................ 33
Plan of Distribution........................... 36
Legal Matters.................................. 37
Experts........................................ 37
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U.S. $568,575,000
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED
NOTES DUE JUNE 1, 2001
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION.
The following table sets forth the estimated expenses of the Registrant in
connection with the offering described in this Registration Statement.
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Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.............. $ 196,061
Accountants' fees and expenses................................... 12,000
Legal fees and expenses.......................................... 80,000
Printing and engraving expenses.................................. 10,000
Blue Sky fees and expenses....................................... 17,500
Trustee's fees and expenses...................................... 2,500
Miscellaneous.................................................... 939
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Total........................................................ 319,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors
and officers who are parties or are threatened to be made parties to any
proceeding (with certain exceptions) by reason of the fact that the person is or
was an agent of the corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements
and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
proceeding if that person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation. This
limitation on liability has no effect on a director's liability (i) for acts or
omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable
violation of law, (ii) for acts or omissions that a director believes to be
contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that
involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director, (iii) relating to
any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit, (iv)
for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director's duty to
the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director was
aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing a
director's duties, of a risk of a serious injury to the corporation or its
shareholders, (v) for acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of
inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director's duty to the
corporation or its shareholders, (vi) under Section 310 of the California
General Corporation Law (concerning contracts or transactions between the
corporation and a director) or (vii) under Section 316 of the California General
Corporation Law (directors' liability for improper dividends, loans and
guarantees). The provision does not extend to acts or omissions of a director in
his capacity as an officer. Further, the provision has no effect on claims
arising under federal or state securities laws and does not affect the
availability of injunctions and other equitable remedies available to the
Company's shareholders for any violation of a director's fiduciary duty to the
Company or its shareholders. Although the validity and scope of the legislation
underlying the provision have not yet been interpreted to any significant extent
by the California courts, the provision may relieve directors of monetary
liability to the Company for grossly negligent conduct, including conduct in
situations involving attempted takeovers of the Company.
In accordance with Section 317, the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended (the "Articles"), of the Company limits the liability of a director to
the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages to the fullest extent
permissible under California law, and authorizes the Company to provide
indemnification to its agents (including officers and directors), subject to the
limitations set forth above. The Company's By-Laws further provide for
indemnification of corporate agents to the maximum extent permitted by the
California General Corporation Law.
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Pursuant to the authority provided in the Articles, the Company has entered
into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and directors,
indemnifying them against certain potential liabilities that may arise as a
result of their service to the Company, and providing for certain other
protection.
The Company also maintains insurance policies which insure its officers and
directors against certain liabilities.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the
statute, the Articles, the By-Laws and the agreements referred to above and are
qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreements included herein as exhibits
to the Registration Statement for provisions regarding indemnification of the
Company's officers, directors and controlling persons against liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1* Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1996, between the Company and Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee, relating
to the Notes.
4.2* Form of Notes included in Exhibit 4.1.
4.3 Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of Apple Computer, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file no. 33-62310) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 6, 1993.)
4.4 Restated Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California on
January 27, 1988. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (file no. 33-23317) filed July 27, 1988.)
4.5 Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
California on February 1, 1990. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (file no. 33-62310) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6,
1993.)
4.6 By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated as of November 2, 1994. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 30, 1994.)
4.7 Common Shares Rights Agreement dated as of May 15, 1989, between the Company and The First National Bank
of Boston, as Rights Agent, including the form of Rights Certificate attached hereto. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 26, 1989.)
4.8* Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 7, 1996 among the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated.
5.1* Opinion of Shearman & Sterling.
23.1* Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP independent auditors.
23.2* Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1* Power of Attorney (contained on Page II-4 - II-5).
25.1* Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (bound separately from other exhibits).
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase
or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price, set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) 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.
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(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.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has 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 such a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant 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 Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
II-3
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT
HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF CUPERTINO, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, ON THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST 1996.
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
By /s/ GILBERT F. AMELIO
-----------------------------------
Gilbert F. Amelio
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints each of Gilbert F. Amelio, Fred D. Anderson and
Edward B. Stead, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of each to act alone, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of each to act alone, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
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<C> <S> <C>
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
- ------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- -----------------------
/s/ GILBERT F. AMELIO Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
-------------------------------------- Director (Principal Executive August 28, 1996
Gilbert F. Amelio Officer)
/s/ FRED D. ANDERSON Executive Vice President and Chief
-------------------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal August 28, 1996
Fred D. Anderson Financial Officer)
/s/ ROBERT PROMM Vice President and Financial
-------------------------------------- Controller (Principal Accounting August 28, 1996
Robert Promm Officer)
/s/ BERNARD GOLDSTEIN
-------------------------------------- Director August 26, 1996
Bernard Goldstein
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<C> <S> <C>
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
- ------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- -----------------------
-------------------------------------- Director , 1996
B. Jurgen Hintz
-------------------------------------- Director , 1996
Katherine M. Hudson
/s/ DELANO E. LEWIS
-------------------------------------- Director August 23, 1996
Delano E. Lewis
-------------------------------------- Director , 1996
A.C. Markkula, Jr.
/s/ EDGAR S. WOOLARD, JR.
-------------------------------------- Director August 23, 1996
Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.
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APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT SEQUENTIALLY
NUMBER DESCRIPTION NUMBERED PAGE
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<S> <C> <C>
4.1* Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1996, between the Company and Marine Midland Bank, as
Trustee, relating to the Notes............................................................
4.2* Form of Notes included in Exhibit 4.1......................................................
4.3 Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of Apple Computer, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file no. 33-62310) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 1993.)..............................
4.4 Restated Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
California on January 27, 1988. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file no. 33-23317) filed July 27, 1988.)..............
4.5 Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of California on February 1, 1990. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file no. 33-62310) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 6, 1993.)..................................................
4.6 By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated as of November 2, 1994. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended December 30, 1994.).................................................................
4.7 Common Shares Rights Agreement dated as of May 15, 1989, between the Company and The First
National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent, including the form of Rights Certificate
attached hereto. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26,
1989.)....................................................................................
4.8* Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 7, 1996 among the Company and Goldman, Sachs &
Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.................................................
5.1* Opinion of Shearman & Sterling.............................................................
23.1* Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP independent auditors.........................................
23.2* Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).......................................
24.1* Power of Attorney (contained on Page II-4 - II-5)..........................................
25.1* Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (bound separately from other
exhibits).................................................................................
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*Filed herewith
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EXHIBIT 4.1
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APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
ISSUER
TO
MARINE MIDLAND BANK
TRUSTEE
----------------
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 1996
----------------
U.S.$661,250,000
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES
DUE JUNE 1, 2001
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....................................
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust
Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
- ----------- --------------
Section 310(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.13
6.9
Section 311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.14
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.14
Section 312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1
15.2(a)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2(b)
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2(c)
Section 313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3(a)
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
10.9
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3(a)
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3(a)
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3(b)
Section 314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
Section 315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.14
Section 316(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2
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5.12
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.13
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4(g)
Section 317(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
Section 318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.13
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
"Agent Member" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authorized Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bearer Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bearer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CEDEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Change in Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Closing Price Per Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Depositary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Constituent Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conversion Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conversion Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Definitive Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Depositary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Designated Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Determination Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
U.S.$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
"DTC" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
EUROCLEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exchange Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exchange Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Expiration Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Global Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
"Initial Regulation S Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
"Initial Purchasers" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Liquidated Damages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Non-electing Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Non-United States Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Payment Blockage Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Place of Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
"Purchase Agreement" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Purchased Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reference Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Registration Rights Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
"Regulation D Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
"Regulation S" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
"Regulation S Certificate" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Regulation S Global Security" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Regulation S Restricted Period" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Regulation S Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Repurchase Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Repurchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Restricted Global Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Restricted Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Restricted Securities Certificate" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Restricted Securities Legend" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Rule 144A" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rule 144A Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
"Rule 144A Securities" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Securities Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
"Securities Act Legend" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" . . . . . . . . . . 10
"Senior Indebtedness" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
"Shelf Registration Statement" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
"Successor Security" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
"Surrender Certificate" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tax Affected Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tax Law Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Temporary Global Bearer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trading Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Transfer Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
"Trust Indenture Act" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
United States person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
"Unrestricted Securities Certificate" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Western Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to the Trustee . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 1.5. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.7. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 1.8. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 1.9. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 1.10. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 1.11. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 1.12. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 1.13. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.2. Forms of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 2.3. Form of Coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 2.4. Form of Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 2.5. Form of Conversion Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Title and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 3.2. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. . . . . 62
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Global Bearer Security; Global Securities;
Non-Global Registered Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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SECTION 3.5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange;
Restrictions on Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities and
Coupons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . . . . 76
SECTION 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 3.9. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 3.11. Form of Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 3.12. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 3.13. Notification of Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . . . 84
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities or Coupons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest and to Convert . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. 94
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities, Act as Trustee Under Other
Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 6.8. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 6.9. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . . . 96
SECTION 6.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 6.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SECTION 6.12. Authenticating Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SECTION 6.13. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. . . . . . . . . 99
SECTION 6.14. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. . . . 99
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 7.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms . . 100
SECTION 7.2. Successor Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . 101
SECTION 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders of
Securities or Coupons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
SECTION 8.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
SECTION 8.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . 103
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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SECTION 8.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . 104
SECTION 8.5. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures . . 104
SECTION 8.6. Notice of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ARTICLE NINE
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 9.1. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called . . . . . . . 104
SECTION 9.2. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . 105
SECTION 9.3. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. . . . . . . . . . 105
SECTION 9.4. Quorum; Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
SECTION 9.5. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment
of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
SECTION 9.6. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings . . . . 107
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. . . . . . . 108
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Offices or Agencies. . . . . . . . . . . 108
SECTION 10.3. Money for Security Payments To Be Held in Trust . . . . 110
SECTION 10.4. Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts. . . . 111
SECTION 10.5. Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
SECTION 10.6. Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
SECTION 10.7. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . . . . . 112
SECTION 10.8. Registration and Listing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
SECTION 10.9. Statement by Officers as to Default . . . . . . . . . . 113
SECTION 10.10. Delivery of Certain Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SECTION 10.11. Resale of Certain Securities; Reporting Issuer. . . . . 114
SECTION 10.12. Registration Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SECTION 10.13. Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.1. Right of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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SECTION 11.2. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
SECTION 11.3. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . 116
SECTION 11.4. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed . . . 117
SECTION 11.5. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
SECTION 11.6. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
SECTION 11.7. Securities Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . 119
SECTION 11.8. Registered Securities Redeemed in Part. . . . . . . . . 120
ARTICLE TWELVE
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 12.1. Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price . . . . . . . 120
SECTION 12.2. Exercise of Conversion Privilege . . . . . . . . . . . 121
SECTION 12.3. Fractions of Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
SECTION 12.4. Adjustment of Conversion Price . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
SECTION 12.5. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price . . . . . . . 129
SECTION 12.8. Taxes on Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
SECTION 12.9. Covenant as to Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
SECTION 12.10. Cancellation of Converted Securities . . . . . . . . . 131
SECTION 12.11. Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale
of Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
SECTION 12.12. Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions . . 132
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness . . . . 133
SECTION 13.2. No Payments in Certain Circumstances; Payment Over
of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . 134
SECTION 13.3. Notice to Trustee of Specified Events;
Reliance on Certificate of Liquidating Agent . . . . . 136
SECTION 13.4. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination . . . . . . . . . . 136
SECTION 13.5. Trustee Not Charged with Knowledge of Prohibition . . . 137
SECTION 13.6. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
SECTION 13.7. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness;
Preservation of Trustee's Rights . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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SECTION 13.8. Article Applicable to Paying Agents . . . . . . . . . . 138
SECTION 13.9. Certain Conversions Deemed Payment. . . . . . . . . . . 138
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT THE OPTION OF THE
HOLDER UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL
SECTION 14.1. Right to Require Repurchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
SECTION 14.2. Notices; Method of Exercising Repurchase Right, Etc. . 139
SECTION 14.3. Certain Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 15.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
SECTION 15.2. Preservation of Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
SECTION 15.3. Reports by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
SECTION 15.4. Reports by Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ANNEX A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
ANNEX B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
ANNEX C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
ANNEX D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 1, 1996, between Apple Computer, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California, having its principal office at 1 Infinite Loop Drive, Cupertino, CA
95014 (herein called the "Company"), and Marine Midland Bank, a New York banking
corporation and trust company, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the
"Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 6%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001 (herein called the "Securities")
and the coupons, if any, thereto appertaining, of substantially the tenor and
amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make the Securities and the coupons, if any,
thereto appertaining, when the Securities are executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Company, and
to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with
their and its terms, have been done. Further, all things necessary to duly
authorize the issuance of the Common Stock of the Company issuable upon the
conversion of the Securities, and to duly reserve for issuance the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities and the coupons, if any,
thereto appertaining, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
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(2) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such
computation; and
(3) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder of a Security, has the meaning
specified in Section 1.4.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control", when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Agent Member" means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized pursuant to Section 6.12
to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the
country of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, whether or not published on
Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the place in
connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such
place. Where successive publications are required to be made in an Authorized
Newspaper, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different
newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case
on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. For purposes of
publication in London, such term shall mean the FINANCIAL TIMES, unless such
newspaper is not available.
"Bearer Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
"Bearer Security" means any Security issued in substantially the form set
forth in Section 2.2(a).
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"Board of Directors" or "Board" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any committee of that board empowered to act for it with respect to
this Indenture.
"Board Resolution" means a resolution duly adopted by the Board of
Directors, a copy of which, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, shall have been
delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, Place of
Conversion or any other place, as the case may be, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions
in such Place of Payment, Place of Conversion or other place, as the case may
be, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close shall not be a
Business Day for purposes of Section 13.5; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that a day on
which banking institutions in New York, New York or London, England are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close shall not be a
Business Day for purposes of Sections 10.1, 10.3 or 11.6.
"CEDEL" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 14.3.
"Closing Price Per Share" means, with respect to a class of Common Stock of
the Company, for any day, the reported last sales price regular way per share of
such class or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the
average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way, in either case
(i) on the Nasdaq National Market or, if such class of Common Stock is not
quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, on the principal (as determined by the
Company's Board of Directors) national securities exchange on which such class
of Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or (ii) if not quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market or listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
over-the-counter market as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member firm
selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose or (iii) if not so
available in either manner set forth in (i) or (ii), as otherwise determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors.
"Code" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.
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"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company which has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company. However, subject to the
provisions of Section 12.11, shares issuable on conversion of Securities shall
include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock of the Company at
the date of this instrument or shares of any class or classes resulting from any
reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in
respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and which are
not subject to redemption by the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at any time
there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class
then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number
of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the
total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
"Company Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 14.2.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or a Vice
President, and by its principal financial officer, Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Constituent Person" has the meaning specified in Section 12.11.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to convert
Securities in accordance with Article Twelve. The Company has initially
appointed the Trustee as its Conversion Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, Midland Bank plc as its Conversion Agent in London, England
and Banque Internationale a Luxembourg as its Conversion Agent in Luxembourg.
"Conversion Price" has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered
(which at the date of this Indenture is located at 140 Broadway, 12th Floor, New
York, NY 10005).
"corporation" means a corporation, company, including, without limitation,
a limited liability company, association, joint-stock company or business trust.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
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"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
"Definitive Security" means any Security that is a Bearer Security (other
than the Temporary Global Bearer Security) or a Registered Security (other than
a Global Registered Security).
"Depositary" means, with respect to any Securities issued in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Registered Securities, the clearing
agency that is registered under the Exchange Act and designated to act as
Depositary for such Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.4(B), or any
successor clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act as contemplated by
Section 3.4(B).
"Designated Senior Indebtedness" means any particular Senior Indebtedness
in which the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or
guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents to which the Company is a
party) expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be "Designated Senior
Indebtedness" for purposes of the Indenture (provided that such instrument,
agreement or other document may place limitations and conditions on the right of
such Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of Designated Senior
Indebtedness).
"Determination Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
"Dollar" or "U.S.$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
"EUROCLEAR" has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
"Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.
"Exchange Date" means the date and day on which the Regulation S Restricted
Period expires.
"Expiration Time" has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(6).
"Global Registered Security" means any Registered Security issued in the
form set forth in Section 2.2(b) and registered in the Security Register in the
name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.
"Global Security" means any Security that is a Temporary Global Bearer
Security or a Global Registered Security.
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"Holder", when used with respect to any Registered Security, means the
Person in whose name the Security is registered in the Security Register, when
used with respect to any Bearer Security or Temporary Global Bearer Security,
means the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, means the
bearer thereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for
all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
"Initial Regulation S Securities" means the Securities sold by the Initial
Purchasers in the initial offering contemplated by the Purchase Agreement in
reliance on Regulation S and shall include (i) Securities initially evidenced by
the Temporary Global Bearer Security and (ii) Securities initially evidenced by
interest in a Restricted Global Registered Security and thereafter exchanged in
the initial resale thereof by the Initial Purchasers for interests in the
Regulation S Global Security.
"Initial Purchasers" means Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated.
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on the Securities.
"Liquidated Damages" has the meaning specified in Section 10.12.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which
the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption, exercise of the repurchase right set forth in Article Fourteen
or otherwise.
"Non-electing Share" has the meaning specified in Section 12.11.
"Non-United States Holder" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President
or a Vice President and by the principal financial officer, the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of independent counsel of
recognized standing who may be counsel for the Company and who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, EXCEPT:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for the payment or redemption of which money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) or set aside and segregated in trust
by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities and any coupons thereto appertaining, PROVIDED
that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities are present at a meeting of Holders
of Securities for quorum purposes or have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum or upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be
so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company and, except
as otherwise specifically set forth herein, such term shall include the Company
if it shall act as its own Paying Agent. The Company has initially appointed the
Trustee as its Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
Midland Bank plc, Mariner House, Pepys Street, London EC3N 4DA, England, as its
Paying Agent in London, England, and Banque Internationale a Luxembourg S.A.,
located at 69, route d'Esch L-1470 Luxembourg as its Paying Agent in Luxembourg.
"Payment Blockage Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Conversion" has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
"Place of Payment" has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement, dated June 4, 1996,
between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, as such agreement may be amended
from time to time.
"Purchased Shares" has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(6).
"Record Date" means any Regular Record Date or Special Record Date.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Reference Date" has the meaning specified in Section 12.4(4).
"Registered Security" means any Security (including any Global Registered
Security) issued in substantially the form set forth in Section 2.2(b) and
registered in the Security Register.
"Registration Rights Agreement" has the meaning specified in Section 10.12.
"Regular Record Date" for interest payable in respect of any Registered
Security on any Interest Payment Date means the May 15 or November 15 (whether
or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date.
"Regulation D Securities" means the Securities sold by the Initial
Purchasers in the initial offering contemplated by the Purchase Agreement in
reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
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"Regulation S Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form
set forth in Annex A to this Indenture.
"Regulation S Global Security" has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
"Regulation S Restricted Period" means the period of 40 consecutive days
beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which Securities are
first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in
reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the last original issuance date of the
Securities.
"Regulation S Securities" means (i) all Bearer Securities, including the
Temporary Global Bearer Security, (ii) the Regulation S Global Security and
(iii) any Registered Security (other than the Regulation S Global Security)
issued in exchange for an interest in the Regulation S Global Security or any
Restricted Security and which is not a Restricted Security.
"Repurchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.
"Repurchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 14.1.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee including without
limitation any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer,
assistant secretary, corporate trust officer, assistant corporate trust officer
or other employee of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Restricted Global Registered Security" has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.
"Restricted Securities" means all Securities required pursuant to Section
3.5(c) to bear any Restricted Securities Legend. Such term includes the
Restricted Global Registered Security.
"Restricted Securities Certificate" means a certificate substantially in
the form set forth in Annex B to this Indenture.
"Restricted Securities Legend" means, collectively, the legends
substantially in the forms of the legends required in the form of Security set
forth in Section 2.2(b) to be placed upon each Restricted Security.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
"Rule 144A Information" has the meaning specified in Section 10.10.
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"Rule 144A Securities" means the Securities purchased by the Initial
Purchasers from the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and resold by the
Initial Purchasers, other than the Regulation D Securities and the Initial
Regulation S Securities.
"Securities" has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph under
the caption "Recitals of the Company".
"Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time.
"Securities Act Legend" means a Restricted Securities Legend.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.5.
"Senior Indebtedness" has the meaning specified in Section 13.1.
"Shelf Registration Statement" has the meaning specified in Section 10.12.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Company pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a
coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock or other similar
interests in the corporation which ordinarily has or have voting power for the
election of directors, or persons performing similar functions, whether at all
times or only so long as no senior class of stock or other interests has or have
such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Successor Security" of any particular Security means every Security issued
after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by,
such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Surrender Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set
forth in Annex D to this Indenture.
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"Tax Affected Security" means (i) all Bearer Securities if, as a result of
any Tax Law Change, the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional
Amounts in respect of any Bearer Security and (ii) any Registered Security (or,
in the case of a Registered Security that is a Global Security, any portion of
such Registered Security) that, on or before the 20th day after the date on
which the Company publishes a notice of redemption pursuant to the third
paragraph of the reverse of the Registered Security in Section 2.2(b) hereof, is
delivered to the Trustee together with a written statement from or on behalf of
the beneficial owner of such Registered Security (or such portion, in the case
of a Registered Security that is a Global Security) to the effect that such
beneficial owner has or will become entitled to receive Additional Amounts as a
result of such Tax Law Change.
"Tax Law Change" means any change in, or amendment to, the laws (including
any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation,
or any change in, or amendment to, the application or official interpretation of
such laws, regulations or rulings.
"Temporary Global Bearer Security" means any Security issued in
substantially the form set forth in Section 2.2(c).
"Trading Days" of a class of Common Stock means (i) if such class of Common
Stock is listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or on any
national securities exchange, days on which such national securities exchange is
open for business; (ii) if such class of Common Stock is quoted on a system of
automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices, days on which trades
may be effected through such system; or (iii) if such class of Common Stock is
not listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or other
national securities exchange or quoted on any system of automated dissemination
of quotation of securities prices, days on which such class of Common Stock is
traded regular way in the over-the-counter market and for which a closing bid
and a closing asked price for such class of Common Stock are available.
"Transfer Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a). The Company
has initially appointed the Trustee as its Transfer Agent in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York and Midland Bank plc as its Transfer Agent in
London, England and Banque Internationale a Luxembourg S.A. as its Transfer
Agent in Luxembourg.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
such successor Trustee.
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"United States" means the United States of America (including the States
and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction (its "possessions" including Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands).
"United States person" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c).
"Unrestricted Securities Certificate" means a certificate substantially in
the form set forth in Annex C to this Indenture.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title "vice president".
"Western Europe" means Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
and the United Kingdom.
SECTION 1.2. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee or the Paying
Agent in London or Luxembourg to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee or the Paying Agent in
London, as the case may be, an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision
of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates provided for in
Section 10.9) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(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 individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him 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, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.3. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.4. ACTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by (1) one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or
by an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing by such Holders or (2) the record
of Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies
duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities duly called
and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine. Such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments or record is delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. The
Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Company copies of all such instruments and
records delivered to the Trustee. Such instrument or instruments and record (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the "Act" of the Holders of Securities signing such instrument or
instruments and so voting at such meeting. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such
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agent or proxy, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.6.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgements of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority.
(c) The principal amount and serial number of any Bearer Security held by
any Person, and the date of his holding the same, may be proved by the
production of such Bearer Security or by a certificate executed by any trust
company, bank, broker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee or the Paying Agent in London to be
satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on
deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Security therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
Person holding such Bearer Security, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed
by the Trustee or the Paying Agent in London to be satisfactory. The Trustee,
the Paying Agent in London and the Company may assume that any Bearer Security
continues to be held by such Person until (1) another certificate or affidavit
bearing a later date issued in respect of such Bearer Security is produced, or
(2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee or the Paying Agent in
London by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding.
(d) The principal amount and serial number of any Registered Security held
by any Person, and the date of his holding the same, shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(e) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by
the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of holding the
same may also be proved in any other manner which the Paying Agent in London
deems sufficient; and the Paying Agent in London may in any instance require
further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section
1.4.
(f) The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing and
the authority of the Person executing the same may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee or the Paying Agent in London deems sufficient; and the
Trustee or the Paying Agent in London may in any instance require further proof
with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 1.4.
(g) The Company may set any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent,
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waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or permitted by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders. Promptly and in any case not
later than ten days after setting a record date, the Company shall notify the
Trustee, the Paying Agent in London and the Holders of such record date. If
not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by
any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote,
prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the
30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required
to be provided pursuant to Section 15.1) prior to such first solicitation or
vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record date, the Holders on
such date (or their duly appointed agents or proxies), and only such Persons,
shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company shall not set a record date for, and the
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, any notice,
declaration or direction referred to in the next paragraph.
Upon receipt by the Trustee from any Holder of (i) any notice of default or
breach referred to in Section 5.1(3), if such default or breach has occurred and
is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given such a notice to the Company,
(ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given such
a declaration to the Company, or (iii) any direction referred to in Section
5.12, if the Trustee shall not have taken the action specified in such
direction, then a record date shall automatically and without any action by the
Company or the Trustee be set for determining the Holders entitled to join in
such notice, declaration or direction, which record date shall be the close of
business on the tenth day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the first
Business Day thereafter) following the day on which the Trustee receives such
notice, declaration or direction. Promptly after such receipt by the Trustee,
and as soon as practicable thereafter, the Trustee shall notify the Company and
the Holders of any such record date so fixed. The Holders on such record date
or their duly appointed agents or proxies), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration or direction, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such
notice, declaration or direction shall have become effective by virtue of
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities on such record date (or
their duly appointed agents or proxies) having joined therein on or prior to the
90th day after such record date, such notice, declaration or direction shall
automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no
further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent a
Holder (or a duly appointed agent or proxy thereof) from giving, before or after
the expiration of such 90-day period, a notice, declaration or direction
contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration of such period,
identical to, the notice, declaration or direction to which such record date
relates, in which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set
pursuant to this paragraph. In addition, nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any notice, declaration or direction of the type
referred to in this paragraph given at any time to the Trustee and the Company
by Holders (or their duly appointed agents or proxies) of the requisite
principal amount of Securities on the date such notice, declaration or direction
is so given.
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(h) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and any coupon appertaining thereto and the
Holder of every Security or coupon issued upon the registration of transfer
thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done,
omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security or
coupon.
(i) The provisions of this Section 1.4 are subject to the provisions of
Section 9.5.
SECTION 1.5. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election,
waiver or Act of Holders of Securities or other document provided or permitted
by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee or the Paying Agent in London by any Holder of
Securities or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the
Trustee and received at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate
Trust Services - Apple, or to or with the Paying Agent in London and
received at Mariner House, Pepys Street, London EC3N 4DA, England,
Attention: Midland Securities Services, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder of Securities shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or
telecopied and confirmed by mail, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered
by hand or overnight courier, addressed to the Company at 1 Infinite Loop
Drive, Cupertino, California 95010, telecopy no.: (415) 996-1010,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
SECTION 1.6. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities or any Temporary Global Bearer Security if published in an
Authorized Newspaper in the City of London, England, or, if not practicable
in London, England, elsewhere in any country
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in Western Europe, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such
publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such
publication to be not later than the latest date herein prescribed for the
giving of such notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at the address of
such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not earlier than the
earliest date and not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving
of such notice.
