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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MANNKIND CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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13-3607736
(I.R.S. Employer
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28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 775-5300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants principal executive offices)
Alfred E. Mann
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
MannKind Corporation
28903 North Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 775-5300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
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David Thomson, Esq.
MannKind Corporation
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 775-5300
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D. Bradley Peck, Esq.
Ethan E. Christensen, Esq.
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121-1909
(858) 550-6000 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement, as determined by Registrant.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: o
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities
Act), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment
plans, check the following box: þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering: o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering: o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box:
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to
General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box: o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Registration Fee |
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Title of Each Class of Securities to Be Registered (1) |
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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$350,000,000 |
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There are being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of
shares of common stock, such indeterminate number of warrants to
purchase common stock or debt securities, and such indeterminate
principal amount of debt securities as shall have an aggregate
initial offering price not to exceed $350,000,000. If any debt
securities are issued at an original issued discount, then the
offering price of such debt securities shall be in such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial offering
price not to exceed $350,000,000, less the aggregate dollar
amount of all securities previously issued hereunder. Any
securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as
units with other securities registered hereunder. The securities
registered also include such indeterminate amounts and numbers of
common stock and debt securities as may be issued upon conversion
of or exchange for debt securities that provide for conversion or
exchange, upon exercise of warrants or pursuant to the
antidilution provisions of any such securities. |
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The proposed maximum aggregate offering price per class of
security will be determined from time to time by the Registrant
in connection with the issuance by the Registrant of the
securities registered hereunder and is not specified as to each
class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form
S-3 under the Securities Act. |
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Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. |
The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be
necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in
accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement
shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may
determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell or accept an
offer to buy the securities under this prospectus until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these
securities, and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where
such offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION, DATED AUGUST 9, 2007
PROSPECTUS
$350,000,000
MANNKIND CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
WARRANTS
DEBT SECURITIES
From
time to time, we may sell up to an aggregate of $350,000,000 of our common stock,
warrants or debt securities. We will specify in any accompanying prospectus supplement the terms of
any offering.
Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the trading symbol MNKD. The
applicable prospectus supplement will contain information, where applicable, as to other listings,
if any, on the NASDAQ Global Market or other securities exchange of the securities covered by the
prospectus supplement.
Our principal executive offices are located at 28903 North Avenue Paine, Valencia, California
91355, and our telephone number at that address is (661) 775-5300.
You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE THE SECTIONS ENTITLED RISK
FACTORS IN OUR MOST RECENT ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K AND IN OUR MOST RECENT QUARTERLY REPORT ON
FORM 10-Q, BOTH AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND BOTH OF WHICH ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell any securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
The securities may be sold directly by us to investors, through agents designated from time to
time or to or through underwriters or dealers. For additional information on the methods of sale,
you should refer to the section entitled Plan of Distribution. If any underwriters are involved
in the sale of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is being delivered, the names
of such underwriters and any applicable discounts or commissions and over allotment options will be
set forth in a prospectus supplement. The price to the public of such securities and the net
proceeds we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this Prospectus is , 2007.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you
with information different from that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and
any applicable prospectus supplement. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give
any information or to represent anything not contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. You must not rely on any unauthorized
information or representation. This prospectus is an offer to sell and is seeking offers to buy
only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is
lawful to do so. You should assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate
only as of the date on the front of this prospectus and that any information we have incorporated
by reference or included in any prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date given in the
document incorporated by reference or the prospectus supplement, as applicable, regardless of the
time of delivery of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any sale of our
securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed
since that date.
Technosphere® and MedTone® are our registered trademark in the United States. We have also
applied for or registered company trademarks in other jurisdictions, including Europe and Japan.
This document also contains trademarks and service marks owned by other companies that are the
property of their respective owners. Use or display by us of other parties trademarks, trade dress
or products in this prospectus is not intended to, and does not imply a relationship with, or
endorsements or sponsorship of, us by the trademark or trade dress owners.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or SEC, using a shelf registration process. Under this shelf registration
process, we may sell common stock, warrants or debt securities in one or more offerings up to a
total dollar amount of $350,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the
securities we may offer. Each time we sell common stock, warrants or debt securities, we will
provide a prospectus supplement that will contain more specific information about the securities
offered. We may also use a prospectus supplement to add, update or change any of the information
contained in this prospectus or in the documents we have incorporated by reference into this
prospectus. This prospectus, together with any applicable prospectus supplement and the materials
we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, includes all
material information relating to this offering. Please carefully read both this prospectus and any
applicable prospectus supplement together with the additional information described below under
Where You Can Find More Information before buying any securities in this offering.
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SUMMARY
The following summary provides an overview of selected information relating to this offering
and does not contain all the information that you should consider before investing in our
securities. You should carefully read this prospectus, all documents incorporated by reference, any
prospectus supplement, and the additional information described under the caption WHERE YOU CAN
FIND MORE INFORMATION, beginning on page 19, before buying securities in this offering. References
in this prospectus to MannKind, the Company, we, us and our refer to MannKind Corporation
and its subsidiary, on a consolidated basis, unless the context requires otherwise.
MannKind Corporation
MannKind Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and
commercialization of therapeutic products for patients with diseases such as diabetes and cancer.
Our lead investigational product candidate, the Technosphere Insulin System, is currently in Phase
3 clinical trials in the United States, Europe and Latin America to study its safety and efficacy
in the treatment of diabetes. This dry powder therapy consists of our proprietary Technosphere
particles onto which insulin molecules are loaded. These loaded particles are then aerosolized and
inhaled into the deep lung using our proprietary MedTone inhaler. We believe that the performance
characteristics, unique kinetics, convenience and ease of use of the Technosphere Insulin System
may have the potential to change the way diabetes is treated.
In particular, we have observed in our clinical trials to date that the Technosphere Insulin
System produces a profile of insulin levels in the bloodstream that approximates the insulin
profile normally seen in healthy individuals immediately following the beginning of a meal, but
which is absent in patients with diabetes. Specifically, Technosphere Insulin is rapidly absorbed
into the bloodstream following inhalation, reaching peak levels within 12 to 14 minutes. As a
result of this rapid onset of action, most of the glucose-lowering activity of Technosphere Insulin
occurs within the first three hours of administration which is generally the time in which
glucose becomes available from a meal instead of the much longer duration of action observed when
insulin is injected subcutaneously. We believe that the relatively short duration of action of
Technosphere Insulin reduces the need for patients to snack between meals in order to manage
ongoing blood glucose excursions. In our clinical trials, we have observed that patients using
Technosphere Insulin have achieved significant reductions in post-meal glucose excursions and
significant improvements in overall glucose control, as measured by decreases in glycosylated
hemoglobin, or HbA1c, levels, without the weight gain typically associated with insulin therapy.
In our clinical trials to date, we have observed no difference in pulmonary function between
patients treated with Technosphere Insulin and patients treated with standard diabetes care.
However, the longest study that we have completed so far is a six-month trial. In September 2006,
we completed patient enrollment in a pivotal, two-year, Phase 3, safety study of the Technosphere
Insulin System that compares the pulmonary function of diabetes patients randomized to either
Technosphere Insulin or standard diabetes care. We have completed
patient enrollment in three other major Phase 3 clinical trials, two of which are pivotal efficacy trials. Based on our
discussions with the Food and Drug Administration, we plan to accumulate two years of controlled
safety data before we file a new drug application for the Technosphere Insulin System. We
anticipate that our entire clinical trial program, including several special population studies,
will involve more than 4,500 patients. Larger populations and longer durations of exposure may be
necessary depending on the safety profile of our product.
Our Technosphere Insulin System utilizes our proprietary Technosphere formulation technology,
which is based on a class of organic molecules that are designed to self-assemble into small
particles onto which drug molecules can be loaded. We are also developing additional
Technosphere-based products for the delivery of other drugs. In May 2007, we initiated a clinical
trial in healthy individuals for a second Technosphere product, MKC-253. This trial is being
conducted in Europe. MKC-253 is a Technosphere formulation of glucagon-like peptide 1, or GLP-1,
that we are evaluating for safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics. GLP-1 is a hormone secreted
in the small intestine and colon in response to food intake. GLP-1 in healthy individuals is known
to stimulate insulin secretion and slow gastric emptying. Patients with type 2 diabetes often
exhibit a lower level of GLP-1 secretion. In addition to these products, we are developing
therapies for the treatment of solid tumor cancers. We initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of a
therapeutic cancer vaccine in January 2007.
We are a development stage enterprise and have incurred significant losses since our inception
in 1991. As of June 30, 2007, we have reported accumulated net
losses of $933.0 million. To date,
we have not generated any product revenues and have funded our operations primarily through the
sale of equity securities.
We do not anticipate sales of any product prior to regulatory approval and commercialization
of our Technosphere Insulin System. We currently do not have the required approvals to market any
of our product candidates, and we may not receive any approvals. We may not be profitable even if
we succeed in commercializing any of our product candidates. We expect to make substantial and
increasing expenditures and to incur additional operating losses for at least the next several
years as we:
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continue the clinical development and commercialization of our Technosphere Insulin
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expand our manufacturing operations for our Technosphere Insulin System to meet our
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expand our other research, discovery and development programs; |
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expand our proprietary Technosphere platform technology and develop additional
applications for the pulmonary delivery of other drugs; and |
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enter into sales and marketing collaborations with other companies, if available on
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Our business is subject to significant risks, including but not limited to the risks inherent
in our ongoing clinical trials and the regulatory approval process, the results of our research and
development efforts, competition from other products and technologies and uncertainties associated
with obtaining and enforcing patent rights.
Risk Factors
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Prior to making a decision
about investing in our securities, you should carefully consider the specific risk factors
discussed in the sections entitled Risk Factors contained in any applicable prospectus supplement
and our filings with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, together with all of
the other information contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus. These risks and uncertainties are not the only risks
and uncertainties we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, or that we
currently view as immaterial, may also impair our business. If any of the risks or uncertainties
described in our SEC filings or any prospectus supplement or any additional risks and uncertainties
actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and
adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of our securities could decline and you might
lose all or part of your investment.
The Securities We May Offer
We may offer shares of our common stock, various series of debt securities and/or warrants to
purchase any of these securities, with a total value of up to $350,000,000, from time to time under
this prospectus at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of
offering. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer.
Each time we offer a type or series of securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that
will describe the specific amounts, prices and other important terms of the securities, including,
to the extent applicable:
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aggregate principal amount or aggregate offering price; |
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maturity, if applicable; |
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original issue discount, if any; |
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rates and times of payment of interest, dividends or other payments, if any; |
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redemption, conversion, exercise, exchange or sinking fund terms, if any; |
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restrictive covenants, if any; |
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voting or other rights, if any; and |
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certain federal income tax considerations. |
A prospectus supplement also may add, update or change information contained in this
prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference. However, no prospectus supplement
shall offer a security that is not registered and described in this prospectus at the time of its
effectiveness.
This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell securities unless it is accompanied by a
prospectus supplement.
We may sell the securities directly to or through agents, underwriters or dealers. We, and our
agents, dealers or underwriters, reserve the right to accept or reject all or part of any proposed
purchase of securities. If we do offer securities through agents or underwriters, we will include
in the applicable prospectus supplement:
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the name of those agents or underwriters; |
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applicable fees, discounts and commissions to be paid to them; |
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details regarding over-allotment options, if any; and |
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the net proceeds to us. |
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Common Stock. We may issue shares of our common stock from time to time. Holders of our
common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.
Subject to any preferences of any of our preferred stock that may be outstanding, holders of our
common stock are entitled to dividends when and if declared by our board of directors.
Warrants. We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock or debt securities in one or
more series, from time to time. We may issue warrants independently or together with common stock
or debt securities, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from these securities. In this
prospectus, we have summarized certain general features of the warrants. We urge you, however, to
read the prospectus supplement related to any series of warrants being offered, as well as the
warrant agreements that contain the terms of the warrants. Forms of the warrant agreements and
forms of warrants containing the terms of the warrants being offered have been filed as exhibits to
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental agreements and
forms of warrants containing the terms of the warrants being offered will be filed as exhibits to
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or will be incorporated by reference
from reports we file with the SEC.
We will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates that we will issue under a
separate agreement. We will enter into the warrant agreements with a warrant agent. Each warrant
agent will be a bank that we select. We will state the name and address of the warrant agent in the
applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of warrants.
