EXHIBIT 4.2E
Published on February 28, 2007
TANGER
PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
as
Issuer
TANGER
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.
as
Guarantor
and
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Trustee
FIFTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated
as
of August 16, 2006
3.75%
Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2026
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
1
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.01
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Relation to Original Indenture and Fifth Supplemental
Indentures
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1
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Section
1.02
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE
2
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ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
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6
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Section
2.01
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Designation and Amount
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6
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Section
2.02
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Form of Notes
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6
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Section
2.03
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Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest
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7
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Section
2.04
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Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes
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7
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Section
2.05
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Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on
Transfer; Depositary
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8
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Section
2.06
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Additional Notes; Repurchases
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9
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Section
2.07
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No Sinking Fund
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9
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Section
2.08
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Ranking
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9
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Section
2.09
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Full and Unconditional Guarantee by the Guarantor
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9
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ARTICLE
3
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REDEMPTION
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9
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Section
3.01
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Right to Redeem
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9
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Section
3.02
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Selection of Notes to be Redeemed
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9
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Section
3.03
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Notice of Redemption
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10
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ARTICLE
4
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PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
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10
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Section
4.01
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Payment of Principal and Interest
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10
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ARTICLE
5
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DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
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11
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Section
5.01
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Event of Default
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11
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ARTICLE
6
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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11
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Section
6.01
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders
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11
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Section
6.02
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Modification and Amendment with Consent of Noteholders
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12
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Section
6.03
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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12
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ARTICLE
7
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EXCHANGE
OF NOTES
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12
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Section
7.01
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Exchange
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12
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Section
7.02
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Exchange Procedures
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15
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Section
7.03
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Adjustment of Exchange Rate
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18
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Section
7.04
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Sufficient Shares to be Delivered
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25
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Section
7.05
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Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
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25
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Section
7.06
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Certain Covenants
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26
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Section
7.07
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Responsibility of Trustee
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26
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Section
7.08
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Notice to Noteholders Prior to Certain Actions
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26
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Section
7.0
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Shareholder Rights Plans
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27
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Section
7.10
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Ownership Limit
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27
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ARTICLE
8
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REPURCHASE
OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
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27
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Section
8.01
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Repurchase of Notes at Option of the Noteholder on Specified
Dates
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27
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Section
8.02
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Repurchase at Option of Noteholders Upon a Fundamental
Change
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31
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ARTICLE
9
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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33
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Section
9.01
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Ratification of Original Indenture
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33
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Section
9.02
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Provisions Binding on Issuer’s Successors
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34
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Section
9.03
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Official Acts by Successor Corporation
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34
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Section
9.04
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Governing Law
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34
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Section
9.05
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Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates
and
Opinions of Counsel to Truste
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34
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Section
9.06
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Non-Business Day
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34
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Section
9.07
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No Security Interest Created
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34
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Section
9.08
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Benefits of Indenture
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34
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Section
9.09
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Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
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34
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Section
9.10
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Execution
in Counterparts
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35
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Section
9.11
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Trustee
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35
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Section
9.12
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Further Instruments and Acts
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35
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Section
9.13
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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35
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Section
9.14
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Force Majeure
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35
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FIFTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 16, 2006 (the “Fifth
Supplemental Indenture”),
by
and among TANGER PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a North Carolina partnership
(the “Issuer”),
TANGER FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS INC., a North Carolina corporation (the
“Guarantor”),
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as successor in interest to State Street Bank
and Trust Company), a national banking association having a corporate trust
office at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005, as successor
trustee under the Original Indenture (as defined below) (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the Issuer executed and delivered the Indenture (the “Original
Indenture”),
dated
as of March 1, 1996, to the Trustee to issue from time to time for its
lawful purposes debt securities evidencing the Issuer’s senior unsecured
Indebtedness.
WHEREAS,
Section 301 of the Original Indenture provides that by means of a
supplemental indenture the Issuer may create one or more series of its debt
securities and establish the form, terms and provisions thereof.
WHEREAS,
the Issuer intends by this Fifth Supplemental Indenture to (i) create a
series of Issuer’s debt securities, in an initial aggregate principal amount
equal to $149,500,000, entitled 3.75% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2026 (the
“Notes”)
and
(ii) establish the form and the terms and provisions of the
Notes.
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Guarantor, the sole owner of Tanger GP Trust
who
is the sole general partner of the Issuer, has approved the creation of the
Notes and the form, terms and provisions thereof.
WHEREAS,
the consent of Noteholders to the execution and delivery of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture is not required, and all other actions required to be
taken under the Original Indenture with respect to this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture have been taken.
NOW,
THEREFORE IT IS AGREED:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Relation
to Original Indenture and Supplemental Indentures.
(a) This
Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall constitute an integral part of the Original
Indenture.
(b) Section 402,
Section 1010, Article 12 and Article 13 of the Original Indenture
shall not apply to the Notes;
Section
1.02 Definitions.
For all
purposes of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned
to
them in the Original Indenture;
(b) Terms
defined both herein and in the Original Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them herein;
(c) All
references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer
to
the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;
and
(d) All
other
terms used in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture
Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and
words of similar import refer to this Fifth Supplemental Indenture as a whole
and not to any particular Article, Section or other Subdivision. The terms
defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.
“Additional
Shares”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(g).
“Board
of Directors”
means
the board of directors of the Guarantor.
“Board
of Trustees””
means
the board of trustees of Tanger GP Trust, the General Partner of the
Issuer.
“Cash
Percentage”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.02(l).
“Cash
Percentage Notice”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.02(l).
“Close
of Business”
means
5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
“Common
Shares”
means,
subject to Section 7.05, the common shares of the Guarantor, par value
$0.01 per share, at the date of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or shares
of
any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications
thereof and that have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or
winding up of the Guarantor and that are not subject to redemption by the
Guarantor; provided
that if
at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of
each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which
the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes
resulting from all such reclassifications.
“Common
Units”
means
the Class A common limited partnership units of the Issuer.
“Daily
Exchange Value”
means,
for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period,
0.05
times the product of (a) the applicable Exchange Rate and (b) the Last
Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares (or the Reference Property, if
applicable) on such day.
“Daily
Settlement Amount,”
for
each of the 20 Trading Days during the Observation Period, shall consist
of:
(i) cash
in
an amount equal to the lower of $50 and the Daily Exchange Value relating to
such day); and
(ii) to
the
extent the Daily Exchange Value exceeds $50, a number of Common Shares (which
may be or include a fraction) equal to the Daily Share Amount for such Trading
Day, subject to the Issuer’s right to deliver cash in lieu of all or a portion
of such Common Shares in accordance with Section 7.02(l) and subject to
7.02(m).
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"Daily
Share Amount"
shall
mean, with respect to a Trading Day, an amount equal to the following: (i)
if
the Daily Exchange Value for such Trading Day is equal to or less than $50,
then
the Daily Share Amount with respect to such Trading Day shall mean an amount
equal to zero; and (ii) if the Daily Exchange Value for such Trading Day exceeds
$50, then the Daily Share Amount with respect to such Trading Day shall mean
a
fraction (a) whose numerator is the excess of such Daily Exchange Value over
$50
and (b) whose denominator is the Last Reported Sale Price per Common Share
(or
Reference Property, if applicable) on such Trading Day.
“Depositary”
means,
with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global
form,
the person specified in the Original Indenture as the Depositary with respect
to
such Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of the Original Indenture or this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary”
shall
mean or include such successor.
“Distributed
Property”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.03(c).
“Dividend
Threshold Amount”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.03(d).
“Effective
Date”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(g)(ii).
“Event
of Default”
means,
with respect to the Notes, any event specified in Section 5.01, continued
for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of notice, if any, therein
designated.
“Ex-Dividend
Date”
means,
(a) with respect to Section 7.01(e), the first date upon which a sale
of a Common Share does not automatically transfer the right to receive the
relevant dividend from the seller of the Common Shares to its buyer, and
(b) in all other cases, with respect to any issuance or distribution on the
Common Shares or any other equity security, the first date on which the Common
Shares or such other equity security trade on the applicable exchange or in
the
applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance
or
distribution.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange
Agent”
shall
mean the Trustee or any successor office or agency where the Notes may be
surrendered for exchange.
“Exchange
Date”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.02(c).
“Exchange
Obligation”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(a).
“Exchange
Price”
means
as of any date $1,000 divided by the Exchange Rate as of such date.
“Exchange
Rate”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(a).
“Exchange
Trigger Price”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(c).
“Fifth
Supplemental Indenture”
shall
have the meaning specified in the Recitals.
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“Fundamental
Change”
shall
be deemed to occur upon the consummation of any transaction or event (whether
by
means of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger,
combination, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) in connection
with
which more than 50% of the Common Shares are exchanged for, converted into,
acquired for or constitutes solely the right to receive, consideration which
is
not at least 90% common equity (or American Depositary Shares representing
shares of common equity) that is: (a) listed on, or immediately after the
consummation of such transaction or event, will be listed on, a United States
national securities exchange, or (b) approved, or immediately after such
transaction or event will be approved, for quotation on the Nasdaq Global Market
or any similar United States system of automated dissemination of quotations
of
securities prices.
“Fundamental
Change Issuer Notice”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(b).
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a).
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a)(i).
“Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 8.02(a).
“Global
Note”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).
“Guarantor”
shall
have the meaning specified in the Preamble.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15,
2007.
“Issuer”
shall
have the meaning specified in the Preamble, and subject to the provisions of
Article 8 of the Original Indenture, shall include its successors and
assigns.
“Issuer
Put Right Notice”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(c).
“Issuer
Put Right Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 8.01(c).
“Last
Reported Sale Price”
means,
with respect to the Common Shares or any other security for which a Last
Reported Sale Price must be determined, on any date, the closing sale price
per
share of the Common Shares or unit of such other security (or, if no closing
sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and last ask prices or,
if
more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the
average last ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions
for
the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Shares or such other
security is traded or, if the Common Shares or such other security are not
listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the
Nasdaq Global Market. If the Common Shares or such other security are not listed
for trading on a United States national or regional securities exchange and
not
reported by the Nasdaq Global Market on the relevant date, the Last Reported
Sale Price shall be the last quoted bid price per Common Share or such other
security in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date, as reported by
the
National Quotation Bureau or similar organization. If the Common Shares or
such
other security is not so quoted, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the
average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Shares
or
such other security on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally
recognized independent investment banking firms selected from time to time
by
the Board of Directors for that purpose. The Last Reported Sale Price shall
be
determined without reference to extended or after hours trading.