Neither the failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer
Securities or any Temporary Global Bearer Security as provided above, nor any
defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice
mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above. In case by reason
of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized
Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish
any notice as provided above, then such notification as shall be given with the
approval of the Trustee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld,
shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice by publication to Holders of Bearer
Securities or any Temporary Global Bearer Security given as provided above. In
case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification to Holders of Registered Securities as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld,
shall constitute a sufficient notification to such Holders for every purpose
hereunder.
In the case of paragraph (1) of this section, such notice shall be deemed
to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published in
Authorized Newspapers on different dates, on the date of the first such
publication.
In the case of paragraph (2) of this section, such notice shall be deemed
to have been given when such notice is mailed.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
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SECTION 1.7. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.8. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.9. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or the Securities or coupons shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 1.10. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Except as provided in the next sentence, nothing in this Indenture or in
the Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors and assigns hereunder and the
Holders of Securities and coupons, any benefit or legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture. The provisions of Article Thirteen are
intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1.11. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES AND COUPONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
SECTION 1.12. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repurchase
Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or coupon or the last day on which a
Holder of a Security has a right to convert his Security shall not be a Business
Day at a Place of Payment or Place of Conversion, as the case may be, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities or
coupons) payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, or delivery
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for conversion of such Security need not be made at such Place of Payment or
Place of Conversion, as the case may be, on or by such day, but may be made
on or by the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment or Place
of Conversion, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, or at the
Stated Maturity or by such last day for conversion; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
in the case that payment is made on such succeeding Business Day, no interest
shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repurchase Date, Stated Maturity or
last day for conversion, as the case may be.
SECTION 1.13. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be
deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case
may be. Until such time as this Indenture shall be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee shall be deemed for
all purposes hereof to be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act to
the same extent as would be the case if this Indenture were so qualified on the
date hereof.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. FORMS GENERALLY.
The Securities and the coupons shall be in substantially the forms set
forth in this Article, with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply
with the rules of any securities exchange, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and regulations thereunder (the "Code"), or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities and coupons,
as evidenced by their execution thereof.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
form set forth in Section 2.4.
Conversion notices shall be in substantially the form set forth in
Section 2.5.
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The Temporary Global Bearer Security and the Registered Securities may be
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, as
determined by the officers of the Company executing such Security, as evidenced
by their execution thereof. The format and spacing of the text of a Definitive
Security may be varied to facilitate such production.
The Bearer Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by
the officers executing such Securities and coupons, as evidenced by their
execution thereof.
Upon their original issuance, Rule 144A Securities shall be issued in the
form of a Global Registered Security registered in the name of DTC, as
Depositary, or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC,
for credit by DTC to the respective accounts of beneficial owners of the
Securities represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct).
Such Global Registered Security, together with its Successor Securities which
are Global Registered Securities other than the Regulation S Global Security,
are collectively herein called the "Restricted Global Registered Security".
Upon their original issuance, Initial Regulation S Securities (other than
the Initial Regulation S Securities described in clause (ii) of the definition
thereof) shall be issued in the form of the Temporary Global Bearer Security as
set forth in Section 2.2(c).
Upon their original issuance, Regulation D Securities shall be issued as
Registered Securities but not in the form of a Global Security or in any other
form intended to facilitate book-entry trading in beneficial interests in such
Securities.
After their original issuance, as provided in and subject to the terms and
conditions of Sections 3.4 and 3.5, Securities may be exchanged for interests in
a Global Registered Security registered in the name of DTC, as Depositary, or
its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, for credit by
DTC to the respective accounts of beneficial owners of the Securities
represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct), provided that
upon such deposit all such Securities shall be credited to or through accounts
maintained at DTC by or on behalf of EUROCLEAR or CEDEL. Such Global
Securities, together with its Successor Securities which are Global Securities
other than the Restricted Global Registered Security, are collectively herein
called the "Regulation S Global Security".
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SECTION 2.2. FORMS OF SECURITIES.
(a) Form of Bearer Security
[FORM OF FACE]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE
DUE JUNE 1, 2001
No. _________________ U.S. $5,000
ISIN No. XS0066909986
APPLE COMPUTER, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of California (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to bearer upon presentation
and surrender of this Security the principal sum of five thousand United States
Dollars (U.S.$5,000) on June 1, 2001 and to pay interest thereon, from June 7,
1996, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 1
and December 1 in each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing
December 1, 1996, at the rate of 6% per annum (together with any Additional
Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts (in each case, as defined below) that the
Company may be required to pay), until the principal hereof is due, and at the
rate of 6% per annum on any overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the
extent permitted by law, on any overdue interest. Such payments shall be made,
subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the
Company (limited as provided in the Indenture) to terminate the appointment of
any such Paying Agent, at the option of the Holder at (a) the office of Midland
Bank plc, Mariner House, Pepys Street, London EC3N 4DA, England or (b) the
office of Banque Internationale a Luxembourg S.A., 69, route d'Esch, L-1470
Luxembourg, or at such other offices or agencies outside the United States (as
defined below) as the Company may designate, at the option of the Holder by
United States Dollar check drawn on a bank in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York or by transfer of United States Dollars to a United States Dollar
account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States
(such a transfer to be made only to a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of
Securities in excess of U.S. $2,000,000 and only if such Holder shall have
furnished wire instructions in writing to the Paying Agent in London by no later
than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date). Interest on this Security due
on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender at
such an office or agency of the interest
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coupons hereto attached as they severally mature. No payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, including Additional Amounts and Bearer
Additional Amounts with respect to this Security shall be made at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof or at any other office or agency of the Company in the United
States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer
to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on this
Security and payment of any such Additional Amounts or Bearer Additional
Amounts may be made at the office of the Paying Agent in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount
of such principal, premium, if any, interest, Additional Amounts or Bearer
Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices outside the United
States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with the
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in United
States Dollars, as determined by the Company.
The Company will pay to the Holder of this Security or any coupon
appertaining hereto who is a Non-United States Holder (as defined below) such
additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as may be necessary in order that
every net payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Security (including payment on redemption or repurchase), after deduction or
withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, will
not be less than the amount provided for in this Security or in such coupon to
be then due and payable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be
obligated to pay any Additional Amounts in respect of payments becoming due on
the Securities more than 15 days after the Redemption Date with respect to any
redemption of Tax Affected Securities pursuant to the third paragraph of the
reverse of this Security to the extent that the Company's obligation to pay such
Additional Amounts arises from the Tax Law Change that resulted in such
redemption; and PROVIDED FURTHER, that the foregoing obligation to pay
Additional Amounts will not apply to:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former
connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor,
beneficiary, member, shareholder of or possessor of a power over such
Holder, if such Holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership or a
corporation) and the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, including, without limitation, such Holder
(or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor)
being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated
as a resident thereof, or being or having been engaged in trade or business
or present therein, or having or having had a permanent establishment
therein, or (ii) such Holder's present or former status as a personal
holding company, a foreign personal holding company with respect to the
United States, or a foreign private foundation or foreign tax exempt entity
for United States federal tax purposes, or a corporation which accumulates
earnings to avoid United States federal income tax;
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(b) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been so imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of this
Security or any coupon appertaining hereto for payment on a date more than
15 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the
date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(c) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property
or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been imposed but for the failure to comply with any certification,
identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality,
residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or
beneficial owner of this Security or any coupon appertaining hereto, if
compliance is required by statute or by regulation of the United States as
a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other
governmental charge;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable
otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on this Security;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a
Holder as a result of that Person's past or present actual or constructive
ownership, including by virtue of the right to convert Securities, of 10%
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company entitled to vote or that Person's status as a controlled foreign
corporation related to the Company through stock ownership;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be
withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on this Security, if such payment can be made without
such withholding by any other Paying Agent in Western Europe;
(h) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a
Holder that is a partnership or a fiduciary or other than the sole
beneficial owner of such payment, but only to the extent that any
beneficial owner or member of the partnership or beneficiary or settlor
with respect to the fiduciary would not have been entitled to the payment
of Additional Amounts had the beneficial owner, member, beneficiary or
settlor directly been the Holder of this Security or coupon, if any; or
(i) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and
(h).
For purposes of this Security, a "Non-United States Holder" is any person
who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a
nonresident alien individual, a nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate
or trust, or a foreign partnership one
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or more of the members of which is for United States federal income tax
purposes, a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual or a
nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust. Solely for purposes
of the foregoing definition of "Non-United States Holder", the term "United
States" shall include, when used in the geographical sense, only the States
and the District of Columbia. For all other purposes, the term "United
States" shall include its "possessions" including Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island, and Northern Mariana
Islands.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and so long as a certification,
identification or other information reporting requirement referred to in the
fourth paragraph of the reverse hereof would be fully satisfied by payment of a
backup withholding tax or similar charge, the Company may elect, by so stating
in the Determination Notice (as defined on the reverse hereof), to have the
provisions of this paragraph apply in lieu of redeeming this Security pursuant
to such fourth paragraph. In such event, the Company will pay as additional
amounts ("Bearer Additional Amounts") such amounts as may be necessary so that
every net payment made, following the effective date of such requirements,
outside the United States by the Company or any Paying Agent of principal of and
premium, if any, due in respect of this Security, or interest represented by any
coupon, the beneficial owner of which is a Non-United States Holder (but without
any requirement that the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial
owner be disclosed to the Company, any Paying Agent or any governmental
authority), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such backup
withholding tax or similar charge, other than a backup withholding tax or
similar charge which is (a) the result of a certification, identification or
information reporting requirement described in the first parenthetical clause of
such fourth paragraph, (b) imposed as a result of the fact that the Company or
any Paying Agent has actual knowledge that the beneficial owner of this Security
or such coupon is within the category of Persons described in clause (a) of the
second preceding paragraph or (c) imposed as a result of presentation of this
Security or such coupon for payment more than 15 days after the date on which
such payment becomes due and payable or on which payment thereof is duly
provided for, whichever occurs later, will not be less than the amount provided
for in this Security or such coupon to be then due and payable. If the Company
elects to pay Bearer Additional Amounts pursuant to this paragraph and the
condition specified in the first sentence of this paragraph should no longer be
satisfied, then the Company shall redeem this Security in whole, but not in
part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, subject to the requirements
of the fourth paragraph of the reverse hereof. Any redemption payments made by
the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be subject to the
continuing obligation of the Company to pay Bearer Additional Amounts pursuant
to this paragraph.
Except as specifically provided herein and in the Indenture, the Company
shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein. Whenever in this Security there is a
reference, in any context, to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on, or in respect of, any Security or any coupon appertaining
thereto, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts
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and Bearer Additional Amounts payable as described in the first and third
preceding paragraphs, respectively, to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts or Bearer Additional Amounts, as the case may be, are,
were or would be payable in respect of this Security or any coupon
appertaining thereto, pursuant to such paragraphs, and express mention of the
payment of such Additional Amounts or Bearer Additional Amounts (if
applicable), as the case may be, in any provisions of this Security shall not
be construed as excluding Additional Amounts or Bearer Additional Amounts, as
the case may be, in those provisions of this Security where such express
mention is not made.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Capitalized terms used
herein, including on the reverse hereof, and not defined herein or on the
reverse hereof shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the
Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof or its Authenticating Agent by the
manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, neither this Security,
nor any coupon appertaining hereto, shall be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be duly
executed under its corporate seal and coupons bearing the facsimile signature of
its Chief Financial Officer be annexed hereto.
Dated as of _________________ , 1996
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
[Corporate Seal]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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[FORM OF REVERSE]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company designated as its "6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001"
(herein called the "Securities"), limited in aggregate principal amount to
U.S.$661,250,000, issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of June
1, 1996 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and Marine Midland
Bank, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto and of the terms upon which the Securities
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities are issuable as
Bearer Securities, with interest coupons attached, in denominations of
U.S.$5,000 and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in the denomination of
U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Bearer
Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered
Securities of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same upon surrender of the Bearer Security or Bearer Securities
to be exchanged, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default
thereto appertaining, except as provided below, (a) at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be
designated by it for such purpose in The City of New York or (b) subject to any
laws or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company to
terminate the appointment of any Transfer Agent (as defined below), (i) the
office of Midland Bank plc, Mariner House, Pepys Street, London EC3N 4DA,
England or (ii) the office of Banque Internationale a Luxembourg S.A., located
at 69, route d'Esch L-1470 Luxembourg, or at such other offices or agencies
outside the United States as the Company may designate (each a "Transfer
Agent"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such surrender may be made at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
if (but only if) such surrender at all offices outside the United States
maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with the Indenture is
illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar
restrictions. Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for Registered
Securities between a Record Date and the relevant Interest Payment Date or date
for payment of Defaulted Interest will not be required to be surrendered with
the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or date for payment of
Defaulted Interest. Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for
Registered Securities.
No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. The Securities are subject
to redemption at the option of the Company at any time on or after the close of
business on June 1, 1999, in whole or in part, upon not less than 20 nor more
than 60 days' notice to the Holders prior to the Redemption Date, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
for the twelve-month period beginning on June 1 of the following years:
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Redemption
Year Price
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1999 102.4
2000 101.2
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
together, in each case, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, and
certain Securities held by Non-United States Holders and Bearer Securities are
also redeemable in whole but not in part, under the circumstances described in
the next two succeeding paragraphs, respectively, at a Redemption Price equal to
100% of the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to the Redemption
Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest installments on Bearer Securities whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or agency
outside the United States except as herein provided otherwise).
If as a result of a Tax Law Change, the Company has or will become
obligated to pay to the Holder of any Security or coupon Additional Amounts, as
described in the second paragraph of the face of this Security, and such
obligation cannot be avoided by the Company taking reasonable measures available
to it, then the Company may, at its option, redeem the Tax Affected Securities
as a whole, but not in part, upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days' notice
to the Holders prior to the Redemption Date, at a Redemption Price equal to 100%
of the principal amount plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and any
Additional Amounts then payable; PROVIDED, that (i) no such notice of redemption
shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the
Company would be obligated to pay any such Additional Amounts were a payment in
respect of the Tax Affected Securities then due and (ii) at the time such notice
of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains
in effect. Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this
paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (a) an Officers' Certificate
stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth
a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the
Company so to redeem have occurred and (b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Company has or will become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as
a result of such Tax Law Change. The Company's right to redeem the Tax Affected
Securities shall continue as long as the Company is obligated to pay such
Additional Amounts, notwithstanding that the Company shall have made payments of
Additional Amounts specified in such second paragraph.
In addition, if the Company determines, based upon an Opinion of Counsel,
that, as a result of a Tax Law Change, any payment made outside the United
States by the Company or any of its Paying Agents of the full amount of
principal, premium, if any, or interest due with respect to any Bearer Security
or coupon appertaining thereto would be subject to any certification,
identification or other information reporting requirement of any kind, the
effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any Paying Agent
or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a
beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or coupon who is
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a Non-United States Holder (other than such a requirement (a) which would not
be applicable to a payment made by the Company or any one of its Paying
Agents (i) directly to the beneficial owner or (ii) to any custodian, nominee
or other agent of the beneficial owner or (b) which can be satisfied by the
custodian, nominee or other agent certifying that such beneficial owner is a
Non-United States Holder, PROVIDED that, in each case referred to in clauses
(a)(ii) and (b), payment by such custodian, nominee or agent to such
beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement, the
Company at its election will either (x) redeem the Bearer Securities, as a
whole but not in part, upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days' notice
prior to the Redemption Date, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date, or (y)
if and so long as the conditions of the fourth paragraph on the face hereof
are satisfied, pay the Bearer Additional Amounts specified in such paragraph.
The Company will make such determination and election and notify the Trustee
and the Paying Agent in London, England, thereof in writing as soon as
practicable, and the Trustee will promptly give notice of such determination
in the manner provided in the second following paragraph (the "Determination
Notice"), in each case stating the effective date of such certification,
identification or information reporting requirement, whether the Company will
redeem the Bearer Securities or will pay the Bearer Additional Amounts
specified in the fourth paragraph on the face hereof and (if applicable) the
last date by which the redemption of the Bearer Securities must take place.
If the Company shall elect to redeem the Bearer Securities pursuant to clause
(x) above, such redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one
year after the publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company shall
elect by notice given in writing to the Trustee and the Paying Agent in
London at least 75 days before the Redemption Date, unless shorter notice
shall be acceptable to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not be required to redeem the Bearer Securities if the Company,
based upon an Opinion of Counsel, subsequently determines, not less than 30
days prior to the Redemption Date, that subsequent payments would not be
subject to any such requirement, in which case the Company will notify the
Trustee in writing of its determination not to so redeem the Bearer
Securities, and the Trustee will promptly give notice to the Holders of the
Bearer Securities of that determination and any earlier redemption notice
will thereupon be revoked and of no further effect. If the Company elects as
provided in clause (y) above to pay Bearer Additional Amounts, the Company
may, as long as the Company is obligated to pay such Bearer Additional
Amounts, subsequently redeem the Bearer Securities, at any time, as a whole
but not in part, upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days' notice prior to
the Redemption Date, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and any
Additional Amounts or Bearer Additional Amounts.
In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Securities, the
Company will not be required (a) to register the transfer or exchange of
Registered Securities or to exchange Bearer Securities for Registered Securities
for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given
identifying the serial numbers of the Securities called for such redemption, (b)
to register the transfer or exchange of any Registered Security, or portion
thereof, called for redemption, or (c) to exchange any Bearer Security called
for redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Bearer Security called for redemption
may be exchanged for a Registered Security which is simultaneously surrendered
to the Security Registrar or Transfer Agent making such exchange
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with written instructions for conversion consistent with the provisions
described in Sections 2.5 and 12.2 of the Indenture.
Notice of redemption will be given by publication in Authorized Newspapers
in the City of London, England, or, if not practicable in London, England,
elsewhere in a Western European city. Notice to the Holders will be given at
least twice not less than 20 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
as provided in the Indenture.
In any case where the due date for the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest, including Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional
Amounts, on, any Security or the last day on which a Holder of a Security has a
right to convert his Security shall be, at any Place of Payment or Place of
Conversion, as the case may be, a day on which banking institutions at such
Place of Payment or Place of Conversion are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest, including Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts, or
delivery for conversion of such Security need not be made on or by such date at
such place but may be made on or by the next succeeding day at such place which
is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close, with the same force and effect as if made on the date
for such payment or the date fixed for redemption or repurchase, or by such last
day for conversion, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for
the period after such date.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security is entitled, at his option, at any time on or after
September 5, 1996 and on or before the close of business on June 1, 2001, or in
case this Security is called for redemption or the Holder hereof has exercised
his right to require the Company to repurchase this Security, then in respect of
this Security until and including, but (unless the Company defaults in making
the payment due upon redemption or repurchase, as the case may be) not after,
the close of business on the Redemption Date or the Repurchase Date, as the case
may be, to convert this Security into fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock of the Company at an initial Conversion Price of U.S. $29.205 for
each share of Common Stock (or at the current adjusted Conversion Price if an
adjustment has been made as provided in the Indenture) by surrender of this
Security, together with all coupons appertaining hereto that mature after the
date of conversion, and also the conversion notice hereon, duly executed, to the
Company, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto and subject to
the right of the Company to terminate the appointment of any Conversion Agent
(as defined below), at (a) the office of Midland Bank plc, Mariner House, Pepys
Street, London EC3N 4DA, England or (b) the office of Banque Internationale a
Luxembourg S.A., 69, route d'Esch, L-1470 Luxembourg, or at such other offices
or agencies outside the United States as the Company may designate (each a
"Conversion Agent"). Subject to the aforesaid requirement to surrender coupons
and except as provided in the Indenture, no cash payment or adjustment is to be
made on conversion, if the date of conversion is not an Interest Payment Date,
for interest accrued hereon from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the
date of conversion, or for dividends on the Common Stock issued on conversion
hereof, unless this Security has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date
or is repurchasable on a Repurchase Date occurring, in either case, during the
period from the close of business on any
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Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date and is surrendered for conversion during such period,
in each of which cases the Holder of this Security will be entitled to
receive, upon surrender for such conversion (along with such coupons),
interest accruing hereon from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the
date of such conversion to such succeeding Interest Payment Date. The Company
shall thereafter deliver to the Holder the fixed number of shares of Common
Stock (together with any cash adjustment, as provided in the Indenture) into
which this Security is convertible and such delivery will be deemed to
satisfy the Company's obligation to pay the principal amount of this
Security. No fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of shares
will be issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional interest
(calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment as provided in the Indenture. The Conversion Price is subject to
adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides
that in case of certain consolidations or mergers to which the Company is a
party or the transfer of all or substantially all of the property and assets
of the Company, the Indenture shall be amended, without the consent of any
Holders of Securities, so that this Security, if then Outstanding, will be
convertible thereafter, during the period this Security shall be convertible
as specified above, only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and
other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger or transfer by a
holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which this
Security could have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation,
merger or transfer (assuming such holder of Common Stock is not a Constituent
Person, failed to exercise any rights of election and received per share the
kind and amount received per share by a plurality of Non-electing Shares and
further assuming, if such consolidation, merger or transfer occurs prior to
the later of September 5, 1996 and the receipt of Securities in definitive
form (in the case of Securities initially represented by a Temporary Global
Bearer Security), that the Security was convertible at the time of such
occurrence at the Conversion Price specified above as adjusted from the issue
date of such Security to such time as provided in the Indenture). No
adjustment in the Conversion Price will be made until such adjustment would
require an increase or decrease of at least one percent of such price,
PROVIDED that any adjustment that would otherwise be made will be carried
forward and taken into account in the computation of any subsequent
adjustment; and FURTHER PROVIDED that no adjustment of the conversion price
will result in zero or in a negative number or will reduce the conversion
price below the then par value of the Common Stock (in which case the
conversion price would be reduced to such par value, unless the Common Stock
has no par value at such time, in which case the conversion price would be
reduced to $.01 per share).
Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, at any time when the
Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, upon the request of a Holder of a Restricted
Security or the holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof,
the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information
(as defined below) to such Holder of Restricted Securities or such holder of
shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Restricted Securities, or to a
prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such Holder or
holder, as the case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance by any
such Holder or holder with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), in connection with the resale
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of any such security. "Rule 144A Information" shall be such information as is
specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision thereto).
If a Change in Control occurs, the Holder of this Security shall have the
right, at the Holder's option, in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture, to require the Company to repurchase this Security at a Repurchase
Price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to the
Repurchase Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Repurchase Price in respect of any
Bearer Security will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such
Bearer Security at an office or agency outside the United States, except in the
limited circumstances described in the last sentence of the first paragraph of
the face hereof. At the option of the Company, the Repurchase Price may be paid
in cash or, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, by delivery of shares
of Common Stock having a fair market value equal to the Repurchase Price;
PROVIDED that payment may not be made in Common Stock unless at the time of
payment such stock is listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market. For purposes of this paragraph, the fair market value
of shares of Common Stock shall be determined by the Company and shall be equal
to 95% of the average of the Closing Prices Per Share for the five consecutive
Trading Days ending on and including the third Trading Day immediately preceding
the Repurchase Date. Whenever in this Security there is a reference, in any
context, to the principal of any Security as of any time, such reference shall
be deemed to include reference to the Repurchase Price payable in respect of
such Security to the extent that such Repurchase Price is, was or would be so
payable at such time, and express mention of the Repurchase Price in any
provision of this Security shall not be construed as excluding the Repurchase
Price in those provisions of this Security when such express mention is not
made; provided, however, that for purposes of the immediately succeeding
paragraph, such reference shall be deemed to include reference to the Repurchase
Price only to the extent the Repurchase Price is paid in cash.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security and any coupons appertaining
hereto is, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture,
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and this Security is issued subject to such
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security
or any coupon appertaining to this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees
to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee
on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all
the Securities, together with accrued interest to the date of declaration, may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable, together with accrued interest to the date of declaration, and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest, to the extent permitted
by law, all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Securities shall terminate.
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities and coupons under the
Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with either (a) the written
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding, or (b) by the adoption of a resolution, at a
meeting of Holders of the Outstanding Securities at which a quorum is present,
by the Holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities represented and entitled to vote at such meeting. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Securities and coupons, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and any coupon appertaining hereto and of any
Security issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security or such other Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security or any coupon appertaining hereto shall not have the right to
institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of
a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered
the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to
institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security or any coupon appertaining hereto for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof, premium, if any, or interest
hereon (including any Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts) on or
after the respective due dates expressed herein or for the enforcement of the
right to convert this Security as provided in the Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on (including Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts, as
described herein) this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin
or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the
Indenture.
Title to this Security and the coupons appertaining hereto shall pass by
delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the bearer of this Security and any coupon appertaining thereto as the
owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security or such coupon be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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THE INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND ANY COUPONS APPERTAINING THERETO SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ELECTION OF HOLDER TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
1. Pursuant to Section 14.1 of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby
elects to have this Security repurchased by the Company.
2. The undersigned hereby directs the Company to pay bearer an amount in
cash or, at the Company's election, shares of Common Stock valued as set forth
in the Indenture, equal to 100% of the principal amount hereof, plus interest
accrued to the Repurchase Date, as provided in the Indenture.
Dated:_______________________
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Signature
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(b) Form of Registered Security
[FORM OF FACE]
[THE FOLLOWING LEGEND (THE "RULE 144A LEGEND") SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH
RESTRICTED SECURITY OTHER THAN ANY RESTRICTED GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY:
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS SECURITY AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION MAY NOT BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THIS
SECURITY MAY ONLY BE SOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, COPIES OF WHICH ARE
AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE. EACH
PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY
MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
(THE "COMPANY") THAT (A) THIS SECURITY AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE
UPON ITS CONVERSION MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO
A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) IN THE
CASE OF ANY PURCHASER OTHER THAN A PURCHASER WHO HAS OTHERWISE AGREED WITH THE
COMPANY IN WRITING, TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN
THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREOF, (IV) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF
AVAILABLE), OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND THAT (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY OR ANY COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY
ANY PURCHASER
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OF THIS SECURITY OR SUCH COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION FROM IT OF
THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
THIS SECURITY, ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION AND
ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO
MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON AND PROCEDURES FOR RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF
THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR
REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE
RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS
SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY
AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.]
[THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH RESTRICTED GLOBAL
REGISTERED SECURITY:
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY (OR ITS
PREDECESSOR) WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND SUCH SECURITIES AND ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THEIR
CONVERSION MAY NOT BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. SUCH SECURITIES MAY
ONLY BE SOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR
INSPECTION AT THE CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF SUCH
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN INTEREST IN ANY OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY
THIS GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY (INCLUDING ANY PARTICIPANT IN THE DEPOSITARY
HOLDING THE GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY THAT IS SHOWN AS HOLDING SUCH AN INTEREST
ON THE RECORDS OF SUCH DEPOSITARY AND EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER THAT HOLDS THROUGH
ANY SUCH PARTICIPANT) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF APPLE COMPUTER, INC. (THE
"COMPANY") THAT (A) ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES AND ANY SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THEIR CONVERSION MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (II) IN
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AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 904 OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) IN THE CASE OF ANY PURCHASER
OTHER THAN A PURCHASER WHO HAS OTHERWISE AGREED WITH THE COMPANY IN WRITING,
TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE
501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS THEREOF, (IV) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (V)
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES
LAWS OF THE STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT (B)
THE BENEFICIAL OWNER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT BENEFICIAL OWNER OF AN
INTEREST IN ANY OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS GLOBAL REGISTERED
SECURITY OR ANY COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION THEREOF IS REQUIRED TO,
NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES OR SUCH
COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS
REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
THIS SECURITY, ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS CONVERSION AND
ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO
MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON AND PROCEDURES FOR RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF
THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR
REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE
RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER AND BENEFICIAL
OWNERS OF AN INTEREST IN ANY OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS GLOBAL SECURITY
AND ANY SUCH SHARES SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE
BENEFICIAL INTERESTS THEREIN AND ANY SUCH SHARES TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH
AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.]
[THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL REGISTERED
SECURITY:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY,
THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL
PURPOSES.]
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[THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL REGISTERED
SECURITY FOR WHICH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY IS TO BE THE DEPOSITARY:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR REGISTERED
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED
TO IN THE INDENTURE, THIS GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.]
[THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH REGULATION S GLOBAL
SECURITY:
THIS SECURITY IS A REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREINAFTER. EXCEPT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
SECTIONS 3.4 AND 3.5(B) OF THE INDENTURE, NO TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST
IN THIS REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE MADE FOR A REGISTERED SECURITY OR AN
INTEREST IN THE RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY DURING THE REGULATION S RESTRICTED
PERIOD.]
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APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE
DUE JUNE 1, 2001
No. U.S.$
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[IF RESTRICTED GLOBAL REGISTERED SECURITY - CUSIP NO. 037833 AC 4]
[IF ANY REGULATION S SECURITY (OTHER THAN BEARER SECURITIES) - CUSIP NO. U03783
AA 2]
[IF REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY - ISIN NO. USU03783AA24]
[IF REGULATION D SECURITY - CUSIP NO. - 037833 AD 2]
APPLE COMPUTER, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of California (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of United States Dollars
(U.S.$ )
[(which amount may from time to time be increased or decreased to such other
principal amounts (which, taken together with the principal amounts of all other
Outstanding Securities, shall not exceed $661,250,000 in the aggregate at any
time) by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian of the
Depositary, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary)]
* on June 1, 2001 and to pay interest thereon, from June 7, 1996, or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and
December 1 in each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing
December 1, 1996, at the rate of 6% per annum (together with any Additional
Amounts and Liquidated Damages that the Company may be required to pay),
until the principal hereof is due, and at the rate of 6% per annum on any
overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law,
on any overdue interest. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest, which shall be the May 15 or November 15
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for ("Defaulted
Interest") will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Registered Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in the Indenture. Payments of principal shall be made upon the
surrender of this Security, at the
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* This language shall appear on each Global Registered Security.
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option of the Holder, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or at
such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for
such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in 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, or at such other
offices or agencies as the Company may designate, by United States Dollar
check drawn on, or transfer to a United States Dollar account (such a
transfer to be made only to a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of
Registered Securities in excess of U.S. $2,000,000, and only if such Holder
shall have furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later
than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date) maintained by the payee with
a bank in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. Payment of interest
on this Security may be made by United States Dollar check drawn on a bank in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register, or, upon written application by the Holder to the Security
Registrar setting forth wire instructions not later than the relevant Record
Date, by transfer to a United States Dollar account (such a transfer to be
made only to a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Registered
Securities in excess of U.S.$2,000,000 and only if such Holder shall have
furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days
prior to the relevant payment date) maintained by the payee with a bank in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
The Company will pay to the Holder of this Security who is a Non-United
States Holder (as defined below) such additional amounts ("Additional Amounts")
as may be necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on this Security (including payment on redemption
or repurchase), after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present
or future tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of
such payment by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, will not be less than the amount provided for in
this Security to be then due and payable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company
shall not be obligated to pay any Additional Amounts in respect of payments
becoming due on the Securities more than 15 days after the Redemption Date with
respect to any redemption of Tax Affected Securities pursuant to the third
paragraph of the reverse of this Security to the extent that the Company's
obligation to pay such Additional Amounts arises from the Tax Law Change that
resulted in such redemption; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the foregoing
obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not apply to:
(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been so imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former
connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor,
beneficiary, member, shareholder of or possessor of a power over such
Holder, if such Holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership or a
corporation) and the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, including, without limitation, such Holder
(or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor)
being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States or treated
as a resident thereof, or being or having been engaged in trade or business
or present therein, or having or having had a permanent establishment
therein, or (ii) such Holder's present or former status as a personal
holding company, a foreign personal holding company with respect to the
United States, or a foreign private
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foundation or foreign tax exempt entity for United States federal tax
purposes, or a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United
States federal income tax;
(b) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been so imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of this
Security for payment on a date more than 15 days after the date on which
such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is
duly provided for, whichever occurs later;
(c) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property
or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not
have been imposed but for the failure to comply with any certification,
identification or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality,
residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or
beneficial owner of this Security, if compliance is required by statute or
by regulation or ruling of the United States as a precondition to relief or
exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable
otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on this Security;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a
Holder as a result of that Person's past or present actual or constructive
ownership, including by virtue of the right to convert Securities, of 10%
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company entitled to vote or that Person's status as a controlled foreign
corporation related to the Company through stock ownership;
(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be
withheld by any Paying Agent from any payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on this Security, if such payment can be made without
such withholding by any other Paying Agent in Western Europe;
(h) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a
Holder that is a partnership or a fiduciary or other than the sole
beneficial owner of such payment, but only to the extent that any
beneficial owner or member of the partnership or beneficiary or settlor
with respect to the fiduciary would not have been entitled to the payment
of Additional Amounts had the beneficial owner, member, beneficiary or
settlor directly been the Holder of this Security; or
(i) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and
(h).
For purposes of this Security, a "Non-United States Holder" is any person
who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a
nonresident alien individual, a
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nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is for United States federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual or
a nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust. Solely for
purposes of the foregoing definition of "Non-United States Holder", the term
"United States" shall include, when used in the geographical sense, only the
States and the District of Columbia.
Except as specifically provided herein and in the Indenture, the Company
shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein. Whenever in this Security there is a
reference, in any context, to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on, or in respect of, any Security such mention shall be deemed to
include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts payable as described in the
second preceding paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional
Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect of such Security and express
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions
of this Security shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those
provisions of this Security where such express mention is not made.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Capitalized terms used
herein, including on the reverse hereof, and not defined herein or on the
reverse hereof shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the
Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof or an Authenticating Agent by the
manual signature of one of their respective authorized signatories, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
[Corporate Seal]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
[FORM OF REVERSE]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company designated as its "6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001"
(herein called the "Securities"), limited in aggregate principal amount to
U.S.$661,250,000, issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of June
1, 1996 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and Marine Midland
Bank, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto and of the terms upon which the Securities
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities are issuable as
Bearer Securities, with interest coupons attached, in the denomination of
U.S.$5,000, and as Registered Securities, without coupons, in the denomination
of U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Registered Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Registered Securities of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same upon surrender of the Registered Security or Registered
Securities to be exchanged, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at
such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or at such
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other offices or agencies as the Company may designate (each a "Transfer
Agent"). The Transfer Agent will then forward such surrendered Registered
Securities (together with any payment surrendered therewith) to the Trustee
who in turn will issue the new Registered Securities. Bearer Securities may
not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. The Securities are subject
to redemption at the option of the Company at any time on or after the close of
business on June 1, 1999, in whole or in part, upon not less than 20 nor more
than 60 days' notice to the Holders prior to the Redemption Date, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
for the twelve-month period beginning on June 1 of the following years:
Redemption
Year Price
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1999 102.4
2000 101.2
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount,
together, in each case, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, and
Securities held by Non-United States Holders are also redeemable, in whole but
not in part, under the circumstances described in the next succeeding paragraph,
at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
interest accrued to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest
installments on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one
or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.
If as a result of a Tax Law Change, the Company has or will become
obligated to pay to the Holder of any Security or coupon Additional Amounts, as
described in the second paragraph of the face of this Security, and such
obligation cannot be avoided by the Company taking reasonable measures available
to it, then the Company may, at its option, redeem the Tax Affected Securities
as a whole, but not in part, upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days' notice
to the Holders prior to the Redemption Date, at a Redemption Price equal to 100%
of the principal amount plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and any
Additional Amounts then payable; PROVIDED, that (i) no such notice of redemption
shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the
Company would be obligated to pay any such Additional Amounts were a payment in
respect of the Tax Affected Securities then due and (ii) at the time such notice
of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains
in effect; PROVIDED FURTHER, however, that such redemption by the Company shall
apply only to a Registered Security (or any portion of a Registered Security
that is a Global Security) the Holder of which within 20 days of the publication
of such notice of redemption provides a written statement from or on behalf of
the beneficial owner of such Registered Security (or such portion, in the case
of a Registered Security that is a Global Security) to the Trustee or any Paying
Agent to the effect that such beneficial owner is entitled or will be entitled
to receive Additional
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Amounts. Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to
this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (a) an Officers'
Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption
and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent
to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and (b) an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Company has or will become obligated to pay
such Additional Amounts as a result of such Tax Law Change. The Company's
right to redeem the Tax Affected Securities shall continue as long as the
Company is obligated to pay such Additional Amounts, notwithstanding that the
Company shall have made payments of Additional Amounts specified in such
second paragraph.
In the event of a redemption of less than all of the Securities (other than
a redemption that by its terms is applicable solely to Bearer Securities), the
Company will not be required (a) to register the transfer or exchange of
Registered Securities or to exchange Bearer Securities for Registered Securities
for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given
identifying the serial numbers of the Securities called for such redemption, (b)
to register the transfer or exchange of any Registered Security, or portion
thereof, called for redemption, or (c) to exchange any Bearer Security called
for redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Bearer Security called for redemption
may be exchanged for a Registered Security which is simultaneously surrendered
to the Registrar or Transfer Agent making such exchange with written
instructions for conversion consistent with the provisions described in Sections
2.5 and 12.2 of the Indenture.
Notice of redemption will be given by publication in Authorized Newspapers
in the City of London, England, or, if not practicable in London, England,
elsewhere in any country in Western Europe, and by mail to Holders of Registered
Securities. Notice to the Holders will be given at least twice not less than
20 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date as provided in the
Indenture.
In any case where the due date for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest, including Additional Amounts and Liquidated
Damages, on, any Security or the last day on which a Holder of a Security has a
right to convert his Security shall be, at any Place of Payment or Place of
Conversion, as the case may be, a day on which banking institutions at such
Place of Payment or Place of Conversion are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest, including Additional Amounts and Liquidated Damages, or delivery for
conversion of such Security need not be made on or by such date at such place
but may be made on or by the next succeeding day at such place which is not a
day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close, with the same force and effect as if made on the date
for such payment or the date fixed for redemption or repurchase, or by such last
day for conversion, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for
the period after such date.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security is entitled, at his option, at any time on or after
September 5, 1996, and on or before the close of business on June 1, 2001, or in
case this Security or a portion hereof is called for redemption or the Holder
hereof has exercised his right to require the Company to repurchase this
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Security or such portion hereof, then in respect of this Security until and
including, but (unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon
redemption or repurchase, as the case may be) not after, the close of business
on the Redemption Date or the Repurchase Date, as the case may be, to convert
this Security (or any portion of the principal amount hereof that is an integral
multiple of U.S.$1,000, PROVIDED that the unconverted portion of such principal
amount is U.S.$5,000 or any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof)
into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock of the Company at an
initial Conversion Price of U.S.$29.205 for each share of Common Stock (or at
the current adjusted Conversion Price if an adjustment has been made as provided
in the Indenture) by surrender of this Security, duly endorsed or assigned to
the Company or in blank and, in case such surrender shall be made during the
period from the close of business of any Regular Record Date next preceding any
Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date
("Interest Period") (except Securities called for redemption on a Redemption
Date or to be repurchased on a Repurchase Date during, in each case, such
Interest Period), also accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House or
other funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable
on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of this Security then
being converted (or, if this Security was issued in exchange for a Bearer
Security after the close of business on such Regular Record Date, by surrender
of one or more coupons relating to such Interest Payment Date or by both payment
in such funds and surrender of such coupon or coupons, in either case, in an
amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount of this Security then being converted; PROVIDED that coupons
may be so surrendered only at an office or agency outside the United States
designated pursuant to the Indenture), and also the conversion notice hereon
duly executed, to the Company at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or
at such other office or agency of the Company, subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto and subject to the right of the Company to
terminate the appointment of any Conversion Agent (as defined below) as may be
designated by it for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate (each a
"Conversion Agent"), PROVIDED FURTHER, that if this Security or portion hereof
has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date or is repurchasable on a
Repurchase Date occurring, in either case, during the period from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to
the opening of business on such succeeding Interest Payment Date and is
surrendered for conversion during such period, then the Holder of this Security
who converts this Security or a portion hereof during such period will be
entitled to receive the interest accruing hereon from the Interest Payment Date
next preceding the date of such conversion to such succeeding Interest Payment
Date and shall not be required to pay such interest upon surrender of this
Security for conversion. Subject to the aforesaid requirement for payment and,
in the case of a conversion after the Regular Record Date next preceding any
Interest Payment Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, to the right
of the Holder of this Security (or any Predecessor Security) of record at such
Regular Record Date to receive an installment of interest, no cash payment or
adjustment is to be made on conversion, if the date of conversion is not an
Interest Payment Date, for interest accrued hereon from the Interest Payment
Date next preceding the date of conversion, or for dividends on the Common Stock
issued on conversion hereof. The Company shall thereafter deliver to the Holder
the fixed number of shares of Common Stock (together with any cash adjustment,
as
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provided in the Indenture) into which this Security is convertible and such
delivery will be deemed to satisfy the Company's obligation to pay the principal
amount of this Security. No fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions
of shares will be issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional interest
(calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment as provided in the Indenture. The Conversion Price is subject to
adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides
that in case of certain consolidations or mergers to which the Company is a
party or the transfer of all or substantially all of the property and assets of
the Company, the Indenture shall be amended, without the consent of any Holders
of Securities, so that this Security, if then Outstanding, will be convertible
thereafter, during the period this Security shall be convertible as specified
above, only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger or transfer by a holder of the number
of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which this Security could have
been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer
(assuming such holder of Common Stock is not a Constituent Person, failed to
exercise any rights of election and received per share the kind and amount
received per share by a plurality of Non-electing Shares and further assuming,
if such consolidation, merger or transfer occurs prior to the later of September
5, 1996 and the receipt of Securities in definitive form (in the case of
Securities initially represented by a Temporary Global Bearer Security), that
the Security was convertible at the time of such occurrence at the Conversion
Price specified above as adjusted from the issue date of such Security to such
time as provided in the Indenture). No adjustment in the Conversion Price will
be made until such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least
one percent of such price, PROVIDED that any adjustment that would otherwise be
made will be carried forward and taken into account in the computation of any
subsequent adjustment; and FURTHER PROVIDED that no adjustment of the conversion
price will result in zero or in a negative number or will reduce the conversion
price below the then par value of the Common Stock (in which case the conversion
price would be reduced to such par value, unless the Common Stock has no par
value at such time, in which case the conversion price would be reduced to $.01
per share).
Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, at any time when the
Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, upon the request of a Holder of a Restricted
Security or the holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof,
the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information
(as defined below) to such Holder of Restricted Securities or such holder of
shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Restricted Securities, or to a
prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such Holder or
holder, as the case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance by such
Holder or holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), in connection with the resale of any such security.
"Rule 144A Information" shall be such information as is specified pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto).
[The following shall appear in each Restricted Security and every Successor
Security with respect thereto issued prior to the next Interest Payment Date:
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The Holder of this Security and the Common Stock of the Company issuable
upon conversion thereof is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights
Agreement (subject to the provisions thereof), dated as of June 7, 1996, between
the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the
"Registration Rights Agreement"). Pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Company has agreed for the benefit of the Holders from time to
time of the Restricted Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
thereof that it will, at its expense, (a) within 90 days after the date of
original issuance of the Restricted Securities, file a shelf registration
statement (the "Shelf Registration Statement") with the Commission with respect
to resales of the Restricted Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion thereof, (b) use its best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission within 180 days after the
date of original issuance of the Securities, and (c) use its best efforts to
maintain such Shelf Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, until the third annual anniversary of the date of the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or such earlier date as is
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (the "Effectiveness Period"). The
Company will be permitted to suspend the use of the prospectus which is part of
the Shelf Registration Statement during certain periods of time as provided in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
If (i) on or prior to 90 days following the date of original issuance of
the Securities, a Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with the
Commission, or (ii) on or prior to the 180th day following the date of original
issuance of the Securities, such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared
effective (each, a "Registration Default"), additional interest ("Liquidated
Damages") will accrue on this Restricted Security from and including the day
following such Registration Default to but excluding the day on which such
Registration Default has been cured. Liquidated Damages will be paid semi-
annually in arrears, with the first semi-annual payment due on the first
Interest Payment Date in respect of the Restricted Securities following the date
on which such Liquidated Damages begin to accrue, and will accrue at a rate per
annum equal to an additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal
amount of the Restricted Securities to and including the 90th day following such
Registration Default and at a rate per annum equal to one-half of one percent
(0.50%) thereof from and after the 91st day following such Registration Default.
In the event that the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective during
the Effectiveness Period for more than 90 days or the Company suspends the use
of the prospectus which is a part thereof for more than 90 days, whether or not
consecutive, during any 12-month period, then the interest rate borne by the
Restricted Securities shall increase by an additional one-half of one percent
(0.50%) per annum from the 91st day of the applicable 12-month period such Shelf
Registration Statement ceases to be effective or such prospectus continues to be
suspended to but excluding the day on which (i) the Shelf Registration Statement
again becomes effective (ii) the use of the related prospectus ceases to be
suspended or (iii) the Effectiveness Period expires.
Whenever in this Security there is a reference, in any context, to the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or in respect of,
any Registered Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the
payment of Liquidated Damages payable as described in the preceding paragraph to
the extent that, in such context, Liquidated Damages are,
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were or would be payable in respect of such Security and express mention of
the payment of Liquidated Damages (if applicable) in any provisions of this
Security shall not be construed as excluding Liquidated Damages in those
provisions of this Security where such express mention is not made.
The Holder of this Security, by its acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound
by the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Restricted
Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof.]
If a Change in Control occurs, the Holder of this Security shall have the
right, at the Holder's option in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture, to require the Company to repurchase this Security (or any portion of
the principal amount hereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000) for cash at
a Repurchase Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus interest
accrued to the Repurchase Date. At the option of the Company, the Repurchase
Price may be paid in cash or, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, by
delivery of shares of Common Stock having a fair market value equal to the
Repurchase Price; PROVIDED that payment may not be made in Common Stock unless
at the time of payment such stock is listed on a national securities exchange or
quoted on the Nasdaq National Market. For purposes of this paragraph, the fair
market value of shares of Common Stock shall be determined by the Company and
shall be equal to 95% of the average of the Closing Prices Per Share for the
five consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the third Trading Day
immediately preceding the Repurchase Date. Whenever in this Security there is a
reference, in any context, to the principal of any Security as of any time, such
reference shall be deemed to include reference to the Repurchase Price payable
in respect of such Security to the extent that such Repurchase Price is, was or
would be so payable at such time, and express mention of the Repurchase Price in
any provision of this Security shall not be construed as excluding the
Repurchase Price in those provisions of this Security when such express mention
is not made; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of the third succeeding
paragraph, such reference shall be deemed to include reference to the Repurchase
Price only to the extent the Repurchase Price is payable in cash.
[The following paragraph shall appear in each Registered Security that is
not a Global Registered Security:
In the event of redemption, repurchase or conversion of this Security in
part only, a new Registered Security or Securities for the unredeemed,
unrepurchased or unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof.]
[The following paragraph shall appear in each Global Registered Security:
In the event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Security,
including an exchange, transfer, redemption, repurchase or conversion of this
Security in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the Depositary, shall make
an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance
with the rules and procedures of the Depositary.]
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The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent and in the
manner provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and this
Security is issued subject to such provisions of the Indenture with respect
thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and
shall be bound by such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for
any and all such purposes.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all
the Securities, together with accrued interest to the date of declaration, may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable, together with accrued interest to the date of declaration, and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest, to the extent permitted
by law, all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Securities shall terminate.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities and coupons under the
Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with either (a) the written
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding, or (b) by the adoption of a resolution, at a
meeting of Holders of the Outstanding Securities at which a quorum is present,
by the Holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities represented and entitled to vote at such meeting. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Securities and coupons, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Security or such other Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have
made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof, premium, if any, or interest
hereon (including any Additional Amounts and Liquidated
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Damages) on or after the respective due dates expressed herein or for the
enforcement of the right to convert this Security as provided in the
Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on (including Additional Amounts and Liquidated Damages, as described
herein) this Security at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as provided in the
Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of Registered Securities is registrable on the Security
Register upon surrender of a Registered Security for registration of transfer
(a) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at such other office or
agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, or (b) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto and to the right of the Company to terminate the appointment
of any Transfer Agent, at the offices of the Transfer Agents described herein or
at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Registered Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees by
the Registrar. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
recover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentation of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered, as
the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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ELECTION OF HOLDER TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE
1. Pursuant to Section 14.1 of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby
elects to have this Security repurchased by the Company.
2. The undersigned hereby directs the Trustee or the Company to pay it or
an amount in cash or, at the Company's election, shares of
Common Stock valued as set forth in the Indenture, equal to 100% of the
principal amount to be repurchased (as set forth below), plus interest accrued
to the Repurchase Date, as provided in the Indenture.
Dated:
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Signature
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Signature Guaranteed
Principal amount to be repurchased:
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Remaining principal amount following such repurchase:
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NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the Name as
written upon the face of this Security in every particular, without alteration
or any change whatsoever.
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(c) Form of Temporary Global Bearer Security
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(j) AND 1287(a) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL BEARER SECURITY (OR ITS
PREDECESSOR) WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE
THE MEANINGS GIVEN THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES
DUE JUNE 1, 2001
TEMPORARY GLOBAL BEARER SECURITY
ISIN NO. XS0066909986
APPLE COMPUTER, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of California (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to bearer upon presentation and surrender
of this Temporary Global Bearer Security the principal sum of
United States Dollars (U.S.$ ) on June 1, 2001, and to pay interest
thereon, from June 7, 1996, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as
defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-
annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 in each year (each an "Interest
Payment Date"), commencing December 1, 1996, at the rate of 6% per annum
(together with any Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts that the
Company may be required to pay), until the principal hereof is due, and at the
rate of 6% per annum on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by
law, on any overdue interest; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest on this Temporary
Global Bearer Security shall be payable only after the issuance of the
Definitive Securities in bearer form for which this Temporary Global Bearer
Security is exchangeable and, in the case of Definitive Securities in bearer
form, only upon presentation and surrender (at an office or agency outside the
United States, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) of the interest
coupons thereto attached as they severally mature.
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This Temporary Global Bearer Security is one of a duly authorized issue of
Securities of the Company designated as specified in the title hereof, issued
and to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1996 (herein called
the "Indenture"), between the Company and Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee. This
Temporary Global Bearer Security is a temporary security and is exchangeable in
whole or from time to time in part without charge upon request of the holder
hereof for Definitive Securities in bearer form, only in denominations of
$5,000, with interest coupons attached, (a) not earlier than 40 days after the
later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the last
original issuance of the Securities and (b) as promptly as practicable following
presentation of certification, in one of the forms set forth in the Indenture
for such purpose, that the beneficial owner or owners of this Temporary Global
Bearer Security (or, if such exchange is only for a part of this Temporary
Global Bearer Security, of such part) are not United States persons (as defined
below), are persons described in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(6) of the United
States Treasury Regulations or are financial institutions that are holding such
Security for resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations) and that have
not acquired such Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a
United States person or within the United States (as defined below). Definitive
Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any part of this
Temporary Global Bearer Security shall be delivered only outside the United
States. Upon any exchange of a part of this Temporary Global Bearer Security for
Definitive Securities, the portion of the principal amount hereof so exchanged
shall be endorsed by the Paying Agent in London or its agent on the Schedule
hereto, and the principal amount hereof shall be reduced for all purposes by the
amount so exchanged.
Until exchanged in full for Definitive Securities, this Temporary Global
Bearer Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under,
and subject to the same terms and conditions of, the Indenture as Bearer
Securities authenticated and delivered thereunder, except that neither the
Holder hereof nor the beneficial owners of this Temporary Global Bearer Security
shall be entitled to receive payment of interest or other payments hereon or to
convert this Temporary Global Bearer Security into Common Stock of the Company
or any other security, cash or other property.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL BEARER SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
"United States person" is a Person that is, for United States federal
income tax purposes, (a) a citizen or resident of the United States, (b) a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or (c) an estate
or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of the source. Solely for purposes of the foregoing definition of
"United States person," the term "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia). For all other
purposes, the term "United States" shall include its "possessions" including
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
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All terms used in this Temporary Global Bearer Security which are defined
in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of their
respective authorized signatories, this Temporary Global Bearer Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Temporary Global Bearer
Security to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated as of , 1996 APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
[Corporate Seal]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES
Principal Amount Remaining Principal Notation Made on Behalf of
Date Exchanged for Amount Following Paying Agent
Made Bearer Securities Such Exchange in London, England
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SECTION 2.3. FORM OF COUPON.
[FORM OF FACE]
ANY UNITED STATES PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO
LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAWS, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 165(J) AND 1287(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
NO.-
ISIN NO. XS0066909986
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
U.S.$
DUE ,
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTE
DUE JUNE 1, 2001
Unless the Security to which this coupon appertains shall have been
redeemed, repurchased or converted prior to the date set forth hereon, Apple
Computer, Inc. (the "Company") shall, subject to and in accordance with the
terms and conditions of such Security and the Indenture referred to therein, pay
to the bearer on the date set forth hereon, upon surrender hereof, the amount
shown hereon (together with any Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts
payable in respect thereof which the Company may be required to pay according to
the terms of said Security) at the paying agencies set out on the reverse hereof
or at such other places outside the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction as the Company may determine from time to
time.
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[REVERSE OF COUPON]
TRANSFER, PAYING AND CONVERSION AGENTS
Midland Bank plc Banque Internationale a
Mariner House Luxembourg S.A.
Pepys Street 69, route d'Esch
London EC3N 4DA L-1470 Luxembourg
England
SECTION 2.4. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated: *
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
[By Authenticating Agent,
as Authenticating Agent]**
By:
---------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
* For Registered Securities only.
**For the Temporary Global Bearer Security and Bearer Securities in definitive
form.
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SECTION 2.5. FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE.
CONVERSION NOTICE
(a) For Bearer Securities:
The undersigned Holder of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the
option to convert this Security into shares of Common Stock in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security and directs that such
shares be registered in the name of and delivered, together with a check in
payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned unless a different name has
been indicated below. The address for payment of any such check must be outside
the United States. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other
than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with
respect thereto.
Dated:
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Signature
If shares are to be registered
in the name of and delivered
to a Person other than the Please print name and address
Holder, please print such of Holder:
Person's name and address:
- ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------
Name Name
- ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------
Address Address
- ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------
- ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------
Social Security or other Social Security or other
Taxpayer Identification Taxpayer Identification
Number, if any Number, if any
Name and address (outside the
United States) to where any
check referred to in the first
paragraph of this Conversion
Notice should be mailed:
- -----------------------------------
Name
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- -----------------------------------
Address
- -----------------------------------
Social Security or other
Taxpayer Identification
Number, if any
(b) For Registered Securities:
The undersigned Holder of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the
option to convert this Security, or any portion of the principal amount hereof
(which is an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000, PROVIDED that the unconverted
portion of such principal amount is U.S.$5,000 or any integral multiple of
U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof) below designated, into shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and
directs that such shares, together with a check in payment for any fractional
share and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof,
be delivered to and be registered in the name of the undersigned unless a
different name has been indicated below. If shares of Common Stock or Securities
are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the
undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount
required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this
Security.
