EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm INDENTURE, DATED OCTOBER 29, 2004 Indenture, dated October 29, 2004

Exhibit 4.1

 

[EXECUTION VERSION]

 

    

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   ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

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   and

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   WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee

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   INDENTURE

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   Dated as of October 29, 2004

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   $600,000,000

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   7.75% Senior Notes Due 2012

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   CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE     

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     TIA    Indenture

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   Section      Section

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   310(a)(1)    7.10

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         (a)(2)    7.10

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         (a)(3)    N.A.

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         (a)(4)    N.A.

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         (a)(5)    7.10

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         (b)    7.08; 7.10

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         (b)(1)    7.08; 7.10

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         (c)    N.A.

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   311(a)    7.11

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         (b)    7.11

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         (c)    N.A.

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   312(a)    2.06

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         (b)    N.A.

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         (c)    N.A.

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   313(a)    7.06

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         (b)(1)    N.A.

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         (b)(2)    7.06

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         (c)    7.06

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         (d)    7.06

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   314(a)    4.16

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         (b)    N.A.

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         (c)(1)    N.A.

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         (c)(2)    N.A.

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         (c)(3)    N.A.

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         (d)    N.A.

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         (e)    N.A.

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         (f)    N.A.

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   315(a)    7.01(b)

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         (b)    7.05

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         (c)    7.01(a)

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         (d)    7.01(c)

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         (e)    6.12

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   316(a) (last sentence)    2.10

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         (a)(1)(A)    6.05

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         (a)(1)(B)    6.04

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         (a)(2)    N.A.

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         (b)    6.08

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         (c)    8.04(b)

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   317(a)(1)    6.09

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         (a)(2)    6.10

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         (b)    2.05; 7.12

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   318(a)    N.A.

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   NOTE: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this

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                 Indenture.     


60      TABLE OF CONTENTS     
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

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64      SECTION 1.01.    Definitions.    1
65      SECTION 1.02.    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.    28
66      SECTION 1.03.    Rules of Construction.    29
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ARTICLE TWO THE SECURITIES

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68      SECTION 2.01.    Amount of Notes.    30
69      SECTION 2.02.    Form and Dating.    30
70      SECTION 2.03.    Execution and Authentication.    30
71      SECTION 2.04.    Registrar and Paying Agent.    31
72      SECTION 2.05.    Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.    31
73      SECTION 2.06.    Holder Lists.    32
74      SECTION 2.07.    Transfer and Exchange.    32
75      SECTION 2.08.    Replacement Notes.    33
76      SECTION 2.09.    Outstanding Notes.    33
77      SECTION 2.10.    Treasury Notes.    33
78      SECTION 2.11.    Temporary Notes.    34
79      SECTION 2.12.    Cancellation.    34
80      SECTION 2.13.    Defaulted Interest.    34
81      SECTION 2.14.    CUSIP Number.    35
82      SECTION 2.15.    Deposit of Moneys.    35
83      SECTION 2.16.    Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.    35
84      SECTION 2.17.    Special Transfer Provisions.    37
85      SECTION 2.18.    Computation of Interest.    39
86     

ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION

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87      SECTION 3.01.    Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee.    39
88      SECTION 3.02.    Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed.    40
89      SECTION 3.03.    Notice of Redemption.    40
90      SECTION 3.04.    Effect of Notice of Redemption.    41
91      SECTION 3.05.    Deposit of Redemption Price.    41
92      SECTION 3.06.    Notes Redeemed in Part.    42
93      SECTION 3.07.    Other Mandatory Redemption.    42
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ARTICLE FOUR COVENANTS

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95      SECTION 4.01.    Payment of Notes.    42
96      SECTION 4.02.    Maintenance of Office or Agency.    42
97      SECTION 4.03.    Legal Existence.    43


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98      SECTION 4.04.    Maintenance of Properties; Insurance; Compliance with Law.    43
99      SECTION 4.05.    Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.    44
100      SECTION 4.06.    Compliance Certificate.    44
101      SECTION 4.07.    Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.    45
102      SECTION 4.08.    Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.    45
103      SECTION 4.09.    Limitation on Debt.    47
104      SECTION 4.10.    Limitation on Restricted Payments.    50
105      SECTION 4.11.    Limitation on Liens.    53
106      SECTION 4.12.    Limitation on Asset Sales.    54
107      SECTION 4.13.    Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted     
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Subsidiaries.

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109      SECTION 4.14.    Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.    59
110      SECTION 4.15.    Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.    60
111      SECTION 4.16.    Reports.    61
112      SECTION 4.17.    Covenant Suspension.    63
113      SECTION 4.18.    Payment for Consents.    63
114      ARTICLE FIVE SUCCESSOR CORPORATION    64
115      SECTION 5.01.    Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Property.    64
116      ARTICLE SIX DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES    65
117      SECTION 6.01.    Events of Default.    65
118      SECTION 6.02.    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission.    67
119      SECTION 6.03.    Other Remedies.    69
120      SECTION 6.04.    Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default.    69
121      SECTION 6.05.    Control by Majority.    70
122      SECTION 6.06.    Limitation on Suits.    70
123      SECTION 6.07.    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and     
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Stockholders.

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125      SECTION 6.08.    Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.    71
126      SECTION 6.09.    Collection Suit by Trustee.    71
127      SECTION 6.10.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.    71
128      SECTION 6.11.    Priorities.    72
129      SECTION 6.12.    Undertaking for Costs.    72
130      ARTICLE SEVEN TRUSTEE    72
131      SECTION 7.01.    Duties of Trustee.    72
132      SECTION 7.02.    Rights of Trustee.    74
133      SECTION 7.03.    Individual Rights of Trustee.    75
134      SECTION 7.04.    Trustee’s Disclaimer.    76
135      SECTION 7.05.    Notice of Defaults.    76

 

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136      SECTION 7.06.   Reports by Trustee to Holders.    76
137      SECTION 7.07.   Compensation and Indemnity.    77
138      SECTION 7.08.   Replacement of Trustee.    78
139      SECTION 7.09.   Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, etc.    79
140      SECTION 7.10.   Eligibility; Disqualification.    79
141      SECTION 7.11.   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.    79
142      SECTION 7.12.   Paying Agents.    79
143      ARTICLE EIGHT MODIFICATION AND WAIVER    80
144      SECTION 8.01.   Without Consent of Holders.    80
145      SECTION 8.02.   With Consent of Holders.    81
146      SECTION 8.03.   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.    82
147      SECTION 8.04.   Revocation and Effect of Consents.    82
148      SECTION 8.05.   Notation on or Exchange of Notes.    83
149      SECTION 8.06.   Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.    83
150      ARTICLE NINE DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE    83
151      SECTION 9.01.   Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.    83
152      SECTION 9.02.   Conditions to Defeasance.    85
153      SECTION 9.03.   Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in     
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Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

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155      SECTION 9.04.   Reinstatement.    87
156      SECTION 9.05.   Moneys Held by Paying Agent.    87
157      SECTION 9.06.   Moneys Held by Trustee.    87
158      ARTICLE TEN MISCELLANEOUS    88
159      SECTION 10.01.   Trust Indenture Act Controls.    88
160      SECTION 10.02.   Notices.    88
161      SECTION 10.03.   Communications by Holders with Other Holders.    90
162      SECTION 10.04.   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.    90
163      SECTION 10.05.   Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion.    90
164      SECTION 10.06.   Rules by Trustee and Agents.    91
165      SECTION 10.07.   Legal Holidays.    91
166      SECTION 10.08.   Governing Law.    91
167      SECTION 10.09.   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.    91
168      SECTION 10.10.   Successors.    91
169      SECTION 10.11.   Multiple Counterparts.    91
170      SECTION 10.12.   Consent to Jurisdiction and Service; Waiver of Immunity.    91
171      SECTION 10.13.   Conversion of Currency.    92
172      SECTION 10.14.   Table of Contents, Headings, etc.    93
173      SECTION 10.15.   Separability.    93

 

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176             EXHIBITS     
177      Exhibit A.      Form of Note    A-1
178      Exhibit B.      Form of Legend for Rule 144A Notes and Other Notes That     
179               Are Restricted Notes    B-1
180      Exhibit C.      Form of Legend for Regulation S Note    C-1
181      Exhibit D.      Form of Legend for Global Note    D-1
182      Exhibit E.      Form of Certificate To Be Delivered in Connection with     
183               Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S    E-1
184      Exhibit F.      Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited     
185               Investor    F-1

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of October 29, 2004, is between ADVANCED MICRO

187    DEVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), and WELLS FARGO
188    BANK, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).
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Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and

190    ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
191    ARTICLE ONE
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193    DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions.

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Additional Assets” means:

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(a) any Property (other than cash, Cash Equivalents and securities) to be

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owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and used in a Related Business;

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(b) Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result

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of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary

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from any Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; provided,

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however, that such Restricted Subsidiary is primarily engaged in a Related Business; or

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(c) Capital Stock of a Permitted Joint Venture; provided however, that the

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acquisition of such Capital Stock is permitted by Section 4.10.

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Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

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Additional Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

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Affiliate” of any specified Person means:

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(a) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or

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under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; or

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(b) any other Person who is a director or executive officer of:

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(1) such specified Person;

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(2) any Subsidiary of such specified Person; or

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(3) any Person described in clause (a) above.


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For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any

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Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly

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or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or

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otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the

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foregoing.

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Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).

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Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, or agent for service or notices and demands.

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Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).

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Allocable Excess Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(c).

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AMD Fab 36 KG” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(b).

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amend” means amend, modify, supplement, restate or amend and restate, including

224    successively; and “amending” and “amended” have correlative meanings.
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Asset Sale” means any sale, lease, transfer, issuance or other disposition (or series of

226    related sales, leases, transfers, issuances or dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted
227    Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction
228    (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of
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(a) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than

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directors’ qualifying shares), or

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(b) any other Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of

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the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,

233    other than, in the case of clause (a) or (b) above,
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(1) any disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the

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Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary,

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(2) any disposition that constitutes a Permitted Investment or Restricted

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Payment permitted by Section 4.10,

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(3) any disposition effected in compliance with Section 5.01(a),

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(4) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents,

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(5) the exchange of assets held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of

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the Company for assets held by any Person (including Capital Stock of such Person),

 

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provided that (i) the assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the

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Company in any such exchange will immediately constitute, be part of or used in a

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Related Business, and (ii) any such assets received are of a comparable Fair Market

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Value to the assets exchanged,

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(6) any disposition in a single transaction or series of related transactions of

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assets for aggregate consideration of less than $10.0 million, and

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(7) any disposition of surplus, discontinued, damaged or worn-out equipment

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or other immaterial assets no longer used in the ongoing business of the Company and its

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Restricted Subsidiaries.

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Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at any

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(a) if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is a Capital Lease Obligation, the

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amount of Debt represented thereby according to the definition of “Capital Lease

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Obligations,” and

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(b) in all other instances, the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit

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in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of the total obligations of the

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lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale

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and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been

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extended).

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Average Life” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Debt or

262    Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing:
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(a) the sum of the product of the number of years (rounded to the nearest one-

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twelfth of one year) from the date of determination to the dates of each successive

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scheduled principal payment of such Debt or redemption or similar payment with respect

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to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by

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(b) the sum of all such payments.

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Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. Federal or

269    state law or law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up,
270    liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.
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Base Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.13(a).

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Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

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Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors, certified by

274    the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or an equivalent officer, to have been duly adopted by
275    the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.
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Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which

277    commercial banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.
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Capital Lease Obligations” means any obligation under a lease that is required to be

279    capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of Debt
280    represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in
281    accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of
282    rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may
283    be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For purposes of Section 4.11, a
284    Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed secured by a Lien on the Property being leased.
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Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any shares or other equivalents

286    (however designated) of any class of corporate stock or partnership interests or any other
287    participations, rights, warrants, options or other interests in the nature of an equity interest in
288    such Person, including Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt security convertible or
289    exchangeable into such equity interest.
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Capital Stock Sale Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the

291    Company from the issuance or sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee
292    stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for the benefit
293    of their employees) by the Company of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) after the
294    Issue Date, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees,
295    discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually Incurred in
296    connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
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Cash Equivalents” means any of the following:

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(a) United States dollars or euros;

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(b) Investments in U.S. Government Obligations maturing within 365 days of

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the date of acquisition thereof;

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(c) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 12

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months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not

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exceeding 12 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic

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commercial bank or any commercial bank in a member state of the European Union

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having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million;

 

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(d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for

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underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) above entered into with

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any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above;

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(e) commercial paper, having the highest rating obtainable from Moody’s or

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Standard & Poor’s and in each case maturing within one year after the date of

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acquisition; and

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(f) money market funds at least 90% of the assets of which constitute Cash

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Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition.

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Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

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(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and

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14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions to either of the foregoing),

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including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of

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securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, becomes the

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“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that a

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person will be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person

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has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the

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passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the

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Voting Stock of the Company; or

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(b) the sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or other disposition,

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directly or indirectly, of all or substantially all the Property of the Company and the

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Restricted Subsidiaries, considered as a whole (other than a disposition of such Property

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as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary) or the

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Company merges or consolidates with or into any other Person or any other Person

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merges or consolidates with or into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a

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transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or

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exchanged for cash, securities or other Property, other than any such transaction where:

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(1) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or

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exchanged for other Voting Stock of the Company or for Voting Stock of the

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Surviving Person; and

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(2) the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior

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to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a majority of the

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Voting Stock of the Company or the Surviving Person immediately after such

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transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction; or

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(c) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the

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beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new

 

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directors whose election or appointment by such Board or whose nomination for election

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by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of not less than a majority of

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the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period

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or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any

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reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or

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(d) the stockholders of the Company shall have approved any plan of

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liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

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Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(a).

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Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(b).

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Change of Control Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.08(a).

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Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.07.

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Clearstream” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16.

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Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a

356    successor replaces such party pursuant to Article Five and thereafter means the successor.
357   

Consolidated Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal to, for the Company

358    and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries:
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(a) the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the following to

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the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period:

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(1) the provision for taxes based on income or profits or utilized in

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computing net loss;

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(2) Consolidated Fixed Charges;

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(3) depreciation and amortization (including amortization of goodwill

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and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that

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were paid in a prior period) of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted

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Subsidiaries for such period; and

 

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(4) any other non-cash items (other than any such non-cash item to the

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extent that it represents an accrual of, or reserve for, cash expenditures in any

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future period); minus

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(b) all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period

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(other than any such non-cash item to the extent that it will result in the receipt of cash

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payments in any future period).

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Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate

375    amount of liabilities of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries which may
376    properly be classified as current liabilities (including taxes accrued as estimated), after
377    eliminating:
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(a) all intercompany items between the Company and any Restricted

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Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries; and

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(b) all current maturities of long-term Debt.

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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the

382    ratio of:
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(a) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow for the most recent four

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consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available; to

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(b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such four fiscal quarters;

386    provided, however, that:
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(1) if

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(A) since the beginning of such period the Company or any

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Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Debt that remains outstanding or

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Repaid any Debt, or

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(B) the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the

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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence or

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Repayment of Debt,

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Consolidated Fixed Charges for such four-quarter period shall be calculated after giving

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effect on a pro forma basis to such Incurrence or Repayment as if such Debt was Incurred

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or Repaid on the first day of such four-quarter period; provided that, in the event of any

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such Repayment of Debt, Consolidated Cash Flow for such period shall be calculated as

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if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned any interest income actually

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earned during such period in respect of the funds used to Repay such Debt; and

 

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(2) if

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(A) since the beginning of such period the Company or any

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Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Sale or an Investment

403   

(by merger or otherwise) in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person that

404   

becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of Property which

405   

constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business,

406   

(B) the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the

407   

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is such an Asset Sale,

408   

Investment or acquisition, or

409   

(C) since the beginning of such period any Person, that

410   

subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into

411   

the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such

412   

period, shall have made such an Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition,

413   

then Consolidated Cash Flow for such four-quarter period shall be calculated after giving

414   

pro forma effect to such Asset Sale, Investment or acquisition as if such Asset Sale,

415   

Investment or acquisition had occurred on the first day of such four-quarter period.

416   

If any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the

417    interest expense on such Debt shall be calculated as if the base interest rate in effect for such
418    floating rate of interest on the date of determination had been the applicable base interest rate for
419    the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Debt if
420    such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). In the event the
421    Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold during the period, the Company shall be
422    deemed, for purposes of clause (1) above, to have Repaid during such period the Debt of such
423    Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no
424    longer liable for such Debt after such sale.
425   

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the

426    Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent not included in such
427    total interest expense, and to the extent Incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
428    without duplication,
429   

(a) interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale and

430   

Leaseback Transaction and to Capital Lease Obligations,

431   

(b) amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs, including

432   

commitment fees,

433   

(c) capitalized interest,

 

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434   

(d) non-cash interest expense,

435   

(e) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to

436   

letters of credit and banker’s acceptance financing,

437   

(f) net costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including amortization of

438   

fees) related to Interest Rate Agreements,

439   

(g) Disqualified Stock Dividends,

440   

(h) Preferred Stock Dividends,

441   

(i) interest Incurred in connection with Investments in discontinued

442   

operations, and

443   

(j) interest actually paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under

444   

any Guarantee of Debt of any other Person.

445   

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company

446    and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that there shall not be included
447    in such Consolidated Net Income:
448   

(a) any net income of any Person (other than the Company) if such Person is

449   

not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that, subject to the exclusion contained in clause (c)

450   

below, equity of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in the net

451   

income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net

452   

Income up to the aggregate amount of cash distributed by such Person during such period

453   

to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in

454   

the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations

455   

contained in clause (b) below);

456   

(b) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary

457   

is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making

458   

of distributions, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except that, subject to the

459   

exclusion contained in clause (d) below, the equity of the Company and its Consolidated

460   

Restricted Subsidiaries in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such

461   

period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the greater of (i) the

462   

aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such

463   

period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other

464   

distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to another Restricted

465   

Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause (b)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of

466   

cash that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to

467   

the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject,

 

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468   

in the case of a dividend or other distribution to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the

469   

limitation contained in this clause (b));

470   

(c) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Property

471   

of the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale

472   

and Leaseback Transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary

473   

course of business;

474   

(d) any net after-tax extraordinary gain or loss;

475   

(e) to the extent non-cash, any unusual, non-operating or non-recurring gain

476   

or loss;

477   

(f) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;

478   

(g) any non-cash compensation expense realized for grants of performance

479   

shares, stock options or other rights to officers, directors and employees of the Company

480   

or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such shares, options or other rights can be

481   

redeemed at the option of the holder only for Capital Stock of the Company (other than

482   

Disqualified Stock);

483   

(h) any cash or non-cash expenses attributable to the closing of manufacturing

484   

facilities or the lay-off of employees, in either case which are recorded as “restructuring

485   

and other special charges” in accordance with GAAP; and

486   

(i) gains or losses due to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax

487   

effect.

