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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-00985
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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THE PEP BOYS -- MANNY, MOE & JACK
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania 23-0962915
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
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3111 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132
(215) 229-9000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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Mitchell G. Leibovitz
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack
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3111 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132
(215) 229-9000
(Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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with copies to:
Daniel D. Rubino, Esq. Norman D. Slonaker, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher Brown & Wood LLP
One Citicorp Center One World Trade Center
153 East 53rd Street New York, New York 10048
New York, New York 10022 (212) 839-5300
(212) 821-8000
(Counsel for Registrant) (Counsel for Underwriter)
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon
as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend
or reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ]
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. [ ]
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. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [X]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Maximum
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Amount of
Title of Each Class of Securities Amount to be Offering Price per Offering Registration
to be Registered Registered(1) Security(2) Price(2) Fee(3)
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Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2011 . $208,307,000 55.207% $115,000,046 $39,656
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Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(including attached Common Stock
Purchase Rights (4) ................... (5) -- -- None
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(TM)Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
(1) Includes $27,170,000 in principal amount of LYONs subject to the
Underwriter's over-allotment option.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3) Of which $34,483 has been previously paid and $5,173 is paid herewith.
(4) Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Common Stock Purchase
Rights will not be evidenced separately from shares of the Common Stock.
Upon the occurrence of such events, separate Rights certificates will be
issued representing one Right for each share of Common Stock held.
(5) Represents such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as shall
be issuable upon conversion of the LYONs.
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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 that specifically states that this
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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Information contained herein is 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
securities 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.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
PROSPECTUS
LOGO
Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2011
(Zero Coupon -- Subordinated)
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The issue price of each Liquid Yield Option(TM) Note ("LYON") to be issued
by The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack (the "Company") will be $ ( % of
principal amount at maturity) (the "Issue Price"), and there will be no
periodic payments of interest. The LYONs will mature on September , 2011.
The Issue Price of each LYON represents a yield to maturity of % per annum
(computed on a semiannual bond equivalent basis) calculated from September ,
1996. The LYONs will be subordinated to all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness of the Company. As of August 3, 1996, there was approximately
$417.9 million of Senior Indebtedness outstanding. See "Description of LYONs
- -- Subordination of LYONs."
Each LYON will be convertible at the option of the Holder at any time on
or prior to maturity, unless previously redeemed or otherwise purchased, into
common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock")
at a conversion rate of shares per LYON (the "Conversion Rate"). The
Conversion Rate will not be adjusted for accrued Original Issue Discount but
will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events affecting
the Common Stock. Upon conversion, the Holder will not receive any cash
payment representing accrued Original Issue Discount; such accrued Original
Issue Discount will be deemed paid by the Common Stock received on
conversion. See "Description of LYONs -- Conversion Rights." On September 11,
1996, the last reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange Composite Tape was $35 1/4 per share.
LYONs will be purchased by the Company, at the option of the Holder, on
September , 2001 and September , 2006 (each a "Purchase Date") for a
Purchase Price per LYON of $ and $ (Issue Price plus accrued Original
Issue Discount to each such date), respectively. The Company, at its option,
may elect to pay the Purchase Price on any Purchase Date in cash or shares of
Common Stock, or in any combination thereof. See "Description of LYONs --
Purchase of LYONs at the Option of the Holder." In addition, as of 35
business days after the occurrence of any Change in Control of the Company
occurring on or prior to September , 2001, LYONs will be purchased for cash
by the Company, at the option of the Holder, for a Change in Control Purchase
Price equal to the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount to the
date set for such purchase. In certain circumstances the Company's ability to
pay the Change in Control Purchase Price may be limited. See "Description of
LYONs -- Change in Control Permits Purchase of LYONs at the Option of the
Holder."
The LYONs are not redeemable by the Company prior to September , 2001. On
and after that date, the LYONs are redeemable for cash at any time at the
option of the Company, in whole or in part, at Redemption Prices equal to the
Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount to the date of redemption.
See "Description of LYONs -- Redemption of LYONs at the Option of the
Company."
For a discussion of certain United States federal income tax consequences
for Holders of LYONs, see "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations."
Application has been made to list the LYONs on the New York Stock
Exchange.
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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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Principal Amount at Price to Underwriting Proceeds to
Maturity Public Discount(1) Company(2)
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Per LYON .... 100% % % %
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Total(3) .... $ $ $ $
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(1) The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. See "Underwriting."
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $275,000.
(3) The Company has granted to the Underwriter an option, exercisable within
30 days after the date of this Prospectus, to purchase up to an
additional $ aggregate principal amount at maturity of LYONs on the
same terms as set forth above to cover over-allotments, if any. If the
option is exercised in full, the total Principal Amount at Maturity,
Price to Public, Underwriting Discount and Proceeds to Company will be
$ , $ , $ and $ , respectively. See "Underwriting."
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The LYONs are offered by the Underwriter, subject to prior sale, when, as
and if delivered to and accepted by the Underwriter, and subject to approval
of certain legal matters by counsel for the Underwriter and certain other
conditions. The Underwriter reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or modify
such offer and to reject orders in whole or in part. It is expected that
delivery of the LYONs will be made in New York, New York on or about
September , 1996.
(TM) Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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Merrill Lynch & Co.
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The date of this Prospectus is September , 1996.
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IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITER MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE LYONS
OFFERED HEREBY OR THE COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH
MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED
ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, IN THE OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR OTHERWISE.
SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
Such reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the Company
may be inspected, and copies of such material may be obtained at prescribed
rates, at the Commission's Public Reference Section, Room 1024, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, as well as at the Commission's Regional
Offices at Seven World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048 and Citicorp
Center, 500 West Madison Street, Room 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511. In
addition, the Commission maintains a Web site that contains reports, proxy
and information statements and other information regarding registrants that
file electronically with the Commission, such as the Company. The address of
the Commission's Web site is http:/www.sec.gov. The Company's Common Stock is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"). Reports, proxy statements
and other information concerning the Company may be inspected at the offices
of the NYSE at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
This Prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, including risks associated with the automotive aftermarket
retail and service industries and other risks detailed from time to time in
the Company's filings with the Commission.
This Prospectus constitutes part of a Registration Statement on Form S-3
(the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company with the Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This
Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in the Registration
Statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto, in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission. For further information concerning
the Company and the LYONs offered hereby, reference is made to the
Registration Statement and the exhibits and schedules filed therewith, which
may be inspected without charge at the office of the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and copies of which may be obtained from
the Commission at prescribed rates. Any statements contained herein
concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete, and,
in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission.
Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 3,
1996, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended May
4, 1996 and August 3, 1996, the description of the Company's Common Stock set
forth in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company to
register such securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and any
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, and
the description of the Company's Common Stock Purchase Rights set forth in
the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated December 21, 1987, as amended
by the Company's Form 8, dated June 30, 1989, each as filed with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are incorporated into this
Prospectus by reference.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of
this Prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such reports and documents. Any statement incorporated 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 which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any or all of the foregoing documents incorporated herein by reference
(other than exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference into such document). Requests for such documents
should be submitted in writing to Mr. Michael J. Holden, Executive Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe
& Jack, 3111 West Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132,
telephone (215) 229-9000.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified by the detailed information and
financial statements included elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated, the information in this Prospectus
assumes that the Underwriter's over-allotment option is not exercised.
THE COMPANY
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack (together with its subsidiaries, the
"Pep Boys" or the "Company") is a leading automotive aftermarket retail and
service chain. The Company is engaged principally in the retail sale of
automotive parts and accessories, automotive maintenance and service and the
installation of parts. Pep Boys operates its business through its chain of
540 stores (as of August 3, 1996) located in 33 states, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico, of which 331 stores are owned and 209 stores are
leased. Pep Boys believes it is best positioned to gain market share and to
increase shareholder value by serving the "do-it-yourself," "do-it-for-me"
and "buy-for-resale" customer segments with the highest quality merchandise
and service at the best value.
The Company operates approximately 10,759,000 gross square feet of retail
space, including an aggregate of 4,906 service bays. A typical Pep Boys store
is a free-standing warehouse format Supercenter of approximately 22,000
square feet. The new prototype for Supercenter stores is approximately 19,500
square feet in size. Each new Supercenter will continue to have approximately
12 service bays along with a product offering of approximately 26,000
stock-keeping units ("SKUs") and will generally be located in an area with
high automotive traffic count and population density. Pep Boys believes that
the operation of service bays in its Supercenter stores differentiates it
from most of its competitors by providing its customers with the ability to
purchase parts and have them installed at the same location.
In fiscal 1994, the Company introduced a supplemental store format under
the name "PARTS USA" to operate in locations that the Company believes will
be better served by stores with an extensive selection of parts and
accessories but without tires or service bays. These locations consist of
certain urban areas and areas located between Supercenters. PARTS USA stores
average approximately 11,000 square feet and stock approximately 23,000 SKUs.
The new prototype for PARTS USA stores is approximately 7,800 square feet in
size. As compared to the Supercenters, PARTS USA stores have a higher
percentage of hard parts and accessories, the highest margin merchandise
categories, in the sales mix. By supplementing its Supercenter expansion with
PARTS USA stores, the Company seeks to increase its market penetration and
share over time.
The Company is positioning certain Supercenters and PARTS USA stores to
deliver high quality parts to the professional installer. This will
strengthen the Company's position in the "buy-for-resale" category by
allowing the Company to further penetrate its markets while providing a
valuable service to the busy, professional mechanic.
During fiscal years 1992, 1993 and 1994, Pep Boys added a net of 20, 29
and 49 stores, respectively, including the first PARTS USA store in fiscal
1994. In fiscal 1995, the Company added a net of 71 stores which includes 46
new warehouse format Supercenters and 29 PARTS USA stores, and closed four
older stores. Included in the Company's expansion were seven stores in Puerto
Rico -- its initial units outside of the continental United States. As of
August 3, 1996, the Company had 489 Supercenters and 51 PARTS USA stores.
Although the Company's competition varies by geographical area, the
Company believes that it generally has a favorable competitive position in
terms of price, depth and breadth of merchandise, quality of personnel and
customer service. The Company believes that it provides customers with among
the lowest prices in each of its markets. Pep Boys employs an
everyday-low-price strategy which it believes provides its customers better
value and consistency on a day-to-day basis and improves inventory
management. In addition, Pep Boys believes that it carries among the largest
selection of parts, accessories and chemicals in the automotive aftermarket
retail industry, with approximately 26,000 SKUs per Supercenter. The Com-
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pany also believes it provides a high level of customer service through its
well-trained and knowledgeable employees. The Company's advertising strategy
consists primarily of television advertising and multi-page catalogs,
supplemented with radio advertising and various in-store promotions.
The Company utilizes electronic parts catalogs, enabling employees to
reference and access parts instantly while noting price, related items and
in-stock position. In addition, the Company monitors product sales by SKU
through its point-of-sale system which utilizes bar code slot scanning. This
system enables the Company to monitor its gross margins and set minimum and
maximum inventory levels for each store. The Company's centralized buying
system and a perpetual inventory-automatic replenishment system orders
additional inventory from one of the Company's warehouses when a store's
inventory on hand falls below the minimum level set for each SKU.
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack, a Pennsylvania corporation, was
incorporated in 1925. The Company's executive offices are located at 3111
West Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132, telephone (215)
229-9000.
THE OFFERING
LYONs.......................... $ aggregate principal amount at maturity
(excluding $ aggregate principal amount at
maturity subject to the Underwriter's
over-allotment option) of LYONs due
September , 2011. There will be no periodic
interest payments on the LYONs. Each LYON
will have an Issue Price of $ and a
principal amount at maturity of $1,000.
Yield to Maturity of LYONs..... % per annum (computed on a semiannual bond
equivalent basis) calculated from September
, 1996.
Conversion Rights.............. Each LYON will be convertible, at the option
of the Holder, at any time on or prior to
maturity, unless previously redeemed or
otherwise purchased, into Common Stock at a
Conversion Rate of shares per LYON. The
Conversion Rate will not be adjusted for
accrued Original Issue Discount, but will be
subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of
certain events affecting the Common Stock.
Upon conversion, the Holder will not receive
any cash payment representing accrued
Original Issue Discount; such accrued
Original Issue Discount will be deemed paid
by the Common Stock received by the Holder
on conversion. See "Description of LYONs --
Conversion Rights."
Subordination.................. The LYONs will be subordinated in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all
existing and future Senior Indebtedness of
the Company. As of August 3, 1996, there was
approximately $417.9 million of Senior
Indebtedness outstanding. See "Description
of LYONs -- Subordination of LYONs."
Original Issue Discount........ Each LYON is being offered at an Original
Issue Discount for United States federal
income tax purposes equal to the excess of
the principal amount at maturity of the LYON
over the amount of the Issue Price.
Prospective purchasers of LYONs should be
aware that, although there will be no
periodic payments of interest on the LYONs,
accrued Original Issue Discount will be
includible, periodically, in a Holder's
gross income for United States federal
income tax purposes prior to conversion,
redemption, other disposition or
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maturity of such Holder's LYONs, whether or
not such LYONs are ultimately converted,
redeemed, sold (to the Company or otherwise)
or paid at maturity. See "Certain Tax
Aspects -- Original Issue Discount."
Sinking Fund................... None.
Optional Redemption............ The LYONs will not be redeemable by the
Company prior to September , 2001. On and
after such date, the LYONs are redeemable
for cash at any time at the option of the
Company, in whole or in part, at Redemption
Prices equal to the Issue Price plus accrued
Original Issue Discount to the date of
redemption. See "Description of LYONs --
Redemption of LYONs at the Option of the
Company."
Purchase at the Option of the
Holder....................... The Company will purchase any LYON, at the
option of the Holder, on September , 2001
and September , 2006, for a Purchase Price
of $ and $ (Issue Price plus accrued
Original Issue Discount to each such date),
respectively, representing a % yield per
annum to the Holder on such date, computed
on a semiannual bond equivalent basis.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Company,
at its option, may elect to pay the Purchase
Price on any such Purchase Date in cash or
Common Stock, or any combination thereof. In
addition, as of 35 business days after the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the
Company occurring on or prior to September
, 2001, the Company will purchase for cash
any LYON, at the option of the Holder, for a
Change in Control Purchase Price equal to
the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue
Discount to the Change in Control Purchase
Date. The Change in Control purchase feature
of the LYONs may in certain circumstances
have an anti-takeover effect. A "Change in
Control" is deemed to have occurred at such
time as (i) any person (other than the
Company, any subsidiary of the Company, or
any employee benefit plan of either the
Company or any such subsidiary) has become
the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the
Common Stock or other capital stock of the
Company into which such Common Stock may be
reclassified or changed, or (ii) a merger or
consolidation of the Company shall be
consummated (a) in which the Company is not
the continuing or surviving corporation or
(b) pursuant to which the Common Stock would
be converted into cash, securities or other
property, other than a merger or
consolidation of the Company in which the
holders of the Common Stock immediately
prior to the merger or consolidation have,
directly or indirectly, at least a majority
of the Common Stock of the continuing or
surviving corporation. If a Change in
Control were to occur, there can be no
assurance that the Company would have
sufficient funds to pay the Change in
Control Purchase Price required by Holders
seeking to exercise the purchase right,
since substantially all of the Senior
Indebtedness of the Company has
cross-default provisions that could be
triggered by a default under the change of
control provisions in certain Senior
Indebtedness. In such case, the Holders of
the LYONs would be subordinated to the prior
claims of the holders of Senior Indebted-
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ness. See "Description of LYONs -- Purchase
of LYONs at the Option of the Holder" and
"Description of LYONs -- Change in Control
Permits Purchase of LYONs at the Option of
the Holder" for a summary of these
provisions and the definition of "Change in
Control."
Use of Proceeds................ The net proceeds to the Company from the
sale of the LYONs will be used to repay the
Company's variable-rate bank debt and for
general corporate purposes. See "Use of
Proceeds."
Listing........................ Application has been made to list the LYONs
on the New York Stock Exchange.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds from the sale of the LYONs offered hereby are estimated
to be approximately $ million ($ million if the Underwriter's
over-allotment option is exercised in full). The Company intends to use the
net proceeds to repay the Company's short-term variable-rate bank debt and
portions of the Company's long-term variable-rate bank debt, in each case
bearing interest at rates which range from 5.6% to 5.7%, and for general
corporate purposes. The short-term debt expected to be repaid was incurred
within one year of the date hereof to finance a portion of the capital
expenditures incurred in connection with the opening of new stores and for
working capital purposes. The long-term debt expected to be repaid matures in
March 2001. See "Capitalization." Pending use of the proceeds of the
Offering, the Company expects to invest such funds in short-term marketable
securities.
CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the capitalization of the Company at August
3, 1996, and as adjusted to give effect to the sale of the LYONs offered
hereby and the use of proceeds thereof. See "Use of Proceeds."
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Actual As Adjusted
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Short-term debt ...................................................... $ 30,500 $
Current maturities of long-term debt ................................. 141
Long-term debt less current maturities:
Indebtedness to banks under revolving credit loan agreement ........ $ 115,000 $
Other lines of credit with banks ................................... 95,000
Mortgage notes ..................................................... 2,393 2,393
7% Notes due June 1, 2005 .......................................... 100,000 100,000
6 5/8 % Notes due May 15, 2003 ..................................... 75,000 75,000
4% Convertible subordinated notes due September 1, 1999 ............ 86,250 86,250
LYONs offered hereby ............................................... --
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$ 473,643 $
Less current maturities ........................................ 141 141
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Total long-term debt .............................................. $ 473,502 $
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Stockholders' equity:
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share: Authorized 500,000,000
shares; 62,519,838 shares issued and outstanding ................ 62,520 62,520
Paid-in capital .................................................... 146,873 146,873
Retained earnings .................................................. 568,483 568,483
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777,876 777,876
Less:
Shares held in benefits trust, 2,232,500 shares at cost ......... 60,269 60,269
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Total stockholders' equity ..................................... 717,607 717,607
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Total long-term debt and stockholders' equity ........................ $1,191,109 $
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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDENDS
The Common Stock of the Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol "PBY". There were approximately 4,400 registered
shareholders as of August 3, 1996. The table below sets forth the high and
low sales prices of the Common Stock and the quarterly cash dividends
declared per share of Common Stock during the periods indicated.
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Price Range Dividends
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Fiscal Year ending February 1, 1997
First Quarter ........................ $ 27 7/8 $34 7/8 $.0525
Second Quarter ....................... 27 7/8 35 1/2 .0525
Third Quarter (through September 11,
1996) ............................. 30 5/8 35 7/8 .0525
Fiscal Year ending February 3, 1996
First Quarter ........................ $ 24 3/8 $34 3/4 $.0475
Second Quarter ....................... 25 1/8 32 1/4 .0475
Third Quarter ........................ 22 1/2 29 1/8 .0475
Fourth Quarter ....................... 21 7/8 29 1/2 .0475
Fiscal Year ending January 28, 1995
First Quarter ........................ $26 $31 $.0425
Second Quarter ....................... 29 1/4 33 3/4 .0425
Third Quarter ........................ 29 1/8 36 .0425
Fourth Quarter ....................... 28 1/2 36 7/8 .0425
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The last reported sales price for the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on September 11, 1996 was $35 1/4 .
It is the present intention of the Company's Board of Directors to
continue to pay regular quarterly cash dividends; however, the declaration
and payment of future dividends will be determined by the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion and will depend upon the earnings, financial condition
and capital needs of the Company and other factors which the Board of
Directors deems relevant.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The selected financial data for the five years ended February 3, 1996
(except for "Number of retail outlets," "Ratio of earnings to fixed charges"
and "Total square footage") were derived from audited financial statements.
The financial statements for the three years ended February 3, 1996, which
have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, are
incorporated by reference herein. The selected financial data for the 26-week
periods ended August 3, 1996 and July 29, 1995, respectively, have been
derived from unaudited financial statements and reflect, in the opinion of
the Company, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring
adjustments) necessary to present fairly the information for such periods.
The results of operations in the 26-week period ended August 3, 1996 are not
necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. The
selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and other information contained in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended February 3, 1996, the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 3, 1996 and "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.
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26 Weeks Ended
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Aug. 3, 1996 July 29, 1995
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(dollar amounts in thousands, except
per share amounts)
<S> <C> <C>
Earnings Statement Data
Merchandise sales ....... $ 769,974 $ 657,116
Service revenue ......... 135,313 114,931
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Total revenues .......... 905,287 772,047
Gross profit from
merchandise sales .... 234,610 197,030
Gross profit from service
revenue .............. 28,112 23,100
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Total gross profit ...... 262,722 220,130
Selling, general and
administrative
expenses ............. 167,795 139,558
Operating profit ........ 94,927 80,572
Nonoperating income ..... 947 1,148
Interest expense ........ 15,952 15,683
Earnings before income
taxes and change in
accounting principle . 79,922 66,037
Income taxes ............ 29,571 24,599
Earnings before change in
accounting principle . 50,351 41,438
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ -- --
Net earnings ............ 50,351 41,438
Earnings per share before
change in accounting
principle ............ .82 .68
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ -- --
Net earnings per share .. .82 .68
Balance Sheet Data
Working capital ......... $ 152,012 $ 78,357
Total assets ............ 1,535,880 1,363,628
Long-term debt .......... 473,502 359,612
Stockholders' equity .... 717,607 625,651
Other Statistics
Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges(1) ..... 4.7x 4.3x
Depreciation and
amortization ......... $ 31,395 $ 25,402
Capital expenditures .... $ 77,798 $ 86,074
Common shares outstanding 62,519,838 62,001,488
Number of retail outlets 540 453
Total square footage .... 10,759,000 9,273,000
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(RESTUBBED TABLE CONTINUED FROM ABOVE)
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<CAPTION>
Fiscal Year Ended
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Feb. 3, 1996 Jan. 28, 1995 Jan. 29, 1994 Jan. 30, 1993 Feb. 1, 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings Statement Data
Merchandise sales ....... $ 1,355,008 $ 1,211,536 $ 1,076,543 $ 1,008,191 $ 873,381
Service revenue ......... 239,332 195,449 164,590 147,403 128,127
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Total revenues .......... 1,594,340 1,406,985 1,241,133 1,155,594 1,001,508
Gross profit from
merchandise sales .... 411,133 364,378 307,861 272,412 240,199
Gross profit from service
revenue .............. 44,390 32,417 27,457 24,528 19,726
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Total gross profit ...... 455,523 396,795 335,318 296,940 259,925
Selling, general and
administrative
expenses ............. 296,089 247,872 214,710 194,160 176,275
Operating profit ........ 159,434 148,923 120,608 102,780 83,650
Nonoperating income ..... 2,090 3,490 3,601 3,015 1,933
Interest expense ........ 32,072 25,931 19,701 20,180 25,071
Earnings before income
taxes and change in
accounting principle . 129,452 126,482 104,508 85,615 60,512
Income taxes ............ 47,958 46,474 38,996 31,036 21,640
Earnings before change in
accounting principle . 81,494 80,008 65,512 54,579 38,872
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ -- (4,300) -- -- --
Net earnings ............ 81,494 75,708 65,512 54,579 38,872
Earnings per share before
change in accounting
principle ............ 1.34 1.32 1.06 .90 .69
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ -- (.07) -- -- --
Net earnings per share .. 1.34 1.25 1.06 .90 .69
Balance Sheet Data
Working capital ......... $ 39,868 $ 121,858 $ 92,518 $ 104,622 $ 81,935
Total assets ............ 1,500,008 1,291,019 1,078,518 967,813 856,925
Long-term debt .......... 367,043 380,787 253,000 209,347 279,250
Stockholders' equity .... 665,460 586,253 547,759 509,763 378,514
Other Statistics
Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges(1) ..... 4.1x 4.7x 4.9x 4.3x 3.1x
Depreciation and
amortization ......... $ 53,456 $ 44,402 $ 39,125 $ 36,674 $ 33,439
Capital expenditures .... $ 205,913 $ 185,072 $ 135,165 $ 78,025 $ 65,801
Common shares outstanding 62,084,021 61,501,679 61,060,055 60,669,102 55,773,813
Number of retail outlets 506 435 386 357 337
Total square footage .... 10,255,000 8,900,000 7,771,000 7,039,000 6,522,000
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(1) Computed by dividing earnings by fixed charges. "Earnings" consist of
earnings before income taxes and change in accounting principle plus
fixed charges (exclusive of capitalized interest costs). "Fixed charges"
consist of interest costs (including capitalized interest costs) plus
one-third of rental expense (which amount is considered representative of
the interest factor in rental expense).
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table presents for the periods indicated certain items in
the consolidated statements of earnings as a percentage of total revenues
(except as otherwise provided) and the percentage change in dollar amounts of
such items compared to the indicated prior period.
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<CAPTION>
Percentage of Total Revenues
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26 Weeks Ended Fiscal Year Ended
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Aug. 3, July 29,
1996 1995 Feb. 3, 1996 Jan. 28, 1995 Jan. 29, 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Merchandise sales ..... 85.1% 85.1% 85.0% 86.1% 86.7%
Service revenue(1) .... 14.9 14.9 15.0 13.9 13.3
----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- -------------
Total revenues ........ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Costs of merchandise
sales(2) ............. 69.5(3) 70.0(3) 69.7(3) 69.9(3) 71.4(3)
Costs of service
revenue(2) ........... 79.2(3) 79.9(3) 81.5(3) 83.4(3) 83.3(3)
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Total costs of revenues 71.0 71.5 71.4 71.8 73.0
Gross profit from
merchandise sales .... 30.5(3) 30.0(3) 30.3(3) 30.1(3) 28.6(3)
Gross profit from
service revenue ...... 20.8(3) 20.1(3) 18.5(3) 16.6(3) 16.7(3)
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Total gross profit .... 29.0 28.5 28.6 28.2 27.0
Selling, general and
administrative
expenses ............. 18.5 18.1 18.6 17.6 17.3
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Operating profit ...... 10.5 10.4 10.0 10.6 9.7
Nonoperating income ... .1 .1 .1 .2 .3
Interest expense ...... 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.6
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Earnings before income
taxes and cumulative
effect of change in
accounting principle . 8.8 8.5 8.1 9.0 8.4
Income taxes .......... 37.0(4) 37.3(4) 37.0(4) 36.7(4) 37.3(4)
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Earnings before
cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.3
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ -- -- -- (.3) --
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Net earnings .......... 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.3
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(RESTUBBED TABLE CONTINUED FROM ABOVE)
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Percentage Change
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26 Weeks Ended
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Aug. 3, 1996
vs.
26 Weeks Ended Fiscal 1995 vs. Fiscal 1994 vs.
July 29, 1995 Fiscal 1994 Fiscal 1993
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Merchandise sales ..... 17.2% 11.8% 12.5%
Service revenue(1) .... 17.7 22.5 18.7
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Total revenues ........ 17.3 13.3 13.4
Costs of merchandise
sales(2) ............. 16.4 11.4 10.2
Costs of service
revenue(2) ........... 16.7 19.6 18.9
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Total costs of revenues 16.4 12.7 11.5
Gross profit from
merchandise sales .... 19.1 12.8 18.4
Gross profit from
service revenue ...... 21.7 36.9 18.1
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Total gross profit .... 19.3 14.8 18.3
Selling, general and
administrative
expenses ............. 20.2 19.5 15.4
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Operating profit ...... 17.8 7.1 23.5
Nonoperating income ... (17.5) (40.1) (3.1)
Interest expense ...... 1.7 23.7 31.6
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Earnings before income
taxes and cumulative
effect of change in
accounting principle . 21.0 2.3 21.0
Income taxes .......... 20.2 3.2 19.2
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Earnings before
cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ 21.5 1.9 22.1
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principle ............ -- -- --
Net earnings .......... 21.5 7.6 15.6
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(1) Service revenue consists of the labor charge for installing merchandise
or maintaining or repairing vehicles, excluding the sale of any installed
parts or materials.
(2) Costs of merchandise sales include the cost of products sold, buying,
warehousing and store occupancy costs. Costs of service revenue include
service center payroll and related employee benefits and service center
occupancy costs. Occupancy costs include utilities, rents, real estate
and property taxes, repairs and maintenance and depreciation and
amortization expenses.
(3) As a percentage of related sales or revenue, as applicable.
(4) As a percentage of earnings before income taxes and cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle.