Dated:
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Signature
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If shares or Registered If only a portion of the
Securities are to be Securities is to be
registered in the name of a converted, please indicate:
Person other than the
Holder, please print such
Person's name and address: 1. Principal amount to be
converted:
U.S.$
- -----------------------------------
Name 2. Principal amount and
denomination of
Registered Securities
representing
- ----------------------------------- unconverted principal
Address amount to be issued:
Amount: U.S.$
- -----------------------------------
Social Security or other Denominations:
Taxpayer Identification U.S.$
Number, if any (any integral multiple of
U.S.$1,000, PROVIDED that
the unconverted portion of
such principal amount is
U.S.$5,000 or any integral
multiple of U.S.$1,000 in
excess thereof)
- ----------------------------------- [Signature Guaranteed]
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. TITLE AND TERMS.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to U.S.$661,250,000, except for
Securities authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 8.5, 11.8, 12.2 or 14.3(f).
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The Securities shall be known and designated as the "6% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001" of the Company. Their Stated Maturity shall
be June 1, 2001 and they shall bear interest on their principal amount from June
7, 1996, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 in each year,
commencing December 1, 1996, at the rate of 6% per annum (together with any
Additional Amounts, Bearer Additional Amounts and Liquidated Damages the Company
may be required to pay) until the principal thereof is due, and at the rate of
6% per annum on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on
any overdue interest; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payments shall only be made on
Business Days as provided in Section 1.12.
The Restricted Securities are entitled to the benefits of registration
rights as provided by the Registration Rights Agreement referenced in Sections
2.2(b) and 10.12.
The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be
payable as provided in the forms of Securities and coupon set forth in
Sections 2.2 and 2.3 and the Repurchase Price, whether payable in cash or in
shares of Common Stock, shall be payable at such places as are identified in the
Company Notice given pursuant to Section 14.2 (any city in which any Paying
Agent is located being herein called a "Place of Payment").
The Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company at any time
on or after the close of business on June 1, 1999, in whole or in part, and at
the Company's option or otherwise in the event of certain developments,
including developments with respect to changes in U.S. withholding taxes or
certification requirements, as provided in Article Eleven and in the forms of
Securities set forth in Section 2.2.
The Securities shall be convertible as provided in Article Twelve (any city
in which any Conversion Agent is located being herein called a "Place of
Conversion").
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior
Indebtedness of the Company as provided in Article Thirteen.
The Securities shall be subject to repurchase by the Company at the option
of the Holders as provided in Article Fourteen.
SECTION 3.2. DENOMINATIONS.
The Definitive Securities shall be issuable (i) in bearer form, with
interest coupons attached, in the denomination of U.S.$5,000 and (ii) as
Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of U.S.$1,000 and
integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.
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SECTION 3.3. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents, under a facsimile of its corporate seal
reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. Any such signature may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the
Trustee or to its order for authentication (or to the Paying Agent in London, or
to its order, in the case of Bearer Securities or the Temporary Global Bearer
Security), together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent in accordance with
such Company Order shall authenticate and make available for delivery such
Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise. In connection with
any Company Order for authentication, an Officers' Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel pursuant to Section 1.2 shall not be required.
Each Bearer Security and the Temporary Global Bearer Security shall be
dated as of June 7, 1996. Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of
its authentication.
No Security (or coupon attached thereto) shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there
appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by
manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by
Section 3.4 or 3.6, neither the Trustee nor an Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and make available for delivery any Bearer Security unless all
coupons appurtenant thereto for interest then matured have been detached and
canceled.
SECTION 3.4. TEMPORARY GLOBAL BEARER SECURITY; GLOBAL SECURITIES; NON-GLOBAL
REGISTERED SECURITIES.
(A) Temporary Global Security
The Initial Regulation S Securities (other than the Initial
Regulation S Securities described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof)
shall be issued initially in the form of one Temporary Global Bearer Security,
which Temporary Global Bearer Security shall be deposited on behalf of the
subscribers for the Securities represented thereby with Midland Bank plc, as
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common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for credit to their respective
accounts (or to such other accounts as they may direct) at MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, as operator of the EUROCLEAR SYSTEM
("EUROCLEAR"), or CEDEL BANK, SOCIETE ANONYME ("CEDEL").
On or before the Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Paying
Agent in London at its principal London office located at Mariner House, Pepys
Street, London EC3N 4DA England, or its designated agent, Bearer Securities
executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date, the Temporary Global
Bearer Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee or
its agent, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or
from time to time in part, for Bearer Securities without charge to Holders, and
the Trustee or the Paying Agent in London or other Paying Agent outside the
United States shall authenticate and deliver (at an office or agency outside the
United States), in exchange for the Temporary Global Bearer Security or the
portions thereof to be exchanged, an equal aggregate principal amount of Bearer
Securities, as shall be specified by the beneficial owners thereof; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, the Temporary
Global Bearer Security shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange
Date or a subsequent date and signed by EUROCLEAR as to the portion of the
Temporary Global Bearer Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a
certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL as
to the portion of the Temporary Global Bearer Security held for its account then
to be exchanged, each to the effect hereinafter provided. The Company hereby
appoints the principal office of the Paying Agent in London, England, or its
designated agent, as its agent outside the United States where Bearer Securities
may be delivered in exchange for the Temporary Global Bearer Security or
portions thereof. Each beneficial owner of any portion of the Temporary Global
Bearer Security shall be entitled to take delivery of Bearer Securities only at
such office. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Securities, no
Security initially represented by the Temporary Global Bearer Security will be
mailed to or otherwise delivered in connection with its original issuance to any
location within the United States. The Trustee agrees that it will cause the
Paying Agent in London to retain each certificate provided by EUROCLEAR or CEDEL
for a period of four calendar years following the year in which the certificate
is received and not to destroy or otherwise dispose of any such certificate
without first offering to deliver it to the Company.
Each certificate to be provided by EUROCLEAR and CEDEL shall be
substantially to the following effect or with such changes therein as shall be
approved by the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and be satisfactory to the
Trustee:
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"CERTIFICATE
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES
DUE JUNE 1, 2001
This is to certify that, based on certificates we have received from our
member organizations substantially in the form set out in Section 3.11 of the
Indenture relating to the above-captioned Securities, as of the date hereof,
U.S.$ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities of Apple
Computer, Inc. (i) is owned by persons that are not United States persons (as
defined below), (ii) is owned by United States persons that are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in United States
Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) ("financial institutions"))
purchasing for their own account or for resale or (b) United States persons who
acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the Securities through such financial institutions on
the date hereof (and in the case of either clause (a) or (b), each financial
institution has agreed for the benefit of Apple Computer, Inc. to comply with
the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder) or
(iii) is owned by financial institutions for purposes of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations
Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)). Financial institutions described in clause
(iii) of the preceding sentence (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of
resale directly or indirectly to United States persons or to persons within the
United States or its possessions.
As used in this Certificate, "United States person" is a person that is,
for United States federal income tax purposes, (a) a citizen or resident of the
United States, (b) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof, or (c) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United
States Federal income taxation regardless of the source; "United States" means
the United States of America (including the States and the District of
Columbia); and its "possessions" include Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for
exchange any portion of the Temporary Global Bearer Security excepted in such
certificates and (ii) as of the date hereof, we have not received any
notification from any of our member organizations to the effect that the
statements made by such member organizations with respect to any portion of the
part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be relied
upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
tax laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or
legal proceedings are commenced
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or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be
relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any
interested party in such proceedings. We agree to retain each statement
provided by a member organization for a period of four calendar years
following the year in which the statement is received.
Dated: , 19 *
*To be dated no
earlier than the
Exchange Date.
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, AS
OPERATOR OF THE EUROCLEAR CLEARANCE
SYSTEM]
[CEDEL BANK, SOCIETE ANONYME]
By "
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Each certificate received by EUROCLEAR and CEDEL from Persons appearing in
their records as Persons entitled to a portion of the Temporary Global Bearer
Security shall be substantially to the effect set forth in Section 3.11.
Upon any such exchange of a portion of the Temporary Global Bearer Security
for Bearer Securities, the Temporary Global Bearer Security shall be endorsed to
reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby. Until so
exchanged in full, the Temporary Global Bearer Security shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under, and subject to the same terms and
conditions of, this Indenture as Bearer Securities authenticated and delivered
hereunder, except that none of EUROCLEAR, CEDEL or the beneficial owners of the
Temporary Global Bearer Security shall be entitled to receive payment of
interest or other payments thereon or to convert the Temporary Global Bearer
Security, or any portion thereof, into Common Stock of the Company or any other
security, cash or other property.
Bearer Securities shall be exchangeable for Registered Securities as
provided in Section 3.5. Bearer Securities will not be issued in exchange for
any Registered Securities.
(B) Global Registered Securities
(a) Each Global Registered Security authenticated under this
Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated by the
Company for such Global Registered Security or a nominee thereof and delivered
to such Depositary or a nominee thereof
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or custodian therefor, and each such Global Registered Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
Global Registered Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Registered
Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Registered Security in whole
or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Registered Security or a nominee thereof unless (i)
such Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Registered Security or (B) has ceased to
be a clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange Act or announces an
intention permanently to cease business or does in fact do so, (ii) there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global
Registered Security, or (iii) pursuant to the following sentence. After the
expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period (but not earlier, unless any of
the events specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of this paragraph shall have then
occurred), all or any portion of a Regulation S Security may be exchanged for a
Registered Security that has a like aggregate principal amount and is not a
Global Registered Security, upon timely request made by the Depositary or its
authorized representative to the Trustee.
(c) If any Global Registered Security is to be exchanged for
other Registered Securities or canceled in whole, it shall be surrendered by or
on behalf of the Depositary or its nominee to the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article Three. If
any Global Registered Security is to be exchanged for other Registered
Securities or cancelled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in
whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Registered Security, in
each case, as provided in Section 3.5, then either (i) such Global Registered
Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in
this Article Three or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or
increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged or
cancelled, or equal to the principal amount of such other Security to be so
exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the case may be, by means of an
appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee, as Security
Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the rules and procedures of
the Depositary, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized representative
to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any such surrender or
adjustment of a Global Registered Security, the Trustee shall, subject to
Section 3.5 and as otherwise provided in this Article Three, authenticate and
deliver any Registered Security (or any portion thereof) to or upon the order
of, and registered in such names as may be directed by, the Depositary or its
authorized representative. Upon the request of the Trustee in connection with
the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding paragraph, the
Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of
Registered Securities that are not in the form of Global Registered Securities.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon any order, direction or request of
the Depositary or its authorized representative which is given or made pursuant
to this Article Three if such order, direction or request is given or made in
accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.
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(d) Every Registered Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of a Global
Registered Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article
Three or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Registered Security, unless such Security is registered in
the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Registered
Security or a nominee thereof, in which case such Registered Security shall be
authenticated and delivered in definitive, fully registered form, without
interest coupons.
(e) The Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a
Global Registered Security, shall be the Holder of such Global Registered
Security for all purposes under the Indenture and the Registered Securities, and
owners of beneficial interests in a Global Registered Security shall hold such
interests pursuant to the procedures of the Depositary. Accordingly, any such
owner's beneficial interest in a Global Registered Security will be shown only
on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through, records
maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Agent Members and such owners
of beneficial interests in a Global Registered Security will not be considered
the owners or holders thereof.
(C) Non-Global Registered Securities
(b) Regulation D Securities shall be initially issued as
Registered Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest
coupons, shall initially be registered in such names and be in such authorized
denominations as Goldman, Sachs & Co. shall designate and shall bear the legends
required hereunder. The Company will make available to the Trustee a reasonable
supply of Registered Securities in definitive form.
Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, temporary Registered Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Registered Securities
in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Registered Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Registered Securities.
If temporary Registered Securities are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Registered Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Registered Securities, the temporary
Registered Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Registered Securities
upon surrender of the temporary Registered Securities at any office or agency of
the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.2, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Registered
Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Registered Securities of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged the temporary Registered Securities shall in all respects be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Registered Securities.
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SECTION 3.5. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE;
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.2 being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered
Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose
of registering Registered Securities and transfers and exchanges of Registered
Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security at
an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.2 for such
purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Registered Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be
required by this Indenture.
At the option of the Holder, and subject to the other provisions of this
Section 3.5, Registered Securities may be exchanged for other Registered
Securities of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at any such
office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, and subject to the other provisions of this Section 3.5, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Registered
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
At the option of the Holder, upon written request, Bearer Securities may be
exchanged at any time after the Exchange Date for Registered Securities of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender
of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any office or agency outside the
United States designated pursuant to Section 10.2, with all unmatured coupons
and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a
Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or
matured coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if such
Bearer Security is accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in
an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company, the
Trustee, and the Paying Agent in London, if there is furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying
Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender
to any
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Paying Agent outside the United States any such missing coupon in respect of
which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount of such payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as
otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security set forth in Section
2.2(a), interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of such coupons at an office or agency of the
Company outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a
Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security at an
office or agency of the Company outside the United States designated pursuant
to Section 10.2 after the close of business at such office or agency on (i)
any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or
agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special
Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on
the related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment
Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be, and interest or
Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or such related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, as the
case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for
such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon
when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever any Bearer Securities are so surrendered for exchange, subject to
the other provisions of this Section 3.5, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 3.5, entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
Except as provided in Section 3.6, no service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 8.5, 11.8, 12.2 or
14.2(f) (other than, in the case of Registered Securities, where the shares of
Common Stock are to be issued or delivered in a name other than that of the
Holder of the Registered Security) not involving any transfer and other than any
stamp and other duties, if any, which may be imposed in connection with any such
transfer or exchange by the United States or the United Kingdom or any political
subdivision thereof or therein, which shall be paid by the Company.
In the event of a redemption of the Securities in part (other than, in the
case of Bearer Securities, a redemption pursuant to the fourth paragraph on the
reverse of the Form of Bearer Security set forth in Section 2.2(a)), neither the
Company nor the Security Registrar will be required (a) to register the transfer
of or exchange of Registered Securities or to exchange Bearer Securities for
Registered Securities for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the date
notice is given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities called for such
redemption, (b) to
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register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security,
or portion thereof, called for redemption, or (c) to exchange any Bearer
Security called for redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Bearer Security called
for redemption may be exchanged for a Registered Security which is
simultaneously surrendered to the Registrar or Transfer Agent making such
exchange with written instructions for conversion consistent with the provisions
described in Sections 2.5 and 12.2.
(b) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers and exchanges of
Securities and beneficial interests in a Global Registered security of the kinds
specified in this Section 3.5(b) shall be made only in accordance with this
Section 3.5(b).
(i) Restricted Global Registered Security to Regulation S Global
Security. If the owner of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global
Registered Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a
Person who wishes to acquire the same in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Security, such transfer may be effected only in
accordance with the provisions of this Clause (b) (i) and Clause (b) (vii)
below and subject to the procedures of the Depositary. Upon receipt by the
Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (A) an order given by the Depositary or
its authorized representative directing that a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Security in a specified principal amount be credited to
a specified Agent Member's account and that a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Registered Security in an equal principal amount be
debited from another specified Agent Member's account and (B) unless the
interest acquired is an interest in an Initial Regulation S Security
acquired by a purchase thereof from an Initial Purchaser in the initial
resale thereof by such Initial Purchaser in reliance on Regulation S as
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, a Regulation S Certificate,
satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the owner of such
beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Registered Security or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, then the Trustee, as Security
Registrar but subject to Clause (b) (vii) below, shall reduce the principal
amount of the Restricted Global Registered Security and increase the
principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security by such specified
principal amount as provided in Section 3.4 (B) (c).
(ii) Regulation S Global Security to Restricted Global Registered
Security. If the owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Security wishes at any time to transfer such interest to a Person who
wishes to acquire the same in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Registered Security, such transfer may be effected only
in accordance with this Clause (b) (ii) and subject to the procedures of
the Depositary. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (A)
an order given by the Depositary or its authorized representative directing
that a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Registered Security in
a specified principal amount be credited to a specified Agent Member's
account and that a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security
in an equal principal amount be debited from another specified Agent
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Member's account and (B) if such transfer is to occur during the Regulation
S Restricted Period, a Restricted Securities Certificate, satisfactory to
the Trustee and duly executed by the owner of such beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Security or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, then the Trustee, as Security Registrar, shall reduce the
principal amount of the Regulation S Global Security and increase the
principal amount of the Restricted Global Registered Security by such
specified principal amount as provided in Section 3.4 (B) (c).
(iii) Restricted Non-Global Security to Restricted Global
Registered Security or Regulation S Global Security. If the Holder of a
Restricted Security (other than a Global Registered Security) wishes at any
time to transfer all or any portion of such Restricted Security to a Person
who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the Restricted Global Registered Security or the Regulation S Global
Security, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the
provisions of this Clause (b) (iii) and Clause (b) (vii) below and subject
to the procedures of the Depositary. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as
Security Registrar, of (A) such Restricted Security as provided in Section
3.5 (a) and instructions satisfactory to the Trustee directing that a
beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Registered Security or
Regulation S Global Security in a specified principal amount not greater
than the principal amount of such Security be credited to a specified Agent
Member's account and (B) a Restricted Securities Certificate, if the
specified account is to be credited with a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Registered Security, or a Regulation S Certificate, if
the specified account is to be credited with a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Security, in either case satisfactory to the Trustee
and duly executed by such Holder or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, then the Trustee, as Security Registrar but subject to Clause (b)
(vii) below, shall cancel such Restricted Security (and issue a new
Restricted Security in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as
provided in Section 3.5(a) and increase the principal amount of the
Restricted Global Registered Security or the Regulation S Global Security,
as the case may be, by the specified principal amount as provided in
Section 3.4 (B) (c).
(iv) Regulation S Non-Global Security to Restricted Global
Registered Security or Regulation S Global Security. If the Holder of a
Regulation S Security (other than a Global Registered Security) wishes at
any time to transfer all or any portion of such Regulation S Security to a
Person who wishes to acquire the same in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Restricted Global Registered Security or the Regulation S Global
Security, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with this Clause
(b) (iv) and Clause (b) (vii) below and subject to the procedures of the
Depositary. Upon receipt by the Trustee, as Security Registrar, of (A)
such Regulation S Security as provided in Section 3.5(a) and instructions
satisfactory to the Trustee directing that a beneficial interest in the
Restricted Global Registered Security or Regulation S Global Security in a
specified principal amount not greater than the principal amount of such
Security be credited to a specified Agent Member's account and (B) if the
transfer is to occur during the Regulation S Restricted Period and the
specified account is to be
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credited with a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Registered
Security, a Restricted Securities Certificate satisfactory to the Trustee
and duly executed by such Holder or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, then the Trustee, as Security Registrar but subject to Clause (b)
(vii) below, shall cancel such Regulation S Security (and issue a new
Regulation S Security in respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as
provided in Section 3.5(a) and increase the principal amount of the
Restricted Global Registered Security or the Regulation S Global Security,
as the case may be, by the specified principal amount as provided in
Section 3.4 (B) (c).
(v) Non-Global Registered Security to Non-Global Registered
Security. A Registered Security that is not a Global Registered Security
may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in
the form of another Security that is not a Global Registered Security as
provided in Section 3.5(a), provided that, if the security to be
transferred in whole or in part is a (y) Regulation S Security and the
transfer is to occur during the Regulation S Restricted Period, then the
Trustee shall have received a Restricted Securities Certificate,
satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the transferor Holder or
his attorney duly authorized in writing, in which case the transferee
Holder shall take delivery in the form of a Restricted Security, or (z)
Restricted Security, then the Trustee shall have received a Regulation S
Certificate, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the
transferor Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing, in which case
the transferee Holder shall take delivery in the form of a Regulation S
Security (subject in every case to Section 3.5(c)).
(vi) Exchanges between Global Registered Security and Non-Global
Security. A beneficial interest in a Global Registered Security may be
exchanged for a Security that is not a Global Registered Security as
provided in Section 3.4, provided that, if such interest is a beneficial
interest in the Restricted Global Registered Security, or if such interest
is a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security and such
exchange is to occur during the Regulation S Restricted Period, then such
interest shall be exchanged for a Restricted Security (subject in each case
to Section 3.5 (c)). A Security that is not a Global Registered Security
may be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Registered Security
only if (A) such exchange occurs in connection with a transfer effected in
accordance with Clause (b) (iii) or (iv) above or (B) such Security is a
Regulation S Security and such exchange occurs after the Regulation S
Restricted Period.
(vii) Regulation S Global Security to be held through EUROCLEAR or
CEDEL during Regulation S Restricted Period. The Company shall use its
best efforts to cause the Depositary to ensure that, until the expiration
of the Regulation S Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Global Security may be held only in or through accounts
maintained at the Depositary by EUROCLEAR or CEDEL (or by Agent Members
acting for the account thereof), and no person shall be entitled to effect
any transfer or exchange that would result in any such interest being held
otherwise than
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in or through such an account; provided that this Clause (b) (vii) shall
not prohibit any transfer or exchange of such an interest in accordance
with Clause (b) (ii) or (vi) above.
(viii) Exchange of Temporary Global Bearer Security for Bearer
Securities. Exchanges of interests in the Temporary Global Bearer Security
for Bearer Securities shall be accomplished in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 3.4 (A).
(ix) Exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities.
After the expiration of the Regulation S Restricted Period (but not
earlier), Bearer Securities may be exchanged for any form of Registered
Securities. Under no circumstances will any Registered Securities be
exchangeable for Bearer Securities.
(c) Securities Act Legends. Rule 144A Securities, Regulation D
Securities and their respective Successor Securities shall bear the applicable
Restricted Securities Legend, subject to the following:
(i) Subject to the following clauses of this Section 3.5(c), a
Security (including a Bearer Security) or any portion thereof which is
exchanged, upon transfer or otherwise, for a Global Registered Security or
any portion thereof shall bear the Securities Act Legend borne by such
Global Registered Security while represented thereby.
(ii) Subject to the following clauses of this Section 3.5(c), a
new Registered Security which is not a Global Registered Security and is
issued in exchange for another Registered Security (including a Global
Registered Security) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or otherwise,
shall bear the Securities Act Legend borne by such other Security, provided
that, if such new Security is required pursuant to Section 3.5(b) (v) or
(vi) to be issued in the form of a Restricted Security, it shall bear a
Restricted Securities Legend; provided, further, that a new Registered
Security which is not a Global Registered Security and which is issued in
exchange for a Bearer Security or any portion thereof shall bear the
applicable Restricted Securities Legend, if such new Registered Security is
a Restricted Security.
(iii) Any securities which are sold or otherwise disposed of
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act
(including the Shelf Registration Statement), together with their Successor
Securities shall not bear a Securities Act Legend; the Company shall inform
the Trustee in writing of the effective date of any such registration
statement registering the Securities under the Securities Act and shall
notify the Trustee at any time when prospectuses may not be delivered with
respect to Securities to be sold pursuant to such registration statement.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the aforementioned registration
statement.
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(iv) At any time after the Securities may be freely transferred
without registration under the Securities act or without being subject to
transfer restrictions pursuant to the Securities act, a new Registered
Security which does not bear a Securities Act Legend may be issued in
exchange for or in lieu of a Security (other than a Global Registered
Security) or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if the Trustee
has received an Unrestricted Securities Certificate, satisfactory to the
Trustee and duly executed by the Holder of such legended Security or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and after such date and receipt of
such certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such a new
Security in exchange for or in lieu of such other Security as provided in
this Article Three.
(v) A new Security which does not bear a Securities Act Legend
may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Security (other than a Global
Registered Security) or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if,
in the Company's judgment, placing such a legend upon such new Security is
not necessary to ensure compliance with the registration requirements of
the Securities Act, and the Trustee, at the direction of the Company,
shall authenticate and deliver such a new Security as provided in this
Article Three.
(vi) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.5(c), a Successor Security of a Security that does not bear a particular
form of Securities Act Legend shall not bear such form of legend unless the
Company has reasonable cause to believe that such Successor Security is a
"restricted security" within the meaning of Rule 144, in which case the
Trustee, at the direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a
new Security bearing a Restricted Securities Legend in exchange for such
Successor Security as provided in this Article Three.
(d) Neither the Trustee, the Paying Agent in London nor any of their
agents shall (1) have any duty to monitor compliance with or with respect to any
federal or state or other securities or tax laws or (2) have any duty to obtain
documentation on any transfers or exchanges other than as specifically required
hereunder.
SECTION 3.6. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN SECURITIES AND COUPONS.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee or to a Transfer Agent outside
the United States, the Company shall execute, the Trustee or an Authenticating
Agent shall authenticate and the Trustee or Transfer Agent shall deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that any Bearer Security or any coupon shall be delivered only outside the
United States, and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that all Bearer Securities shall be
delivered and received in person.
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If there be delivered to the Company and either to the Trustee or to a
Transfer Agent outside the United States:
(1) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Security or coupon, and
(2) such security or indemnity as may be satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee and such Transfer Agent to save each of them
and any agent of either of them harmless,
then, in the absence of actual notice to the Company, the Trustee or the
Transfer Agent that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute, the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and the Trustee or Transfer Agent shall deliver, in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to
which such coupon appertains (together with all appurtenant coupons not
destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of like tenor and principal amount
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or appertaining to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or
stolen coupon appertains; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Bearer Security or any
coupon shall be delivered only outside the United States; and PROVIDED, FURTHER,
that all Bearer Securities shall be delivered and received in person.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion,
but subject to any conversion rights, may, instead of issuing a new Security,
pay such Security or coupon, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
the preceding paragraph; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise provided
in the form of Securities set forth in Section 2.2(a), the principal of and
interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only at an office or agency
outside the United States and, in the case of interest, only upon presentation
and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.6, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto (other than any
stamp and other duties, if any, which may be imposed in connection therewith by
the United States or the United Kingdom or any political subdivision thereof or
therein, which shall be paid by the Company) and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee, the Paying Agent in London and the
Transfer Agent) connected therewith.
Every new Security with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this
Section 3.6 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in
exchange for a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
and its coupons, if any, or the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
shall be at
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any time enforceable by anyone, and such new Security and coupons, if any,
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities and coupons duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 3.6 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies of any Holder with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
coupons.
SECTION 3.7. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. In case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered
Security at an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to
Section 10.2 for the purpose after the close of business (at such office or
agency) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such
office or agency) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer
Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest
Payment Date and interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due.
Interest on the Temporary Global Bearer Security shall be payable only
after the issuance of the Bearer Securities for which it is exchangeable as
provided in the form of Temporary Global Bearer Security set forth in Section
2.2(c).
Any interest on any Registered Security which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Registered Security, the date of the proposed payment and the
Special Record Date, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
Clause provided.
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Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix the Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not
less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less
than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities at such Holder's
address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been
so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose
names the Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
Clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security at an office or agency of the Company designated
pursuant to Section 10.2 for such purpose after the close of business
(at such office or agency) on any Special Record Date and before the
opening of business (at such office or agency) on the related proposed
date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered outside the United States without the coupon relating to
such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable
on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security
issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to
the Holder of such coupon upon surrender thereof at an office or agency
outside the United States designated pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
In the case of any Registered Security which is converted after any
Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date (other than any Registered Security whose Maturity is prior to such
Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest
Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding
such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly
provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security
which is
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converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of
such Security shall not be payable.