Debt Securities. We may offer debt securities from time to time, in one or more series, as
either senior or subordinated debt or as senior or subordinated convertible debt. The senior debt
securities will rank equally with any other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated
debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
described in the instrument governing the debt, to all of our senior indebtedness. Convertible debt
securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock or our other securities.
Conversion may be mandatory or at the lenders option and would be at prescribed conversion rates.
The debt securities will be issued under one or more documents called indentures, which are
contracts between us and a national banking association, as trustee. In this prospectus, we have
summarized certain general features of the debt securities. We urge you, however, to read the
prospectus supplement related to the series of debt securities being offered, as well as the
complete indentures that contain the terms of the debt securities. Indentures have been filed as
exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental
indentures and forms of debt securities containing the terms of debt securities being offered will
be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or will be
incorporated by reference from reports we file with the SEC.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods
indicated:
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For the purpose of this table, earnings consist of income (loss) from continuing operations
before income taxes, extraordinary items, cumulative effect of accounting changes, equity in net
losses of affiliates and fixed charges and fixed charges consist of interest expense and the
portion of operating lease expense that represents interest. For the fiscal years ended December 31,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and the six months ended June 30, 2007, we had no earnings.
Our earnings for those periods were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $206.3 million, $65.9 million,
$76.0 million, $114.3 million, $228.8 million and
$143.1 million, respectively.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements contained in this prospectus, in the documents incorporated by reference herein and
in any prospectus supplement that are not strictly historical in nature are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Act, and within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor
created by Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and may include,
but are not limited to, statements about:
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the timing of completion of enrollment in our clinical trials, the timing of the
interim analyses and the timing or success of the commercialization of our Technosphere
Insulin System, or any other products or therapies that we may develop; |
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our ability to market, commercialize and achieve market acceptance for our
Technosphere Insulin System, or any other products or therapies that we may develop; |
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our ability to protect our intellectual property and operate our business without
infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others; |
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our estimates for future performance; our estimates regarding anticipated operating
losses, future revenues, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing; |
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scientific studies and the conclusions we draw from them; and |
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our ability to successfully enter into strategic business collaborations. |
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as anticipates,
believes, could, estimates, expects, goal, intends, may, plans, potential,
predicts, projects, should, will, would, the negative of these words and words or similar
expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our views as
of the date on which they were made with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and
subject to risks and uncertainties. The underlying information and expectations are likely to
change over time. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements as actual events or results may differ materially from those projected
in the forward-looking statements due to various factors, including, but not limited to, those set
forth under the heading Risk Factors in any applicable prospectus supplement and in our SEC
filings. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the
date of the document containing the applicable statement.
You should rely only on the information contained, or incorporated by reference, in this
prospectus, the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, the documents
incorporated by reference herein, and any applicable prospectus supplement and understand that our
actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of the
forward-looking statements in the foregoing documents by these cautionary statements. Unless
required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to
reflect new information or future events or developments. Thus, you should not assume that our
silence over time means that actual events are bearing out as expressed or implied in such
forward-looking statements. Before deciding to purchase our securities, you should carefully
consider the risk factors discussed here or incorporated by reference, in addition to the other
information set forth in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and in the
documents incorporated by reference.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as described in any prospectus supplement, we currently intend to use the net proceeds
from the sale of the securities offered hereby to fund the costs of our clinical trials program and
other research and development activities and expand our manufacturing operations, both on-going
and planned, and for general corporate purposes, including working capital and repayment of
outstanding indebtedness. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to in-license, invest in or
acquire businesses or technologies that we believe are complementary to our own, although we have
no current plans, commitments or agreements with respect to any acquisitions as of the date of this
prospectus other than our agreement to license certain technology from the Technion Research and
Development Foundation Ltd, an Israeli corporation affiliated with the Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology. Pending these uses, we intend to invest the net proceeds in investment-grade,
interest-bearing securities.
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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
Our authorized capital stock consists of 150,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value,
and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value. As of June 30, 2007, there were
73,485,839 shares of common stock outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
Voting Rights
Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share on all matters
submitted to a vote of our stockholders, including the election of our directors. Under our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws, our stockholders will not have cumulative voting rights.
Accordingly, the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote
in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election, if they should
so choose. In all other matters, an action by our common stockholders requires the affirmative vote
of the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote.
Dividends
Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of our preferred
stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably any dividends our board of
directors declares out of funds legally available for that purpose. Any dividends on our common
stock will be non-cumulative.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up
If we liquidate, dissolve or wind up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to share
ratably in all assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders after the payment of
all of our debts and other liabilities and the satisfaction of any liquidation preference granted
to the holders of any outstanding shares of our preferred stock.
Rights and Preferences
Our common stock has no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights. There are no redemption
or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges
of the holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of
the holders of any outstanding shares of our of preferred stock, which we may designate and issue
in the future.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
Delaware takeover statute
We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, which
regulates acquisitions of some Delaware corporations. In general, Section 203 prohibits, with some
exceptions, a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with an
interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date of the transaction in which
the person became an interested stockholder, unless:
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the board of directors of the corporation approved the business combination or the
other transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder prior to the date
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upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the person becoming an
interested stockholder, the person owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the
corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by
persons who are directors and also officers of the corporation and shares issued under
employee stock plans under which employee participants do not have the right to determine
confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or
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on or subsequent to the date the person became an interested stockholder, the board of
directors of the corporation approved the business combination and the stockholders of
the corporation authorized the business combination at an annual or special meeting of
stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding stock of the
corporation not owned by the interested stockholder. |
Section 203 of the DGCL generally defines a business combination to include any of the following:
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any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the corporations
assets or outstanding stock involving the interested stockholder; |
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in general, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the
corporation of any of its stock to the interested stockholder; |
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any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the
proportionate share of its stock owned by the interested stockholder; or |
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the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances,
guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation. |
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In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as any person who, together with
the persons affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years prior to the determination of
interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of a corporations voting stock.
Section 203 of the DGCL could depress our stock price and delay, discourage or prohibit
transactions not approved in advance by our board of directors, such as takeover attempts that
might otherwise involve the payment to our stockholders of a premium over the market price of our
common stock.
Certificate of incorporation and bylaw provisions
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws include a number of provisions that may have the
effect of deterring hostile takeovers or delaying or preventing changes in our control or our
management, including, but not limited to the following:
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Our board of directors can issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with any
rights or preferences, including the right to approve or not approve an acquisition or
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Our certificate of incorporation provides that all stockholder actions must be effected
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Our bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by the
Chairman of our board of directors, by our Chief Executive Officer, by our board of
directors upon a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized
directors or, under certain limited circumstances, by the holders of at least 5% of our
outstanding voting stock. |
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Our bylaws provide that stockholders seeking to present proposals before a meeting of
stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at a meeting of
stockholders must provide timely notice in writing and also specify requirements as to the
form and content of a stockholders notice. These provisions may delay or preclude
stockholders from bringing matters before a meeting of our stockholders or from making
nominations for directors at a meeting of stockholders, which could delay or deter takeover
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Our certificate of incorporation provides that, subject to the rights of the holders of
any outstanding series of preferred stock, all vacancies, including newly created
directorships, may, except as otherwise required by law, be filled by the affirmative vote
of a majority of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum. In addition, our
certificate of incorporation provides that our board of directors may fix the number of
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Our certificate of incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting for directors.
The absence of cumulative voting may make it more difficult for stockholders who own an
aggregate of less than a majority of our voting stock to elect any directors to our board
of directors. |
These and other provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws are
expected to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions
are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our
board of directors. However, these provisions could delay or discourage transactions involving an
actual or potential change in control of us or our management, including transactions in which our
stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over market price of our stock and
may limit the ability of stockholders to remove our current management or approve transactions that
our stockholders may deem to be in their best interests and, therefore, could adversely affect the
price of our common stock.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Mellon Investor Services. Mellon
Investor Services address is 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, California 90071.
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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any
applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the warrants that
we may offer under this prospectus, which may consist of warrants to purchase common stock or debt
securities and may be issued in one or more series. Warrants may be offered independently or
together with common stock or debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement, and may be
attached to or separate from those securities. While the terms we have summarized below will
generally apply to any future warrants we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the
particular terms of any warrants that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus
supplement. The terms of any warrants we offer under a prospectus supplement may differ from the
terms we describe below.
We will issue the warrants under a warrant agreement which we will enter into with a warrant
agent to be selected by us. We have filed forms of the warrant agreements and the related warrant
certificates for each type of warrant we may offer under this prospectus as exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. We use the term warrant agreement to
refer to any of these warrant agreements. We use the term warrant agent to refer to the warrant
agent under any of these warrant agreements. The warrant agent will act solely as an agent of ours
in connection with the warrants and will not act as an agent for the holders or beneficial owners
of the warrants.
The following summaries of material provisions of the warrants and the warrant agreements are
subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the warrant
agreement applicable to a particular series of warrants. We urge you to read the applicable
prospectus supplement related to the warrants that we sell under this prospectus, as well as the
complete warrant agreements that contain the terms of the warrants.
General
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms relating to a series of
warrants.
If warrants for the purchase of common stock are offered, the applicable prospectus supplement
will describe the following terms, to the extent applicable:
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the total number of shares that can be purchased if a holder of the warrants exercises them; |
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the number of shares of common stock that can be purchased if a holder exercises the
warrant and the price at which such common stock may be purchased upon exercise, including,
if applicable, any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price and in
the securities or other property receivable upon exercise; |
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the terms of any rights to redeem or call, or accelerate the expiration of, the warrants; |
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the date on which the right to exercise the warrants begins and the date on which that right expires; |
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certain federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants; and |
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any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the warrants. |
If warrants for the purchase of debt securities are offered, the applicable prospectus
supplement will describe the following terms, to the extent applicable:
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the offering price and the aggregate number of warrants offered; |
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the currencies in which the warrants are being offered; |
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the designation, denominations and terms of the series of debt securities that can be
purchased if a holder exercises a warrant; |
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the principal amount of the series of debt securities that can be purchased if a holder
exercises a warrant and the price at which and currencies in which such principal amount
may be purchased upon exercise; |
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the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants; |
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the date on which the right to exercise the warrants begins and the date on which such right expires; |
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certain federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants; and |
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any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the warrants. |
Warrants will be in registered form only.
If the warrants are offered attached to common stock or debt securities, the applicable
prospectus supplement will also describe the date on and after which the holder of the warrants can
transfer them separately from the related common stock or debt securities.
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A holder of warrant certificates may exchange them for new certificates of different
denominations, present them for registration of transfer and exercise them at the corporate trust
office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Until any warrants to purchase common stock are exercised, holders of the warrants will not have
any rights of holders of the underlying common stock, including any rights to receive dividends or
to exercise any voting rights, except to the extent set forth under Warrant Adjustments below.
Until any warrants to purchase debt securities are exercised, the holder of the warrants will not
have any of the rights of holders of the debt securities that can be purchased upon exercise,
including any rights to receive payments of principal, premium or interest on the underlying debt
securities or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture.
Exercise of Warrants
Each holder of a warrant is entitled to purchase the number of shares of common stock or
principal amount of debt securities at the exercise price described in the applicable prospectus
supplement. After the close of business on the day when the right to exercise terminates (or a
later date if we extend the time for exercise), unexercised warrants will become void.
A holder of warrants may exercise them by following the general procedure outlined below:
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delivering to the warrant agent the payment required by the applicable prospectus
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properly completing and signing the reverse side of the warrant certificate representing
the warrants; and |
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delivering the warrant certificate representing the warrants to the warrant agent within
five business days of the warrant agent receiving payment of the exercise price. |
If you comply with the procedures described above, your warrants will be considered to have
been exercised when the warrant agent receives payment of the exercise price, subject to the
transfer books for the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrant not being closed on such
date. After you have completed those procedures and subject to the foregoing, we will, as soon as
practicable, issue and deliver to you the common stock or debt securities that you purchased upon
exercise. If you exercise fewer than all of the warrants represented by a warrant certificate, a
new warrant certificate will be issued to you for the unexercised amount of warrants. Holders of
warrants will be required to pay any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with transferring the underlying securities in connection with the exercise of the warrants.