488   

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of Section 4.10 only, there shall be excluded

489    from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers
490    of Property from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the
491    extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments
492    permitted under clause (a)(3)(iv) thereof.
493   

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means Total Assets (less accumulated depreciation

494    and amortization, allowances for doubtful receivables, other applicable reserves and other
495    properly deductible items) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after deducting
496    therefrom Consolidated Current Liabilities and, to the extent otherwise included, the amounts of
497    (without duplication):
498   

(a) the excess of cost over Fair Market Value of assets or businesses acquired;

 

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499   

(b) any revaluation or other write-up in book value of assets subsequent to the

500   

last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company immediately preceding the Issue Date as a

501   

result of a change in the method of evaluation in accordance with GAAP;

502   

(c) unamortized debt discount and expenses and other unamortized deferred

503   

charges, goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses,

504   

organization or developmental expenses and other intangible items;

505   

(d) minority interests in consolidated Subsidiaries held by Persons other than

506   

the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

507   

(e) treasury stock;

508   

(f) cash or securities set aside and held in a sinking or other analogous fund

509   

established for the purpose of redemption or other retirement of Capital Stock to the

510   

extent such obligation is not reflected in Consolidated Current Liabilities; and

511   

(g) Investments in and assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

512   

Convertible Notes” means (1) the Company’s $500 million 4.75% convertible senior

513    debentures due 2022 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of January 29, 2002, by and
514    among the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, and (2) the Company’s $402.5
515    million 4.50% convertible senior notes due 2007 issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of
516    November 25, 2002, by and among the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, in each
517    case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or Refinanced in whole or in
518    part from time to time.
519   

Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time

520    its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 707
521    Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017, Attention Corporate Trust
522    Services, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
523    Holders and the Company, or the principal Corporate Trust Office of any successor Trustee (or
524    such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
525    Holders and the Company).
526   

Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(b).

527   

Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, one

528    or more debt or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing
529    for revolving credit loans, term loans, notes, receivables or inventory financing (including
530    through the sale of receivables or inventory to such lenders or to special purpose, bankruptcy
531    remote entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables or inventory) or
532    trade or standby letters of credit, in each case as any such facility may be revised, restructured or

 

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533    Refinanced from time to time, including to extend the maturity thereof, to increase the amount of
534    commitments thereunder (provided that any such increase is permitted under Section 4.09), or to
535    add Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, whether by the
536    same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders or investors and whether such revision,
537    restructuring or Refinancing is under one or more Debt facilities or commercial paper facilities,
538    indentures or other agreements, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or trustees
539    or investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, notes or letters or credit, together
540    with related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guaranty agreements and
541    security documents). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Credit Facilities shall not include (x) Debt
542    outstanding on the Issue Date evidenced by the Convertible Notes or (y) Debt of the Company
543    evidenced by the Notes (excluding any Additional Notes) issued in this offering and any
544    Exchange Notes (excluding any Additional Notes) pursuant to the Registration Rights
545    Agreement.
546   

Currency Exchange Protection Agreement” means, in respect of a Person, any foreign

547    exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency option or other similar agreement or
548    arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
549   

Custodian” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee,

550    assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
551   

Debt” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without

552    duplication):
553   

(a) the principal of and premium (if any, but only in the event such premium

554   

has become due) in respect of:

555   

(1) debt of such Person for borrowed money; and

556   

(2) debt evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar

557   

instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable;

558   

(b) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in

559   

respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person;

560   

(c) all obligations of such Person representing the deferred purchase price of

561   

Property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such

562   

Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising

563   

in the ordinary course of business);

564   

(d) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any

565   

letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations

566   

with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in

 

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567   

(a) through (c) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to

568   

the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon,

569   

such drawing is reimbursed no later than the third Business Day following receipt by

570   

such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit);

571   

(e) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the

572   

Repayment of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person,

573   

any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);

574   

(f) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above, and

575   

all dividends of other Persons the payment of which, in either case, such Person is

576   

responsible or liable for, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise,

577   

including by means of any Guarantee;

578   

(g) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of

579   

other Persons secured by any Lien on any Property of such Person (whether or not such

580   

obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be

581   

the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such Property or the amount of the obligation so

582   

secured; and

583   

(h) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging

584   

Obligations of such Person.

585   

The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance, or the

586    accreted value of such Debt in the case of Debt issued with original issue discount, at such date
587    of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the
588    occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at such
589    date. The amount of Debt represented by a Hedging Obligation shall be equal to:
590   

(1) zero if such Hedging Obligation has been Incurred pursuant to Section

591   

4.09(b)(6) or (7); or

592   

(2) the notional amount of such Hedging Obligation if not Incurred pursuant

593   

to such clauses.

594   

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be,

595    an Event of Default.
596   

Depository” or “DTC” means, with respect to the Notes issued in the form of one or

597    more Global Notes, The Depository Trust Company or another Person designated as Depository
598    by the Company, which Person must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.

 

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599   

Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted

600    Subsidiaries that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for
601    which it is exchangeable, in either case at the option of the holder thereof) or otherwise:
602   

(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund

603   

obligation or otherwise;

604   

(b) is or may become redeemable or repurchaseable at the option of the holder

605   

thereof, in whole or in part; or

606   

(c) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof for Debt

607   

or Disqualified Stock,

608    on or prior to, in the case of clause (a), (b) or (c), 123 days following the Stated Maturity of the
609    Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified
610    Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to
611    repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale will
612    not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company
613    may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such
614    repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.10.
615   

Disqualified Stock Dividends” means all dividends with respect to Disqualified Stock of

616    the Company held by Persons other than a Restricted Subsidiary. The amount of any such
617    dividend shall be equal to the quotient of such dividend divided by the difference between one
618    and the maximum statutory federal income tax rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1
619    and 0) then applicable to the Company.
620   

Euroclear” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).

621   

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

622   

Excess Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(c).

623   

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

624   

Exchange Notes” has the same meaning as “New Securities” set forth in the Registration

625    Rights Agreement.
626   

Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 8 of Exhibit A.

627   

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any Property, the price that could be

628    negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a
629    willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
630    transaction. Fair Market Value shall be determined, except as otherwise provided,

 

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631   

(a) if such Property has a Fair Market Value equal to or less than $ 25.0

632   

million, by any Officer of the Company, or

633   

(b) if such Property has a Fair Market Value in excess of $25.0 million, by at

634   

least a majority of the Board of Directors and evidenced by a Board Resolution dated

635   

within 30 days of the relevant transaction.

636   

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as in effect

637    in the United States from time to time.
638   

Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).

639   

Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or

640    indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect,
641    contingent or otherwise, of such Person to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
642    purchase or payment of) such Debt of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
643    arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
644    take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), provided, however, that
645    the term “Guarantee” shall not include:
646   

(1) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;

647   

or

648   

(2) a contractual commitment by one Person to invest in another Person for so

649   

long as such Investment is reasonably expected to constitute a Permitted Investment

650   

under clause (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Permitted Investment”.

651    The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term “Guarantor” shall
652    mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation.
653   

Hedging Obligation” of any Person means any obligation of such Person pursuant to any

654    Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Exchange Protection Agreement or any other similar
655    agreement or arrangement.
656   

Holder” or Noteholder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note

657    register.
658   

Incur” means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create,

659    issue, incur (by merger, conversion, exchange or otherwise), extend, assume, Guarantee or
660    become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant
661    to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Debt or obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and
662    Incurrence” and “Incurred” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided,
663    however, that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such

 

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664    time, and is not theretofore classified as Debt, becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence
665    of such Debt; provided further, however, that any Debt or other obligations of a Person existing
666    at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or
667    otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a
668    Subsidiary; and provided further, however, that solely for purposes of determining compliance
669    with Section 4.09, amortization of debt discount shall not be deemed to be the Incurrence of
670    Debt, provided that in the case of Debt sold at a discount, the amount of such Debt Incurred shall
671    at all times be the aggregate principal amount at Stated Maturity.
672   

Indenture” means this Indenture as amended, restated or supplemented from time to

673    time.
674   

Independent Financial Advisor” means an investment banking firm of national standing

675    or any third-party appraiser with national standing in the Untied States, provided that such firm
676    or appraiser is not an Affiliate of the Company.
677   

Initial Purchasers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston

678    LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co.,
679    Incorporated.
680   

Institutional Accredited Investor” or “IAI” shall have the meaning specified in Rule

681    501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
682   

interest” means, with respect to the Notes, interest and Additional Interest.

683   

Interest Payment Date” means November 1 and May 1 of each year.

684   

Interest Rate Agreement” means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement,

685    interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement designed to
686    protect against fluctuations in interest rates.
687   

Investment” by any Person means any direct or indirect loan (other than advances to

688    customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the
689    balance sheet of such Person), advance or other extension of credit or capital contribution (by
690    means of transfers of cash or other Property to others or payments for Property or services for the
691    account or use of others, or otherwise) to, or Incurrence of a Guarantee of any obligation of, or
692    purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidence
693    of Debt issued by, any other Person. For purposes of Sections 4.10 and 4.15 and the definition of
694    “Restricted Payment,” the term “Investment” shall include (a) upon the issuance, sale or other
695    disposition of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary to a Person other than the Company or
696    another Restricted Subsidiary as a result of which such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a
697    Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value of the remaining interest, if any, in such former
698    Restricted Subsidiary held by the Company or such other Restricted Subsidiary, and (b) at the

 

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699    time that a Subsidiary of the Company is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary (excluding the
700    designation of Spansion and its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date), the
701    portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market
702    Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of any
703    Unrestricted Subsidiary (including Spansion and its Subsidiaries) as a Restricted Subsidiary, the
704    Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted
705    Subsidiary of an amount (if positive) equal to:
706   

(a) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such

707   

redesignation; less

708   

(b) the portion of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at

709   

the time of such redesignation (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such

710   

Subsidiary).

711   

In determining the amount of any Investment made by transfer of any Property

712   

other than cash, such Property shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such

713   

Investment.

714   

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the

715    equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P (or the equivalent ratings from
716    any other relevant Rating Agency).
717   

Issue Date” means October 29, 2004.

718   

Judgment Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.13(a).

719   

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(b).

720   

Legal Holiday” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07.

721   

Lien” means, with respect to any Property of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust,

722    pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement
723    (other than any easement not materially impairing usefulness or marketability), encumbrance,
724    preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
725    whatsoever on or with respect to such Property (including any Capital Lease Obligation,
726    conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect
727    as any of the foregoing or any Sale and Leaseback Transaction).
728   

Maturity Date” when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which the

729    principal amount of such Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided.
730   

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency

731    business thereof.

 

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732   

Net Available Cash” from any Asset Sale means cash payments received therefrom

733    (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a
734    note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any
735    other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Debt or other
736    obligations or liabilities relating to the Property that is the subject of such Asset Sale or received
737    in any other non-cash form), in each case net of:
738   

(a) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and

739   

expenses Incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be

740   

accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Sale;

741   

(b) all payments made on or in respect of any Debt that is secured by any

742   

Property subject to such Asset Sale, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such

743   

Property, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such

744   

Asset Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale;

745   

(c) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority

746   

interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale; and

747   

(d) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve,

748   

in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the Property disposed of

749   

in such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such

750   

Asset Sale.

751   

Non-Recourse Debt” means Debt:

752   

(a) as to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary provides

753   

any guarantee or credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, guarantee,

754   

indemnity, agreement or instrument that would constitute Debt) or is directly or indirectly

755   

liable (as a guarantor or otherwise) or as to which there is any recourse to the assets of the

756   

Company; and

757   

(b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the Holders

758   

thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would

759   

permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of other Debt of the Company or

760   

any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default under such other Debt or cause the payment

761   

therefor to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity.

762   

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.

763   

Notes” means the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2012 issued by the Company, including,

764    without limitation, the Exchange Notes, treated as a single class of securities, as amended from
765    time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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766   

Notice of Acceleration” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

767   

Notice of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

768   

Offer Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(e).

769   

Offer Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(e)

770   

Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or

771    any Executive Vice President of the Company.
772   

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, at

773    least one of whom shall be the principal executive officer or principal financial officer of the
774    Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
775   

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably

776    acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the
777    Trustee.
778   

Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

779   

Permitted Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(b).

780   

Permitted Investment” means any Investment by the Company or a Restricted

781    Subsidiary in existence on the Issue Date or in:
782   

(a) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

783   

(b) any Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a

784   

Restricted Subsidiary;

785   

(c) any Person if as a result of such Investment such Person is merged or

786   

consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its Property to,

787   

the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

788   

(d) Cash Equivalents;

789   

(e) receivables owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, if created or

790   

acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance

791   

with customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such

792   

concessionary trade terms as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary deems

793   

reasonable under the circumstances;

 

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794   

(f) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at

795   

the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes

796   

and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

797   

(g) loans and advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business

798   

consistent with past practices of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may

799   

be; provided that such loans and advances do not exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at

800   

any one time outstanding;

801   

(h) stock, obligations or other securities received in settlement of debts

802   

created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or a Restricted

803   

Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;

804   

(i) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion

805   

of the consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale consummated in

806   

compliance with Section 4.12;

807   

(j) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures that do not exceed 15% of Total

808   

Assets in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;

809   

(k) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the

810   

issuance of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

811   

(l) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations if such Hedging

812   

Obligation has been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(6) or (7);

813   

(m) Guarantees by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Debt and

814   

other obligations of Spansion and its Subsidiaries and any payments made pursuant to

815   

such Guarantees, provided that such Guarantees (plus, without duplication, the aggregate

816   

amount actually paid by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date

817   

pursuant to such Guarantees and not reimbursed to them by Spansion and its

818   

Subsidiaries) do not exceed $500.0 million outstanding at any one time; and

819   

(n) other Investments made for Fair Market Value that do not exceed $100.0

820   

million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time.

821   

Permitted Joint Venture” means any Person which is, directly or indirectly,

822   

engaged principally in a Related Business, and the Capital Stock, or securities convertible

823   

into Capital Stock, of which is owned by the Company and one or more Persons other

824   

than the Company or any of its Affiliates.

825   

Permitted Liens” means:

826   

(a) Liens securing the Notes;

 

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827   

(b) Liens to secure Debt permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section

828   

4.09(b)(2);

829   

(c) Liens to secure Debt permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section

830   

4.09(b)(3); provided that any such Lien may not extend to any Property of the Company,

831   

other than the Property acquired, constructed or leased with the proceeds of any such

832   

Debt and any improvements or accessions to such Property;

833   

(d) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on the

834   

Property of the Company if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can

835   

be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate

836   

proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or

837   

other appropriate provision that shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have

838   

been made therefor;

839   

(e) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s and

840   

mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, on the Property of the Company arising in the

841   

ordinary course of business and securing payment of obligations that are not more than

842   

60 days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;

843   

(f) Liens on the Property of the Company Incurred in the ordinary course of

844   

business to secure performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory

845   

requirements, performance or return-of-money bonds, surety bonds or other obligations

846   

of a like nature and Incurred in a manner consistent with industry practice, in each case

847   

which are not Incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of

848   

advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of Property and which

849   

do not in the aggregate impair in any material respect the use of Property in the operation

850   

of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

851   

(g) Liens on Property at the time the Company acquired such Property,

852   

including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the

853   

Company; provided, however, that any such Lien may not extend to any other Property of

854   

the Company; provided, further, however, that such Liens shall not have been Incurred in

855   

anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to

856   

which such Property was acquired by the Company;

857   

(h) pledges or deposits by the Company under workers’ compensation laws,

858   

unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection

859   

with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Debt) or leases to which the

860   

Company is party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of the Company,

861   

surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or deposits for the payment of rent or margin

862   

deposits, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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863   

(i) utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or

864   

charges against real Property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to

865   

properties of a similar character;

866   

(j) Liens securing Debt permitted to be Incurred with respect to Hedging

867   

Obligations pursuant to Section 4.09 or collateral for such Debt to which the Hedging

868   

Obligations relate;

869   

(k) Liens on the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary to secure Debt

870   

of that Unrestricted Subsidiary;

871   

(l) Liens in favor of the Company;

872   

(m) Liens existing on the Issue Date not otherwise described in clauses (a)

873   

through (1) above;

874   

(n) Liens on the Property of the Company to secure any Refinancing, in whole

875   

or in part, of any Debt secured by any Lien referred to in clause (c), (g) or (m) above;

876   

provided however, that any such Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same Property

877   

that secured the original Lien (together with any improvements and accessions to such

878   

Property) and the aggregate principal amount of Debt that is secured by such Lien shall

879   

not be increased to an amount greater than the sum of:

880   

(1) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, the committed

881   

amount, of the Debt secured by Liens described under clause (c), (g) or (m)

882   

above, as the case may be, at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien

883   

under the Indenture; and

884   

(2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including

885   

premiums and defeasance costs, incurred by the Company in connection with

886   

such Refinancing;

887   

(o) other Liens to secure Debt, so long as the aggregate principal amount of

888   

Debt secured thereby at the time such Lien is created does not exceed 5% of the

889   

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company, shown on the Company’s

890   

consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP on the last day of the most recent

891   

fiscal quarter ending at least 40 days prior to the date any such Lien shall be Incurred.

892   

Permitted Refinancing Debt” means any Debt that Refinances any other Debt, including

893    any successive Refinancings, so long as:
894   

(a) such Debt is in an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original

895   

issue discount, an aggregate issue price) not in excess of the sum of:

 

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896   

(1) the aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue

897   

discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Debt being

898   

Refinanced, and

899   

(2) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including

900   

premiums and defeasance costs, related to such Refinancing;

901   

(b) the Average Life of such Debt is equal to or greater than the Average Life

902   

of the Debt being Refinanced;

903   

(c) the Stated Maturity of such Debt is no earlier than the Stated Maturity of

904   

the Debt being Refinanced; and

905   

(d) the new Debt shall not be senior in right of payment to the Debt being

906   

Refinanced;

907    provided, however, that Permitted Refinancing Debt shall not include:
908   

(x) Debt of a Subsidiary that Refinances Debt of the Company; or

909   

(y) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Debt of

910   

an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

911   

Person” means any individual, corporation, company (including any limited liability

912    company), association, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, government
913    or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
914   

Physical Notes” means certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set

915    forth in Exhibit A.
916   

Preferred Stock” means any Capital Stock of a Person, however designated, which

917    entitles the holder thereof to a preference with respect to the payment of dividends, or as to the
918    distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person,
919    over shares of any other class of Capital Stock issued by such Person.
920   

Preferred Stock Dividends” means all dividends with respect to Preferred Stock of

921    Restricted Subsidiaries held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary. The
922    amount of any such dividend shall be equal to the quotient of such dividend divided by the
923    difference between one and the maximum statutory federal income rate (expressed as a decimal
924    number between 1 and 0) then applicable to the issuer of such Preferred Stock.
925   

Prepayment Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(c).