SECTION 3.8. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Title to any Bearer Security or coupon shall pass by delivery. The Company,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent in London and any other agent of the Company or
the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the Temporary Global
Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such
Security or coupon, as the case may be, for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent in London nor any other agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Prior to due presentment of a
Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for
the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject
to Section 3.7) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 3.9. CANCELLATION.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repurchase,
registration of transfer or exchange or conversion shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Bearer
Securities and coupons so surrendered shall be immediately canceled by such
Person upon receipt prior to being forwarded to the Trustee. All Registered
Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled promptly by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities canceled as provided in this Section 3.9. The Trustee shall destroy
all canceled Securities and coupons in accordance with applicable law and its
customary practices in effect from time to time.
SECTION 3.10. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months.
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SECTION 3.11. FORM OF CERTIFICATION.
Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the form of Temporary Global
Bearer Security contemplates that certification be given by a beneficial owner
of a portion of the Temporary Global Bearer Security, such certification shall
be provided substantially in the form of the following certificate, with only
such changes as shall be approved by the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co.:
"CERTIFICATE
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES
DUE JUNE 1, 2001
This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as provided in the
fourth paragraph hereof, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our
account (i) are owned by a person that is not a United States person (as defined
below), (ii) are owned by a United States person that is (A) a foreign branch of
a United States financial institution (as defined in United States Treasury
Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) (a "financial institution")) purchasing
for its own account or for resale or (B) a United States person who acquired the
Securities through a foreign branch of a United States financial institution and
who holds the Securities through such financial institution on the date hereof
(and in the case of either clause (A) or (B), the financial institution hereby
agrees for the benefit of Apple Computer, Inc. to comply with the requirements
of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder) or (iii) are owned by a
financial institution for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)).
In addition, if we are a financial institution described in clause (iii) of the
preceding sentence (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) we
certify that we have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly
or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States
or its possessions.
As used in this certificate, "United States person" is a Person that is,
for United States federal income tax purposes, (a) a citizen or resident of the
United States, (b) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision
thereof or (c) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United
States Federal income taxation regardless of the source; "United States" means
the United States of America (including the States and the District of
Columbia); and its "possessions" includes Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you by telecopy, on or before the date on which you
intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities
then appearing in your books
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as being held for our account, if the above statement as to beneficial
ownership is not correct on such date as to all such Securities.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S.$________ principal
amount of the above-captioned Securities appearing on your books as being held
for our account as to which we are not yet able to certify and as to which we
understand that exchange and delivery of definitive Securities cannot be made
until we are able so to certify.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
tax regulations in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are
commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be
relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy
hereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: ___________________, 19__* [Name of Account Holder]
*To be dated on or after
the 15th day before the
Exchange Date.
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(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:"
SECTION 3.12. CUSIP AND ISIN NUMBERS.
The Company in issuing Registered Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use) in addition to serial numbers, and in issuing Bearer
Securities may use "ISIN" numbers (if then generally in use); if so, the Trustee
shall use such "CUSIP" and "ISIN" numbers in addition to serial numbers in
notices of redemption and repurchase as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED that
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness
of such CUSIP and ISIN numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be
placed only on the serial or other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
SECTION 3.13. NOTIFICATION OF WITHHOLDING.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the necessity, if any,
to withhold any amounts from payments to Holders (and the amount of any such
withholding) arising from the delivery by a Holder of any certificate pursuant
to Section 2.5 or 3.11.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of conversion, or registration of transfer or
exchange, or replacement of Securities herein expressly provided for and any
right to receive Additional Amounts, Bearer Additional Amounts and Liquidated
Damages as provided in the forms of Securities set forth in Section 2.2 and the
Company's obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7), and the Trustee,
at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee acknowledging satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered and all
coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Securities and coupons
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 3.6, (ii) coupons appertaining to
Securities called for redemption or repurchased and maturing after the
relevant Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be, whose
surrender has been waived as provided in Section 11.7 or 14.2 and
(iii) Securities and coupons for whose payment money has theretofore
been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities and all coupons appertaining thereto not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee or the Paying Agent in London or
its agent for cancellation (other than Securities or coupons referred
to in clauses (i) through (iii) of clause (1)(A) above)
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will have become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds
(immediately available to the Holders in the case of clause (i)) in
trust for the purpose an amount sufficient
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to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities
and coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest
(including any applicable Additional Amounts, Bearer Additional
Amounts and Liquidated Damages) to the date of such deposit (in
the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(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
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of
the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.12, the obligation of
the Company to pay Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts and, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (1)(B) of
this Section 4.1, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive. Funds held in trust pursuant to this
Section are not subject to the provisions of Article Thirteen.
SECTION 4.2. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such
money has been deposited with the Trustee.
All moneys deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 (and held by
it or any Paying Agent) for the payment of Securities subsequently converted
shall be returned to the Company upon Company Request.
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
occasioned by the provisions of Article Thirteen or be voluntary or involuntary
or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order
of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest (including any Additional
Amounts, Bearer Additional Amounts or Liquidated Damages) upon any Security
when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions of Article 13; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on
any Security at its Maturity, whether or not such payment is prohibited by
the subordination provisions of Article 13; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in the performance or breach of which is specifically
dealt with elsewhere in this Section), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach
and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice
of Default" hereunder; or
(4) any Indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money in an
aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000, whether
such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, is not paid at
final maturity (either upon its stated maturity or upon acceleration
thereof) and such default in payment or acceleration has not been cured or
rescinded, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying
such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be
discharged or such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar
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law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing
a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of
any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of
a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or similar relief
under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property,
or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action.
SECTION 5.2. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
5.1(5) or (6)) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities may declare the principal of all the Securities to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
and all accrued interest thereon shall become immediately due and payable. If
an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or (6) occurs, the principal of,
and accrued interest on, all the Securities shall ipso facto become immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other Act of the Holders or any act
on the part of the Trustee.
At any time after such declaration of acceleration has been made and before
a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article Five provided, the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice
to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
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(A) all overdue interest (including any Additional Amounts, Bearer
Additional Amounts and Liquidated Damages) on all Securities,
(B) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
any interest thereon at the rate borne by the Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest at a rate of 6% per annum, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal
of, and any interest on, Securities which have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.13.
No rescission or annulment referred to above shall affect any subsequent
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.3. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest (including any
Additional Amounts, Bearer Additional Amounts and Liquidated Damages) on
any Security when it becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, the whole
amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal and
interest (including any Additional Amounts, Bearer Additional Amounts and
Liquidated Damages) and interest on any overdue principal and premium, if any,
and on any overdue interest (including any Additional Amounts, Bearer Additional
Amounts and Liquidated Damages), to the extent permitted by law, at a rate of 6%
per annum, and in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient
to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel.
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If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities and coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as
the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.4. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or coupons or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or
the creditors of either, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of,
and any interest on, the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal
or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding
or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal,
premium, if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities
and take such other actions, including participating as a member, voting or
otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter,
and to file such other papers or documents, in each of the foregoing cases,
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of
the Holders of Securities and coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding,
and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claim and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder of Securities and coupons 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 Holders of Securities and coupons, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 6.7.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof or
to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or coupon in any such proceeding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee
may, on behalf of such Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy
or similar official.
SECTION 5.5. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES
OR COUPONS.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or
coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of
any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding
relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect
of which judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.6. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Subject to Article Thirteen, any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article Five shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account
of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities
or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment
if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.7;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities and coupons in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal,
premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: Any remaining amounts shall be repaid to the Company.
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SECTION 5.7. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Security or coupon shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee
to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders.
SECTION 5.8. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM
AND INTEREST AND TO CONVERT.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section
3.7) interest on such Security or payment of such coupon on the respective
Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of
redemption or repurchase, on the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case
may be), and to convert such Security in accordance with Article Twelve, and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and right to convert, and
such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
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SECTION 5.9. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee
and the Holders of Securities and coupons shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and such Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph
of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive
of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of
Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons
may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by
the Trustee or (subject to the limitations contained in this Indenture) by the
Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, PROVIDED that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture, and
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(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 5.13. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders, either (a) through the written consent of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or (b) by
the adoption of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding
Securities at which a quorum is present, by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities represented at such
meeting, may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities and coupons waive
any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default (1) in the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Eight
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.14. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or
coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any
Holder of any Security or coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or the payment of any
coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in
such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption or repurchase, on or
after the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be) or for the
enforcement of the right to convert any Security in accordance with Article
Twelve.
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SECTION 5.15. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(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; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but not to verify the
contents thereof.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, EXCEPT that
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(1) this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of
paragraph (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and
(4) 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.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 6.2. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder as to which
the Trustee has received written notice, the Trustee shall give to all Holders
of Securities, in the manner provided in Section 1.6, notice of such default,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any Security or coupon, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the
interest of the Holders; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in the case of any default
of the character specified in Section 5.1(3), no such notice to Holders of
Securities shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.
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SECTION 6.3. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate, other
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders of Securities or coupons pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security
or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
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(8) the permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any actions enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a
duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable in such actions other than for
its own negligence or willful misconduct; and
(9) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it
by the Indenture.
SECTION 6.4. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication) and in the coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture, of the Securities or coupons, or of the Common
Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the
proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.5. MAY HOLD SECURITIES, ACT AS TRUSTEE UNDER OTHER INDENTURES.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion
Agent or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and
may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or such
other agent.
The Trustee may become and act as trustee under other indentures under
which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other
securities, of the Company are outstanding in the same manner as if it were not
Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 6.6. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no
liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise
agreed in writing with the Company.
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SECTION 6.7. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as
the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation
of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee (and its directors, officers,
employees and agents) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the costs, expenses and
reasonable attorneys' fees of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges of its counsel) and the compensation for the
services are intended to constitute expenses of the administration under any
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
Any Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent appointed hereunder shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 6.7(3) as if the indemnity set forth
therefor were specifically afforded to such Paying Agent or Authenticating
Agent.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee, any Paying Agent
or any Authenticating Agent, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.8. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person
that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.$50,000,000, subject to supervision
or examination by federal or state authority, in
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good standing and having an established place of business in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article and a
successor shall be appointed pursuant to Section 6.9.
SECTION 6.9. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.10.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to
the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 6.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, delivered
to the Trustee and the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.10 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.8 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder of a Security who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
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court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company,
by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee and shall
comply with the applicable requirements of this Section and Section 6.10. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor
Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.10, become the
successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by this
Section and Section 6.10, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders of
Securities in the manner provided in Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the
name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 6.10. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible under this Article.
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SECTION 6.11. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
PROVIDED such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 6.12. AUTHENTICATING AGENTS.
The Paying Agent in London may authenticate the Temporary Global Bearer
Security and Bearer Securities, and Banque Internationale a Luxembourg S.A. may
authenticate Bearer Securities, in each case, as the Trustee's Authenticating
Agent. The Trustee may, with the written consent of the Company, appoint an
additional Authenticating Agent or Agents acceptable to the Company with respect
to the Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities issued upon exchange or substitution pursuant to this
Indenture.
Securities authenticated by an Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder, and every reference in
this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee
or the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be subject to acceptance
by the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the
District of Columbia, England and Wales or Luxembourg, authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent and subject to supervision or examination by
government or other fiscal authority. If at any time an Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6.12, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect specified in this Section 6.12.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, PROVIDED such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this
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Section 6.12, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.12, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be subject to acceptance by the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating
Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible
under the provisions of this Section 6.12.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 6.12.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to the Securities
pursuant to this Section 6.12, the Securities may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certification of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated: MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
as Trustee
By [Authenticating Agent],
as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 6.13. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, 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 Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
SECTION 6.14. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
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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 Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 7.1. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease all its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance
or transfer, or which leases the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
(including Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts, if any,
payable pursuant to Section 10.4 and Liquidated Damages, if any, payable
pursuant to Section 10.12) on all of the Securities and coupons, as
applicable, and the performance or observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed and shall
have provided for conversion rights in accordance with Article Twelve;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered (except in the case of the merger of
any Person into the Company where the Common Stock is not converted into or
exchanged for the right to receive cash, property or securities, or the
conveyance, transfer or lease by any Person of its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to the Company) to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such
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transaction have been complied with, together with any documents required
under Section 8.3.
SECTION 7.2. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into,
any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially
all the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 7.1, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company
under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been
named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture, the Securities and the coupons, if any.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF
SECURITIES OR COUPONS.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for any
of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants and obligations of
the Company herein and in the Securities and coupons as permitted by this
Indenture; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of Securities or coupons, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to secure the Securities; or
(4) to permit Registered Securities to be exchanged for Bearer
Securities or to remove or relax the restrictions on payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest in respect of Bearer Securities in the United
States, in each case to the extent then permitted under the Code and
applicable regulations of the United States Treasury Department; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no adverse consequences would result to any Holder; or
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(5) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of
Holders of Securities pursuant to Section 12.11; or
(6) to make any changes or modifications to this Indenture necessary
in connection with the registration of any Restricted Securities under the
Securities Act as contemplated by Section 10.12, provided, such action
pursuant to this clause (6) shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities or coupons; or
(7) to comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act,
as contemplated by this Indenture or otherwise; or
(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or which
is otherwise defective, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture as the Company and the
Trustee may deem necessary or desirable, PROVIDED, such action pursuant to
this clause (8) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities or coupons in any material respect.
Upon Company Request, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and subject to and upon receipt by
the Trustee of the documents described in Section 8.3 hereof, the Trustee shall
join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized
or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained.
SECTION 8.2. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF
SECURITIES.
With either (a) the written consent of the Holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by the Act
of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, or (b) by the adoption
of a resolution, at a meeting of Holders of the Outstanding Securities at which
a quorum is present, by the Holders of 66-2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities represented at such meeting, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities or coupons
under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent or affirmative vote of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security or coupon affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of interest on, any Security or coupon appertaining thereto, or
reduce the principal amount or the rate of interest payable thereon or any
premium payable upon redemption or mandatory
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repurchase thereof, or change the obligation of the Company to pay
Additional Amounts and any Bearer Additional Amounts pursuant to Section
10.4 in a manner adverse to the Holders, or change the Place of Payment or
coin or currency in which any Security or the interest or any premium
thereon or any other amount in respect thereof is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment in respect of
any Security or coupon on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the
case of redemption or any repurchase, on or after the Redemption Date or
Repurchase Date, as the case may be) or, except as permitted by Section
12.11, adversely affect the right to convert any Security as provided in
Article Twelve, or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to
the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of
Securities or coupons, or
(2) reduce the requirements of Section 9.4 for quorum or voting, or
reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture,
or
(3) modify the obligation of the Company to maintain an office or
agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and in a city in
a Western European country pursuant to Section 10.2, or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13 or
10.13, except to increase any percentage contained herein or therein or to
provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby; or
(5) modify the provisions of Article Fourteen in a manner adverse to
the Holders; or
(6) modify any of the provisions of Section 10.10, 10.11 or 10.12.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 8.3. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.3) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
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is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and that such supplemental
indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms. The Trustee may, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 8.4. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
and of any coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 8.5. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Company and the
Trustee, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 8.6. NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.2, the Company
shall give notice to all Holders of Securities of such fact, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, in the manner
provided in Section 1.6. Any failure of the Company to give such notice, or any
defect therein, shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE NINE
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 9.1. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of Securities may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction,
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notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be
made, given or taken by Holders of Securities.
SECTION 9.2. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities
for any purpose specified in Section 9.1, to be held at such time and at such
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in the City of
London, England, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of
Holders of Securities, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and
in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be
given, in the manner provided in Section 1.6, not less than 21 nor more than 180
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of
Securities for any purpose specified in Section 9.1, by written request setting
forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and
the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such
meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter
proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or
the Holders of Securities in the amount specified, as the case may be, may
determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, or in the City of London, England, for such meeting and may call such
meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a)
of this Section.
SECTION 9.3. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities, a Person
shall be (a) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities, or (b) a Person
appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or
more Outstanding Securities by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who
shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be
the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any
representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company and its counsel.
SECTION 9.4. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a
quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the
meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities, be
dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of
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less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned
meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period not
less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such adjourned meeting (subject to repeated applications of
this sentence). Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 9.2(a), except that such notice need be given
only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is
scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned
meeting shall state expressly the percentage of the principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities which shall constitute a quorum.
Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for a
lack of a quorum, the Persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities at the time shall constitute a quorum for the
taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.
At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum
is present as aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except as limited by
the proviso to Section 8.2) shall be effectively passed and decided if passed or
decided by the Persons entitled to vote not less than 66-2/3% in aggregate
principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented and entitled to vote at
such meeting.
Any resolution passed or decisions taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the
Holders of Securities and coupons, whether or not present or represented at the
meeting. The Trustee shall, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
notify all the Holders of Securities of any such resolutions or decisions
pursuant to Section 1.6.
SECTION 9.5. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETINGS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities 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, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other
evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of
the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or
required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in
the manner specified in Section 1.4 and the appointment of any proxy shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4 or by having the signature of the
Person executing the proxy witnessed or certified by any officer authorized by
Section 1.4(c) to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman (which may be the Trustee) of the meeting, unless the meeting shall
have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in
Section 9.2(b), in which case the Company or the
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Holders of Securities 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 Persons entitled to
vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting, each Holder of a Security or proxy shall be entitled
to one vote for each U.S.$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 Security 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, except as a Holder of a Security or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities duly called pursuant to
Section 9.2 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by
Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held
as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 9.6. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities 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 amounts at Stated Maturity and serial numbers of the Outstanding
Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting
shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the
meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the
secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings
of each meeting of Holders of Securities shall be prepared by the secretary of
the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of
the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by
one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the
notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in
Section 9.2 and, if applicable, Section 9.4. Each copy shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the
meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the
Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the
ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be
conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 10.1. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in accordance
with the terms of the Securities, the coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture. The interest due on the Bearer Securities on or before Maturity,
other than Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts payable as provided
in Section 10.4 in respect of principal of such a Security, shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. The Company will
deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee, one Business Day prior to the
Stated Maturity of any Bearer Security or one Business Day prior to the due date
for any installment of interest thereon and by noon Eastern Standard Time on the
Stated Maturity of any Registered Security or on the due date for any
installment of interest thereon, all payments so due, which payments shall be in
immediately available funds on the date of such Stated Maturity or due date, as
the case may be.
SECTION 10.2. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICES OR AGENCIES.
The Company hereby appoints (a) the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
as its agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where Registered
Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Bearer Securities
and coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances
described below (and not otherwise), where Registered Securities may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Registered
Securities may be surrendered for conversion, where Bearer Securities may be
surrendered for conversion in the circumstances described below (and not
otherwise) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities and coupons and this Indenture may be served, and (b) (i) the
office of Midland Bank plc, Mariner House, Pepys Street, London EC3N 4DA,
England or (ii) the office of Banque Internationale a Luxembourg S.A., 69, route
d'Esch, L-1470 Luxembourg, as its agents outside of the United States where,
subject to any applicable laws or regulations, Bearer Securities and coupons may
be presented and surrendered for payment, where, subject to any applicable laws
and regulations, Registered Securities may be surrendered for payment, where
Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, where Bearer Securities may be presented for exchange, where
Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and where the written statements
to be delivered by Holders of Registered Securities as contemplated by the third
paragraph on the reverse of the form of Registered Security may be delivered.
Payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Bearer Securities,
including any Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts payable on Bearer
Securities pursuant to Section 10.4, may be made at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only
if) payment of the full amount of such principal, interest, Additional Amounts
and Bearer
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Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for such
purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions on the
full payment or receipt of such amounts in United States Dollars, as determined
by the Company.
The Company may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the
appointment of any such agent or appoint any additional agents for any or all of
such purposes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that until all of the Securities have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or moneys sufficient to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities have been made
available for payment and either paid or returned to the Company pursuant to the
provisions of Section 10.3, the Company will maintain (1) in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Registered Securities
may be presented or surrendered for payment and conversion, where Bearer
Securities and coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment and
conversion in the circumstances described in the last sentence of the first
paragraph of this Section (and not otherwise), where Registered 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 coupons and this
Indenture may be served, and (2) subject to any laws or regulations applicable
thereto, in any city in a Western European country, an office or agency where
Securities and coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment, where
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange or
conversion, and where the written statements to be delivered by Holders of
Registered Securities as contemplated by the third paragraph on the reverse of
the form of Registered Security may be delivered. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee, and notice to the Holders in accordance with
Section 1.6, of the appointment or termination of any such agents and of the
location and any change in the location of any 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,
presentations and surrenders may be made and notices and demands may be served
on the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities and
coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment and conversion to the
Paying Agent in London at its office in the City of London, England or other
Paying Agent or conversion agent outside the United States, and the Company
hereby appoints the Paying Agent in London as its agent to receive such
respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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SECTION 10.3. MONEY FOR SECURITY PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before
each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided and the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, one
Business Day prior to each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Securities, deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay the
principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium, if any, or
interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of any failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying
Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on Securities for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid
to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held
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by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security or any coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, notice that
such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which
shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 10.4. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AND BEARER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
The Company will pay to the Holder of any Bearer Security or any coupon
appertaining thereto Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts as
provided in the form of Bearer Security and to a Holder of any Registered
Security Additional Amounts as provided in the form of Registered Security, in
each case set forth in Section 2.2. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, or in respect of, any Security or any coupon, such mention shall be
deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and Bearer
Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts are, were or would be
payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and
express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional
Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as
excluding Additional Amounts and Bearer Additional Amounts in those provisions
hereof where such express mention is not made.
At least 10 days prior to December 1, 1996, or an earlier Redemption Date
or Repurchase Date (and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest after December 1, 1996, or such earlier
Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, if there has been any change with respect to
the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate), the Company
will furnish the Trustee and the Company's Paying Agents in London, England, and
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if other than the Trustee,
with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agents
whether such payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities shall be made to Holders of Securities or coupons who are not United
States persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge described in the second paragraph of the face of the
forms of Definitive Securities set forth in Section 2.2. If any such withholding
shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the
amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of
Securities or coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or the Paying
Agent in London the Additional Amounts required by this Section to be paid in
the event of any such withholding. The Company covenants to indemnify the
Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense arising out of or in connection with actions taken or
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omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished
pursuant to this Section, except to the extent such loss, liability or expense
is attributable to the Trustee's negligence or bad faith.
SECTION 10.5. EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Seven, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 10.6. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in 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 will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company 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 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation and maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is,
in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 10.7. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company will pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same may become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, (2) all
claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a
lien or charge upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (3) all
stamps and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or
the United Kingdom or any political subdivision thereof or therein in connection
with the issuance, transfer, exchange or conversion of any Securities or coupons
or with respect to this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in the case of
clauses (1) and (2), 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.
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SECTION 10.8. REGISTRATION AND LISTING.
Within a reasonable time after the issuance of the Temporary Global Bearer
Security, the Company (i) will effect all registrations with, and obtain all
approvals by, all governmental authorities that may be necessary under any
United States Federal or state law (including the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act and state securities and Blue Sky laws) before the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of Securities may be lawfully issued and delivered, and
thereafter publicly traded (if permissible under the Securities Act), and
qualified or listed as contemplated by clause (ii); and (ii) will cause the
shares of Common Stock required to be issued and delivered upon conversion of
Securities, prior to such issuance or delivery, to be quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market or, if the Common Stock is not then quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market, cause to be listed the Common Stock on each national securities
exchange on which outstanding Common Stock is listed or quoted at the time of
such delivery. Nothing in this Section 10.8 will limit the application of
Section 10.12.
SECTION 10.9. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company an Officers' Certificate stating that in the
course of performance by the signers of their duties as such officers of the
Company they would normally obtain knowledge of whether any default exists in
the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this Indenture and whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture. Such Certificate shall further
state, as to each such officer signing such Certificate, to the best of the
knowledge of such officer, as of the date of such Officers' Certificate, (a)
whether any such default exists, (b) whether the Company during the preceding
fiscal year kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant and
obligation of the Company under this Indenture and (c) whether there was any
default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions or
conditions of this Indenture during such preceding fiscal year. If the officers
signing the Certificate know of such a default, whether then existing or
occurring during such preceding fiscal year, the Officers' Certificate shall
describe such default and its status with particularity. The Company shall also
promptly notify the Trustee if the Company's fiscal year is changed so that the
end thereof is on any date other than the then current fiscal year end date.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of
any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or
condition contained in this Indenture, or any Event of Default, an Officers'
Certificate specifying with particularity such default or Event of Default and
further stating what action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
Any notice required to be given under this Section 10.9 shall be delivered
to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
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SECTION 10.10. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder of a Restricted Security or the
holder of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, the Company
will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information (as defined
below) to such Holder of Restricted Securities or such holder of shares of
Common Stock issued upon conversion of Restricted Securities, or to a
prospective purchaser of any such security designated by any such Holder or
holder, as the case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance by such
Holder or holder with Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision thereto) in connection with the resale of any such security; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to furnish such information in
connection with any request made on or after the date which is three years from
the later of (i) the date such a security (or any such predecessor security) was
last acquired from the Company or (ii) the date such a security (or any such
predecessor security) was last acquired from an "affiliate" of the Company
within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision thereto). "Rule 144A Information" shall be such information as is
specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision thereto).
SECTION 10.11. RESALE OF CERTAIN SECURITIES; REPORTING ISSUER.
During the period beginning on June 7, 1996 and ending on the date that is
three years from such date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its
"affiliates" (as defined under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereto) to, resell (x) any Securities which constitute
"restricted securities" under Rule 144 or (y) any securities into which the
Securities have been converted under this Indenture which constitute "restricted
securities" under Rule 144, that in either case have been reacquired by any of
them. The Trustee shall have no responsibility in respect of the Company's
performance of its agreement in the preceding sentence. The Company will
continue to be a "reporting issuer" for purposes of Rule 903 under the
Securities Act until the full principal amount of the Temporary Global Bearer
Security has been exchanged for Bearer Securities in accordance with this
Indenture.