Amendments and Supplements to the Warrant Agreements
We may amend or supplement a warrant agreement without the consent of the holders of the
applicable warrants to cure ambiguities in the warrant agreement, to cure or correct a defective
provision in the warrant agreement, or to provide for other matters under the warrant agreement
that we and the warrant agent deem necessary or desirable, so long as, in each case, such
amendments or supplements do not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the
warrants.
Warrant Adjustments
Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, the exercise price of, and the
number of securities covered by, a common stock warrant will be adjusted proportionately if we
subdivide or combine our common stock. In addition, unless the applicable prospectus supplement
states otherwise, if we without receiving payment:
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issue capital stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for common
stock, or any rights to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing,
as a dividend or distribution to holders of our common stock; |
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issue any evidence of our indebtedness or rights to subscribe for or purchase our
indebtedness to holders of our common stock; or |
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issue common stock or additional stock or other securities or property to holders of our
common stock by way of spinoff, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or
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then the holders of common stock warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the
warrants, in addition to the securities otherwise receivable upon exercise of the warrants and
without paying any additional consideration, the amount of stock and other securities and property
such holders would have been entitled to receive had they held the common stock issuable under the
warrants on the dates on which holders of those securities received or became entitled to receive
such additional stock and other securities and property.
Except as stated above, the exercise price and number of securities covered by a common stock
warrant and the amounts of other securities or property to be received, if any, upon exercise of
those warrants, will not be adjusted or provided for if we issue those securities or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for those securities, or securities carrying the right to purchase
those securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for those securities.
Holders of common stock warrants may have additional rights under the following circumstances:
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certain reclassifications, capital reorganizations or changes of the common stock; |
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certain share exchanges, mergers, or similar transactions involving us and which result
in changes of the common stock; or
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certain sales or dispositions to another entity of all or substantially all of our
property and assets. |
If one of the above transactions occurs and holders of our common stock are entitled to
receive stock, securities or other property with respect to or in exchange for their securities,
the holders of the common stock warrants then outstanding will be entitled to receive upon exercise
of their warrants the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities or property that they
would have received upon the applicable transaction if they had exercised their warrants
immediately before the transaction.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any
applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the debt
securities that we may offer under this prospectus. While the terms we have summarized below will
apply generally to any future debt securities we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe
the particular terms of any debt securities that we may offer in more detail in the applicable
prospectus supplement. The terms of any debt securities we offer under a prospectus supplement may
differ from the terms we describe below. However, no prospectus supplement shall fundamentally
change the terms that are set forth in this prospectus or offer a security that is not registered
and described in this prospectus at the time of its effectiveness. As of the date of this
prospectus, we have no outstanding registered debt securities.
We will issue the senior debt securities under the senior indenture that we will enter into
with the trustee named in the senior indenture. We will issue the subordinated debt securities
under the subordinated indenture that we will enter into with the trustee named in the subordinated
indenture. We have filed forms of these documents as exhibits to the registration statement which
includes this prospectus. We use the term indentures in this prospectus to refer to both the
senior indenture and the subordinated indenture.
The indentures will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or Trust
Indenture Act. We use the term debenture trustee to refer to either the trustee under the senior
indenture or the trustee under the subordinated indenture, as applicable.
The following summaries of material provisions of the senior debt securities, the subordinated
debt securities and the indentures are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to,
all the provisions of the indenture applicable to a particular series of debt securities. We urge
you to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the debt securities that we sell under
this prospectus, as well as the indenture that contains the terms of the debt securities. Except as
we may otherwise indicate, the terms of the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are
identical.
General
We will describe in each applicable prospectus supplement the terms relating to a series of
debt securities, including:
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the principal amount being offered, and if a series, the total amount authorized and the total amount outstanding; |
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any limit on the amount that may be issued; |
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whether or not we will issue the series of debt securities in global form, the terms and who the depositary will be; |
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the maturity date; |
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whether and under what circumstances, if any, we will pay additional amounts on any debt
securities held by a person who is not a United States person for tax purposes, and whether
we can redeem the debt securities if we have to pay such additional amounts; |
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the annual interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining
the rate and the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and
the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such
dates; |
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whether or not the debt securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt; |
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the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated debt; |
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the place where payments will be payable; |
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restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any; |
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our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum length of any such deferral period; |
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the date, if any, after which, and the price at which, we may, at our option, redeem the
series of debt securities pursuant to any optional or provisional redemption provisions and
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the date, if any, on which, and the price at which we are obligated, pursuant to
any mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the
holders option to purchase, the series of debt securities and the currency or currency
unit in which the debt securities are payable; |
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whether the indenture will restrict our ability or the ability of our subsidiaries to: |
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incur additional indebtedness; |
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create liens;
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pay dividends or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or the capital stock of our subsidiaries; |
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place restrictions on our subsidiaries ability to pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets; |
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make investments or other restricted payments; |
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sell or otherwise dispose of assets; |
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whether the indenture will require us to maintain any interest coverage, fixed charge,
cash flow-based, asset-based or other financial ratios; |
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a discussion of certain material or special United States federal income tax
considerations applicable to the debt securities; |
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information describing any book-entry features; |
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provisions for a sinking fund purchase or other analogous fund, if any; |
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whether the debt securities are to be offered at a price such that they will be deemed
to be offered at an original issue discount as defined in paragraph (a) of Section 1273
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the denominations in which we will issue the series of debt securities, if other than
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any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the
debt securities, including any additional events of default or covenants provided with
respect to the debt securities, and any terms that may be required by us or advisable under
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Conversion or Exchange Rights
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms on which a series of debt
securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock or our other securities. We
will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the
holder or at our option. We may include provisions pursuant to which the number of shares of our
common stock or our other securities that the holders of the series of debt securities receive
would be subject to adjustment.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
The indentures do not contain any covenant that restricts our ability to merge or consolidate,
or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. However,
any successor to or acquiror of such assets must assume all of our obligations under the indentures
or the debt securities, as appropriate. If the debt securities are convertible for our other
securities or securities of other entities, the person with whom we consolidate or merge or to whom
we sell all of our property must make provisions for the conversion of the debt securities into
securities that the holders of the debt securities would have received if they had converted the
debt securities before the consolidation, merger or sale.
Events of Default Under the Indenture
The following are events of default under the indentures with respect to any series of debt
securities that we may issue:
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if we fail to pay interest when due and payable and our failure continues for 90 days
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if we fail to pay the principal, premium or sinking fund payment, if any, when due and
payable and the time for payment has not been extended or delayed; |
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if we fail to observe or perform any other covenant contained in the debt securities or
the indentures, other than a covenant specifically relating to another series of debt
securities, and our failure continues for 90 days after we receive notice from the
debenture trustee or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of the applicable series; and |
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If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series occurs and is continuing,
other than an event of default specified in the last bullet point above, the debenture trustee or
the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt
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securities of that series, by notice to us in writing, and to the debenture trustee if notice
is given by such holders, may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest, if any, due and payable immediately. If an event of default specified in the last bullet
point above occurs with respect to us, the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, of
each issue of debt securities then outstanding shall be due and payable without any notice or other
action on the part of the debenture trustee or any holder.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of an
affected series may waive any default or event of default with respect to the series and its
consequences, except defaults or events of default regarding payment of principal, premium, if any,
or interest, unless we have cured the default or event of default in accordance with the indenture.
Any waiver shall cure the default or event of default.
Subject to the terms of the indentures, if an event of default under an indenture shall occur
and be continuing, the debenture trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights
or powers under such indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the applicable
series of debt securities, unless such holders have offered the debenture trustee reasonable
indemnity. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any
series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the debenture trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
debenture trustee, with respect to the debt securities of that series, provided that:
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subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act, the debenture trustee need not take
any action that might involve it in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to
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A holder of the debt securities of any series will only have the right to institute a
proceeding under the indentures or to appoint a receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies if:
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the holder has given written notice to the debenture trustee of a continuing event of
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the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of that series have made written request, and such holders have offered
reasonable indemnity to the debenture trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee; and |
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the debenture trustee does not institute the proceeding, and does not receive from the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
that series other conflicting directions within 90 days after the notice, request and
offer. |
These limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of debt securities if we
default in the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on, the debt securities.
We will periodically file statements with the debenture trustee regarding our compliance with
specified covenants in the indentures.
Modification of Indenture; Waiver
We and the debenture trustee may change an indenture without the consent of any holders with
respect to specific matters:
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to comply with the provisions described above under Consolidation, Merger or Sale; |
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to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of any
indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; |
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to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of debt
securities, as set forth in the indenture; |
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to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the
debt securities of any series as provided under General to establish the form of any
certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of the indenture or any
series of debt securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of debt
securities; |
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to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee; |
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to add to our covenants such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for
the protection of the holders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the
continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or
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to change anything that does not materially adversely affect the interests of any holder
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In addition, under the indentures, the rights of holders of a series of debt securities may be
changed by us and the debenture trustee with the written consent of the holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of
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each series that is affected. However, we and the debenture trustee may only make the
following changes with the consent of each holder of any outstanding debt securities affected:
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reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending the time of payment of
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reducing the percentage of debt securities, the holders of which are required to consent
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Discharge
Each indenture provides that we can elect to be discharged from our obligations with respect
to one or more series of debt securities, except for specified obligations, including obligations
to:
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register the transfer or exchange of debt securities of the series; |
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replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities of the series; |
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maintain paying agencies; |
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appoint any successor trustee. |
In order to exercise our rights to be discharged, we must deposit with the debenture trustee
money or government obligations sufficient to pay all the principal of, any premium and interest
on, the debt securities of the series on the dates payments are due.
Form, Exchange and Transfer
We will issue the debt securities of each series only in fully registered form without coupons
and, unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The indentures provide that we may issue debt securities
of a series in temporary or permanent global form and as book-entry securities that will be
deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company or another depositary named by us and
identified in a prospectus supplement with respect to that series. See Legal Ownership of
Securities for a further description of the terms relating to any book-entry securities.
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations
applicable to global securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the holder of
the debt securities of any series can exchange the debt securities for other debt securities of the
same series, in any authorized denomination and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations applicable to global securities set
forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the debt securities may present the debt
securities for exchange or for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or with the form of transfer
endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by us or the security registrar, at the office of the
security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for this purpose. Unless
otherwise provided in the debt securities that the holder presents for transfer or exchange, we
will make no service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange, but we may require
payment of any taxes or other governmental charges.
We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement the security registrar, and any transfer
agent in addition to the security registrar, that we initially designate for any debt securities.
We may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer
agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts, except that we will
be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of each
series.
If we elect to redeem the debt securities of any series, we will not be required to:
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issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any debt securities of that series during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice
of redemption of any debt securities that may be selected for redemption and ending at the
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register the transfer of or exchange any debt securities so selected for redemption, in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any debt securities we are redeeming in
part. |
Information Concerning the Debenture Trustee
The debenture trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an event of default
under an indenture, undertakes to perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in the
applicable indenture. Upon an event of default under an indenture, the debenture trustee must use
the same degree of care as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own
affairs.
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Subject to this provision, the debenture trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the
powers given it by the indentures at the request of any holder of debt securities unless it is
offered reasonable security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might
incur.
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payment of
the interest on any debt securities on any interest payment date to the person in whose name the
debt securities, or one or more predecessor securities, are registered at the close of business on
the regular record date for the interest.
We will pay principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of a particular
series at the office of the paying agents designated by us, except that unless we otherwise
indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make interest payments by check that we
will mail to the holder or by wire transfer to certain holders. Unless we otherwise indicate in a
prospectus supplement, we will designate the corporate trust office of the debenture trustee in the
City of New York as our sole paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of each
series. We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement any other paying agents that we
initially designate for the debt securities of a particular series. We will maintain a paying agent
in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series.
All money we pay to a paying agent or the debenture trustee for the payment of the principal
of or any premium or interest on any debt securities that remains unclaimed at the end of two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the
holder of the debt security thereafter may look only to us for payment thereof.
Governing Law
The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.
Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities
The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be subordinate and junior in
priority of payment to certain of our other indebtedness to the extent described in a prospectus
supplement. The subordinated indenture does not limit the amount of subordinated debt securities
that we may issue. It also does not limit us from issuing any other secured or unsecured debt.