 

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926   

Private Placement Legend” means the legend initially set forth on the Rule 144A Notes

927    and other Notes that are Restricted Notes in the form set forth in Exhibit B.
928   

pro forma” means, with respect to any calculation made or required to be made pursuant

929    to the terms hereof, a calculation performed in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X
930    promulgated under the Securities Act.
931   

Property” means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person in any kind of

932    property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including Capital
933    Stock in, and other securities of, any other Person. For purposes of any calculation required
934    pursuant to this Indenture, the value of any Property shall be its Fair Market Value.
935   

Purchase Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(d).

936   

Purchase Money Debt” means Debt:

937   

(a) consisting of the deferred purchase price of Property, conditional sale

938   

obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement, other purchase money

939   

obligations and obligations in respect of industrial revenue bonds, in each case where the

940   

maturity of such Debt does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the Property being

941   

financed; and

942   

(b) Incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or lease by the Company

943   

or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Property, including additions and improvements

944   

thereto;

945    provided, however, that such Debt is Incurred within 180 days after the acquisition, construction
946    or lease of such Property by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.
947   

Qualified Equity Offering” means any public or private offering for cash of Capital

948    Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company other than (i) public offerings of Capital
949    Stock registered on Form S-8 or (ii) other issuances upon the exercise of options of employees of
950    the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
951   

Qualified Institutional Buyer” or “QIB” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A

952    promulgated under the Securities Act.
953   

rates of exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.13(d).

954   

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P (or, if either such entity ceases to rate the

955    Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade rating
956    from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule
957    15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency).

 

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958

  

Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed pursuant to

959    paragraph 5 of the Notes means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of the
960    Notes.
961   

Refinance” means, in respect of any Debt, to refinance, extend, renew, refund or Repay,

962    or to issue other Debt, in exchange or replacement for, such Debt. “Refinanced” and
963    Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
964   

Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

965   

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement among the

966    Company and the Initial Purchasers entered into in connection with the issuance of the Notes.
967   

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

968   

Regulation S Global Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).

969   

Regulation S Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

970   

“Related Business” means any business that is related, ancillary or complementary to the

971    businesses of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any reasonable
972    extension thereof.
973   

Repay” means, in respect of any Debt, to repay, prepay, repurchase, redeem, legally

974    defease or otherwise retire such Debt. “Repayment” and “Repaid” shall have correlative
975    meanings. For purposes of Section 4.12 and the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge
976    Coverage Ratio,” Debt shall be considered to have been Repaid only to the extent the related
977    loan commitment, if any, shall have been permanently reduced in connection therewith.
978   

Required Filing Dates” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.

979   

Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer in

980    the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of
981    this Indenture or any other officer, to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of
982    such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
983   

Restricted Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).

984   

Restricted Note” has the same meaning as “Restricted Security” set forth in Rule

985    144(a)(3) promulgated under the Securities Act; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to
986    request and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note is a
987    Restricted Note.

 

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988   

Restricted Payment” means:

989   

(a) any dividend or distribution (whether made in cash, securities or other

990   

Property) declared or paid on or with respect to any shares of the Capital Stock of the

991   

Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, except for any dividend or distribution that is

992   

made solely to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, if such Restricted

993   

Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the other shareholders of

994   

such Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis or on a basis that results in the receipt by

995   

the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of dividends or distributions of greater value

996   

than it would receive on a pro rata basis) or any dividend or distribution payable solely in

997   

shares of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

998   

(b) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for value

999   

of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than from the

1000   

Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and other than for Capital Stock of the Company that

1001   

is not Disqualified Stock);

1002   

(c) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for value,

1003   

prior to the date for any scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization or other

1004   

installment payment, of any Subordinated Obligation (other than the purchase, repurchase

1005   

or other acquisition of any Subordinated Obligation purchased in anticipation of

1006   

satisfying a scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization or other installment

1007   

obligation, in each case due within one year of the date of acquisition); and

1008   

(d) any Investment (other than Permitted Investments) in any Person.

1009   

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted

1010    Subsidiary.
1011   

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

1012   

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

1013   

Rule 144A Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

1014   

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill

1015    Companies, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
1016   

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement relating to

1017    Property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
1018    transfers such Property to another Person and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it
1019    from such Person.
1020   

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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1021   

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary”

1022    of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the
1023    Commission.
1024   

Spansion” means Spansion LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its

1025    Successors.
1026   

Stated Maturity” means with respect to any Debt or security, the date specified in such

1027    security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable,
1028    including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision
1029    providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the
1030    happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer, unless such contingency has
1031    occurred).
1032   

Subordinated Obligation” means any Debt of the Company (whether outstanding on the

1033    Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or
1034    such entity’s Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
1035   

Subsidiary” means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, company (including any

1036    limited liability company), association, partnership, joint venture or other business entity of
1037    which at least a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock is at the time owned or
1038    controlled, directly or indirectly, by:
1039   

(a) such Person;

1040   

(b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or

1041   

(c) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

1042   

Surviving Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(1).

1043   

Suspended Covenants” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(a)

1044   

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in

1045    effect on the date of this Indenture (except as provided in Section 8.03); provided, however, that
1046    in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the
1047    extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
1048   

Total Assets” means, with respect to any date of determination, the Company’s total

1049    consolidated assets shown on its consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP on the last
1050    day of the fiscal quarter prior to the date of determination.
1051   

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such

1052    redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and

 

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1053

   published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become
1054    publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such statistical
1055    release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly
1056    equal to the period from the redemption date to November 1, 2008; provided, however, that if the
1057    period from the redemption date to November 1, 2008 is not equal to the constant maturity of the
1058    United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate
1059    shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly
1060    average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if
1061    the period from the redemption date to November 1, 2008 is less than one year, the weekly
1062    average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity
1063    of one year shall be used.
1064   

Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it

1065    pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
1066   

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

1067   

(a) (x) on the Issue Date, Spansion and its Subsidiaries and (y) any Subsidiary of the

1068    Company that is designated after the Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary as permitted or
1069    required pursuant to Section 4.15; and in any case so long as the respective Unrestricted
1070    Subsidiary is not thereafter redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary as permitted pursuant to
1071    Section 4.15; and
1072   

(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

1073   

U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an

1074    ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or
1075    instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of
1076    America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s option.
1077   

Voting Stock” of any Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests

1078    (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without
1079    regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
1080    trustees thereof.
1081   

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, a Restricted Subsidiary all

1082    the Voting Stock of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) is at such time owned, directly or
1083    indirectly, by the Company and its other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
1084   

SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

1085   

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion of such provision

1086    required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture to be qualified under the TIA is

 

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1087

   incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in
1088    this Indenture have the following meanings:
1089   

“indenture securities” means the Notes;

1090   

“indenture securityholder” means a Holder or Noteholder;

1091   

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture; and

1092   

“obligor on this indenture securities” means the Company or any other obligor on

1093   

the Notes.

1094   

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by

1095    reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have the meanings therein assigned to
1096    them.
1097   

SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction.

1098   

Unless the context otherwise requires:

1099   

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or

1100   

by reference;

1101   

(b) “or” is not exclusive;

1102   

(c) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the

1103   

singular;

1104   

(d) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to both genders;

1105   

(e) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture

1106   

as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subsection;

1107   

(f) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall

1108   

be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial

1109   

statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with

1110   

GAAP;

1111   

(g) “$,” “U.S. Dollars” and “United States Dollars” each refer to United States

1112   

dollars, or such other successor money to the United States dollar, and “Euro” and “euro”

1113   

each refer to the European Union euro or such other successor money to the European

1114   

Union euro, in each case that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public

1115   

and private debts; and

 

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1116

  

(h) whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, principal,

1117   

interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Note, such mention

1118   

shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest to the extent

1119   

that, in such context, Additional Interest, is, was or would be payable in respect thereof.

1120    ARTICLE TWO
1121     
1122    THE SECURITIES
1123   

SECTION 2.01. Amount of Notes.

1124   

The Trustee shall initially authenticate the Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an

1125    aggregate principal amount of $600.0 million upon a written order of the Company in the form
1126    of an Officers’ Certificate of the Company (other than as provided in Section 2.08). The Trustee
1127    shall authenticate additional Notes (“Additional Notes”) thereafter in unlimited aggregate
1128    principal amount (so long as permitted by the terms of this Indenture, including, without
1129    limitation, Section 4.09) for original issue upon a written order of the Company in the form of an
1130    Officers’ Certificate in aggregate principal amount as specified in such order (other than as
1131    provided in Section 2.08). Each such written order shall specify the amount of Notes to be
1132    authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated.
1133   

SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating.

1134   

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be

1135    substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, which is incorporated in and forms a part of this
1136    Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rule or
1137    usage to which the Company is subject. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Notes
1138    offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A (“Rule 144A Notes”)
1139    shall bear the legend and include the form of assignment set forth in Exhibit B, and Notes offered
1140    and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S Notes”) shall bear
1141    the legend and include the form of assignment set forth in Exhibit C. Each Note shall be dated
1142    the date of its authentication.
1143   

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are expressly made,

1144    a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their
1145    execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and agree
1146    to be bound thereby.
1147   

The Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange at the offices of the

1148    Registrar.

 

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1149   

SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication.

1150   

The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board,

1151    Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President or any Executive Vice President.
1152    The signature of any of these Officers on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.
1153   

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such execution

1154    but no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be
1155    valid nevertheless.
1156   

No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for

1157    any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the
1158    form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon
1159    any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly
1160    authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Note shall have
1161    been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
1162    Company shall deliver such Note to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.12, for
1163    all purposes of this Indenture such Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
1164    delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
1165   

The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in

1166    denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
1167   

SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.

1168   

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for

1169    registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”), and an office or agency where Notes
1170    may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”) and an office or agency where notices and
1171    demands to or upon the Company, if any, in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
1172    served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The
1173    Company may have one or more additional Paying Agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes
1174    any additional Paying Agent.
1175   

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement, which shall incorporate

1176    the provisions of the TIA, with any Agent that is not a party to this Indenture. The agreement
1177    shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall
1178    notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain
1179    a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such
1180    and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with Section 7.07.
1181   

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and Agent for

1182    service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes and this Indenture and the

 

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1183

   Company may change the Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders. The Company may
1184    act as Paying Agent.
1185   

SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.

1186   

Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all

1187    money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or premium or interest on the
1188    Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor on the
1189    Notes), and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee of any default by the
1190    Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. Money held in trust
1191    by the Paying Agent need not be segregated except as required by law and in no event shall the
1192    Paying Agent be liable for any interest on any money received by it hereunder; provided that if
1193    the Company or an Affiliate thereof acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it
1194    as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require the
1195    Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed and
1196    the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default specified in Section
1197    6.01(1) or (2), upon written request to the Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay
1198    forthwith all money so held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon
1199    making such payment, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to
1200    the Trustee.
1201   

SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists.

1202   

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most

1203    recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Holders. If the Trustee is not the
1204    Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each
1205    Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in
1206    such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses
1207    of the Holders, provided that, as long as the Trustee is the Registrar, no such list need be
1208    furnished.
1209   

SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange.

1210   

Subject to Sections 2.16 and 2.17, when Notes are presented to the Registrar with a

1211    request from the Holder of such Notes to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal
1212    principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the
1213    transfer as requested. Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
1214    exchange shall be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
1215    satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
1216    attorneys duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
1217    Company shall issue and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes evidencing such
1218    transfer or exchange at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made to the Holder
1219    for any registration of transfer or exchange. The Company or the Trustee may require from the

 

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1220    Holder payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer taxes or other governmental charge that
1221    may be imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange, but this provision shall not apply to any
1222    exchange pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.06, 4.08, 4.12 or 8.05 (in which events the Company shall
1223    be responsible for the payment of such taxes). The Registrar shall not be required to exchange or
1224    register a transfer of any Note for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the redemption of
1225    Notes, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
1226   

Any Holder of the Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that

1227    transfers of the beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book -
1228    entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of
1229    a beneficial interest in the Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
1230   

Neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any duty to monitor the Company’s

1231    compliance with or have any responsibility with respect to the Company’s compliance with any
1232    Federal or state securities laws.
1233   

SECTION 2.08. Replacement Notes.

1234   

If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or the Trustee, or if the Holder of a

1235    Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue
1236    and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Holder of such Note furnishes to the
1237    Company and the Trustee evidence reasonably acceptable to them of the ownership and the
1238    destruction, loss or theft of such Note and if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York
1239    Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this Indenture are met. If required by the
1240    Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond shall be posted, sufficient in the judgment of the
1241    Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Paying
1242    Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced. The Company may
1243    charge such Holder for the Company’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing such
1244    Note, and the Trustee may charge the Company for the Trustee’s expenses (including, without
1245    limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements) in replacing such Note. Every replacement Note
1246    shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Company.
1247   

SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Notes.

1248   

The Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the

1249    Trustee except for (a) those canceled by it, (b) those delivered to it for cancellation, (c) to the
1250    extent set forth in Sections 9.01 and 9.02, on or after the date on which the conditions set forth in
1251    Section 9.01 or 9.02 have been satisfied, those Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered by
1252    the Trustee hereunder and (d) those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding. Subject to
1253    Section 2.10, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its
1254    Affiliates holds the Note.

 

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1255   

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the

1256    Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser in
1257    whose hands such Note is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company.
1258   

If the Paying Agent holds, in its capacity as such, on any Maturity Date, money sufficient

1259    to pay all accrued and unpaid interest and principal with respect to the Notes payable on that date
1260    and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this
1261    Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them
1262    ceases to accrue.
1263   

SECTION 2.10. Treasury Notes.

1264   

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have

1265    concurred in any declaration of acceleration or Notice of Default or direction, waiver or consent
1266    or any amendment, modification or other change to this Indenture, Notes owned by the Company
1267    or any other Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded as though they were not outstanding,
1268    except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
1269    any such direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification or other change to this
1270    Indenture, only Notes as to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actually received an
1271    Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so
1272    owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee established
1273    to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Notes and that
1274    the pledgee is not the Company, any other obligor on the Notes or any of their respective
1275    Affiliates.
1276   

SECTION 2.11. Temporary Notes.

1277   

Until definitive Notes are prepared and ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and

1278    the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the
1279    form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
1280    temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
1281    authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until such exchange, temporary
1282    Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive Notes.
1283   

SECTION 2.12. Cancellation.

1284   

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The

1285    Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
1286    registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for
1287    registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall, upon the
1288    Company’s written request, deliver such canceled Notes to the Company. The Company may
1289    not reissue or resell, or issue new Notes to replace, Notes that the Company has redeemed or
1290    paid, or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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1291   

SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest.

1292   

If the Company defaults on a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted

1293    interest, plus (to the extent permitted by law) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, in
1294    accordance with the terms hereof, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record
1295    date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. The Company
1296    shall fix such special record date and payment date in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee. At
1297    least 10 days before such special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice
1298    that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and
1299    interest payable on defaulted interest, if any, to be paid. The Company may make payment of
1300    any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements (if
1301    applicable) of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and, upon such notice as
1302    may be required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee
1303    of the proposed payment pursuant to this sentence, such manner of payment shall be deemed
1304    practicable by the Trustee.
1305   

SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Number.

1306   

The Company in issuing the Notes may use a “CUSIP” number, and if so, such CUSIP

1307    number shall be included in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders;
1308    provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or
1309    accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be
1310    placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall
1311    promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any such CUSIP number used by the Company in
1312    connection with the issuance of the Notes and of any change in the CUSIP number.
1313   

SECTION 2.15. Deposit of Moneys.

1314   

Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date and Maturity

1315    Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds
1316    money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity
1317    Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Trustee to remit payment to the
1318    Holders on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. The principal and
1319    interest on Global Notes shall be payable to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as
1320    the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Global Notes represented thereby. The
1321    principal and interest on Physical Notes shall be payable, either in person or by mail, at the office
1322    of the Paying Agent.
1323   

SECTION 2.16. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.

1324   

(a) Rule 144A Notes shall be represented by one or more Notes in registered, global

1325    form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Restricted Global Notes”). Regulation S Notes
1326    initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in registered, global form without interest

 

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1327    coupons (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Note,” and, together with the Restricted Global
1328    Note and any other global notes representing Notes, the “Global Notes”). The Global Notes
1329    shall bear legends as set forth in Exhibit D. The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in
1330    the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an
1331    account of DTC or an Agent Member (or, in the case of the Regulation S Global Notes, of
1332    Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking Luxembourg (“Clearstream”)), (ii) be
1333    delivered to the Trustee as Custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear legends as set forth in
1334    Exhibit B with respect to Restricted Global Notes and Exhibit C with respect to Regulation S
1335    Global Notes.
1336   

Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall

1337    have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the
1338    Depository, or the Trustee as its Custodian, or under the Global Notes, and the Depository may
1339    be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
1340    absolute owner of the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
1341    nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
1342    Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization (which may
1343    be in electronic form) furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its
1344    Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a
1345    Holder of any Note.
1346   

(b) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to

1347    the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the
1348    Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules
1349    and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.17. In addition, a Global Note
1350    shall be exchangeable for Physical Notes if (i) the Depository (x) notifies the Company that it is
1351    unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a
1352    clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and with respect to (x) or (y) the Company
1353    thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository within 90 days of such notice or cessation, (ii)
1354    the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of
1355    such Physical Notes in exchange for any or all of the Notes represented by the Global Notes or
1356    (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
1357    In all cases, Physical Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests
1358    therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by
1359    or on behalf of the Depository (in accordance with its customary procedures).
1360   

(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest

1361    in any Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or
1362    more Physical Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in
1363    the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
1364    beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the

 

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1365    Trustee shall upon receipt of a written order from the Company authenticate and make available
1366    for delivery, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
1367   

(d) In connection with the transfer of Global Notes as an entirety to beneficial owners

1368    pursuant to paragraph (b), the Global Notes shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for
1369    cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to
1370    each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial
1371    interest in the Global Notes, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized
1372    denominations.
1373   

(e) Any Physical Note constituting a Restricted Note delivered in exchange for an

1374    interest in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b), (c) or (d) shall, except as otherwise provided
1375    by paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section 2.17, bear the Private Placement Legend or, in the case of
1376    the Regulation S Global Note, the legend set forth in Exhibit C, in each case, unless the
1377    Company determine otherwise in compliance with applicable law.
1378   

(f) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a Person

1379    who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Note shall, upon transfer, cease to
1380    be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in such other Global Note and,
1381    accordingly, shall thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions and other procedures applicable
1382    to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.
1383   

(g) The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any

1384    Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members,
1385    to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
1386   

SECTION 2.17. Special Transfer Provisions.