TWENTY-SIX WEEKS ENDED AUGUST 3, 1996 VS. TWENTY-SIX WEEKS ENDED JULY 29,
1995
Total revenues increased 17% due to a higher store count (540 at August 3,
1996 compared with 453 at July 29, 1995) coupled with a 4% increase in
comparable store revenues (revenues generated by stores in operation during
the same months of each period). Comparable store merchandise sales increased
4% while comparable service revenue increased 6%.
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Gross profit from merchandise sales increased, as a percentage of
merchandise sales, due primarily to higher merchandise margins, offset, in
part, by an increase in store occupancy costs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased, as a percentage of
total revenues, due primarily to increases in general office costs and store
expenses.
Interest expense decreased, as a percentage of total revenues, due mainly
to spreading such costs over higher sales volume.
Net earnings increased, as a percentage of total revenues, due to an
increase in comparable store sales coupled with an increase, as a percentage
of merchandise sales, in gross profit from merchandise sales and a decrease,
as a percentage of total revenues, in interest expense, offset, in part, by
an increase, as a percentage of total revenues, in selling, general and
administrative expenses.
FISCAL 1995 VS. FISCAL 1994
Total revenues for fiscal 1995, which included 53 weeks, increased 13%
over fiscal 1994 due to a higher store count (506 at February 3, 1996
compared with 435 at January 28, 1995). Comparable store revenues (revenues
generated by stores in operation during the same months of each period)
increased 1%. Total revenues for fiscal 1995, excluding the extra week,
increased 11% on an overall basis and were unchanged on a comparable store
basis. Comparable store merchandise sales decreased 1% while comparable store
service revenue increased 7% over fiscal 1994 on a 52 week basis.
The increase in gross profit from merchandise sales, as a percentage of
merchandise sales, was due primarily to higher merchandise margins, offset,
in part, by increases in store occupancy and warehousing costs.
The increase in gross profit from service revenue, as a percentage of
service revenue, was due primarily to decreases in service payroll and
service center occupancy costs.
The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses, as a
percentage of total revenues, was due primarily to increases in store,
general office and employee benefits expenses, offset, in part, by a decrease
in media costs.
The 24% increase in interest expense was due to higher debt levels
incurred during the year to fund the Company's store expansion program
coupled with higher interest rates.
The 2% increase in earnings before the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle in fiscal 1995, as compared with fiscal 1994, was due
primarily to an increase in total revenues due to a higher store count, and
increases in gross profit from merchandise sales, as a percentage of
merchandise sales, and gross profit from service revenue, as a percentage of
service revenue, mostly offset by increases in selling, general and
administrative expenses and interest expense, as a percentage of total
revenues.
FISCAL 1994 VS. FISCAL 1993
Total revenues for fiscal 1994 increased 13% over fiscal 1993 due to a
higher store count (435 at January 28, 1995 compared with 386 at January 29,
1994) coupled with a 5% increase in comparable store revenues (revenues
generated by stores in operation during the same months of each period).
Comparable store merchandise sales increased 5% while comparable store
service revenue increased 8% over fiscal 1993.
The increase in gross profit from merchandise sales, as a percentage of
merchandise sales, was due primarily to significantly higher merchandise
margins and a slight decrease in store occupancy costs.
The small decrease in gross profit from service revenue, as a percentage
of service revenue, was due primarily to an increase in service payroll
costs, offset, in part, by a decrease in service employee benefits costs.
The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses, as a
percentage of total revenues, was due primarily to an increase in store
expenses, offset, in part, by a decrease in employee benefits costs.
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The 32% increase in interest expense was due to higher debt levels
incurred to fund the Company's store expansion program coupled with higher
interest rates.
The 22% increase in earnings before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle in fiscal 1994, as compared with fiscal 1993, was due to
increases in comparable store revenues and gross profit from merchandise
sales, as a percentage of merchandise sales, offset, in part, by increases in
selling, general and administrative expenses and interest expense, as a
percentage of total revenues.
EFFECTS OF INFLATION
The Company uses the LIFO method of inventory valuation. Thus, the cost of
merchandise sold approximates current cost. Although the Company cannot
accurately determine the precise effect of inflation on its operations, it
does not believe inflation has had a material effect on revenues or results
of operations in the periods presented.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's cash requirements arise principally from the need to finance
the acquisition, construction and equipping of new stores and to purchase
inventory. The Company opened 75 stores in fiscal 1995, 51 stores in fiscal 1994
and 37 stores in fiscal 1993. In fiscal 1995, with an increase in cash from
operating activities, the Company decreased its debt by $22,507,000. In fiscal
1994, with increased levels of capital expenditures coupled with cash utilized
to purchase its stock for transfer to the Flexitrust, a flexible employee
benefits trust (established on April 29, 1994 to fund a portion of the Company's
obligations arising from various employee compensation and benefit plans and
holding 2,232,500 shares of Common Stock as of August 3, 1996), the Company
increased its debt by $182,859,000. In fiscal 1993, with increased levels of
capital expenditures coupled with cash utilized to purchase its stock for
transfer to the benefits trust, the Company increased its debt by $77,525,000.
The following table indicates the Company's principal cash requirements
beginning in fiscal 1993.
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<CAPTION>
26 Weeks Ended
Aug. 3, 1996 Fiscal 1995 Fiscal 1994 Fiscal 1993
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(dollar amounts in thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Capital expenditures .................... $ 77,798 $205,913 $185,072 $135,165
Net inventory increase (decrease) (1) ... 45,143 (71,351) 87,248 26,487
--------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Total cash requirements ................. $122,941 $134,562 $272,320 $161,652
=============== ============= ============= =============
Net cash provided by operating activities
(excluding net inventory) .............. $102,089 $159,968 $124,368 $111,704
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(1) Net inventory increase (decrease) is the change in inventory less the change
in accounts payable.
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Inventories have increased in the past three years as the Company added a
net of 149 stores while stock-keeping units per store rose during the period
from approximately 24,000 to approximately 26,000, many of which are higher
cost hard parts.
The Company opened 75 new stores in fiscal 1995 and currently plans to
open approximately 100 new stores in fiscal 1996, 34 of which have been
opened through the second quarter. Management estimates that the cost to open
all 100 stores, coupled with capital expenditures relating to existing
stores, warehouses and offices during fiscal 1996, will be approximately
$200,000,000. Funds required to finance the store expansion, including
related inventory requirements, are expected to come primarily from operating
activities with the remainder provided by unused lines of credit, which
totalled $178,500,000 at August 3, 1996, or from accessing traditional
lending sources which may include the public capital markets.
On August 25, 1994, the Company sold $86,250,000 of 4% convertible
subordinated notes due September 1, 1999. Proceeds were used to repay
portions of the Company's short-term variable rate debt.
On April 21, 1995, the Company amended and restated a revolving credit
agreement it had with several major banks to increase the amount of
borrowings provided from up to $100,000,000 to up to $200,000,000. At the
Company's option, the interest rate on any loan may be based on (i) the
higher of the Federal funds rate plus 1/4 % or the prime rate, (ii) LIBOR
plus up to .63% or (iii) a negotiated rate based upon market conditions.
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On June 12, 1995, the Company sold $100,000,000 of 7% Notes due June 1,
2005. Proceeds were used to repay portions of the Company's long-term
variable-rate bank debt, and for general corporate purposes.
The Company's working capital was $152,012,000 at August 3, 1996,
$39,868,000 at February 3, 1996 and $121,858,000 at January 28, 1995. The
Company's long-term debt, as a percentage of its total capitalization, was
40% at August 3, 1996, 36% at February 3, 1996 and 39% at January 28, 1995.
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DESCRIPTION OF LYONS
The LYONs are to be issued under an indenture to be dated as of September
, 1996 (the "Indenture"), among the Company and First Union National Bank,
as trustee (the "Trustee"). A copy of the form of Indenture is filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. The
following summaries of certain provisions of the LYONs and the Indenture do
not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the LYONs and the
Indenture, including the definitions therein of certain terms which are not
otherwise defined in this Prospectus. Wherever particular provisions or
defined terms of the Indenture (or of the Form of LYON which is a part
thereof) are referred to, such provisions or defined terms are incorporated
herein by reference. References herein are to sections in the Indenture and
paragraphs in the Form of LYON.
GENERAL
The LYONS will be unsecured, subordinated obligations of the Company
limited to $___________ aggregate principal amount at maturity ($___________
aggregate principal amount at maturity if the Underwriter's over-allotment
option is exercised in full) and will mature on September , 2011. The
principal amount at maturity of each LYON is $l,000 and will be payable at
the office of the Paying Agent, which initially will be the Trustee, or an
office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York. (Sections 2.03, 2.04 and 4.05 and Form of
LYON, paragraph 3)
The LYONs are being offered at a substantial discount from their principal
amount at maturity. See "Certain Tax Aspects -- Original Issue Discount."
There will be no periodic payments of interest. The calculation of the
accrual of Original Issue Discount (the difference between the Issue Price
and the principal amount at maturity of a LYON) in the period during which a
LYON remains outstanding will be on a semiannual bond equivalent basis using
a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months; such accrual will commence
on the issue date of the LYONs. (Form of LYON, paragraph 1) In the event of
the maturity, conversion, purchase by the Company at the option of a Holder
or redemption of a LYON, Original Issue Discount and interest, if any, will
cease to accrue on such LYON, under the terms and subject to the conditions
of the Indenture. (Section 2.08) The Company may not reissue a LYON that has
matured or been converted, purchased by the Company at the option of a
Holder, redeemed or otherwise cancelled (except for registration of transfer,
exchange or replacement thereof). (Section 2.10)
The LYONs will be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons,
in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount at maturity and integral
multiples thereof. (Form of LYON, paragraph 11) LYONs may be presented for
conversion at the office of the Conversion Agent and for exchange or
registration of transfer at the office of the Registrar. Each such agent
shall initially be the Trustee. (Section 2.03) No service charge will be made
for any registration of transfer or exchange of LYONs; however, the Company
may require payment by a Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
(Section 2.06)
Because certain of the operations of the Company are conducted through
wholly-owned Subsidiaries, the Company's cash flow and consequent ability to
meet its debt obligations are dependent in part upon the earnings of its
Subsidiaries and on dividends and other payments therefrom. Since the LYONs
are solely an obligation of the Company, the Company's Subsidiaries are not
obligated or required to pay any amounts due pursuant to the LYONs or to make
funds available therefor in the form of dividends or advances to the Company.
At August 3, 1996, under the provisions of the most restrictive of the
Company's debt agreements, approximately $172.1 million of the retained
earnings of the Company were available for payment of cash dividends with
respect to the Company's Common Stock.
SUBORDINATION OF LYONS
Indebtedness evidenced by the LYONs will be subordinated in right of
payment, as set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all
existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined below). (Section 10.1) No
payment of the Principal Amount at Maturity, Issue Price, accrued Original
Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or
interest, if any, with respect to any LYONs may be made by the
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Company, nor may the Company pay cash with respect to the Purchase Price of
any LYON (other than for fractional shares) or acquire any LYONs for cash or
property except as set forth in the Indenture if (i) any payment default on
any Senior Indebtedness has occurred and is continuing beyond any applicable
grace period or (ii) any default (other than a payment default) with respect
to Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that permits the acceleration
of the maturity thereof and such default is either the subject of judicial
proceedings or the Company receives a written notice of such default (a
"Senior Indebtedness Default Notice"). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
payments with respect to the LYONs may resume and the Company may acquire
LYONs for cash when (a) the default with respect to the Senior Indebtedness
is cured or waived or (b) in the case of a default described in (ii) above,
179 or more days pass after notice of the default is received by the Company,
provided that the terms of the Indenture otherwise permit the payment or
acquisition of the LYONs at that time. If the Company receives a Senior
Indebtedness Default Notice, then a similar notice received within nine
months thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior
Indebtedness shall not be effective to prevent the payment or acquisition of
the LYONs as provided above. (Section 10.04) In addition, no payment may be
made on the LYONs if any LYONs are declared due and payable prior to their
Stated Maturity by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default until the
earlier of (i) 120 days after the date of such acceleration or (ii) the
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, but only if such payment is then
otherwise permitted under the terms of the Indenture. (Section 10.03) Upon
any payment or distribution of assets of the Company to creditors upon any
dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company,
whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or other similar proceedings, the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall
first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become
due thereon, or payment of such amounts shall have been provided for, before
the holders of the LYONs shall be entitled to receive any payment or
distribution with respect to any LYONs. (Section 10.02)
By reason of the subordination described herein, in the event of
insolvency, upon any distribution of the assets of the Company, (i) the
Holders of the LYONs are required to pay over their share of such
distribution to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver or other person
distributing the assets of the Company for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all
holders of Senior Indebtedness in full and (ii) unsecured creditors of the
Company who are not Holders of LYONs or holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company may recover less, ratably, than holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Company and may recover more, ratably, than the Holders of LYONs. (Section
10.02)
The term "Senior Indebtedness" of the Company means, without duplication,
the principal, premium (if any) and unpaid interest on all present and future
(i) indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money, (ii) obligations of the
Company evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii)
indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company in connection
with the acquisition by it or a Subsidiary of any business, properties or
assets (except purchase-money indebtedness classified as accounts payable
under generally accepted accounting principles), (iv) obligations of the
Company as lessee under leases required to be capitalized on the balance
sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles, (v)
reimbursement obligations of the Company in respect of letters of credit
relating to indebtedness or other obligations of the Company that qualify as
indebtedness or obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv) above, and (vi) obligations of the Company under direct or indirect
guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to
purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss
in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to
in clauses (i) through (v) above, in each case unless the instrument creating
or evidencing the indebtedness or obligation or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding provides that such indebtedness or obligation is not superior in
right of payment to the LYONs. (Section 1.01)
As of August 3, 1996, there was approximately $417.9 million of Senior
Indebtedness outstanding. There is no restriction under the Indenture on the
creation of additional indebtedness, including Senior Indebtedness.
The LYONs are effectively subordinated to all existing and future
liabilities of the Company's Subsidiaries. Any right of the Company to
participate in any distribution of the assets of any of the Company's
Subsidiaries upon the liquidation, reorganization or insolvency of such
Subsidiary (and the consequent right of the Holders of the LYONs to
participate in those assets) will be subject to the claims of the creditors
(including trade credi-
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tors) of such Subsidiary, except to the extent that claims of the Company
itself as a creditor of such Subsidiary may be recognized, 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.
CONVERSION RIGHTS
A Holder of a LYON may convert it into Common Stock at any time before the
close of business on September , 2011, provided, however, that if a LYON is
called for redemption, the Holder may convert it at any time before the close
of business on the Redemption Date. A LYON in respect of which a Holder has
delivered a Purchase Notice or a Change in Control Purchase Notice exercising
the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such LYON may be
converted only if such notice is withdrawn by a written notice of withdrawal
delivered by the Holder to the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on
the Purchase Date or the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. (Section 3.08, 3.09 and 3.10
and Form of LYON, paragraph 9)
The initial Conversion Rate for the LYONs is shares of Common Stock per
$1,000 principal amount at maturity, subject to adjustment upon the
occurrence of certain events described below. (Form of LYON, paragraph 9) See
"Price Range of Common Stock and Dividends." A Holder otherwise entitled to a
fractional share of Common Stock will receive cash equal to the market value
of such fractional share based on the closing Sale Price on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the Conversion Date. (Section 11.03 and Form of LYON,
paragraph 9) A Holder may convert a portion of such Holder's LYONs so long as
such portion is $1,000 principal amount at maturity or an integral multiple
thereof. (Section 11.01 and Form of LYON, paragraph 9)
To convert a LYON, a Holder must (i) complete and manually sign the
conversion notice on the back of the LYON (or complete and manually sign a
facsimile thereof) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent (initially
the Trustee) at the office maintained by the Conversion Agent for such
purpose, (ii) surrender the LYON to the Conversion Agent, (iii) if required,
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and (iv) if
required, pay all transfer or similar taxes. Pursuant to the Indenture, the
date on which all of the foregoing requirements have been satisfied is the
Conversion Date. (Sections 11.02 and 11.04 and Form of LYON, paragraph 9)
Upon conversion of a LYON, a Holder will not receive any cash payment
representing accrued Original Issue Discount. The Company's delivery to the
Holder of the fixed number of shares of Common Stock into which the LYON is
convertible (together with the cash payment in lieu of any fractional shares)
will satisfy the Company's obligation to pay the principal amount at maturity
of the LYON, including the accrued Original Issue Discount attributable to
the period from the Issue Date to the Conversion Date. Thus, the accrued
Original Issue Discount will be deemed to be paid in full rather than
cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. The Conversion Rate will not be
adjusted at any time during the term of the LYONs for accrued Original Issue
Discount. A certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock into
which any LYON is converted (and for cash in lieu of any fractional shares)
will be delivered through the Conversion Agent no later than the seventh
business day following the Conversion Date. (Sections 2.08 and 11.02) For a
discussion of the tax treatment of a Holder receiving Common Stock upon
conversion, see "Certain Tax Aspects -- Disposition or Conversion."
The Conversion Rate will be adjusted for dividends or distributions on
Common Stock payable in Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company;
certain subdivisions, combinations or reclassifications of Common Stock;
distributions to all holders of Common Stock of certain rights, warrants or
options to purchase Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock
for a period expiring within 60 days after the record date for such
distribution at a price per share less than the Sale Price at the time; and
distributions to all holders of Common Stock of assets or debt securities of
the Company or rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the
Company (excluding cash dividends or other cash distributions from
consolidated current net earnings or earned surplus or dividends payable in
Common Stock but including Extraordinary Cash Dividends). However, no
adjustment need be made if Holders may participate in the transactions
otherwise giving rise to an adjustment on a basis and with notice that the
Board of Directors of the Company determines to be fair and appropriate, or
in certain other cases. In cases where the fair market value of the portion
of assets, debt securities or rights, warrants or options to purchase
securities of the Company applicable to one share of Common Stock distributed
to stockholders exceeds the Average Sale Price per share of Common Stock, or
such Average Sale Price
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exceeds such fair market value of such portion of assets, debt securities or
rights, warrants or options so distributed by less than $1.00, rather than
being entitled to an adjustment in the Conversion Rate, the Holder of a LYON
upon conversion thereof will be entitled to receive, in addition to the
shares of Common Stock into which such LYON is convertible, the kind and
amounts of assets, debt securities or rights, options or warrants comprising
the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder had
converted such LYON immediately prior to the record date for determining the
shareholders entitled to receive the distribution. The Indenture permits the
Company to increase the Conversion Rate from time to time. (Sections 11.06,
11.07, 11.08, 11.10, 11.12 and 11.14 and Form of LYON, paragraph 9)
If the Company is party to a consolidation, merger or binding share
exchange or a transfer of all or substantially all of its assets which is
otherwise permitted under the terms of the Indenture, the right to convert a
LYON into Common Stock may be changed into a right to convert it into the
kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets which the Holder would
have received if the Holder had converted such Holder's LYONs immediately
prior to the transaction. (Section 11.14)
In the event of a taxable distribution to holders of Common Stock which
results in an adjustment of the Conversion Rate (or in which Holders
otherwise participate) or in the event the Conversion Rate is increased at
the discretion of the Company, the Holders of the LYONs may, in certain
circumstances, be deemed to have received a distribution subject to United
States federal income tax as a dividend. See "Certain Tax Aspects --
Constructive Dividend."
REDEMPTION OF LYONS AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY
No sinking fund is provided for the LYONs. Prior to September , 2001, the
LYONs will not be redeemable at the option of the Company. On and after that
date, the Company may redeem the LYONs for cash as a whole at any time, or
from time to time in part, upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days'
notice of redemption given by mail to Holders of LYONs (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). Any such redemption must be in
multiples of $1,000 principal amount at maturity. (Sections 3.01, 3.02 and
3.03 and Form of LYON, paragraphs 5 and 7)
The table below shows Redemption Prices of a LYON per $1,000 principal
amount at maturity on September , 2001, at each September thereafter prior
to maturity, and at maturity on September , 2011, which prices reflect the
accrued Original Issue Discount calculated to each such date. The Redemption
Price of a LYON redeemed between such dates would include an additional
amount reflecting the additional Original Issue Discount accrued since the
next preceding date in the table to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
(Form of LYON, paragraph 5)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(1) (2) (3)
Accrued Original Redemption
LYON Issue Discount Price
Redemption Date Issue Price at % (1) + (2)
----------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
September , 2001 $
September , 2002
September , 2003
September , 2004
September , 2005
September , 2006
September , 2007
September , 2008
September , 2009
September , 2010
At Maturity ..... 1,000.00
</TABLE>
If fewer than all of the LYONs are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall
select the LYONs to be redeemed in principal amounts at maturity of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof by lot, pro rata or by another method the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate. If a portion of a Holder's LYONs is selected
for partial redemption and such Holder converts a portion of such LYONs prior
to such redemption, such converted portion shall be deemed, solely for
purposes of determining the aggregate Principal Amount of LYONs to be
redeemed by the Company, to be of the portion selected for redemption.
(Section 3.02)
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PURCHASE OF LYONS AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
On September , 2001 and September , 2006 (each, a "Purchase Date"), the
Company will become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder
thereof, any outstanding LYON for which a written notice (a "Purchase
Notice") has been delivered by the Holder to the Paying Agent or an office or
agency maintained by the Company for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, at any time from the opening of business on
the date that is 20 business days preceding such Purchase Date until the
close of business on such Purchase Date and for which such Purchase Notice
has not been withdrawn, subject to certain additional conditions set forth in
part in the following paragraphs. (Section 3.08 and Form of LYON, paragraph
6)
The table below shows the Purchase Prices of a LYON as of the specified
Purchase Dates:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Purchase Date Purchase Price
-------------------- ------------------
<S> <C>
September , 2001 $
September , 2006 $
</TABLE>
The Company, at its option, may elect to pay such Purchase Price in cash
or Common Stock, or any combination thereof. (Section 3.08 and Form of LYON,
paragraph 6) For a discussion of the tax treatment of such a transaction, see
"Certain Tax Aspects -- Disposition or Conversion."
The Company will give notice (the "Company Notice") not less than 20
business days prior to each Purchase Date (the "Company Notice Date") to all
Holders at their addresses shown in the register of the Registrar (and to
beneficial owners as required by applicable law) stating, among other things,
(i) whether the Company will pay the Purchase Price of the LYONs in cash or
Common Stock, or any combination thereof, and (ii) the procedures that
Holders must follow to require the Company to purchase LYONs from such
Holders. (Section 3.08)
The Purchase Notice given by any Holder requiring the Company to purchase
LYONs shall state (i) the certificate numbers of the LYONs to be delivered by
such Holder for purchase by the Company; (ii) the portion of the principal
amount at maturity of LYONs to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof; (iii) that such LYONs are to be purchased by
the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the LYONs; and (iv) if
the Company elects, pursuant to the Company Notice, to pay a specified
percentage of the Purchase Price in Common Stock but such specified
percentage is ultimately to be paid in cash because any of the conditions to
payment of such specified percentage of the Purchase Price in Common Stock
contained in the Indenture is not satisfied prior to the close of business on
the Purchase Date, as described below, that such Holder elects (a) to
withdraw such Purchase Notice as to some or all of the LYONs to which it
relates (stating the principal amount at maturity and certificate numbers of
the LYONs as to which such withdrawal shall relate) or (b) to receive cash in
respect of the Purchase Price of all LYONs subject to such Purchase Notice.
If the Holder fails to indicate such Holder's choice with respect to the
election described in clause (iv) above in the Purchase Notice, such Holder
shall be deemed to have elected to receive cash for the specified percentage
of the Purchase Price that was to have been payable in Common Stock. (Section
3.08) See "Certain Tax Aspects -- Disposition or Conversion."
Any Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by the Holder by a written notice of
withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on
the Purchase Date. The notice of withdrawal shall state the principal amount
at maturity and the certificate numbers of the LYONs as to which the
withdrawal notice relates and the principal amount at maturity, if any, which
remains subject to the Purchase Notice. (Section 3.10)
If the Company elects to pay the Purchase Price, in whole or in part, in
shares of Common Stock, the number of shares to be delivered in respect of
the specified percentage of the Purchase Price to be paid in Common Stock
shall be equal to the dollar amount of such specified percentage of the
Purchase Price divided by the Market Price (as defined below) of a share of
Common Stock. However, no fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered
upon any purchase by the Company of LYONs in payment, in whole or in part, of
the Purchase Price. Instead, the Company will pay cash based on the Market
Price for all fractional shares of Common Stock. (Section 3.08) Each Holder
whose LYONs are purchased at the option of such Holder as of the Purchase
Date shall receive the same percentage of cash or Common Stock in payment of
the Purchase Price for such LYONs, except as described above with regard to
the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock. See
"Certain Tax Aspects -- Disposition or Conversion."
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The "Market Price" means the average of the Sale Price of the Common Stock
for the five Trading Day period ending on the third Trading Day prior to the
applicable Purchase Date, appropriately adjusted to take into account the
actual occurrence, during the seven Trading Days preceding such Purchase
Date, of certain events that would result in an adjustment of the Conversion
Rate with respect to the Common Stock. (Section 3.08) The "Sale Price" on any
Trading Day means the closing per share sale price for the Common Stock (or,
if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices
or, if more than one in either case the average of the average bid and
average ask prices) on such Trading Day as reported in the composite
transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on which the
Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a United
States national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System. A "Trading Day"
means each day on which the securities exchange or quotation system which is
used to determine the Sale Price is open for trading or quotation. (Section
1.01) Because the Market Price of the Common Stock is determined prior to the
Purchase Date, Holders of LYONs bear the market risk with respect to the
value of the Common Stock to be received from the date such Market Price is
determined to the Purchase Date. The Company may pay the Purchase Price, in
whole or in part, in Common Stock only if the information necessary to
calculate the Market Price is reported in The Wall Street Journal or another
daily newspaper of national circulation. (Section 3.08)
Upon determination of the actual number of shares of Common Stock issuable
in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Company will publish such
determination in The Wall Street Journal or another daily newspaper of
national circulation. (Section 3.08)
The Company's right to purchase LYONs, in whole or in part, with shares of
Common Stock is subject to the Company's satisfying various conditions,
including the registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act, unless there exists an applicable exemption to registration
thereunder. If such conditions are not satisfied prior to the close of
business on the Purchase Date, the Company will pay the Purchase Price of the
LYONs in cash. (Section 3.08) The Company will comply with the provisions of
Rule 13e-4 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act which may
then be applicable and will file Schedule 13E-4 or any other schedule
required thereunder in connection with any offer by the Company to purchase
LYONs at the option of the Holders thereof on a Purchase Date. (Section 3.13)
The Company may not change the form of consideration (or components or
percentages of components thereof) to be paid once the Company has given its
Company Notice to Holders of LYONs except as described in the second sentence
of this paragraph. (Section 3.08)
Payment of the Purchase Price for a LYON for which a Purchase Notice has
been delivered and not withdrawn is conditioned upon delivery of such LYON
(together with necessary endorsements) to the Paying Agent or an office or
agency maintained by the Company for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, at any time (whether prior to, on or after
the Purchase Date) after delivery of such Purchase Notice. (Section 3.08)
Payment of the Purchase Price for such LYON will be made promptly following
the later of the business day following the Purchase Date and the time of
delivery of such LYON. (Section 3.10) If the Paying Agent holds, in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, money or securities sufficient to
pay the Purchase Price of such LYON on the business day following the
Purchase Date, then, on and after the Purchase Date, such LYON will cease to
be outstanding and Original Issue Discount on such LYON will cease to accrue
and will be deemed paid, whether or not such LYON is delivered to the Paying
Agent, and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the
right to receive the Purchase Price upon delivery of such LYON). (Section
2.08)
The Company's ability to purchase LYONs with cash may be limited by the
terms of its then-existing borrowing agreements. No LYONs may be purchased
pursuant to the provisions described above if there has occurred and is
continuing an Event of Default described under "Events of Default; Notice and
Waiver" below (other than a default in the payment of the Purchase Price with
respect to such LYONs). (Section 3.10)
CHANGE IN CONTROL PERMITS PURCHASE OF LYONS AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDER
In the event of any Change in Control (as defined below) of the Company
occurring on or prior to September , 2001, each Holder of LYONs will have
the right, at the Holder's option, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Indenture, to require the Company to purchase all or any part (provided that
the principal amount at maturity must be $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof) of the Holder's LYONs on the date that is 35 busi-
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ness days after the occurrence of such Change in Control (the "Change in
Control Purchase Date") at a cash price equal to the Issue Price plus accrued
Original Issue Discount to the Change in Control Purchase Date (the "Change
in Control Purchase Price"). (Section 3.09 and Form of LYON, paragraph 6)
Holders will not have any right to require the Company to purchase LYONs in
the event of any Change in Control of the Company occurring after September
, 2001.