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LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
We can issue securities in registered form or in the form of one or more global securities. We
describe global securities in greater detail below. We refer to those persons who have securities
registered in their own names on the books that we or any applicable trustee maintain for this
purpose as the holders of those securities. These persons are the legal holders of the
securities. We refer to those persons who, indirectly through others, own beneficial interests in
securities that are not registered in their own names, as indirect holders of those securities.
As we discuss below, indirect holders are not legal holders, and investors in securities
issued in book-entry form or in street name will be indirect holders.
Book-Entry Holders
We may issue securities in book-entry form only, as we will specify in the applicable
prospectus supplement. This means securities may be represented by one or more global securities
registered in the name of a financial institution that holds them as depositary on behalf of other
financial institutions that participate in the depositarys book-entry system. These participating
institutions, which are referred to as participants, in turn hold beneficial interests in the
securities on behalf of themselves or their customers.
Only the person in whose name a security is registered is recognized as the holder of that
security. Securities issued in global form will be registered in the name of the depositary or its
participants. Consequently, for securities issued in global form, we will recognize only the
depositary as the holder of the securities, and we will make all payments on the securities to the
depositary. The depositary passes along the payments it receives to its participants, which in turn
pass the payments along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The depositary and its
participants do so under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers; they
are not obligated to do so under the terms of the securities.
As a result, investors in a book-entry security will not own securities directly. Instead,
they will own beneficial interests in a global security, through a bank, broker or other financial
institution that participates in the depositarys book-entry system or holds an interest through a
participant. As long as the securities are issued in global form, investors will be indirect
holders, and not legal holders, of the securities.
Street Name Holders
We may terminate a global security or issue securities in non-global form. In these cases,
investors may choose to hold their securities in their own names or in street name. Securities
held by an investor in street name would be registered in the name of a bank, broker or other
financial institution that the investor chooses, and the investor would hold only a beneficial
interest in those securities through an account he or she maintains at that institution.
For securities held in street name, we will recognize only the intermediary banks, brokers and
other financial institutions in whose names the securities are registered as the holders of those
securities, and we will make all payments on those securities to them. These institutions pass
along the payments they receive to their customers who are the beneficial owners, but only because
they agree to do so in their customer agreements or because they are legally required to do so.
Investors who hold securities in street name will be indirect holders, not legal holders, of those
securities.
Legal Holders
Our obligations, as well as the obligations of any applicable trustee and of any third parties
employed by us or a trustee, run only to the legal holders of the securities. We do not have
obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests in global securities, in street name or by
any other indirect means. This will be the case whether an investor chooses to be an indirect
holder of a security or has no choice because we are issuing the securities only in global form.
For example, once we make a payment or give a notice to the holder, we have no further
responsibility for the payment or notice even if that holder is required, under agreements with
depositary participants or customers or by law, to pass it along to the indirect holders but does
not do so. Similarly, we may want to obtain the approval of the holders to amend an indenture, to
relieve us of the consequences of a default or of our obligation to comply with a particular
provision of the indenture or for other purposes. In such an event, we would seek approval only
from the legal holders, and not the indirect holders, of the securities. Whether and how the
holders contact the indirect holders is up to the legal holders.
Special Considerations for Indirect Holders
If you hold securities through a bank, broker or other financial institution, either in
book-entry form or in street name, you should check with your own institution to find out:
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whether it imposes fees or charges; |
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how it would handle a request for the holders consent, if ever required; |
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whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities registered in your own name so you can be a holder, if that is
permitted in the future;
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how it would exercise rights under the securities if there were a default or other event
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if the securities are in book-entry form, how the depositarys rules and procedures will
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Global Securities
A global security is a security that represents one or any other number of individual
securities held by a depositary. Generally, all securities represented by the same global
securities will have the same terms.
Each security issued in book-entry form will be represented by a global security that we
deposit with and register in the name of a financial institution or its nominee that we select. The
financial institution that we select for this purpose is called the depositary. Unless we specify
otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New
York, known as DTC, will be the depositary for all securities issued in book-entry form.
A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the name of anyone other than the
depositary, its nominee or a successor depositary, unless special termination situations arise. We
describe those situations below under Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be
Terminated. As a result of these arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee, will be the sole
registered owner and legal holder of all securities represented by a global security, and investors
will be permitted to own only beneficial interests in a global security. Beneficial interests must
be held by means of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn has
an account with the depositary or with another institution that does. Thus, an investor whose
security is represented by a global security will not be a legal holder of the security, but only
an indirect holder of a beneficial interest in the global security.
If the prospectus supplement for a particular security indicates that the security will be
issued in global form only, then the security will be represented by a global security at all times
unless and until the global security is terminated. If termination occurs, we may issue the
securities through another book-entry clearing system or decide that the securities may no longer
be held through any book-entry clearing system.
Special Considerations for Global Securities
As an indirect holder, an investors rights relating to a global security will be governed by
the account rules of the investors financial institution and of the depositary, as well as general
laws relating to securities transfers. We do not recognize an indirect holder as a legal holder of
securities and instead deal only with the depositary that holds the global security.
If securities are issued only in the form of a global security, an investor should be aware of
the following:
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An investor cannot cause the securities to be registered in his or her name and cannot
obtain non-global certificates for his or her interest in the securities, except in the
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An investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or her own bank or broker
for payments on the securities and protection of his or her legal rights relating to the
securities, as we describe above. |
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An investor may not be able to sell interests in the securities to some insurance
companies and to other institutions that are required by law to own their securities in
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An investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in a global security in
circumstances where certificates representing the securities must be delivered to the
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The depositarys policies, which may change from time to time, will govern payments,
transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to an investors interest in a global
security. We and any applicable trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of the
depositarys actions or for its records of ownership interests in a global security. We and
the trustee also do not supervise the depositary in any way. |
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The depositary may, and we understand that DTC will, require that those who purchase and
sell interests in a global security within its book-entry system use immediately available
funds, and your broker or bank may require you to do so as well. |
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Financial institutions that participate in the depositarys book-entry system, and
through which an investor holds its interest in a global security, may also have their own
policies affecting payments, notices and other matters relating to the securities. There
may be more than one financial intermediary in the chain of ownership for an investor. We
do not monitor and are not responsible for the actions of any of those intermediaries. |
Special Situations when a Global Security Will Be Terminated
In a few special situations described below, the global security will terminate, and interests
in it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing those interests. After that
exchange, the choice of whether to hold securities directly or in street name will be up to the
investor. Investors must consult their own banks or brokers to find out how to have their interests
in securities transferred to their own name, so that they will be direct holders. We have described
the rights of holders and street name investors above.
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The global security will terminate when the following special situations occur:
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if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualified to
continue as depositary for that global security and we do not appoint another institution
to act as depositary within 90 days; |
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if we notify any applicable trustee that we wish to terminate that global security; or |
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if an event of default has occurred with regard to securities represented by that global
security and has not been cured or waived. |
The applicable prospectus supplement may also list additional situations for terminating a
global security that would apply only to the particular series of securities covered by the
prospectus supplement. When a global security terminates, the depositary, and not we or any
applicable trustee, is responsible for deciding the names of the institutions that will be the
initial direct holders.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the common stock warrants or debt securities to or through underwriters or
dealers, through agents, or directly to one or more purchasers. A prospectus supplement or
supplements will describe the terms of the offering of the securities, including:
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the name or names of any underwriters, if any; |
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the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we will receive from the sale; |
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any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us; |
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any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items constituting agents or underwriters compensation; |
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any public offering price; |
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any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and |
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any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed. |
Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement are underwriters of the securities
offered by the prospectus supplement.
If underwriters are used in the sale, they will acquire the securities for their own account
and may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed public
offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the
underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to the conditions set forth in the
applicable underwriting agreement. We may offer the securities to the public through underwriting
syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate. Subject to
certain conditions, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities offered by
the prospectus supplement. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or
reallowed or paid to dealers may change from time to time. We may use underwriters with whom we
have a material relationship. We will describe in the prospectus supplement, naming the
underwriter, the nature of any such relationship.
We may sell securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. We will name
any agent involved in the offering and sale of securities and we will describe any commissions we
will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise,
our agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by certain types of institutional
investors to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus
supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified
date in the future. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must
pay for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.
We may provide agents and underwriters with indemnification against civil liabilities related
to this offering, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to
payments that the agents or underwriters may make with respect to these liabilities. Agents and
underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of
business.
All securities we offer, other than common stock, will be new issues of securities with no
established trading market. Any underwriters may make a market in these securities, but will not be
obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot
guarantee the liquidity of the trading markets for any securities.
Any underwriter may engage in overallotment, stabilizing transactions, short covering
transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Overallotment
involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing
transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not
exceed a specified maximum. Short covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the
open market after the distribution is completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the
underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by
the dealer are purchased in a covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may
cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the
underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time.
Any underwriters who are qualified market makers on the NASDAQ Global Market may engage in
passive market making transactions in the common stock, warrants and debt securities on the NASDAQ
Global Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M, during the business day prior to the
pricing of the offering, before the commencement of offers or sales of the securities. Passive
market makers must comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be identified as
passive market makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in
excess of the highest independent bid for such security; if all independent bids are lowered below
the passive market makers bid, however, the passive market makers bid must then be lowered when
certain purchase limits are exceeded.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Cooley
Godward Kronish LLP, San Diego, California.
EXPERTS
The
financial statements, the related financial statement schedules, and managements report on the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Companys Annual Report
on Form 10-K have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference, and have
been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as
experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are a reporting company and file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC. We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3
under the Securities Act with respect to the securities we are offering under this prospectus. This
prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the
information set forth in the registration statement or the exhibits which are part of the
registration statement. For further information with respect to us and the securities we are
offering under this prospectus, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and
schedules filed as a part of the registration statement. You may read and copy any document we file
with the SEC at the SECs Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the Public
Reference Room. Our SEC filings are also available at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. We
maintain a website at www.mannkindcorp.com. Information contained in our website does not
constitute a part of this prospectus.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information that we file with it, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus. Information in this
prospectus supersedes information incorporated by reference that we filed with the SEC prior to the
date of this prospectus, while information that we file later with the SEC will automatically
update and supersede the information in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference into this
registration statement and prospectus the documents listed below, and any future filings we will
make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of
the initial registration statement but prior to effectiveness of the registration statement and
after the date of this prospectus but prior to the termination of the offering of the securities
covered by this prospectus (other than current reports or portions thereof furnished under Item 2.02
or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K):
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006; |
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our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007; |
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our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 26,
2007, June 18, 2007 and August 3, 2007; and |
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the description of our common stock set forth in our registration statement on Form 8-A,
filed with the SEC on July 23, 2004, including any amendments or reports filed for the
purposes of updating this description. |
We will furnish without charge to you, on written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the
documents incorporated by reference, including exhibits to these documents. You should direct any
requests for documents to:
Investor Relations
MannKind Corporation
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 775-5300
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses, other than the underwriting
discounts and commissions, payable by the Registrant in connection with the offering of the
securities being registered. All the amounts shown are estimates, except for the registration fee.
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Item 15. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the DGCL
generally provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who is, or is threatened to
be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such
corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or
agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as an officer,
director, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include
expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided
that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporations best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may
also indemnify any person who is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such
person was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit,
provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the corporations best interests, except that no indemnification is permitted
without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.
Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such
officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred. Our certificate of incorporation and
bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted under the DGCL and other applicable laws.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for
liability:
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for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit; |
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for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
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for improper payment of dividends or redemptions of shares; or |
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for any breach of a directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders. |
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws include this provision. Expenses incurred by any
officer or director in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final
disposition shall be paid by us upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such
director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that
such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by us.
As permitted by Delaware law, we have entered into indemnity agreements with each of our
directors and executive officers that require us to indemnify such persons against any and all
expenses (including attorneys fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines, settlements and
other amounts incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, an officer or an employee of the Company
or any of its affiliated enterprises, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner
such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and,
with respect to any criminal proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the
event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
Item 16. Exhibits
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4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
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4.2
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Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrants quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2007). |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to
Registration Statement File No. 333-115020). |
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Form of common stock certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement File No. 333-115020). |
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4.5
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Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate. |
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4.6
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Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate. |
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Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of
August 9, 2007 among MannKind Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as trustee. |
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Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of
August 9, 2007 among MannKind Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as trustee. |
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Form of Senior Note. |
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4.10 (1)
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Form of Subordinated Note. |
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5.1
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Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. |
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12.1
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Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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23.1
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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23.2
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Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page). |
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25.1
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under the Senior Debt Indenture. |
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under the Subordinated Debt Indenture. |
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To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a current report of the Registrant on Form 8-K
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Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
provided, however, that subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in
a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
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Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be
deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus
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Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or
(b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of
the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the
first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at
that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to
which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior
to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or
made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date. |
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If the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than
registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses field in
reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that
no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first
use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or
prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document
immediately prior to such date of first use. |
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating
to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant; |
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The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities
provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and |
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser. |
(6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(7) That: (i) for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of the registration statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and (ii) for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a
form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to provisions described
in Item 15 above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Valencia, State of California, on
August 9, 2007.