1387   

(a) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the

1388    registration or any proposed registration of transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted Note to a
1389    QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons):
1390   

(1) the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a

1391   

proposed transferor who has checked the box provided on such Holder’s Note stating, or

1392   

to a transferee who has advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is

1393   

purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises

1394   

sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning

1395   

of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and

1396   

acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has

1397   

requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and

1398   

that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to

1399   

claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and

 

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1400   

(2) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Notes to be

1401   

transferred consist of Physical Notes which after transfer are to be evidenced by an

1402   

interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in

1403   

accordance with the Depository’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall

1404   

reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the

1405   

Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical Notes to be

1406   

transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Notes so transferred.

1407   

(b) Transfers to Non-QIB, Institutional Accredited Investors and Non-U.S. Persons.

1408    The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a
1409    Note constituting a Restricted Note to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB or
1410    to any Non-U.S. Person:
1411   

(1) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note constituting a

1412   

Restricted Note whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x) the

1413   

requested transfer is after the second anniversary of the Issue Date (provided, however,

1414   

that neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial

1415   

interest in such Note, or portion thereof, at any time on or prior to the second anniversary

1416   

of the Issue Date) or (y)(1) in the case of a transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor

1417   

which is not a QIB (excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered

1418   

to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto and any legal

1419   

opinions and certifications required thereby or (2) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S.

1420   

Person, the proposed transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in

1421   

the form of Exhibit E hereto;

1422   

(2) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest

1423   

in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x) the certificate, if any, required by

1424   

Section 2.17(b)(1) and (y) written instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s

1425   

and the Registrar’s procedures; whereupon (a) the Registrar shall reflect on its books and

1426   

records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer of outstanding Physical

1427   

Notes) a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the

1428   

principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred and (b) the

1429   

Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more

1430   

Physical Notes of like tenor and amount; and

1431   

(3) in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person, if the proposed transferee is

1432   

an Agent Member, and the Notes to be transferred consist of Physical Notes which after

1433   

transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in a Regulation S Global Note, upon receipt by

1434   

the Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s and the

1435   

Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an

1436   

increase in the principal amount of such Regulation S Global Note in an amount equal to

1437   

the principal amount of Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the

1438   

Physical Notes so transferred.

 

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1439   

(c) Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or

1440    replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes
1441    that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or
1442    replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only
1443    Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) there is delivered to the Registrar an
1444    Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that
1445    neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain
1446    compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act or (ii) such Note has been sold pursuant to
1447    an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the Registrar has received an
1448    Officers’ Certificate from the Company to such effect or (iii) the requested transfer is after the
1449    second anniversary of the Issue Date (provided, however, that neither the Company nor an
1450    Affiliate of the Company has held any beneficial interest in such Note or portion thereof at any
1451    time since the Issue Date).
1452   

(d) General. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend,

1453    each Holder of such Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this
1454    Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as
1455    provided in this Indenture.
1456   

(e) Certain Transfers in Connection with and After the Exchange Offer Under the

1457    Registration Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture:
1458   

(1) no Exchange Notes may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for a Note

1459   

issued on the Issue Date;

1460   

(2) accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes issued on the Issue Date being

1461   

exchanged in the Exchange Offer shall be due and payable on the next Interest Payment

1462   

Date for the Exchange Notes following the Exchange Offer and shall be paid to the

1463   

Holder on the relevant record date of the Exchange Notes issued in respect of the Note

1464   

issued on the Issue Date being exchanged; and

1465   

(3) interest on the Note issued on the Issue Date being exchanged in the

1466   

Exchange Offer shall cease to accrue on the date of completion of the Exchange Offer

1467   

and interest on the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer shall accrue from

1468   

the date of completion of the Exchange Offer.

1469   

The Registrar shall retain for a period of two years copies of all letters, notices and other

1470    written communications received pursuant to Section 2.16 or this Section 2.17. The Company
1471    shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written
1472    communications at any reasonable time during normal business hours and upon the giving of
1473    reasonable notice to the Registrar.

 

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1474   

SECTION 2.18. Computation of Interest.

1475   

Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day

1476    months.
1477     
1478   

                        ARTICLE THREE

1479     
1480   

                          REDEMPTION

1481   

SECTION 3.01. Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee.

1482   

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, at least 45

1483    days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to in writing by the
1484    Trustee) but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, the Company shall notify the
1485    Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the
1486    redemption price, and deliver to the Trustee, no later than two Business Days prior to the
1487    Redemption Date, an Officers’ Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the
1488    conditions contained in paragraph 5 of the Notes. Notice given to the Trustee pursuant to this
1489    Section 3.01 may not be revoked after the time that notice is given to Holders pursuant to Section
1490    3.03.
1491   

SECTION 3.02. Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed.

1492   

The Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis (with such

1493    adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of
1494    $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased). The Trustee shall promptly notify the
1495    Company of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial
1496    redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The Trustee may select for
1497    redemption portions of the principal of the Notes that have denominations larger than $ 1,000.
1498    For redemptions pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes, Notes and portions thereof that the
1499    Trustee selects shall be redeemed in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000. For all
1500    purposes of this Indenture unless the context otherwise requires, provisions of this Indenture that
1501    apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. In
1502    the event the Company is requested to make a Change of Control Offer or Prepayment Offer and
1503    the amounts available for any such offer is not evenly divisible by $1,000, the Trustee shall
1504    promptly refund to the Company any remaining funds, which in no event shall exceed $1,000.
1505   

SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption.

1506   

At least 30 days, and no more than 60 days, before a Redemption Date, the Company

1507    shall mail, or cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of

 

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1508    Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as the same appears on the registry books
1509    maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.04.
1510   

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP numbers

1511    thereof) and shall state:
1512   

(a) the Redemption Date;

1513   

(b) the appropriate calculation of the redemption price;

1514   

(c) if fewer than all outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the portion of the

1515   

principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date and

1516   

upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the

1517   

unredeemed portion will be issued;

1518   

(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

1519   

(e) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent

1520   

to collect the redemption price;

1521   

(f) that unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment,

1522   

interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption

1523   

Date;

1524   

(g) which subsection of paragraph 5 of the Notes is the provision of the Notes

1525   

pursuant to which the redemption is occurring; and

1526   

(h) the aggregate principal amount of Notes that are being redeemed.

1527   

At the Company’s written request made at least five Business Days prior to the date on

1528    which notice is to be given, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s
1529    name and at the Company’s sole expense.
1530   

SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

1531   

Once the notice of redemption described in Section 3.03 is mailed, Notes called for

1532    redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price,
1533    including any premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the
1534    Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the
1535    redemption price, including any premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but
1536    excluding the Redemption Date; provided that if the Redemption Date is after a regular record
1537    date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be
1538    payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date; and
1539    provided, further, that if a Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the

 

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1540    next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from such Redemption
1541    Date to such succeeding Business Day. Such notice, if mailed in the manner provided in Section
1542    3.03 shall be conclusively presumed to have been given whether or not the Holder receives such
1543    notice.
1544   

SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.

1545   

On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, the Company

1546    shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to pay the
1547    redemption price of, including premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all
1548    Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on
1549    that date which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
1550   

On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of,

1551    including premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Notes called for
1552    redemption shall have been made available in accordance with the immediately preceding
1553    paragraph, the Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the
1554    Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the
1555    first proviso in Section 3.04, accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to but excluding the
1556    Redemption Date. If any Note surrendered for redemption shall not be so paid, interest will be
1557    paid, from the Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal
1558    of the Note and any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate and in the
1559    manner provided in the Notes.
1560   

SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part.

1561   

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the

1562    Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder thereof a new Note equal in principal amount to the
1563    unredeemed portion of the original Note in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the orig-
1564    inal Note surrendered except that if a Global Note is so surrendered, the Company shall execute
1565    and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depository, a new Global Note in denomina-
1566    tion equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Note so
1567    surrendered.
1568   

SECTION 3.07. Other Mandatory Redemption.

1569   

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments

1570    with respect to the Notes. Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to offer to
1571    purchase Notes as described under Section 4.08 and Section 4.12. The Company may, at any
1572    time and from time to time, purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise.

 

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1573   

                        ARTICLE FOUR

1574     
1575   

                          COVENANTS

1576   

SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes.

1577   

The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on the Notes in accordance with the

1578    terms of the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered
1579    paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for
1580    and sufficient to pay such installment.
1581   

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal (including post-petition interest in a

1582    proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law), and overdue interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate
1583    specified in the Notes.
1584   

SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

1585   

(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan,

1586    the City of New York (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or
1587    Registrar) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be
1588    surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or
1589    upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall
1590    give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
1591    office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
1592    agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
1593    surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
1594    Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
1595    presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
1596   

(b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or

1597    agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may
1598    from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
1599    rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office in the
1600    Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York. The Company shall give prompt written notice to
1601    the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such
1602    other office or agency.
1603   

(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one

1604    such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.04.

 

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1605   

SECTION 4.03. Legal Existence.

1606   

Subject to Articles Four and Five, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things

1607    necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, and the corporate,
1608    partnership or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective
1609    organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of each Restricted
1610    Subsidiary and the material rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and the
1611    Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
1612    right, franchise or (except in the case of the Company) the corporate, partnership or other
1613    existence of its Restricted Subsidiaries if the Company, in good faith, shall determine that the
1614    preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
1615    Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
1616   

SECTION 4.04. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance; Compliance with Law.

1617   

(a) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all

1618    times cause all material properties used or useful in the conduct of their respective businesses to
1619    be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear and tear
1620    excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment, and shall cause to be made all necessary
1621    repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
1622    the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
1623    properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this
1624    Section 4.04(a) shall prevent the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from
1625    discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
1626    the reasonable judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the
1627    Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and not adverse in any material respect to the
1628    Holders.
1629   

(b) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep at

1630    all times all of their material properties which are of an insurable nature insured against such loss
1631    or damage with insurers believed by the Company to be responsible to the extent that Property of
1632    a similar character is usually so insured by corporations similarly situated and owning like
1633    Properties in accordance with good business practice. Subject to the proviso in Section 4.04(a),
1634    the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, use the proceeds from
1635    any such insurance policy to repair, replace or otherwise restore the Property to which such
1636    proceeds relate.
1637   

(c) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply

1638    with all statutes, laws, ordinances or government rules and regulations to which they are subject,
1639    the non-compliance with which would materially adversely affect the business, financial
1640    condition or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
1641    whole.

 

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1642   

SECTION 4.05. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

1643   

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any

1644    time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever claim or take
1645    the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law which may
1646    affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully
1647    do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and
1648    covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
1649    the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
1650    had been enacted.
1651   

SECTION 4.06. Compliance Certificate.

1652   

(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each

1653    fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the Company’s fiscal year ending in December of
1654    2004 an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of
1655    the signers thereof the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default in the performance
1656    and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of Section 5.01 or Sections 4.01 to
1657    4.18, inclusive, and if the Company shall be in Default, specifying all such Defaults, the nature
1658    and status thereof of which they may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or
1659    proposes to take with respect thereto. Such determination shall be made without regard to notice
1660    requirements or periods of grace.
1661   

(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event no

1662    later than ten Business Days after the Company becomes aware or should reasonably become
1663    aware of the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the
1664    lapse of time or both, would constitute a Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate
1665    setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default, and the action which the Company is
1666    taking or proposes to take with respect to such Default or Event of Default.
1667   

(c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each

1668    fiscal year commencing with the Company’s fiscal year ending December of 2004, a written
1669    statement by the Company’s independent public accountants stating whether, in connection with
1670    their audit of the Company’s financial statements, any event which would constitute an Event of
1671    Default as defined herein insofar as they relate to accounting matters has come to their attention
1672    and, if such an Event of Default has come to their attention, specifying the nature and period of
1673    the existence thereof.
1674   

SECTION 4.07. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

1675   

The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay or

1676    discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all
1677    material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or

 

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1678    any of its Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits, capital or Property of the Company or any of
1679    its Subsidiaries, and (2) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if
1680    unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
1681    provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be
1682    paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or
1683    validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
1684   

SECTION 4.08. Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.

1685   

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the

1686    right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the
1687    offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price (the “Change of
1688    Control Purchase Price”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued
1689    and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the repurchase date (subject to the right of Holders
1690    of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
1691    date); provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the
1692    Company shall not be obligated to purchase the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event
1693    that it has mailed the notice to exercise its right to redeem all the Notes under the terms of
1694    paragraph 5 of the Notes at any time prior to the requirement to consummate the Change of
1695    Control Offer and redeems the Notes in accordance with such notice.
1696   

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control the Company shall (x) cause a

1697    notice of the Change of Control Offer to be sent at least once to the Dow Jones News Service or
1698    similar business news service in the United States, and (y) send, by first-class mail, with a copy
1699    to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note register, a
1700    notice stating:
1701   

(1) that a Change of Control has occurred or will occur and a Change of

1702   

Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.08 and that all Notes timely

1703   

tendered will be accepted for payment;

1704   

(2) the Change of Control Purchase Price and the purchase date (the “Change

1705   

of Control Payment Date”), which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of

1706   

applicable law, a Business Day and a point in time occurring after the consummation of

1707   

the Change of Control and not later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed;

1708   

(3) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding the Change of Control; and

1709   

(4) the procedures that Holders of Notes must follow in order to tender their

1710   

Notes (or portions thereof) for payment, and the procedures that Holders of Notes must

1711   

follow in order to withdraw an election to tender Notes (or portions thereof) for payment.

 

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1712   

Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note, with

1713    an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company or its agent at the address specified in the
1714    notice at least three Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Holders shall
1715    be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives, not later than one
1716    Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile
1717    transmission, electronic mail or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount
1718    of the Note that was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is
1719    withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased.
1720   

(c) On or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall

1721    irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any of its
1722    Subsidiaries is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) in cash an amount equal
1723    to the Change of Control Purchase Price payable to the Holders entitled thereto, to be held for
1724    payment in accordance with this Section 4.08. On the Change of Control Payment Date, the
1725    Company or its Agent shall deliver to the Trustee the Notes or portions thereof that have been
1726    properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company for payment.
1727   

(d) The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall, on the Change of Control Payment Date,

1728    mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder of the Change of Control Purchase Price. In
1729    the event that the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price is less than the amount delivered
1730    by the Company to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case
1731    may be, shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the Change of Control
1732    Payment Date.
1733   

(e) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of

1734    Section 14(e) and Rule l4e-1 of the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws or
1735    regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer,
1736    including any applicable securities laws of the United States. To the extent that the provisions of
1737    any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.08, the Company
1738    will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
1739    breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue of such compliance with these
1740    securities laws or regulations.
1741   

(f) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a

1742    Change of Control if another entity makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the
1743    times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.08 applicable
1744    to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered
1745    and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.
1746   

SECTION 4.09. Limitation on Debt.

1747   

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur,

1748    directly or indirectly, any Debt unless, after giving effect to the application of the proceeds

 

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1749    therefrom, no Default or Event of Default would occur as a consequence of such Incurrence or
1750    be continuing following such Incurrence and either:
1751   

(1) after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt and the application of the

1752   

proceeds thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be at least 2.0 to

1753   

1.0; or

1754   

(2) such Debt is Permitted Debt.

1755   

(b) The term “Permitted Debt” is defined to include the following:

1756   

(1) Debt of the Company evidenced by the Notes (excluding any Additional

1757   

Notes) issued in this offering and any Notes issued in exchange for the Notes (excluding

1758   

any Additional Notes) pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;

1759   

(2) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary under Credit Facilities,

1760   

provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Debt under Credit Facilities at

1761   

any one time outstanding shall not exceed $2,250 million;

1762   

(3) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Capital

1763   

Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt, provided that:

1764   

(i) the aggregate principal amount of such Debt does not exceed the

1765   

Fair Market Value (on the date of the Incurrence thereof) of the Property

1766   

acquired, constructed or leased; and

1767   

(ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Incurred and then

1768   

outstanding pursuant to this Section 4.09(b)(3) (together with all Permitted

1769   

Refinancing Debt Incurred and then outstanding in respect of Debt previously

1770   

Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09(b)(3)) does not exceed 15% of Total

1771   

Assets;

1772   

(4) Debt of the Company owing to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary and

1773   

Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to and held by the Company or any Restricted

1774   

Subsidiary; provided, that if the Company is the obligor on such Debt Incurred after the

1775   

Issue Date, then such Debt is expressly subordinated by its terms to the prior payment in

1776   

full in cash of the Notes; provided, however, that any subsequent issue or transfer of

1777   

Capital Stock or other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a

1778   

Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Debt (except to the

1779   

Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the

1780   

Incurrence of such Debt by the issuer thereof not permitted by this Section 4.09(b)(4);

 

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1781   

(5) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the date on which such

1782   

Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Company or otherwise becomes a Restricted

1783   

Subsidiary (other than Debt Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion

1784   

of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of

1785   

transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of the

1786   

Company or was otherwise acquired by the Company);

1787   

(6) Debt under Interest Rate Agreements entered into by the Company or a

1788   

Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of managing interest rate risk in the ordinary course

1789   

of the financial management of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and not for

1790   

speculative purposes;

1791   

(7) Debt under Currency Exchange Protection Agreements entered into by the

1792   

Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of managing currency exchange rate

1793   

risks in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

1794   

(8) Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt or any

1795   

other obligation or liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that the

1796   

Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could otherwise have Incurred pursuant to this

1797   

covenant;

1798   

(9) Debt in connection with one or more standby letters of credit or

1799   

performance or surety bonds issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the

1800   

ordinary course of business or pursuant to self-insurance obligations and not in

1801   

connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit not to

1802   

exceed 2.5% of Total Assets at any time outstanding;

1803   

(10) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue

1804   

Date not otherwise described in Sections 4.09(b) (1) through (9) above;

1805   

(11) Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal

1806   

amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $500.0 million which amount can

1807   

include Guarantees of Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, provided such Guarantee is

1808   

Incurred in compliance with Section 4.10;

1809   

(12) Guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt of

1810   

Spansion and its Subsidiaries, provided that such Guarantees do not exceed $ 500.0

1811   

million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, and provided, further that such

1812   

Guarantees are Incurred in compliance with Section 4.10; and

1813   

(13) Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred in respect of Debt Incurred pursuant

1814   

to Section 4.09(a)(1) and Sections 4.09(b) (1), (3), (5) and (10) above and this Section

1815   

4.09(b)(13).