Within 15 business days after the Change in Control, the Company shall
mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required
by applicable law) a notice regarding the Change in Control, which notice
shall state, among other things: (i) the date of such Change in Control and,
briefly, the events causing such Change in Control, (ii) the date by which
the Change in Control Purchase Notice (as defined below) must be given, (iii)
the Change in Control Purchase Date, (iv) the Change in Control Purchase
Price, (v) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent,
(vi) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto, (vii) that LYONs with
respect to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice is given by the Holder
may be converted into shares of Common Stock only if the Change in Control
Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, (viii) the procedures that Holders must follow to exercise these
rights, (ix) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase
Notice, (x) that Holders who want to convert LYONs must satisfy the
requirements set forth in paragraph 9 of the LYONs and (xi) briefly, the
conversion rights of Holders of LYONs. The Company will cause a copy of such
notice to be published in The Wall Street Journal or another daily newspaper
of national circulation. (Section 3.09)
To exercise the purchase right, the Holder must deliver written notice of
the exercise of such right (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice") to the
Paying Agent or an office or agency maintained by the Company for such
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, prior to the close
of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date. The Change in Control
Purchase Notice shall state (i) the certificate numbers of the LYONs to be
delivered by the Holder thereof for purchase by the Company; (ii) the portion
of the principal amount at maturity of LYONs to be purchased, which portion
must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and (iii) that such LYONs are
to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
LYONs. (Section 3.09)
Any Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by the Holder by a
written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent prior to the close
of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date. The notice of withdrawal
shall state the principal amount at maturity and the certificate numbers of
the LYONs as to which the withdrawal notice relates and the principal amount
at maturity, if any, which remains subject to a Change in Control Purchase
Notice. (Section 3.10)
Payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price for a LYON for which a
Change in Control Purchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn is
conditioned upon delivery of such LYON (together with necessary endorsements)
to the Paying Agent or an office or agency maintained by the Company for such
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, at any time
(whether prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date) after the
delivery of such Change in Control Purchase Notice. (Section 3.09) Payment of
the Change in Control Purchase Price for such LYON will be made promptly
following the later of the business day following the Change in Control
Purchase Date and the time of delivery of such LYON. (Section 3.10). If the
Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, money
sufficient to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price of such LYON on the
business day following the Change in Control Purchase Date, then, on and
after the Change in Control Purchase Date, such LYON will cease to be
outstanding and Original Issue Discount on such LYON will cease to accrue and
will be deemed paid, whether or not such LYON is delivered to the Paying
Agent, and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the
right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price upon delivery of such
LYON). (Section 2.08)
Under the Indenture, a "Change in Control" of the Company is deemed to
have occurred at such time as (i) any person (as the term "person" is used in
Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any employee benefit plan of
either the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, files a Schedule 13D or
14D-1 under the Exchange Act (or any successor schedule, form or report)
disclosing that such person has become the beneficial owner of 50% or more of
the Common Stock or other Capital Stock of the Company into which such Common
Stock is reclassified or changed, with certain exceptions, or (ii) there
shall be consummated any consolidation or merger of the Company (a) in which
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the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation (other than any
consolidation or merger effected primarily to change the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Company) or (b) pursuant to which the Common Stock would
be converted into cash, securities or other property, in each case, other
than a consolidation or merger of the Company in which the holders of Common
Stock immediately prior to the consolidation or merger have, directly or
indirectly, at least a majority of common stock of the continuing or
surviving corporation immediately after the consolidation or merger. The
Indenture does not permit the Board of Directors to waive the Company's
obligation to purchase LYONs at the option of a Holder in the event of a
Change in Control of the Company. (Section 3.09)
The Company will comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and
any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act which may then be
applicable, and will file Schedule 13E-4 or any other schedule required
thereunder in connection with any offer by the Company to purchase LYONs at
the option of the Holders thereof upon a Change in Control. (Section 3.13)
The Change in Control purchase feature of the LYONs may in certain
circumstances make more difficult or discourage a takeover of the Company
and, thus, the removal of incumbent management. The Change in Control
purchase feature, however, is not the result of management's knowledge of any
specific effort to accumulate shares of Common Stock or to obtain control of
the Company by means of a merger, tender offer, solicitation or otherwise, or
part of a plan by management to adopt a series of anti-takeover provisions.
Instead, the Change in Control purchase feature is a standard term contained
in other LYONs offerings that have been marketed by the Underwriter, and the
terms of such feature result from negotiations between the Company and the
Underwriter.
If a Change in Control were to occur, there can be no assurance that the
Company would have funds sufficient to pay the Change in Control Purchase
Price for all of the LYONs that might be delivered by Holders seeking to
exercise the purchase right, since substantially all of the Senior
Indebtedness of the Company has cross-default provisions that could be
triggered by a default under the change of control provisions in certain
Senior Indebtedness. In such case, the Holders of the LYONs would be
subordinated to the prior claims of the holders of Senior Indebtedness. In
addition, the Company's ability to purchase LYONs with cash may be limited by
the terms of its then-existing borrowing agreements. No LYONs may be
purchased pursuant to the provisions described above if there has occurred
and is continuing an Event of Default described under "Events of Default;
Notice and Waiver" below (other than a default in the payment of the Change
in Control Purchase Price with respect to such LYONs). (Section 3.10)
MERGERS AND SALES OF ASSETS BY THE COMPANY
The Company may not merge or consolidate with or into any other
corporation or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets to any other person, unless the Company is
the continuing corporation or the successor (if other than the Company) is a
corporation, partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America or a state thereof or the District of Columbia
and such person assumes by supplemental indenture all obligations of the
Company under the LYONs and the Indenture, and unless immediately after
giving effect to such transaction, no default under the Indenture shall have
occurred and be continuing. In case of any such merger, consolidation, sale,
conveyance or other disposition and upon any such assumption by the
successor, such successor will succeed to and be substituted for the Company,
with the same effect as if it had been named as a party to the Indenture.
(Section 5.01) Certain of the foregoing transactions, if they occur on or
prior to September , 2001, could constitute a Change in Control of the
Company permitting each Holder to require the Company to purchase the LYONs
of such Holder as described above. (Section 3.09)
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; NOTICE AND WAIVER
The Indenture provides that, if an Event of Default specified therein
shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the LYONs then
outstanding may declare the Issue Price plus Original Issue Discount accrued
to the date of default (in the case of an Event of Default specified in (i)
or (ii) of the following paragraph) or to the date of such dec-
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laration (in the case of an Event of Default specified in (iii) or (iv) of
the following paragraph) on all the LYONs to be immediately due and payable.
In the case of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, the Issue Price of
the LYONs plus the Original Issue Discount accrued thereon to the occurrence
of such event shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable.
Upon any such acceleration, the subordination provisions of the Indenture
preclude any payment being made to Holders of LYONs until the earlier of (i)
120 days or more after the date of such acceleration and (ii) the payment in
full of all Senior Indebtedness, but only if such payment is then otherwise
permitted under the terms of the Indenture. See "Subordination of LYONs"
above. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount at maturity of the outstanding LYONs may rescind any such
acceleration with respect to the LYONs and its consequences. (Sections 6.02
and 10.03) Interest shall accrue and be payable on demand upon a default in
the payment of principal amount at maturity, Issue Price, accrued Original
Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase
Price or shares of Common Stock (or cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be
delivered on conversion of LYONs, in each case to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable. (Section 6.01 and Form of
LYON, paragraph 1)
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include: (i) default in payment of
the principal amount at maturity, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue
Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase
Price with respect to any LYON, when the same becomes due and payable
(whether or not such payment is prohibited by the provisions of the
Indenture); (ii) failure by the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock (or
cash in lieu of fractional shares) when such Common Stock (or cash in lieu of
fractional shares) is required to be delivered following conversion of a LYON
and continuance of such default for 10 days; (iii) failure by the Company to
comply with any of its other agreements in the LYONs or the Indenture upon
the receipt by the Company of notice of such default from the Trustee or from
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the
LYONs then outstanding and the Company's failure to cure such default within
60 days after receipt by the Company of such notice; (iv) default resulting
in acceleration of any indebtedness of the Company or any Consolidated
Subsidiary, where the aggregate amount so accelerated exceeds $10 million and
such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled within ten days after the
written notice thereof to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and
the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount
at maturity of the LYONs then outstanding, provided, however, that such Event
of Default will be cured or waived if the default that resulted in the
acceleration of such Senior Indebtedness is cured or waived; or (v) certain
events of bankruptcy or insolvency. (Section 6.01)
The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of any default,
mail to all Holders of the LYONs notice of all defaults of which the Trustee
shall be aware, unless such defaults shall have been cured or waived before
the giving of such notice; provided, that the Trustee may withhold such
notice as to any default other than a payment default, if it determines in
good faith that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
(Section 6.12)
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the
outstanding LYONs may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee, provided that such direction shall not be in
conflict with any law or the Indenture and subject to certain other
limitations. (Section 6.05) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or
exercise any right or power or extend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense. (Section 7.01) No Holder of any LYON
will have any right to pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the
LYONs, unless (i) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written
notice of a continuing Event of Default; (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount at maturity of the outstanding LYONs shall have
made a written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy; (iii) such
Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against any loss, liability or expense satisfactory to it; (iv) the
Trustee shall have failed to comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity; and (v)
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the
outstanding LYONs shall not have given the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with such request within 60 days after receipt of such request. (Section
6.06)
The right of any Holder: (a) to receive payment of the principal amount at
maturity, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price,
Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or interest, if any,
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in respect of the LYONs held by such Holder on or after the respective due
dates expressed in the LYONs or as of any Redemption Date, (b) to convert
such LYONs, or (c) to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or after such respective dates or the right to convert, shall not be impaired
or adversely affected without such Holder's consent. (Section 6.07)
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of
LYONs at the time outstanding may waive any existing default and its
consequences except (i) any default in any payment on the LYONs, (ii) any
default with respect to the conversion rights of the LYONs, or (iii) any
default in respect of certain covenants or provisions in the Indenture which
may not be modified without the consent of the Holder of each LYON as
described in "Modification" below. When a default is waived, it is deemed
cured and shall cease to exist, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any consequent right. (Section 6.04)
The Company will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually a
statement as to any default by the Company in the performance and observance
of its obligations under the Indenture. In addition, the Company shall file
with the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of any default or Event of
Default within five Business Days of its becoming aware of such default or
Event of Default. (Section 4.03)
MODIFICATION
Modification and amendment of the Indenture or the LYONs may be effected
by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the LYONs then
outstanding. However, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, no
amendment may, among other things, (i) reduce the principal amount at
maturity, Issue Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or
Redemption Price with respect to any LYON, or extend the stated maturity of
any LYON or alter the manner or rate of accrual of Original Issue Discount or
interest, or make any LYON payable in money or securities other than that
stated in the LYON; (ii) make any reduction in the principal amount at
maturity of LYONs whose Holders must consent to an amendment or any waiver
under the Indenture or modify the Indenture provisions relating to such
amendments or waivers; (iii) make any change that adversely affects the right
to convert any LYON or the right to require the Company to purchase a LYON;
(iv) modify the provisions of the Indenture relating to the subordination of
the LYONs in a manner adverse to the Holders of the LYONs; or (v) impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment with respect to,
or conversion of, the LYONs. No change that adversely affects the rights of
any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company under the subordination
provisions of the Indenture may be made unless the requisite holders of
Senior Indebtedness consent to such change pursuant to the terms of such
Senior Indebtedness (Section 9.02).
Without the consent of any Holder of LYONs, the Company and the Trustee
may amend the Indenture to (i) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provided, however, that such amendment does not materially adversely affect
the rights of any Holder, (ii) provide for the assumption by a successor to
the Company of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture, (iii)
provide for uncertificated LYONs in addition to certificated LYONs, as long
as such uncertificated LYONs are in registered form for United States federal
income tax purposes, (iv) make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder of LYONs, (v) make any change to comply with any
requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or (vi) add to
the covenants or obligations of the Company under the Indenture or surrender
any right, power or option conferred by the Indenture on the Company.
(Section 9.01)
DISCHARGE OF THE INDENTURE
The Company may satisfy and discharge its obligations under the Indenture
by delivering to the Trustee for cancellation all outstanding LYONs or by
depositing with the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, if
applicable, after the LYONs have become due and payable, whether at stated
maturity, or any Redemption Date, or any Purchase Date, or a Change of
Control Purchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise, cash or Common Stock (as
applicable under the terms of the Indenture) sufficient to pay all of the
outstanding LYONs and paying all other sums payable under the Indenture by
the Company. (Article 8)
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LIMITATIONS OF CLAIMS IN BANKRUPTCY
If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of the Company, under
Title 11 of the United States Code, the claim of the Holder of a LYON may be
limited to the Issue Price of the LYON plus that portion of the Original
Issue Discount that is deemed to have accrued from the date of issue to the
commencement of the proceeding.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
First Union National Bank is the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent under the Indenture. The Trustee also acts as trustee under
the indentures in connection with the Company's 7% Notes due 2005 and 4%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 1999. In the ordinary course of business,
the Company maintains deposits with the Trustee and the Trustee has also from
time to time provided other banking services to the Company.
CERTAIN TAX ASPECTS
The following summary of United States Federal income tax considerations is
based on current law, regulations and judicial and administrative
interpretations thereof, all of which are subject to change. The discussion
addresses only LYONs held as capital assets by initial Holders who acquired the
LYONs at their issue price and does not deal with special situations, such as
those of insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, individual retirement
and other tax-deferred accounts, financial institutions, broker-dealers, foreign
corporations and individuals who are not citizens or residents of the United
States.
Persons considering the purchase, ownership, conversion or other
disposition of LYONs should consult their own tax advisors regarding the
Federal income tax consequences and the consequences arising under the laws
of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdiction.
The Company has been advised by its counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher,
that in such counsel's opinion the LYONs will be treated as indebtedness for
United States Federal income tax purposes. Counsel has further advised the
Company that it is counsel's opinion that, while the following does not
purport to discuss all tax matters relating to the LYONs, based upon the
LYONs being treated as indebtedness, the following are the material Federal
income tax consequences of the LYONs, subject to the qualifications set forth
above.
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
The LYONs are being issued at a substantial discount from their principal
amount at maturity. For United States Federal income tax purposes, the
difference between the issue price (the initial price at which a substantial
number of the LYONs are sold for money) and the stated principal amount at
maturity of each LYON constitutes original issue discount ("Original Issue
Discount"). Holders of the LYONs will be required to include Original Issue
Discount in income periodically over the term of the LYONs before receipt of
the cash or other payment attributable to such income.
A Holder of a LYON must include in gross income for Federal income tax
purposes the sum of the daily portions of Original Issue Discount with
respect to the LYON for each day during the taxable year or portion of a
taxable year on which such Holder holds the LYON ("Accrued Original Issue
Discount"). The daily portion is determined by allocating to each day of the
accrual period a pro rata portion of an amount equal to the adjusted issue
price of the LYON at the beginning of the accrual period multiplied by the
yield to maturity of the LYON (determined by compounding at the close of each
accrual period and adjusted for the length of the accrual period). The
accrual period of a LYON may be of any length and may vary in length over the
term of the LYON, provided that each accrual period is no longer than one
year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest occurs at the end of
an accrual period or on the first day of an accrual period. The adjusted
issue price of the LYON at the start of any accrual period is the issue price
of the LYON increased by the Accrued Original Issue Discount for each prior
accrual period. Under these rules, Holders will have to include in gross
income increasingly greater amounts of Original Issue Discount in each
successive accrual period. Any amount included in income as Original Issue
Discount will increase a Holder's tax basis in the LYON.
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The Company will be required to furnish annually to the Internal Revenue
Service and to certain non-corporate Holders information regarding the
amount of the Original Issue Discount attributable to that year. For this
purpose, the Company will use a six-month accrual period which ends on the
day in each calendar year corresponding to the maturity day of the LYON or
the date six months before such maturity date.
DISPOSITION OR CONVERSION
Except as described below, gain or loss upon a sale or other disposition
of a LYON will generally be capital gain or loss (which will be long term if
the LYON is held for more than one year). Net capital gains of individuals
are, under certain circumstances, taxed at lower rates than items of ordinary
income.
A Holder's conversion of a LYON into Common Stock is generally not a
taxable event (except with respect to cash received in lieu of a fractional
share). The Holder's obligation to include in gross income the daily portions
of Original Issue Discount with respect to a LYON will terminate
prospectively on the date of conversion. The Holder's basis in the Common
Stock received on conversion of a LYON will be the same as the Holder's basis
in the LYON at the time of conversion (exclusive of any tax basis allocable
to a fractional share), and the holding period for the Common Stock received
on conversion will include the holding period of the LYON converted (assuming
each is held as a capital asset), except that the Holder's holding period for
Common Stock allocable to Accrued Original Issue Discount may commence on the
day following the date of conversion. Gain or loss upon a sale or other
disposition of the Common Stock received on conversion of a LYON will be
capital gain or loss if the Common Stock is a capital asset in the hands of
the Holder.
If the Holder elects to exercise his option to tender the LYON to the
Company on a Purchase Date and the Company issues Common Stock in
satisfaction of all or part of the Purchase Price, the exchange of the LYON
for Common Stock should qualify as a reorganization or an otherwise
nontaxable transaction for Federal income tax purposes. If the Purchase Price
is paid solely in Common Stock, neither gain nor loss would generally be
recognized by the Holder, except as described below with respect to a
fractional share. If the Purchase Price is paid in a combination of shares of
Common Stock and cash (other than cash received in lieu of a fractional
share), gain (but not loss) realized by the Holder would be recognized, but
only to the extent such gain does not exceed such cash. A Holder's tax basis
in the Common Stock received in the exchange will be the same as the Holder's
tax basis in the LYON tendered to the Company in exchange therefor (exclusive
of any tax basis allocable to a fractional share interest as described
below), decreased by the amount of cash (other than cash received in lieu of
a fractional share), if any, received in exchange and increased by the amount
of any gain recognized by the Holder on the exchange (other than gain with
respect to a fractional share). The holding period for Common Stock received
in the exchange will include the holding period for the LYON tendered to the
Company in exchange therefor (assuming each is held as a capital asset),
except that the holding period for Common Stock allocable to Accrued Original
Issue Discount may commence on the day following the Purchase Date.
Under the current advance ruling policy of the Internal Revenue Service,
cash received in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion
of a LYON or upon a put of a LYON to the Company on a Purchase Date should be
treated as a payment in exchange for such fractional share. Accordingly, if
such Common Stock is a capital asset in the hands of the Holder, the receipt
of cash in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock should generally result
in capital gain or loss, if any, measured by the difference between the cash
received for the fractional share and the Holder's basis in the fractional
share.
If the Holder elects to exercise his option to tender the LYONs to the
Company on a Purchase Date or a Change in Control Purchase Date and the
Company delivers cash in satisfaction of the pre-maturity purchase price,
such an exchange would be a taxable sale. The Holder would recognize gain or
loss upon the sale, measured by the difference between the amount of cash
transferred by the Company to the Holder in satisfaction of the Purchase
Price or the Change in Control Purchase Price and the Holder's basis in the
tendered LYON. Gain or loss recognized by the Holder would be capital gain or
loss.
If a Holder sells a LYON in the market, it will be a taxable sale with the
same results as a tender to the Company with a payment in cash.
Gain or loss upon a sale or other disposition of the Common Stock received
upon conversion of a LYON or in satisfaction of the Purchase Price of a LYON
put to the Company generally will be capital gain or loss if the Common Stock
is held as a capital asset (which gain or loss will be long-term if the
holding period for such Common Stock is more than one year).
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CONSTRUCTIVE DIVIDEND
If at any time the Company makes a distribution of property to its
shareholders that would be taxable to such shareholders as a dividend for
United States Federal income tax purposes and, in accordance with the anti-
dilution provisions of the LYONs, the conversion rate of the LYONs is
increased, such increase may be deemed to be the payment of a taxable
dividend to Holders of the LYONs. For example, an increase in the conversion
rate in the event of distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets of
the Company or an increase in the event of an Extraordinary Cash Dividend
will generally result in deemed dividend treatment to Holders of the LYONs,
but generally an increase in the event of stock dividends or the distribution
of rights to subscribe for Common Stock will not. See "Description of
LYONs--Conversion Rights."
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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK AND RELATED RIGHTS
The statements made under this caption include summaries of certain
provisions contained in the Company's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and
Shareholders Rights Plan (as amended, the "Plan"). These statements do not
purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to
such documents.
The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
$1.00 par value, of which 62,519,838 shares were outstanding as of August 3,
1996. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as
declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor.
See "Price Range of Common Stock and Dividends" for information as to
dividend policy. Holders of Common Stock have no preemptive right to purchase
additional shares. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote with
respect to matters other than the election of directors. In the election of
directors, each holder of Common Stock is entitled to as many votes as is
equal to the number of shares held multiplied by the number of directors to
be elected, and each shareholder may cast all of such votes for a single
director or may distribute them among any number of directors to be voted
for. The Bylaws of the Company provide that the Board of Directors shall
consist of not more than 12 members divided into three classes, the precise
number of members to be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
The Board is currently comprised of ten Directors. The Directors of the class
elected at each annual election hold office for a term of three years, with
the term of each class expiring at successive annual meetings of
shareholders.
On December 17, 1987, the Company adopted the Plan. Pursuant thereto, the
Board declared a dividend distribution of one Common Stock Purchase Right
("Right") for each share of the Company's Common Stock then outstanding and
authorized the issuance of one Right with respect to each share of Common
Stock to become outstanding thereafter, including the Common Stock issuable
upon the conversion of the LYONs offered hereby. Each Right ordinarily
entitles its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise
price of $55 per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain
antidilution provisions. The Rights will become exercisable only if a person
or a group acquires beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Company's
Common Stock (exclusive of holdings as of December 17, 1987) or announces a
tender offer, the consummation of which would result in ownership by a person
or a group of 30% or more of the Common Stock (exclusive of holdings as of
December 17, 1987). The Company, by action of its Board of Directors, is
entitled to redeem the Rights at $.02 per Right at any time before a person
or a group has crossed the 20% ownership threshold and, provided a majority
of the Company's independent directors approves such redemption, for 15 days
thereafter.
If the Company is involved in a merger or other business combination at
any time after the Rights become exercisable, each Right will entitle its
holder to buy a number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company
having a market value equal to twice the exercise price of each Right. In
addition, if a person or group acquires 20% or more of the Company's Common
Stock (exclusive of holdings as of December 17, 1987) or if a 20% or greater
shareholder (exclusive of shareholders as of December 17, 1987) acquires the
Company by means of a reverse merger or engages in certain self-dealing
transactions with the Company, each Right not owned by such party will
entitle its holder to purchase, at the Right's then current exercise price,
that number of shares of Common Stock having a market value at the time of
twice the exercise price of each right. The Plan authorizes the Company's
independent directors to waive or alter certain features of the Rights in
certain circumstances. The final expiration date of the Rights, even if they
never become exercisable, is December 31, 1997.
The foregoing provisions of the Bylaws and the Plan may have an effect of
delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company.
Although the Flexitrust is not intended to be an antitakeover mechanism, the
creation of the Flexitrust and the purchase of shares of Common Stock by the
Flexitrust may also have certain antitakeover effects. Because the trustee of
the Flexitrust votes the Common Stock held by it in the manner directed by
participants in certain of the Company's employee benefit plans, the transfer
of shares of Common Stock to the Flexitrust may make it more difficult for an
acquiror of Common Stock to obtain an affirmative vote for a proposed merger
without employee support. Additionally, an Interested Shareholder (as defined
in Section 2553 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as
amended (the "BCL") would find it difficult to engage in a business
combination with the Company during the five-year period after becoming an
Interested Shareholder without the support of some employees.
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The Company's Common Stock is currently listed on the New York Stock
Exchange. The transfer agent and registrar for the Company's Common Stock is
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, New York, New York.
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UNDERWRITING
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the "Underwriter") has
agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, to
purchase $ aggregate principal amount at maturity of the LYONs from the
Company. The Underwriter has advised the Company that it proposes to offer
the LYONs directly to the public at the offering price set forth on the front
cover page of this Prospectus. After the initial public offering, the
offering price may be changed. The LYONs are offered subject to receipt and
acceptance by the Underwriter and to certain other conditions, including the
right to reject orders in whole or in part.
The Company has granted the Underwriter an option to purchase up to an
additional $ aggregate principal amount at maturity of the LYONs, at the
initial public offering price less the underwriting discount solely to cover
over-allotments, if any. Such option may be exercised at any time until 30
days after the date of this Prospectus.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or to contribute to payments the Underwriter may be required to make
in respect thereof.
The Company, its directors and executive officers each have agreed,
subject to certain exceptions, not to sell or otherwise dispose of shares of
Common Stock, sell or grant rights, options or warrants with respect to
Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock prior to the
expiration of 90 days from the date of this Prospectus, without the prior
written consent of the Underwriter, except with respect to 174,500 shares of
Common Stock underlying employee stock options held by Mitchell G. Leibovitz
which expire on December 8, 1996.
The Underwriter has previously marketed (and anticipates continuing to
market) securities of issuers under the trademark "LYONs". The LYONs offered
by the Company hereby contain certain terms and provisions which are
different from such other previously marketed LYONs, the terms and provisions
of which also vary. See "Description of LYONs".
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the authorization and issuance of the LYONs offered hereby
is being passed upon for the Company by Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York,
New York, and for the Underwriter by Brown & Wood LLP, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The financial statements and the related financial statement schedules
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended February 3, 1996 have been audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report, which
is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in
reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts
in accounting and auditing.
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No dealer, salesperson or other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations not contained in this Prospectus
in connection with the offering covered by this Prospectus. If given or made,
such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Company or the Underwriter. This Prospectus does not
constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the LYONs
in any jurisdiction where, or to any person to whom, it is unlawful to make
such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any
sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication
that there has not been any change in the facts set forth in this Prospectus
or the affairs of the Company since the date hereof.
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Available Information ..................... 2
Incorporation of Certain Documents by
Reference ................................ 2
Prospectus Summary ........................ 3
Use of Proceeds ........................... 7
Capitalization ............................ 7
Price Range of Common Stock
and Dividends ............................ 8
Selected Financial Data ................... 9
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of
Operations ............................... 10
Description of LYONs ...................... 14
Certain Tax Aspects ....................... 24
Description of Common Stock and
Related Rights ........................... 27
Underwriting .............................. 29
Legal Matters ............................. 29
Experts ................................... 29
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LOGO
Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes
due 2011
(Zero Coupon -- Subordinated)
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PROSPECTUS
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Merrill Lynch & Co.
September , 1996
(TM )Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following table sets forth all expenses (other than the underwriting
discounts and commissions) in connection with the sale and distribution of
the securities being registered, which will be paid solely by the Company.
All the amounts shown are estimates, except the Commission registration fee:
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SEC Registration Fee ...................................... $ 39,656
Printing and Engraving Expenses ............................ 25,000
Legal Fees and Expenses ................................... 100,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses .............................. 20,000
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses ................................ 10,000
Trustee Fees .............................................. 10,000
Rating Agency Fees ........................................ 50,000
Miscellaneous Expenses .................................... 20,344
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sections 1741 through 1750 of Subchapter D, Chapter 17, of the BCL contain
provisions for mandatory and discretionary indemnification of a corporation's
directors, officers and other personnel, and related matters.
Under Section 1741, subject to certain limitations, a corporation has the
power to indemnify directors and officers under certain prescribed
circumstances against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with an action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than derivative actions), to which any of them is a
party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of his being a
representative of the corporation or serving at the request of the
corporation as a representative of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 1742 permits indemnification in derivative actions if the
appropriate standard of conduct is met, except in respect of any claim, issue
or matter as to which the person has been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the proper court determines
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of
all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the court deems proper.
Under Section 1743, indemnification is mandatory to the extent that the
officer or director has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense
of any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1741 or 1742.
