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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 9, 2009
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
1-11397
(Commission File Number)
  33-0628076
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Enterprise
Alisa Viejo, California 92656

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(949) 461-6000
 
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1
EX-99.2
EX-99.3
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
The information provided in Item 2.03 below is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
On June 9, 2009, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (the “Company”) completed its previously announced note offering (the “Offering”) of $365 million principal amount of 8.375% senior notes due 2016 (the “Notes”). The Notes were priced at 96.797% of the principal amount. The Notes were sold in a private placement pursuant to a purchase agreement filed herewith and resold by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
The Notes will mature on June 15, 2016 and will accrue interest at the rate of 8.375% per year. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15, commencing on December 15, 2009. The Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time prior to June 15, 2012 by paying a make-whole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. At any time prior to June 15, 2012, the Company may use the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings of capital stock of the Company to redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 108.375% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus liquidated damages, if any, to the redemption date; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued under the indenture described below remain outstanding immediately after such redemption. At any time on or after June 15, 2012, the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes by paying a redemption price expressed as a percentage of the principal amount (104.188% if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 15, 2012, 102.094% if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 15, 2013, and 100% if redeemed on or after June 15, 2014), plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus liquidated damages, if any, to the redemption date.
If the Company experiences a change of control, it may be required to offer to purchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus liquidated damages, if any, to but excluding the repurchase date.
The Notes are senior obligations of the Company, and will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by each of the Company’s present and future U.S. subsidiaries that qualify as restricted subsidiaries under the indenture described in the following paragraph.
The Notes have been issued under an indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The indenture governing the Notes contains covenants that will limit the ability of the Company and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: incur additional debt; pay dividends or make other distributions, repurchase capital stock, repurchase subordinated debt and make certain investments; create liens; create restrictions on the payment of dividends and other amounts to the Company from restricted subsidiaries; sell assets or merge or consolidate with or into other companies; and engage in transactions with affiliates. If an event of default, as specified in the indenture governing the Notes, shall occur and be continuing, either the trustee or the holders of a specified percentage of the Notes may accelerate the maturity of all the Notes. The covenants, events of default and acceleration rights described in this paragraph are subject to important exceptions and qualifications, which are described in the indenture filed herewith.
Under an exchange and registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers listed therein, the Company is obligated, within 365 days after the issuance of the Notes, to file with United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange the Notes for new notes of the Company having terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Notes (except that the exchange notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions). If the Company is not able to effect this exchange offer, the Company has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to file, and cause to become effective, a shelf registration statement relating to resales of the Notes and the Note guarantees. The Company will be obligated to pay liquidated damages consisting of additional interest on the Notes if, within the periods specified in the exchange and registration rights agreement, it does not file the exchange offer registration statement or the shelf registration statement, have the registration statement

 


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declared effective, consummate the exchange offer or have the shelf registration statement declared effective, or if, after the shelf registration statement has been declared effective, such registration statement thereafter ceases to be effective or useable (subject to certain exceptions) in connection with resales of notes or exchange notes in accordance with and during the periods specified in the exchange and registration rights agreements.
The descriptions set forth above are qualified in their entirety by the purchase agreement, the indenture and the exchange and registration rights agreement governing the Notes filed herewith as exhibits. The schedules and annexes to the exhibits attached hereto have been omitted. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or annex to the exhibits attached hereto to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Attached as Exhibit 99.4 hereto is summary historical and adjusted financial data of the Company included in the confidential offering circular relating to the Offering.
The information disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.4 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made under the Securities Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)   Exhibits.
 
99.1   Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among the Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers named therein and the Guarantors (as defined therein), relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
99.2   Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
99.3   Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2009, by and among the Company, the Purchasers named in Schedule I thereto and the Guarantors (as defined therein), relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
99.4   Summary historical and adjusted financial data of the Company.

 


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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
 
 
Date: June 10, 2009  By:   /s/ Peter J. Blott    
    Peter J. Blott   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1   Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among the Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers named therein and the Guarantors (as defined therein), relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
99.2   Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
99.3   Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2009, by and among the Company, the Purchasers named in Schedule I thereto and the Guarantors (as defined therein), relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016.
 
99.4   Summary historical and adjusted financial data of the Company.

 

EX-99.1 2 a52847exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
$365,000,000
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
unconditionally guaranteed as to the
payment of principal, premium,
if any, and interest by the Guarantors
party hereto
 
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement
June 9, 2009
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
UBS Securities LLC
   As representatives of the several Purchasers
   named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement
   c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
   85 Broad Street
   New York, New York 10004
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the Purchasers (as defined herein) upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) $365,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016, which are unconditionally guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries listed on the signature pages hereof (the “Guarantors”). As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Purchasers thereunder, the Company and the Guarantors agree with the Purchasers for the benefit of holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as follows:
          1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
     “Base Interest” shall mean the interest that would otherwise accrue on the Securities under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without giving effect to the provisions of this Agreement.
     The term “broker-dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
     “Business Day” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13e-4(a)(3) promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
     “Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the Securities are initially issued.

 


 

     “Commission” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.
     “IDEA System” means the IDEA (f/k/a EDGAR) filing system of the Commission and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto promulgated by the Commission in Regulation S-T under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time (and without regard to format).
     “Effective Time,” in the case of (i) an Exchange Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Exchange Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective and (ii) a Shelf Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective.
     “Electing Holder” shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii) or Section 3(d)(iii) and the instructions set forth in the Notice and Questionnaire.
     “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
     “Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).
     “Exchange Registration” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(c).
     “Exchange Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).
     “Exchange Securities” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).
     “Guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.
     The term “holder” shall mean each of the Purchasers and other persons who acquire Securities from time to time (including any successors or assigns), in each case for so long as such person owns any Securities.
     “Indenture” shall mean the trust indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, between the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time.
     “Notice and Questionnaire” means a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
     The term “person” shall mean a corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership, organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision thereof or governmental agency.
     “Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2009, between the Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors relating to the Securities.

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     “Purchasers” shall mean the Purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement.
     “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided, however, that a Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(a), the Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in Section 2(a) (provided that any Exchange Security that, pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 2(a), is included in a prospectus for use in connection with resales by broker-dealers shall be deemed to be a Registrable Security with respect to Sections 5, 6 and 9 until resale of such Registrable Security has been effected within the Resale Period); (ii) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(b), a Shelf Registration Statement registering such Security under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes effective and such Security has been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) subject to Section 8(b), such Security is actually sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Security relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the Indenture; or (iv) such Security shall cease to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture.
     “Registration Default” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c).
     “Registration Default Period” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c).
     “Registration Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.
     “Resale Period” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).
     “Restricted Holder” shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder’s business, (iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect to Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company.
     “Rule 144,” “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”, “Rule 430B” and “Rule 433” shall mean, in each case, such rule promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
     “Securities” shall mean, collectively, the $365,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 to be issued and sold to the Purchasers, and securities issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to the Indenture. Each Security is entitled to the benefit of the guarantee provided by the Guarantors in the Indenture (the “Guarantee”) and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a “Security,” an “Exchange Security” or a “Registrable Security” shall include a reference to the related Guarantee.
     “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
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     “Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b).
     “Special Interest” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c).
     “Suspension Period” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b).
     “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
     “Trustee” shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture, together with any successors thereto in such capacity.
     Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a “Section” or “clause” refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Agreement, and the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.
     2. Registration Under the Securities Act.
     (a) Except as set forth in Section 2(b) below, the Company and the Guarantors agree to file under the Securities Act a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange (such registration statement, the “Exchange Registration Statement”, and such offer, the “Exchange Offer”) any and all of the Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors, which debt securities and guarantees are substantially identical to the Securities and the related Guarantees, respectively (and are entitled to the benefits of the Indenture), except that they have been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and do not contain provisions for Special Interest contemplated in Section 2(c) below (such new debt securities hereinafter called “Exchange Securities”). The Company and the Guarantors agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts (i) to cause such Exchange Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such Exchange Registration Statement is filed and (ii) to cause the Exchange Offer to be completed within 365 days of the Closing Date. The Exchange Offer will be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate form and will comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. Unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, the Company further agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) commence the Exchange Offer promptly (but no later than 10 Business Days) following the Effective Time of such Exchange Registration Statement, (ii) hold the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 Business Days in accordance with Regulation 14E promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act and (iii) exchange Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn promptly following the expiration of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been “completed” only (i) if the debt securities and related guarantees received by holders other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the blue sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the States of the United States of America and (ii) upon the Company having exchanged, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of the

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Exchange Offer, which shall be on a date that is at least 20 and not more than 30 Business Days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors agree (x) to include in the Exchange Registration Statement a prospectus for use in any resales by any holder of Exchange Securities that is a broker-dealer and (y) to keep such Exchange Registration Statement effective for a period (the “Resale Period”) beginning when Exchange Securities are first issued in the Exchange Offer and ending upon the earlier of the expiration of the 180th day after the Exchange Offer has been completed or such time as such broker-dealers no longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such Exchange Registration Statement, such holders shall have the benefit of the rights of indemnification and contribution set forth in Subsections 6(a), (c), (d) and (e).
     (b) If (i) on or prior to the time the Exchange Offer is completed existing law or Commission interpretations are changed such that the debt securities or the related guarantees received by holders other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are not or would not be, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act, (ii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within 365 days after the Closing Date or (iii) any holder of Registrable Securities notifies the Company prior to the 20th Business Day following the completion of the Exchange Offer that: (A) it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) it may not resell the Exchange Securities to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus supplement contained in the Exchange Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales or (C) it is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the Company, then the Company and the Guarantors shall, in lieu of (or, in the case of clause (iii), in addition to) conducting the Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 2(a) (each of clause (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Shelf Registration Trigger Event”), file under the Securities Act no later than 90 days after the occurrence of any Shelf Registration Trigger Event, a “shelf” registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (such filing, the “Shelf Registration” and such registration statement, the “Shelf Registration Statement”). The Company and the Guarantors agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective as promptly as practicable after such Shelf Registration Statement is filed; provided, that if at any time the Company is or becomes a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405) and is eligible to file an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405), then the Company and the Guarantors shall file the Shelf Registration Statement in the form of an automatic shelf registration statement as provided in Rule 405. The Company and the Guarantors agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period ending on the earlier of the second anniversary of the Effective Time or such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities outstanding. No holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities unless such holder is an Electing Holder. The Company and the Guarantors agree, after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement and promptly upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, to use all commercially reasonable efforts to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any action necessary to identify such holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement (whether by post-effective amendment

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thereto or by filing a prospectus pursuant to Rules 430B and 424(b) under the Securities Act identifying such holder), provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall relieve any such holder of the obligation to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 3(d)(iii). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2(b), upon notice to the Electing Holders, the Company may suspend the use or the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement, or extend the time period in which it is required to file the Shelf Registration Statement, for up to 30 consecutive days and up to 60 days in the aggregate, in each case in any 12-month period (a “Suspension Period”) if the Board of Directors of the Company determines that there is a valid business purpose for suspension of the Shelf Registration Statement; provided that the Company shall promptly notify the Electing Holders when the Shelf Registration Statement may once again be used or is effective.
     (c) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors have not filed the Exchange Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement on or before the date on which such registration statement is required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), respectively, or (ii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within 365 days of the Closing Date or the Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective in accordance with Section 2(b), or (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within 30 Business Days after the Effective Time of the Exchange Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer (if the Exchange Offer is then required to be made) or (iv) any Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter either be withdrawn by the Company or shall become subject to an effective stop order issued pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Securities Act suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement (except as specifically permitted herein including, with respect to any Shelf Registration Statement, during any applicable Suspension Period in accordance with the last sentence of Section 2(b)) without being succeeded immediately by an additional registration statement filed and declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Registration Default” and each period during which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, a “Registration Default Period”), then, as liquidated damages for such Registration Default, subject to the provisions of Section 9(b), special interest (“Special Interest”), in addition to the Base Interest, shall accrue on all Registrable Securities then outstanding at a per annum rate of 0.25% for the first 90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.50% for the second 90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.75% for the third 90 days of the Registration Default Period and at a per annum rate of 1.0% thereafter for the remaining portion of the Registration Default Period. Special Interest shall accrue and be payable only with respect to a single Registration Default at any given time, notwithstanding the fact that multiple Registration Defaults may exist at such time.
     (d) The Company shall take, and shall cause the Guarantors to take, all actions necessary or advisable to be taken by it to ensure that the transactions contemplated herein are effected as so contemplated, including all actions necessary or desirable to register the Guarantees under any Exchange Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable.
     (e) Any reference herein to a registration statement or prospectus as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time; and any reference herein to any post-effective amendment to a registration statement or to any prospectus supplement as of any time

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shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time.
               3. Registration Procedures.
          If the Company and the Guarantors file a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), the following provisions shall apply:
     (a) At or before the Effective Time of the Exchange Registration or any Shelf Registration, whichever may occur first, the Company shall qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
     (b) In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
     (c) In connection with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations with respect to the registration of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(a) (the “Exchange Registration”), if applicable, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
     (i) prepare and file with the Commission an Exchange Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Company and the Guarantors and which shall permit the Exchange Offer and resales of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period to be effected as contemplated by Section 2(a), and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable after filing;
     (ii) as soon as practicable prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement for the periods and purposes contemplated in Section 2(a) and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Exchange Registration Statement, and promptly provide each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities with such number of copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, as such broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the expiration of the Resale Period, for use in connection with resales of Exchange Securities;
     (iii) promptly notify each broker-dealer that has requested or received copies of the prospectus included in such Exchange Registration Statement, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Exchange Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto or any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contemplated

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by Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Exchange Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (F) of the occurrence of any event that causes the Company to become an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405, or (G) if at any time during the Resale Period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Exchange Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
     (iv) in the event that the Company and the Guarantors would be required, pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(G), to notify any broker-dealers holding Exchange Securities (except as otherwise permitted during any Suspension Period), promptly prepare and furnish to each such holder a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of such Exchange Securities during the Resale Period, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
     (v) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date;
     (vi) use all commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Exchange Securities under the securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are contemplated by Section 2(a) no later than the commencement of the Exchange Offer, to the extent required by such laws, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions until the expiration of the Resale Period, (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities to consummate the disposition thereof in such jurisdictions and (D) obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state or local, which may be required to effect the Exchange Registration, the Exchange Offer and the offering and sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(c)(vi), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or become subject to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other governing documents or any agreement between it and its stockholders;
     (vii) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, not later than the applicable Effective Time; and

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     (viii) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders no later than eighteen months after the Effective Time of such Exchange Registration Statement, an “earning statement” of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder).
     (d) In connection with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations with respect to the Shelf Registration, if applicable, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
     (i) prepare and file with the Commission, within the time periods specified in Section 2(b), a Shelf Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Company and which shall register all of the Registrable Securities for resale by the holders thereof in accordance with such method or methods of disposition as may be specified by the holders of Registrable Securities as, from time to time, may be Electing Holders and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable after filing;
     (ii) mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the holders of Registrable Securities (A) not less than 30 days prior to the anticipated Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement or (B) in the case of an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405), mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the holders of Registrable Securities not later than the Effective Time of such Shelf Registration Statement, and in any such case no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement, and no holder shall be entitled to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless and until such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company;
     (iii) after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, promptly send a Notice and Questionnaire to such holder; provided that the Company shall not be required to take any action to name such holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to enable such holder to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities until such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company;
     (iv) as soon as practicable prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement for the period specified in Section 2(b) and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Shelf Registration Statement, and furnish to the Electing Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment simultaneously with or prior to its being used or filed with the Commission to the extent such documents are not publicly available on the Commission’s IDEA System;
     (v) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Electing Holders provided for in such Shelf Registration Statement;

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     (vi) provide the Electing Holders and not more than one counsel for all the Electing Holders the reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission and each amendment or supplement thereto;
     (vii) for a reasonable period prior to the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement, and throughout the period specified in Section 2(b), make available at reasonable times at the Company’s principal place of business or such other reasonable place for inspection by the persons referred to in Section 3(d)(vi) who shall certify to the Company that they have a current intention to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration such financial and other information and books and records of the Company, and cause the officers, employees, counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company to respond to such inquiries, as shall be reasonably necessary (and in the case of counsel, not violate an attorney-client privilege, in such counsel’s reasonable belief), in the judgment of the respective counsel referred to in Section 3(d)(vi), to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering on behalf of the Electing Holders shall be conducted by one counsel designated by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by the Electing Holders at the time outstanding and provided further that each such party shall be required to maintain in confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information or records reasonably designated by the Company as being confidential, until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such Shelf Registration Statement or otherwise), or (B) such person shall be required so to disclose such information pursuant to a subpoena or order of any court or other governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the matter (subject to the requirements of such order, and only after such person shall have given the Company prompt prior written notice of such requirement), or (C) such information is required to be set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or in an amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to such prospectus in order that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may be, complies with applicable requirements of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
     (viii) promptly notify each of the Electing Holders and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto or any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such