 

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1816    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this covenant:
1817   

(i) the Company shall not Incur any Debt pursuant to this covenant if the

1818   

proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to Refinance any Subordinated

1819   

Obligations unless such Debt shall be subordinated to the Notes to at least the same

1820   

extent as such Subordinated Obligations;

1821   

(ii) the Company shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to Incur any Debt

1822   

pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(2) if the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to

1823   

Refinance any Debt of the Company; and

1824   

(iii) accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and

1825   

the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Debt will be deemed not to

1826   

be an Incurrence of Debt for the purposes of this covenant.

1827   

For the purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an

1828    item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in
1829    clauses (1) through (13) above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(1) this
1830    covenant, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify in whole or in
1831    part, in its sole discretion) such item of Debt in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09;
1832    provided, that any Debt outstanding under Credit Facilities after the application of the net
1833    proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be treated as Incurred on the Issue Date pursuant to
1834    Section 4.09(b)(2).
1835   

For purposes of determining compliance with any dollar-denominated restriction on the

1836    Incurrence of Debt, with respect to any Debt which is denominated in a foreign currency, the
1837    dollar-equivalent principal amount of such Debt Incurred pursuant thereto shall be calculated
1838    based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date that such Debt was Incurred,
1839    and any such foreign-denominated Debt may be Refinanced or replaced or subsequently
1840    Refinanced or replaced in an amount equal to the dollar equivalent principal amount of such
1841    Debt on the date of such refinancing or replacement whether or not such amount is greater or less
1842    than the dollar equivalent principal amount of the Debt on the date of initial Incurrence.
1843   

SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

1844   

(a) The Company shall not make, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to

1845    make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment if at the time of, and after giving effect to,
1846    such proposed Restricted Payment,
1847   

(1) a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,

1848   

(2) the Company could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to

1849   

Section 4.09(a)(1) or

 

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1850   

(3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted

1851   

Payments declared or made since the Issue Date (the amount of any Restricted Payment,

1852   

if made other than in cash, to be based upon Fair Market Value at the time of such

1853   

Restricted Payment) would exceed an amount equal to the sum of:

1854   

(i) 50% of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income accrued

1855   

during the period (treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of the

1856   

fiscal quarter during which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the most recently

1857   

ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available (or if the

1858   

aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period shall be a deficit,

1859   

minus 100% of such deficit), plus

1860   

(ii) 100% of Capital Stock Sale Proceeds, plus

1861   

(iii) the sum of:

1862   

(A) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company

1863   

or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance or sale after the Issue Date

1864   

of convertible or exchangeable Debt or Disqualified Stock that has been

1865   

converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified

1866   

Stock) of the Company, and

1867   

(B) the aggregate amount by which Debt (other than

1868   

Subordinated Obligations) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is

1869   

reduced on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet on or after the Issue

1870   

Date upon the conversion or exchange of any such Debt issued or sold on

1871   

or prior to the Issue Date that is convertible or exchangeable for Capital

1872   

Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company,

1873   

excluding, in the case of clause (A) or (B):

1874   

(x) any such Debt issued or sold to the Company or a

1875   

Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust

1876   

established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for the benefit of their

1877   

employees, and

1878   

(y) the aggregate amount of any cash or other Property (other

1879   

than Capital Stock of the Company which is not Disqualified Stock)

1880   

distributed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon any such

1881   

conversion or exchange, plus

1882   

(iv) an amount equal to the sum of:

 

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1883   

(A) the net reduction in Investments in any Person other than

1884   

the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary resulting from dividends,

1885   

repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of Property, in each

1886   

case to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary from such Person;

1887   

(B) to the extent that any Investment (other than a Permitted

1888   

Investment) that was made after the Issue Date is sold for cash or

1889   

otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash return of capital to the

1890   

Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such Investment;

1891   

and

1892   

(C) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest

1893   

in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets

1894   

of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is

1895   

designated a Restricted Subsidiary;

1896   

provided, however, that the amounts in (A), (B) and (C) shall not exceed, in the

1897   

case of any Person, the amount of Investments previously made (and treated as a

1898   

Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person,

1899   

plus

1900   

(v) $100.0 million.

1901   

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the Company and its Restricted

1902    Subsidiaries, as applicable, may:
1903   

(1) pay dividends on its Capital Stock within 60 days of the declaration

1904   

thereof if, on the declaration date, such dividends could have been paid in compliance

1905   

with the Indenture; provided, however, that such dividend shall be included in the

1906   

calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments at the time declared;

1907   

(2) purchase, repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value

1908   

Capital Stock of the Company or Subordinated Obligations in exchange for, or out of the

1909   

proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other

1910   

than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the

1911   

Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or

1912   

any such Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees); provided, however, that

1913   

(x) such purchase, repurchase, redemption, legal defeasance,

1914   

acquisition or retirement shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of

1915   

Restricted Payments, and

 

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1916   

(y) the Capital Stock Sale Proceeds from such exchange or sale shall

1917   

be excluded from the calculation pursuant to Section 4.10(a)(3)(ii);

1918   

(3) purchase, repurchase, redeem, legally defease, acquire or retire for value

1919   

any Subordinated Obligations in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially

1920   

concurrent sale of, Permitted Refinancing Debt; provided, however, that such purchase,

1921   

repurchase, redemption, legal defeasance, acquisition or retirement shall be excluded in

1922   

the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

1923   

(4) repurchase shares of, or options to purchase shares of, common stock of

1924   

the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from current or former officers, directors or

1925   

employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such

1926   

current or former officers, directors or employees), pursuant to the terms of agreements

1927   

(including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the

1928   

Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell, or are granted the

1929   

option to purchase or sell, shares of such common stock; provided, however, that:

1930   

(x) the aggregate amount of such repurchases shall not exceed $ 10.0

1931   

million in any calendar year;

1932   

and

1933   

(y) at the time of such repurchase, no other Default or Event of

1934   

Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom); provided

1935   

further, however, that such repurchases shall be excluded in the calculation of the

1936   

amount of Restricted Payments;

1937   

(5) make payments on intercompany Debt, the Incurrence of which was

1938   

permitted pursuant to Section 4.09, provided that such purchase, repurchase, redemption,

1939   

legal defeasance, acquisition or retirement shall be excluded in the calculation of the

1940   

amount of Restricted Payments made after the Issue Date;

1941   

(6) make cash payments, in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in connection

1942   

with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable

1943   

for the Capital Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such

1944   

payments and dividends shall not be included in the calculation of the amount of

1945   

Restricted Payments;

1946   

(7) repurchase Capital Stock to the extent such repurchase is deemed to occur

1947   

upon a cashless exercise of stock options or warrants; provided that all such repurchases

1948   

and dividends shall not be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted

1949   

Payments and no proceeds in respect of the issuance of Capital Stock shall be deemed to

1950   

have been received for the purposes of Section 4.10(a)(3)(ii);

 

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1951   

(8) repurchase or redeem, for nominal consideration, preferred stock purchase

1952   

rights issued in connection with any shareholder rights plan of the Company; provided

1953   

that any such payments shall not be included in the calculation of the amount of

1954   

Restricted Payments;

1955   

(9) make payments to the limited partners (that are not Affiliates of the

1956   

Company) of AMD Fab 36 Limited Liability Company & Co. KG (“AMD Fab 36 KG”)

1957   

under the partnership agreements of AMD Fab 36 KG dated April 21, 2004, as such

1958   

agreements may be amended from time to time;

1959   

(10) purchase, repurchase, redeem or acquire the interests of the limited

1960   

partners (that are not Affiliates of the Company) of AMD Fab 36 KG, including the silent

1961   

partnership interests and the partnership interests, under the partnership agreements of

1962   

AMD Fab 36 KG dated April 21, 2004, as such agreements may be amended from time

1963   

to time; and

1964   

(11) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $ 100.0

1965   

million.

1966   

SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Liens.

1967   

The Company shall not directly or indirectly, Incur or suffer to exist, any Lien (other than

1968    Permitted Liens) upon any of its Property (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary),
1969    whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, or any interest therein or any income or
1970    profits therefrom, unless it has made or will make effective provision whereby the Notes will be
1971    secured by such Lien equally and ratably with (or, if such other Debt constitutes Subordinated
1972    Obligations, prior to) all other Debt or other obligations of the Company secured by such Lien
1973    for so long as such other Debt or other obligations are secured by such Lien; provided, however,
1974    that if the Debt or other obligations so secured are expressly subordinated to the Notes, then the
1975    Lien securing such Debt or other obligations shall be subordinated and junior to the Lien
1976    securing the Notes.
1977   

SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Asset Sales.

1978   

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly

1979    or indirectly, consummate any Asset Sale unless:
1980   

(1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the

1981   

time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the Property subject to

1982   

such Asset Sale;

 

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1983   

(2) at least 75% of the consideration paid to the Company or such Restricted

1984   

Subsidiary in connection with such Asset Sale is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;

1985   

and

1986   

(3) the Company delivers an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that

1987   

such Asset Sale complies with the foregoing Sections 4.12(a)(1) and (2).

1988    Solely for the purposes of Section 4.12(a)(2), the following will be deemed to be cash:
1989   

(x) the assumption by the purchaser of liabilities of the Company or any Restricted

1990    Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities or liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to
1991    the Notes) as a result of which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer
1992    obligated with respect to such liabilities;
1993   

(y) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such

1994    Restricted Subsidiary from such purchaser to the extent they are promptly converted or
1995    monetized by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash
1996    received); and
1997   

(z) Additional Assets.

1998   

(b) The Net Available Cash (or any portion thereof) from Asset Sales may be applied

1999    by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent the Company or such Restricted
2000    Subsidiary elects (or is required by the terms of any Debt) to:
2001   

(1) permanently prepay or permanently repay any (A) Debt under any Credit

2002   

Facility, (B) Debt evidenced by the Convertible Notes, (C) Debt which had been secured

2003   

by the assets sold in the relevant Asset Sale, and (D) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary;

2004   

and/or

2005   

(2) to reinvest in Additional Assets (including by means of an Investment in

2006   

Additional Assets by a Restricted Subsidiary with Net Available Cash received by the

2007   

Company or another Restricted Subsidiary).

2008   

(c) Any Net Available Cash from an Asset Sale not applied in accordance with

2009    Section 4.12(b) within 365 days from the date of the receipt of such Net Available Cash shall
2010    constitute “Excess Proceeds”. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0
2011    million (taking into account income earned on such Excess Proceeds, if any), the Company will
2012    be required to make an offer to repurchase (the “Prepayment Offer”) the Notes, which offer shall
2013    be in the amount of the Allocable Excess Proceeds (rounded to the nearest $1,000), on a pro rata
2014    basis according to principal amount, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount
2015    thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to but not including the repurchase date (subject to the
2016    right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant

 

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2017    interest payment date), in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of
2018    oversubscription) set forth in this Indenture. To the extent that any portion of the amount of Net
2019    Available Cash remains after compliance with the preceding sentence and provided that all
2020    Holders of Notes have been given the opportunity to tender their Notes for repurchase in
2021    accordance with this Indenture, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may use such
2022    remaining amount for any purpose permitted by this Indenture, and the amount of Excess
2023    Proceeds will be reset to zero.
2024   

The term “Allocable Excess Proceeds” shall mean the product of:

2025   

(i) the Excess Proceeds; and

2026   

(ii) a fraction,

2027   

(A) the numerator of which is the aggregate principal

2028   

amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of the Prepayment

2029   

Offer, and

2030   

(B) the denominator of which is the sum of the

2031   

aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of

2032   

the Prepayment Offer and the aggregate principal amount of other

2033   

Debt of the Company outstanding on the date of the Prepayment

2034   

Offer that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes and

2035   

subject to terms and conditions in respect of Asset Sales similar in

2036   

all material respects to this covenant and requiring the Company to

2037   

make an offer to repurchase such Debt at substantially the same

2038   

time as the Prepayment Offer.

2039   

(d) Within five Business Days after the Company is obligated to make a Prepayment

2040    Offer as described in the preceding paragraph, the Company shall send a written notice, by first -
2041    class mail, to the Holders of Notes, accompanied by such information regarding the Company
2042    and its Subsidiaries as the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an
2043    informed decision with respect to such Prepayment Offer. Such notice shall state, among other
2044    things, the purchase price and the repurchase date (the “Purchase Date”), which shall be, subject
2045    to any contrary requirements of applicable law, a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later
2046    than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed.
2047   

(e) Not later than the date upon which written notice of a Prepayment Offer is

2048    delivered to the Holders of the Notes as provided in Section 4.12(d), the Company shall deliver
2049    to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Prepayment Offer to Holders of
2050    Notes (the “Offer Amount”), (ii) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from the Asset Sales
2051    pursuant to which such Prepayment Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such
2052    allocation with the provisions of Sections 4.12(b) and (c). On or before the Purchase Date, the

 

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2053    Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the
2054    Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) in
2055    Cash Equivalents (other than in those enumerated in clause (c) of the definition of Cash
2056    Equivalents), maturing on the last day prior to the Purchase Date or on the Purchase Date if
2057    funds are immediately available by the opening of business, an amount equal to the Offer
2058    Amount to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.12. Upon the
2059    expiration of the period for which the Prepayment Offer remains open (the “Offer Period”), the
2060    Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof that have
2061    been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee or the Paying
2062    Agent shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the
2063    amount of the purchase price. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Notes
2064    delivered by the Company to the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount, the Trustee or the Paying
2065    Agent shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer
2066    Period for application in accordance with this Section 4.12.
2067   

(f) Holders electing to have a Note purchased shall be required to surrender the Note,

2068    with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company or its agent at the address specified in
2069    the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders shall be entitled to
2070    withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day
2071    prior to the Purchase Date a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or letter
2072    setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note that was delivered for
2073    purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such
2074    Note purchased. If at the expiration of the Offer Period the aggregate principal of Notes
2075    surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be
2076    purchased on pro rata basis for all Notes (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate
2077    by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof,
2078    shall be purchased). Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes
2079    equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.
2080   

(g) At the time the Company or its agent delivers Notes to the Trustee that are to be

2081    accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officer’s Certificate stating that such
2082    Notes are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this
2083    Section 4.12. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee
2084    or the Paying Agent mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.
2085   

(h) The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of

2086    Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws or regulations in
2087    connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.12. To the extent that the
2088    provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.12, the
2089    Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed
2090    to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.12 by virtue thereof.

 

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2091   

SECTION 4.13. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted

2092    Subsidiaries.
2093   

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly

2094    or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any consensual restriction on the right of
2095    any Restricted Subsidiary to:
2096   

(1) pay dividends, in cash or otherwise, or make any other distributions on or

2097   

in respect of its Capital Stock, or pay any Debt or other obligation owed, to the Company

2098   

or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

2099   

(2) make any loans or advances to the Company or any other Restricted

2100   

Subsidiary; or

2101   

(3) transfer any of its Property to the Company or any other Restricted

2102   

Subsidiary.

2103   

(b) The foregoing limitations will not apply:

2104   

(1) With respect to Section 4.13(a)(1), (2) and (3), to restrictions which are:

2105   

(A) in effect on the Issue Date (including, without limitation,

2106   

restrictions pursuant to the Notes, the Indenture, and any Credit Facility in

2107   

existence on the Issue Date);

2108   

(B) relating to Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary existing at the time it

2109   

became a Restricted Subsidiary if such restriction was not created in connection

2110   

with or in anticipation of the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to

2111   

which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired

2112   

by the Company;

2113   

(C) that result from the Refinancing of Debt Incurred pursuant to an

2114   

agreement referred to in Section 4.13(b)(1)(A) or (B) above or in clause (b)(2)(A)

2115   

or (B) below, provided such restrictions are not materially less favorable, taken as

2116   

a whole, to the Holders of Notes than those under the agreement evidencing the

2117   

Debt so Refinanced;

2118   

(D) relating to Debt incurred after the Issue Date, so long as such

2119   

restrictions (x) are not materially less favorable, taken as whole, to the Holders of

2120   

Notes than those restrictions in effect on the Issue Date pursuant to the Notes, the

2121   

Indenture and the Credit Facilities in existence on the Issue Date or (y) relate to

2122   

Debt incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(3), so long as the respective restrictions

2123   

apply only to specific Property or projects financed with the respective Incurrence

 

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2124   

of Debt and/or to any Subsidiary substantially of all whose assets consist of

2125   

Property or a project financed with proceeds of such Debt;

2126   

(E) existing under or by reason of applicable law or governmental

2127   

regulation; or

2128   

(F) that constitute customary restrictions contained in joint venture

2129   

agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale

2130   

agreements and other similar agreements entered into in good faith and not

2131   

otherwise prohibited by the Indenture; and

2132   

(2) With respect to Section 4.13(a)(3) only, to restrictions:

2133   

(A) relating to Debt that is permitted to be Incurred and secured

2134   

without also securing the Notes pursuant to Sections 4.09 and 4.11 that limit the

2135   

right of the debtor to dispose of the Property securing such Debt;

2136   

(B) encumbering Property at the time such Property was acquired by

2137   

the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such restrictions relate

2138   

solely to the Property so acquired and were not created in connection with or in

2139   

anticipation of such acquisition;

2140   

(C) resulting from customary provisions restricting subletting or

2141   

assignment of leases or customary provisions in other agreements that restrict

2142   

assignment of such agreements or rights thereunder;

2143   

(D) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by

2144   

customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; or

2145   

(E) customary restrictions contained in asset sale agreements limiting

2146   

the transfer of such Property pending the closing of such sale.

2147   

SECTION 4.14. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.

2148   

(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly

2149    or indirectly, conduct any business or enter into or suffer to exist any transaction or series of
2150    related transactions (including the purchase, sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance or
2151    exchange of any Property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any
2152    Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
2153   

(1) the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are:

2154   

(A) set forth in writing; and

 

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2155   

(B) no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as

2156   

the case may be, than those that could be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length

2157   

transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company;

2158   

(2) if such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments or value in

2159   

excess of $25.0 million, the Board of Directors (including at least a majority of the

2160   

disinterested members of the Board of Directors) approves such Affiliate Transaction

2161   

and, in its good faith judgment, believes that such Affiliate Transaction complies with

2162   

Section 4.14(a)(1)(B) as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors; and

2163   

(3) if such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments or value in

2164   

excess of $50.0 million, the Company obtains a written opinion from an Independent

2165   

Financial Advisor to the effect that the consideration to be paid or received in connection

2166   

with the such Affiliate Transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company

2167   

and any relevant Restricted Subsidiaries.