Section 1744 provides that, unless ordered by a court, any indemnification
under Section 1741 or 1742 shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the representative
met the applicable standard of conduct and that such determination will be
made (i) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum of
directors not parties to the action or proceeding; (ii) if a quorum is not
obtainable, or if obtainable and a majority of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel; or (iii) by the shareholders.
Section 1745 provides that expenses incurred by an officer or director in
defending an action or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance
of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation.
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Section 1746 provides generally that the indemnification and advancement
of expenses provided by Subchapter 17D of the BCL (i) will not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in
his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that
office, and (ii) may not be made in any case where the act or failure to act
giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have
constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.
Section 1747 grants a corporation the power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any director or officer against any liability incurred
by him in his capacity as officer or director, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify him against that liability under Subchapter
17D of BCL.
Sections 1748 and 1749 extend the indemnification and advancement of
expenses provisions contained in Subchapter 17D of the BCL to successor
corporations in fundamental corporate changes and to representatives serving
as fiduciaries of employee benefit plans.
Section 1750 provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, Subchapter 17D of the BCL shall, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who
has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs and personal representative of such person.
Article VII of the Company's Bylaws provides in general that the Company
shall indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by
law. The Bylaws further provide that any alteration, amendment, or repeal of
the indemnification provisions, if not approved by 80% of the Board of
Directors, requires the affirmative vote of shareholders owning at least 80%
of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.
The Company maintains liability insurance on behalf of its directors and
officers.
See Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, filed as Exhibit 1 hereto,
pursuant to which the Underwriter agrees to indemnify the Company, its
directors, certain officers and controlling persons against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
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1 Form of Purchase Agreement
4.1 Form of Indenture between the Company and First Union National Bank, as Trustee, including form of LYON
4.2 Rights Agreement, dated as of December 17, 1987, between the Company and The Philadelphia National Bank,
including form of Right Certificate and Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Stock (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 17, 1987)
4.3 Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of June 6, 1989, between the Company and The Philadelphia National
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 6,
1989)
5 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher
8 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher regarding tax matters
12.1 Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 3, 1996)
12.2 Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the 26 weeks ended August 3, 1996
23.1 Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included as part of Exhibit 5 and Exhibit 8)
23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
*24 Power of Attorney
25 Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of the Trustee
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*Previously filed.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 Commission, such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that 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 counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such
indemnification by them is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: (1) for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted
from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the
registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities
Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time
it was declared effective; and (2) for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that
contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to its
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1996.
THE PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE & JACK
By: /s/ MITCHELL G. LEIBOVITZ
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Mitchell G. Leibovitz
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ MITCHELL G. LEIBOVITZ Chairman of the Board, President and Chief September 11, 1996
---------------------------- Executive Officer and Director (Principal
Mitchell G. Leibovitz Executive Officer)
/s/ MICHAEL J. HOLDEN Executive Vice President, Chief Financial September 11, 1996
---------------------------- Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial
Michael J. Holden and Accounting Officer)
* Director September 11, 1996
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Lennox K. Black
* Director September 11, 1996
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Pemberton Hutchinson
* Director September 11, 1996
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Bernard J. Korman
* Director September 11, 1996
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J. Richard Leaman, Jr.
* Director September 11, 1996
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Malcolmn D. Pryor
* Director September 11, 1996
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Lester Rosenfeld
* Director September 11, 1996
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Benjamin Strauss
* Director September 11, 1996
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Myles H. Tanenbaum
/s/ DAVID V. WACHS Director September 11, 1996
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David V. Wachs
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*By: /s/ MICHAEL J. HOLDEN
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Michael J. Holden
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
Number Description
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1 Form of Purchase Agreement
4.1 Form of Indenture between the Company and First Union National Bank, as Trustee,
including form of LYON
4.2 Rights Agreement, dated as of December 17, 1987, between the Company and The Philadelphia
National Bank, including form of Right Certificate and Summary of Rights to Purchase
Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K dated December 17, 1987)
4.3 Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of June 6, 1989, between the Company and
The Philadelphia National Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 6, 1989)
5 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher
8 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher regarding tax matters
12.1 Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
12 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 3, 1996)
12.2 Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the 26 weeks ended August 3,
1996
23.1 Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included as part of Exhibit 5 and Exhibit 8)
23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
*24 Power of Attorney
25 Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of the Trustee
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*Previously filed.
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EXHIBIT 1
Draft of 9/11/96
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THE PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE & JACK
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
$___,000,000
Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2011 (Zero Coupon - Subordinated)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated: _____________, 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PURCHASE AGREEMENT............................................................1
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties..............................3
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company...............3
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements..........3
(ii) Incorporated Documents.............................4
(iii) Independent Accountants............................4
(iv) Financial Statements...............................4
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business.............4
(vi) Good Standing of the Company.......................5
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries......................5
(viii) Capitalization.....................................5
(ix) Authorization of Agreement.........................6
(x) Authorization of the Indenture.....................6
(xi) Authorization of the Securities....................6
(xii) Description of the Securities and the Indenture....6
(xiii) Authorization and Description of Common Stock......6
(xiv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts..................7
(xv) Absence of Labor Dispute...........................7
(xvi) Absence of Proceedings.............................7
(xvii) Accuracy of Exhibits...............................8
(xviii) Possession of Intellectual Property................8
(xix) Absence of Further Requirements....................8
(xx) Possession of Licenses and Permits.................8
(xxi) Title to Property..................................9
(xxii) Compliance with Cuba Act...........................9
(xxiii) Environmental Laws.................................9
(b) Officer's Certificates.....................................10
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriter; Closing..................10
(a) Initial Securities.........................................10
(b) Option Securities..........................................10
(c) Payment....................................................10
(d) Denominations; Registration................................11
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company...................................11
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission
Requests...................................................11
(b) Filing of Amendments.......................................11
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements........................12
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(d) Delivery of Prospectuses...................................12
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws..................12
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications....................................13
(g) Rule 158...................................................13
(h) Use of Proceeds............................................13
(i) Listing....................................................13
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities..........................13
(k) Restriction on Sale of Common Stock........................13
(l) Reporting Requirements.....................................14
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses........................................14
(a) Expenses...................................................14
(b) Termination of Agreement...................................15
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriter's Obligations....................15
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement....................15
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company.............................15
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter.........................15
(d) Officers' Certificate......................................15
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter................................16
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter..................................16
(g) Maintenance of Rating......................................16
(h) Approval of Listing........................................17
(i) Lock-up Agreements.........................................17
(j) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities................17
(i) Officers' Certificate.............................17
(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company....................17
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter................17
(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter.........................17
(v) No Downgrading....................................17
(k) Additional Documents.......................................18
(l) Termination of Agreement...................................18
SECTION 6. Indemnification............................................18
(a) Indemnification of Underwriter.............................18
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers.........19
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification......................19
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse.........20
SECTION 7. Contribution...............................................20
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery...................................................21
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SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement...................................21
(a) Termination; General.......................................21
(b) Liabilities................................................22
SECTION 10. Notices....................................................22
SECTION 11. Parties....................................................22
SECTION 12. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME.....................................22
SECTION 13. Effect of Headings.........................................22
SCHEDULES
Schedule A - Securities to be Sold to Underwriter..............Sch A-1
Schedule B - Pricing Information...............................Sch B-1
Schedule C - List of Subsidiaries..............................Sch C-1
Schedule D - List of Persons subject to Lock-up................Sch D-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Opinion of Company's Counsel...................A-1
Exhibit B - Form of Lock-up Letter.................................B-1
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THE PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE & JACK
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
$___,000,000
Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2011 (Zero Coupon - Subordinated)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
September __, 1996
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
North Tower
World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281-1209
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack, a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Company"), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the "Underwriter"), with respect to the
issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriter, of
$___,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's Liquid Yield Option(TM)
Notes due 2011 (Zero Coupon - Subordinated) (the "LYONs"), and with respect to
the grant by the Company to the Underwriter of the option described in Section
2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of an additional __,000,000 principal
amount of LYONs to cover over-allotments, if any. The aforesaid $___,000,000
principal amount of LYONs (the "Initial Securities") to be purchased by the
Underwriter and all or any part of the __,000,000 principal amount of LYONs
subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the "Option Securities")
are hereinafter called, collectively, the "Securities". The Securities are to be
issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of September __, 1996 (the "Indenture")
between the Company and First Union Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Securities are convertible at any time on or prior to maturity,
unless previously redeemed or otherwise purchased, into shares of common stock,
par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock") in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, at the initial conversion
rate of _________ shares per LYON.
The Company understands that the Underwriter proposes to make a public
offering of the Securities as soon as the Underwriter deems advisable after this
Agreement has been
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executed and delivered and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act").
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-00985) covering the
registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses.
Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will either
(i) prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A
("Rule 430A") of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act
(the "1933 Act Regulations") and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("Rule 424(b)") of
the 1933 Act Regulations or (ii) if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule
434 ("Rule 434") of the 1933 Act Regulations, prepare and file a term sheet (a
"Term Sheet") in accordance with the provisions of Rule 434 and Rule 424(b). The
information included in such prospectus or in such Term Sheet, as the case may
be, that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became
effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the
time it became effective (a) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A is referred
to as "Rule 430A Information" or (b) pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rule 434 is
referred to as "Rule 434 Information." Each prospectus used before such
registration statement became effective, and any prospectus that omitted, as
applicable, the Rule 430A Information or the Rule 434 Information, that was used
after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, is herein called a "preliminary prospectus." Such registration
statement, including the exhibits thereto, schedules thereto, if any, and the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the 1933 Act, at the time it became effective and including the Rule 430A
Information and the Rule 434 Information, as applicable, is herein called the
"Registration Statement." Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the "Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement," and after such filing the term "Registration Statement"
shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus,
including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of
Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, in the form first furnished to the Underwriter for
use in connection with the offering of the Securities is herein called the
"Prospectus." If Rule 434 is relied on, the term "Prospectus" shall refer to the
preliminary prospectus dated September __, 1996 together with the Term Sheet and
all references in this Agreement to the date of the Prospectus shall mean the
date of the Term Sheet. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any Term
Sheet or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to
include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("EDGAR").
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information which is "contained," "included" or "stated" in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other
references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus shall
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be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") which is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the
case may be.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the
Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery
(if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with the Underwriter, as
follows:
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company
meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of
the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and
any request on the part of the Commission for additional information
has been complied with.
At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto
became effective and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option Securities
are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), the Registration Statement,
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments and
supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and
the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
1939 Act (the "1939 Act Regulations"), and did not and will not 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. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or
supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time (and, if any Option
Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery), included or will
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. If Rule 434 is used, the Company will comply with the
requirements of Rule 434. The representations and warranties in this
subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus and the prospectus filed as part
of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any
amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act
Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the
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Prospectus delivered to the Underwriter for use in connection with this
offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof
filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent
permitted by Regulation S-T.
(ii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with
the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with
the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read
together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective, at the time the Prospectus was
issued and at the Closing Time (and if any Option Securities are
purchased, at the Date of Delivery), did not and will not 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.
(iii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified
the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required
by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(iv) Financial Statements. The financial statements included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the
related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated
and the statement of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods
specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting
schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present
fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated
therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial
information included in the Prospectus present fairly the information
shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of
the audited financial statements included in the Registration
Statement.
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A)
there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial
or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business
(a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B) there have been no transactions
entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than
those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the
Common Stock in amounts per share
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that are consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any
class of its capital stock.
(vi) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and has corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into
and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in
good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or
the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to
be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each "significant
subsidiary" of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X) and ________, ________ and ________ (each a
"Subsidiary" and, collectively, the "Subsidiaries") has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required,
whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in
good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is
owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear
of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any
Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights
of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the
Company are (a) the subsidiaries listed on Schedule C hereto and (b)
certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a
single Subsidiary, do not constitute a "significant subsidiary" as
defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
(viii) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus in the
column entitled "Actual" under the caption "Capitalization" (except for
subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to
reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the
Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or
options referred to in the Prospectus). The shares of issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in
violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any
securityholder of the Company.
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(ix) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(x) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been
duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act
and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee,
will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as
the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent
transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement
thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(xi) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities have been
duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed
by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the
manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of
the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent
transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement
thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),
and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits
of, the Indenture.
(xii) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The
Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to
the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus
and will be in substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated
by reference, as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration
Statement.
(xiii) Authorization and Description of Common Stock. The
Common Stock conforms to all statements relating thereto contained or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and such description
conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same.
Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this
Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the
option of the holder thereof for shares of Common Stock in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture; the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly
authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all
necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such
conversion, will be validly issued and will be fully paid and
non-assessable; no holder of such shares will be subject to personal
liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of such
shares upon such conversion will not be subject to the preemptive or
other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
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(xiv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws
or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject
(collectively, "Agreements and Instruments") except for such defaults
that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the
Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of
the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of
Proceeds" and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Securities) and compliance by the Company with its
obligations hereunder and under the Indenture and the Securities have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and
will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of
time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or
Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and
Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens,
charges or encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions
of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary or any
applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic
or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or
any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a
"Repayment Event" means any event or condition which gives the holder
of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person
acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the
Company or any subsidiary.
(xv) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the
employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any
existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its
or any subsidiary's principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or
contractors, which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvi) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the
Company or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein), or which
might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or
which might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
the properties or assets
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thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental
proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of
which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which
are not described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary
routine litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvii) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or
documents which are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference
therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so
described and filed as required.
(xviii) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and
its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms,
adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other
intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary
to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise
aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others
with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or
circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or
inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the
subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity
or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xix) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or
sale of the Securities hereunder, the issuance of shares of Common
Stock upon conversion of Securities or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or for the due execution,
delivery or performance of the Indenture by the Company, except such as
have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or
the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws and except for the
qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act.
(xx) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its
subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and
other authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by
the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or
bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure
so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full
force and effect, except when the
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invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such
Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a
Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxi) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have
good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and
its subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them,
in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security
interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such
as (a) are described in the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the
aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and
subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries holds properties described in the Prospectus, are in full
force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any
notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by
anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any
of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning
the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued
possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or
sublease.
(xxii) Compliance with Cuba Act. The Company has complied
with, and is and will be in compliance with, the provisions of that
certain Florida act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba,
codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Cuba Act") or is exempt
therefrom.
(xxiii) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the
Registration Statement and except as would not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state,
local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code,
policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative
interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order,
consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of
human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or
wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating
to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum
or petroleum products (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively,
"Environmental Laws"), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all
permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements,
(C) there are no pending or threatened
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administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand
letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against
the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or
circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an
order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by
any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting
the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials
or any Environmental Laws.
(b) Officer's Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Underwriter or to
counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company to the Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriter; Closing.
(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees
to purchase from the Company, at the price set forth in Schedule B, the
aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A
opposite the name of the Underwriter.
(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations
and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein
set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriter to purchase up
to an additional __,000,000 principal amount of Securities at the same price per
share set forth in Schedule B for the Initial Securities, plus accrued interest,
if any, from the Closing Date to the date of Delivery (as defined below). The
option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be
exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering
over-allotments which may be made in connection with the offering and
distribution of the Initial Securities upon notice by the Underwriter to the
Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the
Underwriter is then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and
delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a "Date
of Delivery") shall be determined by the Underwriter, but shall not be later
than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any
event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is
exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, the Underwriter
will purchase that number of Option Securities.
(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Brown &
Wood LLP, One World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048, or at such other
place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, at 9:00 A.M.
(Eastern time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M.
(Eastern time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof, or such
other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed
upon by the Underwriter and the Company (such time and date of payment and
delivery being herein called "Closing Time").
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In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are
purchased by the Underwriter, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned
offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and
the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the
Underwriter to the Company.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to
the Underwriter of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them.
(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial
Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations
($1,000 or integral multiples thereof) and registered in such names as the
Underwriter may request in writing at least one full business day before the
Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. The
certificates, which may be in temporary form, for the Initial Securities and the
Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging
by the Underwriter in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern
time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of
Delivery, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the
Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission
Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the
requirements of Rule 430A or Rule 434, as applicable, and will notify
the Underwriter immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i)
when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall
become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments
from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect
the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such steps
as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of
prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for
filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will
promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order
is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible
moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the
Underwriter notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to
the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)),
any Term Sheet or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the
prospectus included in the Registration Statement
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at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant
to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the
Underwriter with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of
time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will
not file or use any such document to which the Underwriter or counsel
for the Underwriter shall object.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has
furnished or will deliver to the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter, without charge, signed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including
exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts,
and will also deliver to the Underwriter, without charge, a conformed
copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto (without exhibits) for the Underwriter. The copies of
the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the
Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the
extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to the
Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus as the Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company
hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the
1933 Act. The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, without charge,
during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under
the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to
the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to
the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company
will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934
Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act
Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the
Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If
at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be
delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter or for the Company, to amend
the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or
if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such
time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or
the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file
with the
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Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as
may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements,
and the Company will furnish to the Underwriter such number of copies
of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriter may reasonably
request.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best
efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriter, to qualify the Securities
and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Securities
for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such
states and other jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate and to
maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than
one year from the later of the effective date of the Registration
Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general
consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or
as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so
qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business
in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each
jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the
Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the
laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for
a period of not less than one year from the effective date of the
Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The
Company will also supply the Underwriter with such information as is
necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may
request.
(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports
pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally
available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings
statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated
by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds
received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified
in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds".
(i) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect
the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 90
days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the
prior written consent of the Underwriter, directly or indirectly,
issue, sell, offer or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale
of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any debt securities of the
Company.
(k) Restriction on Sale of Common Stock. During a period of 90
days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the
prior written consent of the Underwriter, (i) directly or indirectly,
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any
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option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose
of any share of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration
statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or
(ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that
transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic
consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or
transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by
delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities
to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the
Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of
a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the
Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to
purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit
plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus or (D) any shares of
Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or
dividend reinvestment plan.
(l) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period
when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or
the 1934 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by
the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses. (a) Expenses. The Company will pay all
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement,
including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement
(including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the
Underwriter of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriter, the Indenture
and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering,
purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities or the issuance or
delivery of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, (iii) the
preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the
Underwriter and the certificates for the Common Stock issuable upon conversion
thereof, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants
and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities and the Common Stock
under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof,
including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriter in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation
of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and
delivery to the Underwriter of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Term
Sheets and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii)
the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of the Blue
Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of the
Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in
connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (ix) the fees and expenses of
any transfer agent or registrar for the Common Stock, (x) any fees payable in
connection with the rating of the Securities, and (xi) the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock
Exchange.
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(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Underwriter in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i)
hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for all of their
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriter.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriter's Obligations. The obligations of
the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of
any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant
to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and
other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become
effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued
under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by
the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for
additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriter. A prospectus containing the
Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) (or a post-effective amendment providing
such information shall have been filed and declared effective in
accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A) or, if the Company has
elected to rely upon Rule 434, a Term Sheet shall have been filed with
the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b).
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, the
Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of
Closing Time, of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, counsel for the Company, in
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for in form and substance
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for the Underwriter to the effect set
forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the
Underwriter may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter. At Closing Time, the
Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of
Closing Time, of Brown & Wood LLP, counsel for the Underwriter with
respect to the matters set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (vi) through
(ix), inclusive, (x) (solely as to preemptive or other similar rights
arising by operation of law or under the charter or by-laws of the
Company), (xi) through (xiv), inclusive, (xvii), (xix) (solely as to
the information in the Prospectus under "Description of Capital Stock
-- Common Stock") and the penultimate paragraph of Exhibit A hereto. In
giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed
by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New
York and the federal law of the United States, upon the opinions of
counsel satisfactory to the Underwriter. Such counsel may also state
that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have
relied, to the extent they deem
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proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its
subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) Officers' Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not
have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in
the ordinary course of business, and the Underwriter shall have
received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the
Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the
Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has
been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and
warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same
force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time,
(iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated by the
Commission.
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution
of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from Deloitte &
Touche LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Underwriter containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters
with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the
Underwriter shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter,
dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the
statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of
this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a
date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.
(g) Maintenance of Rating. At Closing Time, the Securities
shall be rated at least ___ by Moody's Investor's Service Inc. and ___
by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.,
and the Company shall have delivered to the Underwriter a letter dated
the Closing Time, from each such rating agency, or other evidence
satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that the Securities have
such ratings; and since the date of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred a downgrading in the rating assigned to the Securities or
any of the Company's other debt securities by any "nationally
recognized statistical rating agency", as that term is defined by the
Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the 1933 Act, and no
such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review its rating of the Securities or any of the
Company's other debt securities.
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(h) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Securities shall
have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject
only to official notice of issuance.
(i) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the
Underwriter shall have received an agreement substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule D hereto.
(j) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event
that the Underwriter exercises its option provided in Section 2(b)
hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the
statements in any certificates furnished by the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company hereunder shall be true and correct as of
each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the
Underwriter shall have received:
(i) Officers' Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of
Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company
and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the
Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the
Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof remains true and
correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. The favorable opinion of
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, counsel for the Company, in form and
substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, dated
such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be
purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same
effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter. The favorable
opinion of Brown & Wood LLP, counsel for the Underwriter,
dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities
to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the
same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.
(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Deloitte &
Touche LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in
the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the
Underwriter pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, except that the
"specified date" in the letter furnished pursuant to this
paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior to
such Date of Delivery.
(v) No Downgrading. Subsequent to the date of this Agreement,
no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the
Securities or of any of the Company's other securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as
that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the 1933 Act, and no such organization shall
have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or
review its ratings of any of the Company's securities.
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(k) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of
Delivery, counsel for the Underwriter shall have been furnished with
such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as
herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the
conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein
contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the
Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter.
(l) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in
this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be
fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the
purchase of Option Securities, on a Date of Delivery which is after the
Closing Time, the obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the
relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Underwriter by
notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such
Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such
termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) (1) Indemnification of Underwriter. The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, 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 included in any preliminary prospectus or
the 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;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided
that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected
with the written consent of the Company; and
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(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the
Underwriter), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by
any 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 (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if
applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto).
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. The Underwriter
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its
officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section
20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section,
as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434
Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for
use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall
give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of
any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought
hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Underwriter, and, in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the
indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may
participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided,
however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the
consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In
no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more
than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own
counsel for all indemnified 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.
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No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by
any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought
under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties
are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or
consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and
(ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or
a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by
Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of
the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being
entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section
6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriter on the other hand from the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the
other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriter, in each case as
set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, or, if Rule 434 is used, the
corresponding location on the Term Sheet, bear to the aggregate initial public
offering price of the Securities as set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriter
on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any such untrue or
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alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the
Underwriter and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriter were treated as one entity for such purpose)
or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate
amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an
indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriter.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Underwriter may terminate this Agreement,
by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there
has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective
dates as of which information
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is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has
occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United
States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or
escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development
involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial
or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it,
in the judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable to market the Securities or to
enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any
securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the
Commission or the New York Stock Exchange if trading generally on the American
Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq National Market
has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for
trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any
of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental authority, or
(iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York
authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections
1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 10. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriter shall be directed to the Underwriter at North Tower, World Financial
Center, New York, New York 10281-1201, attention of ________________; and
notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 3111 West Allegheny Avenue,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132, attention of ________________.
SECTION 11. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Underwriter and the Company and their respective
successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the
Underwriter and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling
persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their
heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This
Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriter and the Company and their
respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors
and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other
person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from the Underwriter
shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
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SECTION 12. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED
TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 13. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein
and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriter and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
THE PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE
& JACK
By
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Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
By
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Authorized Signatory
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SCHEDULE A
SECURITIES TO BE SOLD TO UNDERWRITER
Principal
Amount of
Name of Underwriter Securities
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated........................................
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SCHEDULE B
THE PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE & JACK
$__,000,000 Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2011 (Zero Coupon - Subordinated)
1. The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be __% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of
issuance.
2. The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriter for the Initial
Securities shall be __% of the principal amount thereof.
3. The interest rate on the Securities shall be __% per annum.
4. The Securities shall be convertible into shares of common stock, par
value $1.00 per share, of the Company at an initial conversion price of $____
per share (equivalent to a conversion rate of ____ shares per $1,000 principal
amount of Securities).
5. The LYONs will not be redeemable by the Company prior to
___________, 2001. On and after such date, the LYONs are redeemable for cash at
any time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at Redemption Prices
equal to the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount to the date of
redemption.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Unless otherwise instructed by Merrill Lynch, the
purchase price to be paid by the Underwriter for the Initial Securities should
not include accrued interest. By contrast, because debt securities may be resold
by the Underwriter from time to time after the closing date, the price to public
should include accrued interest from the closing date.
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SCHEDULE C
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack of California
The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack of Delaware, Inc.
The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Colchester Insurance Company
PBY Corporation
MMJ Corporation
Carrus Supply Corporation
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SCHEDULE D
LIST OF PERSONS AND ENTITIES
SUBJECT TO LOCK-UP
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Exhibit A
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY'S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or
to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled "Actual" under
the caption "Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee
benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of
convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus); the shares of
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of
the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(v) Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether
by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and
non-assessable and, to the best of our knowledge, is owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; none of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the
preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.
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(vi) The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(vii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the Trustee) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without
limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(viii) The Securities are in the form contemplated by the Indenture,
have been duly authorized by the Company and, assuming that the Securities have
been duly authenticated by the Trustee in the manner described in its
certificate delivered to you today (which fact such counsel need not determine
by an inspection of the Securities), the Securities have been duly executed,
issued and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
(ix) Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with
the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities shall be convertible at
the option of the holder thereof for shares of Common Stock in accordance with
the terms of the Securities and the Indenture; the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and
reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action;
such shares, when issued upon such conversion, will be validly issued and will
be fully paid and non-assessable and no holder of such Common Stock is or will
be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.
(x) The issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the
Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any
securityholder of the Company.
(xi) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act.
(xii) The Securities and the Indenture conform as to legal matters in
all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(xiii) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any
required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and, to the best of
our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the
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1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
pending or threatened by the Commission.
(xiv) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information,
as applicable, the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference
therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of
their respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements
and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, and the
Trustee's Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 (the "Form T-1"), as to which we
need express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(xv) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other
than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or
omitted therefrom, as to which we need express no opinion), when they were filed
with the Commission complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(xvi) The form of certificate used to evidence the Common Stock
complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements,
with any applicable requirements of the charter and by-laws of the Company and
the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.
(xvii) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or threatened
any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to which the Company or
any subsidiary is a party, or to which the property of the Company or any
subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or
body, domestic or foreign, which might reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement or the performance by the
Company of its obligations thereunder.
(xviii) The information in the Prospectus under "Description of LYONs
Securities", "Description of Common Stock", "Certain Federal Income Tax
Considerations" and in the Registration Statement under Item 15, to the extent
that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the Company's
charter and bylaws or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been reviewed
by us and is correct in all material respects; and the opinion of such firm set
forth under "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations" is confirmed.
(xix) To the best of our knowledge, there are no statutes or
regulations that are required to be described in the Prospectus that are not
described as required.
(xx) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of contracts and
other documents to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are
accurate in all material respects; to the best of our knowledge, there are no
franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan
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agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or
referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto
other than those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by
reference as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof or references
thereto are correct in all material respects.
(xxi) To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company nor any
subsidiary is in violation of its charter or by-laws and no default by the
Company or any subsidiary exists in the due performance or observance of any
material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
(xxii) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license,
order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations, which have been obtained, or as may be required under the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states and except for the
qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act, as to which we need express
no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement or the due execution, delivery
or performance of the Indenture by the Company or for the offering, issuance,
sale or delivery of the Securities and the issuance of shares of Common Stock
upon conversion of Securities.
(xxiii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase
Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement and in the Registration
Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the
proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under
the caption "Use Of Proceeds" and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Securities) and compliance by the Company with
its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities
do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment
Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(xiv) of the Purchase Agreement) under or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any
other agreement or instrument, known to us, to which the Company or any
subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which
any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject
(except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or
encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any subsidiary, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any government, government
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or
operations.
Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, including the Rule 430A
Information and Rule 434
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Information (if applicable), (except for financial statements and schedules and
other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted
therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which we need make no statement), at the time
such Registration Statement or any such amendment became effective, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for
financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or
incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to
which we need make no statement), at the time the Prospectus was issued, at the
time any such amended or supplemented prospectus was issued or at the Closing
Time, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely [Delete clause (A)
unless a local counsel opinion will be required -- (A) as to matters involving
the application of the laws of _____________, upon the opinion of _________,
special counsel to the Company (which opinion shall be dated and furnished to
the Underwriter at the Closing Time, shall be satisfactory in form and substance
to counsel for the Underwriter and shall expressly state that the Underwriter
may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them), provided that Willkie
Farr & Gallagher shall state in their opinion that they believe that they and
the Underwriter is justified in relying upon such opinion, and (B)], as to
matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem
proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public
officials. Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified
by, or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other
document relating to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal
Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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[Form of lock-up pursuant to Section 5(i)]
Exhibit B
______________, 1996
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated,
North Tower
World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281-1209
Re: Proposed Public Offering by The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned, a stockholder [and an officer and/or director] of The
Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"),
understands that Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") proposes to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the
"Purchase Agreement") with the Company providing for the public offering of
$___,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's Liquid Yield Option(TM)
Notes due 2011 (Zero Coupon - Subordinated) (the "Securities"). In recognition
of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a
stockholder [and an officer and/or director] of the Company, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with the underwriter to be named in the
Purchase Agreement that, during a period of __________ days from the date of the
Purchase Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent
of Merrill Lynch, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to
sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract
to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise
dispose of or transfer any shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $1.00
per share (the "Common Stock"), or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or
hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or file any registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the
foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction
that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic
consequence of
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ownership of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery
of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.
Very truly yours,
Signature:
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Print Name:
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ANNEX A
FORM OF ACCOUNTANTS' COMFORT LETTER PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(E)
We are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the
meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published 1933 Act Regulations;
(i) in our opinion, the audited financial statements and the related
financial statement schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933
Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) on the basis of procedures (but not an examination in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards) consisting of a reading of the
unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for the
three-month periods ended May 4, 1996 and August 3, 1996, the three and
six month periods ended August 3, 1996, included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (collectively,
the "10-Q Financials"), a reading of the unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements of the Company for the 26-week periods ended August
3, 1996 and July 29, 1995, included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (the "26-week financials"), a reading of the latest available
unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company, a
reading of the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and directors
of the Company and its subsidiaries and the [Audit and Compensation]
Committees of the Company's Board of Directors and any subsidiary
committees since August 3, 1996, inquiries of certain officials of the
Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting
matters, a review of interim financial information in accordance with
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial
Information ("SAS 71"), with respect to the [relevant periods] and such
other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing
came to our attention that caused us to believe that:
(A) the 10-Q Financials incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations applicable to unaudited
financial statements included in Form 10-Q or any material
modifications should be made to the 10-Q Financials incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus for them to
be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) the 26-week financials included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations applicable to unaudited interim financial
statements included in registration statements or any material
modifications should be made to the 26-week financials included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus for them to be in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles;
(C) at , 1996 and at September , 1996, there was any
change in the of the Company and its subsidiaries or any
decrease in the of the Company and its subsidiaries or any
increase in the of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each
case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet
included in the Registration Statement, except in each case for
changes, decreases or increases that the Registration Statement
discloses have occurred or may occur; or
(D) [for the period from , 19 to , 19 and ]
for the period from , 19 to September , 1996, there was
any decrease in , or , in each case as
compared with the comparable period in the preceding year, except in
each case for any decreases that the Registration Statement discloses
have occurred or may occur;
(iii) based upon the procedures set forth in clause (ii) above and a
reading of the [Selected Financial Data] included in the Registration
Statement [and a reading of the financial statements from which such data
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were derived], nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe
that the [Selected Financial Data] included in the Registration Statement
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the disclosure
requirements of Item 301 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act [, that the
amounts included in the [Selected Financial Data] are not in agreement
with the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial
statements for the respective periods or that the financial statements not
included in the Registration Statement from which certain of such data
were derived are not in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles];
(iv) we have compared the information in the Registration Statement
under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K
of the 1933 Act and on the basis of limited procedures specified herein.
nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that this
information does not comply as to form in all material respects with the
disclosure requirements of Items 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of
Regulation S-K;
(v) based upon the procedures set forth in clause (ii) above, a reading
of the unaudited financial statements of the Company for [the most recent
period] that have not been included in the Registration Statement and a
review of such financial statements in accordance with SAS 71, nothing
came to our attention that caused us to believe that the unaudited amounts
for for the [most recent period] do not agree with the
amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated financial statements for
those periods or that such unaudited amounts were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in
the audited consolidated financial statements;
(vi) in addition to the procedures referred to in clause (ii) above, we
have performed other procedures, not constituting an audit, with respect
to certain amounts, percentages, numerical data and financial information
appearing in the Registration Statement, which are specified herein, and
have compared certain of such items with, and have found such items to be
in agreement with, the accounting and financial records of the Company.
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THE PEP BOYS -- MANNY, MOE & JACK
(a Pennsylvania corporation)
Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2011
(Zero Coupon -- Subordinated)
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INDENTURE
Dated as of , 1996
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Trustee
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(TM)Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be part of the Indenture.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions............................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions....................................................................... 5
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act....................................................................... 6
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction................................................................... 6
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating......................................................................... 8
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication............................................................ 8
SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion
Agent............................................................................... 9
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money and Securities
in Trust............................................................................ 9
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists.................................................................... 10
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange................................................................... 10
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities.................................................................. 11
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities; Determinations
of Holders' Action.................................................................. 12
SECTION 2.09. Temporary Securities.................................................................... 13
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation............................................................................ 13
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES
SECTION 3.01. Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee..................................................... 15
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.................................................. 15
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.................................................................... 16
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.......................................................... 17
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price............................................................. 17
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part............................................................. 17
SECTION 3.07. Conversion Arrangement on Call
for Redemption...................................................................... 17
SECTION 3.08. Purchase of Securities at the Option
of the Holder....................................................................... 18
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SECTION 3.09. Purchase of Securities at Option of
the Holder Upon Change in Control................................................... 26
SECTION 3.10. Effect of Purchase Notice or Change
in Control Purchase Notice.......................................................... 29
SECTION 3.11. Deposit of Purchase Price or Change
in Control Purchase Price........................................................... 31
SECTION 3.12. Securities Purchased in Part............................................................ 31
SECTION 3.13. Covenant to Comply With Securities
Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.................................................... 31
SECTION 3.14. Repayment to the Company................................................................ 31
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities................................................................... 33
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports............................................................................. 33
SECTION 4.03. Compliance Certificate; Notice of
Defaults............................................................................ 33
SECTION 4.04. Further Instruments and Acts............................................................ 34
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Office or Agency......................................................... 34
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets............................................... 36
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default....................................................................... 38
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration............................................................................ 40
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.......................................................................... 40
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults................................................................. 41
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority..................................................................... 41
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits..................................................................... 41
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.................................................... 42
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.............................................................. 42
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................................................ 42
SECTION 6.10. Priorities.............................................................................. 43
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs................................................................... 44
SECTION 6.12. Notice of Defaults...................................................................... 44
SECTION 6.13. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws................................................. 44
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Rights of Trustee....................................................................... 46
SECTION 7.02. Individual Rights of Trustee............................................................ 46
SECTION 7.03. Trustee's Disclaimer.................................................................... 46
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SECTION 7.04. Notice of Defaults...................................................................... 47
SECTION 7.05. Reports by Trustee to Holders........................................................... 47
SECTION 7.06. Compensation and Indemnity.............................................................. 47
SECTION 7.07. Replacement of Trustee.................................................................. 48
SECTION 7.08. Successor Trustee by Merger............................................................. 49
SECTION 7.09. Eligibility; Disqualification........................................................... 49
SECTION 7.10. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company..................................................................... 49
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities.................................................... 50
SECTION 8.02. Repayment to the Company................................................................ 50
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.............................................................. 51
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders................................................................. 51
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act..................................................... 53
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents,
Waivers and Actions................................................................. 53
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities................................................... 53
SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures................................................. 53
SECTION 9.07. Effect of Supplemental Indentures....................................................... 54
ARTICLE 10
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01. Securities Subordinate to Senior
Indebtedness....................................................................... 55
SECTION 10.02. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon
Dissolution, Etc................................................................... 55
SECTION 10.03. Acceleration of Securities............................................................. 56
SECTION 10.04. Default on Senior Indebtedness......................................................... 57
SECTION 10.05. Payment Permitted If No Default........................................................ 58
SECTION 10.06. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of
Senior Indebtedness................................................................ 59
SECTION 10.07. Provisions Solely to Define Relative
Rights............................................................................. 59
SECTION 10.08. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.................................................... 60
SECTION 10.09. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.................................................. 60
SECTION 10.10. Notice to Trustee...................................................................... 60
SECTION 10.11. Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent................................................... 61
SECTION 10.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Indebtedness................................................................ 62
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SECTION 10.13. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior
Indebtedness; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights................................................................... 62
SECTION 10.14. Article 10 Applicable to Paying Agents................................................. 62
ARTICLE 11
CONVERSION
SECTION 11.01. Conversion Privilege................................................................... 63
SECTION 11.02. Conversion Procedure................................................................... 64
SECTION 11.03. Fractional Shares...................................................................... 65
SECTION 11.04. Taxes on Conversion.................................................................... 65
SECTION 11.05. Company to Provide Stock............................................................... 66
SECTION 11.06. Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock................................................. 66
SECTION 11.07. Adjustment for Rights Issue............................................................ 67
SECTION 11.08. Adjustment for Other Distributions..................................................... 68
SECTION 11.09. When Adjustment May Be Deferred........................................................ 71
SECTION 11.10. When No Adjustment Required............................................................ 71
SECTION 11.11. Notice of Adjustment................................................................... 71
SECTION 11.12. Voluntary Increase..................................................................... 72
SECTION 11.13. Notice of Certain Transactions......................................................... 72
SECTION 11.14. Reorganization of Company; Special
Distributions...................................................................... 73
SECTION 11.15. Company Determination Final............................................................ 74
SECTION 11.16. Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer........................................................ 74
SECTION 11.17. Simultaneous Adjustments............................................................... 74
SECTION 11.18. Successive Adjustments................................................................. 74
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls........................................................... 75
SECTION 12.02. Notices................................................................................ 75
SECTION 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other
Holders............................................................................ 76
SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent............................................................... 76
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate
or Opinion......................................................................... 76
SECTION 12.06. Separability Clause.................................................................... 76
SECTION 12.07. Rules By Trustee, Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent and Registrar..................................................... 77
SECTION 12.08. Legal Holiday.......................................................................... 77
SECTION 12.09. GOVERNING LAW.......................................................................... 77
SECTION 12.10. No Recourse Against Others............................................................. 77
SECTION 12.11. Successors............................................................................. 77
SECTION 12.12. Multiple Originals..................................................................... 77
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT A
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
TIA Indenture
Section Section
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310(a)(1) ............................................ 7.09
(a)(2) ............................................ 7.09
(a)(3) ............................................ N.A.
(a)(4) ............................................ N.A.
(b) ............................................ 7.07; 7.09
(c) ............................................ N.A.
311(a) ............................................ 7.10
(b) ............................................ 7.10
(c) ............................................ N.A.
312(a) ............................................ 2.05
(b) ............................................ 12.03
(c) ............................................ 12.03
313(a) ............................................ 7.05
(b) ............................................ 7.05
(c) ............................................ 12.02
(d) ............................................ 7.05
314(a) ............................................ 4.02; 12.02
(b) ............................................ N.A.
(c)(1) ............................................ 12.04
(c)(2) ............................................ 12.04
(c)(3) ............................................ N.A.
(d) ............................................ N.A.
(e) ............................................ 12.05
(f) ............................................ 4.04
315(a) ............................................ 7.01
(b) ............................................ 7.04; 12.02
(e) ............................................ 6.11
316(a)(last sentence) ................................ 2.08
(a)(1)(A) ........................................ 6.05
(a)(1)(B) ........................................ 6.04
(a)(2) ............................................ N.A.
(b) ............................................ 6.07
317(a)(1) ............................................ 6.08
(a)(2) ............................................ 6.09
(b) ............................................ 2.04
318(a) ............................................ 12.01
N.A. means Not Applicable.
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* Note: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be
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INDENTURE, dated as of , 1996, between THE PEP BOYS -- MANNY, MOE &
JACK, a Pennsylvania corporation ("Company"), and , a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's Liquid Yield
Option(TM) Notes due 2011 (Zero Coupon -- Subordinated) (the "Securities"):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control", when used with respect to any specified person, means the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Board of Directors" or "Board" means, with respect to any matter,
either the board of directors of the Company or any committee of such board duly
authorized, with respect to such matter, to exercise the powers of such board.
"Business Day" means each day of the year on which banking institutions
in The City of New York are not required or authorized to close.
"Capital Stock" for any corporation means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) capital stock issued by that
corporation.
"Cash" or "cash" means such coin or currency of The United States of
America as at any time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of
the Company as it exists on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of
capital stock of the Company into which such common stock shall be reclassified
or changed.
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"Company" means the party named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such successor. The
foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any subsequent such successor or
successors.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by either of its Chairman or Vice Chairman of
the Board, its President or any Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to
the Trustee.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means, at any date, any Subsidiary the
accounts of which are consolidated with those of the Company as of such date for
public financial reporting purposes.
"Default" means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a Security is
registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Issue Date" of any Security means the date on which the Security was
originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the Security.
"Issue Price" of any Security means, in connection with the original
issuance of such Security, the initial issue price at which the Security is sold
as set forth on the face of the Security.
"Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, deed of trust, security
interest or other similar encumbrance.
"NASDAQ" means the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System.
"Officer" means either Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant
Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a written certificate containing the
information specified in Sections 12.04 and 12.05, signed in the name of the
Company by either its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a
Vice President, and by
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its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion containing the information
specified in Sections 12.04 and 12.05, if applicable, rendered by legal counsel
who may be (i) an employee of, or counsel to, the Company or (ii) other counsel
designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount" of any Security means the difference between
the Issue Price and the Principal Amount of the Security as set forth on the
face of the Security.
"Permitted Junior Securities" - means Securities of the Company or any
other corporation that are equity securities or are subordinated in right of
payment to all Senior Indebtedness that may at the time be outstanding to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities
are so subordinated as provided in Article 10.
"person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Principal" or "Principal Amount" of a Security means the principal
amount due at the Stated Maturity of the Security as set forth on the face of
the Security.
"Redemption Date" or "redemption date" shall mean the date specified
for redemption of any of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Securities and this Indenture.
"Redemption Price" or "redemption price" shall have the meaning set
forth in paragraph 5 of the Securities.
"Sale Price" of a single share of Common Stock on any date means the
closing per share sale price (or if no closing sale price is reported, the
average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case the
average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported
in composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a
United States national or regional stock exchange, as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Securities" means any of the Company's Liquid Yield OptionTM Notes due
2011 (Zero Coupon -- Subordinated), as amended or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms
hereof, issued under this Indenture.
"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a person in whose name a Security is
registered on the Registrar's books.
"Senior Indebtedness" means, without duplication, the principal of (and
premium, if any) and unpaid interest on all present and future (i) indebtedness
of the Company for borrowed money, (ii) obligations of the Company evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) indebtedness incurred,
assumed or guaranteed by the Company in connection with the acquisition by it or
a Subsidiary of any business, properties or assets (except purchase-money
indebtedness classified as accounts payable under generally accepted accounting
principles), (iv) obligations of the Company as lessee under leases required to
be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted
accounting principles, (v) reimbursement obligations of the Company in respect
of letters of credit relating to indebtedness or other obligations of the
Company that qualify as indebtedness or obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv) above, and (vi) obligations of the Company under direct
or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise)
to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss
in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (i) through (v) above, in each case unless in the instrument creating or
evidencing the indebtedness or obligation or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding it is provided that such indebtedness or obligation is not superior
in right of payment to the Securities.
"Senior Indebtedness Default" means the happening of an event of
default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, as defined therein or in the
instrument under which the same is outstanding which, if occurring prior to the
stated maturity of such Senior Indebtedness, permits any holder thereof
thereupon to accelerate the maturity thereof.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the Principal of such
Security is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means (i) a corporation, a majority of whose Capital
Stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is, at
the date of determination, directly or indirectly owned by the Company, by one
or more Subsidiaries of the Company or by the Company and one or more
Subsidiaries of the
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Company, (ii) a partnership in which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company
holds a majority interest in the equity capital or profits of such partnership,
or (iii) any other person (other than a corporation) in which the Company, a
Subsidiary of the Company or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the
Company, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (x) at least
a majority ownership interest or (y) the power to elect or direct the election
of a majority of the directors or other governing body of such person.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust
Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
" Trading Day" means each day on which the securities exchange or
quotation system which is used to determine the Sale Price is open for trading
or quotation.
"Trust Officer" means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the
Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"Trustee" means the party named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, shall mean such successor.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Associate" .......................................... 3.09(a)
"Average Sale Price" ................................. 11.01
"Bankruptcy Law" ..................................... 6.01
"beneficial owner" ................................... 3.09(a)
"Change in Control" .................................. 3.09(a)
"Change in Control Purchase Date" .................... 3.09(a)
"Change in Control Purchase Notice"................... 3.09(c)
"Change in Control Purchase Price" ................... 3.09(a)
"Company Notice" ..................................... 3.08(e)
"Company Notice Date" ................................ 3.08(e)
"Conversion Agent" ................................... 2.03
"Conversion Date" .................................... 11.02
"Conversion Rate" .................................... 11.01
"Custodian" .......................................... 6.01
"Event of Default" ................................... 6.01
"Exchange Act" ....................................... 3.08(d)
"Ex-Dividend Time" ................................... 11.01
"Extraordinary Cash Dividend" ........................ 11.08
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"Legal Holiday" ...................................... 12.08
"Market Price" ....................................... 3.08(d)
"Notice of Default" .................................. 6.01
"Over-allotment Option"............................... 2.02
"Paying Agent"........................................ 2.03
"Purchase Date" ...................................... 3.08(a)
"Purchase Notice" .................................... 3.08(a)
"Purchase Price" ..................................... 3.08(a)
"Registrar" .......................................... 2.03
"Securities Act" ..................................... 3.08(d)
"Time of Determination" .............................. 11.01
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA
or defined by TIA reference to another statute or regulation have the meanings
assigned to them by such definitions.
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SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time in The United States of
America;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including, without limitation; and
(5) words in the singular include the plural, and words
in the plural include the singular.
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ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating. The Securities and the Trustee's
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A,
which is a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage (provided that any
such notation, legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable
to the Company and the Trustee). Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication. The Securities shall be
executed by the Company by either of its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board,
its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced
thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The
signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures 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 Issue Date of such Securities.
No Security 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 duly
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities for original
issue in an aggregate Principal Amount of up to $
upon a Company Order without any further action by the Company; provided,
however, that in the event that the Company sells any Securities pursuant to the
over-allotment option (the "Over-allotment Option") granted pursuant to Section
2 of the Purchase Agreement, dated , 1996, between the Company and
Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, then
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities for original issue in an
aggregate Principal Amount of up to $ plus up to $
aggregate Principal Amount of Securities sold pursuant to the Over-allotment
Option upon a Company Order. The aggregate Principal Amount of Securities
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outstanding at any time may not exceed the amount set forth in the foregoing
sentence, subject to the proviso set forth therein, except as provided in
Section 2.07.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company
shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange ("Registrar"), an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for purchase or payment ("Paying Agent") and
an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion
("Conversion Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and
of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars,
one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion
agents. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The term
Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar other than the
Trustee. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee and the Holders of
the name and address of any such agent and of any change in the office or agency
referred to in Section 4.05. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar,
Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be
entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.06. The
Company or any Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them may act as Paying
Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Conversion
Agent and Paying Agent in connection with the Securities.
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money and Securities in Trust. In
accordance with Section 4.05 and except as otherwise provided herein, prior to
or on each due date of payments in respect of any Security, the Company shall
deposit with the Paying Agent a sum of money or, if permitted by the terms
hereof, securities sufficient to make such payments when so becoming due. The
Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in
writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of
Securityholders or the Trustee all money and securities held by the Paying Agent
for the making of payments in respect of the Securities and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. At any time
during the continuance of any default by the Company in making any payments in
respect of the Securities, the Paying Agent shall, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all money and securities so held in
trust. If the Company, a
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Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate the money and securities held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a
separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay
all money and securities held by it to the Trustee and to account for any money
and securities disbursed by it. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no
further liability for the money and securities.
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it
of the names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (i)
at least semiannually on________________1 and __________________1 a list of the
names and addresses of Securityholders dated within 15 days of the date on which
the list is furnished and (ii) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders.
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange. Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security, together with a written instrument of transfer
satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the Securityholder or such
Securityholder's attorney duly authorized in writing, at the office or agency of
the Company designated as Registrar or co-registrar pursuant to Section 2.03 or
at the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate Principal Amount. The Company
shall not charge a service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with
the transfer or exchange of the Securities from the Securityholder requesting
such transfer or exchange (other than any exchange of a temporary Security for a
definitive Security not involving any change in ownership).
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate
Principal Amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged, together
with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar duly
executed by the Securityholder or such Securityholder's attorney duly authorized
in writing, at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
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The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not
register, transfers or exchanges of (a) Securities selected for redemption
(except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not to be redeemed), (b) any Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or
a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn by the
Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in the
case of Securities to be purchased in part, the portion thereof not to be
purchased) or (c) any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of
Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities. If (a) any mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Company or the Trustee, or (b) the Company and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its
written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any
such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of like tenor and Principal Amount, bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be purchased by the
Company pursuant to Article 3 hereof, the Company in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Security, pay or purchase such Security, as the case may be.
Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section, 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 and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection
therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
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SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities; Determinations of Holders'
Action. Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated
by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities for which the
Trustee has authenticated and delivered a new Security in lieu therefor pursuant
to Section 2.07 and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A
Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate
thereof holds the Security; provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite Principal Amount of Securities have given or concurred
in 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 request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing,
only Securities outstanding at the time of such determination shall be
considered in any such determination (including, without limitation,
determinations pursuant to Articles 6 and 9).
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on a
Redemption Date, or on the Business Day following a Purchase Date or a Change in
Control Purchase Date, or on Stated Maturity, money or, if permitted by the
terms hereof, securities sufficient to pay the Securities payable on that date,
then on and after that date such Securities shall cease to be outstanding and
Original Issue Discount and interest, if any, on such Securities shall cease to
accrue and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the right
to receive the applicable Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control
Purchase Price, as the case may be, upon delivery of the Security in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture); 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.
If a Security is converted in accordance with Article 11, then from and
after the Conversion Date such Security shall cease to be outstanding and
Original Issue Discount and interest, if any, shall cease to accrue on such
Security.
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SECTION 2.09. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the Officers executing such Securities may
determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office
or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.03 or
4.05, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like Principal Amount of
definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption or purchase by the Company pursuant to Article 3, conversion pursuant
to Article 11, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any
person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities
so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may not
issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article
11. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be
disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its standard procedures and
evidence of such disposition shall be delivered to the Company unless the
Company directs by Company Order that the Trustee deliver cancelled Securities
to the Company.
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES
SECTION 3.01. Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee. The Company, at its
option, may redeem the Securities for cash in accordance with the provisions set
forth in paragraphs 5 and 7 of the Securities. If the Company elects to redeem
Securities pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the Principal Amount of Securities to
be redeemed and the Redemption Price.
The Company shall give the notice to the Trustee provided for in this
Section 3.01 at least 45 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption
Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). If fewer
than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such
redemption shall be selected by the Company and given to the Trustee, which
record date shall not be less than ten days after the date of notice to the
Trustee.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all
the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be
redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method the Trustee considers fair
and appropriate (so long as such method is not prohibited by the rules of any
stock exchange on which the Securities are then listed). The Trustee shall make
the selection at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date
from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Trustee
may select for redemption portions of the Principal Amount of Securities that
have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities and portions of them the
Trustee selects shall be in Principal Amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The
Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of
Securities to be redeemed.
If any Security selected for partial redemption is thereafter
surrendered for conversion 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), solely for purposes of
determining the aggregate Principal Amount of Securities to be redeemed by the
Company, to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities that 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. Nothing in this
Section 3.02 shall affect the right of any Holder to convert any Security
pursuant to
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Article 11 before the termination of the conversion right with respect thereto.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 30 days but not more than 60
days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by
first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed in the manner
provided in Section 12.02.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) the Conversion Rate;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent and
Conversion Agent and of the office or agency referred to in
Section 4.05;
(5) that Securities called for redemption may be
converted at any time before the close of business on the
Redemption Date;
(6) that Holders who want to convert Securities must
satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraph 9 of the
Securities;
(7) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent or at the office or agency referred to in Section
4.05 to collect the Redemption Price;
(8) the CUSIP number of the Securities;
(9) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to
be redeemed, the certificate numbers and Principal Amounts of
the particular Securities to be redeemed; and
(10) that, unless the Company defaults in payment of the
Redemption Price, Original Issue Discount on Securities called for
redemption and interest, if any, will cease to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date.
At the Company's written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense.
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SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption
is given, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the
Redemption Date stated in the notice and at the Redemption Price therefor except
for Securities that are converted in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. Upon the later of the Redemption Date and the date such Securities
are surrendered to the Paying Agent or at the office or agency referred to in
Section 4.05, such Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the
Redemption Price therefor.
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to or on the
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the
Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is the Paying Agent,
shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price
of all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions
of Securities called for redemption which prior thereto have been delivered by
the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. The Paying Agent shall as promptly
as practicable return to the Company any money, with interest, if any, thereon
(subject to the provisions of Section 7.01(f)), not required for that purpose
because of conversion of Securities pursuant to Article 11. If such money is
then held by the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Company in trust
and is not required for such purpose it shall be discharged from such trust.
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security
that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder, a new Security in an authorized
denomination equal in Principal Amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security
surrendered.
SECTION 3.07. Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption. In
connection with any redemption of Securities, the Company may arrange for the
purchase and conversion of any Securities called for redemption by an agreement
with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase all or a
portion of such Securities by paying to the Trustee in trust for the
Securityholders whose Securities are to be so purchased, on or before the close
of business on the Redemption Date, an amount that, together with any amounts
deposited with the Trustee by the Company for redemption of such Securities, is
not less than the Redemption Price, together with interest, if any, accrued to
the Redemption Date, of such Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Article 3, the obligation of the Company to pay the
Redemption Price of such Securities, including all accrued interest, if any,
shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount is so
paid by such purchasers but no such agreement shall relieve the Company of its
obligation to pay such Redemption Price and interest, if any. If such an
agreement is entered into, any
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Securities not duly surrendered for conversion by the Holders thereof may, at
the option of the Company, be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
acquired by such purchasers from such Holders and (notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in Article 11) surrendered by such purchasers for
conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of business on the
Redemption Date, subject to payment of the above amount as aforesaid. The
Trustee shall hold and pay to the Holders whose Securities are selected for
redemption any such amount paid to it for purchase and conversion in the same
manner as it would moneys deposited with it by the Company for the redemption of
Securities. Without the Trustee's prior written consent, no arrangement between
the Company and such purchasers for the purchase and conversion of any
Securities shall increase or otherwise affect any of the powers, duties,
responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in this Indenture,
and the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense arising out of or in connection with any
such arrangement for the purchase and conversion of any Securities between the
Company and such purchasers, including the costs and expenses incurred by the
Trustee in the defense of any claim or liability arising out of or in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers, duties, responsibilities
or obligations under this Indenture.
SECTION 3.08. Purchase of Securities at the Option of the
Holder.