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purpose, (F) the occurrence of any event that causes the Company to become an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405, or (G) if at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
     (ix) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date;
     (x) if requested by any Electing Holder, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as is required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and as such Electing Holder specifies should be included therein relating to the terms of the sale of such Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the principal amount of Registrable Securities being sold by such Electing Holder, the name and description of such Electing Holder, the offering price of such Registrable Securities and any discount, commission or other compensation payable in respect thereof and with respect to any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold by such Electing Holder; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment promptly after notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
     (xi) furnish to each Electing Holder and the counsel referred to in Section 3(d)(vi) an executed copy (or a conformed copy) of such Shelf Registration Statement, each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto (in the case of an Electing Holder of Registrable Securities, upon request) and documents incorporated by reference therein) and such number of copies of such Shelf Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein unless specifically so requested by such Electing Holder) and of the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), in conformity in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act to the extent such documents are not available through the Commission’s IDEA System, and such other documents, as such Electing Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the offering and disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Electing Holder and to permit such Electing Holder to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; and subject to Section 3(e), the Company hereby consents to the use of such prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto by each such Electing Holder (subject to any applicable Suspension Period), in each case in the form most recently provided to such person by the Company, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) or any supplement or amendment thereto;
     (xii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement under such securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Electing Holder shall reasonably

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request, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions during the period the Shelf Registration Statement is required to remain effective under Section 2(b) and for so long as may be necessary to enable any such Electing Holder to complete its distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Electing Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities and (D) obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state or local, which may be required to effect the Shelf Registration or the offering or sale in connection therewith or to enable the selling holder or holders to offer, or to consummate the disposition of, their Registrable Securities; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(d)(xii), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or become subject to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other governing documents or any agreement between it and its stockholders;
     (xiii) unless any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only form, cooperate with the Electing Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates, if so required by any securities exchange upon which any Registrable Securities are listed, shall be printed, penned, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced by any combination of such methods, on steel engraved borders, and which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends;
     (xiv) obtain a CUSIP number for all Securities that have been registered under the Securities Act, not later than the applicable Effective Time;
     (xv) notify in writing each holder of Registrable Securities of any proposal by the Company to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9(h) and of any amendment or waiver effected pursuant thereto, each of which notices shall contain the text of the amendment or waiver proposed or effected, as the case may be; and
     (xvi) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders no later than eighteen months after the Effective Time of such Shelf Registration Statement an “earning statement” of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder).
     (e) In the event that the Company would be required, pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(G), to notify the Electing Holders, the Company shall promptly prepare and furnish to each of the Electing Holders a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. Each Electing Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company

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pursuant to Section 3(d)(viii)(G), such Electing Holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement applicable to such Registrable Securities until such Electing Holder shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented prospectus, and if so directed by the Company, such Electing Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities in such Electing Holder’s possession at the time of receipt of such notice.
     (f) In the event of a Shelf Registration, in addition to the information required to be provided by each Electing Holder in its Notice and Questionnaire, the Company may require such Electing Holder to furnish to the Company such additional information regarding such Electing Holder and such Electing Holder’s intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities as may be required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Electing Holder agrees to notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished by such Electing Holder to the Company or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any prospectus relating to such Shelf Registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly to furnish to the Company any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required so that such prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Electing Holder or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing.
     (g) Until the expiration of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144) who are controlled by the Company to, resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement, or a valid exemption from the registration requirements, under the Securities Act.
     (h) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each holder of Registrable Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal or “agent’s message” transmitted via The Depository Trust Company’s Automated Tender Offer Procedures, in either case contemplated by the Exchange Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an “affiliate” of the Company, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, or if it is such an “affiliate”, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (B) it is not engaged in and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business, (D) if it is a broker-dealer that holds Securities that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Securities acquired directly from the Company or any of its affiliates), it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by it in the Exchange Offer, (E) if it is a broker-dealer, that

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it did not purchase the Securities to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer from the Company or any of its affiliates, and (F) it is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and completely make the representations contained in the foregoing subclauses (A) through (E).
          4. Registration Expenses.
          The Company agrees to bear and to pay or cause to be paid promptly all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including (a) all Commission and any FINRA registration, filing and review fees and expenses including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Eligible Holders in connection with such registration, filing and review, (b) all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Registrable Securities, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, as applicable, for offering and sale under the State securities and blue sky laws referred to in Section 3(d)(xii) and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Electing Holders may designate, including any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Electing Holders in connection with such qualification and determination, (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production, distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing, the expenses of preparing the Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, for delivery and the expenses of printing or producing any selling agreements and blue sky or legal investment memoranda and all other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, to be disposed of (including certificates representing the Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable), (d) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses relating to the offering, sale or delivery of Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and the preparation of documents referred in clause (c) above, (e) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, any agent of the Trustee and any counsel for the Trustee and of any collateral agent or custodian, (f) internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of the Company’s officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (g) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company, (h) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of one counsel for the Electing Holders retained in connection with a Shelf Registration, as selected by the Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities held by Electing Holders (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company), (i) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Registrable Securities, the Securities or the Exchange Securities, as applicable, and (j) fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special experts, retained by the Company in connection with such registration (collectively, the “Registration Expenses”). To the extent that any Registration Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, the Company shall reimburse such person for the full amount of the Registration Expenses so incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions, if any, and transfer taxes, if any, attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities, Securities and Exchange Securities, as applicable, and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above.
          5. Representations and Warranties.
          Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Purchaser and each of the holders from time to time of Registrable Securities that:

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     (a) Each registration statement covering Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities, as applicable, and each prospectus (including any preliminary or summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(d) and any further amendments or supplements to any such registration statement or prospectus, when it becomes effective or is filed with the Commission will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and at all times subsequent to the Effective Time when a prospectus would be required to be delivered under the Securities Act, other than (A) from (i) such time as a notice has been given to holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(G) or Section 3(d)(viii)(G) until (ii) such time as the Company furnishes an amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to Section 3(c)(iv) or Section 3(e) or Section 3(j) or (B) during any applicable Suspension Period, each such registration statement, and each prospectus (including any summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(d), as then amended or supplemented, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a holder of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
     (b) Any documents incorporated by reference in any prospectus referred to in Section 5(a), when they become or became effective or are or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform or conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents will contain or contained an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a holder of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
     (c) The compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (i) conflict in any material respect with or result in a material breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, as amended, or the by-laws or other governing documents, as applicable, of the Company or the Guarantors or (iii)  result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (x) the registration under the

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Securities Act of the Registrable Securities, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, as applicable, and qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, (y) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the offering and distribution of the Registrable Securities, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, as applicable, and (z) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications that have been obtained and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
     (d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and by the Guarantors.
          6. Indemnification and Contribution.
     (a) Indemnification by the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each of the holders of Registrable Securities included in an Exchange Registration Statement, each of the Electing Holders as holders of Registrable Securities included in a Shelf Registration Statement against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such holder or such Electing Holder may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Exchange Registration Statement or any Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, under which such Registrable Securities, Securities or Exchange Securities were registered under the Securities Act, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433) contained therein or furnished by the Company to any such holder or any such Electing Holder, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each such holder and each such Electing Holder for any and all legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be liable to any such person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, or preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433), or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such person expressly for use therein.
     (b) Indemnification by the Electing Holders. The Company may require, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(b), that the Company shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from each Electing Holder of Registrable Securities included in such Shelf Registration Statement, severally and not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and all other Electing Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Shelf Registration Statement, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company, the Guarantors or such other Electing Holders may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433) contained therein or furnished by the Company to any Electing Holder, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are

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based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Electing Holder expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse the Company and the Guarantors for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company and the Guarantors in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that no such Electing Holder shall be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6(b) for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Electing Holder from the sale of such Electing Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration.
     (c) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of written notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party pursuant to the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by this Section 6, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by Section 6(a) or Section 6(b). In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
     (d) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions

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pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no Electing Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) exceeds the amount of any damages which such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The holders’ obligations in this Section 6(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the principal amount of Registrable Securities registered by them and not joint.
     (e) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or the Guarantors may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director and partner of each holder, each Electing Holder, and each person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing within the meaning of the Securities Act; and the obligations of the holders and the Electing Holders contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective holder or Electing Holder may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company or the Guarantors (including any person who, with his consent, is named in any registration statement as about to become a director of the Company or any of the Guarantors) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, as well as to each officer and director of the other holders and to each person, if any, who controls such other holders within the meaning of the Securities Act.
          7. Underwritten Offerings.
          Each holder of Registrable Securities hereby agrees with the Company and each other such holder that no holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless (a) the Company gives its prior written consent to such underwritten offering, (b) the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be designated by Electing Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering, provided that such designated managing underwriter or underwriters is or are reasonably acceptable to the Company, (c) each holder of Registrable Securities participating in such underwritten offering agrees to sell such holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled selecting the managing underwriter or underwriters hereunder and (d) each holder of Registrable Securities participating in such underwritten offering completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. The Company hereby agrees with each holder of Registrable Securities that, to the extent it consents to an underwritten offering hereunder, it will negotiate in good faith and execute all indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, including using all commercially reasonable efforts to procure customary legal opinions and auditor “comfort” letters. No discounts or commissions payable to any such underwriter with respect to the sales of Registrable Securities sold by any such holder thereof shall be included in, or deemed to be, the registration expenses payable by the Company pursuant to Section 4.

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          8. Rule 144.
          (a) Facilitation of Sales Pursuant to Rule 144. The Company covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144), and shall take such further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities in connection with that holder’s sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
          (b) Availability of Rule 144 Not Excuse for Obligations under Section 2. The fact that holders of Registrable Securities may become eligible to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 shall not (1) cause such Securities to cease to be Registrable Securities or (2) excuse the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement, including without limitation the obligations in respect of an Exchange Offer, Shelf Registration and Special Interest.
          9. Miscellaneous.
          (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that it has not granted, and shall not grant, registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities, Exchange Securities or Securities, as applicable, or any other securities which would be inconsistent with the terms contained in this Agreement.
          (b) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if the Company fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder and that the Purchasers and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and accordingly agree that the Purchasers and such holders, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction. Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement.
          (c) Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally, by facsimile or by courier, or three days after being deposited in the mail (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) as follows: If to the Company, to it at One Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, and if to a holder, to the address of such holder set forth in the security register or other records of the Company, or to such other address as the Company or any such holder may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
          (d) Parties in Interest. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto, the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities and the respective successors and assigns of the foregoing. In the event that any transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be deemed a

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beneficiary hereof for all purposes and such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such transferee shall be entitled to receive the benefits of, and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by all of the applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement. If the Company shall so request, any such successor, assign or transferee shall agree in writing to acquire and hold the Registrable Securities subject to all of the applicable terms hereof.
          (e) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and each other provision set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any holder of Registrable Securities, any director, officer or partner of such holder, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the transfer and registration of Registrable Securities by such holder and the consummation of an Exchange Offer.
          (f) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
          (g) Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
          (h) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other writings referred to herein (including the Indenture and the form of Securities) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company and the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding. Each holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 9(h), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment or waiver appears on such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder.
          (i) Inspection. For so long as this Agreement shall be in effect, this Agreement and a complete list of the names and addresses of all the record holders of Registrable Securities shall be made available for inspection and copying on any Business Day by any holder of Registrable Securities for proper purposes only (which shall include any purpose related to the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities under the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement) at the offices of the Company at the address thereof set forth in Section 9(c) and at the office of the Trustee under the Indenture.
          (j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
          (k) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained in this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

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          (l) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company and the Guarantors hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and the Guarantors irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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               If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for the Company, the Guarantors and each of the Representatives plus one for each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers, the Guarantors and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
         
  Very truly yours,

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson   
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   

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  GUARANTORS:

AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min   
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
         
  HARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min   
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
         
  HEALTHCHOICE ONLINE, LLC
 
 
  By:   Steve T. Min, as Operating Manager    
         
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min   
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   Operating Manager   
         
  HYLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min   
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
         
  ICN MEDICAL ALLIANCE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Peter J. Blott   
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   President & Treasurer   
 

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  ICN SOUTHEAST, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min   
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
         
  OCEANSIDE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
         
  VALEANT BIOMEDICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Peter J. Blott   
    Name:   Peter J. Blott    
    Title:   President & Treasurer   
         
  VALEANT CHINA, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min   
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
         
  VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson   
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 

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  CORIA LABORATORIES, LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson  
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson    
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
         
  DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson  
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   

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Accepted as of the date hereof:
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
UBS SECURITIES LLC
         
By:
  /s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.    
 
 
 
           (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
   
 
       
 
             On behalf of each of the Purchasers    

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Exhibit A
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS
(Date of Mailing)
URGENT — IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [DATE] a
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) has identified you as a DTC Participant through which beneficial interests in the Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (the “Company”) 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Securities”) are held.
The Company is in the process of registering the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933 for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their Securities included in the registration statement, beneficial owners must complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire.
It is important that beneficial owners of the Securities receive a copy of the enclosed materials as soon as possible as their rights to have the Securities included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice and Questionnaire by [      ]. Please forward a copy of the enclosed documents to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Securities through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, One Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, (949) 461-6000.
 
a   Not less than 28 calendar days from date of mailing.

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Notice of Registration Statement
and
Selling Securityholder Questionnaire
(Date)
Reference is hereby made to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (the “Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement”) between Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (the “Company”) and the Purchasers named therein. Pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has filed or will file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form [___] (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Company’s 8.375% Senior Notes (the “Securities”). A copy of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the Shelf Registration Statement and can be obtained from the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities (as defined below) is entitled to have the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it included in the Shelf Registration Statement. In order to have Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire (“Notice and Questionnaire”) must be completed, executed and delivered to the Company’s counsel at the address set forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE [ ]. Beneficial owners of Registrable Securities who do not properly complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) may not use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus.
The term “Registrable Securities” is defined in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.

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ELECTION
The undersigned holder (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item (3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, agrees to be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 6 of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, as if the undersigned Selling Securityholder were an original party thereto.
Pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers who sign any Shelf Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), against certain loses arising out of an untrue statement, or the alleged untrue statement, of a material fact in the Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus or the omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact required to be stated in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus, but only to the extent such untrue statement or omission, or alleged untrue statement or omission, was made in reliance on and in conformity with the information provided in this Notice and Questionnaire.
Upon any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to the Company and Trustee the Notice of Transfer set forth in Appendix A to the Prospectus and as Exhibit B to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:

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QUESTIONNAIRE
(1)   (a)    Full legal name of Selling Securityholder:
 
   
 
  (b)   Full legal name of registered Holder (if not the same as in (a) above) of Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below:
 
     
 
 
  (c)   Full legal name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below are held:
 
     
 
(2)   Address for notices to Selling Securityholder:
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
Telephone:  
 
Fax:  
 
Contact Person:  
 
E-mail for Contact Person:  
 
(3)   Beneficial Ownership of Securities:
 
    Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned does not beneficially own any Securities.
        (a)     Principal amount of Registrable Securities beneficially owned: 
 
                  CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities: 
 
  (b)     Principal amount of Securities other than Registrable Securities beneficially owned:
 
 
CUSIP No(s). of such other Securities:  
 
(c)     Principal amount of Registrable Securities that the undersigned wishes to be included in the Shelf
Registration Statement:  
 
CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement: 
 
(4)   Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company:
 
    Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any other securities of the Company, other than the Securities listed above in Item (3).
 
    State any exceptions here:
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 

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(5)   Individuals who exercise dispositive powers with respect to the Securities:
 
    If the Selling Securityholder is not an entity that is required to file reports with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (a “Reporting Company”), then the Selling Securityholder must disclose the name of the natural person(s) who exercise sole or shared dispositive powers with respect to the Securities. Selling Securityholders should disclose the beneficial holders, not nominee holders or other such others of record. In addition, the Commission has provided guidance that Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 should be used by analogy when determining the person or persons sharing voting and/or dispositive powers with respect to the Securities.
  (a)   Is the holder a Reporting Company?
 
      Yes                          No                     
    If “No”, please answer Item (5)(b).
  (b)   List below the individual or individuals who exercise dispositive powers with respect to the Securities:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
      Please note that the names of the persons listed in (b) above will be included in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus.
(6)   Relationships with the Company:
 
    Except as set forth below, neither the Selling Securityholder nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
 
    State any exceptions here:
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
(7)   Plan of Distribution:
 
    Except as set forth below, the undersigned Selling Securityholder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned Selling Securityholder. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registered Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market, or (iv) through the writing of options. In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume.

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    The Selling Securityholder may also sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities.
    State any exceptions here:
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
    Note: In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities without the prior written agreement of the Company.
(8)   Broker-Dealers:
 
    The Commission requires that all Selling Securityholders that are registered broker-dealers or affiliates of registered broker-dealers be so identified in the Shelf Registration Statement. In addition, the Commission requires that all Selling Securityholders that are registered broker-dealers be named as underwriters in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus, even if they did not receive the Registrable Securities as compensation for underwriting activities.
  (a)   State whether the undersigned Selling Securityholder is a registered broker-dealer:
 
      Yes                          No                     
 
  (b)   If the answer to (a) is “Yes”, you must answer (i) and (ii) below, and (iii) below if applicable. Your answers to (i) and (ii) below, and (iii) below if applicable, will be included in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus.
  (i)   Were the Securities acquired as compensation for underwriting activities?
      Yes                          No                     
 
      If you answered “Yes”, please provide a brief description of the transaction(s) in which the Securities were acquired as compensation:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
  (ii)   Were the Securities acquired for investment purposes?
 