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MANNKIND CORPORATION
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/s/ Alfred E. Mann
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Alfred E. Mann |
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Hakan S. Edstrom, Richard L. Anderson and David Thomson, as his or her true and lawful
agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to (i) act on, sign, and file with the SEC any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii)
act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any
prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment or any subsequent
registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and (iv) take any and
all actions which may be necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such
agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact or any of his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Alfred E. Mann
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Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of
the Board of Directors
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Executive Officer)
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/s/ Hakan S. Edstrom
Hakan S. Edstrom
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President, Chief
Operating Officer
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/s/ Richard L. Anderson
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Corporate Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
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Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Ronald J. Consiglio
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/s/ Michael Friedman, M.D.
Michael Friedman, M.D.
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/s/ Kent Kresa
Kent Kresa
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August 9, 2007 |
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/s/ David H. MacCallum
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Director
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/s/ Heather Hay Murren
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/s/ Henry L. Nordhoff
Henry L. Nordhoff
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Registration Statement File No. 333-115020). |
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4.2
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Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrants quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2007). |
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4.3
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Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to
Registration Statement File No. 333-115020). |
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4.4
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Form of common stock certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement File No. 333-115020). |
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4.5
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Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate. |
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4.6
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Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate. |
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4.7
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Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of
August 9, 2007 among MannKind Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as trustee. |
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4.8
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Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of
August 9, 2007 among MannKind Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as trustee. |
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4.9 (1)
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Form of Senior Note. |
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4.10 (1)
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Form of Subordinated Note. |
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Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP. |
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Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page). |
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under the Senior Debt Indenture. |
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under the Subordinated Debt Indenture. |
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To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a current report of the Registrant on Form 8-K
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exv4w5
EXHIBIT 4.5
MANNKIND CORPORATION
and
, AS WARRANT AGENT
FORM OF COMMON STOCK
WARRANT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF
MANNKIND CORPORATION
FORM OF COMMON STOCK WARRANT AGREEMENT
Common Stock Warrant Agreement, dated as of , between MannKind
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the COMPANY) and , a [corporation]
[national banking association] organized and existing under the laws of and having
a corporate trust office in , as warrant agent (the WARRANT AGENT).
Whereas, the Company proposes to sell [if Warrants are sold with other
securities[title of such other securities being offered] (the OTHER SECURITIES) with] warrant
certificates evidencing one or more warrants (the WARRANTS or individually a WARRANT)
representing the right to purchase Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the
WARRANT SECURITIES), such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates issued pursuant to
this Agreement being herein called the WARRANT CERTIFICATES; and
Whereas, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and
the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer,
exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set
forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and
conditions on which they may be issued, registered, transferred, exchanged, exercised and replaced;
Now Therefore, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
ARTICLE 1
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
1.1 Issuance of Warrants. [If Warrants aloneUpon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall
evidence one or more Warrants.] [If Other Securities and WarrantsWarrants shall be [initially]
issued in connection with the issuance of the Other Securities [but shall be separately
transferable on and after(the DETACHABLE DATE)] [and shall not be separately transferable] and
each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall
represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase one
Warrant Security. [If Other Securities and WarrantsWarrant Certificates shall be initially issued
in units with the Other Securities and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit shall
evidence Warrants for each [$principal amount] [ shares] of Other Securities included in such
unit.]
1.2 Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever
issued, shall be in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall
be dated the date of its countersignature by the Warrant Agent and may have such letters, numbers,
or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed,
lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve
(execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which
the Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on
behalf of the Company by any of its present or future chief executive officers, presidents, senior
vice presidents, vice presidents, chief financial officers, chief legal officers, treasurers,
assistant treasurers, controllers, assistant controllers, secretaries or assistant secretaries
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures
of such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant
Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.
No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall
be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature of
the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly
issued hereunder.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates
either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant
Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such
Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who signed
Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be
signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the
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execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although
at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.
The term holder or holder of a Warrant Certificate as used herein shall mean any person in
whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained
by the Warrant Agent for that purpose [If Other Securities and Warrants are not immediately
detachableor upon the registration of the Other Securities prior to the Detachable Date. Prior to
the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of the Other Securities to, make
available at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Other Securities
as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agents records up to date].
1.3 Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase
Warrant Securities may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the
execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon
receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign such Warrant
Certificates and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company.
ARTICLE 2
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
2.1 Warrant Price. During the period specified in Section 2.2, each Warrant shall, subject to
the terms of this Warrant Agreement and the applicable Warrant Certificate, entitle the holder
thereof to initially purchase the number of Warrant Securities specified in the applicable Warrant
Certificate at an initial exercise price of $per Warrant Security, subject to adjustment upon the
occurrence of certain events, as hereinafter provided. Such purchase price per Warrant Security is
referred to in this Agreement as the WARRANT PRICE.
2.2 Duration of Warrants. Each Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, as
specified herein, on or after [the date thereof] [ ] and at or before p.m., [City] time,
on, or such later date as the Company may designate by notice to the Warrant Agent and the holders
of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth in the record books of the Warrant
Agent (the EXPIRATION DATE). Each Warrant not exercised at or before p.m., [City] time, on
the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificate
evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease.
2.3 Exercise of Warrants.
(a) During the period specified in Section 2.2, the Warrants may be exercised to purchase a
whole number of Warrant Securities in registered form by providing certain information as set forth
on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in lawful money of the United
States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House
funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price for each Warrant
Security with respect to which a Warrant is being exercised to the Warrant Agent at its corporate
trust office, provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within five business days of such
payment by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant
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Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant Securities set forth on the reverse
side of the Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed. The date on which payment in
full of the Warrant Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant
Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is exercised; provided,
however, that if, at the date of receipt of such Warrant Certificates and payment in full of the
Warrant Price, the transfer books for the Warrant Securities purchasable upon the exercise of such
Warrants shall be closed, no such receipt of such Warrant Certificates and no such payment of such
Warrant Price shall be effective to constitute the person so designated to be named as the holder
of record of such Warrant Securities on such date, but shall be effective to constitute such person
as the holder of record of such Warrant Securities for all purposes at the opening of business on
the next succeeding day on which the transfer books for the Warrant Securities purchasable upon the
exercise of such Warrants shall be opened, and the certificates for the Warrant Securities in
respect of which such Warrants are then exercised shall be issuable as of the date on such next
succeeding day on which the transfer books shall next be opened, and until such date the Company
shall be under no duty to deliver any certificate for such Warrant Securities. The Warrant Agent
shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price in an account of the Company
maintained with it and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on which a
payment for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited to its account. The
Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company
of (i) the number of Warrant Securities with respect to which Warrants were exercised, (ii) the
instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to
delivery of the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled upon such exercise, (iii)
delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants for the remaining
Warrant Securities after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the Company shall
reasonably require.
(c) As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue to or
upon the order of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant the Warrant
Securities to which such holder is entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or
names as may be directed by such holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such
Warrant Certificate are exercised, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the
Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants
for the number of Warrant Securities remaining unexercised.
(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental
charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant
Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required
to issue or deliver any Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it
has been established to the Companys satisfaction that no such tax or other charge is due.
(e) Prior to the issuance of any Warrants there shall have been reserved, and the Company
shall at all times through the Expiration Date keep reserved, out of its authorized
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but unissued Warrant Securities, a number of shares sufficient to provide for the exercise of
the Warrants.
ARTICLE 3
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
3.1 No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred by Warrants or Warrant Certificates. No
Warrant Certificate or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the
rights of a holder of Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive the
payment of dividends or distributions, if any, on the Warrant Securities or to exercise any voting
rights, except to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement or the applicable Warrant
Certificate.
3.2 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant
Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and/or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender of
the mutilated Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent
shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed
or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing
Warrants for a like number of Warrant Securities. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate
under this Section 3.2, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant
Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2 in lieu of any lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with
any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of
this Section 3.2 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificates.
3.3 Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions
of this Agreement, any holder of a Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent,
the holder of any Warrant Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in such
holders own behalf and for such holders own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any
suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of,
such holders right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by such holders Warrant Certificate in the
manner provided in such holders Warrant Certificate and in this Agreement.
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3.4 Adjustments.
(a) In case the Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a greater number of shares, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision
shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Securities purchasable under the
Warrants shall be proportionately increased. Conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common
Stock of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant
Securities purchasable under the Warrants shall be proportionately decreased.
(b) If at any time or from time to time the holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or
other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of the Warrants) shall have received or
become entitled to receive, without payment therefore,
(i) Common Stock or any shares of stock or other securities which are at any time directly or
indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or any rights or options to subscribe
for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution;
(ii) any cash paid or payable otherwise than as a cash dividend paid or payable out of the
Companys current or retained earnings;
(iii) any evidence of the Companys indebtedness or rights to subscribe for or purchase the
Companys indebtedness; or
(iv) Common Stock or additional stock or other securities or property (including cash) by way
of spinoff, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement
(other than shares of Common Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall
be covered by the terms of Section 3.4(a) above), then and in each such case, the holder of each
Warrant shall, upon the exercise of the Warrant, be entitled to receive, in addition to the number
of Warrant Securities receivable thereupon, and without payment of any additional consideration
therefore, the amount of stock and other securities and property (including cash and indebtedness
(or rights to subscribe for or purchase indebtedness) which such holder would hold on the date of
such exercise had he been the holder of record of such Warrant Securities as of the date on which
holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such shares or all other additional
stock and other securities and property.
(c) In case of (i) any reclassification, capital reorganization, or change in the Common Stock
of the Company (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination, or stock dividend provided
for in Section 3.4(a) or Section 3.4(b) above), (ii) share exchange, merger or similar transaction
of the Company with or into another person or entity (other than a share exchange, merger or
similar transaction in which the Company is the acquiring or surviving corporation and which does
not result in any change in the Common Stock other than the issuance of additional shares of Common
Stock) or (iii) the sale, exchange, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety (in any such case, a REORGANIZATION
EVENT), then, as a condition of such
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Reorganization Event, lawful provisions shall be made, and duly executed documents evidencing
the same from the Company or its successor shall be delivered to the holders of the Warrants, so
that the holders of the Warrants shall have the right at any time prior to the expiration of the
Warrants to purchase, at a total price equal to that payable upon the exercise of the Warrants, the
kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable in connection with
such Reorganization Event by a holder of the same number of Warrant Securities as were purchasable
by the holders of the Warrants immediately prior to such Reorganization Event. In any such case
appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the holders of the
Warrants so that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable with respect to any shares of
stock or other securities and property deliverable upon exercise the Warrants, and appropriate
adjustments shall be made to the Warrant Price payable hereunder provided the aggregate purchase
price shall remain the same. In the case of any transaction described in clauses (ii) and (iii)
above, the Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the
Warrants, and the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be
dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming entity thereupon may cause to be
signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the
Warrants issuable hereunder which heretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may
execute and deliver securities in its own name, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver
Warrant Securities upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter
issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had been
issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such Reorganization Event, such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Warrants thereafter to be
issued as may be appropriate.
The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that
any such Reorganization Event complies with the provisions of this Section 3.4.
(d) The Company may, at its option, at any time until the Expiration Date, reduce the then
current Warrant Price to any amount deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company for
any period not exceeding twenty consecutive days (as evidenced in a resolution adopted by such
Board of Directors), but only upon giving the notices required by Section 3.5 at least ten days
prior to taking such action.
(e) Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, no adjustment in the Warrant Price shall be
made by reason of the issuance of shares of Common Stock, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, or securities carrying the right to purchase any of the
foregoing or for any other reason whatsoever.