(a) General. Securities shall be purchased by the Company pursuant to
paragraph 6 of the Securities as of , 2001 and , 2006 (each, a "Purchase Date"),
at the purchase price specified therein (each, a "Purchase Price"), at the
option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(1) delivery to the Paying Agent or to the office or agency
referred to in Section 4.05 by the Holder of a written notice of
purchase (a "Purchase Notice") at any time from the opening of business
on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to a Purchase Date until the
close of business on such Purchase Date stating:
(A) the certificate number of the Security that the
Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(B) the portion of the Principal Amount of the
Security which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which
portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof;
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(C) that such Security shall be purchased on the
Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified
in this Indenture and in paragraph 6 of the Securities; and
(D) if the Company elects pursuant to Section 3.08(b)
to pay the Purchase Price on such Purchase Date, in whole or
in part, in shares of Common Stock, but such portion of the
Purchase Price to be paid in Common Stock is ultimately to be
paid in cash because any condition in Section 3.08(d) is not
satisfied, such Holder elects (i) to withdraw such Purchase
Notice as to some or all of the Securities to which it relates
(stating the Principal Amount and certificate numbers of the
Securities as to which such withdrawal shall relate), or (ii)
to receive cash in respect of the Purchase Price for all
Securities subject to such Purchase Notice; and
(2) delivery of such Security prior to, on or after the
Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements) to the Paying
Agent at the offices of the Paying Agent or to the office or agency
referred to in Section 4.05, such delivery being a condition to receipt
by the Holder of the Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that
such Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.08 only
if the Security so delivered conforms in all respects to the
description thereof in the related Purchase Notice.
If a Holder, in such Holder's Purchase Notice and in any written notice
of withdrawal delivered by such Holder pursuant to the terms of Section 3.10,
fails to indicate such Holder's choice with respect to the election set forth in
clause (D) of Section 3.08(a)(1) above, such Holder shall be deemed to have
elected to receive cash in respect of the Purchase Price otherwise payable in
Common Stock.
The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 3.08, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount of such portion is
$1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such
portion of such Security.
Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions
hereof shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received
by the Holder promptly following the later of the Purchase Date and the time of
delivery of the Security.
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering
to the Paying Agent or the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 the
Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.08(a) shall have the right to
withdraw at any time prior to the close of business on the Purchase Date such
Purchase Notice by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying
Agent or such office or agency in accordance with Section 3.10.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it
of any Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(b) Company's Right to Elect Manner of Payment of Purchase Price. The
Securities to be purchased pursuant to Section 3.08(a) may be paid for, at the
election of the Company, in cash or Common Stock, or in any combination of cash
and Common Stock, subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.08. The
Company shall designate, in the notice from the Company delivered pursuant to
Section 3.08(e), whether the Company will purchase the Securities for cash or
Common Stock, and, if a combination thereof, the percentages of the Purchase
Price of Securities in respect of which it will pay in cash or Common Stock;
provided that the Company will pay cash for fractional interests in Common
Stock. For purposes of determining the existence of potential fractional
interests, all Securities subject to purchase by the Company held by a Holder
shall be considered together (no matter how many separate certificates are to be
presented). Each Holder whose Securities are purchased pursuant to this Section
3.08 shall receive the same percentage of cash or Common Stock in payment of the
Purchase Price for such Securities, except (i) as provided in Section 3.08(d)
with regard to the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock
and (ii) in the event that the Company is unable to purchase the Securities of a
Holder or Holders for Common Stock because any necessary qualifications or
registrations of the Common Stock under applicable state securities laws cannot
be obtained, the Company may purchase the Securities of such Holder or Holders
for cash. The Company may not change its election with respect to the
consideration (or components or percentages of components thereof) to be paid
once the Company has given notice thereof to Securityholders except pursuant to
this Section 3.08(b) or Section 3.08(d).
At least five Business Days before the Company Notice Date (as defined
below), the Company shall deliver an Officers' Certificate to the Trustee
specifying:
(i) the manner of payment selected by the Company;
(ii) the information required by Section 3.08(e);
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(iii) that the conditions to such manner of payment set
forth in Section 3.08(d) have or will be complied with; and
(iv) whether the Company desires the Trustee to give the
notice required by Section 3.08(e).
(c) Purchase with Cash. On each Purchase Date, at the option of the
Company, the Principal Amount of the Securities in respect of which a Purchase
Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a) has been given, or a specified percentage
thereof, may be purchased by the Company with cash equal to the aggregate
Purchase Price of such Securities.
(d) Payment by Common Stock. On each Purchase Date, at the option of
the Company, the Principal Amount of the Securities in respect of which a
Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 3.08(a) has been given, or a specified
percentage thereof, may be purchased by the Company by the issuance of a number
of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
amount of cash to which the Securityholders would have been entitled had the
Company elected to pay all or such specified percentage, as the case may be, of
the Purchase Price of such Securities in cash by (ii) the Market Price (as
defined below) of a share of Common Stock, subject to the next succeeding
paragraph.
The Company will not issue a fractional share of Common Stock in
payment of the Purchase Price. Instead the Company will pay cash for the current
market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a fraction of
a share shall be determined by multiplying the Market Price by such fraction and
rounding the product to the nearest whole cent, with one-half cent being rounded
upward. It is understood that if a Holder elects to have more than one Security
purchased, the number of shares of Common Stock shall be based on the aggregate
amount of Securities to be purchased.
The Company's right to exercise its election to purchase the Securities
pursuant to this Section through the issuance of shares of Common Stock shall be
conditioned upon:
(i) the Company's not having given notice of an election to
pay entirely in cash and its giving of timely notice of election to
purchase all or a specified percentage of the Securities with Common
Stock as provided herein;
(ii) the registration of the shares of Common Stock to be
issued in respect of the payment of the Purchase Price under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in
each case if required unless there exists an applicable exemption to
registration thereunder;
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(iii) the listing of the Common Stock on the relevant Purchase
Date on the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities
exchange or the quotation thereof on NASDAQ; and
(iv) the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that (A) the terms of the
issuance of the Common Stock are in conformity with this Indenture and
(B) the shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company in payment
of the Purchase Price in respect of Securities have been duly
authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture in payment of the Purchase Price in respect of the
Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
shall be free of any preemptive rights and any lien or adverse claim
(provided that such Opinion of Counsel may state that, insofar as it
relates to the absence of such preemptive rights, liens and adverse
claims, it is given upon the best knowledge of such counsel), and, in
the case of such Officers' Certificate, that conditions (i), (ii) and
(iii) above have been satisfied and, in the case of such Opinion of
Counsel, that conditions (ii) and (iii) above have been satisfied.
Such Officers' Certificate shall also set forth the number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued for each $1,000 Principal Amount of Securities and the
Sale Price of a share of Common Stock on each of the seven Business Days prior
to the Purchase Date. The Company may elect to pay in Common Stock only if the
information necessary to calculate the Market Price is reported in The Wall
Street Journal or another daily newspaper of national circulation. If such
conditions are not satisfied prior to or on the Purchase Date and the Company
elected to purchase the Securities pursuant to this Section 3.08 through the
issuance of shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay the Purchase Price in
cash.
The "Market Price" means the average of the Sale Price of the Common
Stock for the five Trading Day period ending on the third Trading Day prior to
the related Purchase Date, appropriately adjusted to take into account the
actual occurrence, during the seven Trading Days preceding such Purchase Date,
of any event described in Section 11.06, 11.07 or 11.08; subject, however, to
the conditions set forth in Sections 11.09 and 11.10.
(e) Notice of Election. The Company shall send notices of its election
(the "Company Notice") to purchase with cash or Common Stock or any combination
thereof to the Holders (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law)
in the manner provided in Section 12.02. The Company Notice shall be sent to
Holders (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) on a date not
less than 20 Business Days prior to the Purchase Date (such date not
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less than 20 Business Days prior to the Purchase Date being herein referred to
as the "Company Notice Date"). Such notices shall state the manner of payment
elected and shall contain the following information:
In the event the Company has elected to pay the Purchase Price (or any
specified percentage thereof) with Common Stock, the notice shall:
(1) state that each Holder will receive Common Stock with a
Market Price determined as of a specified date prior to the Purchase
Date equal to such specified percentage of the Purchase Price of the
Securities held by such Holder (except for any cash amount to be paid
in lieu of fractional shares); and
(2) state that because the Market Price of Common Stock will
be determined prior to the Purchase Date, Holders will bear the market
risk with respect to the value of the Common Stock to be received from
the date such Market Price is determined to the Purchase Date.
In any case, each notice shall include a form of Purchase Notice to be
completed by the Securityholder and shall state:
(i) the Purchase Price and Conversion Rate;
(ii) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the
Conversion Agent and of the office or agency referred to in
Section 4.05;
(iii) that Securities as to which a Purchase Notice has been
given may be converted into Common Stock at any time prior to the close
of business on the applicable Purchase Date only if the applicable
Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
(iv) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent
or to the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 to collect
payment;
(v) that the Purchase Price for any security as to which a
Purchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly
following the later of the Purchase Date and the time of surrender of
such Security as described in (iv);
(vi) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights
under Section 3.08 and a brief description of those rights;
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(vii) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities and
that Holders who want to convert Securities must satisfy the
requirements set forth in paragraph 9 of the Securities; and
(viii) the procedures for withdrawing a Purchase Notice
(including, without limitation, for a conditional withdrawal pursuant
to the terms of Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) or Section 3.10).
At the Company's written request, the Trustee shall give such notice in
the Company's name and at the Company's expense; provided, however, that, in all
cases, the text of such notice shall be prepared by the Company.
Upon determination of the actual number of shares of Common Stock to be
issued for each $1,000 Principal Amount of Securities, the Company will publish
such determination in The Wall Street Journal or another daily newspaper of
national circulation and furnish the Trustee with an affidavit of publication.
(f) Covenants of the Company. All shares of Common Stock delivered upon
purchase of the Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares,
shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and shall
be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.
The Company shall use its best efforts to list or cause to have quoted
any shares of Common Stock to be issued to purchase Securities on the principal
national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on
which any other shares of the Common Stock are then listed or quoted. The
Company will promptly inform the Trustee in writing of any such listing.
(g) Procedure Upon Purchase. The Company shall deposit cash (in respect
of a cash purchase under Section 3.08(c) or for fractional interests, as
applicable) or shares of Common Stock, or any combination thereof, as
applicable, at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 3.11,
sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price of all Securities to be purchased
pursuant to this Section 3.08. As soon as practicable after the later of the
Purchase Date and the date such Securities are surrendered to the Paying Agent
or at the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05, the Company shall
deliver to each Holder entitled to receive Common Stock through the Paying Agent
a certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable in payment
of the Purchase Price and cash in lieu of any fractional interests. The person
in whose name the certificate for Common Stock is registered shall be treated as
a holder of record of such Common Stock on the Business Day following the
related Purchase Date. Subject to Section
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3.08(d), no payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on the Common Stock
the record date for which occurred prior to the Purchase Date.
(h) Taxes. If a Holder of a Security is paid in Common Stock, the
Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on
such issue of shares of Common Stock. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax
which is due because the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock to be issued
in a name other than the Holder's name. The Paying Agent may refuse to deliver
the certificates representing the Common Stock being issued in a name other than
the Holder's name until the Paying Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any
tax which will be due because the shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a
name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall preclude any income tax
withholding required by law or regulations.
SECTION 3.09. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon
Change in Control. (a) If on or prior to , 2001 there shall have occurred a
Change in Control, Securities shall be purchased, at the option of the Holder
thereof, by the Company at the purchase price specified in paragraph 6 of the
Securities (the "Change in Control Purchase Price"), on the date that is 35
Business Days after the occurrence of the Change of Control (the "Change in
Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder
of the requirements set forth in Section 3.09(c).
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as
either of the following events shall occur:
(i) There shall be consummated any consolidation or merger of
the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving
corporation or pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted
into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or
merger of the Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately
prior to the consolidation or merger have, directly or indirectly, at
least a majority of the Common Stock of the continuing or surviving
corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger; or
(ii) There is a report filed by any person, including its
Affiliates and Associates, on Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor
schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act, disclosing that
such person (for the purposes of this Section 3.09 only, the term
"person" shall include a "person" within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor
provision to either of the foregoing) has become the beneficial owner
(as the term "beneficial owner" is defined under Rule 13d-3 or any
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successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50%
or more of the voting power of the Company's Common Stock then
outstanding; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed
beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially, (A) any securities
tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of
such person or any of such person's Affiliates or Associates until such
tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder,
or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as
a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or
consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the
applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (2) is not
also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule, form
or report) under the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.09, a Change
in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred if at any time the Company, any
Subsidiary, any employee stock ownership plan or any other employee benefit plan
of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any person holding Common Stock for or
pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan files or becomes
obligated to file a report under or in response to Schedule 13D or Schedule
14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act
disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of Common Stock, whether in
excess of 50% or otherwise.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2
of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the
date hereof.
(b) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a Change in
Control, (i) the Company shall mail a written notice of such Change in Control
by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners
if required by applicable law) and (ii) the Company shall cause a copy of such
notice to be published in The Wall Street Journal or another daily newspaper of
national circulation. The notice shall include a form of Change in Control
Purchase Notice to be completed by the Securityholder and shall state:
(1) the events causing a Change in Control and the date such
Change in Control is deemed to have occurred for purposes of this
Section 3.09;
(2) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase
Notice pursuant to this Section 3.09 must be given;
(3) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
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(4) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(5) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the
Conversion Agent and the office or agency referred to in
Section 4.05;
(6) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments thereto;
(7) that Securities as to which a Change in Control Purchase
Notice has been given may be converted into Common Stock (or, in lieu
thereof, cash, if the Company shall so elect) at any time prior to the
close of business on the Change of Control Purchase Date only if the
Change in Control Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture;
(8) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent or
the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 to collect payment;
(9) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security
as to which a Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn
will be paid promptly following the later of the Change in Control
Purchase Date and the time of surrender of such Security as described
in (8);
(10) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights
under this Section 3.09 and a brief description of those rights;
(11) briefly, the conversion rights of the Securities;
and
(12) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control
Purchase Notice.
(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 3.09(a) upon
delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice")
to the Paying Agent or to the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 at
any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date,
stating:
(1) the certificate number of the Security which the
Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(2) the portion of the Principal Amount of the Security which
the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000
or an integral multiple thereof; and
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(3) that such Security shall be purchased on the Change in
Control Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in
paragraph 6 of the Securities.
Receipt of the Security by the Paying Agent prior to, on or after the
Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements), at
the offices of the Paying Agent or to the office or agency referred to in
Section 4.05 shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Change in
Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Change in Control
Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.09 only if the
Security so delivered to the Paying Agent or such office or agency shall conform
in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in
Control Purchase Notice.
The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 3.09, a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount of such portion is
$1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply to the purchase of all of a Security also apply to the purchase of such
portion of such Security.
Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 3.09 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to
be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Change in Control
Purchase Date and the date such Securities are surrendered to the Paying Agent
or at the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering
to the Paying Agent or to the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 the
Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.09(c) shall
have the right to withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time
prior to or on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written
notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent or to such office or agency in
accordance with Section 3.10.
The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it
of any Change in Control Purchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.
SECTION 3.10. Effect of Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase
Notice. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Purchase Notice or Change in
Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 3.08(a) or Section 3.09(c), as
applicable, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Purchase Notice
or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, was given shall
(unless such Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn
as specified in the following two paragraphs)
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thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Purchase Price or Change in Control
Purchase Price, as the case may be, with respect to such Security. Such Purchase
Price or Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly
following the later of (x) the Business Day following the Purchase Date or the
Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such
Security (provided the conditions in Section 3.08(a) or Section 3.09(c), as
applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security
to the Paying Agent or to the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 by
the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.08(a) and (g) or Section
3.09(c), as applicable. Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or
Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been given by the
Holder thereof may not be converted into shares of Common Stock on or after the
date of the delivery of such Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase
Notice, as the case may be, unless such Purchase Notice or Change in Control
Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has first been validly withdrawn as
specified in the following two paragraphs.
A Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may
be, may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the
office of the Paying Agent or to the office or agency referred to in Section
4.05 at any time on or prior to the Purchase Date or the Change in Control
Purchase Date, as the case may be, specifying:
(1) the certificate number of the Security in respect of
which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(2) the Principal Amount of the Security with respect to
which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(3) the Principal Amount, if any, of such Security which
remains subject to the original Purchase Notice or Change in Control
Purchase Notice, as the case may be, and which has been or will be
delivered for purchase by the Company.
A written notice of withdrawal of a Purchase Notice may be in the form
set forth in the preceding paragraph or may be in the form of (i) a conditional
withdrawal contained in a Purchase Notice pursuant to the terms of Section
3.08(a)(1)(D) or (ii) a conditional withdrawal containing the information set
forth in Section 3.08(a)(1)(D) and the preceding paragraph and contained in a
written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent as set forth in the
preceding paragraph.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to Sections 3.08
(other than through the issuance of Common Stock) or 3.09 if there has occurred
(prior to, on or after, as the case may
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be, the giving, by the Holders of such Securities, of the required Purchase
Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be) and is
continuing an Event of Default (other than a default in the payment of the
Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, with
respect to such Securities). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the
respective Holders thereof any Securities (x) with respect to which a Purchase
Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been
withdrawn in compliance with this Indenture, or (y) held by it during the
continuance of an Event of Default (other than a default in the payment of the
Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, with
respect to such Securities).
SECTION 3.11. Deposit of Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase
Price. Prior to 3:00 p.m. (local time in The City of New York) on the Business
Day following the Purchase Date or the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the
case may be, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent
(or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting
as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04)
an amount of cash in immediately available funds or securities, if expressly
permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price or Change in
Control Purchase Price, as the case may be, of all the Securities or portions
thereof which are to be purchased.
SECTION 3.12. Securities Purchased in Part. Any Security which is to be
purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent or
the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 (with, if the Company or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement, or a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee executed by the Holder or such
Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security,
without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate Principal Amount equal to,
and in exchange for, the portion of the Principal Amount of the Security so
surrendered which is not purchased.
SECTION 3.13. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of
Securities. In connection with any offer to purchase or purchase of Securities
under Section 3.08 or 3.09 hereof, the Company shall (i) comply with Rule 13e-4,
if applicable, (ii) file the related Schedule 13E-4 (or any successor schedule,
form or report) under the Exchange Act, if applicable, and (iii) otherwise
comply with all Federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and
delivery of shares of Common Stock upon purchase of the Securities (including
positions of the SEC under applicable no-action letters) so as to permit the
rights and obligations under
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Sections 3.08 and 3.09 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified
in Sections 3.08 and 3.09.
SECTION 3.14. Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall return to the Company any cash or shares of Common Stock, together
with interest on such cash, if any, or dividends on such shares of Common Stock,
if any, (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01(f)) held by them for the
payment of a Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may
be, of the Securities that remain unclaimed as provided in paragraph 13 of the
Securities; provided, however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of
cash or shares of Common Stock deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.11
exceeds the aggregate Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the
case may be, of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then
promptly after the Business Day following the Purchase Date or Change in Control
Purchase Date, as the case may be, the Trustee shall return any such excess to
the Company together with interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the
provisions of Section 7.01(f)).
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Company shall promptly make
all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. Principal Amount,
Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price,
Change in Control Purchase Price and interest, if any, shall be considered paid
on the applicable date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent
holds, in accordance with this Indenture, cash or securities, if expressly
permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay all such amounts then due.
The Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay interest on
overdue amounts at the per annum rate of interest set forth in paragraph 1 of
the Securities, compounded semi-annually, which interest on overdue amounts (to
the extent payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) shall accrue
from the date such overdue amounts were originally due and payable.
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports. The Company shall file with the Trustee,
within 15 days after it files such annual and quarterly reports, information,
documents and other reports with the SEC, copies of its annual and quarterly
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (or any such successor provisions
thereto). In the event the Company is at any time no longer subject to the
reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (or any such
successor provisions), it shall continue to provide the Trustee with reports
containing substantially the same information as would have been required to be
filed with the SEC had the Company continued to have been subject to such
reporting requirements, and the Trustee shall make any such reports available to
Securityholders upon request. In such event, such reports shall be provided at
the times the Company would have been required to provide reports had it
continued to have been subject to such reporting requirements. The Company also
shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a), to the extent such
provisions are applicable.
SECTION 4.03. Compliance Certificate; Notice of Defaults. (a) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending on January 3,
1997) a certificate of the principal executive officer, the principal financial
officer or the
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principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not, to the
knowledge of the signer, the Company has complied with all conditions and
covenants on its part contained in this Indenture and, if the signer has
obtained knowledge of any default by the Company in the performance, observance
or fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default
and the nature thereof. For the purpose of this Section 4.03, compliance shall
be determined without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice
provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
(b) The Company shall file with the Trustee written notice of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default within five Business Days of its
becoming aware of such Default or Event of Default.
SECTION 4.04. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do
such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more
effectively the purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.05. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such location as
may be required by the rules of any securities exchange or quotation system on
which the Securities may from time to time be listed, an office or agency where
Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, purchase, redemption or
conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The office of the Trustee in
The City of New York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered, which office on the date hereof is
located at , New York, New York , shall be such office or agency for all of the
aforesaid purposes unless the Company shall maintain some other office or agency
for such purposes and shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change of location, of such other office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 12.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in The
City of New York, for such purposes.
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. The Company,
in a single transaction or through a series of related transactions, shall not
consolidate with or merge with or into any other person or transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise) all or substantially all of its properties and
assets to another person or group of affiliated persons, unless:
(a) either (1) the Company shall be the continuing corporation
or (2) the person (if other than the Company) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company are
transferred (i) shall be a corporation, partnership or trust organized
and validly existing under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) shall expressly assume, by
an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of
the Company under the Securities and this Indenture;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, and
the assumption contemplated by clause (a) above, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer 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 transaction have been satisfied.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale
or otherwise) of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries (other
than to the Company or another wholly owned Subsidiary), which, if such assets
were owned by the Company, would constitute all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all
or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
The successor person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the successor person 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
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Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been
named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in the case of (i) a lease
of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety and (ii) obligations
the Company may have under a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.14,
the Company shall be discharged and released from all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Securities. Subject to Section 9.06, the Trustee
shall enter into a supplemental indenture to evidence the succession and
substitution of such successor person and such discharge and release of the
Company.
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An "Event of Default"
occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of the Principal
Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price,
Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price on any Security when
the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon
redemption, upon declaration, when due for purchase by the Company or
otherwise, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by this
Indenture;
(2) the Company fails to comply with any of its agreements in
the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in
clause (1) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after receipt
by the Company of a Notice of Default;
(3) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of
any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case or proceeding or the
commencement of any case against it;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of
it or for any substantial part of its property;
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors;
(E) files a petition in bankruptcy or answer or
consent seeking reorganization or relief; or
(F) consents to the filing of such petition or
the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian;
(4) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding, or adjudicates the
Company insolvent or bankrupt;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for
any substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the
Company;
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and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for
60 days;
(5) the Company fails either to deliver shares of Common Stock
(or pay cash in lieu of fractional shares) in accordance with the terms
hereof when such Common Stock (or cash in lieu of fractional shares) is
required to be delivered, upon conversion of a Security and such
failure is not remedied for a period of 10 days; or
(6) a default shall occur under any mortgage, indenture, or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company
or any Consolidated Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or
shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such
indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $ becoming or
being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having
been discharged, such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled or
there having been deposited in trust a sum of money sufficient to
discharge in full such indebtedness within a period of 10 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 Principal Amount of the Securities, a written notice
specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such
indebtedness to be discharged, to cause such acceleration to be
rescinded or annulled or to cause there to be deposited in trust a sum
sufficient to discharge in full such indebtedness and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar
Federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (2) above is not an Event of Default until the
Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
Principal Amount of the Securities at the time outstanding notify the Company
and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default
within the time specified in clause (2) above after receipt of such notice. Any
such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that
such notice is a "Notice of Default."
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after it
becomes aware of the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which with
the giving of notice and the lapse of time or both would become an Event of
Default under clause (2) or clause (6), its status and what action the Company
is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
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SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(3) or (4)) occurs and is continuing, unless
the Principal Amount of all the Securities shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities at the time outstanding by
notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the Issue Price and accrued
Original Issue Discount to the date of declaration on all the Securities to be
immediately due and payable, whereupon such Issue Price and accrued Original
Issue Discount shall be due and payable immediately; provided that, if an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(3) or (4) occurs and is continuing, the
Issue Price and accrued Original Issue Discount on all the Securities to the
date of the occurrence of such Event of Default shall become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount
of the Securities at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee (and without
notice to any other Securityholder) may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree
and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except
nonpayment of the Issue Price and accrued Original Issue Discount that have
become due solely as a result of acceleration and if all amounts due to the
Trustee under Section 7.06 have been paid. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment
of the Issue Price and accrued Original Issue Discount on the Securities or to
enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if the Trustee does not
possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of the Securities in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not
impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, the
Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available
remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, by notice
to the Trustee (and without notice to any other Securityholder), may waive an
existing Default and its consequences except (a) an Event of Default described
in Section 6.01(1), (b) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section
9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Securityholder affected or
(c) a Default under Article 11. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and
shall cease to exist, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any consequent right.
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SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.
However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law
or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines in good faith is unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders or would involve the Trustee
in personal liability unless the Trustee shall have been provided with
reasonable security or indemnity against such liability satisfactory to the
Trustee.
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits. A Securityholder may
not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the
Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice
stating that an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount
of the Securities at the time outstanding make a written request to the
Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense
satisfactory to the Trustee;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the notice, the request and the offer of security
or indemnity; and
(5) the Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding do not give the Trustee a
direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
any other Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of
the Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption
Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or interest, if any, in
respect of the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in the Securities or any Redemption Date, and to convert the
Securities in accordance with Article 11 or to bring suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such respective dates or the right to convert,
shall not be impaired or affected adversely without the consent of each such
Holder.
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of
Default described in Section 6.01(1) occurs and is continuing,
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the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust against the Company for the whole amount owing with respect to the
Securities and the amounts provided for in Section 7.06.
SECTION 6.09. 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 the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective
of whether the Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount,
Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or interest,
if any, in respect of 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 any such amount)
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the
Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount,
Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or
interest, if any, and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and
of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same;
and any Custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder 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, to pay the
Trustee any amount due 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 7.06.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10. Priorities. If the Trustee collects any
money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in
the following order:
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FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section
7.06;
SECOND: to holders of Senior Indebtedness to the
extent required by Article 10;
THIRD: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities for the Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original
Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control
Purchase Price or interest, if any, as the case may be, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts
due and payable on the Securities; and
FOURTH: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder and the Trustee a
notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of
any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for
any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may
require the filing by any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit of
an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply
to a suit initiated by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07
or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate Principal Amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding.
SECTION 6.12. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days
after the occurrence of any Default, mail to all Holders of Securities, as the
names and addresses of such Holders appear on the books of registry of the
Company, notice of all Defaults of which the Trustee shall be aware, unless such
Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice;
provided that, except in the case of a Default described in Section 6.01(1), 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 Trust Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding
of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities.
SECTION 6.13. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent it may lawfully do so) that it shall 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 or any usury or other law, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that would prohibit or forgive
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the Company from paying all or any portion of the Principal Amount, Issue Price,
accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price or Change in
Control Purchase Price in respect of the Securities, or any interest on any such
amounts, as contemplated herein, or that may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture or the Securities; 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.
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may rely
on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any
right or power or extend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it
against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) shall be under no liability
for interest on any money received by it hereunder.
SECTION 7.02. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion
Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee
must comply with Sections 7.09 and 7.10.
SECTION 7.03. Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation
as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not
be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, it
shall not be responsible for any statement in the registration statement for the
Securities under the Securities Act or in the Indenture or the Securities (other
than its certificate of authentication), or the determination as to which
beneficial owners are entitled to receive any notices hereunder.
SECTION 7.04. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall,
within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default, mail to all
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Holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the
books of registry of the Company, notice of all Defaults of which the Trustee
shall be aware, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the
giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default described
in Section 6.01(1), 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 Trust Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of
Securities.
SECTION 7.05. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each
May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such May 15
that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if required by said Section. The Trustee
also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders
shall be provided to the Company and shall be filed with the SEC and each stock
exchange on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees promptly to
notify the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange
and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.06. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company
agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not (to the extent permitted by law) be limited by
any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust);
(b) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request and, if required
by the Company, submission of reasonable documentation 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, advances 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
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor
Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss,
liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes
based upon, measured or determined by the income of the Trustee),
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 reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim or liability in
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connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
The Trustee shall give the Company notice of any claim or liability for
which the Trustee might be entitled to indemnification under subparagraph (c) of
this Section 7.06, within a reasonable amount of time after a Trust Officer of
the Trustee becomes aware of such claim or liability. To secure the Company's
payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to
the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall
survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after
the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(3) or (4), the expenses
are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 7.07. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign by so
notifying the Company; provided, however, no such resignation shall be effective
until a successor Trustee has accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section
7.07. The Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities
at the time outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and
may appoint a successor Trustee (subject to the consent of the Company, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld). The Company shall remove the Trustee
if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of
the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint, by
resolution of its Board of Directors, a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its
succession to Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien
provided for in Section 7.06.