  Yes                          No                     
 
  (iii)   If you answered “No” to both (i) and (ii), please explain the Selling Securityholder’s reason for acquiring the Securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (c)   State whether the undersigned Selling Securityholder is an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer and, if so, list the name(s) of the broker-dealer affiliate(s):
 
      Yes                          No                     

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  (d)   If you answered “Yes” to question (c) above:
  (i)   Did the undersigned Selling Securityholder purchase Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business?
      Yes                          No                     
 
      If the answer is “No” to question (d)(i), provide a brief explanation of the circumstances in which the Selling Securityholder acquired the Registrable Securities:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
  (ii)   At the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities, did the undersigned Selling Securityholder have any agreements, understandings or arrangements, directly or indirectly, with any person to dispose of or distribute the Registrable Securities?
      Yes                          No                     
 
      If the answer is “Yes” to question (d)(ii), provide a brief explanation of such agreements, understandings or arrangements:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
      If the answer is “No” to Item (8)(d)(i) or “Yes” to Item (8)(d)(ii), you will be named as an underwriter in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus.
(9)   Hedging and short sales:
  (a)   State whether the undersigned Selling Securityholder has or will enter into “hedging transactions” with respect to the Registrable Securities:
 
      Yes                          No                     
 
      If “Yes”, provide below a complete description of the hedging transactions into which the undersigned Selling Securityholder has entered or will enter and the purpose of such hedging transactions, including the extent to which such hedging transactions remain in place:
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  (b)   Set forth below is Interpretation A.65 of the Commission’s July 1997 Manual of Publicly Available Interpretations regarding short selling:
 
      “An issuer filed a Form S-3 registration statement for a secondary offering of common stock which is not yet effective. One of the selling shareholders wanted to do a short sale

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      of common stock “against the box” and cover the short sale with registered shares after the effective date. The issuer was advised that the short sale could not be made before the registration statement becomes effective, because the shares underlying the short sale are deemed to be sold at the time such sale is made. There would, therefore, be a violation of Section 5 if the shares were effectively sold prior to the effective date.”
 
      By returning this Notice and Questionnaire, the undersigned Selling Securityholder will be deemed to be aware of the foregoing interpretation.
*       *       *       *       *
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act, particularly Regulation M (or any successor rule or regulation).
The Selling Securityholder hereby acknowledges its obligations under the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and certain other persons as set forth in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
In the event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (9) above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus.
In accordance with the Selling Securityholder’s obligation under Section 3(d) of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains in effect and to provide such additional information that the Company may reasonably request regarding such Selling Securityholder and the intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities in order to comply with the Securities Act. Except as otherwise provided in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, all notices hereunder and pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as follows:
         
(i)       To the Company:
       
 
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
(ii)       With a copy to:
       
 
 
       

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Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Company’s counsel, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire, and the representations and warranties contained herein, shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the Company and the Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above. This Notice and Questionnaire shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
Dated:                     
         
 
   
    Selling Securityholder
    (Print/type full legal name of beneficial owner of Registrable Securities)
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    
PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RECEIPT ON OR BEFORE [     ] TO THE COMPANY’S COUNSEL AT:
 
 
 
 
 

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Exhibit B
NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
700 South Flower Street, Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90017
Attention: Raymond Torres
      Re:   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (the “Company”)
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
Dear Sirs:
     Please be advised that                      has transferred $                     aggregate principal amount of the above-referenced Notes pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form [       ] (File No. 333-      ) filed by the Company.
We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied and that the above-named beneficial owner of the Notes is named as a “Selling Holder” in the Prospectus dated [          ] or in supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes transferred are the Notes listed in such Prospectus opposite such owner’s name.
Dated:
         
    Very truly yours,
 
       
 
       
 
      (Name)
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      (Authorized Signature)

EX-99.2 3 a52847exv99w2.htm EX-99.2 exv99w2
Exhibit 99.2
 
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
8.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
 
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 9, 2009
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
AS TRUSTEE
 

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
           
TIA     INDENTURE
SECTION     SECTION
Section 310
(a)(1)     7.10  
 
(a)(2)     7.10  
 
(a)(3)     N.A.**  
 
(a)(4)     N.A.  
 
(a)(5)     7.10  
 
(b)     7.8; 7.10  
 
(c)     N.A.  
Section 311
(a)     7.11  
 
(b)     7.11  
 
(c)     N.A.  
Section 312
(a)     2.5  
 
(b)     11.3  
 
(c)     11.3  
Section 313
(a)     7.6  
 
(b)(1)     N.A.  
 
(b)(2)     7.6  
 
(c)     7.6; 11.2  
 
(d)     7.6  
Section 314
(a)   4.3; 4.5; 11.2
 
(b)     N.A.  
 
(c)(1)     11.4 (a)
 
(c)(2)     11.4 (a)
 
(c)(3)     N.A.  
 
(d)     N.A.  
 
(e)     11.4 (b)
 
(f)     N.A.  
Section 315
(a)     7.1 (b)
 
(b)     7.5; 11.2  
 
(c)     7.1 (a)
 
(d)     7.1 (c)
 
(e)     8.11  
Section 316
(a)(last sentence)     2.9  
 
(a)(1)(A)     8.5  
 
(a)(1)(B)     8.4  
 
(a)(2)     N.A.  
 
(b)     8.7  
 
(c)     11.5  
Section 317
(a)(1)     8.8  
 
(a)(2)     8.9  
 
(b)     2.4  
 
*   This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Indenture.
 
**   N.A. means Not Applicable.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page
ARTICLE 1
 
       
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
       
Section 1.1 Definitions
    1  
Section 1.2 Other Definitions
    20  
Section 1.3 Trust Indenture Act Provisions
    21  
Section 1.4 Rules of Construction
    21  
 
       
ARTICLE 2
 
       
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Form and Dating
    22  
Section 2.2 Execution and Authentication
    23  
Section 2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent
    24  
Section 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
    24  
Section 2.5 Securityholder Lists
    24  
Section 2.6 Transfer and Exchange
    24  
Section 2.7 Replacement Securities
    25  
Section 2.8 Outstanding Securities
    26  
Section 2.9 Treasury Securities
    26  
Section 2.10 Temporary Securities
    26  
Section 2.11 Cancellation
    26  
Section 2.12 Legend; Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements
    27  
Section 2.13 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
    29  
 
       
ARTICLE 3
 
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES
 
       
Section 3.1 Right to Redeem
    30  
Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed
    30  
Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption
    30  
Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption
    31  
Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price
    31  
Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part
    31  
Section 3.7 Optional Redemption
    31  
Section 3.8 Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon Change of Control
    32  
Section 3.9 Effect of Change of Control Purchase Notice
    34  
Section 3.10 Deposit of Change of Control Purchase Price
    34  
Section 3.11 Securities Purchased in Part
    35  
Section 3.12 Compliance With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities
    35  
Section 3.13 Repayment to the Company
    35  
Section 3.14 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
    35  

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ARTICLE 4
 
       
COVENANTS
 
       
Section 4.1 Payment of Securities
    37  
Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency
    38  
Section 4.3 Reports
    38  
Section 4.4 Compliance Certificates
    39  
Section 4.5 Further Instruments and Acts
    39  
Section 4.6 Maintenance of Corporate Existence
    39  
Section 4.7 Changes in Covenants when Securities Rated Investment Grade
    39  
Section 4.8 Restricted Payments
    40  
Section 4.9 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
    43  
Section 4.10 [Reserved]
    45  
Section 4.11 Liens
    45  
Section 4.12 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
    45  
Section 4.13 Transactions with Affiliates
    47  
Section 4.14 Asset Sales
    48  
Section 4.15 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
    49  
Section 4.16 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
    49  
Section 4.17 Business Activities
    50  
Section 4.18 Payments for Consent
    50  
Section 4.19 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    50  
Section 4.20 Payment of Additional Interest
    50  
Section 4.21 Notice of Default
    50  
ARTICLE 5
 
       
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS
 
       
Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
    51  
Section 5.2 Successor Substituted
    52  
ARTICLE 6
 
       
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
 
       
Section 6.1 Events of Default
    52  
Section 6.2 Acceleration
    53  
Section 6.3 Other Remedies
    54  
Section 6.4 Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default
    54  
Section 6.5 Control by Majority
    54  
Section 6.6 Limitations on Suits
    54  
Section 6.7 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
    55  
Section 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee
    55  
Section 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    55  
Section 6.10 Priorities
    56  
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
    56  

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ARTICLE 7
 
       
TRUSTEE
 
       
Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee
    56  
Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee
    57  
Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee
    58  
Section 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer
    58  
Section 7.5 Notice of Default or Events of Default
    58  
Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders
    59  
Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity
    59  
Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee
    59  
Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
    60  
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
    60  
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
    60  
 
       
ARTICLE 8
 
       
DEFEASANCE; SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
 
       
Section 8.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
    61  
Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance
    62  
Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance
    63  
Section 8.4 Application of Trust Money
    64  
Section 8.5 Repayment to the Company
    64  
Section 8.6 Reinstatement
    64  
 
       
ARTICLE 9
 
       
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
 
       
Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders
    65  
Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders
    65  
Section 9.3 Compliance With Trust Indenture Act
    66  
Section 9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents
    66  
Section 9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities
    67  
Section 9.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
    67  
Section 9.7 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
    67  
ARTICLE 10
 
       
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
 
       
Section 10.1 Guarantees
    67  
Section 10.2 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees
    69  
Section 10.3 Limitation on Guarantor Liability
    69  
Section 10.4 Merger and Consolidation of Guarantors
    69  
Section 10.5 Release
    70  

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ARTICLE 11
 
       
MISCELLANEOUS
 
       
Section 11.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls
    70  
Section 11.2 Notices
    70  
Section 11.3 Communications by Holders With Other Holders
    71  
Section 11.4 Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent
    72  
Section 11.5 Record Date for Vote or Consent of Holders
    72  
Section 11.6 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
    72  
Section 11.7 Legal Holidays
    72  
Section 11.8 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
    73  
Section 11.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
    73  
Section 11.10 No Recourse Against Others
    73  
Section 11.11 Successors
    73  
Section 11.12 Multiple Counterparts
    73  
Section 11.13 Separability
    73  
Section 11.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
    73  
Section 11.15 Calculations in Respect of the Securities
    73  
 
       
EXHIBITS
       
 
       
EXHIBIT A — FORM OF NOTE
       
EXHIBIT B — FORM OF GUARANTEE
       
EXHIBIT C — FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
       

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     THIS INDENTURE dated as of June 9, 2009 is among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association duly organized under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
     In consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, all parties agree as follows for the benefit of the other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the registered Holders of the Company’s 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
     Section 1.1 Definitions.
     “Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:
     (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person and which is not satisfied in full at such time, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
     (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
     “Additional Interest” means “liquidated damages” as defined in Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement. All references herein to interest accrued or payable as of any date shall include any Additional Interest accrued or payable as of such date as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Additional Securities” means any additional 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 that the Company may issue from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.1(c) of this Indenture as part of the same series of Securities issued on the date hereof.
     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided, that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
     “Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
     “Applicable Premium” means, (as determined by the Company), with respect to a Security, the greater of
     (1) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of such Security and
     (2) (a) the present value of all remaining required interest and principal payments due on such Security and all premium payments relating to such Security assuming a

 


 

redemption date of June 15, 2012, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, minus
     (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Security, minus
     (c) accrued interest paid on the date of redemption.
     “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Securities, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, to the extent applicable to such transfer or exchange.
     “Asset Sale” means:
     (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets, property or rights; provided, that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 3.8 and/or Section 5.1 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.14; and
     (2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
     (1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $5.0 million;
     (2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
     (4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business;
     (5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
     (6) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 4.8 hereof;
     (7) the license of intellectual property to third persons in the ordinary course of business as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;
     (8) the sale, exchange or other disposition of obsolete assets not integral to any Permitted Business; and
     (9) sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets for consideration at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or disposed of, but only if the consideration received consists of property or assets (other than cash, except to the extent used as a bona fide means of equalizing the value of the property or assets involved in the swap transaction; provided, however, that cash does not exceed 10% of the sum of the amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value of the assets received or given) of a nature or type that are used in, a business having

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property or assets of a nature or type or engaged in a Permitted Business (or Capital Stock of a Person whose assets consist of assets of the type described in this clause (9)).
     “Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code (or any successor thereto) or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
     “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule l3d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have corresponding meanings.
     “Board of Directors” means:
     (1) with respect to a company or corporation, the board of directors of the company or corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
     (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; and
     (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
     “Business Day” means each day that is not a Legal Holiday.
     “Capital Lease Obligations” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
     “Capital Stock” means:
     (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
     (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
     (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
     (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

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     “Cash Equivalents” means:
     (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided, that the full faith and credit of the U.S. is pledged in support thereof) having repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;
     (2) certificates of deposit and time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;
     (3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 14 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1) and (2) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2) above;
     (4) commercial paper having a rating of at least “P-2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A-2” or better from S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by an internationally recognized rating agency and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
     (5) Auction-rate, corporate and municipal securities, in each case (x) having either short-term debt ratings of at least “P-2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A-2” or better from S&P or long-term senior debt ratings of “A2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A” or better from S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by an internationally recognized rating agency, (y) having repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition and (z) which are classifiable as cash and cash equivalents under GAAP;
     (6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition; or
     (7) in the case of any foreign Subsidiary:
     (a) direct obligations of the sovereign nation, or any agency thereof, in which such foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation, or any agency thereof; provided, that such obligations are acquired and held by such foreign Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and have repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition; or
     (b) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (5) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from internationally recognized rating agencies; provided, that such investments are acquired and held by such foreign Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business.
     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
     (1) any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock representing (i) 50% or more of the total voting power of all of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or (ii) the

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power, directly or indirectly, or elect a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors;
     (2) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person, or the Company, directly or indirectly, sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that Beneficially Owned the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction Beneficially Own at least a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person;
     (3) the holders of the Company’s Capital Stock approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with this Indenture); or
     (4) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company has been approved by a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or recommendation for election was previously so approved) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company.
     “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, Luxembourg.
     “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $.01 par value per share, as it exists on the date of this Indenture and any shares of any class or classes of capital stock of the Company resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company.
     “Company” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Company.
     “Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
     (1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest

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payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Interest Rate Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (4) any restructuring charges (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include retention, severance, systems establishment costs, excess pension charges, contract termination costs and costs to consolidate facilities and relocate employees), to the extent that any such charge or expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), and other non-cash charges or expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charge or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus
     (6) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
     Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.
     “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
     (1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
     (2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;
     (3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

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     (4) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss and any expense or charge in connection with acquired intellectual property and research & development will be excluded;
     (5) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss and any expense or charge attributable to the disposition of discontinued operations will be excluded;
     (6) charges incurred in connection with the retirement or redemption of the 3% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 or the 4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 will be excluded;
     (7) any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be excluded; and
     (8) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss) will be excluded.
     “Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 700 South Flower Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90017, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company.
     “Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit or other borrowings, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including, in the case of any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing only, by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors under an indenture, credit facility or otherwise) in whole or in part from time to time.
     “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
     “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
     “Definitive Securities” means Securities that are in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that do not include the information to which footnotes 2, 6 and 7 thereof apply.
     “Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Securities mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of

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such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.8 hereof
     “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
     “Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
     “Equity Offering” means a public or private offering of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock).
     “Euroclear” means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels office, as operator of the Euroclear System.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
     “Exchange Securities” means the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 to be issued by the Company pursuant to this Indenture in the Exchange Offer.
     “Exchange Offer” means the exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange Securities (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Securities that are properly tendered and not subsequently withdrawn by such Holders in connection with such exchange and issuance.
     “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
     “Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness, if any, under Credit Facilities incurred under Section 4.9(b)(i) hereof) in existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
     “Fair Market Value” means the price that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture).
     “Final Maturity Date,” means June 15, 2016.
     “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such

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issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
     In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
     (1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through consolidations or mergers and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission;
     (2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; and
     (3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
     “Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
     (1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Interest Rate Hedging Obligations; plus
     (2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
     (3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
     (4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

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     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
     “Global Securities” means Securities that are substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and that include the information called for by footnotes 2, 6 and 7 thereof, and which are deposited with the Depositary or its custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
     “Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
     “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person:
     (1) Interest Rate Hedging Obligations; and
     (2) the obligations of such Person under agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
     “Holder” or “Securityholder” means the person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.
     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
     (1) in respect of borrowed money;
     (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
     (3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;
     (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale and leaseback transactions;
     (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or
     (6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
     The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

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     (1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
     (2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
     “Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
     “Interest” on any Security shall refer to interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon, unless the context otherwise requires.
     “Interest Rate Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
     (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and
     (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
     “Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s and BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Securities for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).
     “Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If (i) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary is redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale, disposition or redesignation equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.8(c) hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person (but only to the extent such Investment in a third person is material to the acquired entity) in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.8(c) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, acquisitions of or licenses for products or assets used or useful in a Permitted Business do not constitute Investments.
     “Issue Date” means June 9, 2009, the date of the initial issuance of the Securities under this Indenture.