2168   

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the Company or any Restricted

2169    Subsidiary may enter into or suffer to exist the following:
2170   

(1) any transaction or series of transactions between the Company and one or

2171   

more Restricted Subsidiaries or between two or more Restricted Subsidiaries;

2172   

(2) any Restricted Payment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.10 or

2173   

any Permitted Investment;

2174   

(3) any employment, indemnification or other similar agreement or employee

2175   

benefit plan entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with an employee,

2176   

officer or director (and payments pursuant thereto) in the ordinary course of business and

2177   

consistent with past practice that is not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture;

2178   

(4) loans and advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business

2179   

consistent with past practices of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may

2180   

be; provided that such loans and advances do not exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at

2181   

any one time outstanding;

2182   

(5) payment of reasonable directors’ fees to persons who are not otherwise

2183   

Affiliates of the Company;

2184   

(6) any issuances of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the

2185   

Company to Affiliates of the Company; and

2186   

(7) agreements (and the transactions contemplated thereunder) in effect on the

2187   

Issue Date and any modifications, extensions or renewals thereto that are not materially

 

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2188   

less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary than such

2189   

agreements as in effect on the Issue Date.

2190   

SECTION 4.15. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

2191   

(a) The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company to be an

2192    Unrestricted Subsidiary if:
2193   

(1) either (1) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is

2194   

permitted to make an Investment in such Subsidiary equal to the sum of the (A) Fair

2195   

Market Value of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary plus (B) the amount of any Debt

2196   

owed by such Subsidiary to the Company, in each case pursuant to Section 4.10(a), or (2)

2197   

such Investment constitutes a Permitted Investment;

2198   

(2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such designation, the

2199   

Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(1);

2200   

and

2201   

(3) such Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock or Debt of, or own or

2202   

hold any Lien on any Property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and does

2203   

not have any Debt other than Non-Recourse Debt.

2204   

Unless so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Person that becomes a

2205    Subsidiary of the Company will be classified as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that
2206    such Subsidiary shall not be designated a Restricted Subsidiary and shall be automatically
2207    classified as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Person is a Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
2208    Subsidiary.
2209   

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Spansion and its

2210    Subsidiaries shall constitute Unrestricted Subsidiaries on and after the Issue Date (unless
2211    redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries by the Company after the Issue Date in accordance with
2212    this covenant), and their designation as Unrestricted Subsidiaries (made pursuant to the
2213    definition thereof contained herein) shall not be required to meet any of the tests described in the
2214    first paragraph of this covenant and shall not constitute a Restricted Payment hereunder.
2215   

(c) Except as provided in Section 4.15(a) and Section 4.15(b), no Restricted

2216    Subsidiary may be redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any
2217    Restricted Subsidiary shall at any time be directly or indirectly liable for any Debt (other than
2218    Debt pursuant to this Indenture) that provides that the holder thereof may (with the passage of
2219    time or notice or both) declare a default thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or
2220    payable prior to its Stated Maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any Debt,
2221    Lien or other obligation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary other than Spansion and its Subsidiaries

 

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2222    (including any right to take enforcement action against any such Unrestricted Subsidiary (other
2223    than Spansion and its Subsidiaries)).
2224   

(d) The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a

2225    Restricted Subsidiary if, immediately after giving pro forma effect to such designation,
2226   

(x) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to

2227   

Section 4.09(a)(1), and

2228   

(y) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or

2229   

would result therefrom.

2230   

(e) Any such designation or redesignation by the Board of Directors will be

2231    evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors giving
2232    effect to such designation or redesignation and an Officers’ Certificate that:
2233   

(1) certifies that such designation or redesignation complies with this Section

2234   

4.15; and

2235   

(2) gives the effective date of such designation or redesignation,

2236    such filing with the Trustee to occur within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter of the
2237    Company in which such designation or redesignation is made (or, in the case of a designation or
2238    redesignation made during the last fiscal quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, within 90 days
2239    after the end of such fiscal year).
2240   

SECTION 4.16. Reports.

2241   

Following the consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration

2242    Rights Agreement, whether or not the Company is then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
2243    Exchange Act, the Company will electronically file with the Commission, so long as the Notes
2244    are outstanding, the annual reports, quarterly reports and other reports that it would be required
2245    to file with the Commission pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) if the Company were so
2246    subject, and such documents will be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates
2247    below (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Company would be required so to file such
2248    documents if it were so subject, unless, in any case, such filings are not then permitted by the
2249    Commission. In any event, the Company will file:
2250   

(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (or such shorter period as

2251   

the Commission may in the future prescribe), annual reports on Form 10-K, (or any

2252   

successor form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required

2253   

in such successor form); provided, however, in any event, such reports shall include

2254   

audited year-end consolidated financial statements (including a balance sheet, income

 

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2255   

statement, statement of changes of cash flow and a footnote with consolidating

2256   

condensed financial information, if necessary) prepared in accordance with GAAP;

2257   

(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters (or

2258   

such shorter period as the Commission may in the future prescribe) of each fiscal year,

2259   

reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor form); provided, however, in any event, such

2260   

reports shall include unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements (including a

2261   

balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes of cash flows and a footnote with

2262   

consolidating condensed financial information, if necessary) prepared in accordance with

2263   

GAAP; and

2264   

(c) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event with respect to

2265   

which the Company is required to file other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or

2266   

comparable form), reports containing the information required to be contained therein (or

2267   

required in any successor or comparable form); and

2268    in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above, regardless of applicable requirements, shall, at a
2269    minimum, contain a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
2270    of Operations” that describes the Company’s consolidated financial condition and results of
2271    operations. In addition, all financial statements, regardless of applicable requirements will, at a
2272    minimum, contain such information required to be provided in quarterly reports to security
2273    holders of a company with securities listed on The New York Stock Exchange.
2274   

If such filings with the Commission are not then permitted by the Commission, or such

2275    filings are not yet required in accordance with the above paragraph or are not generally available
2276    on the Internet free of charge, the Company will, without charge to the Holders, within 15 days
2277    of each Required Filing Date, transmit by mail to Holders, as their names and addresses appear
2278    in the Note register, and file with the Trustee copies of the annual reports, quarterly reports and
2279    other periodic reports that the Company would be required to file with the Commission pursuant
2280    to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if it were subject to such Section 13(a) or 15(d)
2281    and, promptly upon written request, supply copies of such documents to any prospective holder
2282    or beneficial owner at the Company’s cost.
2283   

So long as any of the Notes remain restricted under Rule 144, the Company will make

2284    available upon request to any prospective purchaser of Notes or beneficial owner of Notes in
2285    connection with any sale thereof the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the
2286    Securities Act.
2287   

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational

2288    purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of
2289    any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
2290    the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
2291    entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

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2292   

SECTION 4.17. Covenant Suspension.

2293   

(a) During any period of time that:

2294   

(1) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies; and

2295   

(2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,

2296    the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of Sections 4.08, 4.09,
2297    4.10, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.14, clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4.15(a), clause (x) of Section 4.15(d) and
2298    clause (4) of Section 5.01(a) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).
2299   

(b) In the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to

2300    the Suspended Covenants for any period of time pursuant to Section 4.17(a) and, subsequently,
2301    one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its ratings or downgrades the ratings assigned to
2302    the Notes below the required Investment Grade Ratings or a Default or Event of Default occurs
2303    and is continuing, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be
2304    subject to the Suspended Covenants and compliance with the Suspended Covenants with respect
2305    to Restricted Payments made after the time of such withdrawal, downgrade, Default or Event of
2306    Default will be calculated in accordance Section 4.10 as though such covenant had been in effect
2307    during the entire period of time from the Issue Date.
2308   

SECTION 4.18. Payment for Consents.

2309   

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or

2310    indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or
2311    otherwise, to any Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or
2312    amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such
2313    consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or
2314    agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent,
2315    waiver or agreement.
2316                                                                     ARTICLE FIVE
2317     
2318                                                         SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
2319   

SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Property.

2320   

(a) The Company shall not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person (other

2321    than a merger of a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary and the Company) or sell, transfer,
2322    assign, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its Property (other than sales,
2323    transfers, assignments, leases, conveyances or dispositions to a Wholly Owned Restricted
2324    Subsidiary) in any one transaction or series of transactions unless:

 

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2325   

(1) the Company shall be the surviving Person (the “Surviving Person”) in

2326   

such merger or consolidation, or the Surviving Person (if other than the Company)

2327   

formed by such merger or consolidation or to which such sale, transfer, assignment,

2328   

lease, conveyance or disposition is made shall be a corporation organized and existing

2329   

under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of

2330   

Columbia;

2331   

(2) the Surviving Person (if other than the Company) expressly assumes, by

2332   

supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and

2333   

delivered to the Trustee by such Surviving Person, the due and punctual payment of the

2334   

principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all the Notes, according to their tenor,

2335   

and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions

2336   

of the Indenture to be performed by the Company;

2337   

(3) immediately before and after giving effect to such transaction or series of

2338   

transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating, for purposes of this Section 5.01(a)(3)

2339   

and Section 5.01(a)(4) below, any Debt that becomes, or is anticipated to become, an

2340   

obligation of the Surviving Person or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such

2341   

transaction or series of transactions as having been Incurred by the Surviving Person or

2342   

such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction or series of transactions), no

2343   

Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

2344   

(4) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions

2345   

on a pro forma basis, (x) the Company or the Surviving Person, as the case may be,

2346   

would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt under Section 4.09(a)(1), or (y)

2347   

the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company or the Surviving Person

2348   

would be greater than such ratio immediately prior to such transaction or series of

2349   

transactions; and

2350   

(5) the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form

2351   

and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate and an

2352   

Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such transaction or series of transactions and the

2353   

supplemental indenture, if any, in respect thereto comply with this covenant and that all

2354   

conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction or series of

2355   

transactions have been satisfied.

2356   

(b) The Surviving Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise

2357    every right and power of the Company under the Indenture; provided that the predecessor
2358    company in the case of:
2359   

(1) a sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or other disposition of all or

2360   

substantially all of its Property (unless such sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance or

 

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2361   

other disposition is of all the Property of the Company as an entirety or virtually as an

2362   

entirety), or

2363   

(2) a lease,

2364    shall not be released from any of the obligations or covenants under the Indenture, including with
2365    respect to the payment of the Notes.
2366   

                        ARTICLE SIX

2367     
2368   

            DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

2369   

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.

2370   

The following events shall be “Events of Default”:

2371   

(1) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Note when the

2372   

same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

2373   

(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal or premium amount

2374   

of any Note when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon

2375   

acceleration, redemption, optional redemption, required repurchase or otherwise;

2376   

(3) a breach of Section 5.01;

2377   

(4) a breach of any covenant or agreement in the Notes or in this Indenture

2378   

(other than a failure that is the subject of the foregoing Section 6.01(1), (2) or (3)) and

2379   

such failure continues for 45 days after written notice demanding that such default be

2380   

remedied is given to the Company as specified in this Section 6.01;

2381   

(5) a default by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Debt of

2382   

the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that results in acceleration of the final stated

2383   

maturity of such Debt, or the failure to pay any such Debt at final stated maturity (giving

2384   

effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof), in an aggregate

2385   

principal amount in excess of $50 million (or its foreign equivalent at the time);

2386   

(6) any judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate

2387   

amount in excess of $50 million (or its foreign equivalent at the time) shall be rendered

2388   

against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and shall not be waived, satisfied or

2389   

discharged for any period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement

2390   

shall not be in effect;

2391   

(7) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the

2392   

meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

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2393   

(A) commences a voluntary insolvency proceeding or gives notice of

2394   

intention to make a proposal under any Bankruptcy Law;

2395   

(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an

2396   

involuntary insolvency proceeding or consents to its dissolution or winding-up;

2397   

(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any

2398   

substantial part of its property; or

2399   

(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

2400   

or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; provided,

2401   

however, that the liquidation of any Restricted Subsidiary into the Company or another

2402   

Restricted Subsidiary, other than as part of a credit reorganization, shall not constitute an

2403   

Event of Default under this Section 6.01(7);

2404   

(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any

2405   

Bankruptcy Law that:

2406   

(A) is for relief against any of the Company or any Significant

2407   

Subsidiary in an involuntary insolvency proceeding;

2408   

(B) appoints a Custodian of any of the Company or any Significant

2409   

Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property;

2410   

(C) orders the winding up, liquidation or dissolution of any of the

2411   

Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

2412   

(D) orders the presentation of any plan or arrangement, compromise

2413   

reorganization of any of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or

2414   

(E) grants any similar relief under any Bankruptcy Law or foreign

2415   

laws;

2416   

and in each such case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days;

2417   

The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event

2418    of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or
2419    pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
2420    administrative or governmental body.
2421   

A Default under Section 6.01(4) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the

2422    Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Notes then outstanding
2423    notify the Company (and in the case of such notice by Holders, the Trustee) of the Default and

 

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2424    such Default is not cured within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must
2425    specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of
2426    Default.”
2427   

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof,

2428    written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of Default and any event that
2429    with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its status and
2430    what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company shall
2431    immediately notify the Trustee if a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is
2432    convened to consider any action mandated by a petition for debt settlement proceedings or
2433    bankruptcy proceedings. The Company shall also promptly advise the Trustee of the approval of
2434    the filing of a debt settlement or bankruptcy petition prior to the filing of such petition.
2435   

SECTION 6.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission.

2436   

(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes (other than an Event of Default

2437    specified in Section 6.01(6) and (7) with respect to the Company) shall have occurred and be
2438    continuing, the Trustee or the registered Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
2439    amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare the principal of and accrued interest on all the
2440    Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the
2441    applicable Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration”, and the same shall become
2442    immediately due and payable.
2443   

(b) In case an Event of Default resulting from Section 6.01(6) and (7) with respect to

2444    the Company shall occur, such amount with respect to all the Notes shall be due and payable
2445    immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the
2446    Notes. After any such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is
2447    obtained by the Trustee, the registered Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
2448    Notes then outstanding may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if
2449    (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree, (ii) all existing Events of
2450    Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become
2451    due solely because of the acceleration, (iii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful,
2452    interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due
2453    otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid, (iv) the Company has paid the
2454    Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements
2455    and advances and all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 and (v) in the event of
2456    the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in either Section 6.01(6) or (7),
2457    the Trustee shall have received an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Event of Default
2458    has been cured or waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any
2459    right consequent thereto.
2460   

(c) In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because an Event of

2461    Default described in Section 6.01(5) has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of

 

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2462    acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically annulled if the payment Default or other Default
2463    triggering such Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(5) shall be remedied or cured or
2464    waived by the Holders of the relevant Debt within the grace period applicable to such Default
2465    provided for in the documentation governing such Debt and if (1) the annulment of the
2466    acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent
2467    jurisdiction, (2) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or
2468    interest on the Notes that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Notes, have been
2469    cured or waived and (3) all the other amounts due to the Trustee have been paid.
2470   

(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, in case an Event of Default shall occur

2471    and be continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers
2472    under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes, unless such
2473    Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to Section 7.07, the
2474    Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding will have the
2475    right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
2476    to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes.
2477   

No Holder of Notes will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this

2478    Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or Trustee, or for any remedy thereunder, unless:
2479   

(1) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a

2480   

continuing Event of Default;

2481   

(2) the registered Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the

2482   

Notes then outstanding have made written request and offered reasonable indemnity to

2483   

the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee; and

2484   

(3) the Trustee shall not have received from the registered Holders of a

2485   

majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding a direction

2486   

inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within

2487   

60 days after such notice, request and offer.

2488   

However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of any Note for

2489    enforcement of payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, such Note on or
2490    after the respective due dates expressed in such Note.
2491   

SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies.

2492   

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available

2493    remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if
2494    any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this
2495    Indenture and may take any necessary action requested of it as Trustee to settle, compromise,
2496    adjust or otherwise conclude any proceedings to which it is a party.

 

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2497   

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or

2498    does not produce any of them in the proceeding. Any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
2499    may be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
2500    shall, after provisions for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
2501    of the Trustee and its counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of
2502    which such judgment has been recovered. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in
2503    exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
2504    remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
2505    exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative, to the extent permitted by
2506    law. Any costs associated with actions taken by the Trustee under this Section 6.03 shall be
2507    reimbursed to the Trustee by the Company.
2508   

SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default.

2509   

Provided the Notes are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of

2510    acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time outstanding may
2511    on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past Default with respect to such Notes and
2512    its consequences by providing written notice thereof to the Company and the Trustee, except a
2513    Default (1) in the payment of interest on or the principal of any Note or (2) in respect of a
2514    covenant or provision hereof which under this Indenture cannot be modified or amended without
2515    the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected. In the case of any such waiver, the
2516    Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will be restored to their former positions and
2517    rights under this Indenture, respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any
2518    subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
2519   

SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority.

2520   

The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes

2521    may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
2522    the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may
2523    refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that may involve the
2524    Trustee in personal liability, or that the Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly
2525    prejudicial to the rights of Holders of the Notes not joining in the giving of such direction and
2526    may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction
2527    received from Holders of the Notes.
2528   

SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

2529   

No Holder of Notes will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this

2530    Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy hereunder unless:
2531   

(1) the Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of

2532   

Default;

 

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2533   

(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of outstanding

2534   

Notes make a written request to the Trustee to institute such proceeding or to pursue such

2535   

remedy as trustee;

2536   

(3) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the

2537   

Trustee against any costs, liability or expense;

2538   

(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt

2539   

of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

2540   

(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate

2541   

principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction that is

2542   

inconsistent with the request.

2543   

However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of any Note for

2544    enforcement of payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, such Note on or
2545    after the respective due date expressed in such Note.
2546   

SECTION 6.07. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and

2547    Stockholders.
2548   

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will

2549    have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any
2550    claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of
2551    Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part
2552    of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive
2553    liabilities under federal securities laws.
2554   

SECTION 6.08. Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.

2555   

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note

2556    to receive payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Note or to
2557    bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after the due date expressed in the
2558    Notes shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
2559   

SECTION 6.09. Collection Suit by Trustee.

2560   

If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified in Section

2561    6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and
2562    as trustee of an express trust against the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the
2563    whole amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid.

 

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2564   

SECTION 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

2565   

The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be

2566    necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
2567    reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
2568    counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07) and the Holders allowed in
2569    any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its
2570    creditors or its Property and, unless prohibited by law, shall be entitled and empowered to collect
2571    and receive any monies or other Property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
2572    distribute the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent that any such charges
2573    and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any such proceedings and any custodian in any
2574    such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
2575    Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
2576    to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation,
2577    expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
2578    amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
2579   

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent

2580    to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan or reorganization, arrangement,
2581    adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize
2582    the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceedings. All rights of
2583    action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the
2584    Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
2585    any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
2586    express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reason-
2587    able compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
2588    be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
2589   

SECTION 6.11. Priorities.

2590   

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article Six, it shall pay out the money

2591    in the following order:
2592   

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

2593   

SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal,

2594   

premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) as to each, ratably,

2595   

without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on

2596   

the Notes; and

2597   

THIRD: to the Company.