SECTION 10.12. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
The holders of the Restricted Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion thereof are entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of June 7, 1996, between the Company and Goldman, Sachs &
Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the "Registration Rights
Agreement"). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has
agreed for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Restricted
Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof that it will,
at its expense, (i) within 90 days after the date of original issuance of the
Restricted Securities, file a shelf registration statement (the "Shelf
Registration Statement") with the Commission with respect to resales of the
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Restricted Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof,
(ii) use its best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared effective by the Commission within 180 days after the date of original
issuance of the Securities and (iii) use its best efforts to maintain such Shelf
Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act until the third annual
anniversary of the date of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
or such earlier date as is provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (the
"Effectiveness Period"). The Company will be permitted to suspend the use of
the prospectus which is a part of the Shelf Registration Statement during
certain periods of time as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
If (i) on or prior to 90 days following the date of original issuance of
the Restricted Securities, a Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed
with the Commission, or (ii) on or prior to the 180th day following the date of
original issuance of the Restricted Securities, such Shelf Registration
Statement is not declared effective (each, a "Registration Default"), additional
interest ("Liquidated Damages") will accrue on the Restricted Securities from
and including the day following such Registration Default to but excluding the
day on which such Registration Default has been cured. Liquidated Damages will
be paid semi-annually in arrears, with the first semi-annual payment due on the
first Interest Payment Date in respect of the Restricted Securities following
the date on which such Liquidated Damages begin to accrue, and will accrue at a
rate per annum equal to an additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the
principal amount of the Restricted Securities to and including the 90th day
following such Registration Default and at a rate per annum equal to one-half of
one percent (0.50%) thereof from and after the 91st day following such
Registration Default. In the event that the Shelf Registration Statement ceases
to be effective during the Effective Period for more than 90 days or the Company
suspends the use of the prospectus which is a part thereof for more than 90
days, whether or not consecutive, during any 12-month period, then the interest
rate borne by the Restricted Securities shall increase by an additional one-half
of one percent (0.50%) per annum on the 91st day of the applicable 12-month
period such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or such
prospectus continues to be suspended to but excluding the day on which (i) the
Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective (ii) the use of the related
prospectus ceases to be suspended or (iii) the Effectiveness Period expires.
Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or in respect of, any
Registered Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the
payment of Liquidated Damages provided for in this Section to the extent that,
in such context, Liquidated Damages are, were or would be payable in respect
thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the
payment of Liquidated Damages (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not
be construed as excluding Liquidated Damages in those provisions hereof where
such express mention is not made.
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SECTION 10.13. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant
or conditions set forth in Sections 10.6 and 10.7, inclusive (other than a
covenant or condition which under Article Eight cannot be modified or amended
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected), if
before the time for such compliance the Holders shall, through the written
consent of, or the adoption of a resolution at a meeting of Holders of the
Outstanding Securities at which a quorum is present by, not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee
or any Paying or Conversion Agent in respect of any such covenant or condition
shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.1. RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.
The Securities may be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of the
forms of Securities set forth in Section 2.2.
SECTION 11.2. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company or otherwise, as
permitted or required by any provision of the Securities or this Indenture,
shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article Eleven.
SECTION 11.3. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
any of the Securities, the Company shall, at least 60 days (or 75 days in the
case of a redemption pursuant to the fourth paragraph of the reverse of the form
of Bearer Security set forth in Section 2.2(a)) prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date. If the
Securities are to be redeemed pursuant to an election of the Company which is
subject to a condition specified in the forms of Securities set forth in
Section 2.2, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting
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forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of
the Company so to redeem have occurred.
SECTION 11.4. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (other than pursuant to
the third or fourth paragraph on the reverse of the form of Bearer Security in
Section 2.2(a) or the third paragraph on the reverse of the form of Registered
Security in Section 2.2(b)), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected by the Trustee within two Business Days after it receives the notice
described in 11.3, from the Outstanding Securities not previously called for
redemption, individually by lot in the case of Bearer Securities, and by such
method as the Trustee may deem substantially equivalent thereto in the case of
Registered Securities and under circumstances intended not to discriminate
between Registered and Bearer Securities to be redeemed pursuant to the terms
thereof and hereof in the selection of Securities (or portion thereof) selected
for redemption. Partial redemption must be in an amount not less than
U.S.$1,000,000 principal amount of Securities.
If any Registered Security selected for partial redemption is converted in
part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of
the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed
(so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which
have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed may be
treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar
in writing of the securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Registered Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 11.5. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.6
to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 20 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date, and (except, in the case of a redemption
pursuant to the fourth paragraph of the form of reverse of the Bearer Security
set forth in Section 2.2(a), to the extent otherwise expressly provided in such
form) such notice shall be irrevocable.
All notices of redemption shall state:
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(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities which will be outstanding after such partial
redemption,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, and accrued
interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be
redeemed, and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said
date,
(5) the Conversion Price, the date on which the right to convert the
Securities to be redeemed will terminate and the places where such
Securities, together with all unmatured coupons and any matured coupons in
default appertaining thereto, may be surrendered for conversion,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together with all
coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date,
are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any, and
(7) in the case of a notice of redemption pursuant to the third
paragraph on the reverse of the form of Registered Security, a form of
written certification of each beneficial owner of a Registered Security as
to such beneficial owner's entitlement to Additional Amounts.
In case of a partial redemption, the first notice given shall specify the
last date on which exchanges or transfers of Securities may be made pursuant to
Section 3.5 and shall specify the serial number and ISIN number (if any) of the
Bearer Securities (either individually or in group, from one number to another,
or by last digit or digits) called for redemption and in the case of Registered
Securities the serial and CUSIP numbers (if any) and the portions thereof called
for redemption, and the second notice shall specify the serial number and ISIN
number (if any) of the Bearer Securities (either individually or in group, from
one number to another, or by last digit or digits) called for redemption and, in
the case of Registered Securities, the serial and CUSIP numbers (if any) and the
portions thereof called for redemption.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's written request, by
the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company. Notice of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company received
by the Trustee shall be given by the Trustee to each Paying Agent in the name of
and at the expense of the Company.
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SECTION 11.6. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
Not less than one Business Day prior to any Redemption Date of the Bearer
Securities and by noon Eastern Standard Time on any Redemption Date of the
Registered Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the
Paying Agent in London if so directed by the Trustee (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 10.3) an amount of money (which shall be in immediately available funds
on such Redemption Date) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on,
all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date other than any
Securities called for redemption on that date which have been converted prior to
the date of such deposit.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited
with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for
the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the Holder of
such Security, if a Registered Security, or any Predecessor Security to receive
interest as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.7) be paid to the
Company on Company Request as soon as administratively practicable after the
Trustee receives such Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be
discharged from such trust.
SECTION 11.7. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price, including accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for such
interest appertaining to Bearer Securities shall, except to the extent provided
below, be void. Upon surrender of any Security for redemption in accordance with
said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing
after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price together with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption
Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office
or agency outside the United States, except as otherwise provided in the form of
Bearer Security set forth in Section 2.2(a)); and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that
installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the relevant Record
Date according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal amount of, premium, if any, and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, accrued interest on such Security shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at a rate of 6% per annum and
such Security shall remain convertible into Common Stock until
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the principal of such Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be) shall
have been paid or duly provided for.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons or the surrender of such missing coupons or
coupon may be waived by the Company and the Trustee or the Paying Agent in
London or its agent, if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as
they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any
such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from
the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so
deducted (without interest thereon); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons at an office or agency located outside of the United States
(except as otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security set forth in
Section 2.2(a)).
SECTION 11.8. REGISTERED SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at an office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose
pursuant to Section 10.2 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his 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
Registered Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or
Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Registered Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 12.1. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE AND CONVERSION PRICE.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, at the
option of the Holder thereof, any Security other than the Temporary Global
Bearer Security may be converted into fully paid and nonassessable shares
(calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common
Stock of the Company at the Conversion Price, determined as hereinafter
provided, in effect at the time of conversion. Such conversion right shall
commence on September 5, 1996 and expire at the close of business on June 1,
2001 subject, in the case of the conversion of any Global Registered Security,
to any applicable book-entry procedures of the Depositary therefor and the
following sentence. In case a Security or portion thereof is called
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for redemption or is delivered for repurchase, such conversion right in respect
of the Security or portion so called shall expire at the close of business on
the Redemption Date or the Repurchase Date (as defined in Article Fourteen), as
the case may be, unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon
redemption or repurchase, as the case may be.
The price at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon
conversion (herein called the "Conversion Price") shall be initially U.S.$29.205
per share of Common Stock. The Conversion Price shall be adjusted in certain
instances as provided in this Article Twelve.
SECTION 12.2. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security
to be converted shall surrender such Security, duly endorsed or assigned to the
Company or in blank (in the case of any Registered Security), at any office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 10.2,
accompanied by a duly signed conversion notice substantially in the form set
forth in Section 2.5, stating that the Holder elects to convert such Security
or, if less than the entire principal amount thereof is to be converted (in the
case of any Registered Security), the portion thereof to be converted. Each
Bearer Security surrendered for conversion must be surrendered together with all
coupons appertaining thereto that mature after the date of conversion and may
only be converted at the office of any Conversion Agent outside the United
States. If any Bearer Security surrendered for conversion shall not be
accompanied by all such appurtenant coupons, the surrender of any or all of such
missing coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. Matured coupons not in default (including
coupons maturing on the date of conversion) will be payable against surrender
thereof, and matured coupons previously surrendered and in default will continue
to be payable, notwithstanding the exercise of the right of conversion by the
Holder of the Security to which the coupon appertains, but coupons maturing
after the date of conversion will not be paid. Each Registered Security
surrendered for conversion (in whole or in part) during the period from the
close of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date (except Notes called for redemption on a
Redemption Date or to be repurchased on a Repurchase Date during, in each case,
such period) shall be accompanied by payment in New York Clearing House funds or
other funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable
on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of such Registered
Security (or part thereof, as the case may be) being surrendered for conversion
(or, if such Registered Security was issued in exchange for a Bearer Security
after the close of business on such Regular Record Date, by surrender of one or
more coupons relating to such Interest Payment Date or by both payment in such
funds and surrender of such coupon or coupons, in either case in an amount equal
to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of
such Registered Security (or portion thereof) then being converted). The
interest so payable on such Interest Payment Date with respect to any Security
(or portion thereof, if applicable) which has been called for redemption on a
Redemption Date, or is repurchasable on a Repurchase Date, occurring, in either
case, during the period from the close
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of business on any Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the
opening of business on such Interest Payment Date, which Security (or portion
thereof, if applicable) is surrendered (along with, in the case of any Bearer
Security, coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the date of conversion)
for conversion during such period, shall be paid to the Holder of such Security
being converted in an amount equal to the interest that would have been payable
on such Security if such Security had been converted as of the close of business
on such Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable on such Interest Payment
Date in respect of any Registered Security (or portion thereof, as the case may
be) which has not been called for redemption on a Redemption Date, or is not
eligible for repurchase on a Repurchase Date, occurring, in either case, during
the period from the close of business on any Record Date next preceding any
Interest Payment Date, which Registered Security (or portion thereof, as the
case may be) is surrendered for conversion during such period, shall be paid to
the Holder of such Security as of such Regular Record Date. Interest payable in
respect of any Registered Security surrendered for conversion on or after an
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of such Security as of the
next preceding Regular Record Date, notwithstanding the exercise of the right of
conversion. Except as provided in this paragraph and subject to the last
paragraph of Section 3.7, no cash payment or adjustment shall be made upon any
conversion on account of, if the date of conversion is not an Interest Payment
Date, any interest accrued from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the
conversion date, in respect of any Security (or part thereof, as the case may
be) surrendered for conversion, or on account of any dividends on the Common
Stock issued upon conversion. The Company's delivery to the Holder of the number
of shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractions thereof, as provided in
this Indenture) into which a Security is convertible will be deemed to satisfy
the Company's obligation to pay the principal amount of the Security.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the
close of business on the day of surrender of such Securities for conversion, in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, and at such time the rights of the
Holders of such Securities as Holders shall cease, and the Person or Persons
entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated
for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock at such
time. As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, the Company
shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, for delivery to the Holder, a
certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a
share, as provided in Section 12.3.
All shares of Common Stock delivered upon such conversion of Restricted
Securities shall bear restrictive legends substantially in the form of the
legends required to be set forth on the Restricted Securities pursuant to
Section 3.5(c) and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in
such legends. Neither the Trustee nor any agent maintained for the purpose of
such conversion shall have any responsibility for the inclusion or content of
any such restrictive legends on such Common Stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Trustee or any agent maintained for the purpose of such conversion shall have
provided, to the Company or to the Company's transfer agent for such Common
Stock, prior to or concurrently with a request to the Company
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to deliver such Common Stock, written notice that the Securities delivered for
conversion are Restricted Securities.
In the case of any Registered Security which is converted in part only,
upon such conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a
new Registered Security or Securities of authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the principal
amount of such Security. A Registered Security may be converted in part, but
only if the principal amount of such Security to be converted is any integral
multiple of U.S.$1,000 and the principal amount of such security to remain
Outstanding after such conversion is equal to U.S.$5,000 or any integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
If shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted
Security (other than a Restricted Global Registered Security), or Registered
Securities to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted Security (other than a
Restricted Global Registered Security) in part only, are to be registered in a
name other than that of the beneficial owner of such Restricted Security, then
such Holder must deliver to the Conversion Agent a Surrender Certificate, dated
the date of surrender of such Restricted Security and signed by such beneficial
owner, as to compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to such
Restricted Security. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent, Registrar or
Transfer Agent shall be required to register in a name other than that of the
beneficial owner, shares of Common Stock or Registered Securities issued upon
conversion of any such Restricted Security not so accompanied by a properly
completed Surrender Certificate.
SECTION 12.3. FRACTIONS OF SHARES.
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any
Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one
time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon
conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead
of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be issuable upon
conversion of any Securities (or specified portions thereof), the Company shall
calculate and pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction (calculated to
the nearest 1/100th of a share) in an amount equal to the same fraction of the
current market price per share of Common Stock (calculated in accordance with
Section 12.4(8) below) at the close of business on the day of conversion. Such
cash payments shall, in the case of a conversion of Bearer Securities, be made
to an address outside of the United States as requested in writing by such
Holder.
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SECTION 12.4. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE.
The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustments by the Company from
time to time as follows:
(1) In case, after the date of this Indenture, the Company shall pay or
make a dividend or other distribution on any class of capital stock of the
Company payable in Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening
of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of
shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be
reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close
of business on the date fixed for such determination and the denominator shall
be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting
such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to become effective
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed
for such determination. If, after any such date fixed for determination, any
dividend or distribution is not in fact paid, the Conversion Price shall be
immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors
determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Price
that would have been in effect if such determination date had not been fixed.
For the purposes of this paragraph (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at
any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the
Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates
issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company will not pay
any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the
treasury of the Company.
(2) In case, after the date of this Indenture, the Company shall issue
rights, options or warrants to all holders of its Common Stock entitling them to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than
the current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of
this Section) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for the determination of
shareholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants, the
Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the
date fixed for such determination shall be reduced by multiplying such
Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed
for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the
aggregate of the offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so
offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such current market price
and the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at
the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number
of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase, such
reduction to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the
day following the date fixed for such determination. If, after any such date
fixed for determination, any such rights, options or warrants are not in fact
issued, or are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Conversion
Price shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of
Directors determines not to issue such rights, options or warrants, to the
Conversion Price that would have been in effect if such determination date had
not been fixed. For the purposes of this paragraph (2), the number of shares of
Common Stock at any
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time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company
but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in
lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company will not issue any
rights, options or warrants in respect of shares of Common Stock held in the
treasury of the Company.
(3) In case, after the date of this Indenture, outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common
Stock, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall each be
combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price
in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which
such subdivision or combination becomes effective shall be adjusted by the
Company so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of the
Conversion Price adjustment contemplated by this subparagraph (3) by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such subdivision or combination and the denominator shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to such subdivision or combination, such adjustment to become effective
immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon
which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(4) In case, after the date of this Indenture, the Company shall, by
dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences
of its indebtedness, shares of any class of capital stock, or other cash or
assets (including securities, but excluding (i) any rights, options or warrants
referred to in paragraph (2) of this Section, (ii) any dividend or distribution
paid exclusively in cash, (iii) any dividend or distribution referred to in
paragraph (1) of this Section and (iv) any merger or consolidation to which
Section 12.11 applies), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the current market price per share
(determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section) of the Common Stock on
the third Trading Day prior to the date fixed for such determination (the
"Reference Date") less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board
Resolution filed with the Trustee) on the Reference Date of the portion of the
assets, shares or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one
share of Common Stock and the denominator shall be the current market price per
share of Common Stock on the Reference Date, such adjustment to become effective
immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Reference
Date. If, after any such date fixed for determination, any such distribution is
not in fact made, the Conversion Price shall be immediately readjusted,
effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such
distribution, to the Conversion Price that would have been in effect if such
determination date had not been fixed. If after the Distribution Date (the
"Distribution Date"), as defined in the Rights Agreement, dated as of May 15,
1989, between the Company and First National Bank of Boston as in effect on the
date hereof (the "Rights Agreement"), converting Holders of the Securities are
not entitled to receive the Rights, as defined in the Rights Agreement, which
would otherwise be attributable (but for
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the date of conversion) to the shares of the Common Stock received upon such
conversion, then adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made under this
paragraph, except the Distribution Date with respect to such Rights shall be
substituted as the "Reference Date". If such an adjustment is made and the
Rights are later redeemed, invalidated or terminated, then a corresponding
reversing adjustment shall be made to the Conversion Price, on an equitable
basis, to take account of such event. However, it is hereby agreed that the
Company may elect to amend the provisions presently applicable to the Rights so
that each share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities,
whether or not issued after the Distribution Date for such Rights, will be
accompanied by the Rights which would otherwise be attributable (but for the
date of conversion) to such shares of Common Stock, in which event the preceding
two sentences will not apply. The foregoing provisions shall also be applicable
to any other similar rights plan of the Company. In any case in which this
paragraph (4) is applicable, paragraph (2) of this Section shall not be
applicable.
(5) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all
holders of its Common Stock cash (excluding any cash that is distributed upon a
merger or consolidation to which Section 12.11 applies or as part of a
distribution referred to in paragraph (4) of this Section) in an aggregate
amount that, combined together with (I) the aggregate amount of any other cash
distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made exclusively in cash within
the 12 months preceding the date of payment of such distribution and in respect
of which no adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (5) has been made and (II) the
aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board
Resolution) of other consideration payable in respect of any tender offer (of
the type described paragraph (6) below) by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries for all or any portion of any class of the Common Stock concluded
within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of such distribution and in
respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (6) of this Section has
been made, exceeds 12.5% of the product of the current market price per share of
the Common Stock on the date for the determination of holders of shares of
Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution times the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on such date, then, and in each such case, immediately
after the close of business on such date for determination, the Conversion Price
shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price determined by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of
business on the date fixed for determination of the shareholders entitled to
receive such distribution by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be
equal to the current market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph
(8) of this Section) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for such
determination less an amount equal to the quotient of (x) the excess of such
combined amount over such 12.5% and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on such date for determination and (ii) the denominator of which
shall be equal to the current market price per share (determined as provided in
paragraph (8) of this Section) of the Common Stock on such date for
determination.
(6) In case a tender offer made by the Company or any Subsidiary for all or
any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such tender offer (as amended
upon the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to shareholders (based on
the acceptance (up to any maximum
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specified in the terms of the tender offer) of Purchased Shares (as defined
below)) of an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as determined
by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described
in a Board Resolution) that combined together with (I) the aggregate of the cash
plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution), as of
the expiration of such tender offer, of consideration payable in respect of any
other tender offer by the Company or any Subsidiary for all or any portion of
the Common Stock expiring within the 12 months preceding the expiration of such
tender offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this paragraph
(6) has been made and (II) the aggregate amount of any cash distributions to all
holders of the Company's Common Stock within 12 months preceding the expiration
of such tender offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph
(5) of this Section has been made (the "combined tender and cash amount")
exceeds 12.5% of the product of the current market price per share of the Common
Stock (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 12.4) as of the
last time (the "Expiration Time") tenders could have been made pursuant to such
tender offer (as it may be amended) times the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding (including any tendered shares) as of the Expiration Time, then, and
in each such case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after
the date of the Expiration Time, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that
the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price
immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by
a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be equal to (A) the product of (I)
the current market price per share of the Common Stock (determined as provided
in paragraph (8) of this Section 12.4) on the date of the Expiration Time
multiplied by (II) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including
any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time less (B) the excess of the combined
tender and cash amount over such 12.5%, and (ii) the denominator of which shall
be equal to the product of (A) the current market price per share of the Common
Stock (determined as provided in paragraph (8) of this Section 12.4) as of the
Expiration Time multiplied by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding (including any tendered shares) as of the Expiration Time less the
number of all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration
Time (the shares deemed so accepted up to any such maximum, being referred to as
the "Purchased Shares").
(7) The reclassification of Common Stock into securities including other
than Common Stock (other than any reclassification upon a consolidation or
merger to which Section 12.11 applies) shall be deemed to involve (a) a
distribution of such securities other than Common Stock to all holders of Common
Stock (and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be
"the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
distribution" and "the date fixed for such determination" within the meaning of
paragraph (4) of this Section), and (b) a subdivision or combination, as the
case may be, of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such reclassification into the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately thereafter (and the effective date of such
reclassification shall be deemed to be "the day upon which such subdivision
becomes effective" or "the day upon which such combination becomes effective",
as the case may be, and "the day upon which such subdivision or combination
becomes effective" within the meaning of paragraph (3) of this Section).
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(8) For the purpose of any computation under paragraphs (2), (4), (5)
or (6) of this Section 12.4, the current market price per share of Common
Stock on any date shall be calculated by the Company and be deemed to be the
average of the daily Closing Prices Per Share of such class for the five
consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company commencing not more than 10
Trading Days before, and ending not later than, the earlier of the day in
question and the day before the "ex" date with respect to the issuance or
distribution requiring such computation. For purposes of this paragraph, the
term "`ex' date", when used with respect to any issuance or distribution,
means the first date on which Common Stock trades regular way in the
applicable securities market or on the applicable securities exchange without
the right to receive such issuance or distribution.
(9) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such
adjustment (plus any adjustments not previously made by reason of this
paragraph (9)) would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent in
such price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any adjustments which by reason of this
paragraph (9) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article
shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as
the case may be.
(10) The Company may make such reductions in the Conversion Price, for the
remaining term of the Securities or any shorter term, in addition to those
required by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of this Section 12.4, as
it considers to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any
holders of shares of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock resulting
from any dividend or distribution on Common Stock (or rights to acquire such
stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes, resulting from
any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to
purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax
purposes.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company from time to time
may reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for any period of time if the
period is at least twenty (20) days, the reduction is irrevocable during the
period and the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such
reduction would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination
shall be conclusive; PROVIDED HOWEVER that such reduction shall not be taken
into account for purposes of determining whether the Closing Price Per Share of
the Common Stock exceeds the Conversion Price by 105% in connection with an
event which would otherwise be a Change in Control pursuant to Section 14.3.
Whenever the Conversion Price is reduced pursuant to the preceding sentence, the
Company shall give notice of the reduction to the Holders of Securities in the
manner provided in Section 1.6 at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date the
reduced Conversion Price takes effect, and such notice shall state the reduced
Conversion Price and the period during which it will be in effect.
(11) No adjustment of the Conversion Price will result in zero or a
negative number or will reduce the Conversion Price below the then par value of
the Common Stock (in which case the Conversion Price would be reduced to such
par value), unless the Common Stock has
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no par value at such time (in which case the Conversion Price would be reduced
to $.01 per share).
SECTION 12.5. NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENTS OF CONVERSION PRICE.
Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided:
(1) the Company shall compute the adjusted Conversion Price in
accordance with Section 12.4 and shall prepare a certificate signed by the
Treasurer of the Company setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and
showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based,
and such certificate shall promptly be filed with the Trustee and with each
Conversion Agent; and
(2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and
setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall promptly be prepared and
as soon as practicable thereafter, such notice shall be provided by the
Company to all Holders in accordance with Section 1.6.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or
responsibility with respect to any such certificate or the information and
calculations contained therein, except to exhibit the same to any Holder of
Securities desiring inspection thereof at its office during normal business
hours.
SECTION 12.6. NOTICE OF CERTAIN CORPORATE ACTION.
In case:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Common Stock payable (i) otherwise than
exclusively in cash or (ii) exclusively in cash in an amount that
would require any adjustment pursuant to Section 12.4; or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of
its Common Stock of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other
rights; or
(c) of any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company
(other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares of
Common Stock), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Company
is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company
is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company; or
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(d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Company; or
(e) the Company or any Subsidiary shall commence a tender offer
for all or a portion of the Company's outstanding shares of Common
Stock (or shall amend any such tender offer);
then the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for
the purpose of conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 10.2, and shall
cause to be provided to all Holders in accordance with Section 1.6, at least 20
days (or 10 days in any case specified in clause (a) or (b) above) prior to the
applicable record, expiration or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants, or, if a record is not to
be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants are to be
determined, (y) the date on which the right to make tenders under such tender
offer expires or (z) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, share exchange, conveyance, transfer, sale, lease, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange,
conveyance, transfer, sale, lease, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. If at
the time the Trustee shall not be the conversion agent, a copy of such notice
and any notice referred to in the following paragraph shall also forthwith be
filed by the Company with the Trustee.
The preceding paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall
cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of
conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 10.2, and shall cause to be
provided to all Holders in accordance with Section 1.6, notice of any tender
offer by the Company or any Subsidiary for all or any portion of the Common
Stock at or about the time that such notice of tender offer is provided to the
public generally.
SECTION 12.7. COMPANY TO RESERVE COMMON STOCK.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from
preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the
purpose of effecting the conversion of Securities, the full number of shares of
Common Stock then issuable upon the conversion of all Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 12.8. TAXES ON CONVERSIONS.
The Company will pay any and all taxes and duties that may be payable in
respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of
Securities pursuant hereto. The
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Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax or duty which may be
payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares
of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Security or
Securities to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless
and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of
any such tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that
such tax or duty has been paid.
SECTION 12.9. COVENANT AS TO COMMON STOCK.
The Company agrees that all shares of Common Stock which may be delivered
upon conversion of Securities, upon such delivery, will have been duly
authorized and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and,
except as provided in Section 12.8, the Company will pay all taxes, liens and
charges with respect to the issue thereof.
SECTION 12.10. CANCELLATION OF CONVERTED SECURITIES.
All Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee
or the Paying Agent in London or its agent to be canceled by or at the direction
of the Trustee, which shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 3.9.
SECTION 12.11. PROVISION IN CASE OF CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS.
In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person, any merger of another Person into the Company (other
than a merger which does not result in any reclassification, conversion,
exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company)
or any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company, the Person formed by such consolidation or resulting from such merger
or which acquires such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to
the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of each Security
then Outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period such
Security shall be convertible as specified in Section 12.1, to convert such
Security only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder of the
number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which such Security might
have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer, assuming such holder of Common Stock of the Company (i) is not a
Person with which the Company consolidated or into which the Company merged or
which merged into the Company or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the
case may be ("Constituent Person"), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person and
(ii) failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount
of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer (provided that if the kind or amount of securities,
cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer is not the same for each share of Common
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Stock of the Company held immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale
or transfer by others than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof and in
respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised
("Non-electing Share"), then for the purpose of this Section 12.11 the kind and
amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by the holders of each Non-electing
Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a
plurality of the Non-electing Shares), and further assuming, if such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease occurs prior to the
later of September 5, 1996 and the receipt of Securities in definitive form by
the Holder (in the case of Securities initially represented by a Temporary
Global Bearer Security), that the Security was convertible at the time of such
occurrence at the Conversion Price specified in Section 12.1 as adjusted from
the issue date of such Security to such time as provided in this Article Twelve.
Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which, for events
subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental indenture, shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this
Article. The above provisions of this Section 12.11 shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations, mergers, sales or transfers. Notice of the execution
of such a supplemental indenture shall be given by the Company to the Holder of
each Security as provided in Section 1.6 promptly upon such execution.
Neither the Trustee, any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent shall 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 other securities or property or cash receivable by
Holders of Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease or to any such
adjustment, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such
provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel with
respect thereto, which the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Trustee
upon request.