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If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities at the
time outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09, any Securityholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.08. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates
with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its
corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation, the resulting,
surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the
successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.09. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all
times satisfy the requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1) and 310(b). The Trustee
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $ as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition. In determining whether the Trustee
has conflicting interests as defined in TIA Section 310(b)(1), the provisions
contained in the proviso to TIA Section 310(b)(1) shall be deemed incorporated
herein.
SECTION 7.10. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The
Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
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ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities. When (i) the
Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Securities (other than
Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation or (ii) all
outstanding Securities have become due and payable and the Company deposits with
the Trustee cash or, if expressly permitted by the terms hereof, securities
sufficient to pay at Stated Maturity the Principal Amount of all outstanding
Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), and if in
either case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company
(including, without limitation, sums payable by delivery of shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Section 3.08), then this Indenture shall, subject to Section
7.06, cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall join in the execution of
a document prepared by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
SECTION 8.02. Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or securities
held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Securities that
remains unclaimed for two years; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such return, may, at the expense
of the Company, cause to be published once in The Wall Street Journal or another
daily newspaper of national circulation or mail to each such Holder notice that
such money or securities remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing, any
unclaimed money or securities then remaining will be returned to the Company.
After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person, and the Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such money or securities
for that period commencing after the return thereof.
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company and
the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without
the consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
provided, however, that such amendment does not materially adversely
affect the rights of any Securityholder;
(2) to comply with Article 5 or Section 11.14;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Securities so long as such uncertificated
Securities are in registered form for purposes of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended;
(4) to make any change that does not adversely affect
the rights of any Securityholder;
(5) to add to the covenants or obligations of the
Company hereunder or to surrender any right, power or option
herein conferred upon the Company; or
(6) to make any change to comply with the TIA, or any
amendment thereafter, or any requirement of the SEC in connection with
the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or any amendment
thereof.
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities
at the time outstanding, the Company and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or
the Securities. However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an
amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities may not:
(1) make any change to the Principal Amount of
Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
(2) make any change to the rate of accrual in connection with
Original Issue Discount, reduce the rate of interest referred to in
paragraph 1 of the Securities or extend the time for payment of accrued
Original Issue Discount or interest, if any, on any Security;
(3) reduce the Principal Amount or the Issue Price of
or extend the Stated Maturity of any Security;
(4) reduce the amount of cash payable in respect of conversion
upon the Company's election to pay cash with respect thereto, the
Redemption Price, Purchase Price or
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Change in Control Purchase Price of any Security or extend the date on
which the Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price of any
Security is payable;
(5) make any Security payable in money or securities
other than that stated in the Security;
(6) make any change in Article 10 that adversely
affects the rights of any Securityholder;
(7) make any change in Section 6.04 or this Section 9.02,
except to increase any percentage referred to therein, or make any
change in Section 6.07;
(8) make any change that adversely affects the right to
convert any Security (including the right to receive cash in lieu of
Common Stock except as set forth in Section 9.01(4));
(9) make any change that adversely affects the right to
require the Company to purchase the Securities in accordance with the
terms thereof and this Indenture (including the right to receive cash
if the Company has elected to pay cash upon such purchase);
(10) make any change to the provisions of this Indenture
relating to the purchase of Securities at the option of the Holder
pursuant to Section 3.08 or 3.09 which change would result in a
violation of applicable federal or state securities laws (including
positions of the SEC under applicable no-action letters), whether as a
result of the exercise or performance of any rights or obligations
under such provisions or otherwise;
(11) modify the provisions of this Indenture relating
to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse
to the Holders of the Securities; or
(12) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment with respect to, or conversion of, the Securities.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
An amendment under this Section 9.02 or Section 9.01 may not make any
change that adversely affects the rights under Article 10 of any holder of
Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the requisite holders of such Senior
Indebtedness consent to such change pursuant to the terms of such Senior
Indebtedness.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.
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SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall comply with the TIA as then in
effect.
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions.
Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it or any other
action by a Holder of a Security hereunder is a continuing consent by the Holder
and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that
evidences the same obligation as the consenting Holder's Security, even if
notation of the consent, waiver or action is not made on the Security. However,
any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent, waiver or action as
to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the
notice of revocation before the date the amendment, waiver or action becomes
effective. After an amendment, waiver or action becomes effective, it shall bind
every Securityholder, except as provided in Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. 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 Trustee and the Company, 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 9.06. Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee
shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if
the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it.
In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to the provisions of Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
SECTION 9.07. 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 shall be bound thereby.
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ARTICLE 10
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness. The
Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance
thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth in this Article, the indebtedness represented by the
Securities and the payment of the Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued
Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, cash in respect of Purchase Price,
Change in Control Purchase Price and interest, if any, in respect of each and
all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right
of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 10.02. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution,
Etc. Upon any distribution of assets of the Company in the event
of
(a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its
creditors, as such, or to its assets, or
(b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up
of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether
or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or
(c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any
other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company,
then and in any such event the holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be entitled to receive
(1) payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or
in respect of all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for
such payment in money or money's worth, before the Holders of the
Securities are entitled to receive any payment (other than Permitted
Junior Securities) on account of the Principal Amount, Issue Price,
accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, cash in respect of
the Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or interest, if
any, in respect of the Securities, and
(2) any payment or distribution of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (other than Permitted Junior
Securities), which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the
Securities in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or
other winding up or event, including any such payment or distribution
which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any
other indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of
the Securities.
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In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (other than Permitted Junior
Securities), including any such payment or distribution which may be payable or
deliverable by reason of the payment of any other indebtedness of the Company
being subordinated to the payment of the Securities, before all Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full or payment thereof provided for, and if such fact
shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or distribution, have been made
known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then in such event
such payment or distribution shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to the
trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, Custodian, assignee, agent
or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for
application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the
extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company
into, another person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following
the conveyance or transfer of its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to another person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article 5
shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshalling of assets and liabilities
of the Company for the purposes of this Section if the person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the person which acquires
by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets substantially as an
entirety, as the case may be, shall as part of such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions set forth in Article 5
SECTION 10.03. Acceleration of Securities. In the event that any
Securities are declared due and payable before their Stated Maturity pursuant to
Section 6.02, then and in such event the Company shall promptly notify holders
of Senior Indebtedness of such acceleration. The Company may not pay the
Securities until the earlier of (i) the passage of 120 or more days have passed
after such acceleration occurs or (ii) the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, and may thereafter pay the Securities if this Article 10 permits
the payment at that time.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Securities prohibited by
the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.03, and if such facts shall, at or
prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as
the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid
over and delivered forthwith to the Company by or on behalf of the person
holding such payment for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
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The provisions of this Section 10.03 shall not apply to any payment
with respect to which Section 10.02 would be applicable.
SECTION 10.04. Default on Senior Indebtedness. The Company may not make
any payment of the Principal Amount at Maturity, Issue Price, accrued Original
Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or interest,
if any, in respect of the Securities nor may the Company pay cash with respect
to the Purchase Price or acquire any Securities for cash or property (except as
otherwise provided by Article 11 and other than for Capital Stock of the
Company) if:
(1) a payment default on any Senior Indebtedness has occurred
and is continuing beyond any applicable grace period with respect
thereto; or
(2) a default (other than a default referred to in the
preceding clause (1)) on any Senior Indebtedness occurs and is
continuing that permits holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
accelerate the maturity thereof and the default is the subject of
judicial proceedings or the Company receives a notice of default
thereof from any person who may give such notice pursuant to the
instrument evidencing or document governing such Senior Indebtedness.
If the Company receives any such notice, then a similar notice received
within nine months thereafter relating to the same default on the same
issue of Senior Indebtedness shall not be effective for purposes of
this Section 10.04.
The Company may resume payment on the Securities and may acquire
Securities if and when:
(A) the default referred to above is cured or waived;
or
(B) in the case of a default referred to in clause (2) of the
preceding paragraph, 179 or more days pass after the receipt by the
Company of the notice described in clause (2) above; and
this Article 10 otherwise permits the payment or acquisition at
that time.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall then have been made
known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event
such payment shall (to the extent permitted by law) be paid over and delivered
forthwith to the Company by or on behalf of the person holding such payment for
the benefit of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing contained in this Article 10 or elsewhere in this Indenture or
in any of the Securities shall prevent the conversion by a Holder of any
Securities into Common Stock in
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accordance with the provisions for conversion of such Securities set forth in
this Indenture, including the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of
Common Stock in accordance with Article 11, or in any of such Securities in the
event of an occurrence of the events described in this Section 10.04.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with
respect to which Section 10.02 would be applicable.
SECTION 10.05. Payment Permitted If No Default. Nothing contained in
this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall
prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any case,
proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up, assignment for the
benefit of creditors or other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the
Company referred to in Section 10.02 or under the conditions described in
Section 10.03 or 10.04, from making payments at any time of Principal Amount,
Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price,
Change in Control Purchase Price or interest, if any, as the case may be, in
respect of the Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money
deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the Principal
Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase
Price, Change in Control Purchase Price or interest, if any, as the case may be,
in respect of the Securities or the retention of such payment by the Holders of
the Securities, if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, the Trustee
did not have actual knowledge that such payment would have been prohibited by
the provisions of this Article.
SECTION 10.06. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the
Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions
made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of
this Article (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the
Company which by its express terms is subordinated to indebtedness of the
Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are subordinated and
is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property and
securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the Principal Amount,
Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price,
Change in Control Purchase Price or interest, if any, as the case may be, in
respect of the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such
subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the
Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this
Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee,
shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the
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Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 10.07. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The
provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand,
and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. Nothing contained in
this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to
or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights
under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, is intended to rank
equally with all other general obligations of the Company), to pay to the
Holders of the Securities the Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original
Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change in Control Purchase
Price or interest, if any, as the case may be, in respect of the Securities as
and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture; or (b) affect the relative rights against the
Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than
the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of
any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law
upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this
Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and
securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION 10.08. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each Holder of a
Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 10.09. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. No right of any
present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as
herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any
act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to
act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any non-compliance by the Company
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any
knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or
the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner,
place or terms of payment or
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extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or
otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness or any
instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness
is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any
Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other
Person.
SECTION 10.10. Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the
making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or
from any trustee therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice,
the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist; provided, however, that if a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall not have
received, at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms
hereof any such money may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the Principal Amount at Maturity, Issue Price,
accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption Price, Purchase Price, Change in
Control Purchase Price or interest if any, as the case may be, in respect of any
Security), the notice with respect to such money provided for in this Section
10.10, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply
the same to the purpose for which such money was 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.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor) to establish that such notice has been
given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor). 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, the
extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution and any 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.
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SECTION 10.11. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets 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 entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a
certificate of the Trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, Custodian,
receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate
in such payment or 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.
SECTION 10.12. 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 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. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of Senior Indebtedness or of any facts that would prohibit any payment hereunder
or that would permit the resumption of any such payment unless a Trust Officer
of the Trustee shall have received notice to that effect at the address of the
Trustee set forth in Section 12.02. 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 10 and no
implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 10.13. 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.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.06.
SECTION 10.14. Article 10 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
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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 Sections
10.10 and 10.12 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 11
CONVERSION
SECTION 11.01. Conversion Privilege. A Holder of a Security may convert
such Security into Common Stock at any time during the period stated in
paragraph 9 of the Securities. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of a Security per $1,000 of Principal Amount thereof (the
"Conversion Rate") shall be that set forth in paragraph 9 in the Securities,
subject to adjustment as herein set forth.
A Holder may convert a portion of the Principal Amount of a Security if
the portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this
Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion
of a portion of a Security.
"Average Sale Price" means the average of the Sale Prices of
the Common Stock for the shorter of
(i) 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last full
Trading Day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the
rights, options, warrants or distribution in respect of which the
Average Sale Price is being calculated, or
(ii) the period (x) commencing on the date next succeeding the
first public announcement of (a) the issuance of rights, options or
warrants or (b) the distribution, in each case, in respect of which the
Average Sale Price is being calculated and (y) proceeding through the
last full trading day prior to the Time of Determination with respect
to the rights, warrants or distribution in respect of which the Average
Sale Price is being calculated, or
(iii) the period, if any, (x) commencing on the date next
succeeding the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to the next preceding (a)
issuance of rights, warrants, or options or (b) distribution, in each
case, for which an adjustment is required by the provisions of Section
11.06(4), 11.07 or 11.08 and (y) proceeding through the last full
Trading Day prior to the Time of Determination with respect to the
rights, warrants, or options or distribution in respect of which the
Average Sale Price is being calculated.
If the Ex-Dividend Time (or in the case of a subdivision, combination
or reclassification, the effective date with respect thereto) with respect to a
dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification to which Section
11.06(1), (2), (3) or (5) applies occurs during the period applicable for
calculating "Average Sale Price" pursuant to the definition in the preceding
sentence, "Average Sale Price" shall be calculated for such period in a manner
determined by the Board of Directors to reflect the impact of such dividend,
subdivision, combination or
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reclassification on the Sale Price of the Common Stock during
such period.
"Time of Determination" means the time and date of the earlier of (i)
the determination of stockholders entitled to receive rights, warrants, or
options or a distribution, in each case, to which Sections 11.07 and 11.08 apply
and (ii) the time ("Ex-Dividend Time") immediately prior to the commencement of
"ex-dividend" trading for such rights, options, warrants or distribution on the
New York Stock Exchange or such other national or regional exchange or market on
which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
SECTION 11.02. Conversion Procedure. To convert a Security a Holder
must satisfy the requirements in paragraph 9 of the Securities. The date on
which the Holder satisfies all those requirements is the conversion date (the
"Conversion Date"). The Company shall deliver to the Holder no later than the
seventh Business Day following the Conversion Date, through the Conversion
Agent, a certificate for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the conversion and cash in lieu of any fractional share determined pursuant to
Section 11.03.
The person in whose name the certificate is registered shall be treated
as a stockholder of record on and after the Conversion Date; provided, however,
that no surrender of a Security on any date when the stock transfer books of the
Company shall be closed shall be effective to constitute the person or persons
entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock upon such conversion as the
record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on such date, but such
surrender shall be effective to constitute the person or persons entitled to
receive such shares of Common Stock as the record holder or holders thereof for
all purposes at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such
stock transfer books are open; provided, further, that such conversion shall be
at the Conversion Rate in effect on the date that such Security shall have been
surrendered for conversion, as if the stock transfer books of the Company had
not been closed. Upon conversion of a Security, such person shall no longer be a
Holder of such Security.
Holders may surrender a Security for conversion by means of book entry
delivery in accordance with paragraph 9 of the Securities and the regulations of
the applicable book entry facility.
No payment or adjustment will be made for dividends on any Common Stock
except as provided in this Article 11. On conversion of a Security, that portion
of accrued Original Issue Discount attributable to the period from the Issue
Date of the Security to the Conversion Date with respect to the converted
Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be
deemed to be paid in full to the Holder thereof through delivery of the Common
Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in
exchange for the Security being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof.
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If the Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion shall be computed
based on the total Principal Amount of the Securities converted.
Upon surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder, a
new Security in an authorized denomination equal in Principal Amount to the
unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.
If the last day on which a Security may be converted is a Legal Holiday
in a place where the Conversion Agent is located, the Security may be
surrendered to such Conversion Agent on the next succeeding day that is not a
Legal Holiday.
SECTION 11.03. Fractional Shares. The Company will not issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of a Security. Instead, the
Company will deliver cash for the current market value of the fractional share.
The current market value of a fractional share shall be determined to the
nearest l/lOOOth of a share by multiplying the Sale Price, on the last Trading
Day prior to the Conversion Date, of a full share by the fractional amount and
rounding the product to the nearest whole cent.
SECTION 11.04. Taxes on Conversion. If a Holder converts a Security,
the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax
due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon such conversion. However, the
Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the
shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. The Conversion Agent
may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Stock being
issued in a name other than the Holder's name until the Conversion Agent
receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which will be due because the shares
are to be issued in a name other than the Holder's name. Nothing herein shall
preclude any tax withholding required by law or regulations.
SECTION 11.05. Company to Provide Stock. The Company shall, prior to
issuance of any Securities hereunder, and from time to time as may be necessary,
reserve out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of the Securities for shares of
Common Stock.
All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Securities
shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive rights
and free of any lien or adverse claim.
The Company will endeavor promptly to comply with all federal and state
securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of Securities, if any, and will list or cause to have quoted such
shares of Common Stock on each national securities exchange or in the
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over-the-counter market or such other market on which the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted.
SECTION 11.06. Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock. If,
after the Issue Date, the Company:
(1) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its
Common Stock in shares of its Common Stock;
(2) subdivides its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a greater number of shares;
(3) combines its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares;
(4) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on its Common
Stock in shares of its Capital Stock (other than Common Stock or
rights, warrants or options for its Capital Stock); or
(5) issues by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares
of its Capital Stock (other than rights, warrants or options for its
Capital Stock),
then the conversion privilege and the Conversion Rate in effect immediately
prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the Holder of a Security
thereafter converted may receive the number of shares or other units of Capital
Stock of the Company which such Holder would have owned immediately following
such action if such Holder had converted the Security immediately prior to such
action.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date
in the case of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective
date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.
If after an adjustment a Holder of a Security upon conversion of such
Security may receive shares or other units of two or more classes or series of
Capital Stock of the Company, the Conversion Rate shall thereafter be subject to
adjustment upon the occurrence of an action taken with respect to any such class
or series of Capital Stock as is contemplated by this Article 11 with respect to
the Common Stock, on terms comparable to those applicable to Common Stock in
this Article 11.
SECTION 11.07. Adjustment for Rights Issue. If, after the Issue Date,
the Company distributes any rights, warrants or options to all holders of its
Common Stock entitling them, for a period expiring within 60 days after the
record date for such distribution, to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price
per share less than the Sale Price as of the Time of Determination, the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula:
(0 + N)
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R' = R x 0 + (N x P)
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M
where:
R' = the adjusted Conversion Rate.
R = the current Conversion Rate.
0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date
for the distribution.
N = the number of additional shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to
the distribution.
P = the offering price per share of such additional shares.
M = the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of (i) a
distribution to which Section 11.06(4) applies or (ii)
a distribution to which Section 11.08 applies, for
which, in each case, (x) the record date shall occur on
or before the record date for the distribution to which
this Section 11.07 applies and (y) the Ex-Dividend Time
shall occur on or after the date of the Time of
Determination for the distribution to which this
Section 11.07 applies, the fair market value (on the
record date for the distribution to which this Section
11.07 applies) of:
(1) the Capital Stock of the Company distributed in
respect of each share of Common Stock in such Section 11.06(4)
distribution, and
(2) the assets of the Company or debt securities or
any rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the
Company distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock
in such Section 11.08 distribution.
The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for the purposes of
this Section 11.07.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the rights, warrants
or options to which this Section 11.07 applies.
No adjustment shall be made under this Section 11.07 if the application
of the formula stated above in this Section 11.07 would result in value of R'
that is equal to or less than the value of R.
SECTION 11.08. Adjustment for Other Distributions. If, after the Issue
Date, the Company distributes to all holders of its Common Stock any of its
assets or debt securities or any
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rights, warrants or options to purchase securities of the Company (including
securities or cash, but excluding (x) distributions of Capital Stock referred to
in Section 11.06 and distributions of rights, warrants or options referred to in
Section 11.07 and (y) cash dividends or other cash distributions that are paid
out of consolidated current net earnings or earnings retained in the business as
shown on the books of the Company unless such cash dividends or other cash
distributions are Extraordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below)), the
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of this Section 11.08, in accordance with the formula:
M
R' = R x ---
M-F
where:
R' = the adjusted Conversion Rate.
R = the current Conversion Rate.
M = the Average Sale Price, minus, in the case of a
distribution to which Section 11.06(4) applies for
which (i) the record date shall occur on or before the
record date for the distribution to which this Section
11.08 applies and (ii) the Ex-Dividend Time shall occur
on or after the date of the Time of Determination for
the distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies,
the fair market value (on the record date for the
distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies) of
any Capital Stock of the Company distributed in respect
of each share of Common Stock in such Section 11.06(4)
distribution.
F = the fair market value (on the record date for the
distribution to which this Section 11.08 applies) of
the assets, securities, rights, warrants or options to
be distributed in respect of each share of Common Stock
in the distribution to which this Section 11.08 is
being applied (including, in the case of cash dividends
or other cash distributions giving rise to an
adjustment, all such cash distributed concurrently).
The Board of Directors shall determine fair market values for the purpose of
this Section 11.08.
The adjustment shall become effective immediately after the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive the distribution to
which this Section 11.08 applies.
For purposes of this Section 11.08, the term "Extraordinary Cash
Dividend" shall mean any cash dividend with respect to the Common Stock the
amount of which, together with the aggregate amount of cash dividends on the
Common Stock to be aggregated with such cash dividend in accordance with the
provisions of this
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paragraph, equals or exceeds the threshold percentages set forth
in items (i) or (ii) below:
(i) If, upon the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with
respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock, the aggregate amount of
such cash dividend together with the amounts of all cash dividends on
the Common Stock with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in the eighty-five
(85) consecutive day period ending on the date prior to the Ex-Dividend
Time with respect to the cash dividend to which this provision is being
applied equals or exceeds 12.5% of the average of the Sale Prices
during the period beginning on the date after the first such
Ex-Dividend Time in such period and ending on the date prior to the
Ex-Dividend Time with respect to the cash dividend to which this
provision is being applied (except that if no other cash dividend has
had an Ex-Dividend Time occurring in such period, the period for
calculating the average of the Sale Prices shall be the period
commencing 85 days prior to the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with
respect to the cash dividend to which this provision is being applied),
such cash dividend together with each other cash dividend with an
Ex-Dividend Time occurring in such 85-day period shall be deemed to be
an Extraordinary Cash Dividend and for purposes of applying the formula
set forth above in this Section 11.08, the value of "F" shall be equal
to (w) the aggregate amount of such cash dividend together with the
amounts of the other cash dividends with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in
such period minus (x) the aggregate amount of such other cash dividends
with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in such period for which a prior
adjustment in the Conversion Rate was previously made under this
Section 11.08.
(ii) If upon the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with
respect to a cash dividend on the Common Stock, the aggregate amount of
such cash dividend, together with the amounts of all cash dividends on
the Common Stock with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in the
365-consecutive-day period ending on the date prior to the Ex-Dividend
Time with respect to the cash dividend to which this provision is being
applied equals or exceeds 25% of the average of the Sale Prices during
the period beginning on the date after the first such Ex-Dividend Time
in such period and ending on the date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time
with respect to the cash dividend to which this provision is being
applied (except that if no other cash dividend has had an Ex-Dividend
Time occurring in such period, the period for calculating the average
of the Sale Prices shall be the period commencing 365 days prior to the
date prior to the Ex-Dividend Time with respect to the cash dividend to
which this provision is being applied), such cash dividend together
with each other cash dividend with an Ex-Dividend Time occurring in
such 365-day period shall be deemed to be an Extraordinary Cash
Dividend and for purposes of applying the formula set forth above in
this Section 11.08, the value of "F" shall be equal to (y) the
aggregate amount of such
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cash dividend together with amounts of the other cash dividends with
Ex-Dividend Times occurring in such period minus (z) the aggregate
amount of such other cash dividends with Ex-Dividend Times occurring in
such period for which a prior adjustment in the Conversion Rate was
previously made under this Section 11.08.
In the event that, with respect to any distribution to which this
Section 11.08 would otherwise apply, the difference "M-F" as defined in the
above formula is less than $1.00 or "F" is greater than "M", then the adjustment
provided by this Section 11.08 shall not be made and in lieu thereof the
provisions of Section 11.14 shall apply to such distribution.
SECTION 11.09. When Adjustment May Be Deferred. No adjustment in the
Conversion Rate need be made unless the adjustment would require an increase or
decrease of at least 1% (e.g., if the Conversion Rate is 4, an increase or
decrease of .04 (1% of 4)) in the Conversion Rate. Any adjustments that are not
made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment.
All calculations under this Article 11 shall be made to the nearest
cent or to the nearest l/l,000th of a share, as the case may be, with one-half
of a cent and 5/10,000ths of a share being rounded upwards.
SECTION 11.10. When No Adjustment Required. No adjustment need be made
for a transaction referred to in Section 11.06, 11.07, 11.08 or 11.14 if
Securityholders are to participate in the transaction on a basis and with notice
that the Board of Directors determines to be fair and appropriate in light of
the basis and notice on which holders of Common Stock participate in the
transaction.
No adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant
to a Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest.
No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par
value of the Common Stock.
To the extent the Securities become convertible into cash pursuant to
the terms of Section 11.08 or 11.14, no adjustment need be made thereafter as to
the cash. Interest will not accrue on the cash.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Indenture, no
adjustment shall be made in the Conversion Rate to the extent, but only to the
extent, such adjustment results in the following quotient being less than the
par value of the Common Stock: (i) the Issue Price plus accrued Original Issue
Discount as of the date such adjustment would otherwise be effective divided by
(ii) the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.
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SECTION 11.11. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Conversion Rate is
adjusted, the Company shall file with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent a
notice of such adjustment and a certificate from the Company's independent
public accountants briefly stating the facts requiring the adjustment and the
manner of computing it. The Conversion Agent will promptly mail such notice to
Securityholders at the Company's expense. The certificate shall be conclusive
evidence that the adjustment is correct. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion
Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such
certificate except to exhibit the same to any Holder desiring inspection
thereof.
SECTION 11.12. Voluntary Increase. The Company from time to time may
increase the Conversion Rate by any amount and for any period of time (provided,
that such period is not less than 20 Business Days). Whenever the Conversion
Rate is increased, the Company shall mail to Securityholders and file with the
Trustee and the Conversion Agent a notice of the increase. The Company shall
mail the notice at least 15 days before the date the increased Conversion Rate
takes effect. The notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the
period it will be in effect.
A voluntary increase of the Conversion Rate does not change or adjust
the Conversion Rate otherwise in effect for purposes of Sections 11.06, 11.07 or
11.08.
SECTION 11.13. Notice of Certain Transactions. If:
(1) the Company takes any action that would require an
adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 11.06, 11.07 or
11.08 (unless no adjustment is to occur pursuant to Section 11.10); or
(2) the Company takes any action that would require a
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.14; or
(3) there is a liquidation or dissolution of the
Company;
then the Company shall mail to Securityholders and file with the Trustee and the
Conversion Agent a notice stating the proposed record date for a dividend or
distribution of the proposed effective date of a subdivision, combination,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, binding share exchange, transfer,
liquidation or dissolution. The Company shall file and mail the notice at least
15 days before such date. Failure to file or mail the notice or any defect in it
shall not affect the validity of the transaction.
SECTION 11.14. Reorganization of Company; Special Distributions. If the
Company is a party to a transaction subject to Section 5.01 (other than a sale
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a transaction in
which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction
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do not receive securities, cash or other assets of the Company or any other
person) or a merger or binding share exchange which reclassifies or changes its
outstanding Common Stock, the person obligated to deliver securities, cash or
other assets upon conversion of Securities shall enter into a supplemental
indenture. If the issuer of securities deliverable upon conversion of Securities
is an Affiliate of the successor Company, that issuer shall join in the
supplemental indenture.
The supplemental indenture shall provide that the Holder of a Security
may convert it into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets
which such Holder would have received immediately after the consolidation,
merger, binding share exchange or transfer if such Holder had converted the
Security immediately before the effective date of the transaction, assuming (to
the extent applicable) that such Holder (i) was not a constituent person or an
Affiliate of a constituent person to such transaction; (ii) made no election
with respect thereto; and (iii) was treated alike with the plurality of
non-electing Holders. The supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments
which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practical to the adjustments
provided for in this Article 11. The successor Company shall mail to
Securityholders a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture.
If this Section applies, neither Section 11.06 nor 11.07 applies.