 

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2598   

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant

2599    to this Section 6.11.
2600   

SECTION 6.12. Undertaking for Costs.

2601   

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit

2602    against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may
2603    require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
2604    and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
2605    and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith
2606    of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.12 does not apply to a suit by
2607    the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.08 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
2608    principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
2609   

                        ARTICLE SEVEN

2610     
2611   

                                TRUSTEE

2612   

SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

2613   

(a) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has

2614    occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
2615    by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person
2616    would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
2617   

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

2618   

(1) The Trustee need perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in

2619   

this Indenture.

2620   

(2) In the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee

2621   

may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions

2622   

expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming

2623   

to the requirements of this Indenture but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions

2624   

which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the

2625   

Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they

2626   

conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or

2627   

investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

2628   

Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a

2629   

matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action

2630   

hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in

2631   

the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate,

2632   

subject to the requirement in the preceding sentence, if applicable.

 

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2633   

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its

2634    own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
2635   

(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b).

2636   

(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good

2637   

faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it is proved

2638   

that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

2639   

(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits

2640   

to take in good faith in accordance with a direction of the Holders of a majority in

2641   

aggregate principal amount of the Notes received by it pursuant to the terms hereof.

2642   

(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk

2643   

its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its

2644   

rights, powers or duties if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment

2645   

of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not

2646   

reasonably assured to it.

2647   

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, Sections 7.01(a), (b), (c) and (e)

2648    shall govern every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee.
2649   

(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers

2650    vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this
2651    Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfac-
2652    tory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
2653    compliance with such request.
2654   

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as

2655    the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not
2656    be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by the law.
2657   

SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

2658   

Subject to Section 7.01:

2659   

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document (whether in its

2660   

original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been

2661   

signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or

2662   

matter stated in the document.

2663   

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may request an Officers’

2664   

Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, which shall conform to the provisions of

 

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2665   

Section 10.05. The Trustee shall be protected and shall not be liable for any action it

2666   

takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.

2667   

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be

2668   

responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed by it with due care.

2669   

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in

2670   

good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;

2671   

provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or

2672   

bad faith.

2673   

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or

2674   

opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters relating to the Notes or this

2675   

Indenture shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect

2676   

of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance

2677   

with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

2678   

(f) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the

2679   

Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and

2680   

shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent,

2681   

Custodian and other person employed to act hereunder.

2682   

(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or

2683   

matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,

2684   

request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness

2685   

or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further

2686   

inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee

2687   

shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to

2688   

examine the books records, and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or

2689   

attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability

2690   

of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

2691   

(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to

2692   

be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the

2693   

discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

2694   

(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of

2695   

Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or

2696   

unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the

2697   

Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes

2698   

and this Indenture.

 

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2699   

(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate

2700   

setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to

2701   

take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be

2702   

signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person

2703   

specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not suspended.

2704   

(k) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event

2705   

of Default with respect to the Notes, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have

2706   

actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default

2707   

or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or by any

2708   

Holder of the Notes; and

2709   

(l) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be

2710   

construed as duties.

2711   

SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.

2712   

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of

2713    Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for or otherwise deal with
2714    the Company, or any Affiliate thereof, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
2715    Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, shall be subject to
2716    Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
2717   

SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

2718   

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or

2719    adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the
2720    proceeds from the sale of Notes or any money paid to the Company pursuant to the terms of this
2721    Indenture and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Notes or this Indenture other
2722    than its certificate of authentication, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized
2723    to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations
2724    hereunder and that the statements made by it in any Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on
2725    Form T-1 to be supplied to the Company will be true and accurate subject to the qualifications
2726    set forth therein.
2727   

SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults.

2728   

If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall

2729    give to each Holder a notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs in the manner and to the
2730    extent provided in the TIA and otherwise as provided in this Indenture. Except in the case of a
2731    Default in payment of the principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to a
2732    redemption or repurchase of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture), the Trustee

 

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2733    may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
2734    determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.
2735   

SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.

2736   

If required by TIA § 313(a), within 60 days after May 15 of any year, commencing 2005,

2737    the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA
2738    § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit
2739    by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c) and TIA § 313(d).
2740   

Reports pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall be transmitted by mail:

2741   

(1) to all Holders of Notes, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear

2742   

on the Registrar’s books; and

2743   

(2) to such Holders of Notes as have, within the two years preceding such

2744   

transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for that purpose.

2745   

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the

2746    Commission and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed. The Company shall
2747    promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or delisted
2748    therefrom.
2749   

SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

2750   

The Company shall pay to the Trustee and Agents from time to time such compensation

2751    for their services hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
2752    regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as shall be agreed upon in writing.
2753    The Company shall reimburse the Trustee and Agents upon request for all reasonable
2754    disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by them in connection with the
2755    Trustee’s duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and
2756    expenses of the Trustee’s agents and external counsel, except any expense disbursement or
2757    advance as may be attributable to its willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
2758   

The Company shall fully indemnify each of the Trustee, Agent and any predecessor

2759    Trustee for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or
2760    expense, including without limitation taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee
2761    or such Agent) and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by each of them in
2762    connection with the acceptance or performance of its duties under this Indenture including the
2763    reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
2764    with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder (including, without
2765    limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee or Agent shall notify the Company in writing promptly
2766    of any claim (a “Claim”) of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge

 

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2767    asserted against the Trustee or Agent for which it may seek indemnity; provided that the failure
2768    by the Trustee or Agent to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its
2769    obligations hereunder except to the extent the Company is actually prejudiced thereby. In the
2770    event that a conflict of interest exists, the Trustee may have separate counsel, which counsel
2771    must be reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees
2772    and expenses of such counsel.
2773   

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company need not reimburse the Trustee for any

2774    expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability to have been incurred by the Trustee through
2775    its own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
2776   

To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall

2777    have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or Property held or collected by the Trustee and such
2778    money or Property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.
2779   

The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 to compensate and indemnify the

2780    Trustee, Agents and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee, Agents and
2781    each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be the liability of the
2782    Company and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction,
2783    discharge or other termination of this Indenture, including any termination or rejection hereof
2784    under any Bankruptcy Law.
2785   

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified

2786    in Section 6.01(6) or (7) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended
2787    to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
2788   

For purposes of this Section 7.07, the term “Trustee” shall include any trustee appointed

2789    pursuant to this Article Seven.
2790   

SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

2791   

The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA, to the extent applicable.

2792   

The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing no later than 15 Business

2793    Days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal
2794    amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the Company and the
2795    removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s written
2796    consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may remove the
2797    Trustee at its election if:
2798   

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 or Section 310 of the TIA;

 

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2799   

(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is

2800   

entered with respect to the Trustee under Bankruptcy Law;

2801   

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its

2802   

Property; or

2803   

(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

2804   

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any

2805    reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
2806   

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee

2807    resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal
2808    amount of the outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of
2809    competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
2810   

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder may petition any court of

2811    competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
2812   

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring

2813    Trustee and to the Company. Immediately following such delivery, the retiring Trustee shall,
2814    subject to its rights under Section 7.07, transfer all Property held by it as Trustee to the successor
2815    Trustee, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
2816    successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.
2817    A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder. Notwithstanding
2818    replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under
2819    Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
2820   

SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, etc.

2821   

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially

2822    all of its corporate trust assets to, another corporation, subject to Section 7.10, the successor
2823    corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee; provided such entity shall be
2824    otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Seven.
2825   

SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

2826   

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA

2827    § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The Trustee (together with its corporate parent) shall
2828    have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in the most recent appli-
2829    cable published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b),
2830    including the provision in § 310(b)(1).

 

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2831   

SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

2832   

The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in

2833    TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to
2834    the extent indicated therein.
2835   

SECTION 7.12. Paying Agents.

2836   

The Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and

2837    deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee,
2838    subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12:
2839   

(A)

2840   

(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as agent for the payment of

2841   

principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether such sums

2842   

have been paid to it by the Company or by any obligor on the Notes) in trust for

2843   

the benefit of Holders of the Notes or the Trustee;

2844   

(2) that it will at any time during the continuance of any Event of

2845   

Default, upon written request from the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee all sums so

2846   

held in trust by it together with a full accounting thereof; and

2847   

(3) that it will give the Trustee written notice within three (3) Business

2848   

Days of any failure of the Company (or by any obligor on the Notes) in the

2849   

payment of any installment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the

2850   

Notes when the same shall be due and payable.

2851   

(B) The Paying Agent shall comply with all U.S. withholding tax, backup

2852   

withholding tax and information reporting requirements under the U.S. Internal Revenue

2853   

Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, with respect

2854   

to any payments under the Notes or hereunder (including the collection of U.S. Internal

2855   

Revenue Service Forms W-8 and W-9 and the filing of U.S. Internal Revenue Service

2856   

Forms 1042, 1042-S and 1099.

 

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2857    ARTICLE EIGHT
2858     
2859    MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
2860   

SECTION 8.01. Without Consent of Holders.

2861   

Without the consent of any Holder of the Notes, the Company and the Trustee may

2862    amend this Indenture to:
2863   

(a) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in any manner that

2864   

is not adverse in any material respect to any Holder of the Notes;

2865   

(b) provide for the assumption by a Surviving Person of the obligations of the

2866   

Company under this Indenture;

2867   

(c) provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated

2868   

Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of

2869   

Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are

2870   

described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code);

2871   

(d) add Guarantees with respect to the Notes;

2872   

(e) secure the Notes;

2873   

(f) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the

2874   

Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

2875   

(g) make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of

2876   

the Notes;

2877   

(h) comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the

2878   

qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

2879   

(i) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with this

2880   

Indenture, including the issuance of Additional Notes as restricted securities under the

2881   

Securities Act and substantially identical Additional Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer

2882   

registered with the Commission; or

2883   

(j) evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor

2884   

Trustee under this Indenture.

 

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2885   

SECTION 8.02. With Consent of Holders.

2886   

(a) This Indenture may be amended by the Company and the Trustee with the consent

2887    of the registered Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
2888    outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for
2889    the Notes) and any past default or compliance with any provisions may also be waived (except a
2890    default in the payment of principal, premium or interest and under 8.02(b) below) with the
2891    consent of the registered Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
2892    Notes then outstanding.
2893   

(b) However, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note, no

2894    amendment may,
2895   

(1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an

2896   

amendment, supplement or waiver,

2897   

(2) reduce the rate of, or change the time for, payment of interest on any Note,

2898   

(3) reduce the principal of, or extend the Stated Maturity of, any Note,

2899   

(4) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note,

2900   

(5) impair the right of any Holder of the Notes to receive payment of principal

2901   

of and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit

2902   

for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes,

2903   

(6) release any security interest that may have been granted in favor of the

2904   

Holders of the Notes other than pursuant to the terms of such security interest,

2905   

(7) subordinate the Notes to any other Obligation of the Company,

2906   

(8) reduce the redemption price, including any premium payable under

2907   

paragraph 5 of the Notes or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed,

2908   

(9) reduce the premium payable upon a Change of Control or, at any time

2909   

after a Change of Control has occurred, change the time at which the Change of Control

2910   

Offer relating thereto must be made or at which the Notes must be repurchased pursuant

2911   

to such Change of Control Offer; provided, that, prior to the occurrence of a Change of

2912   

Control, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then

2913   

outstanding may waive the requirement to complete a Change of Control Offer, or

2914   

(10) at any time after the Company is obligated to make a Prepayment Offer

2915   

with the Excess Proceeds from Asset Sales, change the time at which such Prepayment

2916   

Offer must be made or at which the Notes must be repurchased pursuant thereto.

 

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2917   

(c) The consent of the Holders of the Notes shall not be necessary to approve the

2918    particular form of any proposed amendment. It shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
2919    substance of the proposed amendment.
2920   

(d) After an amendment that requires the consent of the Holders of Notes becomes

2921    effective, the Company is required to mail to each registered Holder of the Notes at such
2922    Holder’s address appearing in the Note register a notice briefly describing such amendment.
2923    However, the failure to give such notice to all Holders of the Notes, or any defect therein, shall
2924    not impair or affect the validity of the amendment.
2925   

(e) Upon the written request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution

2926    authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the receipt by the
2927    Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as afore-
2928    said and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 8.06, the Trustee
2929    shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supple-
2930    mental indenture affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in
2931    which case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
2932   

SECTION 8.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

2933   

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA

2934    as then in effect.
2935   

SECTION 8.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

2936   

(a) After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, a

2937    consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such
2938    Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Note or portion thereof, and of any Note issued
2939    upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the
2940    consent is not made on any such Note.
2941   

(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose

2942    of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a
2943    record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were
2944    Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be
2945    entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent
2946    previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No
2947    such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless the
2948    consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained.

 

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2949   

SECTION 8.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

2950   

If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee (in

2951    accordance with the specific written direction of the Company) shall request the Holder of the
2952    Note (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Company) to deliver it to the
2953    Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Note about the
2954    changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so deter-
2955    mines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
2956    new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a
2957    new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
2958   

SECTION 8.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.

2959   

The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this

2960    Article Eight if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not affect the rights, duties, liabilities
2961    or immunities of the Trustee. If it does affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
2962    Trustee, the Trustee may, but need not, sign such amendment, supplement or waiver. In signing
2963    or refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be entitled to receive
2964    and, subject to Section 7.01, shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and
2965    an Opinion of Counsel stating, in addition to the documents required by Section 10.04, that such
2966    amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and is a legal,
2967    valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
2968    with its terms (subject to customary exceptions).
2969    ARTICLE NINE
2970     
2971    DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
2972   

SECTION 9.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.

2973   

(a) This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all

2974    Notes, issued hereunder when:
2975   

(i) either (x) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen

2976   

or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment

2977   

money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid by the Company, have

2978   

been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or (y) all Notes that have not been

2979   

delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason

2980   

of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and

2981   

payable within one year, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to

2982   

be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the

2983   

Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination of

2984   

cash in U.S. dollars and U.S. Government Obligations, in amounts as will be

 

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2985   

sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and

2986   

discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for

2987   

cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of

2988   

maturity or redemption;

2989   

(ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on

2990   

the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will

2991   

not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other

2992   

instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound;

2993   

(iii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by

2994   

them under this Indenture; and

2995   

(iv) in the event of a deposit as provided in clause (i)(y) above, the

2996   

Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the

2997   

deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the Redemption

2998   

Date, as the case may be.

2999   

In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel

3000    to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been
3001    satisfied.
3002   

(b) Subject to Sections 9.01(e) and 9.02, the Company at any time may terminate all

3003    of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (“Legal Defeasance”), including those
3004    obligations under the TIA. The Company at any time may terminate (i) its obligations under
3005    Section 4.08 through Section 4.17; (ii) Sections 6.01(5), (6), (7) and (8) (with respect only to the
3006    Significant Subsidiaries in the case of Sections 6.01(7) and (8)); and (iii) Section 5.01(a)(4)
3007    (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with any covenant referred to in
3008    clause (i) or (iii) above will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the
3009    Notes.
3010   

The Company may exercise its Legal Defeasance option notwithstanding its prior

3011    exercise of its Covenant Defeasance option.
3012   

(c) If the Company exercises its Legal Defeasance option, payment of the Notes may

3013    not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Company exercises
3014    its Covenant Defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an
3015    Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(3) (but only to the extent of an omission to comply
3016    with clause (4) of Section 5.01(a)) or 6.01(4) (with respect to the covenants listed under Section
3017    9.01(b)(i)), or Sections 6.01(5), (6), (7) and (8) (with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries in
3018    the case of Sections 6.01(2) and (8)).

 

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3019   

(d) Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the

3020    Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the
3021    Company terminates.
3022   

(e) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections

3023    2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.18, 7.07, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05 and 9.06 shall survive until such
3024    time as the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07,
3025    9.03, 9.04, 9.05 and 9.06 shall survive.
3026   

SECTION 9.02. Conditions to Defeasance.

3027   

The Legal Defeasance option or the Covenant Defeasance option may be exercised only

3028    if:
3029   

(a) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money or U.S.

3030    Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, for the payment of principal of and interest
3031    on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
3032   

(b) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from an internationally

3033    recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressing their opinion that the
3034    payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest when due and without reinvestment on the
3035    deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will
3036    provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if
3037    any, and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
3038   

(c) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default

3039    described in Section 6.01(7) and (8) occurs with respect to the Company or any other Person
3040    making such deposit which is continuing at the end of the period;
3041   

(d) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such

3042    deposit and after giving effect thereto;
3043   

(e) such deposit does not constitute a default under any other material agreement or

3044    instrument binding on the Company;
3045   

(f) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the

3046    trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment
3047    company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
3048   

(g) in the case of the Legal Defeasance option, the Company delivers to the Trustee

3049    an Opinion of Counsel stating that:
3050   

(1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the

3051   

Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

 

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3052   

(2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable

3053   

U.S. federal income tax law,

3054   

to the effect, in either case, that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall

3055   

confirm that, the beneficial owners of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss

3056   

for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to

3057   

U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times

3058   

as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;

3059   

(h) in the case of the Covenant Defeasance option, the Company delivers to the

3060    Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the beneficial owners of the Notes will not
3061    recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such
3062    defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
3063    manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;
3064    and
3065   

(i) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of

3066    Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes
3067    have been complied with as required by this Indenture.
3068   

SECTION 9.03. Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust;

3069    Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
3070   

All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited

3071    with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.02(a) in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in
3072    trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this
3073    Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, to the Holders of such
3074    Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and
3075    accrued interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
3076    required by law.
3077   

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge

3078    imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
3079    9.02(a) or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than any
3080    such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding
3081    Notes.
3082   

Anything in this Article Nine to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or

3083    pay to the Company from time to time upon a request of the Company any money or U.S.
3084    Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 9.02(a) which, in the opinion of a
3085    nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
3086    thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be
3087    required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

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3088   

SECTION 9.04. Reinstatement.

3089   

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government

3090    Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of
3091    any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
3092    prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall
3093    be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Nine until
3094    such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S.
3095    Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01; provided that if the Company has
3096    made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or accrued interest on any Notes because of
3097    the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders
3098    of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Obligations held by the
3099    Trustee or Paying Agent.
3100   

SECTION 9.05. Moneys Held by Paying Agent.

3101   

In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then held

3102    by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon written demand of the
3103    Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys have been deposited pursuant to Section
3104    9.02(a), to the Company upon a request of the Company, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall
3105    be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
3106   

SECTION 9.06. Moneys Held by Trustee.