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“Market
Disruption Event”
means
the occurrence or existence for more than a one-half hour period in the
aggregate on any scheduled Trading Day for the Common Shares of any suspension
or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding
limits permitted by the applicable stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common
Shares or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common
Shares, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before
1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day.
“Maturity
Date”
means
August 15, 2026, unless the Notes are earlier repurchased, exchanged or
redeemed.
“Measurement
Period”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(b).
“Merger
Event”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.05.
“Notes”
shall
have the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Noteholder”
or
“Holder,”
as
applied to any Note, or other similar terms, means any person in whose name
at
the time a particular Note is registered on the Security Register.
“Notice
of Exchange”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.02(c).
“Observation
Period”
means
the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the second
Trading Day after the related Exchange Date in respect of such
Note.
“Original
Indenture”
shall
have the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“Predecessor
Note”
of
any
particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the
same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes
of
this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 306 of
the Original Indenture in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that
it
replaces.
“Put
Right Repurchase Date”
shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.01(b).
“Put
Right Repurchase Notice”
shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.01(b)(i).
“Put
Right Repurchase Price”
shall
have the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.01(b).
“Record
Date,”
with
respect to the payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date, shall have
the
meaning specified in Section 2.03, and with respect to Section 7.04,
shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.04(f).
“Redemption
Price”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c).
“Reference
Property”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.05(b).
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Spin-Off”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.03(c).
“Share
Price”
means
the price paid per Common Share in connection with a Fundamental Change pursuant
to which Additional Shares shall be added to the Exchange Rate as set forth
in
Section 7.01(e)(ii), which shall be equal to (i) if holders of Common
Shares receive only cash in such Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per
Common Share and (ii) in all other cases, the average of the Last Reported
Sale Prices of the Common Shares over the five consecutive Trading Day period
ending on the Trading Day preceding the Effective Date of the Fundamental
Change.
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“Third-Party
Financial Institution”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(b).
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day during which (i) trading in Common Shares generally occurs,
(ii) there is no Market Disruption Event and (iii) a Last Reported
Sale Price for Common Shares (other than a Last Reported Sale Price referred
to
in the next to last sentence of such definition) is available for such day;
provided
that if
the Common Shares is not admitted for trading or quotation on or by any
exchange, bureau or other organization referred to in the definition of Last
Reported Sale Price (excluding the next to last sentence of that definition),
Trading Date shall mean any Business Day.
“Trading
Price”
with
respect to the Notes, on any date of determination, means the average of the
secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Trustee for $2.0 million
principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time,
on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized
securities dealers selected by the Issuer; provided
that if
three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, but two such
bids
are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one
such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Trustee, that one bid shall be used.
If the Trustee cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $2.0 million
principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then
the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be
less
than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares
and
the Exchange Rate.
“Trigger
Event”
shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7.03(c).
“Trustee”
shall
have the meaning specified in the Preamble until a successor trustee shall
have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Original Indenture.
The
Trustee shall initially serve as the Security Registrar and Paying Agent for
the
Notes.
“Trust
Indenture Act”
refers
to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
ARTICLE
2
ISSUE,
DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section
2.01 Designation
and Amount.
The
Notes shall be designated as the “3.75 Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2026.” The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture is initially limited to $149,500,000,
subject to Section 2.06 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered
upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes
pursuant Section 2.05, Section 7.02 and Section 8.02 of this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture and Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 906 and 1107
of the Original Indenture.
Section
2.02 Form
of Notes.
The
Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes
shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A.
Any
of
the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such notations, legends or endorsements as the officers executing the same
may
approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and
as
are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Original Indenture and this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law
or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes
may
be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate
any
special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are
subject.
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The
Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
as
shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes represented
thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect repurchases,
exchanges, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of the
Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount
of
Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee, at the
direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the
Holder of such Notes in accordance with the Original Indenture or this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture. Payment of principal and accrued and unpaid interest
on
the Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment,
unless a Record Date or other means of determining Noteholders eligible to
receive payment is provided for herein.
The
terms
and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto
are incorporated herein and shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made,
a
part of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the
Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to
be
bound thereby.
Section
2.03 Date
and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest.
The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations
of
$1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each Note shall be
dated
the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified
on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto. Interest on
the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
The
Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the
Security Register at the Close of Business on any Record Date with respect
to
any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable
on
such Interest Payment Date. Interest shall be payable at the office of the
Issuer maintained by the Issuer for such purposes, which shall initially be
an
office or agency of the Trustee. The Issuer shall pay interest (i) on any
Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as it appears in the Security Register (or upon written application
by
such Person to the Security Registrar not later than the relevant record date,
by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such Person’s account within
the United States, if such Person is entitled to interest on an aggregate
principal amount in excess of $1,000,000) or (ii) on any Global Note by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary
or
its nominee. The term “Record
Date”
with
respect to any Interest Payment Date shall mean the February 1 or
August 1 preceding the applicable February 15 or August 15
Interest Payment Date, respectively.
Section
2.04 Execution,
Authentication and Delivery of Notes.
The
Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Guarantor and the Issuer
by the manual or facsimile signature of (i) the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of
the
Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President, any Executive or Senior
Vice Presidents, Managing Director, or any Vice President (whether or not
designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the
title “Vice President”) of the Guarantor and (ii) the Chairman or Vice-Chairman
of the Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer, President, any Executive
or
Senior Vice Presidents, Managing Director, or any Vice Presidents (whether
or
not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after
the
title “Vice President”) of Tanger GP Trust, the General Partner of the Issuer,
on behalf of the Issuer.
7
At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Notes executed by the Issuer
to
the Trustee for authentication, together with a Issuer Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with
such Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further
action by the Issuer hereunder.
Only
such
Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in
the
form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, manually
executed by the Trustee (or an Authenticating Agent appointed by the Trustee
as
provided by Section 611 of the Original Indenture), shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for
any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an Authenticating Agent)
upon any Note executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the
Note
so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that
the Noteholder is entitled to the benefits of this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture.
In
case
any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease
to
be such officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Issuer, such Notes nevertheless
may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who
signed such Notes had not ceased to be such officer of the Issuer; and any
Note
may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date
of
the execution of such Note, shall be the proper officers of the Issuer, although
at the date of the execution of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture any such
person was not such an officer.
Section
2.05 Exchange
and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer;
Depositary.
(a) The
Issuer shall provide for the registration of transfers or exchange of the Notes
in the Security Register. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any
Note to the Security Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the
requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Issuer
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name
of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing
such restrictive legends as may be required by this Fifth Supplemental Indenture
(if any).
Notes
may
be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at
any
such office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 1002 of
the Original Indenture. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange,
the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes
which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing
registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All
Notes
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange,
repurchase or exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer, the Trustee, the
Security Registrar or any co-registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied
by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer
and duly executed, by the Noteholder thereof or his attorney-in-fact duly
authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be charged to the Noteholder for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Notes, but the Issuer or the Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessments or other governmental
charges that may be imposed in connection therewith.
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None
of
the Issuer, the Trustee, the Security Registrar or any co-registrar shall be
required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes surrendered
for exchange or, if a portion of any Note is surrendered for exchange, such
portion thereof surrendered for exchange or (b) any Notes, or a portion of
any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn), in accordance with
Article 8.
All
Notes
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance
with
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
(b) So
long
as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless
otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be represented by one or more Notes
in global form (each, a “Global
Note”)
registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary.
The
transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note, which does
not
involve the issuance of a definitive Note, shall be effected through the
Depositary (but not the Trustee) in accordance with the Original Indenture
and
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set
forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.
Section
2.06 Additional
Notes; Repurchases.
The
Issuer may, without the consent of the Noteholders and notwithstanding
Section 2.01, reopen the Notes and issue additional Notes hereunder with
the same terms and with the same CUSIP number as the Notes initially issued
hereunder in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, which will form the same
series with the Notes initially issued hereunder, provided
that no
such additional Notes may be issued unless fungible with the Notes initially
issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Issuer may also
from
time to time repurchase the Notes in open market purchases or negotiated
transactions without prior notice to Noteholders.
Section
2.07 No
Sinking Fund.
The
provisions of Article 12 of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable
to
the Notes. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.
Section
2.08 Ranking.
The
Notes constitute a senior unsecured general obligation of the Issuer, ranking
equally with other existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Issuer and ranking senior in right of payment to any future
indebtedness of the Issuer that is expressly made subordinate to the Notes
by
the terms of such indebtedness.
Section
2.09 Full
and Unconditional Guarantee by the Guarantor.
The
provisions of Article 16 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to the
Notes.
ARTICLE
3
REDEMPTION
Section
3.01 Right
to Redeem.
(a) Notwithstanding
any provision of the Original Indenture, as modified by this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, to the contrary, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at any time, in
whole but not in part, if it determines that such redemption is necessary to
preserve the status of the Guarantor as a real estate investment trust under
the
Code.
(b) The
Issuer, at its option, may redeem the Notes from time to time in whole or in
part on or after August 18, 2011; provided
that,
prior to any redemption, the Issuer shall have paid in full the aggregate amount
of all interest due on Interest Payment Dates occurring before August 18,
2011.
(c) Any
redemption of Notes shall be at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the Redemption Date (the “Redemption
Price”);
provided,
however,
that
the Issuer may deduct from such Redemption Price any amount required to be
deducted and withheld under applicable law.
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Section
3.02 Selection
of Notes to be Redeemed.
(a) The
provisions of Section 1103 of the Original Indenture shall govern the
selection of Notes to be redeemed by the Trustee; provided,
however,
that if
less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall make the
selection from the Notes of that series Outstanding and not previously called
for redemption, by lot, or in its discretion, on a pro
rata
basis.
(b) If
any
Note selected for partial redemption is exchanged in part before termination
of
the exchange right with respect to the portion of the Note so selected, the
exchanged portion of such Note shall be deemed to be part of the portion
selected for redemption. Notes which have been exchanged subsequent to the
Trustee commencing selection of Notes to be redeemed but prior to redemption
of
such Notes shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of
such selection.