(f) No fractional Warrant Securities shall be issued upon the exercise of Warrants. If more
than one Warrant shall be exercised at one time by the same holder, the number of full Warrant
Securities which shall be issuable upon such exercise shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate number of Warrant Securities purchased pursuant to the Warrants so exercised. Instead of
any fractional Warrant Security which would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of any Warrant, the
Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to the same
fraction of the last sales price (or bid price if there were no sales) per Warrant Security, in
either case as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite
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Tape on the business day which next precedes the day of exercise or, if the Warrant Securities
are not then listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Warrant Securities are listed or admitted to trading, or
if the Warrant Securities are not then listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, the average of the closing high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market,
as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System
(NASDAQ), or such other system then in use, or if on any such date the Warrant Securities are not
quoted by any such organization, an amount equal to the same fraction of the average of the closing
bid and asked prices as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange firm selected from time to time by
the Company for that purpose at the close of business on the business day which next precedes the
day of exercise.
(g) Whenever the Warrant Price then in effect is adjusted as herein provided, the Company
shall mail to each holder of the Warrants at such holders address as it shall appear on the books
of the Company a statement setting forth the adjusted Warrant Price then and thereafter effective
under the provisions hereof, together with the facts, in reasonable detail, upon which such
adjustment is based.
3.5 Notice to Warrantholders. In case the Company shall (a) effect any dividend or
distribution described in Section 3.4(b), (b) effect any Reorganization Event, (c) make any
distribution on or in respect of the Common Stock in connection with the dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Company, or (d) reduce the then current Warrant Price pursuant to Section
3.4(d), then the Company shall mail to each holder of Warrants at such holders address as it shall
appear on the books of the Warrant Agent, at least ten days prior to the applicable date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the record date for such dividend or distribution, or,
if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of record of Common Stock that
will be entitled to such dividend or distribution are to be determined, (y) the date on which such
Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and
the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such
Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or (z) the first date on which the
then current Warrant Price shall be reduced pursuant to Section 3.4(d). No failure to mail such
notice nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect any such transaction or any
adjustment in the Warrant Price required by Section 3.4.
3.6 [If The Warrants are Subject to Acceleration by the Company, InsertAcceleration of
Warrants by the Company.
(a) At any time on or after, the Company shall have the right to accelerate any or all
Warrants at any time by causing them to expire at the close of business on the day next preceding a
specified date (the ACCELERATION DATE), if the Market Price (as hereinafter defined) of the
Common Stock equals or exceeds percent (%) of the then effective Warrant Price on any twenty
Trading Days (as hereinafter defined) within a period of thirty consecutive Trading Days ending no
more than five Trading Days prior to the date on which the Company gives notice to the Warrant
Agent of its election to accelerate the Warrants.
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(b) Market Price for each Trading Day shall be, if the Common Stock is listed or admitted
for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the last reported sale price, regular way (or, if no
such price is reported, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices, regular way) of
Common Stock, in either case as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or, if the
Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the closing high
bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by NASDAQ, or such other
system then in use, or if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted by any such
organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any New York Stock
Exchange firm selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose. Trading Day shall be
each Monday through Friday, other than any day on which securities are not traded in the system or
on the exchange that is the principal market for the Common Stock, as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(c) In the event of an acceleration of less than all of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall
select the Warrants to be accelerated by lot, pro rata or in such other manner as it deems, in its
discretion, to be fair and appropriate.
(d) Notice of an acceleration specifying the Acceleration Date shall be sent by mail first
class, postage prepaid, to each registered holder of a Warrant Certificate representing a Warrant
accelerated at such holders address appearing on the books of the Warrant Agent not more than
sixty days nor less than thirty days before the Acceleration Date. Such notice of an acceleration
also shall be given no more than twenty days, and no less than ten days, prior to the mailing of
notice to registered holders of Warrants pursuant to this Section 3.6, by publication at least once
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York.
(e) Any Warrant accelerated may be exercised until [ ] p.m., [City] time, on the business
day next preceding the Acceleration Date. The Warrant Price shall be payable as provided in Section
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ARTICLE 4
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
4.1 Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates. [If Other Securities with Warrants which
are immediately detachableUpon] [If Other Securities with Warrants which are not immediately
detachablePrior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only
together with the Other Security to which the Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only
for the purpose of effecting or in conjunction with an exchange or transfer of such Other Security.
Prior to any Detachable Date, each transfer of the Other Security shall operate also to transfer
the related Warrant Certificates. After the Detachable Date, upon] surrender at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant
Certificates in other denominations evidencing such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be
registered in whole or in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates evidence Warrants for
the same aggregate number of
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Warrant Securities as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The Warrant Agent shall keep,
at its corporate trust office, books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding
Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its
corporate trust office for exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be made for any
exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of
the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto
a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so
requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of
transfer which will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a Warrant for a
fraction of a Warrant Security or a number of Warrants for a whole number of Warrant Securities and
a fraction of a Warrant Security. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any exchange or registration
of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the
same obligations and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Warrant Certificate
surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.
4.2 Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. [If Other Securities and Warrants are not
immediately detachablePrior to the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other
persons may treat the owner of the Other Security as the owner of the Warrant Certificates
initially attached thereto for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights
represented by the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary
notwithstanding. After the Detachable Date and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate
for registration of transfer, the] [T]he Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat
the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as
the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any
notice to the contrary notwithstanding.
4.3 Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exchange,
registration of transfer or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the
Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered
to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and,
except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder
in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof.
The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise dispose of
canceled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the Company.
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ARTICLE 5
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
5.1 Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of
the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set
forth, and hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the powers and authority
granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and hereby and such further powers and
authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it.
All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in the Warrant
Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.
5.2 Conditions of Warrant Agents Obligations. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations
herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following to all of which the
Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the
Warrant Certificates shall be subject:
(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the
compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and
to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel
fees) incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct by the Warrant Agent in
connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to
indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent,
arising out of or in connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability.
(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the
Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not
assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant
Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.
(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, which may include
counsel for the Company, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in
respect of any action taken or omitted by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice,
direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may
become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the same rights
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that it or they would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or other
transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee
or body of holders of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it
were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to prevent
the Warrant Agent from acting as trustee under any indenture to which the Company is a party.
(f) No Liability for Interest. Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent
shall have no liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.
(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to any
invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agents
countersignature thereon).
(h) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any
of the recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant
Agents countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.
(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties
as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant
Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may
tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is
not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under
any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates
authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or
for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent
shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of
its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the
receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate
or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in Section 6.2
hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.
5.3 Resignation and Appointment Of Successor.
(a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants
have been exercised or are no longer exercisable.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as agent by giving written notice to the Company
of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become
effective; provided that such date shall not be less than three months after the date on which such
notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant
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Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing
signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the intended date when it
shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the
Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust
company authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate
trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The
obligation of the Company under Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein
notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.
(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a voluntary
case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under any other
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall
make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such
action, or a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have
been entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy
laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law, or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
shall have been entered for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs
for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant
Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed
with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent
and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to
be Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and
thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such
predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such
predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become
obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to
receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as
Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any
corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all the assets and
business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the
successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
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ARTICLE 6
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of
the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing,
correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the
Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not materially
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Warrant Certificates.
6.2 Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive
any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to
the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or
demand to the Company.
6.3 Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this
Agreement shall be addressed to, Attention: and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the
Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to MannKind Corporation, 28903 North
Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355 Attention: General Counsel (or such other address as shall be
specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the Company).
6.4 Governing Law. This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
6.5 Delivery of Prospectus. The Company shall furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies
of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
Warrant Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the PROSPECTUS), and the Warrant
Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of
the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the
Warrant Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus.
The Warrant Agent shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the
accuracy or adequacy of such Prospectus.
6.6 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action
which may be necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of
governmental agencies and authorities and securities act filings under United States Federal and
state laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the Warrants and
Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may be or become requisite
in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon
exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Warrants or upon the
expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable.
6.7 Persons Having Rights Under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall give to
any person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates
any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
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6.8 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of
any of the provisions hereof.
6.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
as so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
6.10 Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable
times at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of
any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant
Certificate for inspection by it.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
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[Signature Page To Common Stock Warrant Agreement]
15.
EXHIBIT 4.5
Exhibit A
Form Of Warrant Certificate
[Face Of Warrant Certificate]
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[[Form if Warrants are attached to
Other Securities and are not
immediately detachable.]
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[Prior to ___, this Warrant
Certificate cannot be transferred or
exchanged unless attached to a
[Title of Other Securities].] |
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[Form of Legend if Warrants are not
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[Prior to ___, Warrants evidenced
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EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN
VOID AFTER P.M., [CITY] TIME, ON ,
MANNKIND CORPORATION
WARRANT CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
This certifies that or registered assigns is the registered owner of the above
indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant entitling such owner [if Warrants are attached to Other
Securities and are not immediately detachable, subject to the registered owner qualifying as a
Holder of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter defined),] to purchase, at any time [after
p.m., [City] time, on and] on or before p.m., [City] time, on ,shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the WARRANT SECURITIES), of MannKind Corporation(the
COMPANY) on the following basis: during the period from , through and including , the
exercise price per Warrant Security will be $ , subject to adjustment as provided in the
Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (the WARRANT PRICE). The Holder may exercise the
Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain information set forth on the back hereof and by
paying in full, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or
official bank check in New York Clearing House funds][by bank wire transfer in immediately
available funds], the Warrant Price for each Warrant Security with respect to which this Warrant is
exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this Warrant
Certificate, with the purchase form on the back hereof duly executed, at the corporate trust office
of [name of Warrant Agent], or its successor as warrant agent (the WARRANT AGENT), which is, on
the date hereof, at the address specified on the reverse hereof, and upon compliance with and
subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined).
1.
The term HOLDER as used herein shall mean [if Warrants are attached to Other Securities and
are not immediately detachableprior to , (the DETACHABLE DATE), the registered owner of
the Companys [title of Other Securities] to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached,
and after such Detachable Date,] the person in whose name at the time this Warrant Certificate
shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant
to Section 4 of the Warrant Agreement.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase a whole number
of Warrant Securities in registered form. Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants
evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Securities remaining unexercised.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement dated as
of, (the WARRANT AGREEMENT), between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the
terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the
Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement
are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent.
[If Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately detachablePrior to the
Detachable Date, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the
[Title of Other Securities] (the OTHER SECURITIES) to which this Warrant Certificate was
initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting or in conjunction with, an exchange or
transfer of such Other Security. Additionally, on or prior to the Detachable Date, each transfer of
such Other Security on the register of the Other Securities shall operate also to transfer this
Warrant Certificate. After such date, transfer of this] [If Warrants are attached to Other
Securities and are immediately detachableTransfer of this]Warrant Certificate may be registered
when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by
the registered owner or such owners assigns, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided
in the Warrant Agreement.
[If Other Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachableExcept as provided in
the immediately preceding paragraph, after] [If Other Securities with Warrants which are
immediately detachable or Warrants aloneAfter] countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to
the expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the
corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for Warrant Certificates representing Warrants for the
same aggregate number of Warrant Securities.
This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder
of the Warrant Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of
dividends or distributions, if any, on the Warrant Securities (except to the extent set forth in
the Warrant Agreement) or to exercise any voting rights.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
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This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned
by the Warrant Agent.
In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed in its name
and on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
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[REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
(Instructions for Exercise of Warrant)
To exercise any Warrants evidenced hereby for Warrant Securities (as hereinafter defined), the
Holder must pay, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or
official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately
available funds], the Warrant Price in full for Warrants exercised, to [Warrant Agent] [address of
Warrant Agent], Attn: , which payment must specify the name of the Holder and the number of
Warrants exercised by such Holder. In addition, the Holder must complete the information required
below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by mail (certified or registered mail is
recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the appropriate address set forth above. This Warrant
Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within five
business days of the payment.
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrants)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise Warrants, evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, to purchase
shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
WARRANT SECURITIES), of MannKind Corporation and represents that he has tendered payment for such
Warrant Securities, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check
or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately
available funds], to the order of MannKind Corporation., c/o [insert name and address of Warrant
Agent], in the amount of $ in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that
said Warrant Securities be in fully registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in
such names and delivered all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below.
If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, the
undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants for the number of
Warrant Securities remaining unexercised be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless
otherwise specified in the instructions below.