3107   

Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the

3108    Company in trust for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Note
3109    that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holder of such Note for two years after the date
3110    upon which the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Note shall have respectively
3111    become due and payable shall be repaid to the Company upon a request of the Company, or if
3112    such moneys are then held by the Company in trust, such moneys shall be released from such
3113    trust; and the Holder of such Note entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an
3114    unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof, and all liability of
3115    the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease;
3116    provided that the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
3117    repayment, may, at the expense of the Company, either mail to each Holder affected, at the
3118    address shown in the Note register maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.04, or cause
3119    to be published once a week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the English
3120    language, customarily published each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New
3121    York, New York, a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
3122    therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing or publication, any
3123    unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After
3124    payment to the Company or the release of any money held in trust by the Company, Holders

 

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3125    entitled to the money must look only to the Company for payment as general creditors unless
3126    applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
3127   

                                  ARTICLE TEN

3128     
3129   

                                               MISCELLANEOUS

3130   

SECTION 10.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

3131   

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision

3132    which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall
3133    control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies any TIA provision that may be so modified,
3134    such TIA provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified. If any provision
3135    of this Indenture excludes any TIA provision that may be so excluded, such TIA provision shall
3136    be excluded from this Indenture.
3137   

The provisions of TIA §§ 310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person (including

3138    the provisions automatically deemed included unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a
3139    part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein.
3140   

SECTION 10.02. Notices.

3141   

Except for notice or communications to Holders, any notice or communication shall be

3142    given in writing and when received if delivered in person, when receipt is acknowledged if sent
3143    by facsimile, on the next Business Day if timely delivered by a nationally recognized courier
3144    service that guarantees overnight delivery or two Business Days after deposit if mailed by first-
3145    class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
3146   

If to the Company:

3147   

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

3148   

One AMD Place

3149   

Sunnyvale, California 94088

3150   

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

3151   

With a copy to:

3152   

Latham & Watkins

3153   

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1900

3154   

San Francisco, California 94111

3155   

Fax: (415) 395-8095

3156   

Telephone: (415) 391-0600

3157   

Attn: Tad J. Freese, Esq.

 

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3158   

If to the Trustee, Registrar or Paying Agent:

3159   

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

3160   

707 Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor

3161   

Los Angeles, CA 90017

3162   

Fax: (213) 614-3355

3163   

Telephone: (213) 614-3349

3164   

Attn: Corporate Trust Services

3165   

Such notices or communications shall be effective when received and shall be sufficiently

3166    given if so given within the time prescribed in this Indenture.
3167   

The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the others may designate additional or

3168    different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
3169   

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him by first-class

3170    mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the Note register kept by the Registrar.
3171   

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect

3172    its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication to a Holder is mailed
3173    in the manner provided above, it shall be deemed duly given, whether or not the addressee
3174    receives it.
3175   

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other

3176    cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required by this Indenture, then such method of
3177    notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing
3178    of such notice.
3179   

SECTION 10.03. Communications by Holders with Other Holders.

3180   

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to

3181    their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and
3182    anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
3183   

SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

3184   

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under

3185    this Indenture (except for the issuance of Notes on the Issue Date), the Company shall furnish to
3186    the Trustee:
3187   

(1) an Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in

3188   

Section 10.05 below) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent,

3189   

if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied

3190   

with; and

 

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3191   

(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in

3192    Section 10.05 below) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
3193    precedent have been complied with.
3194   

SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion.

3195   

Each certificate (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 4.06) and opinion

3196    with respect to compliance by or on behalf of the Company with a condition or covenant
3197    provided for in this Indenture shall include:
3198   

(a) a statement that the Person delivering such certificate or opinion has read

3199   

such covenant or condition;

3200   

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or

3201   

investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or

3202   

opinion are based;

3203   

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, it or he has made such

3204   

examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or him to express an informed

3205   

opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

3206   

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such

3207   

covenant or condition has been complied with.

3208   

SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee and Agents.

3209   

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or meetings of Holders. The

3210    Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
3211   

SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays.

3212   

A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which (i) commercial banks

3213    in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to close or (ii) the New York Stock
3214    Exchange is not open for trading. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment,
3215    payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and
3216    no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
3217   

SECTION 10.08. Governing Law.

3218   

This Indenture and the Notes are governed by the internal laws of the State of New York

3219    without reference to principles of conflicts of law.

 

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3220   

SECTION 10.09. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

3221   

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan, security or debt

3222    agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. No such indenture, loan, security or debt
3223    agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture.
3224   

SECTION 10.10. Successors.

3225   

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective

3226    successors. All agreements of the Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this
3227    Indenture shall bind its successor.
3228   

SECTION 10.11. Multiple Counterparts.

3229   

The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed counterpart

3230    shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent one and the same agreement.
3231   

SECTION 10.12. Consent to Jurisdiction and Service; Waiver of Immunity.

3232   

The Company revocably appoints Corporation Service Company as its agent for service

3233    of process in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Indenture or the Notes and for
3234    actions brought under federal or state securities laws in any federal or state court located in the
3235    Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and submits to such non-exclusive jurisdiction.
3236   

To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or

3237    otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-
3238    off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect
3239    to itself or any of its property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or
3240    claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture or under the Notes.
3241   

SECTION 10.13. Conversion of Currency.

3242   

The Company covenants and agrees that the following provisions shall apply to

3243    conversion of currency in the case of the Notes and this Indenture:
3244   

(a)     (i) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of,

3245    any court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into a currency (the “Judgment
3246    Currency”) an amount due in any other currency (the “Base Currency”), then the conversion
3247    shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which the
3248    judgment is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a court shall
3249    otherwise determine).
3250   

(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the

3251    Business Day before the day on which the judgment is given or an order of enforcement is made,

 

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3252    as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and the date of receipt of the
3253    amount due, the Company will pay such additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount,
3254    if any, as may be necessary so that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency when converted at
3255    the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Base
3256    Currency originally due.
3257   

(b) In the event of the winding-up of the Company at any time while any amount or

3258    damages owing under the Notes and/or this Indenture, or any judgment or order rendered in
3259    respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Holders and
3260    the Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of
3261    exchange between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of the amount in U.S. Dollars due or
3262    contingently due under the Notes and/or this Indenture (other than under this Section 10.13(b)) is
3263    calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of
3264    claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this Section 10.13(b), the final date for the filing
3265    of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Company shall be the date fixed by the liquidator or
3266    otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law as being the latest
3267    practicable date as at which liabilities of the Company may be ascertained for such winding-up
3268    prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.
3269   

(c) The obligations contained in Section 10.13(a)(ii) and (b) shall constitute

3270    obligations of the Company separate and independent from its other respective obligations under
3271    the Notes and this Indenture, shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against
3272    the Company, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any Holder or the
3273    Trustee or any of them from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect
3274    notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof of claim in the winding-up of
3275    the Company for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due hereunder (other than under Section
3276    10.13(b) above) or under any such judgment or order. Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be
3277    deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no
3278    proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the Company or the liquidator or
3279    otherwise any of them. In the case of Section 10.13(b) above, the amount of such deficiency
3280    shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the
3281    said final date and the date of any liquidating distribution.
3282   

(d) The term “rate(s) of exchange” shall mean the rate of exchange quoted by

3283    Citicorp North America, Inc. (or its relevant affiliate(s)) at its central foreign exchange desk at its
3284    head office in New York at 12:00 noon New York time for purchases of the Base Currency with
3285    the Judgment Currency other than the Base Currency referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above
3286    and includes any premiums and costs of exchange payable.
3287   

(e) The Trustee shall have no duty or liability with respect to monitoring or enforcing

3288    this Section 10.13.

 

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3289   

SECTION 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

3290   

The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of

3291    this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a
3292    part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
3293   

SECTION 10.15. Separability.

3294   

Each provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if for any reason any

3295    provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the basic purpose of this Indenture or the
3296    Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
3297    remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
3298                                                         [Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date and year first written above.

 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Robert J. Rivet


Name:

  Robert J. Rivet

Title:

  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Trustee

By:

 

/s/ Jeanie Mar


Name:

 

Jeanie Mar

Title:

 

Vice President


EXHIBIT A

 

CUSIP

 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

 

No.   $

 

$                 7.75 % SENIOR NOTE DUE 2012

 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns the principal sum of $                     on November 1, 2012.

 

Interest Payment Dates: November 1 and May 1

 

Record Dates: October 15 and April 15

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by one of its duly authorized officers.

 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   


Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the 7.75% Senior Notes Due 2012 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee

By:

 

 


    Authorized Officer


[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

 

7.75% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2012

 

1. Interest. ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the face hereof at a rate of 7.75% per annum. Interest hereon will accrue from the date of original issuance or, if interest has already been paid, from the date it was most recently paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including October 29, 2004 to but excluding the date on which interest is paid. Interest shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each November 1 and May 1, commencing May 1, 2005.* Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue interest (to the full extent permitted by law) at the rate borne by the Notes.

 

2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest hereon (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on October 15 or April 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay to the Paying Agent principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debt, provided that if a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes has given wire transfer instructions to the Company no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion), the Company will pay, or cause to be paid by the Paying Agent, all principal, interest and Additional Interest (as defined herein), if any, on the Holder’s Notes in accordance with those instructions. All other payments on the Notes will be made by check mailed to the Holders at their address set forth in the register of Holders.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “Trustee”) will act as a Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of October 29, 2004 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. This is one of an issue of


* With respect to Additional Notes, Interest will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including the date such Additional Notes are issued.


Notes of the Company issued, or to be issued, under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended from time to time. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of them. Each Holder of a Note agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. Capitalized and certain other terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

 

5. Optional Redemption. (a) Except as set forth in the next succeeding paragraphs, the Notes will not be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to November 1, 2008. Starting on that date, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at any time or from time to time, after giving the required notice under the Indenture. The Notes may be redeemed at the redemption prices set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to but excluding the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). The following prices are for Notes redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on November 1 of the years set forth below, and are expressed as percentages of principal amount:

 

Year


  

Redemption

Price


 

2008

   103.875 %

2009

   101.938 %

2010 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

(b) At any time or from time to time prior to November 1, 2008, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes, after giving the notice required under the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:

 

(1) 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(2) the excess of

 

(a) the sum of the present values of (1) the redemption price of the Notes to be redeemed at November 1, 2008 (as set forth in paragraph 5(a) hereto), and (2) the remaining scheduled payments of interest from the redemption date to November 1, 2008, but excluding accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over

 

(b) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed,

 

plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).


(c) At any time and from time to time, prior to November 1, 2007, the Company may redeem up to a maximum of 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes) with the proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that after giving effect to any such redemption, at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding. Any such redemption shall be made within 90 days of such Qualified Equity Offering upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice.

 

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such statistical release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to November 1, 2008; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to November 1, 2008 is not equal to the constant maturity of the United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to November 1, 2008 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

 

(d) The Trustee will select Notes called for redemption pursuant to this paragraph 5 on a pro rata basis as set forth in the Indenture; provided that no Notes of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption pursuant to this paragraph 5 hereto become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the Redemption Date, interest stops accruing on Notes or portions of them called for redemption as, and to the extent, provided in Section 3.05 of the Indenture.

 

6. Notice of Redemption. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may not be conditional. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

 

7. Offers To Purchase. The Indenture provides that upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Company shall make an offer to purchase outstanding Notes in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.

 

8. Registration Rights. (a) Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement among the Company and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) and subject to the further limitations and conditions set forth therein, the Company will be obligated


to consummate an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for Notes which have been registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having substantially identical terms as the Notes.

 

(b) If (i) within 90 days after the Issue Date of the Notes, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) has not been filed with the Commission; (ii) within 180 days after the Issue Date of the Notes, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not been declared effective; (iii) within 225 days after the Issue Date of the Notes, the Registered Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) has not been consummated; (iv) within 60 days of the day on which the obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to file the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), such Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission; (v) within 120 days of the day on which the obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become effective, such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission; or (vi) after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective, such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or fails to be usable (subject, in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement, to the exceptions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement) in connection with resales of Notes or Exchange Notes in accordance with and during the periods specified in Section 2 and 3 of the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (vi), a “Registration Default”), “Additional Interest” (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) will accrue on the terms and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay to it any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Note for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the redemption of Notes, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.

 

11. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another Person.

 

12. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver, Etc. The Company and the Trustee (if a party thereto) may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Notes, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Notes for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, omissions, defects or inconsistencies, maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, providing for the assumption by a successor to the Company of its obligations under the Indenture and making any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder. Other amendments and


modifications of the Indenture or the Notes may be made by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the Holders of the particular Notes to be affected.

 

13. Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional Debt, pay dividends on, redeem or repurchase its Capital Stock, make certain investments, sell assets, create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to the Company from any Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into transactions with Affiliates, expand into unrelated businesses, create liens or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and requires the Company to provide reports to Holders of the Notes. Such limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Company must annually report to the Trustee on compliance with such limitations.

 

14. Successor Corporation. When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article Five of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will, except as provided in Article Five, be released from those obligations.

 

15. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(7) and 6.01(8) of the Indenture with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the registered Holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may, and the Trustee at the written request of such Holders shall, declare due and payable, if not already due and payable, the principal of and any accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the applicable Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration”, and the same shall immediately become due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(7) and 6.01(8) of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Company, then the principal of and any accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Notes shall immediately become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnification satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes) if it determines that withholding notice is in their best interests.

 

16. Trustee Dealings with Company. Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.

 

17. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Company, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of


the Company under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liabilities. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

18. Discharge. The Company’s obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay when due principal of and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.

 

19. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

20. Governing Law. THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. The Trustee and the Company agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture or the Notes.

 

21. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TENANT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

One AMD Place

Sunnyvale, California 94088

Fax: (408) 774-7002

Telephone: (408) 749-4000

Att: Legal Department

 

With a copy to:

Latham & Watkins

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1900

San Francisco, California 94111

Fax: (415) 395-8095

Telephone: (415) 391-0600

Att: Tad J. Freese, Esq.


ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)
 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoint:

 

Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The Agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:____________________________         Your Signature:  

 


              (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 


 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES

IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE

 

The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange


 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount of this

Global Note


 

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount of this

Global Note


 

Principal

Amount of this

Global Note

following such

increase or

decrease


 

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee


______________   ______________   ______________   ______________   ______________
______________   ______________   ______________   ______________   ______________
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______________   ______________   ______________   ______________   ______________
______________   ______________   ______________   ______________   ______________


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 or Section 4.12 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box:

 

¨

 

  Section 4.08

  ¨  

  Section 4.12

 

If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 or Section 4.12 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$ ______________________________________

(multiple of $1,000)            

 

 

Date:____________________________________

 

    

Your Signature:

 

 


         (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

 

Signature Guarantee

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


EXHIBIT B

 

[FORM OF LEGEND FOR 144A NOTES AND

OTHER NOTES THAT ARE RESTRICTED NOTES]

 

THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE NEXT SENTENCE.

 

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:

 

(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A “QIB”), (B) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (A) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “IAI”);

 

(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULES 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND

 

(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

 

AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING.


Exhibit B

Page 2

 

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR 144A NOTES AND

OTHER NOTES THAT ARE RESTRICTED NOTES]

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)
 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoint:

 

Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The Agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

[Check One]

 

[    ] (a) this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A thereunder.

 

or

 

[    ] (b) this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.

 

If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Sections 2.16 and 2.17 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Date:____________________________         Your Signature:  

 


              (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 


 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


Exhibit B

Page 3

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEROR IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED

 

The transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and, accordingly, the transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or certificated Note is being transferred to a Person that the transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or certificated Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such transfer is in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or certificated Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated on the Rule 144A Notes and/or the certificated Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

Dated:


  

 


     NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer


EXHIBIT C

 

[FORM OF LEGEND FOR REGULATION S NOTE]

 

THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE NEXT SENTENCE.

 

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:

 

(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A “QIB”), (B) IT IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (A) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “IAI”);

 

(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULES 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND

 

(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

 

AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING.


Exhibit C

Page2

 

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR REGULATION S NOTE]

 

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. number)
 
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)

 

and irrevocably appoint:

 

Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The Agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

[Check One]

 

[    ] (a) this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Regulation S thereunder.

 

or

 

[    ] (b) this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.

 

If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Sections 2.16 and 2.17 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Date:____________________________         Your Signature:  

 


              (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

 


 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


Exhibit C

Page 3

 

TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEROR IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED

 

The transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or such transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the restricted period under Regulation S, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an initial purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or certificated Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated on the Regulation S Notes and/or the certificated Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

Dated:


  

 


     NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer


EXHIBIT D

 

[FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL NOTE]

 

Any Global Note authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case of a Restricted Note) in substantially the following form:

 

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (A NEW YORK CORPORATION) (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.


EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Certificate To Be Delivered

in Connection with Transfers

Pursuant to Regulation S

 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

707 Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90017

 

Attention: Corporate Trust Services

 

Re:     

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a Delaware corporation,

as issuer (the “Company”), 7.75% Senior

       Notes Due 2012 (the “Notes”)

 

Dear Sirs:

 

In connection with our proposed sale of $                    aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

 

(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a U.S. person or to a person in the United States;

 

(2) either (a) at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(a) of Regulation S;

 

(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;

 

(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes.


Exhibit E

Page 2

 

You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Transferor]
By:  

 



1    EXHIBIT F
2                                                             [FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
3                                    ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR]
4    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
5    One AMD Place
6    Sunnyvale, California 94088
7     
8    Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9    707 Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor
10    Los Angeles, California 90017
11     
12   

Re: 7.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012

13   

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 29, 2004 (the

14    Indenture”), between Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), and Wells
15    Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
16    meanings given to them in the Indenture.
17   

In connection with our proposed purchase of $                    million aggregate principal amount of:

18   

[    ] a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or

19   

[    ] a definitive Note,

20   

we confirm that:

21   

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is

22    subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees
23    to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein
24    except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States Securities Act
25    of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
26   

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under

27    the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except
28    as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any
29    accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any
30    interest therein, prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales of the Senior
31    Subordinate Notes under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, we will do so only (A) to the
32    Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
33    to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) outside the United States in


Exhibit F

Page 2

 

34    accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (D) pursuant to the
35    provisions of Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, (E) in accordance with another exemption
36    from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel
37    acceptable to the Company) or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
38    Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing the definitive Note or
39    beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses
40    (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are
41    restricted as stated herein.
42   

3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest

43    therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions
44    and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the
45    proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes
46    purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect. We further understand that any
47    subsequent transfer by us of the Notes or beneficial interest therein acquired by us must be
48    effected through one of the Placement Agents.
49   

4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3)

50    or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in
51    financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our
52    investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear
53    the economic risk of our or its investment.
54   

5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our

55    own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”)
56    as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
57   

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized

58    to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
59    proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
60    _________________________________
61    [Insert Name of Transferor]                           
62    By:                                                                    
63    Name:                                                               
64    Title:                                                                 
65    Dated:                 ,