Section
3.03 Notice
of Redemption.
The
provisions of Section 1104 of the Original Indenture shall govern notices
of redemption of the Notes; provided,
however,
that in
addition to the information specified in Section 1104 of the Original
Indenture, notices of redemption of the Notes shall also state:
(a) the
then-current Exchange Price;
(b) the
name
and address of the Exchange Agent; and
(c) that
Noteholders who wish to exchange Notes must surrender such Notes for exchange
no
later than the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date and must satisfy the other requirements set forth
herein.
ARTICLE
4
PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
Section
4.01 Payment
of Principal and Interest.
(a) Section 307
and Section 1001 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the Notes;
provided,
however,
that,
with respect to any Noteholder with an aggregate principal amount in excess
of
$1,000,000, at the application of such Noteholder in writing to the Security
Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date, accrued and unpaid interest
on such Noteholder’s Notes shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to such Noteholder’s account in the United States supplied by
such Noteholder from time to time to the Trustee and Paying Agent (if different
from Trustee); provided
further
that
payment of accrued and unpaid interest made to the Depositary shall be paid
by
wire transfer in immediately available funds in accordance with such wire
transfer instructions and other procedures provided by the Depositary from
time
to time.
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(b) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Section 4.01(b), a Holder of any Notes at the
Close of Business on a Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest on
such
Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date. A Holder of any Notes as
of a
Record Date that are exchanged after the Close of Business on such Record Date
and prior to the opening of business on the corresponding Interest Payment
Date
shall be entitled to receive interest on the principal amount of such Notes,
notwithstanding the exchange of such Notes prior to such Interest Payment Date.
However, a Noteholder that surrenders any Notes for exchange between the Close
of Business on a Record Date and the opening of business on the corresponding
Interest Payment Date shall be required to pay the Issuer an amount equal to
the
interest payable by the Issuer with respect to such Notes on such Interest
Payment Date at the time such Noteholder surrenders such Notes for exchange,
provided,
however,
that
this sentence shall not apply to a Noteholder that exchanges Notes:
(i) in
respect of which the Issuer has given notice of redemption pursuant to
Section 3.03 on a Redemption Date that is after the relevant Record Date
and on or prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date; or
(ii) to
the
extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time
of
exchange with respect to such Notes.
Accordingly,
a Noteholder that exchanges Notes under any of the circumstances described
in
clauses (i) or (ii) above will not be required to pay to the Issuer an
amount equal to the interest payable by the Issuer with respect to such Notes
on
the relevant Interest Payment Date.
ARTICLE
5
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
Section
5.01 Events
of Default.
The
provisions of Sections 501(3), (5) and (6) of the Original Indenture shall
not be applicable to the Notes. As contemplated under Section 501(9) of the
Original Indenture, the following events, in addition to the events described
in
Sections 501(7) and (8) of the Original Indenture, shall be Events of
Default with respect to the Notes:
(a) default
in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) default
in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable at its Maturity
Date, upon redemption, repurchase, declaration or otherwise;
(c) failure
by the Issuer to comply with its obligation to exchange the Notes into cash,
Common Shares or a combination of cash and Common Shares, as applicable, upon
exercise of a Noteholder’s exchange right, and such failure continues for a
period of 10 days;
(d) failure
by the Issuer to issue a Fundamental Change Issuer Notice in accordance with
Section 9.02(b) when due, and such failure continues for a period of five
days;
(e) failure
by the Issuer for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding has been
received to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes
or
the Original Indenture or this Fifth Supplemental Indenture;
(f) default
under any evidence of recourse Indebtedness of the Issuer or Guarantor, or
under
any mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Issuer or the Guarantor
(including a default with respect to Notes of any series other than that series)
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured any recourse
Indebtedness of the Issuer or the Guarantor (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment
of which the Issuer has guaranteed or for which the Issuer is directly
responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such Indebtedness now
exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure
to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding $15,000,000 of such Indebtedness
when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with
respect thereto and shall have result in such Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $15,000,000 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, or such acceleration
having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall
have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to the Issuer or the Guarantor,
as the case may be, and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes of that series a written notice specifying
such
default and requiring the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to cause
such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded
or
annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice
of Default”
hereunder; and
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(g) the
Issuer or the Guarantor shall fail within 60 days to pay, bond or otherwise
discharge any uninsured judgment or court order for the payment of money in
excess of $15,000,000, which is not stayed on appeal or is not otherwise being
appropriately contested in good faith.
ARTICLE
6
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
6.01 Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
The
provisions of Section 901 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to
the Notes.
Section
6.02 Modification
and Amendment with Consent of Noteholders.
The
provisions of Section 902 of the Original Indenture shall be applicable to
the Notes. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, by Act of
said
Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, the Issuer (including without
limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer
or exchange offer for, Notes), when authorized by or pursuant to a Resolution
of
the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees, and the Trustee may enter into
an
indenture or indentures supplemental to this Fifth Supplemental Indenture,
for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, or of modifying
in
any manner the rights of the Noteholders and any related coupons under this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture; provided,
however,
that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Note affected thereby, modify this Fifth Supplemental Indenture in any manner
specified in Section 902 of the Original Indenture or, in addition thereto,
either of the following:
(a) make
any
change that adversely affects the exchange rights of any Notes; or
(b) reduce
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price or Put Right
Repurchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the
Noteholders the Issuer’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an
amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or
otherwise.
Section
6.03 Effect
of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, the Original
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of the Original Indenture and this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture for all purposes; and every Noteholder theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered under the Original Indenture or this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture and of any coupon appertaining thereto shall be
bound thereby.
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ARTICLE
7
EXCHANGE
OF NOTES
Section
7.01 Exchange.
(a) Subject
to the conditions described in clauses (b) through (f) below and to
Section 7.10, and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Article 7, a Noteholder shall have the right, at such Noteholder’s option,
to exchange all or any portion (if the portion to be exchanged is $1,000
principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such Notes at any time
prior to the Close of Business on the scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding August 18, 2011 at a rate (the “Exchange
Rate”)
of
27.6856 Common Shares (subject to adjustment by the Issuer as provided in
Section 7.03) per $1,000 principal amount Note (the “Exchange
Obligation”)
under
the circumstances and during the periods set forth below. On and after
August 18, 2011, regardless of the conditions described in clause (b)
through (f) below, upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 7
and subject to Section 7.10, a Noteholder shall have the right, at such
Noteholder’s option, to exchange all or any portion (if the portion to be
exchanged is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such
Note at any time prior to the Close of Business on the scheduled Trading Day
immediately preceding the Maturity Date.
(b) A
Noteholder shall have the right, at such Noteholder’s option, to exchange its
Notes prior to August 18, 2011, during the five Business Day period
immediately after any 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Measurement
Period”)
in
which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for each day of
such Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported
Sale Price of the Common Shares on such date and the Exchange Rate on such
date,
all as determined by the Trustee (except the Trading Price). The Trustee shall
have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes. The Issuer
shall
request that a third-party nationally recognized financial institution
authorized to do business in the United States of America other than the Trustee
(the “Third-Party
Financial Institution”),
determine the Trading Price of the Notes and provide such determination to
both
the Issuer and the Trustee in writing; provided
that the
Issuer shall have no obligation to make such request unless a Noteholder or
group of Noteholders representing at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of Notes provides the Issuer with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price
per
$1,000 principal amount of the Notes would be less than 98% of the product
of
the Last Reported Sale Price at such time and the then-applicable Exchange
Rate,
at which time the Issuer shall instruct the Third-Party Financial Institution
to
determine the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day
and
on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal
amount of the Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last
Reported Sale Price on such date and the then-applicable Exchange Rate. If
the
Trading Price condition set forth above has been met, the Issuer shall so notify
the Noteholders. If at any time after the Trading Price condition set forth
above has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
is
greater than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price on such date
and
the then-applicable Exchange Rate, the Issuer shall so notify the
Noteholders.
(c) A
Noteholder shall have the right, at such Noteholder’s option, to exchange Notes
during any calendar quarter after the quarter ended September 30, 2006, and
only during such calendar quarter, if the Last Reported Sale Price for the
Common Shares for at least 20 Trading Days during the period of 30 consecutive
Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the previous calendar quarter
exceeds 130% of the Exchange Price (the “Exchange
Trigger Price”)
on
such last Trading Day, which Exchange Price shall be subject to adjustment
in
accordance with this Article 7. The Issuer shall employ a Third-Party
Financial Institution to determine at the beginning of each calendar quarter
whether the Notes are exchangeable as a result of the price of Common Shares,
and such Third-Party Financial Institution shall notify the Issuer and Trustee
of its determination.
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(d) In
the
event that the Issuer has delivered a notice of redemption in accordance with
Section 1104 of the Original Indenture and Section 3.03 of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture to the Noteholders, a Noteholder may exchange Notes
at
any time prior to the Close of Business on the second Business Day immediately
preceding the corresponding Redemption Date; provided,
however,
that a
Noteholder who has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect
to a Note may not exchange such Note until the Noteholder has withdrawn the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of the Note
and this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.
(e) (i) In
the event that the Issuer or the Guarantor elects to:
(A) distribute
to all or substantially all holders of Common Shares rights entitling them
to
purchase, for a period expiring within 60 days after the Record Date for
such distribution, Common Shares at a price less than the Last Reported Sale
Price of the Common Shares for the Trading Day immediately preceding the
declaration date of such distribution; or
(B) distribute
to all or substantially all holders of Common Shares, assets or debt securities
of the Issuer or the Guarantor or rights to purchase the Issuer’s or the
Guarantor’s securities, which distribution has a per share value (as determined
by the Board of Directors) exceeding 15% of the Last Reported Sale Price of
the
Common Shares on the day immediately preceding the date of declaration of such
distribution,
then,
in
either case, Noteholders may surrender the Notes for exchange at any time on
and
after the date that the Issuer provides notice to Noteholders referred to in
the
next sentence until the earlier of the Close of Business on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution or the date
the
Issuer announces that such distribution will not take place. The Issuer shall
notify Noteholders of any distribution referred to in either clause (A) or
clause (B) above and of the resulting exchange right no later than the
tenth Business Day prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such
distribution.