If the Company makes a distribution to all holders of its Common Stock
of any of its assets, or debt securities or any rights, warrants or options to
purchase securities of the Company that, but for the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 11.08, would otherwise result in an adjustment in the
Conversion Rate pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.08, then, from and
after the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to
receive the distribution, a Holder of a Security that converts such Security in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture shall upon such conversion be
entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock into which the
Security is convertible, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets
comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder
had converted the Security immediately prior to the record date for determining
the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive the distribution.
SECTION 11.15. Company Determination Final. Any determination that the
Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article 11 is
conclusive.
SECTION 11.16. Trustee's Adjustment Disclaimer. The Trustee has no duty
to determine when an adjustment under this Article 11 should be made, how it
should be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine
whether a supplemental indenture under Section 11.14 need be entered into or
whether any provisions of any supplemental indenture are correct. The Trustee
shall not be accountable for and makes no
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representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued
upon conversion of Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the
Company's failure to comply with this Article 11. Each Conversion Agent (other
than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have the same protection
under this Section 11.16 as the Trustee.
SECTION 11.17. Simultaneous Adjustments. If this Article 11 requires
adjustments to the Conversion Rate under more than one of Sections 11.06(4),
11.07 or 11.08, and the record dates for the distributions giving rise to such
adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such adjustments shall be made by
applying, first, the provisions of Section 11.06, second, the provisions of
Section 11.08 and, third, the provisions of Section 11.07.
SECTION 11.18. Successive Adjustments. After an adjustment to the
Conversion Rate under this Article 11, any subsequent event requiring an
adjustment under this Article 11 shall cause an adjustment to the Conversion
Rate as so adjusted.
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ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is
required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision
shall control.
SECTION 12.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall
be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
if to the Company:
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack
3111 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132
Attention: Corporate Secretary
if to the Trustee:
New York, New York
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Department
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication given to a Securityholder shall be mailed
by first-class mail to the Securityholder at the Securityholder's address as it
appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently
given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above, it is duly given, whether or not received by the addressee.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Securityholders,
it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion
Agent or co-registrar.
SECTION 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the
Conversion Agent and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section
312(c).
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SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon
any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each
Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a
covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each person making such Officers'
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are
based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such person, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such
covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 12.06. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities 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 12.07. Rules By Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and
Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of
the Securityholders. The Registrar, Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent may
make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 12.08. Legal Holiday. A "Legal Holiday" is any day other than a
Business Day. If any specified date (including a date for giving notice) is a
Legal Holiday, the action shall be taken on the next succeeding day that is not
a Legal Holiday, and to the extent applicable no Original Issue Discount or
interest, if any, shall accrue for the intervening period.
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SECTION 12.09. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE
SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.
SECTION 12.10. No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release
all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration
for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 12.11. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this
Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the
Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
SECTION 12.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of
copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this
Indenture.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have
executed this Indenture on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the
date first above written.
THE PEP BOYS -- MANNY, MOE & JACK
By /s/ ---------------------------
Title: Executive Vice President
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Attest:
/s/ -----------------------------
Title: Secretary
By /s/ ---------------------------
Title: Senior Trust Officer
Attest:
/s/ -----------------------------
Title: Assistant Trust Officer
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF LYON]
FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT WITH RESPECT TO EACH $1,000 OF
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SECURITY IS $__________________ , THE ISSUE DATE IS
_____________________ , 1996, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS __________%.
THE PEP BOYS -- MANNY, MOE & JACK
Liquid Yield OptionTM Note due 2011
(Zero Coupon -- Subordinated)
No.
Issue Date: , 1996
Issue Price: $ .
Original Issue Discount: $ .
(for each $1,000 Principal amount)
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack, a Pennsylvania corporation, promises
to pay to ________________________ , or registered assigns, the Principal Amount
of Dollars on ____________________ , 2011.
This Security shall not bear interest except as specified on the other side
of this Security. Original Issue Discount will accrue as specified on the other
side of this Security. This Security is convertible as specified on the other
side of this Security. All capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture referred to
on the other side of this Security.
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(TM)Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this
Security.
THE PEP BOYS -- MANNY, MOE & JACK
By: ________________________
Title:
ATTEST:
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(Seal)
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
as Trustee, certifies that this Security
is one of the Securities referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
By: __________________________________
Authorized Officer
Date: ________________________
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF LYON]
Liquid Yield OptionTM Note due 2011
(Zero Coupon -- Subordinated)
1. Interest
This Security shall not bear interest, except that if the Principal
Amount hereof or any portion of such Principal Amount is not paid when due
(whether upon acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Indenture, upon the
date set for payment of the Redemption Price pursuant to paragraph 5 hereof,
upon the date set for payment of a Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase
Price pursuant to paragraph 6 hereof or upon the Stated Maturity of this
Security) or if shares of Common Stock (or cash in lieu of fractional shares) in
respect of a conversion of this Security in accordance with the terms of Article
11 of the Indenture is not delivered when due, then in each such case the
overdue amount shall bear interest at the rate of _________ % per annum,
compounded semiannually (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall
be legally enforceable), which interest shall accrue from the date such overdue
amount was due to the date payment of such amount, including interest thereon,
has been made or duly provided for. All such interest shall be payable on
demand.
Original Issue Discount (the difference between the Issue Price and the
Principal Amount of the Security), in the period during which a Security remains
outstanding, shall accrue at % per annum, on a semiannual bond equivalent basis
using a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the Issue
Date of this Security, and cease to accrue on the earlier of (a) the date on
which the Principal Amount at Maturity hereof or any portion of such Principal
Amount at Maturity becomes due and payable and (b) any Redemption Date,
Conversion Date, Change in Control Purchase Date, Purchase Date or other date on
which such Original Issue Discount shall cease to accrue in accordance with
Section 2.08 of the Indenture.
2. Method of Payment
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, The Pep Boys -- Manny,
Moe & Jack (the "Company") will make payments in respect of the Securities to
the persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on
the Business Day preceding the Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case
may be, or at the close of business on a Purchase Date, Change in Control
Purchase Date or Conversion Date, as the case may be. Holders must surrender
Securities to a Paying Agent to collect
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(TM)Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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such payments in respect of the Securities. The Company will pay cash amounts in
money of The United States of America that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may make
such cash payments by check payable in such money.
3. Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar
Initially, ________________ , a New York banking corporation, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), will act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and
Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Conversion
Agent, Registrar or co-registrar, upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders.
The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates may act as
Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.
4. Indenture
The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of
________________, 1996 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made
part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and, as in effect on the date
of the Indenture (the "TIA"), except as provided in Section 9.03 of the
Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein or on the face hereof and not defined
herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are
subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and
the TIA for a statement of those terms.
The Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited
to the aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity specified in Section 2.02 of the
Indenture (subject to Section 2.07 of the Indenture). The Indenture does not
limit other indebtedness of the Company, secured or unsecured, including Senior
Indebtedness.
5. Redemption at the Option of the Company
No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. The Securities are
redeemable as a whole, or from time to time in part, at any time at the option
of the Company at the Redemption Prices set forth below, provided, that the
Securities are not redeemable prior to ________________, 2001 unless the Sale
Price of the Common Stock shall have exceeded $________________ per share
(subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Indenture) for at
least 20 Trading Days within a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending
within five Trading Days prior to the date of the notice of redemption mailed to
each Holder of Securities as provided in paragraph 7 below.
The table below shows the Redemption Prices of a Security per $1,000
Principal Amount at Stated Maturity on the dates shown below and at Stated
Maturity, which prices reflect accrued Original Issue
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Discount calculated to each such date. The Redemption Price of a Security
redeemed between such dates would include an additional amount reflecting the
additional Original Issue Discount accrued from and including the next preceding
date in the table to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
(1) (2) (3)
Accrued
Original
LYON Issue Redemption
Issue Discount Price
Redemption Date Price at 8.25% (1) + (2)
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At issuance............... $ . $ . $ .
At Stated Maturity........
6. Purchase by the Company at the Option of the Holder
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company shall
become obligated to purchase, at the option of the Holder, the Securities held
by such Holder on the following Purchase Dates and at the following Purchase
Prices per $1,000 Principal Amount at Stated Maturity of such Securities, upon
delivery of a Purchase Notice containing the information set forth in the
Indenture, at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 20
Business Days prior to such Purchase Date until the close of business on such
Purchase Date and upon delivery of the Securities to the Paying Agent by the
Holder as set forth in the Indenture. Such Purchase Price may be paid, at the
option of the Company, in cash or by the issuance and delivery of shares of
Common Stock of the Company, or in any combination thereof.
Purchase Date Purchase Price
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, 1996 $
, 2001 $
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, if any Change in
Control occurs on or prior to ________________, 2001, the Company shall, at the
option of the Holders, purchase all Securities for which a Change in Control
Purchase Notice shall have been delivered as provided in the Indenture and not
withdrawn, on the date that is 35 Business Days after the occurrence of such
Change in Control, for a Change in Control Purchase Price equal to the Issue
Price plus accrued Original Issue Discount to the Change in
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Control Purchase Date, which Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid in
cash.
Holders have the right to withdraw any Purchase Notice or Change in Control
Purchase Notice, as the case may be, by delivering to the Paying Agent a written
notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
If cash sufficient to pay the Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase
Price of all Securities or portions thereof to be purchased as of the Purchase
Date or the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, is deposited
with the Paying Agent on the Business Day following the Purchase Date or the
Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, Original Issue Discount
ceases to accrue on such Securities (or portions thereof) on and after such
date, and the Holders thereof shall have no other rights as such (other than the
right to receive the Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the
case may be, upon surrender of such Security).
7. Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed
at the Holder's registered address. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption
Date is deposited with the Paying Agent prior to or on the Redemption Date, on
and after such date Original Issue Discount ceases to accrue on such Securities
or portions thereof. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 of Principal
Amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000 of
Principal Amount.
8. Subordination
The Securities are subordinated to all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness. To the extent provided in the Indenture, Senior Indebtedness must
be paid before the Securities may be paid. The Indenture does not limit the
present or future amount of Senior Indebtedness the Company may have. The
Company agrees, and each Securityholder by accepting a Security agrees, to the
subordination and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the
Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purpose.
9. Conversion
Subject to the next two succeeding sentences, a Holder of a Security
may convert it into Common Stock of the Company at any time before the close of
business on ________________, 2011 provided, however, that if a Security is
called for redemption, the Holder may convert it at any time before the close of
business on the
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Redemption Date. The number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon
conversion of a Security into Common Stock per $1,000 of Principal Amount shall
be equal to the Conversion Rate. A Security in respect of which a Holder has
delivered a Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase Notice exercising the
option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security may be
converted only if the notice of exercise is withdrawn in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture.
The initial Conversion Rate is _________ shares of Common Stock per $1,000
Principal Amount, subject to adjustment in certain events described in the
Indenture. The Company will deliver cash or a check in lieu of any fractional
share of Common Stock.
To convert a Security a Holder must (i) complete and manually sign the
conversion notice on the back of the Security (or complete and manually sign a
facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent (or
the office or agency referred to in Section 4.05 of the Indenture) or, if
applicable, complete and deliver to The Depository Trust Company ("DTC", which
term includes any successor thereto) the appropriate instruction form for
conversion pursuant to DTC's book entry conversion program, (ii) surrender the
Security to a Conversion Agent by physical or book entry delivery (which is not
necessary in the case of conversion pursuant to DTC's book entry conversion
program), (iii) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if
required by the Conversion Agent, the Company or the Trustee and (iv) pay any
transfer or similar tax, if required. Book entry delivery of a Security to the
Conversion Agent may be made by any financial institution that is a participant
in DTC; conversion through DTC's book entry conversion program is available for
any security that is held in an account maintained at DTC by any such
participant.
A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the Principal Amount of such
portion is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. No payment or adjustment
will be made for dividends on the Common Stock except as provided in the
Indenture. On conversion of a Security, that portion of accrued Original Issue
Discount attributable to the period from the Issue Date to the Conversion Date
with respect to the converted Security shall not be cancelled, extinguished or
forfeited, but rather shall be deemed paid in full to the Holder thereof through
the delivery of the Common Stock in exchange for the Security being converted
pursuant to the terms hereof.
The Conversion Rate will be adjusted for dividends or distributions on
Common Stock payable in Common Stock or other Capital Stock; subdivisions,
combinations or certain reclassifi- cations of Common Stock; distributions to
all holders of Common Stock of certain rights to purchase Common Stock for a
period expiring within 60 days at less than the Sale Price at the Time
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of Determination; and distributions to such holders of assets or debt securities
of the Company or certain rights to purchase securities of the Company
(excluding certain cash dividends or distributions). However, no adjustment need
be made if Securityholders may participate in the transaction or in certain
other cases. The Company from time to time may voluntarily increase the
Conversion Rate.
If the Company is a party to a consolidation, merger or binding share
exchange of the type specified in the Indenture, or certain transfers of all or
substantially all of its assets to another person, or in certain other
circumstances described in the Indenture, the right to convert a Security into
Common Stock may be changed into a right to convert it into securities, cash or
other assets of the Company or another person.
10. Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption
Any Securities called for redemption, unless surrendered for conversion
before the close of business on the Redemption Date, may be deemed to be
purchased from the Holders of such Securities at an amount not less than the
Redemption Price, by one or more investment bankers or other purchasers who may
agree with the Company to purchase such Securities from the Holders and to make
payment for such Securities to the Trustee in trust for such Holders.
11. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in fully registered form, without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 of Principal Amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A
Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The
Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by
law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange
any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or any
Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or Change in Control Purchase
Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of a Security to be
purchased in part, the portion of the Security not to be purchased) or any
Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be
redeemed.
12. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of
this Security for all purposes.
13. Unclaimed Money or Securities
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The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon
written request any money or securities held by them for the payment of any
amount with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years,
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required
to make any such return, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once in The Wall Street Journal or another newspaper of national circulation or
mail to each such Holder notice that such money or securities remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed money or securities
then remaining will be returned to the Company. After return to the Company,
Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment
as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another person, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability with respect to such money or securities for that period commencing
after the return thereof.
14. Amendment; Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the
Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities
at the time outstanding and (ii) certain defaults or noncompliance with certain
provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of a majority
in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities at the time outstanding. Subject
to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any
Securityholder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the
Securities to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or to comply with
Article 5 or Section 11.14 of the Indenture or to make any change that does not
adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder.
15. Defaults and Remedies
Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (i) default in payment of the
Principal Amount, Issue Price, accrued Original Issue Discount, Redemption
Price, Purchase Price or Change in Control Purchase Price, as the case may be,
in respect of the Securities when the same becomes due and payable; (ii) failure
either to deliver shares of Common Stock (or cash in lieu of fractional shares)
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture when such Common Stock (or cash in
lieu of fractional shares) is required to be delivered following conversion of a
Security and such failure is not remedied for a period of 10 days; (iii) failure
by the Company to comply with other agreements in the Indenture or the
Securities, subject to notice and lapse of time; (iv) default under any
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which
there may be secured or
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evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed of the Company, which default
shall have resulted in such indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding $________________ becoming or being declared due and payable prior to
the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable without such
indebtedness being discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or
annulled, or there having been deposited in trust a sum of money sufficient to
discharge such indebtedness within a period of 10 days after the giving of a
Notice of Default; or (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency. If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, or the Holders of at
least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding, may declare all the Securities to be due and payable immediately.
Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will
result in the Securities becoming due and payable immediately upon the
occurrence of such Events of Default.
Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as
provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or
the Securities unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to
certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any
trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any
continuing Default (except a Default in payment of amounts specified in clause
(i) above) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests.
16. Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under
the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed
to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company
or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
17. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each
Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release
are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
18. Authentication
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This Security shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the
Trustee manually signs the Certificate of Authentication on the other side of
this Security.
19. Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or
an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common) and CUST (=custodian), and UNIF TRANS MIN ACT (=Uniform
Transfers to Minors Act).
20. GOVERNING LAW
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND TO BE PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM CONVERSION NOTICE
To assign this Security, fillTo convert this Security into in the form
below:Common Stock of the Company, check the box:
I or we assign and transfer-----
this Security to: :
: :
-----
(Insert assignee's soc.
sec. or tax ID no.)To convert only part of this
Security, state the Principal
______________________________ Amount to be converted (which must
be $1,000 or an integral
______________________________ multiple of $1,000):
--------------------
- ------------------------------:$ :
--------------------
- ------------------------------
(Print or type assignee's
name, address and zip code)If you want the stock
certificate made out in
and irrevocably appointanother person's name, fill
________________ agent in the form below:
to transfer this Security on
the books of the Company. The -------------------
agent may substitute another : :
to act for him. -------------------
(Insert person's soc.
sec. or tax ID no.)
- ------------------------------
- ------------------------------
- ------------------------------
- ------------------------------
(Print or type person's name,
address and zip code)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Your Signature: *
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this
Security)
* Your signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by
a member or members' organization of the New York Stock Exchange or American
Stock Exchange.
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Exhibit 5
[WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LETTERHEAD]
September 11, 1996
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack
3111 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack (the "Company") has requested our
opinion in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-00985) (the "Registration Statement") relating to the Liquid Yield
Option(TM) Notes due 2011 of the Company (the "LYONs"). The LYONs will be
issued under an Indenture (the "Indenture") to be entered into by the Company
and First Union National Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee") and sold pursuant
to the terms of a purchase agreement to be executed by the Company and
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the "Underwriter").
We have examined copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of
the Company, the Registration Statement, all resolutions adopted by the
Company's Board of Directors and other records and documents that we have
deemed necessary, for the purpose of this opinion. We have also examined such
other documents, papers, statutes and authorities as we have deemed necessary
to form a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and
the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to us. As to
various questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied on
statements and certificates of officers and representatives of the Company
and public officials. In rendering this opinion, we have also assumed that
there will be no changes in applicable law or facts between the date hereof
and any date of issuance of LYONs and that the provisions of all applicable
federal and state securities laws have been complied with.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The LYONs have been duly authorized and, when duly executed,
authenticated and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, duly
authenticated by the Trustee and duly paid for by the Underwriter, will be
binding obligations of the Company and entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture; and
2. The shares of Common Stock of the Company issuable upon conversion of
the LYONs have been duly authorized and duly reserved for issuance upon
conversion of the LYONs and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms
of the Indenture, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, to the incorporation by reference of this opinion in
any abbreviated registration statement in connection with the LYONs pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and to the reference to our
firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
---------------------------------
/s/ WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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EXHIBIT 8
[WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LETTERHEAD]
September 11, 1996
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack
3111 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-00985
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as your counsel in connection with the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of $208,307,000
aggregate principal amount at maturity of Liquid Yield Option-TM-Notes due 2011
(the "LYONs") of The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack (the "Company"). In that
capacity, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No.
333-00985 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the proposed public
offering of the LYONs.
We hereby confirm our opinion set forth in the Prospectus in the third
full paragraph under the caption "Certain Tax Aspects." Furthermore, we are of
the opinion that the section in the Registration Statement under the caption
"Certain Tax Aspects," while not purporting to discuss all tax matters relating
to the LYONs, sets forth the material United States federal income consequences
of the LYONs, subject to the qualifications set forth therein.
The foregoing is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), Treasury Regulations (including proposed Treasury Regulations)
promulgated thereunder, rulings, official pronouncements and judicial decisions,
all as in effect on the date hereof and all of which are subject to change or
different interpretations by the Internal Revenue Service or the courts.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, to the incorporation by reference of this opinion in any abbreviated
registration statement in connection with the LYONs pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act and to the references to this firm in the Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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THE PEP BOYS - MANNY, MOE & JACK AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Exhibit 12.2 - Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios
Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Twenty-six weeks ended
----------------------------
August 3, July 29,
1996 1995
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Interest 15,952 15,683
Interest factor in rental expense 5,158 3,522
Capitalized interest 507 812
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Fixed charges, as defined 21,617 20,017
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Earnings before income taxes 79,922 66,037
Fixed charges 21,617 20,017
Capitalized interest (507) (812)
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(b) Earnings as defined 101,032 85,242
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(c) Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a/b) 4.7x 4.3
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EXHIBIT 23.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 2 to
Registration Statement No. 333-00985 of The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack on
Form S-3 of our report dated March 20, 1996, appearing in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe and Jack for the year ended
February 3, 1996 and to the reference to us under the headings "Selected
Financial Data" and "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of this
Registration Statement.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 12, 1996
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)_________
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
(Exact Name of Trustee as Specified in its Charter)
22-1147033
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
101 NORTHSIDE PLAZA, ELKTON, MARYLAND
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
21921
(Zip Code)
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
123 SOUTH BROAD STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19109
ATTENTION: CORPORATE TRUST ADMINISTRATION
(215) 985-6000
(Name, address and telephone number of Agent for Service)
THE PEP BOYS-MANNY, MOE & JACK
(Exact Name of Obligor as Specified in its Charter)
PENNSYLVANIA
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
23-0962915
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3111 WEST ALLEGHENY AVENUE,PHILADELPHIA, PA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
19132
(Zip Code)
LIQUID YIELD OPTION(TM) NOTES DUE 2011
(Title of Indenture Securities)
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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:
Comptroller of the Currency
United States Department of the Treasury
Washington, D.C. 20219
Federal Reserve Bank (3rd District)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C. 20429
b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None.
3. Voting securities of the trustee.
Furnish the following information as to each class of voting
securities of the trustee:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
4. Trusteeships under other indentures.
If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under which any
other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any
other securities, of the obligor are outstanding, furnish the following
information:
$100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7% Notes due 2005
$86,250,000 aggregate principal amount of 4% Convertible Subordinated Notes
due 1999
See answer to Item 13.
5. Interlocking directorates and similar relationships with the obligor
or underwriters.
If the trustee or any of the directors or executive officers of the trustee
is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee, or representative of the
obligor or of any underwriter for the obligor, identify each such person having
any such connection and state the nature of each such connection.
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
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6. Voting securities of the trustee owned by the obligor or its
officials.
Furnish the following information as to the voting securities of the
trustee owned beneficially by the obligor and each director, partner, and
executive officer of the obligor:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
7. Voting securities of the trustee owned by underwriters or their
officials.
Furnish the following information as to the voting securities of the
trustee owned beneficially by each underwriter for the obligor and each
director, partner, and executive officer of each such underwriter:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
8. Securities of the obligor owned or held by the trustee.
Furnish the following information as to securities of the obligor
owned beneficially or held as collateral security for obligations in
default by the trustee:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
9. Securities of underwriters owned or held by the trustee.
If the trustee owns beneficially or holds as collateral security for
obligations in default any securities of an underwriter for the obligor, furnish
the following information as to each class of securities of such underwriter any
of which are so owned or held by the trustee:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
10. Ownership or holdings by the trustee of voting securities of certain
affiliates or security holders of the obligor.
If the trustee owns beneficially or holds as collateral security for
obligations in default voting securities of a person who, to the knowledge of
the trustee (1) owns 10 percent or more of the voting stock of the obligor or
(2) is an affiliate, other than a subsidiary, of the obligor, furnish the
following information as to the voting securities of such person:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
11. Ownership or holdings by the trustee of any securities of a person
owning 50 percent or more of the voting securities of the obligor.
If the trustee owns beneficially or holds as collateral security for
obligations in default any securities of a person who, to the knowledge of the
trustee, owns 50 percent or more of the voting securities of the obligor,
furnish the following information as to each class of securities of such person
any of which are so owned or held by the trustee:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
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12. Indebtedness of the obligor to the trustee.
Except as noted in the instructions, if the obligor is indebted to
the trustee, furnish the following information:
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
13. Defaults by the obligor.
(a) State whether there is or has been a default with respect to the
securities under this indenture. Explain the nature of any such default.
None.
(b) If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under which any
other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other
securities, of the obligor are outstanding, or is trustee for more than one
outstanding series of securities under the indenture, state whether there has
been a default under any such indenture or series, identify the indenture or
series affected, and explain the nature of any such default.
None.
14. Affiliations with the underwriters.
If any underwriter is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
Not applicable - see answer to Item 13.
15. Foreign trustee.
Identify the order or rule pursuant to which the trustee is
authorized to act as sole trustee under indentures qualified or to be
qualified under the Act.
Not applicable - trustee is a national banking association organized under
the laws of the United States.
16. List of Exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of
eligibility.
1. Copy of Articles of Association of the trustee as now in effect.**
- ---
2. Copy of the Certificate of the Comptroller of the Currency date
- --- dated January 11, 1994, evidencing the authority of the trustee to
transact business.*
3. Copy of the Certification of Fiduciary Powers of the trustee by the
- --- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency dated July 24, 1992.*
4. Copy of existing by-laws of the trustee.**
- ---
5. Copy of each indenture referred to in Item 4, if the obligor is in
- --- default.
-Not Applicable.
X 6. Consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
- ---
X 7. Copy of report of condition of the trustee at the close of business on
- --- June 30, 1996, published pursuant to the requirements of its supervising
authority.
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8. Copy of any order pursuant to which the foreign trustee is
- --- authorized to act as sole trustee under indentures qualified or to
be qualified under the Act.
- Not Applicable
9. Consent to service of process required of foreign trustees pursuant
- --- to Rule 10a-4 under the Act.
- Not Applicable
- ---------------------
*Previously filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on February 11,
1994 as an Exhibit to Form T-1 in connection with Registration Statement Number
22-73340 and ** previously filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on
March 6,1996 with Registration Statement Number 333-1102 and incorporated herein
by reference
NOTE
The trustee disclaims responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of
information contained in this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification not
known to the trustee and not obtainable by it through reasonable investigation
and as to which information it has obtained from the obligor and has had to rely
or will obtain from the principal underwriters and will have to rely.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
trustee, First Union National Bank, a national banking association organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this
Statement of Eligibility and Qualification to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Philadelphia and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 10th day of September, 1996.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ Alan G. Finn
-------------------------
Alan G. Finn
Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT 6
CONSENT OF TRUSTEE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, and in connection with the proposed issue of The Pep Boys- Manny,
Moe & Jack, Debt Securities, First Union National Bank, hereby consents that
reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities
may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission
upon request therefor.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By: /s/ Alan G. Finn
-------------------------
Alan G. Finn
Assistant Vice President
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 10, 1996
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EXHIBIT 7
REPORT OF CONDITION
Consolidating domestic and foreign subsidiaries of the First Union National Bank
of Elkton in the state of Maryland, at the close of business on June 30,1996
published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency, under title
12, United States Code, Section 161. Charter Number 33869 Comptroller of the
Currency Northeastern District.
Statement of Resources and Liabilities
ASSETS
Thousand of Dollars
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Cash and balance due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin......... 1,772,664
Interest-bearing balances.................................. 124,929
Securities................................................... /////////
Hold-to-maturity securities................................ 531,451
Available-for-sale securities.............................. 5,080,485
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements //////////
to resell in domestic offices of the bank and of it //////////
Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs: //////////
Federal funds sold......................................... 26,481
Securities purchased under agreements to resell............ 223,204
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loan and leases, net of unearned income............20,255,779
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses.............412,158
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve.......................0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and
reserve...................................................... 19,843,621
Assets held in trading accounts.............................. 0
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)..... 390,936
Other real estate owned...................................... 58,628
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated //////////
companies.................................................... 26,343
Customer's liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding. 51,547
Intangible assets............................................ 747,578
Other assets................................................. 798,531
Total assets................................................. 29,676,398
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices..................................... 24,056,990
Noninterest-bearing..........................4,453,778
Interest-bearing............................19,603,212
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries,
and IBFs................................................ 308,954
Noninterest-bearing............................ 0
Interest-bearing...............................308,954
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements
to repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its
Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs
Federal fund purchased.................................. 389,394
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase.......... 820,273
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury..................... 113,120
Trading liabilities.......................................... 0
Other borrowed money:........................................ /////////
With original maturity of one year or less.............. 6,829
With original maturity of more than one year............ 10,338
Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases 16,467
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..... 51,827
Subordinated notes and debentures............................ 175,000
Other liabilities............................................ 708,654
Total liabilities............................................ 26,657,846
Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus............. 0
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus................ 160,540
Common Stock................................................. 452,156
Surplus...................................................... 1,300,080
Undivided profits and capital reserves....................... 1,150,698
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale /////////
securities.................................................. (44,922)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.......... 0
Total equity capital......................................... 3,018,552
Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock and equity... /////////
capital.................................................... 29,676,398