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     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge (fixed and/or floating), security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
     “Liquidated Damages” has the meaning given to such term or similar terms (including “Additional Interest”) in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
     “Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
     “Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
     “Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:
     (1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;
     (2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Securities) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and
     (3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     “Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
     “Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

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     “Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Controller, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company.
     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two officers; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 4.4 hereof, “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company and by one other Officer.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to Company.
     “Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively, and, with respect to the Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream.
     “Permitted Business” means any business conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture and any business that is in the judgment of the Company reasonably related, ancillary or complimentary to the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture.
     “Permitted Investments” means:
     (1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
     (2) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents;
     (3) any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
     (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
     (b) such Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
     (4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.14 hereof;
     (5) any Investments made solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
     (6) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
     (7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
     (8) Investments in existence on the date of this Indenture;

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     (9) Payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;
     (10) Advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
     (11) Investments in a Permitted Joint Venture, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed $25.0 million; and
     (12) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million.
     “Permitted Joint Venture” means any joint venture (which may be in the form of a limited liability company, partnership, corporation or other entity) in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a joint venturer; provided, however, that (a) the joint venture is engaged solely in a Permitted Business and (b) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is required by the governing documents of the joint venture or an agreement with the other parties to the joint venture to participate in the management of such joint venture as a member of such joint venture’s Board of Directors or otherwise.
     “Permitted Liens” means:
     (1) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities that were permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.9(b)(i) hereof;
     (2) Liens in favor of the Company;
     (3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with or is acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into, consolidated with or acquired by the Company or the Subsidiary;
     (4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, provided, that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition;
     (5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
     (6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section 4.9(b)(iv) hereof, covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness;
     (7) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;

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     (8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
     (9) Liens securing Hedging Obligations;
     (10) Liens arising by reason of deposits necessary to obtain standby letters of credit in the ordinary course of business (including deposits necessary to obtain standby letters of credit);
     (11) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture; provided, however, that:
     (a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and
     (b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancings, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
     (12) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25.0 million at any one time outstanding;
     (13) survey title exceptions, title defects, encumbrances, easements, reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph or telephone lines and other similar purposes or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property not materially interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
     (14) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of landlords, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, materialmen, laborers, employees, suppliers or the like, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection thereof;
     (15) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired.
     (16) Liens securing the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees; and
     (17) Liens securing one or more local working capital facilities of foreign Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as such Liens do not extend to the assets of any Person other than such foreign Restricted Subsidiaries.

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     “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided, that:
     (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
     (2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;
     (3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Securities on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Securities as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;
     (4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
     (5) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is also Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
     “Principal” or “principal” of a debt security, including the Securities, means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.
     “Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
     “Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Securities for reasons outside of the control of the Company, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.
     “Redemption Date” or “redemption date” means the date specified for redemption of the Securities in accordance with the terms thereof and this Indenture.

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     “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2009 among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers referred to therein.
     “Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act relating to an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
     “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act or any successor to such regulation.
     “Regulation S Global Security” means a Global Security in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto that includes the information called for by footnotes 1, 6 and 7 thereof and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
     “Restricted Definitive Security” means a Definitive Security that is a Restricted Security.
     “Restricted Global Security” means a permanent Global Security in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Security Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, representing Securities that bear the Legend.
     “Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
     “Restricted Security” means a Security required to bear the restricted legend set forth in the form of Securities set forth in Exhibit A of this Indenture.
     “Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
     “Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor to such rule.
     “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor to such rule.
     “Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Securities” means any of the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (each, a “Security”), as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this Indenture.
     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

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     “Securities Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor thereto.
     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation 
S-X, promulgated by the Commission, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
     “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:
     (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
     (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
     “Subsidiary Guarantee” means each Guarantee of the Obligations with respect to the Securities issued by a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
     “Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary that has issued a Subsidiary Guarantee.
     “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 9.3 hereof, and except to the extent any amendment to the Trust Indenture Act expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on another date.
     “Total Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (i) total consolidated Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to all incurrences and repayments of Indebtedness on the transaction date, to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow for the most recent four consecutive full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available ending on or prior to the transaction date.
     “Treasury Rate” means (as determined by the Company), the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity at the time of computation of the United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity most nearly equal to the period from such date of redemption to June 15, 2012; provided, however, that if the period from such date of redemption to June 15, 2012 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest 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 such date of redemption to June 15, 2012 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.

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     “Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means the successor.
     “Trust Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
     “Unrestricted Definitive Security” means a Definitive Security that is not a Restricted Security.
     “Unrestricted Global Security” means a Global Security that is not a Restricted Security.
     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
     (1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
     (2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;
     (3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
     (4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.8 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date, and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.9 hereof, the Company will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.9 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

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     “U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer’s option.
     “Vice President” when used with respect the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”
     “Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
     “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
     (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
     (2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
     Section 1.2 Other Definitions.
     
    DEFINED IN
TERM   SECTION
“Affiliate Transaction”
  4.13(a)
“Agent Members”
  2.1(b)
“Asset Sale Offer
  4.14(c)/3.14
“Benefited Party”
  10.1(b)
“Change of Control Offer”
  3.8(b)
“Change of Control Purchase Date”
  3.8(b)
“Change of Control Purchase Notice”
  3.8(c)
“Change of Control Purchase Price”
  3.8(a)
“Covenant Defeasance”
  8.3
“DTC”
  2.1(a)
“Depositary”
  2.1(a)
“Event of Default”
  6.1
“Excess Proceeds”
  4.14(c)
“incur”
  4.9(a)
“Legal Defeasance”
  8.2
“Legal Holiday”
  11.7
“Legend”
  2.12(a)
“Notice of Default”
  6.1
“Company Notice”
  3.8(b)
“Company Order”
  2.2
“Offer Amount”
  3.14
“Offer Period”
  3.14
“Parity Indebtedness”
  3.14
“Paying Agent”
  2.3

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    DEFINED IN
TERM   SECTION
“Payment Default”
  6.1(e)
“Permitted Debt”
  4.9(b)
“Purchase Date”
  3.14
“QIB”
  2.1
“Registrar”
  2.3
“Restricted Payments”
  4.8(a)
     Section 1.3 Trust Indenture Act Provisions. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, that provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The Indenture shall also include those provisions of the TIA required to be included herein by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
     “indenture securities” means the Securities;
     “indenture security holder” means a Securityholder;
     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;
     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee;
     “obligor” on the indenture securities means the obligors or any other obligor on the Securities.
     All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by any SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
     Section 1.4 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
     (A) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
     (B) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
     (C) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;
     (D) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
     (E) the term “merger” includes a statutory share exchange and the term “merged” has a correlative meaning;
     (F) the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;
     (G) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments thereto;
     (H) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

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     (I) references to ratings by Moody’s or S&P shall include any successor equivalent ratings if either Moody’s or S&P changes its ratings scale subsequent to the date of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
     Section 2.1 Form and Dating. The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, which is incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. The Securities shall be in a minimum denomination of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities are being offered and sold by the Company in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
     (a) Restricted Global Securities. All of the Securities are initially being offered and sold to (i) qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A (collectively, “QIBs” or individually, each a “QIB”) in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (ii) outside the United States to persons other than U.S. persons in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act, and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Restricted Global Securities, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the depositary, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) (such depositary, or any successor thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the “Depositary”), and registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co., duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Securities Custodian as hereinafter provided, subject in each case to compliance with the Applicable Procedures.
     (b) Form of Securities. Global Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Security Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto). Definitive Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Security Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Security” attached thereto). Each Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12 hereof and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.
     Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or under the Global Security, and the Depositary (including, for this purpose, its nominee) may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the

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foregoing, nothing herein shall (A) prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or (B) impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
     (c) Additional Securities. Subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 4.9 hereof, the Company may issue Additional Securities in an unlimited amount under this Indenture.
     (d) Regulation S Global Securities. Securities offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued in the form of the Regulation S Global Security, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.
     (e) Book Entry Provisions. The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(e), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (i) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions and (iii) shall bear legends substantially in the form of the first paragraph of Exhibit A hereto.
     Section 2.2 Execution and Authentication. An Officer of each of the Company shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. Typographic and other minor errors or defects in any such facsimile signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
     If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
     A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
     The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery Securities for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount of $365,000,000 upon receipt of a written order or orders of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (a “Company Order”). The Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities to be authenticated and shall provide that all such Securities will be represented by a Restricted Global Security and the date on which each original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed the amounts in the foregoing sentence, except as provided in Sections 2.1(c), 2.1(d) and 2.7 hereof.
     The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

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     The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     Section 2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (each, a “Registrar”), one or more offices or agencies where Securities may be presented for payment (each, a “Paying Agent”) and one or more offices or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will at all times maintain a Paying Agent, Registrar and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.
     The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands in any place required by this Indenture, or fail to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent (except for the purposes of Section 4.1 and Article 8).
     The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar and Securities Custodian, and the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which shall initially be the office located at 101 Barclay Street — 8W, New York, NY 10286) as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.
     Section 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Securities, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal, interest or Additional Interest, if any, so becoming due. A Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities) in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, the Company or such Affiliate shall, before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Securities, segregate the money and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall have no further liability for the money.
     Section 2.5 Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each interest payment date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders.
     Section 2.6 Transfer and Exchange.
     (a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements contained in Section 2.12 hereof, when a Security is presented to a Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or to

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exchange such Security for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided, however, that every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form and, if applicable, a transfer certificate in the form(s) included in Exhibit A and Exhibit C, as applicable, and in form satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities of a like aggregate principal amount at the Registrar’s request. Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto, and provided, that this sentence shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.12(a), 3.6, 3.11 or 9.5 hereof.
     Neither the Company, any Registrar nor the Trustee shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Securities or portions thereof in respect of which a Change of Control Purchase Notice or a notice in connection with an Asset Sale Offer has been delivered and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof (except, in the case of the purchase of a Security in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased).
     All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
     (b) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.
     (c) Each Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state securities law.
     Section 2.7 Replacement Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Company, a Registrar or the Trustee, or the Company, a Registrar and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company, the applicable Registrar and the Trustee such security or indemnity as will be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, such Registrar or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
     In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be purchased by the Company pursuant to Article 3, the Company in their discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay or purchase such Security, as the case may be.
     Upon the issuance of any new Securities under this Section 2.7, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar) in connection therewith.
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not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
     The provisions of this Section 2.7 are (to the extent lawful) exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
     Section 2.8 Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation or surrendered for transfer or exchange and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding.
     If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Company receives proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
     If a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on a Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date or the Final Maturity Date money sufficient to pay the principal of (including premium, if any), interest and Additional Interest, if any, on Securities (or portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and after such Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date or the Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, such Securities (or portions thereof, as the case may be) shall cease to be outstanding and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on them shall cease to accrue.
     Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 2.9 hereof, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company hold the Security.
     Section 2.9 Treasury Securities. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the either Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
     Section 2.10 Temporary Securities. Until Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company with the consent of the Trustee considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities.
     Section 2.11 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee or its agent any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel, in accordance with its standard procedures, all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, conversion or cancellation and shall deliver the canceled Securities to the Company. All Securities which are purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Final Maturity Date may be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or resold. The Company may not

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hold or resell such Securities or issue any new Securities to replace any Securities delivered for cancellation
     Section 2.12 Legend; Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements.
     (a) If Securities are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities subject to restrictions on transfer and bearing the legends set forth on the form of Securities attached hereto as Exhibit A (collectively, the “Legend”), or if a request is made to remove the Legend on a Security, the Securities so issued shall bear the Legend, or the Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company such satisfactory evidence, which shall include an opinion of counsel if requested by the Company, as may be reasonably required by the Company, that neither the Legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or that such Securities are not “restricted” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; provided that no such evidence need be supplied in connection with the sale of such Security pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale. Upon (i) provision of satisfactory evidence if requested, or (ii) notification by the Company to the Trustee and Registrar of the sale of such Security pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a Security that does not bear the Legend. If the Legend is removed from the face of a Security and the Security is subsequently held by an Affiliate of the Company, the Legend shall be reinstated.
     (b) A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security; provided further that in no event shall a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security be transferred to a U.S. Person prior to the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Regulation S, as determined by the Company. No transfer of a Security to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Securities unless and until such Security has been registered in the name of such Person. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this section 2.12.
     (c) Subject to the succeeding paragraph, every Security shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend. Whenever any Restricted Security is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Security registered in a name other than that of the Holder, such Security must be accompanied by a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, dated the date of such surrender and signed by the Holder of such Security, as to compliance with such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be required to accept for such registration of transfer or exchange any Security not so accompanied by a properly completed certificate.
     (d) The restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the transferability of any Security shall cease and terminate when such Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security in the Exchange Offer, sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or, if earlier, upon the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(d)(1)(ii) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision). Any Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may, upon a surrender of such Security for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.12 (accompanied, in the event that such restrictions on transfer have terminated by reason of a transfer in compliance with Rule 144 or any successor provision, by, if requested by the Company or the Registrar, an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company and addressed to the Company to the effect

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that the transfer of such Security has been made in compliance with Rule 144 or such successor provision), be exchanged for a new Security, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive Legend. The Company shall inform the Trustee of the consummation of the Exchange Offer and the effective date of any registration statement registering the Securities under the Securities Act. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the aforementioned opinion of counsel or registration statement.
     (e) As used in this Section 2.12, the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, hypothecation or other disposition of any Security.
     (f) The provisions of clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
     (i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this indenture or the Securities, a Global Security shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Security registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of any person designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary (x) has notified the obligors that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (y) such Depositary has ceased to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the obligors within 90 days after receipt of such notice or the Company becomes aware of such failure of registration or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (A) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (B) may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security; provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.
     (ii) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.
     (iii) Subject to the provisions of clause (v) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
     (iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (i) above, the obligors will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

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     (v) Neither Agent members nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.
     (vi) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so as and when expressly required by, the terms or this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
     (g) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the equivalent procedures of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Securities that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
     (h) Exchange Offer. Upon the consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order, and any documents required by Section 11.4 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Securities accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer and (ii) Unrestricted Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the applicable Restricted Definitive Securities accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Securities, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Securities to be canceled or reduced accordingly, and the Trustee shall deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of the Definitive Securities so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Securities in the appropriate principal amount.
     Section 2.13 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers in notices of purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers.

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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES
     Section 3.1 Right to Redeem. The Company, at its option, may redeem the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7 hereof.
     The Company may not redeem the Securities if it has failed to pay any interest or premium on the Securities and such failure to pay is continuing.
     If the Company elects to redeem the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) of the Redemption Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Securities are being redeemed.
     Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities for redemption as follows:
     (1) if the Securities are listed on any securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal securities exchange on which the Securities are listed; or
     (2) if the Securities are not listed on any securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
     In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Securities to be redeemed will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption.
     The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Securities and portions of Securities selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Securities of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Securities held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.
     Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail, or shall cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee and to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
     The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
    the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed;
 
    the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day);
 
    the redemption price;
 
    the name and address of the Paying Agent;

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    that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
 
    if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers, if any, and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
 
    that, unless the Company defaults in the deposit of the redemption price, interest on Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
 
    the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Securities are being redeemed; and
 
    the CUSIP numbers of the Securities.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense, provided that the Company makes such request at least three Business Days prior to the date by which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders in accordance with this Section 3.3. Concurrently with the mailing of any such notice of redemption, the Company shall issue a press release announcing such redemption, the form and content of which shall be determined by the Company. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 8.1.
     Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is given, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice. If the Redemption Date falls during a period starting after the close of business on an interest payment record date and ending on the opening of business on the first Business Day after the next interest payment date, or if this interest payment date is not a Business Day, the second Business Day after the interest payment date; then the interest payment will be payable to the Holders who present the Securities for redemption.
     On and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the deposit of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or any portion of the Securities called for redemption, and all other rights of the Holder will terminate other than the right to receive the redemption price, without interest from the Redemption Date, on surrender of the Securities.
     Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
     Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder, without service charge, a new Security in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
     Section 3.7 Optional Redemption.
     (a) At any time prior to June 15, 2012, the Company may, on any one or more occasions redeem, in whole or in part, up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities, including Additional Securities, if any, issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of 108.375% of the

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principal amount of the Securities redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities redeemed to the applicable redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:
     (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities, including Additional Securities, if any, issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after, the occurrence of such redemption, excluding Securities held by the Company and its Subsidiaries; and
     (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
     (b) On or after June 15, 2012, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a part of the Securities upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:
         
Year   Percentage
2012
    104.188 %
2013
    102.094 %
2014 and thereafter
    100.000 %
     (c) In addition, at any time prior to June 15, 2012, the Company may redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Securities plus the Applicable Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.
     (d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.6 hereof.
     (e) In connection with any Redemption under this Section 3.7, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that all conditions precedent in the Indenture to the Redemption have been complied with.
     Section 3.8 Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder Upon Change of Control.
     (a) If at any time that Securities remain outstanding there shall occur a Change of Control, Securities shall be purchased by the Company at the option of the Holders, as of the Change of Control Purchase Date, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities, together with accrued and unpaid interest, including interest on any unpaid overdue interest, and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Change of Control Purchase Date (the “Change of Control Purchase Price”), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of any Holder of the requirements set forth in subsection (c) of this Section 3.8.
     (b) Within 10 days after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall mail a written notice (“Company Notice”) of the Change of Control to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) pursuant to which the Company shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of each Holder’s Securities at the Change of Control Purchase Price. The notice shall