(ii) If
the
Issuer is a party to any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental
Change, a Noteholder may surrender Notes for exchange at any time from and
after
the 30th scheduled Trading Day prior to the anticipated Effective Date of such
transaction or event until the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and,
upon such surrender in connection with a Fundamental Change occurring prior
to
August 18, 2011, the Noteholder shall be entitled to the increase in the
Exchange Rate, if any, specified in Section 7.01(g). The Issuer shall give
notice to all record Noteholders and the Trustee no later than 30 scheduled
Trading Days prior to the anticipated Effective Date of such transaction and
issue a press release of the Fundamental Change no later than 45 scheduled
Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of the Fundamental
Change.
(iii) If
the
Guarantor is a party to a consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or
sale
or conveyance of all or substantially all of its properties and assets, in
each
case pursuant to which the Common Shares would be converted into cash,
securities and/or other property, then the Noteholders shall have the right
to
exchange Notes at any time beginning 15 calendar days prior to the date
announced by the Issuer as the anticipated effective date of the transaction
and
until and including the date that is 15 calendar days after the date that is
the
effective date of such transaction; provided
such
transaction does not otherwise constitute a Fundamental Change to which the
provisions of Section 7.01(e)(ii) shall apply. The Issuer will notify
Noteholders at least 20 calendar days prior to the anticipated effective date
of
such transaction. If the Board of Directors determines the anticipated effective
date of the transaction, such determination shall be conclusive and binding
on
the Noteholders.
(f) The
Notes
shall be exchangeable at any time beginning on the first Business Day after
any
30 consecutive Trading Day period during which Common Shares are not listed
on either a U.S. national securities exchange or the Nasdaq Global
Market.
(g) (i) If
a Noteholder elects to exchange Notes in connection with a Fundamental
Change
that occurs prior to August 18, 2011, the Exchange Rate applicable to each
$1,000 principal amount of Notes so exchanged shall be increased by an
additional number of Common Shares (the “Additional
Shares”)
as
described below. Settlement of Notes tendered for exchange to which Additional
Shares shall be added to the Exchange Rate as provided in this subsection
shall
be settled pursuant to Section 7.02 below, as applicable. For purposes of
this Section 7.01(g), an exchange shall be deemed to be “in connection
with” a Fundamental Change to the extent that the related exchange notice is
delivered during the time period beginning on the 30th Trading Day prior
to the
anticipated Effective Date of such Fundamental Change and ending on the
related
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, inclusive (regardless of whether the
provisions of clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this Section 7.01
shall apply to such exchange). Such exchange notice shall indicate that
the
Noteholder has elected to exchange Notes in connection with a Fundamental
Change; provided,
however,
that
the failure to so indicate shall not in any way affect the Exchange Obligation
or the right of such Noteholder to receive Additional Shares in connection
with
such exchange.
(iii) The
Share
Prices set forth in the first row of the table in Schedule A hereto shall
be adjusted as of any date on which the Exchange Rate of the Notes is adjusted.
The adjusted Share Prices shall equal the Share Prices applicable immediately
prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is
the Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise
to
the Share Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Exchange Rate
as
so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares within the table shall be adjusted
in the same manner as the Exchange Rate as set forth in Section 7.03 (other
than by operation of an adjustment to the Exchange Rate by adding Additional
Shares).
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Section
7.02 Exchange
Procedures.
(a) Subject
to Section 7.02(b) and Section 7.11, the Issuer will satisfy the
Exchange Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes
validly tendered for exchange in cash, fully paid Common Shares or a combination
thereof, as applicable, by delivering, on the third Trading Day immediately
following the last day of the related Observation Period, cash, Common Shares
or
a combination thereof, as applicable, equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement
Amounts for each of the 20 Trading Days during the related Observation Period;
provided
that
(i) the Issuer will deliver cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares as set
forth pursuant to clause (m) below; (ii) if the Issuer elects to
settle an exchange of notes only in Common Shares, such settlement will occur
as
soon as practicable after the Issuer notifies the Noteholders that it has chosen
such method of settlement, but in any event within three Business Days of the
relevant Exchange Date; and (iii) the Issuer will inform exchanging
Noteholders by notice to the Trustee no later than two Trading Days beginning
on
and including the Exchange Date if the Issuer elects to pay cash upon exchange
of the Notes and will specify in such notice the amount or percentage of Notes
for which cash will be paid; provided
that the
Issuer may provide that the Specified Amount or Specified Percentage for any
Trading Day will not be in excess of the Daily Exchange Value. The Daily
Settlement Amounts shall be determined by the Issuer promptly following the
last
day of the Observation Period.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 7.02(a), the Issuer shall satisfy the Exchange Obligation with
respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for exchange to which
Additional Shares shall be added to the Exchange Rate as set forth in
Section 7.01(g) pursuant to this clause (b).
(i) If
the
last day of the applicable Observation Period related to Notes surrendered
for
exchange is prior to the third Trading Day preceding the Effective Date of
the
Fundamental Change, the Issuer will satisfy the related Exchange Obligation
with
respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for exchange as
described in Section 7.02(b)(ii) by delivering the amount of cash, Common
Shares or a combination thereof, as applicable (based on the Exchange Rate,
but
without regard to the number of Additional Shares to be added to the Exchange
Rate pursuant to Section 7.01(g)) on the third Trading Day immediately
following the last day of the applicable Observation Period. As soon as
practicable following the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change, the Issuer
will deliver the increase in such amount of cash and Reference Property
deliverable in lieu of Common Shares, if any, as if the Exchange Rate had been
increased by such number of Additional Shares during the related Observation
Period (and based upon the related Last Reported Sale Prices during such
Observation Period). If such increased amount of cash and shares, if any,
results in an increase to the amount of cash to be paid to Noteholders, the
Issuer will pay such increase in cash, and if such increased amount results
in
an increase to the number of Common Shares, the Issuer will deliver such
increase by delivering Reference Property based on such increased number of
shares.
(ii) If
the
last day of the applicable Observation Period related to Notes surrendered
for
exchange is on or following the third scheduled Trading Day preceding the
Effective Date of such Fundamental Change, the Issuer will satisfy the Exchange
Obligation with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for
exchange as described in Section 7.01(e)(i) (based on the Exchange Rate as
increased by the Additional Shares pursuant to Section 7.01(g) above) on
the later to occur of (x) the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change and
(y) the third Trading Day immediately following the last day of the
applicable Observation Period.
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(c) Before
any holder of a Note shall be entitled to exchange the same as set forth above,
such holder shall (1) in the case of a Global Note, comply with the
procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time and, if required, pay funds
equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such holder
is not entitled as set forth in Section 7.02(i) and, if required, pay all
taxes or duties, if any, and (2) in the case of a Note issued in
certificated form, (a) complete and manually sign and deliver an
irrevocable written notice to the Exchange Agent in the form on the reverse
of
such certificated Note (or a facsimile thereof) (a “Notice
of Exchange”)
at the
office of the Exchange Agent and shall state in writing therein the principal
amount of Notes to be exchanged and the name or names (with addresses) in which
such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for any Common Shares, if
any, to be delivered upon settlement of the Exchange Obligation to be
registered, (b) surrender such Notes, duly endorsed to the Issuer or in
blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents),
at
the office of the Exchange Agent, (c) if required, pay funds equal to
interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such holder is
not
entitled as set forth in Section 7.02(i), and (d) if required, pay all
taxes or duties, if any. A Note shall be deemed to have been exchanged
immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Trading Day (the “Exchange
Date”)
that
the Noteholder has complied with the requirements set forth in this
Section 7.02(c).
No
Notice
of Exchange with respect to any Notes may be tendered by a holder thereof if
such holder has also tendered a Put Right Repurchase Notice or a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice and not validly withdrawn such Put Right Repurchase
Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Section 8.01 or 8.02, as the case may be.
If
more
than one Note shall be surrendered for exchange at one time by the same holder,
the Exchange Obligation with respect to such Notes, if any, that shall be
payable upon exchange shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted
thereby) so surrendered.
(d) Delivery
of the amounts owing in satisfaction of the Exchange Obligation shall be made
by
the Issuer in no event later than the date specified in Section 7.02(a),
except to the extent specified in Section 7.02(b). The Issuer shall make
such delivery by paying the cash amount owed to the Exchange Agent or to the
Holder of the Note surrendered for exchange, or such Holder’s nominee or
nominees, and by issuing, or causing to be issued, and delivering to the
Exchange Agent or to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees,
certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary for the number
of
full Common Shares to which such Holder shall be entitled as part of such
Exchange Obligation (together with any cash in lieu of fractional
shares).
(e) In
case
any Note shall be surrendered to the Trustee for partial exchange (along with,
if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsements from such Holder,
or
written instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the
Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney-in-fact), the Issuer
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the
written order of the Holder of the Note so surrendered, without charge to such
Holder, a new Note or Notes containing identical terms and conditions to the
Outstanding Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the unexchanged portion of the surrendered Note.
(f) If
a
Noteholder submits a Note for exchange, the Issuer shall pay all documentary,
stamp and other duties, if any, which may be imposed by the United States or
any
political subdivision thereof or taxing authority thereof or therein with
respect to the issuance of Common Shares, if any, upon the exchange. However,
the Noteholder shall pay any such tax that is due because the Noteholder
requests any Common Shares to be issued in a name other than the Noteholder’s
name. The Exchange Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing
the
Common Shares being issued in a name other than the Noteholder’s name until the
Trustee 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 Noteholder’s name. The Exchange
Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Shares
being issued in a name other than the holder’s name until the Trustee 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.
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(g) Except
as
provided in Section 7.03, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any
shares issued upon the exchange of any Note as provided in this
Article.
(h) Upon
the
exchange of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee shall make a notation
on
such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented
thereby. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of any exchange of
Notes
effected through any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee.