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of this Warrant
Certificate and must bear a signature guarantee by a bank, trust company or member broker of the
New York, Midwest or Pacific Stock Exchange).
This Warrant may be exercised at the following addresses:
[Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Securities and, if applicable, Warrant
Certificates evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Securities remaining
unexercisedcomplete as appropriate.]
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ASSIGNMENT
[Form of assignment to be executed if Warrant Holder desires to transfer Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
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the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase shares of [Title of Warrant
Securities] of MannKind Corporation to which the within Warrant
relates and appoints attorney to
transfer such right on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of substitution in the
premises.
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
Signature Guaranteed
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EXHIBIT 4.6
MANNKIND CORPORATION
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, AS WARRANT AGENT
FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES
WARRANT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF
MANNKIND CORPORATION
FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES WARRANT AGREEMENT
Debt Securities Warrant Agreement, dated as of [ ], between MannKind
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the COMPANY) and , a [corporation]
[national banking association] organized and existing under the laws of and having a
corporate trust office in , as warrant agent (the WARRANT AGENT).
WHEREAS,
the Company has entered into an indenture dated as of [August 9, 2007 as supplemented
by a supplemental indenture dated as of [ ] (the SENIOR INDENTURE), with Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such trustee, herein called the SENIOR
TRUSTEE), providing for the issuance from time to time of its unsubordinated debt securities, to
be issued in one or more series as provided in the Senior Indenture (the DEBT SECURITIES);]
[August 9, 2007 as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of [ ] (the
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE), with , as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to
such trustee, herein called the SUBORDINATED TRUSTEE), providing for the issuance from time to
time of its subordinated debt securities, to be issued in one or more series as provided in the
Subordinated Indenture (the DEBT SECURITIES);]
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [If Warrants are sold with other securitiestitle of
such other Securities being offered (the OTHER SECURITIES) with] warrant certificates evidencing
one or more warrants (the WARRANTS or, individually, a WARRANT) representing the right to
purchase [title of Debt Securities purchasable through exercise of Warrants] (the WARRANT DEBT
SECURITIES), such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates issued pursuant to this
Agreement being herein called the WARRANT CERTIFICATES; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the
Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer,
exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set
forth, among other things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and
conditions on which they may be issued, registered, transferred, exchanged, exercised and replaced;
1.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
1.1 Issuance of Warrants. [If Warrants aloneUpon issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall
evidence one or more Warrants.][If Other Securities and WarrantsWarrant Certificates shall be
[initially] issued in connection with the issuance of the Other Securities [but shall be separately
transferable on and after (the DETACHABLE DATE)] [and shall not be separately
transferable] and each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] Each Warrant
evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and
therein, to purchase one Warrant Debt Security. [If Other Securities and WarrantsWarrant
Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Other Securities and each Warrant
Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence Warrants for each [$
principal amount]
[ shares] of Other Securities included in such unit.].
1.2 Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate, whenever
issued, shall be in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall
be dated the date of its countersignature by the Warrant Agent and may have such letters, numbers,
or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed,
lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve
(execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which
the Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on
behalf of the Company by any of its present or future chief executive officers, presidents, senior
vice presidents, vice presidents, chief financial officers, chief legal officers, treasurers,
assistant treasurers, controllers, assistant controllers, secretaries or assistant secretaries
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures
of such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant
Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates.
No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall
be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual signature of
the Warrant Agent. Such signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly
issued hereunder.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates
either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant
Certificates so signed shall have been countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such
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Warrant Certificates may be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who
signed Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate
may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of
such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the
execution of this Agreement any such person was not such officer.
The term holder or holder of a Warrant Certificate as used herein shall mean any person in
whose name at the time any Warrant Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained
by the Warrant Agent for that purpose [If Other Securities and Warrants are not immediately
detachableor upon the registration of the Other Securities prior to the Detachable Date. Prior to
the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the registrar of the Other Securities to, make
available at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Other Securities
as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agents records up to date].
1.3 Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase
Warrant Debt Securities may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the
execution of this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon
receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company, countersign such Warrant
Certificates and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the order of the Company.
ARTICLE 2
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
2.1 Warrant Price. During the period specified in Section 2.2, each Warrant shall, subject to
the terms of this Warrant Agreement and the applicable Warrant Certificate, entitle the holder
thereof, to purchase the principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities specified in the applicable
Warrant Certificate at an exercise price of % of the principal amount thereof [plus
accrued amortization, if any, of the original issue discount of the Warrant Debt Securities] [plus
accrued interest, if any, from the most recent date from which interest shall have been paid on the
Warrant Debt Securities or, if no interest shall have been paid on the Warrant Debt Securities,
from the date of their initial issuance.] [The original issue discount ($ for each $1,000
principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities) will be amortized at a % annual rate, computed on
a[n][semi-] annual basis [using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months].] Such purchase
price for the Warrant Debt Securities is referred to in this Agreement as the WARRANT PRICE.
2.2 Duration of Warrants. Each Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time, as
specified herein, on or after [the date thereof] [ ] and at or before p.m., [City] time,
on or such later date as the Company may designate by notice to the Warrant Agent and the holders
of Warrant Certificates mailed to their addresses as set forth in the record books of the Warrant
Agent (the EXPIRATION DATE). Each Warrant not exercised at or before p.m., [City] time, on
the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder of the Warrant Certificate
evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement shall cease.
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2.3 Exercise of Warrants.
(a) During the period specified in Section 2.2, the Warrants may be exercised to purchase a
whole number of Warrant Debt Securities in registered form by providing certain information as set
forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by paying in full, in lawful money of the
United States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York
Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price for
each Warrant Debt Security with respect to which a Warrant is being exercised to the Warrant Agent
at its corporate trust office, provided that such exercise is subject to receipt within five
business days of such payment by the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate with the form of
election to purchase Warrant Debt Securities set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant
Certificate properly completed and duly executed. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant
Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant Certificate as
aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is exercised; provided, however, that if,
at the date of receipt of such Warrant Certificates and payment in full of the Warrant Price, the
transfer books for the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable upon the exercise of such Warrants shall
be closed, no such receipt of such Warrant Certificates and no such payment of such Warrant Price
shall be effective to constitute the person so designated to be named as the holder of record of
such Warrant Debt Securities on such date, but shall be effective to constitute such person as the
holder of record of such Warrant Debt Securities for all purposes at the opening of business on the
next succeeding day on which the transfer books for the Warrant Debt Securities purchasable upon
the exercise of such Warrants shall be opened, and the certificates for the Warrant Debt Securities
in respect of which such Warrants are then exercised shall be issuable as of the date on such next
succeeding day on which the transfer books shall next be opened, and until such date the Company
shall be under no duty to deliver any certificate for such Warrant Debt Securities. The Warrant
Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment of the Warrant Price in an account of the
Company maintained with it and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on
which a payment for the exercise of Warrants is received of the amount so deposited to its account.
The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm such telephone advice to the Company in writing.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as practicable, advise the Company
of (i) the number of Warrant Debt Securities with respect to which Warrants were exercised, (ii)
the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect
to delivery of the Warrant Debt Securities to which such holder is entitled upon such exercise,
(iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants for the
remaining Warrant Debt Securities after such exercise, and (iv) such other information as the
Company or the [Senior][Subordinated] Trustee shall reasonably require.
(c) As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue,
pursuant to the Indenture, in authorized denominations, to or upon the order of the holder of the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, the Warrant Debt Securities to which such holder is
entitled, in fully registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such
holder. If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate were exercised, the
Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign
and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Debt
Securities remaining unexercised.
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(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or other governmental
charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer involved in the issue of the Warrant
Debt Securities, and in the event that any such transfer is involved, the Company shall not be
required to issue or deliver any Warrant Debt Securities until such tax or other charge shall have
been paid or it has been established to the Companys satisfaction that no such tax or other charge
is due.
ARTICLE 3
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
3.1 No Rights as Holders of Warrant Debt Securities Conferred by Warrants or Warrant
Certificates. No Warrant Certificate or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle the holder thereof
to any of the rights of a holder of Warrant Debt Securities, including, without limitation, the
right to receive the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Warrant Debt Securities or to enforce any of the covenants in the Indenture.
3.2 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant
Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company of the ownership of and the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and/or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender of
the mutilated Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent
shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed
or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing
Warrants for a like principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities. Upon the issuance of any new
Warrant Certificate under this Section 3.2, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every
substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2 in lieu of any
lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and
proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 3.2 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed
Warrant Certificates.
3.3 Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights. Notwithstanding any of the provisions
of this Agreement, any holder of any Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent,
the [Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee, the holder of any Warrant Debt Securities or the holder of any
other Warrant Certificate, may, in such holders own behalf and for such holders own benefit,
enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable
to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such holders
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right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by such holders Warrant Certificate in the manner
provided in such holders Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
3.4 Merger, Sale, Conveyance or Lease. In case of (a) any share exchange, merger or similar
transaction of the Company with or into another person or entity (other than a share exchange,
merger or similar transaction in which the Company is the acquiring or surviving corporation) or
(b) the sale, exchange, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company as an entirety (in any such case, a REORGANIZATION EVENT),
then, as a condition of such Reorganization Event, lawful provisions shall be made, and duly
executed documents evidencing the same from the Companys successor shall be delivered to the
holders of the Warrants, so that such successor shall succeed to and be substituted for the
Company, and assume all the Companys obligations under, this Agreement and the Warrants. The
Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under the Warrants, and
the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at any time thereafter be dissolved,
wound up or liquidated. Such successor or assuming entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may
issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable
hereunder which heretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may execute and deliver
securities in its own name, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Debt Securities
upon exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects have the same legal
rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Warrants had been issued at the
date of the execution hereof. In any case of any such Reorganization Event, such changes in
phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Warrants thereafter to be issued as
may be appropriate.
The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as conclusive evidence that
any such Reorganization Event complies with the provisions of this Section 3.4.
3.5 Notice to Warrantholders. In case the Company shall (a) effect any Reorganization Event
or (b) make any distribution on or in respect of the [title of Warrant Debt Securities] in
connection with the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then the Company shall
mail to each holder of Warrants at such holders address as it shall appear on the books of the
Warrant Agent, at least ten days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating the date on which such Reorganization Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is
expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of [title of
Warrant Debt Securities] of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of [title of Warrant
Debt Securities] for securities or other property deliverable upon such Reorganization Event,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in
the mail in thereof shall affect any such transaction.
ARTICLE 4
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
4.1 Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates. [If Other Securities with Warrants which
are immediately detachableUpon][If Other Securities with Warrants which are not immediately
detachablePrior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be
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exchanged or transferred only together with the Other Security to which the Warrant
Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting or in conjunction with an
exchange or transfer of such Other Security. Prior to any Detachable Date, each transfer of the
Other Security shall operate also to transfer the related Warrant Certificates. After the
Detachable Date, upon] surrender at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, Warrant
Certificates evidencing Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations
evidencing such Warrants or the transfer thereof may be registered in whole or in part; provided
that such other Warrant Certificates evidence Warrants for the same aggregate principal amount of
Warrant Debt Securities as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. The Warrant Agent shall keep,
at its corporate trust office, books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and exchanges and transfers of outstanding
Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its
corporate trust office for exchange or registration of transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied
by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all
in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be made for any
exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer of
the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled thereto
a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and executed by the Company, as so
requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of
transfer which will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a Warrant for a
fraction of a Warrant Debt Security or a number of Warrants for a whole number of Warrant Debt
Securities and a fraction of a Warrant Debt Security. All Warrant Certificates issued upon any
exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the
Company, evidencing the same obligations and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as
the Warrant Certificate surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.
4.2 Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. [If Other Securities and Warrants are not
immediately detachablePrior to the Detachable Date, the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other
persons may treat the owner of the Other Security as the owner of the Warrant Certificates
initially attached thereto for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights
represented by the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates, any notice to the contrary
notwithstanding. After the Detachable Date and prior to due presentment of a Warrant Certificate
for registration of transfer, the][The] Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat
the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as
the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any
notice to the contrary notwithstanding.
4.3 Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate surrendered for exchange,
registration of transfer or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the
Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered
to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and,
except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder
in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof. The
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Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise dispose of canceled
Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the Company.
ARTICLE 5
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
5.1 Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints as Warrant Agent of the
Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates upon the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth, and hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant
Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant
Certificates and hereby and such further power and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the
Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to
such power and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the
terms and provisions hereof.