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include the form of a Change of Control Purchase Notice to be completed by the Holder, shall describe the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and shall state:
     (i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.8 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment;
     (ii) the date by which the Change of Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 3.8 must be given;
     (iii) the purchase date, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days after the date the Company Notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Purchase Date”);
     (iv) the Change of Control Purchase Price;
     (v) the Holder’s right to require the Company to purchase the Securities;
     (vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
     (vii) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Purchase Date;
     (viii) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.8; and
     (ix) the procedures for withdrawing a Change of Control Purchase Notice, including a form of notice of withdrawal.
     If any of the Securities is in the form of a Global Security, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to the repurchase of Global Securities.
     (c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in subsection (a) of this Section 3.8 upon delivery of a written notice (which shall be in substantially the form included in Exhibit A hereto, as applicable, and which may be delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of the exercise of such rights (a “Change of Control Purchase Notice”) to any Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date.
     The delivery of such Security to any Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of such Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Change of Control Purchase Price therefor.
     The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.8, a portion of a Security if the principal amount of such portion is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. Provisions of the Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Security pursuant to Sections 3.8 through 3.13 also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Security.
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such Change of Control Purchase Notice in whole or in a portion thereof that is a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.9 hereof.
     A Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Change of Control Purchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.
     Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Securities, any Change of Control Purchase Notice may be delivered or withdrawn and such Securities may be surrendered or delivered for purchase in accordance with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.
     If the Change of Control Purchase Date falls after an interest payment record date and on or before the date that is one Business Day after the next interest payment date, then the interest payment will be payable to the Holder who presents a Security for purchase.
     (d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the obligors set forth in subsection (b) of this Section 3.8 and purchases all Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.7 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price, or (3) after giving effect to such Change of Control, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) the Change of Control transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, and (iii) the securities have received an Investment Grade Rating. In addition, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of launching the Change of Control Offer.
     (e) The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
     Section 3.9 Effect of Change of Control Purchase Notice. Upon receipt by any Paying Agent of the Change of Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 3.8(c) hereof, the Holder of the Security in respect of which such change of Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change of Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified below) thereafter be entitled to receive the Change of Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change of Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (a) the Change of Control Purchase Date with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 3.8(c) hereof have been satisfied) and (b) the time of delivery of such Security to a Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.8(c) hereof.
     A Change of Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice (which may be delivered by mail, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case of Global Securities, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to a Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date, specifying the principal amount of the Security or portion thereof (which must be a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted.
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with a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Change of Control Purchase Date) sufficient to pay the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of such Change of Control Purchase Date. The manner in which the deposit required by this Section 3.10 is made by the Company shall be at the option of the Company, provided that such deposit shall be made in a manner such that the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall have immediately available funds on the Change of Control Purchase Date.
     If a Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Change of Control Purchase Price of any Security for which a Change of Control Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture then, on the Change of Control Purchase Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Securities or any portion of the Securities as to which a Change of Control Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture and all other rights of the Holder will terminate other than the right to receive the Change of Control Purchase Price, without interest from the Change of Control Purchase Date, on surrender of the Securities.
     Section 3.11 Securities Purchased in Part. Any Security that is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Change of Control Purchase Date the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Security so surrendered that is not purchased.
     Section 3.12 Compliance With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities. In connection with any offer to purchase or purchase of Securities under Section 3.8 hereof, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 14e-1 (or any successor to such Rule), if applicable, under the Exchange Act, and (b) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with such offer to purchase or purchase of Securities, all so as to permit the rights of the Holders and obligations of the Company under Sections 3.8 through 3.11 hereof to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of this Article 3, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Article 3 by virtue of such conflict.
     Section 3.13 Repayment to the Company. To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof exceeds the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price (including interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon) of the Securities or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Change of Control Purchase Date, and upon request, the Trustee or a Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Company.
     Section 3.14 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds. In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.14 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Securities (“Asset Sale Offer”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.
     The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders of Securities and all holders of other indebtedness that is pari passu with the Securities containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets (“Parity Indebtedness”). The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall apply a portion of the Excess

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Proceeds as calculated pursuant to the Section 4.14 hereof (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Securities and such other Parity Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Securities and other Parity Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Securities so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
     Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
     (1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.14 and Section 4.14 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
     (2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
     (3) that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest and Additional Interest, if any;
     (4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest and Additional Interest, if any, after the Purchase Date;
     (5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Securities purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;
     (6) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Security completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
     (7) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
     (8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Securities and other Parity Indebtedness surrendered in connection with the Asset Sale offer exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Securities and other Parity Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Securities and such other Parity Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, will be purchased); and
     (9) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
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pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Securities tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Securities or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.14. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Securities tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Security, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Security to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any Security not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
     Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.14, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.6 hereof.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
     Section 4.1 Payment of Securities. The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. An installment of principal, interest or Additional Interest, if any, shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company) holds by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that date money, deposited by the Company or an Affiliate thereof, sufficient to pay the installment. Except in the case of a redemption, a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer, accrued and unpaid interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest or Additional Interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. The Company shall, (in immediately available funds) to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest on overdue principal (including premium, if any) and overdue installments of interest from the original due date to the date paid, at the rate applicable to the Security plus 1% per annum, which interest shall be payable on demand. Additional Interest, if any, shall accrue at the rates provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement and shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as regular interest. In no event shall the Trustee be charged with knowledge of the content of the Registration Rights Agreement.
     The Company will make payments in respect of the notes represented by the Global Securities (including principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of the Global Security. The Company will make all payments of principal, interest and premium and Additional Interest, if any, with respect to Definitive Securities by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the Definitive Securities, in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of notes of $1 million or more, or, if no such account is specified or in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of notes of less than $1 million, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s registered address. All payments shall be made in immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments to any Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Securities in excess of $1,000,000 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States, if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Company at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.

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     Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
     (a) The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
     (b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
     (c) The Company hereby designates the office of the Trustee set forth in Section 2.3 hereof as one such office or agency of the Company.
     Section 4.3 Reports.
     (a) Whether or not required by the SEC’s rules and regulations, so long as any Securities are outstanding, the Company shall furnish (to the extent not publicly available on the SEC’s IDEA (f/k/a EDGAR) system) to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and post on the Company’s website (in a format that is accessible to Holders of Securities as well as prospective Holders of Securities), within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:
     (i) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such reports; and
     (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
     All such reports shall be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (other than consolidating financial information required by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X or any comparable provision so long as the Company complies with Section 4.3(d)). Each annual report on Form 10-K shall include a report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants. In addition, the Company shall file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.
     (b) If, at any time, the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company shall nevertheless continue filing with the SEC and posting on its website the reports specified in Section 4.3(a) hereof with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. The Company agrees that it shall not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the

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foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Company’s filings for any reason, the Company shall post the reports referred to in Section 4.3(a) hereof on its website (and deliver them to the Trustee) within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.
     (c) The Company further agrees that, for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, at any time it is not required to file the reports required by Section 4.3(a) or (b) hereof with the SEC, it shall furnish to the Holders and to the Trustee and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
     (d) The quarterly and annual financial information required by Sections 4.3(a), (b) and (c) hereof shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes of the financial statements or in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations that discloses the total assets, liabilities, revenues and income from operations of Subsidiaries of the Company that do not guarantee the Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether clause 4.3(d) has been satisfied, nor shall it have any liability in connection therewith.
     (e) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
     Section 4.4 Compliance Certificates. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009), an Officers’ Certificate as to the signer’s knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants on their part contained in this Indenture and stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default. If such signer knows of such a Default or Event of Default, the Officers’ Certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default and the efforts to remedy the same. For the purposes of this Section 4.4, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
     Section 4.5 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.
     Section 4.6 Maintenance of Corporate Existence. Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate existence of each Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve the corporate existence of any Restricted Subsidiary if (a) the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Securities or (b) if a Subsidiary is to be dissolved, such Subsidiary has no assets.
     Section 4.7 Changes in Covenants when Securities Rated Investment Grade. Beginning on the date that:
     (a) the Securities have an Investment Grade Rating; and
     (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,

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and ending on the date (the “Reversion Date”) that either Rating Agency ceases to have Investment Grade Ratings on the Securities (such period of time, the “Suspension Period”), the provisions of Sections 4.8, 4.9, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.14 hereof and clause (iv) of Section 5.1(a) hereof will no longer be applicable to the Securities.
     During a Suspension Period, the Company’s Board of Directors may not designate any of our Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
     On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred pursuant to and permitted under Section 4.9(a) or one of the clauses set forth in the definition of Permitted Debt (to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent any Indebtedness would not be permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.9(a) or any of the clauses set forth in the definition of Permitted Debt, such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as Permitted Debt under clause (2) of the definition of Permitted Debt and permitted to be refinanced under clause (5) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
     Notwithstanding the fact that covenants suspended during a Suspension Period may be reinstated, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the covenants during the Suspension Period or at the time the covenants are reinstated. Furthermore, without causing a Default or Event of Default, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may honor any contractual commitments to take actions in the future after any date on which the Securities no longer have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies as long as such contractual commitments were entered into during a Suspension Period and not in anticipation of the Securities no longer having an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies.
     The Trustee shall not be charged with any knowledge of nor be responsible for determining whether any Reversion Date or Suspension Period is in effect.
     Section 4.8 Restricted Payments.
     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
     (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
     (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, except for any purchase or redemption of the Company’s common Equity Interests with the net proceeds of the Securities issued on the Issue Date and within twelve months of the Issue Date;
     (iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Securities,

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except (a) payments of interest thereon, (b) payments of principal at the Stated Maturity thereof and (c) any payment on or with respect to the 3% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 or the 4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 made, in the case of clause (c), with the net proceeds of the Securities issued on the Issue Date and within twelve months of the Issue Date; or
     (iv) make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
     (1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
     (2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.9(a) hereof and
     (3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of the indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 4.8(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
     (A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from April 1, 2009 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus
     (B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since the date of this Indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus
     (C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of the indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) or (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus
     (D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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     (b) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions shall not prohibit:
     (i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
     (ii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or other subordinated Indebtedness incurred under subsection (a) of Section 4.9; provided that (i) the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition will be excluded from clause (3)(B) of Section 4.8(a) hereof and (ii) any such subordinated Indebtedness shall be Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
     (iii) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
     (iv) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
     (v) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any employee of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed an aggregate of $15.0 million since the date of this Indenture;
     (vi) payments to holders of Equity Interests (or to the holders of Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests upon such conversion or exchange) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares; provided, however, that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (vii) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, so long as, at the time of any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or acquisition, the Total Leverage Ratio is less than 1.25x, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million since the date of the indenture; and
     (viii) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75.0 million since the date of this Indenture.
     (c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market Value (determined, for purposes of this covenant, by the Company or, in the case of any asset(s) valued in excess of $10.0 million, by the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Board of Directors’ determination shall be based upon

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an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds $50.0 million.
     Section 4.9 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “Incur”), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company shall not issue any Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
     (b) Subsection (a) of this Section 4.9 shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):
     (i) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (i) not to exceed $150.0 million;
     (ii) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
     (iii) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness represented by the Securities issued on the Issue Date (including the Guarantees) and the related Exchange Securities to be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;
     (iv) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;
     (v) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.9(a) hereof or clause (ii), (iii), (iv), (xi) or (xii) of this Section 4.9(b);
     (vi) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

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     (A) if the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Securities; and
     (B) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (vi);
     (vii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
     (viii) the Guarantee by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company that was permitted to be incurred under this Section 4.9 (other than the Subsidiary Guarantees); provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Securities, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
     (ix) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued;
     (x) Obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $25.0 million;
     (xi) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Acquired Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;
     (xii) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), not to exceed $50.0 million; and
     (xiii) the Guarantee by Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company of Indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors permitted to be incurred under another provision of this Section 4.9.
     (c) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Securities on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured.

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     (d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.9, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xii) of Section 4.9(b) hereof, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 4.9, the Company shall be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify from time to time all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.9. Indebtedness permitted by this Section 4.9 need not be permitted solely by reference to one clause permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such clause and in part by one or more other clauses of this Section 4.9 permitting such Indebtedness. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Securities are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (i) of Section 4.9(b) hereof.
     Section 4.10 [Reserved].

     Section 4.11 Liens.
     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, unless contemporaneously therewith:
     (i) in the case of any Lien securing an obligation that ranks pari passu with the Securities or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Securities or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, at least equally and ratably with or prior to such obligation with a Lien on the same assets of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be; and
     (ii) in the case of any Lien securing an obligation that is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Securities or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, with a Lien on the same assets of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that is prior to the Lien securing such subordinated obligation.
     Section 4.12 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
     (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
     (iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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     (i) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture;
     (ii) this Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
     (iii) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to Credit Facilities incurred under clause (i) of Section 4.9(b) hereof;
     (iv) applicable law, rule, regulation or order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction, including under contracts with foreign governments or agencies thereof entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (v) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred, or such Capital Stock was issued, in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred under Section 4.9 hereof;
     (vi) customary non-assignment provisions in leases, contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
     (vii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property of the nature described in clause (iii) of Section 4.12(a) hereof;
     (viii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
     (ix) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
     (x) Permitted Liens securing Indebtedness that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
     (xi) customary provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, assets sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
     (xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

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     Section 4.13 Transactions with Affiliates.
     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
     (i) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
     (ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
     (A) respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.13(a) and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, that a series of related Affiliate Transactions that provides for payments of no more than $2 million in any calendar year shall be exempted; and
     (B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing; provided, that a series of related Affiliate Transactions that provides for payments of no more than $5 million in any calendar year shall be exempted.
     (b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.13(a) hereof:
     (i) any employment agreement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practice of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;
     (ii) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (iii) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;
     (iv) payment of reasonable directors’ fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Company;
     (v) issuances or sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to Affiliates or employees of or consultants to the Company;
     (vi) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of Section 4.8 hereof;

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     (vii) transactions effected pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendment, modification, or replacement to such agreement (so long as the amendment, modification or replacement is not disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any respect);
     (viii) advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and
     (ix) transactions with a Permitted Joint Venture.
     Section 4.14 Asset Sales.
     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
     (i) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (determined, for purposes of this clause (i), by the Company or, in the case of any asset(s) valued in excess of $10.0 million, by the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
     (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
     (A) any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to an agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
     (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion.
     (b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company may apply those Net Proceeds:
     (i) to repay Indebtedness and other Obligations under a (A) Credit Facility and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto (B) other secured Indebtedness or (C) other Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that does not guarantee the Securities, so long as the relevant assets were assets of such Subsidiary (provided, in the case of (B), that such Indebtedness is not subordinated in right of payment to the Securities);
     (ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business;

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     (iii) to make payments with respect to the acquisition or license of intellectual property rights that are used in a Permitted Business;
     (iv) to make a capital expenditure in or that is useful in a Permitted Business;
     (v) to retire Securities pursuant to privately negotiated transactions, open market purchases or otherwise; or
     (vi) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets (for the avoidance of doubt, including acquisitions of in-process research and development) under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.
     Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
     (c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.14(b) hereof shall constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, the Company shall make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to all Holders of Securities and all holders of Parity Indebtedness to purchase the maximum principal amount of Securities and such other Parity Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer shall be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Securities and other Parity Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Company shall select the Securities and such other Parity Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
     (d) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Securities pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
     Section 4.15 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees. If any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees or becomes otherwise obligated under any Indebtedness of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, that Subsidiary shall (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee, on a senior unsecured (unless the Securities are secured pursuant to Section 4.11) basis, all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture and (ii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Subsidiary. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes hereof.
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designation would not cause a Default. Any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be a redesignation of each of such entity’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.8(a) hereof or under one or more of the clauses of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default.
     Section 4.17 Business Activities. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
     Section 4.18 Payments for Consent. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Securities for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Securities that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
     Section 4.19 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenant that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
     Section 4.20 Payment of Additional Interest. If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable, (ii) the reason why such Additional Interest is payable and (iii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable.
     Section 4.21 Notice of Default. In the event that any Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1 hereof shall occur, the Company shall give prompt written notice of such Default or Event of Default to the Trustee.