(i) Upon
exchange, a Noteholder will not receive any separate cash payment for accrued
and unpaid interest, except as set forth below. The Issuer’s settlement of its
Exchange Obligation as described above shall be deemed to satisfy its obligation
to pay the principal amount of the Note and accrued and unpaid interest to,
but
not including, the Exchange Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest
to,
but not including, the Exchange Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather
than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, if Notes are exchanged after the Close of Business on a Record Date,
Holders of such Notes as of the Close of Business on the Record Date will
receive the interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment
Date notwithstanding the exchange. Notes surrendered for exchange during the
period from the Close of Business on any regular Record Date to the opening
of
business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by
payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on the Notes so exchanged;
provided,
however,
that no
such payment need be made (1) if the Issuer has called the Notes for
redemption or (2) to the extent of any overdue interest existing at the
time of exchange with respect to such Note. Except as described above, no
payment or adjustment will be made for accrued interest on exchanged
Notes.
(j) The
Person in whose name the certificate for any Common Shares issued upon exchange
is registered shall be treated as a holder of such Common Shares of record
on
and after the Exchange Date; provided,
however,
that no
surrender of Notes on any date when the share transfer books of the Issuer
shall
be closed shall be effective to constitute the Person or Persons entitled to
receive the Common Shares upon such exchange as the record holder or holders
of
such Common Shares on such date, but such surrender shall be effective to
constitute the Person or Persons entitled to receive such Common Shares as
the
record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at the Close of Business
on
the next succeeding day on which such share transfer books are open; such
exchange shall be at the Exchange Rate in effect on the date that such Notes
shall have been surrendered for exchange, as if the share transfer books of
the
Issuer had not been closed. Upon exchange of Notes, such Person shall no longer
be a Noteholder.
(k) Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Notes, no Noteholder shall be entitled to exchange
such Notes for Common Shares if and to the extent that the Issuer has not
received such Common Shares from the Guarantor. If the Issuer is unable to
deliver shares to any Noteholder as described above, the Issuer will at the
Issuer’s option either pay cash to such Noteholder in lieu of the Common Shares
otherwise deliverable, or issue to such Noteholder a number of the Issuer’s
Common Units equal to the shortfall in the number of Common Shares otherwise
deliverable, with such Common Units having all the rights and privileges
provided in the Issuer’s declaration of trust as in effect on the date of
issuance of such Common Units including the right by, and at the Guarantor’
election, to have such units redeemed for cash in an amount equal to the fair
market value of an equal number of Common Shares or for an equal number of
Common Shares.
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(l) The
Issuer may elect to pay cash to the Noteholders in lieu of all or a portion
of
the Common Shares otherwise issuable pursuant to this Article 7. In such event,
on any day prior to the first Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period,
the Issuer shall specify a percentage of the Daily Share Amount that shall
be
settled in cash (the "Cash
Percentage")
and
the amount of cash that the Issuer shall pay in respect of each Trading Day
in
the applicable Observation Period will equal the product of: (1) the Cash
Percentage, (2) the Daily Share Amount for such Trading Day and (3) the Last
Reported Sale Price for Common Shares for such Trading Day (provided that after
the consummation of a Fundamental Change in which the consideration is comprised
entirely of cash, the amount used in this clause (3) shall be the cash price
per
share received by holders of the Common Shares in such Fundamental Change).
The
number of Common Shares that the Issuer shall deliver in respect of each Trading
Day in the applicable Observation Period will be a percentage of the Daily
Share
Amount equal to 100% minus the Cash Percentage. Upon making a determination
that
a percentage of the Daily Share Amount will be settled in cash, the Issuer
shall
promptly notify Noteholders of such Cash Percentage by notifying the Trustee
(the "Cash
Percentage Notice").
If
the Issuer does not specify a Cash Percentage by the close of business on the
Trading Day prior to the scheduled first Trading Day of the applicable
Observation Period, the Issuer shall settle 100% of the Daily Share Amount
for
each Trading Day in the applicable Observation Period with Common Shares;
provided,
however,
that
the Issuer shall pay cash in lieu of fractional shares otherwise issuable upon
exchange of Notes. The Issuer at its option, may revoke any Cash Percentage
Notice by notifying the Trustee; provided,
that
the Issuer shall revoke such notice by the close of business on the Trading
Day
prior to the scheduled first Trading Day of the applicable Observation
Period.
(m) No
fractional Common Shares shall be issued upon exchange of any Note or Notes.
If
more than one Note shall be surrendered for exchange at one time by the same
Noteholder, the number of full shares that shall be issued upon exchange thereof
shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
(or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead of any fractional Common
Share that would otherwise be issued upon exchange of any Note or Notes (or
specified portions thereof), the Issuer shall pay a cash adjustment in respect
of such fraction (calculated to the nearest one-100th of a share) in an amount
equal to the same fraction of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Shares
on the last day of the applicable Observation Period.
Section
7.03 Adjustment
of Exchange Rate.
The
Exchange Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Issuer as
follows:
(a) In
case
the Guarantor shall issue Common Shares as a dividend or distribution to holders
of the outstanding Common Shares, or shall effect a subdivision into a greater
number of Common Shares or combination into a lower number of Common Shares,
the
Exchange Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
ER’
|
=
ER0
x
OS’
|
|||
OS0 |
Where
ER0
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such event;
|
ER’
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such event;
|
OS0
|
=
|
the
number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to such event;
and
|
OS’
|
=
|
the
number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such
event.
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Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the Business Day following the Record Date fixed for such
determination. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this
Section 7.03(a) is declared but not so paid or made, or the outstanding
Common Shares are not subdivided or combined, as the case may be, the Exchange
Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of
Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, or subdivide
or
combine the outstanding Common Shares, as the case may be, to the Exchange
Rate
that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination had not been declared.
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(b) In
case
the Guarantor shall issue to all or substantially all holders of its outstanding
Common Shares rights, warrants or convertible securities entitling them (for
a
period expiring within 60 calendar days after the issuance thereof) to subscribe
for or purchase Common Shares at a price per share less than the Last Reported
Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Business Day immediately preceding the
date of announcement of such issuance, the Exchange Rate shall be adjusted
based
on the following formula:
ER’
|
= ER0
x
OS0
+ X
|
|||
OS0 + Y |
where
ER0
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such event;
|
ER’
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such event;
|
OS0
|
=
|
the
number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to such
event;
|
X
|
=
|
the
total number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to such rights, warrants
or convertible securities; and
|
Y
|
=
|
the
number of Common Shares equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise
such rights, warrants or convertible securities divided by the average
of
the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Shares over the 10 consecutive
Trading Day period ending on the Business Day immediately preceding
the
Record Date (or, if later, the Ex-Dividend Date) for the issuance
of such
rights, warrants or convertible
securities.
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Such
adjustment shall be successively made whenever any such rights, warrants or
convertible securities are issued and shall become effective immediately after
9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the date fixed
for such determination. If such rights, warrants or convertible securities
are
not so exercised prior to their expiration, the Exchange Rate shall again be
adjusted to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such Record
Date for such distribution had not been fixed.
In
determining whether any rights, warrants or convertible securities entitle
the
holders to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at less than such Last
Reported Sale Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such
Common Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received
by
the Guarantor for such rights, warrants or convertible securities and any amount
payable on exercise or exchange thereof, the value of such consideration, if
other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.
(c) In
case
the Guarantor shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or
substantially all holders of its Common Shares any class of beneficial interest
of the Guarantor (other than Common Shares as covered by Section 7.03(a)),
evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Guarantor
(including securities, but excluding dividends, distributions, rights and
warrants covered by Section 7.03(a), Section 7.03(b) or
Section 7.03(d) and distributions described below in this
paragraph (c) with respect to Spin-Offs) (any of such shares of beneficial
interest, indebtedness, or other asset or property hereinafter in this
Section 7.03(c) called the “Distributed
Property”),
then,
in each such case the Exchange Rate shall be adjusted based on the following
formula:
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ER’
|
= ER0
x
SP0
|
|||
SP0 - FMV |
Where
ER0
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such
distribution;
|
ER’
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such distribution;
|
SP0
|
=
|
the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over
the 10
consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Record Date for such distribution (or, if earlier,
the
Ex-Dividend Date); and
|
FMV
|
=
|
the
fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the
shares
of beneficial interest, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property
distributed with respect to each outstanding Common Share on the
Record
Date for such distribution (or, if earlier, the Ex-Dividend
Date).
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Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the Business Day following the date fixed for the determination
of
shareholders entitled to receive such distribution; provided
that if
the then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the Distributed
Property so distributed applicable to one Common Share is equal to or greater
than SP0
as set
forth above, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall
be
made so that each Noteholder shall have the right to receive, for each $1,000
principal amount of Notes upon exchange, the amount of Distributed Property
such
Noteholder would have received had such Noteholder owned a number of Common
Shares equal to the Exchange Rate on the Record Date. If such dividend or
distribution is not so paid or made, the Exchange Rate shall again be adjusted
to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution had not been declared. If the Board of Directors determines the
fair market value of any distribution for purposes of this Section 7.03(c)
by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities,
it
must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used
in
determining SP0
above.
With
respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 7.03(c) where there has
been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Shares of
or
other beneficial interests in the Guarantor, or on any class or series of stock
of or similar beneficial interest in or relating to a Subsidiary or other
business unit thereof (a “Spin-Off”),
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately before 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the Record Date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive
the distribution will be increased based on the following formula:
ER’
|
=
ER0
x
FMV0
+
MP0
|
|||
MP0 |
Where
ER0
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to such
distribution;
|
ER’
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately after such distribution;
|
FMV0
|
=
|
the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the beneficial interests
distributed to holders of Common Shares applicable to one Common
Share
over
the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after the effective date
of
the Spin-Off; and
|
MP0
|
=
|
the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Shares over
the
first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after the effective date
of
the Spin-Off.
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Such
adjustment shall occur on the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the
effective date of the Spin-Off; provided
that in
respect of any exchange within the 10 Trading Days following any Spin-Off,
references within this paragraph (c) to 10 days shall be deemed replaced
with such lower number of Trading Days as have elapsed between such Spin-Off
and
the Exchange Date in determining the applicable Exchange Rate.