SECTION 12.12. RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE FOR CONVERSION PROVISIONS.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, and any Conversion
Agent shall not 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 Conversion 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, or
whether a supplemental indenture need be entered into. Neither the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, nor any Conversion Agent shall be
accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any
Common Stock, or of any other securities or property or cash, which may at any
time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Security; and it or they
do not make any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, nor any Conversion Agent shall be
responsible for any failure of the Company to make or calculate any cash payment
or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or share
certificates or other securities or property or cash
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upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion; and the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, and any Conversion Agent
shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of
the covenants of the Company contained in this Article.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 13.1. SECURITIES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
All Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto issued under this
Indenture shall be issued subject to the following provisions and each Holder of
any Security or any coupon whether upon original issue or upon transfer or
assignment thereof accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
All Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto issued hereunder shall,
to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and
subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness. "Senior Indebtedness" means (i) the principal of, premium, if any,
interest and other amounts in respect of (A) indebtedness of the Company for
money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, debentures, bonds
or other similar instruments issued by the Company, (ii) all capital lease
obligations of the Company, (iii) all obligations of the Company issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale
obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any title
retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the
ordinary course of business), (iv) all obligations of the Company for the
reimbursement on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance, security purchase
facility or similar credit transaction, (v) all obligations of the Company then
due and owing with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar
agreement or other similar agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange,
purchase or similar instrument or agreement, (vi) all obligations of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above of other persons for the payment of
which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise,
and (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi)
above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the
Company (whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company) except for
any such indebtedness or other obligation that is by its terms subordinated to
or PARI PASSU with the Securities. Such Senior Indebtedness shall continue to
be Senior Indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of the subordination
provisions herein irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver of any
term of such Senior Indebtedness.
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SECTION 13.2. NO PAYMENTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PAYMENT OVER OF
PROCEEDS UPON DISSOLUTION, ETC.
No payment on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or
redemption or repurchase of, the Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto
shall be made if, at the time of such payment or immediately after giving effect
thereto: (i) a default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest or other amounts due on any Senior Indebtedness occurs and is
continuing (or, in the case of Senior Indebtedness for which there is a period
of grace, in the event of such a default that continues beyond the period of
grace, if any, specified in the instrument or lease evidencing such Senior
Indebtedness), unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or
shall have ceased to exist; or (ii) a default, other than a payment default, on
a Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits
holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and
the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a "Payment Blockage Notice") from
a Person who may give it pursuant to Section 13.3 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company may make, and the Trustee may receive and shall apply,
any payment in respect of the Securities (for principal, premium, if any, or
interest or repurchase) if such payment was made prior to the occurrence of any
of the contingencies specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above.
If the Trustee receives any Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (ii)
above, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of
this Section unless and until (A) at least 365 days shall have elapsed since the
effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice, and (B) all
scheduled payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities
that have come due have been paid in full in cash. No nonpayment default that
existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice
to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage
Notice.
The Company may and shall resume payments on and distributions in respect
of the Securities upon the earlier of: (i) the date upon which the default is
cured or waived, or (ii) in the case of a default referred to in clause (ii) of
the second preceeding paragraph, 179 days pass after notice is received if the
maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated, unless
this Article otherwise prohibits the payment or distribution at the time of such
payment or distribution.
Upon (i) any acceleration of the principal amount due on the Securities or
(ii) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any
dissolution, winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all principal of, premium, if any, sinking
fund and interest or other amounts due or to become due upon all Senior
Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in
money or money's worth in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made
on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or repurchase
of, the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or any coupon appertaining
thereto, and upon any such dissolution or winding up or liquidation or
reorganization any
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payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities
or any coupons appertaining thereto or the Trustee under this Indenture would be
entitled, except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid by the Company or by
any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person
making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the Securities or any
coupons appertaining thereto or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received
by them or it, as the case may be, directly to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness (pro rata to each such holder on the basis of the respective
amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holder) or their representatives, to
the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money's
worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for
the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made
to the Holders of the Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto or to the
Trustee under this Indenture.
In the event that, contrary to 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 of the Securities
before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full or provision made for such
payment, in accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be
paid over or delivered to, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior
Indebtedness have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for
application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the
extent necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with
its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of
the Securities and any coupons (together with the holders of any other
indebtedness of the Company which is subordinated in right of payment to the
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, which is not subordinated in right
of payment to the Securities and which by its terms grants such right of
subrogation to the holders thereof) shall be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of
the Company made on the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on, or amounts payable upon repurchase of, the Securities
shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or
distributions to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or
securities to which the Holders of the Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness by the Holders of the Securities or any coupon or
the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders
of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of Securities and coupons, be deemed to
be a payment by the Company to the holders of or on account of Senior
Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article are and
are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
Holders of the Securities and coupons, on the one hand, and the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
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SECTION 13.3. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE OF SPECIFIED EVENTS;
RELIANCE ON CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING AGENT.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding in respect of the Company, of any
proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the
Company (whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy), of the declaration
of any Security as due and payable before its expressed maturity, and of any
event which pursuant to Section 13.2 would prevent payment by the Company on
account of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on, or repurchase of, the
Securities. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, shall be
entitled to assume that no such event has occurred unless the Company, or a
holder of Senior Indebtedness, or any trustee therefor, has given such notice.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company or payment by or on behalf
of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in
Section 13.2 are pending, and the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
6.1, and the Holders of the Securities and coupons shall be entitled to rely
upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making
any distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities or coupons
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.
In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that further evidence
is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior
Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness
held by such Person, as to the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent to
the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 13.4. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.
The Holder of each Security and coupon by his acceptance thereof authorizes
and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination as provided in this
Article and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
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SECTION 13.5. TRUSTEE NOT CHARGED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF PROHIBITION.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of
this Indenture, but subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 as between the
Holders of Securities and coupons and the Trustee, neither the Trustee nor any
Paying Agent shall be charged with knowledge of any facts which would prohibit
the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or any such Paying
Agent, unless and until the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received
written notice thereof at its Corporate Trust Office from the Company or any
holder of Senior Indebtedness or the trustee or representative of any holder of
such Senior Indebtedness on his behalf; and, prior to the receipt of any such
written notice, the Trustee and any such Paying Agent shall be entitled to
assume that no such facts exist. If the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may
be, shall not have received, at least three Business Days prior to the date upon
which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become payable for any purpose
(including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or the interest on any Security) with respect to such moneys, the notice
provided for in this Section, then, anything herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee and such Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall
have full power and authority to receive such moneys 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 within three Business Days prior to
such date.
SECTION 13.6. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in
good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or coupons
or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which
any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article
or otherwise.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes
to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations
with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee.
SECTION 13.7. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS;
PRESERVATION OF TRUSTEE'S RIGHTS.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights
set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at
any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
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Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7.
SECTION 13.8. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been
appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as
used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires)
be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning
as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this
Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
Section 13.5, 13.6 and 13.7 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
SECTION 13.9. CERTAIN CONVERSIONS DEEMED PAYMENT.
For the purposes of this Article only, (1) the issuance and delivery of
junior securities upon conversion of Securities in accordance with Article
Twelve or upon the repurchase of Securities in accordance with Article Fourteen
shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or distribution on account of the
principal of or premium or interest on Securities or on account of the purchase
or other acquisition of Securities, and (2) the payment, issuance or delivery of
cash, property or securities (other than junior securities and cash in lieu of
fractional shares of junior securities) upon conversion of a Security shall be
deemed to constitute payment on account of the principal of such Security. For
the purposes of this Section, the term "junior securities" means Common Stock
and any other cash, property or securities into which the Securities are
convertible pursuant to Article Twelve. Nothing contained in this Article or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair,
as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness
and the Holders of the Securities, the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, of the Holder of any Security to convert such Security in
accordance with Article Twelve or to exchange such security for Common Stock in
accordance with Article Fourteen if the Company elects to satisfy the
obligations under Article Fourteen by delivery of Common Stock.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
REPURCHASE OF SECURITIES AT THE OPTION OF THE
HOLDER UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL
SECTION 14.1. RIGHT TO REQUIRE REPURCHASE.
In the event that a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined) shall occur,
then each Holder shall have the right, at the Holder's option, to require the
Company to repurchase, and
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upon the exercise of such right the Company shall repurchase, all of such
Holder's Securities, or any portion of the principal amount thereof that is
equal to U.S.$5,000 or any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof
(PROVIDED that no single Bearer Security may be repurchased in part, and no
single Registered Security may be repurchased in part unless the portion of
the principal amount of such Registered Security to be Outstanding after such
repurchase is equal to U.S.$5,000 or integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in
excess thereof), on the date (the "Repurchase Date") that is 45 days after
the date of the Company Notice (as defined in Section 14.2) at a purchase
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be
repurchased (the "Repurchase Price") plus interest accrued to, but excluding,
the Repurchase Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on
Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repurchase Date
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such
interest (at an office or agency outside the United States, except as
otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security set forth in Section
2.2(a)); and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that installments of interest on Registered
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repurchase Date shall
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such on the relevant Record Date according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 3.7. Such right to require the repurchase
of the Securities shall not continue after a discharge of the Company from
its obligations with respect to the Securities in accordance with Article
Four, unless a Change in Control shall have occurred prior to such discharge.
At the option of the Company, the Repurchase Price may be paid in cash or,
except as otherwise provided in Section 14.2, by delivery of shares of Common
Stock having a fair market value equal to the Repurchase Price; PROVIDED that
payment may not be made in Common Stock unless at the time of payment such
stock is listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market. For purposes of this Section, the fair market value of
shares of Common Stock shall be determined by the Company and shall be equal
to 95% of the average of the Closing Prices Per Share for the five
consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the third Trading Day
immediately preceding the Repurchase Date. Whenever in this Indenture
(including Sections 2.2, 3.1, 5.1(2) and 5.8) there is a reference, in any
context, to the principal of any Security as of any time, such reference
shall be deemed to include reference to the Repurchase Price payable in
respect of such Security to the extent that such Repurchase Price is, was or
would be so payable at such time, and express mention of the Repurchase Price
in any provision of this Indenture shall not be construed as excluding the
Repurchase Price in those provisions of this Indenture when such express
mention is not made; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of Article
Thirteen, such reference shall be deemed to include reference to the
Repurchase Price only to the extent the Repurchase Price is payable in cash.
SECTION 14.2. NOTICES; METHOD OF EXERCISING REPURCHASE RIGHT, ETC.
(a) Unless the Company shall have theretofore called for redemption all of
the Outstanding Securities, on or before the 30th day after the occurrence of a
Change in Control, the Company or, at the request and expense of the Company,
the Trustee, shall give to all Holders of Securities, in the manner provided in
Section 1.6, notice (the "Company Notice")
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of the occurrence of the Change in Control and of the repurchase right set forth
herein arising as a result thereof. The Company shall also deliver a copy of
such notice of a repurchase right to the Trustee.
Each notice of a repurchase right shall state:
(1) the Repurchase Date,
(2) the date by which the repurchase right must be exercised,
(3) the Repurchase Price,
(4) a description of the procedure which a Holder must follow to
exercise a repurchase right, and the place or places where such Securities,
together with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the
Repurchase Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Repurchase Price
and accrued interest, if any,
(5) that on the Repurchase Date the Repurchase Price, and accrued
interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such Security
designated by the Holder to be repurchased, and that interest thereon shall
cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the Conversion Price then in effect, the date on which the right
to convert the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased will
terminate and the place or places where such Securities, together with all
unmatured coupons and any matured coupons in default appertaining thereto,
may be surrendered for conversion, and
(7) the place or places that the certificate required by Section 2.2
shall be delivered, and the form of such certificate and the place or
places that the Surrender Certificate required by Section 14.2(k) shall be
delivered.
In addition, at least two Business Days preceding the Repurchase Date, the
Company shall give to all Holders of the Securities and coupons, in the manner
provided in Section 1.6, notice specifying whether the Repurchase Price will be
payable in cash or shares of Common Stock and shall deliver a copy of such
notice to the Trustee.
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices or defect therein
shall limit any Holder's right to exercise a repurchase right or affect the
validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of Securities.
If any of the foregoing provisions or other provisions of this Article are
inconsistent with applicable law, such law shall govern.
(b) To exercise a repurchase right, a Holder shall deliver to the Trustee
or any Paying Agent on or before the 30th day after the date of the Company
Notice (i) written notice of the
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Holder's exercise of such right, which notice shall set forth the name of the
Holder, the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased (and, if any
Registered Security is to repurchased in part, the serial number thereof, the
portion of the principal amount thereof to be repurchased and the name of the
Person in which the portion thereof to remain Outstanding after such repurchase
is to be registered) and a statement that an election to exercise the repurchase
right is being made thereby, and, in the event that the Repurchase Price shall
be paid in shares of Common Stock, the name or names (with addresses) in which
the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issued, and
(ii) the Securities with respect to which the repurchase right is being
exercised, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing
after the Repurchase Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Bearer Securities shall be
delivered only to an office of a Paying Agent located outside the United States
except in the limited circumstances described in Section 10.2. Such written
notice shall be irrevocable, except that the right of the Holder to convert the
Securities with respect to which the repurchase right is being exercised shall
continue until the close of business on the Repurchase Date.
(c) In the event a repurchase right shall be exercised in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee or
the Paying Agent in London the Repurchase Price in cash or shares of Common
Stock, as provided above, for payment to the Holder on the Repurchase Date or,
if shares of Common Stock are to be paid, as promptly after the Repurchase Date
as practicable, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the Repurchase Date
payable with respect to the Securities as to which the purchase right has been
exercised; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest that mature on or
prior to the Repurchase Date shall be payable in cash, in the case of Registered
Securities, to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular
Record Date and, in the case of Bearer Securities, to the holder of the coupon
with respect thereto, in each case according to the terms and provisions of
Article Three; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that Bearer Securities and coupons shall
be so payable only at an office or agency outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security set forth in Section 2.2(a)).
(d) If any Bearer Security surrendered for repurchase shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repurchase Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Repurchase Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons or the surrender of such missing
coupons or coupon may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect
of which a deduction shall have been made from the Repurchase Price, if any,
such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted without interest
thereon; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest represented by coupons shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or
agency located outside of the United States (except as otherwise provided in the
form of Bearer Security set forth in Section 2.2(a)).
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(e) If any Security (or portion thereof) surrendered for repurchase shall
not be so paid on the Repurchase Date, the principal amount of such Security (or
portion thereof, as the case may be) shall, until paid, bear interest to the
extent permitted by applicable law from the Repurchase Date at the rate of 6%
per annum, and each Security shall remain convertible into Common Stock until
the principal of such Security (or portion thereof, as the case may be) shall
have been paid or duly provided for.
(f) Any Registered Security which is to be repurchased only in part shall
be surrendered to the Trustee (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his 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
Registered Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or
Registered Securities, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an
authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Registered Security so
surrendered.
(g) Any issuance of shares of Common Stock in respect of the Repurchase
Price shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of
business on the Repurchase Date and the Person or Persons in whose name or names
any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable
upon such repurchase shall be deemed to have become on the Repurchase Date the
holder or holders of record of the shares represented thereby; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any surrender for repurchase on a date when the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed shall constitute the Person or Persons in
whose name or names the certificate or certificates for such shares are to be
issued as the record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening
of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are
open. No payment or adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions on
any Common Stock issued upon repurchase of any Security declared prior to the
Repurchase Date.
(h) No fractions of shares shall be issued upon repurchase of Securities.
If more than one Security shall be repurchased from the same Holder and the
Repurchase Price shall be payable in shares of Common Stock, the number of full
shares which shall be issuable upon such repurchase shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so repurchased.
Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be
issuable on the repurchase of any Security or Securities, the Company will
deliver to the applicable Holder its check for the current market value of such
fractional share. The current market value of a fraction of a share is
determined by multiplying the current market price of a full share by the
fraction, and rounding the result to the nearest cent. For purposes of this
Section, the current market price of a share of Common Stock is the Closing
Price Per Share of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day prior to the
Repurchase Date.
(i) Any issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock
on repurchase of Securities shall be made without charge to the Holder of
Securities being repurchased for such
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certificates or for any tax or duty in respect of the issuance or delivery of
such certificates or the securities represented thereby; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable in
respect of (i) income of the Holder or (ii) any transfer involved in the
issuance or delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock in a name other
than that of the Holder of the Securities being repurchased, and no such
issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such
issuance or delivery has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or duty
or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax or duty
has been paid.
(j) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon repurchase of Restricted
Securities shall bear restrictive legends substantially in the form of the
legends required to be set forth on the Restricted Securities pursuant to
Section 3.5 and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in
such legends. Neither the Trustee, the Paying Agent nor any other agents
maintained for the purpose of such repurchase (as shall be set forth in the
Company Notice) shall have any responsibility for the inclusion or content of
any such restrictive legends on such Common Stock; provided, however, that the
Trustee or any agent maintained for the purpose of such repurchase shall have
provided, to the Company or to the Company's transfer agent for such Common
Stock, prior to or concurrently with a request to the Company to deliver such
Common Stock, written notice that the Securities delivered for repurchase are
Restricted Securities.
(k) If shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon repurchase of a
Restricted Security (other than a Restricted Global Registered Security) are to
be registered in a name other than that of the beneficial owner of such
Restricted Security, then such Holder must deliver to the Trustee, the Paying
Agent or any other agent maintained for the purpose of such repurchase (as shall
be set forth in the Company Notice) a Surrender Certificate, dated the date of
surrender of such Restricted Security and signed by such beneficial owner, as to
compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to such Restricted
Security. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent, Registrar or Transfer Agent
or other agents shall be required to register in a name other than that of the
beneficial owner shares of Common Stock issued upon repurchase of any such
Restricted Security not so accompanied by a properly completed Surrender
Certificate.
(l) If any shares of Common Stock to be issued upon repurchase of
Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority under any federal or state law before such shares may be validly
issued or delivered upon repurchase, the Company covenants that it will in good
faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure such registration or
approval, as the case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section
shall be deemed to affect in any way the obligations of the Company to
repurchase Securities as provided in this Article and if such registration is
not completed or does not become effective or such approval is not obtained
prior to the Repurchase Date, the Repurchase Price shall be paid in cash.
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(m) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be
issued upon repurchase of Securities will upon issue be duly and validly issued
and fully paid and non-assessable.
(n) All securities delivered for repurchase shall be delivered to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent or any other agents (as shall be set forth in the
Company Notice) to be canceled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which
shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 3.9.
SECTION 14.3. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Article Fourteen,
(a) the term "beneficial owner" shall be determined in accordance with
Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act;
(b) a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at the time,
after the original issuance of the Securities, of:
(i) the acquisition by any Person of beneficial ownership, directly or
indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or
series of transactions, of shares of capital stock of the Company entitling
such Person to exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares
of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the elections
of directors (any shares of voting stock of which such person or group is
the beneficial owner that are not then outstanding being deemed outstanding
for purposes of calculating such percentage) other than any such
acquisition by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any employee
benefit plan of the Company; 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) any such transaction pursuant to
which holders 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of
capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the elections of
directors immediately prior to such transaction have, directly or
indirectly, at least 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of
capital stock of the continuing or surviving corporation entitled to vote
generally in the elections of directors of the continuing or surviving
corporation immediately after such transaction and (b) a merger (x) which
does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or
cancellation of outstanding shares of Common 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 Common Stock into solely shares of common stock);
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PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred
if either (x) the Closing Price Per Share of the Common Stock for any five
Trading Days within the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days ending immediately
after the later of the date of the Change in Control or the date of the public
announcement of the Change in Control (in the case of a Change in Control under
Clause (i) above) or the period of 10 consecutive Trading Days ending
immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control (in the case of a Change
in Control under Clause (ii) above) shall equal or exceed 105% of the Conversion
Price in effect on such trading day or (y) all of the consideration (excluding
cash payments for fractional shares) to be paid for the Common Stock in a
transaction or transactions constituting the Change in Control as described in
Clause (ii) above consists of shares of common stock traded on a national
securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market and as a result of
such transaction or transactions the Securities become convertible solely into
such common stock; and
(c) the term "Person" shall include any syndicate or group which would be
deemed to be a "person" under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 15.1. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after the Regular Record
Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Registered Securities as of such
Regular Record Date, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in
writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15
days prior to the time such list is furnished;
EXCLUDING from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
SECTION 15.2. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 15.1 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it pursuant to Section
15.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
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(b) After this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act,
the rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 15.3. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) After this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and
its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) After this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act,
a copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders,
be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the Securities are
listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the
Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 15.4. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
After this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, the
Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders,
such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as
may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant to such Act; PROVIDED that any such information,
documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed with
the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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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 day and year first above written.
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
By /s/ Fred D. Anderson
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Name: Fred D. Anderson
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Attest:
/s/ Susan L. Thorner
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Name: Susan L. Thorner
Title: Director, Corporate Law
and Assistant Secretary
MARINE MIDLAND BANK,
Trustee
By /s/ Richard G. Pittius
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Name: Richard G. Pittius
Title: Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Frank J. Godino
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Name: Frank J. Godino
Title: Corporate Trust Officer
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STATE OF California )
) : ss.:
COUNTY OF Santa Clara )
On the 5th day of June, 1996, before me personally came Fred D. Anderson,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she is
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Apple Computer, Inc.,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by
authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he/she signed
his/her name thereto by like authority.
/s/ Marcia M. Stubendorff
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Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
): ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 7th day of June, 1996, before me personally came Richard G. Pittius,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she is
Vice President of Marine Midland Bank, one of the corporations described in
and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed pursuant to the bylaws of said corporation; and that
he/she signed his/her name thereto by like authority.
/s/ Marcia Markowski
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Notary Public
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ANNEX A -- Form of
Regulation S Certificate
REGULATION S CERTIFICATE
(For transfers pursuant to Section 3.5(b)(i), (iii) and (v)
of the Indenture)
Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee
140 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Re: 6% Convertible Subordinated due June 1, 2001 of Apple Computer, Inc.
(the "Securities")
Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1996 (the
"Indenture"), from Apple Computer, Inc. (the "Company") to Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Regulation S
or Rule 144 under U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are used
herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to U.S. $___________ principal amount of
Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified
Securities"):
CUSIP No(s).
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CERTIFICATE No(s).
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The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned')
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners
of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner".
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Registered Security,
they are held through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not
represented by a Global Registered Security, they are registered in the name of
the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
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The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a
person (the "Transferee") who will take delivery in the form of a Regulation S
Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that,
unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule
904 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and with all applicable securities laws
of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the
Owner hereby further certifies as follows:
(1) Rule 904 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in
accordance with Rule 904:
(A) the Owner is not a distributor of the Securities, an
affiliate of the Company or any such distributor or a person acting on
behalf of any of the foregoing;
(B) the offer of the Specified Securities was not made to a
person in the United States;
(C) either;
(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the
Transferee was outside the United States or the Owner and any
person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the
Transferee was outside the United States, or
(ii) the transaction is being executed in, on or through the
facilities of the Eurobond market, as regulated by the
Association of International Bond Dealers, or another designated
offshore securities market and neither the Owner nor any person
acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been
prearranged with a buyer in the United States;
(D) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United
States by or on behalf of the Owner or any affiliate thereof;
(E) if the Owner is a dealer in securities or has received a
selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the
Specified Securities, and the transfer is to occur during the
Regulation S Restricted Period, then the requirements of Rule
904(c)(1) have been satisfied; and
(F) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
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(2) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant
to Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least
two years (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144) has
elapsed since the date the Specified Securities were acquired from the
Company or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of
the Company, whichever is later, and is being effected in accordance
with the applicable amount, manner of sale and notice requirements of
paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144; or
(B) the transfer is occurring after a period of at least three
years has elapsed since the date Specified Securities were acquired
from the Company or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule
144) of the Company, whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and
during the preceding three months has not been, an affiliate of the
Company.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated:
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such
term is defined in the second paragraph of
this certificate.)
By:
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation,
partnership or fiduciary, the title of the
person signing on behalf of the Undersigned
must be stated.)
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ANNEX B -- Form of Restricted
Securities Certificate
RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For transfers pursuant to Section 3.5(b)(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
of the Indenture)
Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee
140 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Re: 6% Convertible Subordinated due June 1, 2001 of Apple Computer, Inc.
(the "Securities")
Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1996 (the
"Indenture"), from Apple Computer, Inc. (the "Company") to Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Regulation S
or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are
used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to U.S. $___________ principal amount of
Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified
Securities"):
CUSIP No(s).
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CERTIFICATE No(s).
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The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned")
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners
of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner".
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Registered Security,
they are held through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not
represented by a Global Registered Security, they are registered in the name of
the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
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The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a
person (the "Transferee") who will take delivery in the form of a Restricted
Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies that,
unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule
144A or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and all applicable securities laws of
the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner
hereby further certifies as:
(1) Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in
accordance with Rule 144A:
(A) the Specified Securities are being transferred to a person
that the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe
is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A,
acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer; and
(B) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf have taken
reasonable steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that the Owner
may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer; and
(2) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant
to Rule 144:
(A) the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least
two years (computed in accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 144) has
elapsed since the date has Specified Securities were acquired from the
Company or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of
the Company, whichever is later, and is being effected in accordance
with the applicable amount, manner of sale and notice requirements of
paragraphs (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144; or
(B) the transfer is occurring after a period of at least three
years has elapsed since the date Specified Securities were acquired
from the Company or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule
144) of the Company, whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and
during the preceding three months has not been, an affiliate of the
Company.
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated:
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such
term is defined in the second paragraph of
this certificate.)
By:
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation,
partnership or fiduciary, the title of the
person signing on behalf of the Undersigned
must be stated.)
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ANNEX C -- Form of Unrestricted
Securities Certificate
UNRESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE
(For removal of Securities Act Legends pursuant to Section 3.5(c))
Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee
140 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10005
Re: 6% Convertible Subordinated due June 1, 2001 of Apple Computer, Inc.
(the "Securities")
Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1996 (the
"Indenture"), from Apple Computer, Inc. (the "Company") to Marine Midland Bank,
as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Regulation S
or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") are
used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to U.S. $___________ principal amount of
Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the "Specified
Securities"):
CUSIP No(s).
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CERTIFICATE No(s).
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The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the "Undersigned")
hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the
Specified Securities or (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners
of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so. Such
beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the "Owner".
If the Specified Securities are represented by a Global Registered Security,
they are held through the Depositary or an Agent Member in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified Securities are not
represented by a Global Registered Security, they are registered in the name of
the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be exchanged for
Securities bearing no Securities Act Legend pursuant to Section 3.5(c) of the
Indenture. In connection with such exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that
the exchange is occurring after a period of at least
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three years has elapsed since the date the Specified Securities were acquired
from the Company or from an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144) of
the Company, whichever is later, and the Owner is not, and during the preceding
three months has not been, an affiliate of the Company. The Owner also
acknowledges that any future transfers of the Specified Securities must comply
with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other
jurisdictions.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Initial Purchasers.
Dated:
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as
such term is defined in the second
paragraph of this certificate.)
By:
Name:
Title:
(If the Undersigned is a corporation,
partnership or fiduciary, the title of the
person signing on behalf of the
Undersigned must be stated.)