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ARTICLE 5
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS
     Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
     (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation) or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
     (i) either: (x) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation; or (y) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
     (ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, under the Securities (or the Subsidiary Guarantee), this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
     (iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;
     (iv) the company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made shall, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.9(a) hereof; and
     (v) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the supplemental indenture, if any, and the related transactions do not conflict with this Indenture.
     (b) The Company may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) the Company may merge with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction within the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

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     Section 5.2 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
     Section 6.1 Events of Default. Each of the following is an “Event Of Default”:
     (a) default in the payment of any principal of (including, without limitation, any premium, if any, on) any Security when the same becomes due and payable (whether at maturity, upon a Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date, Purchase Date or otherwise);
     (b) default in the payment of any interest or Additional Interest, if any, payable on any Security when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
     (c) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
     (i) to comply with any of the provisions of Sections 4.8, 4.9 or 4.14 of this Indenture, which failure remains uncured for 30 days after notice; or
     (ii) to comply with the provisions described in the provisions of Sections 3.8 or 5.1 of this Indenture;
     (d) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to comply with any of the other covenants contained in the Securities or this Indenture and the default continues for 60 days after notice to the Company from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then outstanding;
     (e) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:
     (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or
     (ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more;

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     (f) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of $20.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
     (g) any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect in all material respects (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture or any Subsidiary Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days after receipt of the notice as specified in the Indenture;
     (h) the Company, any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
     (i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
     (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;
     (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or
     (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
     (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
     (i) is for relief against the Company, any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding;
     (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company, any Subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company, any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
     (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and in each case the order or decree described in this clause (i) remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
     Any notice given pursuant to Section 6.1(d) hereof must be in writing and must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” When any Default under this Section 6.1 is cured, it ceases.
     Section 6.2 Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) of Section 6.1 hereof) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding

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may, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, declare all unpaid principal to the date of acceleration on the Securities then outstanding (if not then due and payable) to be due and payable upon any such declaration, and the same shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) of Section 6.1 hereof occurs, all unpaid principal (including, without limitation, any premium, in any), and accrued interest and additional amounts, if any on the Securities then outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (a) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Securities which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived; (b) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest at a rate of 1% per annum over the amount of interest otherwise payable on such Security on overdue installments of interest and Additional Interest, if any, and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid; (c) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (d) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof have been made. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.
     Section 6.3 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of the principal of or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Securities or this Indenture.
     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
     Section 6.4 Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default. Subject to Sections 6.7 and 9.2 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequence, except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Security when due or any Default or Event of Default in respect of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities which, under Section 9.2 hereof, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases.
     Section 6.5 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Securities then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy or power available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder or the Trustee, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity satisfactory to it; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
     Section 6.6 Limitations on Suits. A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities (except actions for payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest or Additional Interest, if any) unless:

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     (a) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
     (b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
     (c) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable indemnity to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
     (d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
     (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities.
     A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over such other Securityholder.
     Section 6.7 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of the principal of, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security and this Indenture and to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
     Section 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default in the payment of principal, interest or Additional Interest, if any, specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.1 hereof occurs and is continuing with respect to any Securities, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or another obligor on the Securities for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest or Additional interest, if any, remaining unpaid, together with, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue principal and overdue installments of interest or Additional Interest, if any, in each case at a rate equal to the interest rate then in effect on such Security plus 1% per annum and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
     Section 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor on the Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof, and to the extent that such payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other property which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or

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otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or, on behalf of any Holder, to authorize, accept or adopt any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
     Section 6.10 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
     First, to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7 hereof;
     Second, to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal, interest and Additional Interest, if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal, interest and Additional Interest, if any, respectively; and
     Third, the balance, if any, to the Company.
     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
     Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit made by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
     Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee.
     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
     (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
     (A) the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others; and
     (B) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee, however, shall examine any certificates and opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be delivered to the Trustee to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

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     (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except (subject to the TIA) that:
     (A) this paragraph does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section 7.1;
     (B) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
     (C) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.5 hereof.
     (d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers unless the Trustee shall have received satisfactory indemnity in its opinion against potential costs and liabilities incurred by it relating thereto.
     (e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.1.
     (f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
     Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1 hereof:
     (a) The Trustee may rely conclusively on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
     (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel (or both), which shall conform to Section 11.4(b) hereof. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
     (c) The Trustee may act through its agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
     (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.
     (e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any such action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
     (f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

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     (g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
     (h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.
     (i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
     (j) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
     (k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
     Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
     Section 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.
     Section 7.5 Notice of Default or Events of Default. If a default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is known by the Trustee. However, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of Securityholders, except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of the principal (including premium, if any) of, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Security.

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     Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders. If such report is required by TIA Section 313, within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Sections 313(b)(2) and (c).
     A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be mailed to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed. The Company shall notify the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange or listed or admitted to trading on any quotation system and any changes in the stock exchanges or quotation systems on which the Securities are listed or admitted to trading and of any delisting thereof.
     Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation (as agreed to from time to time by the Company and the Trustee in writing) for its services (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses may include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
     The Company shall indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.7 shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture or any action or failure to act as authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon the Trustee hereunder including the reasonable costs and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel in defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. The Company need not pay for any settlement effected without its prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
     The Company need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability incurred by it resulting from its gross negligence or bad faith.
     To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall have a senior claim to which the Securities are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except such money or property held in trust to pay the principal of, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.7 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
     When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) of Section 6.1 hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law to the extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
     Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may, with the Company’s written consent, appoint a successor Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
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     (b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
     (c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
     (d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
     If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. The resignation or removal of a Trustee shall not be effective until a successor Trustee shall have delivered the written acceptance of its appointment as described below.
     If a successor Trustee does not take office within 45 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee at the expense of the Company.
     If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
     A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee and be released from its obligations (exclusive of any liabilities that the retiring Trustee may have incurred while acting as Trustee) hereunder, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each Holder.
     A retiring Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Trustee after its succession.
     Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
     Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets (including the administration of this Indenture) to, another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Trustee, provided such transferee corporation shall qualify and be eligible under Section 7.10 hereof. Such successor Trustee shall promptly mail notice of its succession to the Company and each Holder.
     Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall always satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee (or its parent holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to satisfy any such requirements, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article 7. The Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of TIA Section 310(b). Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).
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Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8
DEFEASANCE; SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
     Section 8.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for and except as further provided below), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
     (a) either
     (i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in section 2.7 hereof and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as provided in Section 8.5 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
     (ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation are within one year of the maturity date and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited cash, non-callable U.S. government securities or a combination thereof with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Company or any of their Affiliates) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of and in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable);
     (b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound, and as to which the rights of the other parties thereto are senior to those of the Holders;
     (c) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
     (d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof shall survive and, if cash, non-callable U.S. government securities or a combination thereof shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.12, 4.2, 4.3 and 7.8, this Article 8 and Section 11.5, shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.

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     Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Securities (including the Guarantees) on the date of the deposit referred to in clause (a) of this Section 8.2, and the provisions of this Indenture shall no longer be in effect with respect to the Securities (“Legal Defeasance”), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, except for the following provisions, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust fund described in clause (a) below payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on such Securities when such payments are due, (ii) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Article 2 and Section 4.2 hereof, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 7.7 hereof and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (iv) this Section 8.2. Subject to compliance with this Section 8.2, the Company may exercise their option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.3 hereof. The following conditions shall apply to Legal Defeasance:
     (a) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities at the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be and the Company must specify whether the Securities are being defeased to their Stated Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;
     (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (based on a ruling published by the United States Internal Revenue Service or other change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law) in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
     (c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (i) on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or (ii) insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at the time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
     (d) the Legal Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument(other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiary is bound;
     (e) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
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the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
     (g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance have been complied with.
     After any such irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Securities and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations in the immediately preceding paragraph.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 8.2(b) hereof with respect to a Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable or (2) shall become due and payable upon maturity or redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
     Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in clause (iv) of Section 5.1(a) hereof, and the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.8 through 4.18 hereof and any breach of clauses (c), (d), (e), or (f), or with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only, clauses (g) or (h) under Section 6.1 hereof shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default (“Covenant Defeasance”), if in each case with respect to the outstanding Securities:
     (a) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities at the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Securities are being defeased to their Stated Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;
     (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to such Trustee confirming that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
     (c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (i) on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or (ii) insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at the time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
     (d) the Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;

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     (e) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
     (f) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Securities over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
     (g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance have been complied with.
     If the funds deposited with the Trustee to effect Covenant Defeasance are insufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities when due, then the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture will be revived and no such defeasance will be deemed to have occurred.
     Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Defeasance, the Trustee shall send written notice of such Covenant Defeasance to the Company.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 8.3(b) hereof with respect to a Covenant Defeasance need not be delivered if all Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable or (2) shall become due and payable upon maturity or redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
     Section 8.4 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5 hereof, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, all money deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof and shall apply the deposited money in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities to the payment of the principal of, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities.
     Section 8.5 Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money (i) deposited with them pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof and (ii) held by them at any time.
     The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest or Additional Interest, if any, that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such money has matured; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
     Section 8.6 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 8.5 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such

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application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof until such time as the Trustee or such Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.5 hereof; provided, however, that if the Company have made any payment of the principal of or interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Securities because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive any such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
     Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent of any Holder:
     (a) to comply with Section 5.1 hereof;
     (b) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
     (c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;
     (d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Securities or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;
     (e) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
     (f) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Securities to any provision of the section of the Offering Circular dated June 3, 2009 captioned “Description of the Notes” to the extent that such provision was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture or the Securities;
     (g) to provide for the issuance of Additional Securities in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof;
     (h) to add additional Guarantees with respect to the Securities or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Guarantee when such release, termination or discharge is permitted under the Indenture; or
     (i) to appoint a successor Trustee.
     Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Securityholder. However, notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 9.4 hereof, without the

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written consent of each Securityholder, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof, may not:
     (a) reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
     (b) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Securities (other than provisions relating to Sections 3.8, 3.14 and 4.14);
     (c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Security;
     (d) make any Security payable in money other than U.S. Dollars;
     (e) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Securities to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Additional interest, if any, on the Securities;
     (f) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security (other than a payment required by Sections 3.8, 3.14 and 4.14);
     (g) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Securities;
     (h) modify the Subsidiary Guarantees in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Securities; or
     (i) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.
     It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
     After an amendment, supplement or waiver under Section 9.1 or this Section 9.2 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.
     Section 9.3 Compliance With Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as in effect at the date of such amendment or supplement.
     Section 9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

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     After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (a) through (i) of Section 9.2 hereof. In that case the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.
     Section 9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.
     Section 9.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, but need not sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and, subject to Section 7.1 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and all conditions precedent in the Indenture to such execution have been complied with. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until its Board of Directors approves it.
     Section 9.7 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
ARTICLE 10
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
     Section 10.1 Guarantees.
     (a) Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally Guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Securities or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder that: (i) the due and punctual payment of principal, premium and interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Securities shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Securities, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and (iii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall agree that this is a Guarantee of payment and not a Guarantee of collection.

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     (b) Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations with regard to its Guarantee shall be joint and several, unconditional, irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Securities or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other obligor with respect to this Indenture, the Securities or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Securities, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances (other than complete performance) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further, to the extent permitted by law, shall waive and relinquish all claims, rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to guarantors and shall agree not to assert or take advantage of any such claims, rights or remedies, including but not limited to: (i) any right to require any of the Trustee, the Holders or the Company (each a “Benefited Party”), as a condition of payment or performance by such Subsidiary Guarantor, to (A) proceed against the Company, any other guarantor (including any other Subsidiary Guarantor) of the obligations under the Guarantees or any other person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Company, any such other guarantor or any other person, (C) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Benefited Party in favor of the Company or any other person, or (D) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Benefited Party whatsoever; (ii) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the obligations under the Guarantees or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Company from any cause other than payment in full of the obligations under the Guarantees; (iii) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (iv) any defense based upon any Benefited Party’s errors or omissions in the administration of the obligations under the Guarantees, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (v) (A) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of the Guarantees and any legal or equitable discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations hereunder and under its Guarantee, (B) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Subsidiary Guarantor’s liability hereunder and under its Guarantee or the enforcement hereof and thereof, (C) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims and (D) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Benefited Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (vi) notices, demands, presentations, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of the Guarantees, notices of default under the Securities or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the obligations under the Guarantees or any agreement related thereto, and notices of any extension of credit to the Company and any right to consent to any thereof; (vii) to the extent permitted under applicable law, the benefits of any “One Action” rule; and (viii) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of the Guarantees. Except as set forth in Section 10.5, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall covenant that its Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in its Guarantee and this Indenture.
     (c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, any amount paid to either the Trustee or such Holder, any Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
     (d) Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall agree that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall further agree that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the

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maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.2 hereof for the purposes of any Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purpose of any such Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the applicable Guarantee.
     Section 10.2 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees. To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1 hereof, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto shall be endorsed by an officer of such Guarantor on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor by any of its Officers. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee. If an officer or Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantees set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
     Section 10.3 Limitation on Guarantor Liability. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall confirm, and by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder hereby confirms, that it is the intention of all such parties that any Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee and the Holders irrevocably agree, and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall irrevocably agree, that the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article 10 shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
     Section 10.4 Merger and Consolidation of Guarantors.
     (a) In case of any sale or other disposition, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee endorsed upon the Securities and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Subsidiary Guarantor, such successor person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Subsidiary Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Subsidiary Guarantor. Such successor person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Securities available hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

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     (b) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clause (a) of this Section 10.4, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Subsidiary Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor.
     Section 10.5 Release.
     (a) In the event (i) of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all to the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case to a person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary of the Company, so long as the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.14 hereof, (ii) of a designation by the Company of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the definition thereof or (iii) the Company exercises its legal or covenant defeasance options under Section 8.2 or 8.3, respectively, such Subsidiary Guarantor or, in the case of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, the corporation acquiring such property, shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Guarantee without any further action being required by the Trustee or any Holder.
     (b) Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.8 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee.
     (c) Any Subsidiary Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Security Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securities and for the other obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
     Section 11.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the TIA through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control.
     Section 11.2 Notices. Any demand, authorization notice, request, consent or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission (confirmed by delivery in person or mail by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile numbers:
     If to the Company, to:
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
One Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.: (949) 461-6661

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     With a copy to:
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Attention: James W. McKenzie, Jr.
Facsimile No.: (215) 963-5001
     If to the Trustee, to:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
700 South Flower Street, Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No.: (213) 630-6298
     Such notices or communications shall be effective when received.
     The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
     Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail or delivered by an overnight delivery service to it at its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.
     Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication to a Holder is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
     The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including pdf files); provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.
     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, as long as the Securities are in the form of a Global Security, notice to the Holders may be made electronically in accordance with procedures of the Depositary.
     Section 11.3 Communications by Holders With Other Holders. Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other person shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

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     Section 11.4 Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent.
     (a) Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:
     (A) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
     (B) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been complied with.
     (b) Each Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
     (A) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
     (B) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
     (C) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
     (D) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with;
provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.
     Section 11.5 Record Date for Vote or Consent of Holders. The Company (or, in the event deposits have been made pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, the Trustee) may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture, which record date shall not be more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the commencement of solicitation of such action. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.4 hereof, if a record date is fixed, those persons who were Holders of Securities at the close of business on such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to take such action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date.
     Section 11.6 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules (not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture) for action by or at a meeting of Holders. Any Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for its functions.
     Section 11.7 Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York and the state in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are not required to be open. If a payment date, including any Redemption Date, Purchase Date, Change of Control Purchase Date and Final Maturity Date, is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest or

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Additional Interest, if any, shall accrue for the intervening period on such payment. If an interest record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
     Section 11.8 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
     (a) This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
     (b) The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture. The Company irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
     (c) EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
     Section 11.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
     Section 11.10 No Recourse Against Others. All liability described in paragraph 13 of the Form of the Securities attached hereto as Exhibit A of any director, officer, employee or shareowner, as such, of the Company is waived and released.
     Section 11.11 Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
     Section 11.12 Multiple Counterparts. The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
     Section 11.13 Separability. In case any provisions in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
     Section 11.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
     Section 11.15 Calculations in Respect of the Securities. The Company and its agents shall make all calculations under the Indenture and the Securities in good faith. In the absence of manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The Company shall provide a copy of such calculations to the Trustee as required hereunder.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written.
         
  VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
[Valeant — Indenture]

 


 

         
  SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  HARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  HEALTHCHOICE ONLINE, LLC

BY: Steve T. Min, as Operating Manager  
 
     
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   Operating Manager   
 
  HYLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  ICN SOUTHEAST, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
[Valeant — Indenture]

 


 

         
  OCEANSIDE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  VALEANT CHINA, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
[Valeant — Indenture]

 


 

         
  ICN MEDICAL ALLIANCE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Peter J. Blott    
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   President & Treasurer   
 
  VALEANT BIOMEDICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Peter J. Blott    
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   President & Treasurer   
 
[Valeant — Indenture]

 


 

         
  VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH
AMERICA
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
  CORIA LABORATORIES, LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
  DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
[Valeant — Indenture]

 


 

         
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE
 
 
  By:   /s/ Sandee’ Collazo    
    Name:   Sandee’ Collazo   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
[Valeant — Indenture]

 


 

EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
     [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.]2
     [THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1) (a) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS
 
2   This paragraph to be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

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AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL SO REQUESTS), (2) TO VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.”]3
     [THIS SECURITY AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.]4
     [THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY IS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF) AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY AND TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT.]5
     THIS SECURITY IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. PURSUANT TO U.S. TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1275-3, VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, AT ONE ENTERPRISE, ALISO VIEJO, CALIFORNIA 92656, WILL MAKE AVAILABLE THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY FOR THIS SECURITY UPON REQUEST TO THE HOLDER.
 
3   These paragraphs to be included only if the Security is a Restricted Security.
 
4   Include only if the Security is a Restricted Security.
 
5   Include only if a Registration Statement is not effective.

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VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
     
CUSIP: [                    ]   No. [  ]
8.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
     Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof) promises to pay to                                          or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                                          Dollars ($                    ) on June 15, 2016 [or such greater or lesser amount as is indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Notes on the other side of this Note]6 and to pay interest thereon as provided on the other side of this Note.
     Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, beginning [      ].
     Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
     Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
         
  VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication:
This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture for the 8.375%
Senior Notes due 2016.
 