Rights
or
warrants distributed by the Guarantor to all holders of Common Shares, entitling
the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Guarantor’s
beneficial interests, including Common Shares (either initially or under certain
circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified
event or events (“Trigger
Event”):
(i) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Shares; (ii) are not
exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of
Common Shares, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of
this
Section 7.03(c) (and no adjustment to the Exchange Rate under this
Section 7.03(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest
Trigger Event, whereupon such rights and warrants shall be deemed to have been
distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Exchange
Rate shall be made under this Section 7.03(c). If any such right or
warrant, including any such existing rights or warrants distributed prior to
the
date of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, are subject to events, upon the
occurrence of which such rights or warrants become exercisable to purchase
different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date
of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date
of
distribution and Record Date with respect to new rights or warrants with such
rights (and a termination or expiration of the existing rights or warrants
without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event
of
any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights or warrants, or any Trigger
Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with
respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution
amount for which an adjustment to the Exchange Rate under this Section 7.03
was made, (1) in the case of any such rights or warrants that shall all
have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof,
the
Exchange Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase
to
give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though
it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase
price received by a holder or holders of Common Shares with respect to such
rights or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights or warrants),
made to all holders of Common Shares as of the date of such redemption or
repurchase, and (2) in the case of such rights or warrants that shall have
expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Exchange
Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not been
issued.
For
purposes of this Section 7.03(c), Section 7.03(a) and
Section 7.03(b), any dividend or distribution to which this
Section 7.03(c) is applicable that also includes Common Shares to which
Section 7.03(a) applies or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
Common Shares to which Section 7.03(b) applies (or both), shall be deemed
instead to be (1) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of
indebtedness, assets or shares of beneficial interests other than such Common
Shares or rights or warrants to which Section 7.03(c) applies (and any
Exchange Rate adjustment required by this Section 7.03(c) with respect to
such dividend or distribution shall then be made) immediately followed by
(2) a dividend or distribution of such Common Shares or such rights or
warrants (and any further Exchange Rate adjustment required by
Section 7.03(a) and Section 7.03(b) with respect to such dividend or
distribution shall then be made), except (A) the Record Date of such
dividend or distribution shall be substituted as “the Record Date” and “the date
fixed for such determination” within the meaning of Section 7.03(a) and
Section 7.03(b) and (B) any Common Shares included in such dividend or
distribution shall not be deemed “outstanding immediately prior to such event”
within the meaning of Section 7.03(a).
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(d) In
case
the Guarantor shall pay a dividend or make a distribution consisting exclusively
of cash to all or substantially all holders of its Common Shares to the extent
that the aggregate of all such cash dividends or distributions paid in any
quarter exceeds the Dividend Threshold Amount for such quarter, the Exchange
Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
ER’
|
=
ER0
x
SP0
- T
|
|||
SP0 - C |
Where
ER0
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the Record Date for
such
distribution;
|
ER’
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date for such
distribution;
|
SP0
|
=
|
the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Shares over
the
period of 10 consecutive Trading Days ending the Business Day immediately
preceding the Record Date (as defined in clause (f) of this Section)
for such distribution (or, if earlier, the Ex-Dividend date relating
to
such distribution); and
|
T
|
=
|
the
dividend threshold amount (“Dividend
Threshold Amount”),
which amount shall initially be $0.34 per quarter and which shall
be
appropriately adjusted from time to time for any share dividends
on, or
subdivisions or combinations of, Common Shares; provided,
that if an Exchange Rate adjustment is required to be made as a result
of
a distribution that is not a quarterly dividend either in whole or
in
part, the Dividend Threshold Amount shall be deemed to be zero;
and
|
C
|
=
|
the
amount in cash per share that the Guarantor distributes to holders
of
Common Shares.
|
Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; provided
that if
the portion of the cash so distributed applicable to one Common Share is equal
to or greater than SP0
above,
in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that
each Noteholder shall have the right to receive upon exchange of a Note (or
any
portion thereof) the amount of cash such Noteholder would have received had
such
Noteholder owned a number of shares equal to the Exchange Rate on the Record
Date. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Exchange
Rate
shall again be adjusted to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect
if
such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
For
the
avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Section 7.03(d), in the event of
any reclassification of the Common Shares, as a result of which the Notes become
exchangeable into more than one class of Common Shares, if an adjustment to
the
Exchange Rate is required pursuant to this Section 7.03(d), references in
this Section to one Common Share or Last Reported Sale Price of one Common
Share
shall be deemed to refer to a unit or to the price of a unit consisting of
the
number of shares of each class of Common Shares into which the Notes are then
exchangeable equal to the number of shares of such class issued in respect
of
one Common Share in such reclassification. The above provisions of this
paragraph shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications.
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(e) In
case
the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender
offer or exchange offer for all or any portion of the Common Shares, to the
extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the
payment per Common Share exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common
Shares on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or
exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may
be
amended), the Exchange Rate shall be increased based on the following
formula:
ER’
|
=
ER0
x
AC
+ (SP’ x OS’)
|
|||
SP’ x OS0 |
Where
ER0
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect on the date such tender or exchange offer
expires;
|
ER’
|
=
|
the
Exchange Rate in effect on the day next succeeding the date such
tender or
exchange offer expires;
|
AC
|
=
|
the
aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined
by
the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares purchased in such
tender or exchange offer;
|
OS0
|
=
|
the
number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the date
such
tender or exchange offer expires;
|
OS’
|
=
|
the
number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after the date such
tender
or exchange offer expires; and
|
SP’
|
=
|
the
average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Shares over the
10
consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the Trading Day next
succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer
expires,
|
such
adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on
the day following the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made
pursuant to such tender or exchange offer. If the Issuer is obligated to
purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Issuer
is
permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting all or any such purchases
or all or any portion of such purchases are rescinded, the Exchange Rate shall
again be adjusted to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such
tender or exchange offer had not been made or had only been made in respect
of
the purchases that had been effected. No adjustment to the Exchange Rate will
be
made if the application of the foregoing formula would result in a decrease
in
the Exchange Rate.
(f) For
purposes of this Section 7.03 the term “Record
Date”
shall
mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event
in which the holders of Common Shares have the right to receive any cash,
securities or other property or in which the Common Shares (or other applicable
security) is exchanged for or exchanged into any combination of cash, securities
or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled
to
receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed
by
the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).
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(g) In
addition to those required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this
Section 7.03, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to
the applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange, the Issuer from time to
time may increase the Exchange Rate by any amount for a period of at least
20 days if the Board of Trustees determines that such increase would be in
the Issuer’s best interest. In addition, the Issuer may also (but is not
required to) increase the Exchange Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax
to
holders of Common Shares or rights to purchase Common Shares in connection
with
any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar
event. Whenever the Exchange Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding
sentence, the Issuer shall mail to the Holder of each Note at his last address
appearing on the Security Register provided for in Section 2.05 a notice of
the increase at least five days prior to the date the increased Exchange Rate
takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Exchange Rate and the
period during which it will be in effect.
(h) All
calculations and other determinations under this Article 7 shall be made by
the Issuer and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 0.00001
of a
share, as the case may be. No adjustment shall be made for the Guarantor’s
issuance of Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable
for
Common Shares, or the right to purchase Common Shares or such convertible or
exchangeable securities, other than as provided in this Section 7.03. No
adjustment shall be made to the Exchange Rate unless such adjustment would
require a change of at least 1% in the Exchange Rate then in effect at such
time. The Issuer shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1%
of
the Exchange Rate and make such carried forward adjustments, regardless of
whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1% within one year of the first
such adjustment carried forward, upon a Fundamental Change, upon any call of
the
Notes for redemption or upon maturity.
(i) Whenever
the Exchange Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Issuer shall promptly
file
with the Trustee and any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the Exchange Rate after such adjustment and setting
forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. The Trustee
and
Exchange Agent may conclusively rely on the accuracy of the Exchange Rate
adjustment provided by the Issuer. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the
Trustee shall have received such Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Exchange Rate and may assume
without inquiry that the last Exchange Rate of which it has knowledge is still
in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Issuer shall prepare
a notice of such adjustment of the Exchange Rate setting forth the adjusted
Exchange Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall
mail such notice of such adjustment of the Exchange Rate to the Holder of each
Note at his last address appearing on the Security Register provided for in
Section 2.05 of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, within 30 days of the
effective date of such adjustment. Failure to deliver such notice shall not
affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
(j) For
purposes of this Section 7.03, the number of Common Shares at any time
outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Guarantor
but
shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu
of
fractions of Common Shares.
Section
7.04 Sufficient
Shares to be Delivered.
To the
extent the Issuer elects to deliver Common Shares, and subject to
Section 7.02(k), the Issuer shall provide, free from preemptive rights,
sufficient Common Shares to provide for exchange of the Notes from time to
time
as such Notes are presented for exchange.
Section
7.05 Effect
of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale.
If any
of the following events occur, namely (i) any reclassification or change of
the outstanding Common Shares (other than a change in par value, or from par
value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of
a
split, subdivision or combination), (ii) any consolidation, merger or
combination of the Guarantor with another Person, or (iii) any sale or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the
Guarantor to any other Person, in either case as a result of which holders
of
Common Shares shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property
or
assets with respect to or in exchange for such Common Shares (any such event
a
“Merger
Event”),
then:
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(a) the
Issuer shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall
comply with the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution of
such
supplemental indenture if such supplemental indenture is then required to so
comply) providing for the exchange and settlement of the Notes as set forth
in
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture. Such supplemental indenture shall provide
for
adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
adjustments provided for in this Article and the Trustee may conclusively rely
on the determination by the Issuer of the equivalency of such
adjustments.
If,
in
the case of any Merger Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock
or
other securities and assets of a corporation other than the successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental
indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain
such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Noteholders as the
Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the
foregoing, including to the extent required by the Board of Directors and
practicable the provisions providing for the repurchase rights set forth in
Article 8 herein.