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ANNEX D -- Form of
Surrender Certificate
In connection with the certification contemplated by Section 12.2 or
14.2(k) relating to compliance with certain restrictions relating to transfers
of Restricted Securities (other than any Restricted Global Registered Security),
such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of the following
certificate, with only such changes thereto as shall be approved by the Company
and Goldman, Sachs & Co.:
"CERTIFICATE
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE JUNE 1, 2001
This is to certify that as of the date hereof with respect to U.S.
$___________ principal amount (as defined in the Indenture) of the
above-captioned securities surrendered on the date hereof (the "Surrendered
Securities") for registration of transfer, or for conversion or repurchase
where the securities issuable upon such conversion or repurchase are to be
registered in a name other than that of the undersigned Holder (each such
transaction being a "transfer"), the undersigned Holder (as defined in the
Indenture) certifies that the transfer of Surrendered Securities associated
with such transfer complies with the restrictive legend set forth on the face
of the Surrendered Securities for the reason checked below:
The transfer of the Surrendered Securities complies with
- ----- Rule 144 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"); or
The transfer of the Surrendered Securities complies with
- ----- Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or
The transfer of the Surrendered Securities complies with
- ----- Rule 904 under the Securities Act; or
The transfer of the Surrendered Securities has been made to
- ----- an institution that is an "accredited investor" within the
meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act in a transaction exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
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[Name of Holder]
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Dated: , *"
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*To be dated the date
of surrender
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EXHIBIT 4.8
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2001
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of
June 7, 1996
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Apple Computer, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
issue and sell to Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
(the "Purchasers") upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated
June 4, 1996 (the "Purchase Agreement") between the Purchasers and the Company,
its 6% Convertible Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001 (the "Securities"). As
an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in
satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Purchasers thereunder, the
Company agrees with the Purchasers, (i) for the benefit of the Purchasers and
(ii) for the benefit of the Holders (as defined below) from time to time of the
Registrable Securities (as defined below), including the Purchasers, as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall
have their respective meanings set forth in or pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement or the Offering Circular, dated June 4, 1996, in respect of the
Securities. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Act" or "Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person which, directly
or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control
with such specified person. For purposes of this definition, control of a
person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise; and
the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
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"Effectiveness Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.
"Electing Holder" shall mean, with respect to any Shelf Registration
Statement, a Holder electing to sell Registrable Securities thereunder.
"Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Holder" shall mean any person that is the record owner of Registrable
Securities (and includes any person that has a beneficial interest in any
Registrable Security in book-entry form).
"Managing Underwriters" means the investment banker or investment bankers
and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten offering, if any,
as set forth in Section 6 hereof.
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Prospectus" means the prospectus included in any Shelf Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities.
"Registrable Security" shall mean any Security originally issued otherwise
than in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act and any share of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof except any such Security or share
of Common Stock which (i) has been effectively registered under the Securities
Act and sold in a manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, (ii) has
been transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision thereto) or is transferable pursuant to paragraph (k) of
such Rule 144 (or any successor provision thereto), (iii) has been resold in
compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto)
and does not constitute the unsold allotment of a distributor within the meaning
of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iv) has otherwise been transferred
and a new Security or share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions
under the Securities Act has been delivered by or on behalf of the Company in
accordance with Section 3.5(b) of the Indenture.
"Shelf Registration" means a registration effected pursuant to Section 2
hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" means a shelf registration statement of the
Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof filed with the Commission
which covers some or all of the Registrable Securities, as applicable, on an
appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be
adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated
by reference therein.
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"underwriter" means any underwriter of Registrable Securities in connection
with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.
2. SHELF REGISTRATION. (a) The Company shall, within 90 calendar days
following the date of original issuance (the "Issue Date") of the Securities,
file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer
and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders from time to time in
accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set
forth in such Shelf Registration Statement and, thereafter, shall use its best
efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Act within 180 calendar days after the Issue Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no Holder shall be entitled to have the Registrable Securities held by it
covered by such Shelf Registration unless such Holder is in compliance with
Section 3(m) hereof.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts:
(i) To keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective
in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by
Holders for a period of three years from the Issue Date or such shorter
period that will terminate upon the earliest of the following: (A) when
all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, (B) when all shares of
Stock issued upon conversion of any such Securities that had not been sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement and (C) when, in the written opinion of
independent counsel to the Company, all outstanding Registrable Securities
held by persons that are not affiliates of the Company may be resold
without registration under the Act pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Act or
any successor provision thereto (in any such case, such period being called
the "Effectiveness Period"); and
(ii) After the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement,
promptly upon the request of any Holder, to take any action reasonably
necessary to register the sale of any Registrable Securities of such Holder
and to identify such Holder as a selling securityholder.
The Company shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if the Company
voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Registrable
Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any such Registrable
Securities during that period, unless (i) such action is required by applicable
law, (ii) the continued effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement would
require the Company to disclose a material financing, acquisition or other
corporate transaction, and the Board of Directors shall have determined in good
faith that such disclosure is not in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders, or (iii) the Board of Directors shall have determined in good
faith that there is a valid business purpose for such suspension, and (x), in
the case of clause (i) above, the Company thereafter promptly complies with the
requirements of paragraph 3(i) below and (y) in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii) above, the Company complies with its obligations, if any, to pay
Liquidated Damages (as defined in the Securities and the Indenture pursuant to
which the Securities are issued).
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3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with any Shelf Registration
Statement, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall furnish to the Holders, prior to the filing
thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Shelf Registration Statement,
and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the
Prospectus included therein and shall use its best efforts to reflect in
each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the
Holders reasonably may propose.
(b) The Company shall take such action as may be necessary so that
(i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any
Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto
(and each report or other document incorporated therein by reference in
each case) complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder, (ii)
any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when
it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any Prospectus forming
part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement
to such Prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(c) (1) The Company shall advise the Purchasers and, in the case of
clause (i), the Holders and, if requested by the Purchasers or any such
Holder, confirm such advice in writing:
(i) when a Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Shelf
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has
become effective; and
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus
included therein or for additional information.
(2) The Company shall advise the Electing Holders and, if requested
by any such Electing Holder, confirm such advice in writing of:
(i) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(ii) the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities
included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
proceeding for such purpose; and
(iii) the happening of any event that requires the making of any
changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that,
as of such date, the Shelf
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Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact and do not omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made) not misleading (which advice shall be
accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus
until the requisite changes have been made).
(d) The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance,
and if issued to obtain the withdrawal, of any order suspending the
effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement at the earliest possible
time.
(e) The Company shall furnish to each Electing Holder with respect to
a Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such
Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Electing Holder
so requests in writing, all reports, other documents and exhibits
(including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Company shall, during the Effectiveness Period, deliver to
each Electing Holder with respect to a Shelf Registration Statement,
without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and
any amendment or supplement thereto as such Electing Holder may reasonably
request; and the Company consents (except during the continuance of any
event described in Section 3(c)(2)(iii)) to the use of the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Electing Holders in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered
by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto during the
Effectiveness Period.
(g) Prior to any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to any
Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or
cooperate with the Electing Holders and their respective counsel in
connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as any such Electing Holders reasonably request in writing
and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable
the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no
event shall the Company be obligated to (i) qualify as a foreign
corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would
not otherwise be required to so qualify but for this Section 3(g), (ii)
file any general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it
is not as of the date hereof then so subject or (iii) subject itself to
taxation in any jurisdiction if it is not so subject.
(h) Unless any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only
form, the Company shall cooperate with the Electing Holders to facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration
Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such permitted
denominations and registered in such names as Electing Holders may request
in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such
Shelf Registration Statement.
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(i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph
3(c)(2)(iii) above, the Company shall promptly prepare a post-effective
amendment to any Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement
to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included
therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. If the Company notifies the Electing Holders of the occurrence
of any event contemplated by paragraph 3(c)(2)(iii) above, the Electing
Holders shall suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes
to the Prospectus have been made.
(j) Not later than the effective date of any Shelf Registration
Statement hereunder, the Company shall provide a CUSIP number for the
Securities registered under such Shelf Registration Statement.
(k) The Company shall use its best efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally
available to their security holders or otherwise provide in accordance with
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement an earnings
statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(l) The Company shall cause the Indenture and the Securities to be
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner; and in
connection with such qualification, the Company shall cooperate with the
Trustee under the Indenture and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture)
to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such
Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Indenture Act; and the Company shall execute and use all reasonable efforts
to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to
effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed
with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely
manner.
(m) The Company may require each Electing Holder with respect to a
Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information
regarding the Electing Holder and the distribution of Registrable
Securities held by such Electing Holder as may be required by applicable
law or regulation for inclusion in such Shelf Registration Statement and
the Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities
of any Electing Holder that fails to furnish such information within a
reasonable time after receiving such request.
(n) The Company shall, if requested, promptly include or incorporate
in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Shelf
Registration Statement, such information as the Managing Underwriters
administering an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities registered
thereunder reasonably request to be included therein and to which the
Company does not reasonably object and shall make all required filings of
such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as
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practicable after they are notified of the matters to be included or
incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including
underwriting agreements in customary form) to take all other appropriate
actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the
disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if
an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain
indemnification provisions and procedures substantially identical to those
set forth in Section 5 (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable
to the Managing Underwriters, if any) with respect to all parties to be
indemnified pursuant to Section 5.
(p) The Company shall:
(i) make reasonably available for inspection by one
representative of the Electing Holders designated in writing by the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered
thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant
to such Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or
other agent retained by such representative or any such underwriter
all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries;
(ii) cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to
make reasonably available for inspection all relevant information
reasonably requested by such representative or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Shelf
Registration Statement, in each case, as is customary for similar due
diligence examinations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any information that
is designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as
confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept
confidential by such representative, any Holders or any such
underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is
made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such
information becomes available to the public generally or through a
third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;
(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Electing
Holders and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as
are customarily made by the Company to underwriters in primary
underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited
to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates
thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance)
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any)
addressed to each Electing Holder and the underwriters, if any,
covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested
in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by such Electing Holders and underwriters (it being agreed
that the matters to be covered by such opinion or written statement by
such counsel delivered in connection with such opinions shall include
in customary form, without limitation, as of the date of the opinion
and as of the effective date
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of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective
amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf
Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then
amended or supplemented, including the documents incorporated by
reference therein, of an untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(v) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof from the
independent public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any
other independent public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company
or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial
statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in
the Shelf Registration Statement), addressed to each Electing Holder
and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters
of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in
connection with primary underwritten offerings;
(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by any such Electing Holders and the Managing
Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with
Section 3(i) and with any customary conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.
The foregoing actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of
this Section 3(p) shall be performed at each closing under any underwritten
offering to the extent required thereunder, but, in any event, need not be
performed by the Company more than twice (including at any closing relating
to the exercise by underwriters of their over-allotment options, if any).
(q) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Securities to be admitted for quotation on the
Nasdaq National Market or other stock exchange or trading system on which
the Stock primarily trades on or prior to the effective date of any Shelf
Registration Statement hereunder.
(r) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange
Act shall underwrite any Registrable Securities or participate as a member
of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the
distribution" (within the meaning of the Rules of Fair Practice and the By-
Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"))
thereof, whether as a Holder of such Registrable Securities or as an
underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect
thereof, or otherwise, assist such broker-dealer in complying with the
requirements of such Rules and By-Laws, including, without limitation, by
(A) such Rules or By-Laws, including Schedule E thereto, shall so require,
engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in Schedule E)
to participate in the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement
relating to such Registrable Securities and to exercise usual standards of
due diligence in respect thereto, (B) indemnifying any such qualified
independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of
underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (C) providing such
information to such broker-dealer as may
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be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements
of the Rules of Fair Practice of the NASD.
(s) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration, offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
4. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6, the
Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
performance of its obligations under Sections 2 and 3 hereof and shall bear or
reimburse the Electing Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one
firm of counsel designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the
Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement to act as counsel therefor in connection therewith.
5. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION. (a) In connection with any Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each
Electing Holder, each underwriter who participates in an offering of Registrable
Securities, each person, if any, who controls any of such parties within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, trustees and
agents, as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, including any amounts paid in settlement of any investigation,
litigation, proceeding or claim, joint or several, as incurred, arising out
of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto)
covering Registrable Securities, including all documents incorporated
therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; PROVIDED, that the Company shall not be liable under this
clause (i) for any settlement of any action effected without its written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and
(ii) against any and all expenses whatsoever, as incurred (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Electing
Holders, such Electing Holder or any underwriter (except to the extent
otherwise expressly provided in Section 5(c) hereof)), reasonably incurred
in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any court or governmental agency or body,
commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to
the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) of this
Section 5(a);
PROVIDED that this indemnity shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense to the extent arising out of an untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the
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Company by such Electing Holder or any underwriter in writing expressly for use
in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto). Any amounts advanced by the Company
to an indemnified party pursuant to this Section 5 as a result of such losses
shall be returned to the Company if it shall be finally determined by such a
court in a judgment not subject to appeal or final review that such indemnified
party was not entitled to indemnification by the Company.
(b) Each Electing Holder shall agree, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each underwriter who participates in an
offering of Registrable Securities and the other Electing Holders and each of
their respective directors, officers (including each officer of the Company who
signed the Shelf Registration Statement), employees, trustees and agents and
each Person, if any, who controls the Company, any underwriter or any other
Electing Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense whatsoever described in the indemnity contained in
Section 5(a)(i) and (ii) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue
statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the
Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Electing Holder expressly
for use in the Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, no
such Electing Holder shall be liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the
amount of net proceeds received by such Electing Holder from the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each indemnifying
party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be
sought hereunder, enclosing a copy of all papers served on such indemnified
party, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it of
any liability which it may have to the indemnified party otherwise than on
account of this indemnity agreement. An indemnifying party may participate at
its own expense in the defense of any such action. If an indemnifying party so
elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, such indemnifying
party, jointly with any other indemnifying party, may assume the defense of such
action with counsel chosen by it and approved by the indemnified party or
parties defendant in such action, PROVIDED that if any such indemnified party
reasonably determines that there may be legal defenses available to such
indemnified party which are different from or in addition to those available to
such indemnifying party or that representation of such indemnifying party and
any indemnified party by the same counsel would present a conflict of interest,
then such indemnifying party or parties shall not be entitled to assume such
defense. If an indemnifying party is not entitled to assume the defense of such
action as a result of the proviso to the preceding sentence, counsel for such
indemnifying party shall be entitled to conduct the defense of such indemnifying
party and counsel for each indemnified party or parties shall be entitled to
conduct the defense of such indemnified party or parties. If an indemnifying
party assumes the defense of an action in accordance with and as permitted by
the provisions of this paragraph, such indemnifying party shall not be liable
for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified parties incurred
thereafter in connection with such action. In no event shall the indemnifying
party or parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel
(in addition to any local counsel) separate from its own counsel for all
indemnified
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parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related
actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnity provision agreement provided for in this
Section 5 is for any reason held to be unavailable to the indemnified parties
although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company, and the Electing
Holders shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages
and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by
the Company and the Electing Holders, as incurred; PROVIDED that no Person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person that was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. As between the Company, on the
one hand, and the Electing Holders, on the other hand, such parties shall
contribute to such aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement in such proportion as
shall be appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company, on the one
hand, and the Electing Holders, on the other hand, with respect to the
statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the
Electing Holders, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or by or on behalf of the
Electing Holders, on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company and the Purchasers agree, and the Electing
Holders shall agree, that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 5 were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by
any other method of allocation that does not take into account the relevant
equitable considerations. For purposes of this Section 5(d), each director,
officer, employee, trustee, agent and Person, if any, who controls a Holder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each
director, officer, employee, trustee and agent of the Company, and each Person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company. No party shall be liable for contribution with
respect to any action, suit, proceeding or claim settled without its written
consent.
(e) The Company may require, as a condition to including any Registrable
Securities in any Registration Statement filed and to entering into any
underwriting agreement with respect thereto, that the Company shall have
received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the holder of such
Registrable Securities and from each underwriter named in any such underwriting
agreement, severally and not jointly, to comply with the provisions of
paragraphs (a) through (d) of this Section 5.
6. UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING. The Electing Holders who desire to do so may
sell Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering. In any such
underwritten offering, the investment banker or bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering will be selected by, and the underwriting
arrangements with respect thereto will be approved by the Holders of a majority
of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering; PROVIDED,
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HOWEVER, that (i) such investment bankers and managers and underwriting
arrangements must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and (ii) the Company
shall not be obligated to arrange for more than one underwritten offering during
the Effectiveness Period. No Holder may participate in any underwritten
offering contemplated hereby unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's
Registrable Securities in accordance with any approved underwriting
arrangements, (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers
of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other
documents required under the terms of such approved underwriting arrangements
and (c) at least 20% of the outstanding Registrable Securities are included in
such underwritten offering. The Holders participating in any underwritten
offering shall be responsible for any expenses customarily borne by selling
securityholders, including underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and
expenses of counsel to the selling securityholders and shall reimburse the
Company for the fees and disbursements of their counsel, their independent
public accountants and any printing expenses incurred in connection with such
underwritten offerings. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of
Section 3(n) hereof, upon receipt of a request from the Managing Underwriter or
a representative of Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
outstanding to prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the Shelf
Registration Statement and Prospectus in connection with an underwritten
offering, the Company may delay the filing of any such amendment or supplement
for up to 90 days if the Company in good faith has a valid business reason for
such delay.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) OTHER REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company may grant registration rights
that would permit any Person that is a third party the right to piggy-back on
any Shelf Registration Statement, PROVIDED that if the Managing Underwriter, if
any, of such offering delivers an opinion to the Electing Holders that the total
amount of securities which they and the holders of such piggy-back rights intend
to include in any Shelf Registration Statement is so large as to materially
adversely affect the success of such offering (including the price at which such
securities can be sold), then only the amount, the number or kind of securities
to be offered for the account of holders of such piggy-back rights will be
reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be
included in such offering to the amount, number or kind recommended by the
Managing Underwriter prior to any reduction in the amount of Registrable
Securities to be included.
(b) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, qualified, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
(c) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail,
telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(1) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder
to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(c);
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(2) if to the Purchasers, initially at the address set forth in the
Purchase Agreement; and
(3) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when
received.
The Purchasers or the Company by notice to the other may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(d) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties and the
Holders, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by
the Company thereto, subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities. The Company
hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of
Registrable Securities and any such Holder may specifically enforce the
provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
(e) COUNTERPARTS. This agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(f) HEADINGS. The headings in this agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g) GOVERNING LAW. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any
provisions relating to conflicts of laws.
(h) SEVERABILITY. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is 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 hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected
thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties
shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
between the Company and you.
Very truly yours,
By: /s/ Fred D. Andersen
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Name: Fred D. Andersen
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer
The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
By: /s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
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EXHIBIT 5.1
[letterhead]
August 27, 1996
Apple Computer, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop Drive
Cupertino, CA 95014
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As counsel to Apple Computer, Inc., a California corporation (the
"Company"), we are rendering this opinion in connection with the registration by
the Company pursuant to the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3
(the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
$568,575,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 6% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001 (the "Securities") and the common stock, no
par value (the "Stock"), of the Company issuable upon conversion thereof. The
Securities were issued pursuant to the Indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of
June 1, 1996, between the Company and Marine Midland Bank, as Trustee thereunder
(the "Trustee").
As such counsel and in connection with the opinions expressed below,
we have examined a copy of (a) the Registration Statement, (b) the Indenture,
(c) a specimen of the Securities and Stock and (d) the originals, or copies
identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company,
certificates of public officials, officers of the Company and other persons, and
such other documents, agreements and instruments as we have deemed necessary as
a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examinations, we have
assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the originals of all
documents submitted to us as copies. In expressing the opinions set forth
below, we have also relied on certain certificates of officers of the Company
and certificates of public officials.
Our opinions expressed below are limited to the laws of the States of
California and New York and the federal law of the United States, and we do not
express any opinion herein concerning any other law.
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Based on such examination and review and subject to the foreging, we
are of the opinion that:
(i) The shares of Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the
Securities have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for
issuance and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and the Indenture, will be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and
(ii) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and
have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits provided in the Indenture.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal
Matters" therein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Shearman & Sterling
WHH/LMM
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Apple Computer,
Inc. for the registration of $568,575,000 principal amount of its 6%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due June 1, 2001 and 19,468,412 shares of its
common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
dated October 16, 1995, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule of Apple Computer, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form
10-K) for the year ended September 29, 1995, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
August 26, 1996
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EXHIBIT 25.1
Conformed Copy
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST
INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION
DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
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CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)
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MARINE MIDLAND BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 16-1057879
(Jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or organization if not a U.S. Identification No.)
national bank)
140 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10005-1180
(212) 658-1000 (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
Eric Parets
Senior Vice President
Marine Midland Bank
140 Broadway
New York, New York 10005-1180
Tel: (212) 658-6560
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
California 94-2404110
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, California 95014
(408) 996-1010 (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE JUNE 1, 2001
(Title of Indenture Securities)
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General
Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervisory
authority to which it is subject.
State of New York Banking Department.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe
each such affiliation.
None
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Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT
T1A(i) * - Copy of the Organization Certificate of
Marine Midland Bank.
T1A(ii) * - Certificate of the State of New York
Banking Department dated December 31,
1993 as to the authority of Marine
Midland Bank to commence business.
T1A(iii) - Not applicable.
T1A(iv) * - Copy of the existing By-Laws of Marine
Midland Bank as adopted on January 20,
1994.
T1A(v) - Not applicable.
T1A(vi) * - Consent of Marine Midland Bank required
by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939.
T1A(vii) - Copy of the latest report of condition
of the trustee (March 31, 1996),
published pursuant to law or the
requirement of its supervisory or
examining authority.
T1A(viii) - Not applicable.
T1A(ix) - Not applicable.
* Exhibits previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
with Registration No. 33-53693 and incorporated herein by reference
thereto.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee,
Marine Midland Bank, a banking corporation and trust company organized under the
laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in
the City of New York and State of New York on the 23rd day of August 1996.
MARINE MIDLAND BANK
By: /s/ Frank J. Godino
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Frank J. Godino
Corporate Trust Officer
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EXHIBIT T1A (VII)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
OMB Number: 7100-0036
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
OMB Number: 3064-0052
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
OMB Number: 1557-0081
FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL
Expires March 31, 1999
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1
This financial information has not been reviewed, or confirmed -----
for accuracy or relevance, by the Federal Reserve System.
Please refer to page i,
Table of Contents, for
the required disclosure
of estimated burden.
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CONSOLIDATED REPORTS OF CONDITION AND INCOME FOR
A BANK WITH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN OFFICES--FFIEC 031
REPORT AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS MARCH 31, 1996
This report is required by law; 12 U.S.C. Section 324 (State member banks); 12
U.S.C. Section 1817 (State nonmember banks); and 12 U.S.C. Section 161 (National
banks).
(950630)
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(RCRI 9999)
This report form is to be filed by banks with branches and consolidated
subsidiaries in U.S. territories and possessions, Edge or Agreement
subsidiaries, foreign branches, consoli-dated foreign subsidiaries, or
International Banking Facilities.
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NOTE: The Reports of Condition and Income must be signed by an authorized
officer and the Report of Condition must be attested to by not less than two
directors (trustees) for State nonmember banks and three directors for State
member and National Banks.
I, Gerald A. Ronning, Executive VP & Controller
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Name and Title of Officer Authorized to Sign Report
of the named bank do hereby declare that these Reports of Condition and Income
(including the supporting schedules) have been prepared in conformance with the
instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true
to the best of my knowledge and believe.
/s/ Gerald A. Ronning
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Signature of Officer Authorized to Sign Report
4/25/96
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Date of Signature
The Reports of Condition and Income are to be prepared in accordance with
Federal regulatory authority instructions. NOTE: These instructions may in some
cases differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of this
Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) and declare that it has
been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal
regulatory authority and is true and correct.
/s/ Henry J. Nowak
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Director (Trustee)
/s/ Bernard J. Kennedy
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Director (Trustee)
/s/ James H. Cleave
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Director (Trustee)
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FOR BANKS SUBMITTING HARD COPY REPORT FORMS:
STATE MEMBER BANK: Return the original and one copy to the appropriate Federal
Reserve District Bank.
STATE NONMEMBER BANKS: Return the original only in the SPECIAL RETURN ADDRESS
ENVELOPE PROVIDED. If express mail is used in lieu of the special return
address envelope, return the original only to the FDIC, c/o Quality Data
Systems, 2127 Espey Court, Suite 204, Crofton, MD 21114.
NATIONAL BANKS: Return the original only in the SPECIAL RETURN ADDRESS ENVELOPE
PROVIDED. If express mail is used in lieu of the special return address
envelope, return the original only to the FDIC, c/o Quality Data Systems, 2127
Espey Court, Suite 204, Crofton, MD 21114.
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FDIC Certificate Number 0 0 5 8 9
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(RCRI 9030)
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NOTICE
This form is intended to assist institutions with state publication
requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer
to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication
requirements.
REPORT OF CONDITION
Consolidating domestic and foreign subsidiaries of the
Marine Midland Bank of Buffalo
Name of Bank City
in the state of New York, at the close of business
March 31, 1996
ASSETS
Thousands
of dollars
Cash and balances due from depository
institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances
currency and coin.................................... $1,344,915
Interest-bearing balances ........................... 1,536,664
Held-to-maturity securities.......................... 0
Available-for-sale securities........................ 3,338,156
Federal Funds sold and securities purchased
under agreements to resell in domestic
offices of the bank and of its Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
Federal funds sold................................... 439,200
Securities purchased under
agreements to resell................................. 323,578
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases net of unearned
income............................... 13,404,283
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease
losses............................... 470,421
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve 0
Loans and lease, net of unearned
income, allowance, and reserve....................... 12,933,862
Trading assets....................................... 818,882
Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases).................................. 177,937
Other real estate owned................................. 4,004
Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated companies................... 0
Customers' liability to this bank on
acceptances outstanding................................. 24,688
Intangible assets....................................... 60,829
Other assets............................................ 436,079
Total assets............................................ 21,438,794
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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices.................................. 13,972,231
Noninterest-bearing.................. 3,227,485
Interest-bearing..................... 10,744,746
In foreign offices, Edge, and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs.................................. 2,915,229
Noninterest-bearing.................. 0
Interest-bearing..................... 2,915,229
Federal funds purchased and securities sold
under agreements to repurchase in domestic
offices of the bank and its Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
Federal funds purchased.............................. 759,940
Securities sold under agreements to
repurchase........................................... 809,703
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury 111,294
Trading Liabilities...................................... 323,875
Other borrowed money:
With original maturity of one year
or less.............................................. 83,438
With original maturity of more than
one year............................................. 0
Mortgage indebtedness and obligations
under capitalized leases................................ 34,696
Bank's liability on acceptances
executed and outstanding................................ 24,688
Subordinated notes and debentures....................... 225,000
Other liabilities....................................... 467,094
Total liabilities....................................... 19,727,188
Limited-life preferred stock and
related surplus......................................... 0
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related
surplus................................................. 0
Common Stock............................................ 185,000
Surplus................................................. 1,633,098
Undivided profits and capital reserves.................. (115,039)
Net unrealized holding gains (losses)
on available-for-sale securities........................ 8,547
Cumulative foreign currency translation
adjustments............................................. 0
Total equity capital.................................... 1,711,606
Total liabilities, limited-life
preferred stock, and equity capital..................... 21,438,794