       
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
 
       
By:
       
 
   
Authorized Signatory
     
Dated:
   
 
   
 
6   Include only if the Security is a Global Security.

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
8.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
1. INTEREST
     The Company shall pay interest on this Note semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, each an “interest payment date,” of each year, commencing on December 15, 2009, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note. Interest shall accrue from and including June 9, 2009 or else the most recent interest payment date to which interest had been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the date on which such interest is paid. Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
     The Company shall, (in immediately available funds) to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest on overdue principal (including premium, if any) and overdue installments of interest from the original due date to the date paid, at the rate applicable to this Note plus 1% per annum, which interest shall be payable on demand.
     All references in the Indenture and this Note to interest shall be deemed to include a reference to Additional Interest payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to this Note. If Additional Interest is payable on this Note as contemplated under the Registration Rights Agreement, such interest shall be payable on each interest payment date and at maturity to the record holder entitled to interest on such date.
     The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any interest payment date will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on June 1 or December 1 preceding such interest payment date (the “Record Date”) except as provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and as otherwise provided in the Indenture.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT
     [The Company will make payments in respect of this Note (including principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder.]7 [The Company will make all payments of principal, interest and premium and Additional Interest, if any, with respect to this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders, in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of notes of $1 million or more, or, if no such account is specified or in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of notes of less than $1 million, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s registered address.]8 All payments shall be made in immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the
 
7   Include only if the Security is a Global Security.
 
8   Include only if the Security is a Definitive Security.

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United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments to any Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Securities in excess of $1,000,000 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States, if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Company at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as this Note is registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments hereon shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR
     Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Trustee,” which term shall include any successor trustee under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holder. The Company or any of their Subsidiaries may, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. INDENTURE, LIMITATIONS
     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its 8.375% Senior Notes Due 2016 (the “Notes”), issued under an Indenture dated as of June 9, 2009 (together with any supplemental indentures thereto, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of this Note include those stated in the Indenture and those required by or made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of the Indenture. This Note is subject to all such terms, and the Holder of this Note is referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
     The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Indenture.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION; PURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
     (a) Optional Redemption. The Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company at the prices, and upon the terms and conditions, set forth in Section 3.7 of the Indenture.
     (b) Repurchase at Option of Holder. If there is a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 10 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
     If after the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sale, the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, the Company shall commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Parity Indebtedness an aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other Parity Indebtedness that may be purchased (or repaid, prepaid or redeemed) equal to the aggregate Excess Proceeds (an “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 4.14 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and other Parity Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus

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accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and other Parity Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Parity Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Company shall select the Notes and other Parity Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes.
     (c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
6. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, CANCELLATION
     The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may register the transfer of 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 any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture.
     All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion will, if surrendered to the Company or any of its other Agents with respect to the Notes, be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes delivered to it. No Notes will be authenticated in exchange for any Notes cancelled, except as provided in the Indenture.
7. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS
     The Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
8. 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, subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After that, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
9. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
     Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and an existing default or Event of Default and its consequence or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived in a particular instance with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without the consent of or notice to any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

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10. SUCCESSOR ENTITY
     When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) shall be released from those obligations.
11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
     Under the Indenture, an Event of Default includes: (i) default in payment of any principal (including, without limitation, any premium) on the Notes when due; (ii) default for 30 days in payment of interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Notes; (iii) failure by the Company for 60 days after notice to it to comply with certain covenants contained in the Indenture or the Notes; (iv) default in the payment of certain indebtedness of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary; (v) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and (vi) certain other events described in the Indenture. If an Event of Default (other than as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all unpaid principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of acceleration on the Notes then outstanding to be due and payable immediately, all as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. If an Event of Default occurs as a result of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, unpaid principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Notes then outstanding shall become due and payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, all as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding 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 or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company is required to file periodic reports with the Trustee as to the absence of default.
12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY
     The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Company or an Affiliate of the Company and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company as if it were not the Trustee.
13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
     A director, officer, employee or shareowner, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture nor for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. The Holder of this Note by accepting this Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.
14. AUTHENTICATION
     This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or an authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

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15. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
     Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of the Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
16. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
     In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
     The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, One Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, (949) 461-6000, Attention: Investor Relations.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM
     To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
     I or we assign and transfer this Note to
 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
 
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
         
 
      Your Signature:
 
       
Date:
       
 
       
 
      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
*Signature guaranteed by:
     
By:
   
 
   
 
*   The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee.

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OPTION TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.8 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
     
o Section 3.8   o Section 4.14
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.8 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$                                         
Date:                                         
             
    Your Signature:    
 
         
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)    
 
           
 
  Tax Identification No.:        
 
           
Signature Guarantee*:                                         
 
*   Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES9
     The following exchanges, repurchases or conversions of a part of this global Note have been made:
             
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT            
OF THIS GLOBAL            
SECURITY FOLLOWING   AUTHORIZED   AMOUNT OF DECREASE   AMOUNT OF INCREASE
SUCH DECREASE DATE   SIGNATORY OF   IN PRINCIPAL AMOUNT   IN PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF EXCHANGE   SECURITIES   OF THIS GLOBAL   OF THIS GLOBAL
(OR INCREASE)   CUSTODIAN   SECURITY   SECURITY
             
         
 
       
 
9   This schedule should be included only if the Security is a Global Security.

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES10
Re: 8.375% Senior Notes Due 2016 (the “Notes”) of Valeant
Pharmaceuticals International (the “Company”).
This certificate relates to $                     principal amount of Notes owned in (check applicable box)
o book-entry or o definitive form by                     (the “Transferor”).
     The Transferor has requested a Registrar or the Trustee to exchange or register the transfer of such Notes.
     In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with transfer restrictions relating to the Notes as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture dated as of June 9, 2009 among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”), and the transfer of such Note is in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state and is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (check applicable box) or the transfer or exchange, as the case may be, of such Note does not require registration under the Securities Act because (check applicable box):
  o   Such Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
 
  o   Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account, without transfer.
 
  o   Such Note is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture) of the Company.
 
  o   Such Note is being transferred to a person the Transferor reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A or any successor provision thereto (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a “qualified institutional buyer,” in each case to whom notice has been given that the transfer is being made in reliance on such Rule 144A, and in each case in reliance on Rule 144A.
 
  o   Such Note is being transferred pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) (“Rule 144”) under the Securities Act.
 
  o   Such Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto).
 
10   This certificate should be included only if this Security is a Restricted Security.

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  o   Such Note is being transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of the Securities Act) that has provided a letter addressed to the Company, in the form of Exhibit C attached to the Indenture, containing certain representations and agreements.
     The Transferor acknowledges and agrees that, if the transferee will hold any such Notes in the form of beneficial interests in a global Note which is a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, then such transfer can only be made pursuant to (i) Rule 144A under the Securities Act and such transferee must be a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A) or (ii) Regulation S under the Securities Act.
         
Date:
       
 
       
 
      (Insert Name of Transferor)

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF GUARANTEE
     [Name of Subsidiary Guarantor] and its successors under the Indenture, jointly and severally with any other Subsidiary Guarantors, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of Valeant Pharmaceutical International (the “Company”) to the Holders or the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, guarantee that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
     No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of [name of Guarantor] shall have any personal liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator. This Subsidiary Guarantee shall be binding upon [name of Subsidiary Guarantor] and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
     This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
     THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 10 OF THE INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
     This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
         
  [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
One Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile No.: (949) 461-6609
Re:    8.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
Dear Sirs:
     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (the “Indenture”), among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, as issuer (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of New York, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
     In connection with our proposed purchase of: $                     aggregate principal amount of 8.375% Senior Notes Due 2016 (the “Securities”), we confirm that:
     1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Securities or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Securities or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
     2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Securities and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Securities or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) inside the United States to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and, if the proposed transfer is in respect of an aggregate principal amount of Securities of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), (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 we further agree to provide to any person purchasing the Securities from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (F) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.
     3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Securities or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies

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with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Securities purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
     4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
     5. We are acquiring the Securities or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “Accredited Investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
     You and the Company 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.
Dated:
         
  [Insert Name of Accredited Investor]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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EX-99.3 4 a52847exv99w3.htm EX-99.3 exv99w3
Exhibit 99.3
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
$365,000,000
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
Purchase Agreement

 


 

June 3, 2009
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the several Purchasers
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the “Purchasers”) an aggregate of $365,000,000 principal amount of the 8.375% Senior Notes of the Company due 2016 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by all existing and future domestic subsidiaries of the Company (the “Guarantors”).
1.   The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Purchasers that:
  (a)   A preliminary offering circular, dated June 1, 2009 (the “Preliminary Offering Circular”) and an offering circular, dated June 3, 2009 (the “Offering Circular”, have been prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Circular, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(b)), is hereinafter referred to the “Pricing Circular”. Any reference to the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular shall be deemed to refer to and include the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement relating to its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Company’s Current Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A that are incorporated by reference into the Offering Circular and which have been filed with or furnished to, as the case may be, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) on or prior to the date of such circular and any reference to the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, as amended or supplemented, as of any specified date, shall be deemed to include (i) any documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, and prior to such specified date and (ii) any Additional Issuer Information (as defined in Section 5(f)) furnished by the Company prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities; and all documents filed under the Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto are hereinafter called the “Exchange Act Reports”. The Exchange Act Reports, when they were or are filed

 


 

      with or furnished to the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(a) hereof. The Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular and any amendments or supplements thereto and the Exchange Act Reports did not and will not, as of their respective dates, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
  (b)   For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 3:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Circular as supplemented by the information set forth in Schedule III hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”) as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Company Supplemental Disclosure Document (as defined in Section 6(a)(ii)) listed on Schedule II(b) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular and each such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in a Company Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
 
  (c)   Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Circular any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Circular, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial

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      position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular;
  (d)   The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Circular or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
 
  (e)   The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Circular, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except for such failures to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings or business of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; each subsidiary of the Company (along with its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation) is listed on Schedule I hereto;
 
  (f)   The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Circular, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Circular) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
 
  (g)   The Securities (including the Guarantees) have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors entitled to the benefits provided by the indenture to be dated as of June 9, 2009 (the “Indenture”) between the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”), under which they are to be issued, which will be substantially in the form previously delivered to the Representatives; the Indenture has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the

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      Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (the “Enforceability Limitations”); and the Securities and the Indenture (including the Guarantees) will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular and will be in substantially the form previously delivered to the Representatives;
  (h)   The Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement to be dated as of June 9, 2009 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which will be substantially in the form previously delivered to the Representatives, has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors, and as of the Time of Delivery (as defined herein), will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor, and will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Limitations; and the Registration Rights Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular;
 
  (i)   None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
 
  (j)   Prior to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities (it being agreed that the announcement of the Company’s securities repurchase program on May 28, 2009 does not violate this representation);
 
  (k)   The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Guarantees, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except for any such breaches, violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval,

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      authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company and each Guarantor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement, except to the extent required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, for the filing of a registration statement by the Company and each Guarantor with the Commission pursuant to the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Purchasers;
  (l)   Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, or (iii) in violation of any law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, order or decree of any domestic or foreign court or other governmental or regulatory authority, agency or other body with jurisdiction over any of them or any of their assets or properties, except for such defaults, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as shall not, individually or in the aggregate, cause a Material Adverse Effect;
 
  (m)   The statements set forth in the Pricing Circular and the Offering Circular under the caption “Description of the Notes”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, under the caption “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and under the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects;
 
  (n)   Other than as set forth in the Pricing Circular, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
 
  (o)   When the Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Securities will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act) as securities which are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system;
 
  (p)   The Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

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  (q)   The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be, an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
 
  (r)   Neither the Company nor any person acting on its or their behalf, which for the avoidance of doubt shall not be deemed to include the Purchasers, has offered or sold the Securities by means of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Act or, with respect to Securities sold outside the United States to non-U.S. persons (as defined in Rule 902 under the Act), by means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902 under the Act and the Company, any affiliate of the Company and any person acting on its or their behalf, which for the avoidance of doubt shall not be deemed to include the Purchasers, has complied with and will implement the “offering restriction” within the meaning of such Rule 902;
 
  (s)   Within the preceding six months, neither the Company nor any other person acting on behalf of the Company has offered or sold to any person any Securities, or any securities of the same or a similar class as the Securities, other than Securities offered or sold to the Purchasers hereunder. The Company will take reasonable precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined in Rule 902 under the Act) of any Securities or any substantially similar security issued by the Company, within six months subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the Securities has been completed (as notified to the Company by Goldman, Sachs & Co.), is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the status of the offer and sale of the Securities in the United States and to U.S. persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration provisions of the Act;
 
  (t)   The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;
 
  (u)   Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Circular, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

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  (v)   The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;
 
  (w)   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has audited certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and
 
  (x)   The Company and each Subsidiary owns, possesses or has the right to employ all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary to conduct the businesses operated by it as described in the Pricing Circular, except where the failure to own, possess or have the right to employ such Intellectual Property, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the use of the Intellectual Property in connection with the business and operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any person, except for such infringement as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
 
  (y)   With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualifies, (ii) except as disclosed by the Company in its periodic reports under the Exchange Act, each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement (if any) governing such grant was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) except as disclosed by the Company in its periodic reports under the Exchange Act, each such grant was made in accordance in all material respects with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and any other exchange on which Company securities are traded, and (iv) except as disclosed by the Company in its periodic reports under the Exchange Act, each such grant was

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      properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Company’s filings with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not at any time had any policy or practice of the Company of granting Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of, material information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
  (z)   Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
 
  (aa)   The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder and, to the knowledge of the Company, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions other than the United States, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
 
  (bb)   None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
2.   Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 94.797% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from June 9, 2009 to the Time of Delivery

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    hereunder, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I hereto.
3.   Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Securities, the several Purchasers propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Offering Circular and each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Company and each Guarantor that:
  (a)   It will offer and sell the Securities only to: (i) persons who it reasonably believes are “qualified institutional buyers” (“QIBs”) within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and as to whom it will take reasonable steps to ensure that such person is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (ii) upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex I to this Agreement;
 
  (b)   It is a QIB and/or institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Act and is purchasing the Securities pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act; and
 
  (c)   It will not offer or sell the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Act, or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a) of the Act.
4. (a)   The Securities to be purchased by each Purchaser hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Securities to Goldman, Sachs & Co., for the account of each Purchaser, against payment by or on behalf of such Purchaser of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the account of Goldman, Sachs & Co. at DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to Goldman, Sachs & Co. for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005 (the “Closing Location”). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on June 9, 2009 or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date are herein called the “Time of Delivery”.
  (b)   The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8 hereof, will be delivered at such time and date at the Closing Location, and the Securities will be delivered at DTC or its designated custodian, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding the Time of

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      Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5.   The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree with each of the Purchasers:
  (a)   To prepare the Offering Circular in a form approved by the Representatives; to make no amendment or any supplement to the Offering Circular which shall be disapproved by the Representatives promptly after reasonable notice thereof; and to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof;
 
  (b)   Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction, and that the obligations of the Company to register the Securities for sale, exchange or resale under the Act are governed solely by the Registration Rights Agreement;
 
  (c)   To furnish the Purchasers with written and electronic copies of the Offering Circular in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, and if, at any time prior to the completion of the sale of the Securities by the Purchasers (as determined by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its reasonable discretion), any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Offering Circular as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Offering Circular is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary or desirable during such same period to amend or supplement the Offering Circular, to notify the Representatives and upon the Representatives’ request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Purchaser and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Offering Circular or a supplement to the Offering Circular which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
 
  (d)   During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing until the date 90 days after the Time of Delivery, not to offer, sell contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Securities without the Representatives’ prior written consent;

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  (e)   Not to be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of two years after the Time of Delivery, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end investment company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act;
 
  (f)   At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders from time to time of Securities, to furnish at its expense, upon request, to holders of Securities and prospective purchasers of securities information (the “Additional Issuer Information”) satisfying the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the Act;
 
  (g)   If requested by the Representatives, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Designated Securities to be eligible for the PORTAL trading system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority;
 
  (h)   To furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the date of the Offering Circular), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail; provided, that the filing by the Company with the Commission on its IDEA (f/k/a EDGAR) system of any such information shall satisfy the obligations set for in this clause (h);
 
  (i)   During the period of one years after the Time of Delivery, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Act) who are controlled by the Company to, resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them;
 
  (j)   To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Circular under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
6.   (a)  (i) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act (any such offer is hereinafter referred to as a “Company Supplemental Disclosure Document”);
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Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of securities, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act and that would be required to be filed (any such offer (other than any such term sheets), is hereinafter referred to as a “Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document”); and
(iii) any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document the use of which has been consented to by the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. is listed on Schedule II(b) hereto.
7.   The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the issue of the Securities and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Offering Circular and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Purchasers and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Purchasers, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; (vii) any cost incurred in connection with the designation of the Securities for trading in PORTAL; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Purchasers will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
 
8.   The obligations of the Purchasers hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct in all material respects, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
  (a)   Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp, counsel for the Purchasers, shall have furnished to the Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, with respect to certain legal matters relating to this Agreement, as well as such other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel

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      shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
  (b)   Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
  (i)   The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering Circular;
 
  (ii)   The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Offering Circular;
 
  (iii)   The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction listed on Schedule I to such opinion;
 
  (iv)   Each subsidiary of the Company organized under the United States or a state thereof is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and, to the knowledge of such counsel, all of the issued shares of capital stock of each such subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and except as otherwise set forth in the Offering Circular are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (such counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries, provided that such counsel shall state that they believe that both the Representatives and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates);
 
  (v)   To such counsel’s knowledge and other than as set forth in the Offering Circular, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
 
  (vi)   This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors;

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  (vii)   The Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and are entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject to the Enforceability Limitations; and the Securities and the Indenture conform, in all material respects, to the descriptions thereof in the Offering Circular; the temporary global Security has been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject to the Enforceability Limitations; the Securities in definitive form, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in exchange for the temporary global Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject to the Enforceability Limitations;
 
  (viii)   The Guarantees have been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Guarantors; and the Guarantees constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject to the Enforceability Limitations;
 
  (x)   The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Limitations;
 
  (xi)   The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors, and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Limitations;
 
  (xii)   The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or any material statute or any material order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties;

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  (xiii)   No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company and each Guarantor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement, except for the filing of a registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Act pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Purchasers;
 
  (xiv)   The statements set forth in the Offering Circular under the caption “Description of Notes”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, under the caption “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and under the caption “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
 
  (xv)   The Exchange Act Reports (other than the financial statements, schedules, notes and other financial and accounting data, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission, appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
 
  (xvii)   Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties and compliance with the agreements contained in the Purchase Agreement, no registration of the Securities under the Act, and no qualification of an indenture under the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect thereto, is required for the offer, sale and initial resale of the Securities by the Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement; and
 
  (xviii)   Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities to be issued and sold by the Company under this Agreement and the Indenture and the application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Offering Circular under the caption “Use of Proceeds”, will be required to register as an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
In addition to the foregoing opinions, such counsel shall advise you supplementally that it has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Representatives and their counsel, and representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, at which conferences the contents of the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Offering Circular were discussed. Such counsel shall state that although it is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the

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Preliminary Offering Circular and the Offering Circular (except as and to the extent set forth in paragraph (xiv) above), on the basis of the foregoing and the information disclosed to such counsel, but without independent check and verification, and relying as to materiality on representations and statements of officers and other representatives of the Company, such counsel confirms to you that no fact has come to its attention that has led such counsel to believe that (i) the Offering Circular, as of its date and at the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) the Pricing Circular, as of the Applicable Time, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel does not express any belief with respect to the financial statements, schedules, notes or other financial and accounting data included in the Offering Circular or the Pricing Circular).
  (c)   On the date of the Offering Circular prior to the execution of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto;
 
  (d)   (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Circular any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Circular there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the Representatives’ judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Offering Circular;
 
  (e)   On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have

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      publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;
  (f)   On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”); (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the NYSE; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in the Representatives’ judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering Circular;
 
  (g)   The Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Indenture that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each Guarantor;
 
  (h)   The Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each Guarantor;
 
  (i)   The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery:
     (i) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, executed by an officer of the Company or of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. (“Dow”), to the effect that the financial information for Dow’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as presented in the Pricing Circular and the Offering Circular, presents fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Dow and its subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and that such financial information has been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; and
     (ii) certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (d) and (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.