In
the
event the Issuer shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to this
Section 7.06, the Issuer shall file with the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate briefly stating the kind or amount of cash, securities or property
or asset that will constitute the Reference Property after any such Merger
Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, and the Trustee shall
promptly mail notice thereof to all Noteholders.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 7.02(a) and Section 7.02(b), and subject to
the provisions of Section 7.01, at the effective time of such Merger Event,
the right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be changed
to a
right to exchange such Note by reference to the kind and amount of cash,
securities or other property or assets that a holder of a number of Common
Shares equal to the Exchange Rate immediately prior to such transaction would
have owned or been entitled to receive (the “Reference
Property”)
such
that from and after the effective time of such transaction, a Noteholder will
be
entitled thereafter to exchange its Notes into cash (up to the aggregate
principal amount thereof) and the same type (and in the same proportion) of
Reference Property, based on the Daily Settlement Amounts of Reference Property
in an amount equal to the applicable Exchange Rate, as described under
Section 7.02(a) or Section 7.02(b), as applicable. For purposes of
determining the constitution of Reference Property, the type and amount of
consideration that a holder of Common Shares would have been entitled to in
the
case of reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyance of
assets or other transactions that cause the Common Shares to be converted into
the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based
in part upon any form of shareholder election) will be deemed to be the weighted
average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of
Common Shares that affirmatively make such an election. The Issuer shall not
become a party to any such transaction unless its terms are consistent with
the
preceding. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a
Noteholder to exchange its Notes in accordance with the provisions of this
Article 8 prior to the effective time of such Merger Event.
(c) The
Issuer shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to
be
mailed to each Noteholder, at his address appearing on the Security Register
provided for in Section 2.06, within 30 days after execution thereof.
Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of
such
supplemental indenture.
(d) The
above
provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Merger
Events.
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Section
7.06 Certain
Covenants.
The
Issuer covenants that all Common Shares delivered upon exchange of Notes will
be
fully paid and non-assessable by the Guarantor and free from all taxes, liens
and changes with respect to the issue thereof.
Section
7.07 Responsibility
of Trustee.
The
Trustee and any other Exchange Agent shall not at any time be under any duty
or
responsibility to any Noteholder to determine the Exchange Rate or whether
any
facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Exchange Rate, or with
respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when
made,
or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental
indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any
other
Exchange Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value
(or the kind or amount) of any Common Shares, or of any securities or property,
which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exchange of any Note;
and
the Trustee and any other Exchange Agent make no representations with respect
thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent shall be responsible for
any
failure of the Issuer to transfer or deliver any Common Shares or certificates
therefor or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any
Note
for the purpose of exchange or to comply with any of the duties,
responsibilities or covenants of the Issuer contained in this
Article.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Exchange
Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any
provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to
Section 7.05 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or
securities or property (including cash) receivable by Noteholders upon the
exchange of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 7.05 or
to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the
provisions of Article 6 of the Original Indenture, may accept as conclusive
evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected
in
relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto.
Section
7.08 Notice
to Noteholders Prior to Certain Actions.
In
case:
(a) the
Guarantor shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common
Shares that would require an adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to
Section 7.03; or
(b) the
Guarantor shall authorize the granting to all of the holders of its Common
Shares of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share of any
class
or any other rights or warrants;
(c) of
any
reclassification of the Common Shares (other than a subdivision or combination
of outstanding Common Shares, or a change in par value, or from par value to
no
par value, or from no par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger
to which the Guarantor is a party and for which approval of any shareholders
of
the Guarantor is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Guarantor; or
(d) of
the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Guarantor,
the
Issuer shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each
Noteholder at his address appearing on the Security Register as promptly as
possible but in any event at least 10 days prior to the applicable date
specified in clause (x) or (y) below, as the case may be, a notice stating
(x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Shares of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or
(y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective
or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Shares
of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities
or
other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of
such
dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
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Section
7.09 Shareholder
Rights Plans.
Upon
exchange of the Notes, the Noteholders shall receive, in addition to any Common
Shares issuable upon such exchange, the associated rights issued under any
shareholder rights plan that the Guarantor adopts. If, and only if, the
Noteholders receive rights under such shareholder rights plans as described
in
the preceding sentence upon exchange of their Notes, then no other adjustment
pursuant to this Article 7 shall be made in connection with such
shareholder rights plans.
Section
7.10 Ownership
Limit.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or
the
Notes, no Noteholder shall be entitled to exchange such Notes for Common Shares
to the extent that receipt of such shares would cause such Noteholder (together
with such Noteholder’s affiliates) to exceed the applicable ownership limit
contained in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Guarantor
as then in effect.
Section
7.11 Tax
Effect.
In
certain circumstances, a Noteholder may be deemed to have received a
constructive dividend or a payment of additional interest subject to U.S.
federal income tax as a result of an Exchange Rate adjustment or the failure
to
make an Exchange Rate adjustment. In such event, the Issuer may set-off any
U.S.
federal withholding tax that it is required to pay with respect to any such
constructive distribution or payment against cash payments of interest on the
Notes.
ARTICLE
8
REPURCHASE
OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section
8.01 Repurchase
of Notes at Option of the Noteholder on Specified Dates.
(a) The
provisions of Article 13 of the Original Indenture shall not be applicable
to
the Notes.
(b) At
the
option of the Holder thereof, Notes shall be repurchased by the Issuer in
accordance with the provisions of the Notes on August 18, 2011,
August 15, 2016 or August 15, 2021 (each, a “Put
Right Repurchase Date”)
at a
repurchase price per Note equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of
the
Notes being repurchased, together with any accrued and unpaid interest up to,
but not including, such Put Right Repurchase Date (the “Put
Right Repurchase Price”).
Repurchases
of Notes by the Issuer pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall be made, at the
option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery
to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) by the
Noteholder
of a
written notice of purchase (a “Put
Right Repurchase Notice”)
in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Note at any time from the opening of
business on the date that is 25 Business Days prior to the applicable Put Right
Repurchase Date until the Close of Business on the fifth Business Day prior
to
such Put Right Repurchase Date stating:
(A) if
certificated, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for
repurchase;
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(B) the
portion of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, which must
be
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(C) that
the
Notes are to be repurchased as of the applicable Put Right Repurchase Date
pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Notes and in this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture; and
(ii) delivery
of such Note to the Paying Agent prior to, on or after the Put Right Repurchase
Date (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying
Agent, such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Noteholder of the
Put
Right Repurchase Price therefor, which shall be so paid pursuant to this
Section 8.01 only if the Note so delivered to the Paying Agent shall
conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related Put Right
Repurchase Notice, as determined by the Issuer.
The
Issuer shall repurchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this
Section 8.01, a portion of a Note if the principal amount of such portion
is $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a Note also apply
to the repurchase of such portion of such Note.
Any
repurchase by the Issuer contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 8.01 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to
be received by the Noteholder promptly following the later of the Put Right
Repurchase Date and the time of delivery of the Note.
The
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) shall promptly notify
the Issuer of the receipt by it of any Put Right Repurchase Notice or written
notice of withdrawal thereof in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.01(e).
Any
Note
that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Trustee
(with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the
Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in
writing), and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and
make available for delivery to the Holder of such Note without service charge,
a
new Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an
authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Note so
surrendered.
(c) In
connection with any purchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 8.01, the
Issuer shall give written notice of the Put Right Repurchase Date to the
Noteholders (the “Issuer
Put Right Notice”).
The
Issuer Put Right Notice shall be sent by first-class mail to the Trustee and
to
each Noteholder (and to each beneficial owner as required by applicable law)
that has delivered a Put Right Repurchase Notice within 10 Business Days of
receipt of such Put Right Notice, or, if a shorter period, at least two Business
Days prior to any Put Right Repurchase Date (the “Issuer
Put Right Notice Date”).
Each
Issuer Put Right Notice shall include a form of Put Right Repurchase Notice
to
be completed by a Noteholder and shall state:
(i) the
Put
Right Repurchase Price and the Exchange Price;
(ii) the
name
and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;
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(iii) that
Notes as to which a Put Right Repurchase Notice has been given may be exchanged
in accordance with Article 7 only if the applicable Put Right Repurchase
Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture;
(iv) that
Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment;
(v) that
the
Put Right Repurchase Price for any Note as to which a Put Right Repurchase
Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the
later of the Put Right Repurchase Date and the time of surrender of such Note
as
described in subclause (iv) above;
(vi) the
procedures the Noteholder must follow to exercise rights under this Section
and
a brief description of those rights;
(vii) briefly,
the exchange rights of the Notes;
(viii) the
procedures for withdrawing a Put Right Repurchase Notice (including pursuant
to
the terms of Section 8.01(e));
(ix) that,
unless the Issuer defaults in making payment on Notes for which a Put Right
Repurchase Notice has been submitted, interest on the Notes in respect of which
a Put Right Repurchase Notice has been delivered and not withdrawn will cease
to
accrue on the Put Right Repurchase Date; and
(x) the
CUSIP
number of the Notes.
If
any of
the Notes are to be redeemed in the form of a Global Note, the Issuer shall
modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of
the
Depositary applicable to redemptions.
At
the
Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall give such Issuer Put Right Notice in the
Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s expense; provided,
however,
that,
in all cases, the text of such Issuer Put Right Notice shall be prepared by
the
Issuer.
(d) Upon
receipt by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) of the
Put Right Repurchase Notice specified in Section 8.01(b)(i), the Holder of
the Note in respect of which such Put Right Repurchase Notice was given shall
(unless such Put Right Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in
Section 8.01(e)) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Put Right
Repurchase Price with respect to such Note. Such Put Right Repurchase Price
shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent,
promptly following the later of (x) the Put Right Repurchase Date with
respect to such Note (provided the conditions in Section 8.01(b) have been
satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Note to the Paying Agent by
the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 8.01(b)(i). Notes in
respect of which a Put Right Repurchase Notice has been given by the Holder
thereof may not be exchanged pursuant to Article 8 on or after the date of
the delivery of such Put Right Repurchase Notice, unless such Put Right
Repurchase Notice has first been validly withdrawn as specified in
Section 8.01(e).
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(e) A
Put
Right Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of
withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the
Put Right Repurchase Notice at any time prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City
time on the fourth business on the Business Day prior to the Put Right
Repurchase Date specifying:
(i) if
certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes;
(ii) the
principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is
being submitted; and
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the original
Put
Right Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000
or
an integral multiple of $1,000;
provided,
however,
that if
the Notes are not in certificated form, the notice must comply with appropriate
procedures of the Depositary.
A
written
notice of withdrawal of a Put Right Repurchase Notice shall be in the form
set
forth in the preceding paragraph.
Upon
receipt of a written notice of withdrawal, the Paying Agent shall promptly
return to the Holders thereof any Notes in respect of which a Put Right
Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 8.01(e).
(f) There
shall be no repurchase of any Notes pursuant to this Section 8.01 if there
has occurred (prior to, on or after, as the case may be, the giving, by the
Holders of such Notes, of the required Put Right Repurchase Notice) and is
continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes (other than a default
in the payment of the Put Right Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes).
The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any
Notes held by it during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect
to
Notes (other than a default in the payment of the Put Right Repurchase Price
with respect to such Notes), in which case, upon such return, the Put Right
Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been
withdrawn.
(g) Prior
to
11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Put Right Repurchase Date, the
Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the
Issuer or if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate
and hold in trust in accordance with the terms of the Original Indenture as
modified by this Fifth Supplemental Indenture) an amount (in immediately
available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to pay the
aggregate Put Right Repurchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof which
are to be purchased as of the Put Right Repurchase Date. The manner in which
the
deposit required by this Section 8.01(g) is made by the Issuer shall be at
the option of the Issuer; provided
that
such deposit shall be made in a manner such that the Trustee or a Paying Agent
shall have immediately available funds on the Put Right Repurchase
Date.
If
the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) holds, in accordance
with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Put Right Repurchase Price
of
any Note, then, on the Put Right Repurchase Date, such Note will cease to be
Outstanding and the rights of the Holder in respect thereof shall terminate
(other than the right to receive the Put Right Repurchase Price as
aforesaid).
To
the
extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Issuer pursuant to
this Section 8.01(g) exceeds the aggregate Put Right Repurchase Price of
the Notes or portions thereof that the Issuer is obligated to purchase, then
promptly after the Put Right Repurchase Date the Trustee or a Paying Agent,
as
the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Issuer.
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Section
8.02 Repurchase
at Option of Noteholders Upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) If
a
Fundamental Change occurs at any time, then each Noteholder shall have the
right, at such Noteholder’s option, to require the Issuer to repurchase all of
such Noteholder’s Notes or any portion thereof that is a multiple of $1,000
principal amount, for cash on the date (the “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date”)
specified by the Issuer that is not less than 20 Business Days and not more
than
35 Business Days after the date of the Fundamental Change Issuer Notice (as
defined below) at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding,
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price”).
Repurchases
of Notes under this Section 8.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder
thereof, upon:
(i) delivery
to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) by a Noteholder
of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice”)
in the
form set forth on the reverse of the Note prior to the Close of Business on
the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and
(ii) delivery
or book-entry transfer of the Notes to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent
appointed by the Issuer) at any time after delivery of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer),
such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Noteholder of the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price therefor; provided
that
such Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this
Section 8.02 only if the Note so delivered to the Trustee (or other Paying
Agent appointed by the Issuer) shall conform in all respects to the description
thereof in the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. The Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice shall state:
(A) if
certificated, the certificate numbers of Notes to be delivered for
repurchase;
(B) the
portion of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000
or an integral multiple thereof; and
(C) that
the
Notes are to be repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to the applicable provisions
of the Notes and this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.
Any
repurchase by the Issuer contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 8.02 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to
be received by the Noteholder promptly following the later of the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date and the time of the book-entry transfer or delivery
of
the Note.
The
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) shall promptly notify
the Issuer of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice
or
written notice of withdrawal thereof in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.02(c).
Any
Note
that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered to the Trustee
(with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the
Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in
writing), and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and
make available for delivery to the Holder of such Note without service charge,
a
new Note or Notes, containing identical terms and conditions, each in an
authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unrepurchased portion of the principal of the Note so
surrendered.
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(b) On
or
before the twentieth day after the occurrence of any Fundamental Change, the
Issuer shall provide to all Noteholders of record and the Trustee and Paying
Agent a notice (the “Fundamental
Change Issuer Notice”)
of the
occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option
of the Noteholders arising as a result thereof. Such mailing shall be by first
class mail. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Issuer Notice,
the Issuer shall publish a notice containing the information included therein
once in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish
such information on the Issuer’s website or through such other public medium as
the Issuer may use at such time.
Each
Fundamental Change Issuer Notice shall specify:
(i) the
events causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the
date
of the Fundamental Change;
(iii) that
the
Noteholder must exercise the repurchase right on or prior to the Close of
Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(v) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(vi) the
name
and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent;
(vii) the
applicable Exchange Rate and any adjustments to the applicable Exchange
Rate;
(viii) that
the
Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been
delivered by a Noteholder may be exchanged only if the Noteholder withdraws
the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture; and
(ix) the
procedures that Noteholders must follow to require the Issuer to repurchase
their Notes.
No
failure of the Issuer to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall
limit the Noteholders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the
proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 8.02.
(c) A
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written
notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the
Fundamental Change Issuer Notice at any time prior to the Close of Business
on
the Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date,
specifying:
(i) the
principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal
is
being submitted;
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(ii) if
certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn
Notes; and
(iii) the
principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remains subject to the original
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts
of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;
provided,
however,
that if
the Notes are not in certificated form, the notice must comply with appropriate
procedures of the Depositary.
(d) On
or
prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day
following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Issuer will deposit with
the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer or if the Issuer
is
acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust in
accordance with the Original Indenture) an amount of money sufficient to
repurchase on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date all of the Notes to be
repurchased on such date at the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject
to
receipt of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed
by
the Issuer), payment for Notes surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn)
prior to the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date will
be
made promptly after the later of (x) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
with respect to such Note (provided the Noteholder has satisfied the conditions
to the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in Section 8.02),
and (y) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Note to the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) by the Holder thereof
in
the manner required by Section 8.02 by mailing checks for the amount
payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear
in
the Security Register, provided,
however,
that
payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee
shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Issuer, return
to the Issuer any funds in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price.
(e) If
the
Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer) holds money or
securities sufficient to repurchase on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date
all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the second
Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then on and
after
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (i) such Notes will cease to be
Outstanding, (ii) interest will cease to accrue on such Notes, and
(iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate, whether
or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been
delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent, other than the right to receive the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery of the Notes.
ARTICLE
9
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
9.01 Ratification
of Original Indenture.
Except
as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Original Indenture, as modified
by
any supplemental indenture entered into prior to the date hereof (which are
not
applicable to the Notes), continues in full force and effect and is in all
respects confirmed, ratified and preserved.
Section
9.02 Provisions
Binding on Issuer’s Successors.
All the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Issuer contained in
this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether
so
expressed or not.
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Section
9.03 Official
Acts by Successor Corporation.
Any act
or proceeding by any provision of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture authorized
or required to be done or performed by any board, committee, trustee or officer
of the Issuer shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect
by
the like board, committee, trustee or officer of any corporation, trust or
other
entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the
Issuer.
Section
9.04 Governing
Law.
THIS
FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE ISSUED PURSUANT HERETO SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR
ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW
YORK.
Section
9.05 Evidence
of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel
to
Trustee.
Upon
any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under
any of the provisions of the Original Indenture or this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Original
Indenture or this Fifth Supplemental Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion
of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied
with.
Each
certificate or opinion provided for by or on behalf of the Issuer in the
Original Indenture or this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and delivered to the
Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in
the Original Indenture or this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall include
(i) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read
such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and
scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion
contained in such certificate or opinion is based; (iii) a statement that,
in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation
as
is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as
to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant
has
been complied with.
Section
9.06 Non-Business
Day.
Section 114 of the Original Indenture shall also apply to any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, Put Right Repurchase Date or Exchange Date in respect
of
the Notes.
Section
9.07 No
Security Interest Created.
Nothing
in the Original Indenture or this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest
under
the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted
and in effect, in any jurisdiction.
Section
9.08 Benefits
of Indenture.
Nothing
in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied,
shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent,
any
Authenticating Agent, any Security Registrar and their successors hereunder,
the
Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
the Original Indenture or this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.
Section
9.09 Table
of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The
table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections
of
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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Section
9.10 Execution
in Counterparts.
This
Fifth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each
of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
Section
9.11 Trustee.
The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Fifth
Supplemental Indenture. The statements and recitals herein are deemed to be
those of the Issuer and not of the Trustee.
Section
9.12 Further
Instruments and Acts.
Upon
request of the Trustee, the Issuer 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 the Original Indenture or this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture.
Section
9.13 Waiver
of Jury Trial.
EACH OF
THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE OR THIS FIFTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
Section
9.14 Force
Majeure.
In no
event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in
the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly
or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation,
strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military
disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions,
loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable
efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry
to
resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
Very
truly yours,
TANGER
FACTORY OUTLET CENTERS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
TANGER
PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:
Tanger GP Trust, its general partner
By:
Name
Title:
[SEAL]
Attest:
By: _____________________
Name:
_______________
Title:
________________
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee, as aforesaid
By: __________________
__________________
Attest:
By: _____________________
Name: __________________
Title: __________________
SCHEDULE
A
Effective
|
Effective
Price
|
|||||||||||
Date
|
$30.61
|
$32.50
|
$35.00
|
$37.50
|
$40.00
|
$42.50
|
$45.00
|
$47.50
|
$50.00
|
$52.50
|
$55.00
|
$60.00
|
August
16, 2006
|
4.9834
|
4.0575
|
2.9845
|
2.1859
|
1.5948
|
1.1554
|
0.8298
|
0.5915
|
0.4153
|
0.2852
|
0.1901
|
0.0705
|
August
15, 2007
|
4.9834
|
4.0706
|
2.9440
|
2.1120
|
1.5007
|
1.0571
|
0.7330
|
0.5002
|
0.3333
|
0.2138
|
0.1289
|
0.0302
|
August
15, 2008
|
4.9834
|
4.0258
|
2.8366
|
1.9711
|
1.3485
|
0.9047
|
0.5915
|
0.3750
|
0.2248
|
0.1236
|
0.0570
|
0.0000
|
August
15, 2009
|
4.9834
|
3.8854
|
2.6174
|
1.7198
|
1.0951
|
0.6710
|
0.3895
|
0.2071
|
0.0925
|
0.0272
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
August
15, 2010
|
4.9834
|
3.5564
|
2.1626
|
1.2293
|
0.6392
|
0.0979
|
0.0979
|
0.0115
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
August
18, 2011
|
4.9834
|
3.0836
|
0.8858
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|
0.0000
|