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9. (a)   The Company and each Guarantor jointly and severally will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and each Guarantor shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular or any such amendment or supplement, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or any Guarantor by any Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.
  (b)   Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each Guarantor against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company and each Guarantor may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or any Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular or any such amendment or supplement or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or any Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or any Guarantor by such Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any Guarantor in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
 
  (c)   Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such

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      subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
  (d)   If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and any Guarantor on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and any Guarantor on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and any Guarantor on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and any Guarantor bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Purchasers, in each case as set forth in the Offering

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      Circular. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor on the one hand or the Purchasers on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and each Guarantor and the Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Purchaser for the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to investors were offered to investors exceeds the amount of any damages which such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Purchasers’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
  (e)   The obligations of the Company and each Guarantor under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions in this Section 9, to any affiliate of each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Purchasers under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Purchasers may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions in this Section 9, to each officer and director of the Company and each Guarantor and to each person, if any, who controls the Company and each Guarantor within the meaning of the Act.
10. (a)   If any Purchaser shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for the Representatives or another party or other parties, which party or parties is or are acceptable to the Company in its reasonable discretion to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Purchaser the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that the Representatives have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that

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      it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may in order to reflect the participation of the new purchasers, be made necessary in the Offering Circular, or in any other documents or arrangements, in order to reflect the participation of the new purchasers, and the Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments to the Offering Circular which in the Representatives’ opinion may thereby be made necessary in such regard. The term “Purchaser” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.
  (b)   If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.
  (c)   If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Purchasers to purchase Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Purchasers as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.
11.   The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and each Guarantor and the several Purchasers, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any controlling person of any Purchaser, or the Company or any Guarantor, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company and each Guarantor, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

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12.   If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to the failure to be satisfied of the condition set forth in Section 8(f)(i), (iii), (iv) or (v) hereof or Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Purchasers through the Representatives for all expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Purchasers in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
 
13.   In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Purchasers, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Purchaser made or given by the Representatives jointly or by Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Representatives.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Purchasers shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Representatives in care of Goldman, Sachs & Co., One New York Plaza, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company or any Guarantor shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Offering Circular, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to a Purchaser pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Purchaser at its address set forth in its Purchasers’ Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
14.   This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Purchasers, the Company and each Guarantor and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each Guarantor and each person who controls the Company or any Guarantor, or any Purchaser, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Purchaser shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
 
15.   Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
 
16.   The Company and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction

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    between the Company and each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the several Purchasers, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company and each Guarantor, (iii) no Purchaser has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company and each Guarantor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company or any Guarantor on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company and each Guarantor has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company and each Guarantor agrees that it will not claim that the Purchaser, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or any Guarantor, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
17.   This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, and Guarantor and the Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
18.   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 
19.   The Company and each Guarantor, and each of the Purchasers hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
 
20.   This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding, please sign and return to us one for the Company and each of the Representatives plus one for each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by the Representatives, on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers and the Company. It is understood that the Representatives’ acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the Representatives’ part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

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  Very truly yours,

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
Signature Page to Purchase Agreement

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  GUARANTORS:

AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  HARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  HEALTHCHOICE ONLINE, LLC

BY: Steve T. Min, as Operating Manager
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   Operating Manager   
 
  HYLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  ICN MEDICAL ALLIANCE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Peter J. Blott    
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   President & Treasurer   
 
Signature Page to Purchase Agreement

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  ICN SOUTHEAST, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  OCEANSIDE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  VALEANT BIOMEDICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Peter J. Blott    
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   President & Treasurer   
 
  VALEANT CHINA, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steve T. Min    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
  VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH
AMERICA
 
 
     
     
     
 
Signature Page to Purchase Agreement

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  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
  CORIA LABORATORIES, LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
  DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Michael Pearson    
    Name:   J. Michael Pearson   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
Signature Page to Purchase Agreement

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Accepted as of the date hereof:
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
UBS SECURITIES LLC
By:   Goldman, Sachs & Co.
For itself and the other several
Purchasers named in Schedule I to
the foregoing Agreement.
     
/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
   

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SCHEDULE I
         
    Principal Amount  
    of Securities  
Purchaser   to be Purchased  
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  $ 219,000,000  
UBS Securities LLC
    73,000,000  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    36,500,000  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    27,375,000  
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
    9,125,000  
 
       
 
     
Total
  $ 365,000,000  
 
     

 


 

SCHEDULE II
(a)   Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference:
(b)    Approved Supplemental Disclosure Documents: The “roadshow” presentation delivered by management to potential investors on June 1-3, 2009

 


 

SCHEDULE III
[pricing supplement to be attached]

 


 

ANNEX I
(1)   The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S under the Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Each Purchaser represents that it has offered and sold the Securities, and will offer and sell the Securities (i) as part of their distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Time of Delivery, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S, Rule 144A or pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Annex I under the Act. Accordingly, each Purchaser agrees that neither it, its affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities, and it and they have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. Each Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of sale of Securities (other than a sale pursuant to Rule 144A) or pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Annex I, it will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Securities from it during the restricted period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:
      “The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the closing date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S (or Rule 144A if available) under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meaning given to them by Regulation S.”
    Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.
    Each Purchaser further agrees that it has not entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution or delivery of the Securities, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Company.
(2)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Securities in registered form may be offered, sold and delivered by the Purchasers in the United States and to U.S. persons pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement without delivery of the written statement required by paragraph (1) above.
 
(3)   Each Purchaser agrees that it will not offer, sell or deliver any of the Securities in any jurisdiction outside the United States except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable laws thereof, and that it will take at its own expense whatever action is required to permit its purchase and resale of the Securities in such jurisdictions. Each Purchaser understands that no action has been taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action would be required for such purpose. Each Purchaser agrees not to cause any advertisement of the

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    Securities to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and not to issue any circular relating to the Securities, except in any such case with Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s express written consent and then only at its own risk and expense.

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EX-99.4 5 a52847exv99w4.htm EX-99.4 exv99w4
Exhibit 99.4
Summary Historical and Adjusted Financial Data
The following table sets forth summary historical and adjusted financial data for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. The consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008 have been derived from our audited financial statements. The consolidated statements of operations data for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2009 and the consolidated condensed balance sheet data as of March 31, 2009 have been derived from our unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements. The consolidated statement of operations data for the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2009 have been derived from the consolidated statement of operations data for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2009. You should read this summary historical financial data together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
                                                 
                                            Twelve Months  
                            Three Months     Ended  
    Year Ended December 31,     Ended March 31,     March 31,  
    2006     2007     2008     2008     2009     2009  
    (Dollar amounts in thousands)            
Revenues:
                                               
Product sales
  $ 603,810     $ 603,051     $ 593,165     $ 139,210     $ 152,833     $ 606,788  
Services revenue
                            6,738       6,738  
Alliance revenue (including ribavirin royalties)
    81,242       86,452       63,812       12,773       18,352       69,391  
 
                                   
Total revenues
    685,052       689,503       656,977       151,983       177,923       682,917  
 
                                   
Costs and expenses:
                                               
Cost of goods sold (excluding amortization)
    161,008       158,060       167,916       35,755       39,697       171,858  
Cost of services
                            4,326       4,326  
Selling, general and administrative
    283,559       292,001       278,019       69,439       64,216       272,796  
Research and development costs, net
    105,443       97,957       86,967       29,294       8,735       66,408  
Acquired in-process research and development
                186,300                   186,300  
Gain on litigation settlements
    (51,550 )                              
Restructuring, asset impairments and dispositions
    88,616       27,675       21,295       (13,190 )     1,211       35,696  
Amortization expense
    51,295       55,985       49,973       13,329       17,004       53,648  
 
                                   
Total costs and expenses
    638,371       631,678       790,470       134,627       135,189       791,032  
 
                                   
Income (loss) from operations
    46,681       57,825       (133,493 )     17,356       42,734       (108,115 )
Other income (expense), net including translation and exchange
    766       1,659       2,063       (1,531 )     1,212       4,806  
Gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt
                (12,994 )           4,599       (8,395 )
Interest income
    12,367       17,584       17,129       4,724       1,835       14,240  
Interest expense
    (56,292 )     (56,923 )     (45,385 )     (13,384 )     (8,013 )     (40,014 )
 
                                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    3,522       20,145       (172,680 )     7,165       42,367       (137,478 )
Provision for income taxes
    36,577       13,535       34,688       4,659       11,569       41,598  
 
                                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    (33,055 )     6,610       (207,368 )     2,506       30,798       (179,076 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
    (37,332 )     (26,796 )     166,548       3,293       398       163,653  
 
                                   
Net income (loss)
    (70,387 )     (20,186 )     (40,820 )     5,799       31,196       (15,423 )
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
    3       2       7       2       1       6  
 
                                   
Net income (loss) attributable to Valeant
  $ (70,390 )   $ (20,188 )   $ (40,827 )   $ 5,797     $ 31,195     $ (15,429 )
 
                                   

 


 

                                                 
                                            Twelve Months
                            Three Months   Ended
    Year Ended December 31,   Ended March 31,   March 31,
    2006   2007   2008   2008   2009   2009
    (Dollar amounts in thousands)      
Balance Sheet Data (at end of period):
                                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 311,012     $ 287,728     $ 199,582                     $ 139,909  
Total assets
    1,503,386       1,492,321       1,185,932                       1,068,886  
Long-term debt
    698,502       716,821       398,802                       340,394  
Stockholders’ equity
    509,857       479,571       251,748                       259,381  
Other Data:
                                               
EBITDA (1)
    116,708       129,459       (65,052 )     35,151       63,498       (36,705 )
Adjusted EBITDA (2)
    153,774       157,134       142,543       21,961       64,709       185,291  
Capital Expenditures
    35,625       29,140       16,575       3,631       7,076       20,020  
 
                                               
Credit Statistics:
                                               
Ratio of long-term debt to Adjusted EBITDA
                                            1.8 x
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to interest expense
                                            4.6 x
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA minus capital expenditures to interest expense
                                            4.1 x
 
(1)   EBITDA is a non-GAAP measurement that consists of income (loss) from operations plus depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a recognized term under GAAP and does not purport to be an alternative to net earnings as a measure of operating performance or to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. Additionally, EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow available for management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as interest payments, tax payments and debt service requirements. Our presentation of EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Management uses EBITDA to measure and evaluate the operating performance of our core business operations because our resource allocation, cost of capital and income tax positions are managed at a corporate level, apart from the activities of the operating segments, and the operating facilities are located in different taxing jurisdictions which can cause considerable variation in tax expense.
 
(2)   Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measurement that consists of EBITDA plus the sum of acquired in-process research and development, gain on litigation settlements, and restructuring, asset impairments and dispositions. For the purposes of calculating Adjusted EBITDA, we have not included stock based compensation of $20.3 million, $12.4 million, and $5.1 million for the 2006, 2007, and 2008 fiscal years, respectively, and $2.4 million and $4.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively.
 
    We believe that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to EBITDA applied in presenting Adjusted EBITDA are appropriate to provide additional information to investors about certain material non-cash items and about unusual items that we do not expect to continue at the same level in the future. Such supplementary adjustments to EBITDA may not be in accordance with current SEC practice or with regulations adopted by the SEC that apply to registration statements filed under the Securities Act and periodic reports presented under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 


 

The following table reconciles income (loss) from operations, as reflected on our summary historical financial data in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted EBITDA.
                                                 
                                            Twelve Months  
                            Three Months     Ended  
    Year Ended December 31,     Ended March 31,     March 31,  
    2006     2007     2008     2008     2009     2009  
    (In thousands)          
Income (loss) from operations
  $ 46,681     $ 57,825     $ (133,493 )   $ 17,356     $ 42,734     $ (108,115 )
Depreciation and amortization
    70,027       71,634       68,441       17,795       20,764       71,410  
 
                                   
EBITDA
  $ 116,708     $ 129,459     $ (65,052 )   $ 35,151     $ 63,498     $ (36,705 )
Adjustments:
                                               
Acquired in-process research and development (a)
                186,300                   186,300  
Gain on litigation settlements (b)
    (51,550 )                              
Restructuring, asset impairments and dispositions (c)
    88,616       27,675       21,295       (13,190 )     1,211       35,696  
 
                                   
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 153,774     $ 157,134     $ 142,543     $ 21,961     $ 64,709     $ 185,291  
 
                                   
 
(a)   In connection with our acquisitions, portions of the purchase price are allocated to acquired in-process research and development on projects that, as of the acquisition date, had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. Such costs are charged to research and development expense as of the date of the acquisition. In October 2008, we acquired Coria for approximately $96.9 million of which $0.5 million was allocated to in-process research and development costs and charged to expense. In December 2008, we acquired Dow for approximately $385.1 million of which $185.8 million was allocated to in-process research and development costs and charged to expense.
 
(b)   In 2006, we recorded a gain on litigation settlement from litigation with a former chief executive officer, Milan Panic, of $17.6 million relating to Ribapharm bonuses. We also recorded a gain on litigation settlement from litigation with the Republic of Serbia of $34.0 million relating to the ownership and operations of a joint venture we formerly participated in known as Galenika.
 
(c)   In 2006, we incurred an expense of $88.6 million relating to the 2006 Restructuring. The expense included employee severance costs of $11.6 million, abandoned software and other capital assets of $22.2 million, asset impairment charges relating to fixed assets at a manufacturing facility and our former headquarters and research facility of $53.2 million and contract cancellation and other cash charges of $1.6 million.

 


 

CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of March 31, 2009 on an actual and on an as adjusted basis to give effect to the previously announced offering of the notes and the receipt of the net proceeds therefrom, but does not give effect to any specific application of such proceeds.
                 
    As of  
    March 31, 2009  
    Actual     As Adjusted  
    (In thousands)  
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 139,909     $ 485,418  
 
           
Debt:
               
8.375% Senior Unsecured Notes (1)
  $     $ 353,309  
3.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 (2) (3)
    133,885       133,885  
4.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 (2) (4)
    205,369       205,369  
Capital Leases
    1,140       1,140  
 
           
Total Long-Term Debt
    340,394       693,703  
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    259,381       259,381  
 
           
Total Capitalization
  $ 599,775     $ 953,084  
 
           
 
(1)   The face value of the 8.375% Senior Unsecured Notes is $365.0 million. The notes were issued at a price of 96.797% of their face value, resulting in approximately $353.3 million of gross proceeds. The $11.7 million discount will be amortized and included in interest expense over the term of the notes.
 
(2)   FSB APB 14-1 requires bifurcation of a component of the convertible debt instruments, classification of that component in equity, and the accretion of the resulting discount on the debt to be recognized as interest expense. Since adoption of FSP APB 14-1, we are required to separately account for the debt and equity components of our convertible notes. The balance above represents the carrying values for the convertible notes net of unamortized discount.
 
(3)   The face value of the 3.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes as of March 31, 2009 was $141.6 million.
 
(4)   The face value of the 4.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes as of March 31, 2009 was $240.0 million.

 

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