5.2 Conditions of Warrant Agents Obligations. The Warrant Agent accepts its obligations
herein set forth upon the terms and conditions hereof, including the following to all of which the
Company agrees and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the
Warrant Certificates shall be subject:
(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent
the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent
and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
counsel fees) incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct by the Warrant Agent in
connection with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to
indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent,
arising out of or in connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any claim of such liability.
(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in connection with the
Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not
assume any obligations or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the holders of Warrant
Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.
(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it, which may include
counsel for the Company, and the written advice of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in
respect of any action taken or omitted by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice,
direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
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(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees, may
become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, Warrants, with the same rights that it or they
would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Company
and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Warrant
Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent
hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from
acting as [Senior] [Subordinated] Trustee under the [Senior][Subordinated] Indenture.
(f) No Liability for Interest. Unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Warrant Agent
shall have no liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates.
(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have no liability with respect to
any invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant
Agents countersignature thereon).
(h) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any
of the recitals or representations herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant
Agents countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.
(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform only such duties
as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant
Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may
tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable time is
not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under
any duty or responsibility for the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates
authenticated by the Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or
for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent
shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of
its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the
receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such default,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate
or attempt to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in Section 6.2
hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.
5.3 Resignation, Removal and Appointment of Successors.
(a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrants
have been exercised or are no longer exercisable.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as agent by giving written notice to the Company
of such intention on its part, specifying the date on which its desired
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resignation shall become effective; provided that such date shall not be less than three
months after the date on which such notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The
Warrant Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in
writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the intended date
when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment
by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or
trust company authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise
corporate trust powers) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The
obligation of the Company under Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein
notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.
(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be removed, or shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall commence a voluntary
case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or under any other
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Warrant Agent or its property or affairs, or shall
make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such
action, or a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have
been entered in respect of the Warrant Agent in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy
laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law, or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
shall have been entered for the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs
for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, winding up or liquidation, a successor Warrant
Agent, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed
with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent
and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment, the Warrant Agent shall cease to
be Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
its predecessor and to the Company an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and
thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of such
predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such
predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become
obligated to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to
receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such predecessor, as
Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be merged or converted or any
corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all the assets and
business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be
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qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE 6
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, without the consent of
the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing,
correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and the
Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not materially
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Warrant Certificates.
6.2 Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If the Warrant Agent shall receive
any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to
the provisions of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or
demand to the Company.
6.3 Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the Warrant Agent with respect to this
Agreement shall be addressed to , Attention: , and any
communication from the Warrant Agent to the Company with respect to this Agreement shall be
addressed to MannKind Corporation, 28903 North Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355, Attention: General
Counsel (or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the
Company).
6.4 Governing Law. This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
6.5 Delivery of Prospectus. The Company shall furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient copies
of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
Warrant Debt Securities deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (the PROSPECTUS), and the
Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the
holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the
delivery of the Warrant Debt Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus. The Warrant Agent
shall not, by reason of any such delivery, assume any responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy
of such Prospectus.
6.6 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will from time to time take all action
which may be necessary to obtain and keep effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of
governmental agencies and authorities and securities act filings under United States Federal and
state laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of the Warrants and
Warrant Debt Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may be or become
requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer, and delivery of the Warrant Debt
Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrants, the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the
Warrants or upon the expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable.
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6.7 Persons Having Rights Under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall give to
any person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates
any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
6.8 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of
any of the provisions hereof.
6.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
as so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
6.10 Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable
times at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of
any Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant
Certificate for inspection by it.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
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[Signature Page To Debt Securities Warrant Agreement]
13.
EXHIBIT 4.6
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
[FACE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
[[Form if Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately detachable.]
[Prior to , this Warrant Certificate cannot be transferred or exchanged
unless attached to a [Title of Other Securities].]
[Form of Legend if Warrants are not immediately exercisable.]
[Prior to , Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate cannot be
exercised.]
EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN
VOID AFTER , P.M., [CITY] TIME, ON
MANNKIND CORPORATION
WARRANT CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
[TITLE OF WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES]
This certifies that or registered assigns is the registered owner of the
above indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant entitling such owner [If Warrants are attached to
Other Securities and are not immediately detachable, subject to the registered owner qualifying as
a Holder of this Warrant Certificate, as hereinafter defined)] to purchase, at any time [after
p.m., [City] time, on and] on or before p.m., [City] time, on
, $ principal amount of [Title of Warrant Debt Securities] (the WARRANT DEBT
SECURITIES), of MANNKIND CORPORATION (the COMPANY), issued or to be issued under the Indenture
(as hereinafter defined), on the following basis: during the period from , through and
including , each Warrant shall entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions
of this Agreement, to purchase the principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities stated in the
Warrant Certificate at the warrant price (the WARRANT PRICE) of % of the principal amount
thereof [plus accrued amortization, if any, of the original issue discount of the Warrant Debt
Securities] [plus accrued interest, if any, from the most recent date from which interest shall
have been paid on the Warrant Debt Securities or, if no interest shall have been paid on the
Warrant Debt Securities, from the date of their original issuance]. [The original issue discount
($ for each $1,000 principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities) will be amortized at a %
annual rate, computed on a[n] [semi-]annual basis [using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
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months]. The Holder may exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby by providing certain
information set forth on the back hereof and by paying in full, in lawful money of the United
States of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House
funds] [by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds], the Warrant Price for each Warrant
Debt Security with respect to which this Warrant is exercised to the Warrant Agent (as hereinafter
defined) and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the purchase form on the back hereof
duly executed, at the corporate trust office of [name of Warrant Agent], or its successor as
warrant agent (the WARRANT AGENT), which is, on the date hereof, at the address specified on the
reverse hereof, and upon compliance with and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the
Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined).
The term HOLDER as used herein shall mean [If Warrants are attached to Other Securities and
are not immediately detachable, prior to , (the DETACHABLE DATE), the registered owner
of the Companys [title of Other Securities] to which this Warrant Certificate was initially
attached, and after such Detachable Date,] the person in whose name at the time this Warrant
Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that
purpose pursuant to Section 4 of the Warrant Agreement.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be exercised to purchase Warrant Debt
Securities in the principal amount of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof in registered form.
Upon any exercise of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there
shall be issued to the Holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants for the
aggregate principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities remaining unexercised.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant Agreement dated as
of (the WARRANT AGREEMENT), between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is
subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and
provisions the Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. Copies of the
Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent.
The Warrant Debt Securities to be issued and delivered upon the exercise of Warrants evidenced
by this Warrant Certificate will be issued under and in accordance with an Indenture, [dated as of
August 9, 2007, as supplemented by the supplemental Indenture dated as of [ ] (the
SENIOR INDENTURE), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (such trustee, and
any successors to such trustee, the SENIOR TRUSTEE)]
[dated as of August 9, 2007, as supplemented
by the supplemental Indenture dated as of [ ] (the SUBORDINATED INDENTURE), between
the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (such trustee, and any successors to such
trustee, the SUBORDINATED TRUSTEE)] and will be subject to the terms and provisions contained in
the Warrant Debt Securities and in the Indenture. Copies of the [Senior] [Subordinated] Indenture,
including the form of the Warrant Debt Securities, are on file at the corporate trust office of the
Trustee.
[If Warrants are attached to Other Securities and are not immediately detachablePrior to the
Detachable Date, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred only together with the
[Title of Other Securities] (the OTHER SECURITIES) to which this Warrant
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Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting or in conjunction
with, an exchange or transfer of such Other Security. Additionally, on or prior to the Detachable
Date, each transfer of such Other Security on the register of the Other Securities shall operate
also to transfer this Warrant Certificate. After such date, transfer of this] [If Warrants are
attached to Other Securities and are immediately detachableTransfer of this] Warrant Certificate
may be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered at the corporate trust office of the
Warrant Agent by the registered owner or such owners assigns, in the manner and subject to the
limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.
[If Other Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable-Except as provided in
the immediately preceding paragraph, after] [If Other Securities with Warrants which are
immediately detachable or Warrants aloneAfter] countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to
the expiration of this Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the
corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for Warrant Certificates representing Warrants for the
same aggregate principal amount of Warrant Debt Securities.
This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any of the rights of a holder
of the Warrant Debt Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Warrant Debt Securities or to
enforce any of the covenants of the Indenture.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until countersigned
by the Warrant Agent.
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In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed in its name
and on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
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[REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
(Instructions for Exercise of Warrant)
To exercise any Warrants evidenced hereby for Warrant Debt Securities (as hereinafter
defined), the Holder must pay, in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by
certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank wire transfer in
immediately available funds], the Warrant Price in full for Warrants exercised, to [Warrant Agent]
[address of Warrant Agent], Attn: , which payment must specify the name of the
Holder and the number of Warrants exercised by such Holder. In addition, the Holder must complete
the information required below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by mail (certified
or registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the appropriate address set forth above.
This Warrant Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be received by the Warrant Agent within
five business days of the payment.
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrants)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise Warrants, evidenced by
this Warrant Certificate, to purchase $ principal amount of the [Title of Warrant Debt
Securities], (the WARRANT DEBT SECURITIES), of MannKind Corporation and represents that he has
tendered payment for such Warrant Debt Securities, in lawful money of the United States of America,
[in cash or by certified check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds] [by bank
wire transfer in immediately available funds], to the order of MannKind Corporation, c/o [insert
name and address of Warrant Agent], in the amount of $ in accordance with the terms
hereof. The undersigned requests that said Warrant Debt Securities be in fully registered form in
the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered all as specified in accordance
with the instructions set forth below.
If the number of Warrants exercised is less than all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, the
undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants for the number of
Warrant Debt Securities remaining unexercised be issued and delivered to the undersigned unless
otherwise specified in the instructions below.
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(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of this Warrant
Certificate and must bear a signature guarantee by a bank, trust company or member broker of
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the New York, Midwest or Pacific Stock Exchange). This Warrant may be exercised at the following
addresses:
[Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Debt Securities and, if applicable, Warrant
Certificates evidencing Warrants for the number of Warrant Debt Securities remaining
unexercisedcomplete as appropriate.]
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ASSIGNMENT
[Form of assignment to be executed if Warrant Holder desires to transfer Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto:
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the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase $ aggregate principal amount of
[Title of Warrant Debt Securities] of MannKind Corporation to which the within Warrant relates and
appoints attorney to transfer such right on the books of the Warrant Agent with
full power of substitution in the premises.
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
Signature Guaranteed
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EXHIBIT 4.7
MANNKIND CORPORATION
Issuer
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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated
as of August 9, 2007
Senior Debt Securities
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This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any
bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions. |
iv.
INDENTURE
Indenture,
dated as of August 9, 2007, among MannKind Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the Company), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee):
Whereas, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of debt securities
(hereinafter referred to as the Securities), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be
issued from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered
Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;
Whereas, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this
Indenture; and
Whereas, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable
benefit of the holders of Securities:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms.
The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental
hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of
this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings
specified in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms
used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are
by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein or any
indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.
Authenticating Agent means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series
of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of such Board.
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Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification.
Business Day means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day other than a day on
which federal or state banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or
in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized or obligated by law,
executive order or regulation to close.
Certificate means a certificate signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not comply with
the provisions of Section 13.07.
Company means MannKind Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its
successors and assigns.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Sixth & Marquette, MAC N9303-120, Minneapolis, MN 55479.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
Default means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Company shall
determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company,
New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or other applicable
statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either
Section 2.01 or 2.11.
Event of Default means, with respect to Securities of a particular series, any event
specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.
Global Security means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed by the
Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositarys instruction,
all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or
its nominee.
Governmental Obligations means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or
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redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof at any time prior to the stated maturity of the Securities,
and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on
any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
herein, hereof and hereunder, and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture
as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance
with the terms hereof.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security
of a particular series, means the date specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment
of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.
Officer means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, a chief
executive officer, a president, a chief financial officer, chief operating officer, any executive
vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the treasurer or any assistant
treasurer, the controller or any assistant controller or the secretary or any assistant secretary.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by any two Officers. Each such certificate
shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the
provisions thereof.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion, subject to customary exceptions, from legal
counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance
with the terms hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07 if and to the extent
required by the provisions thereof.
Outstanding, when used with reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the
provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all Securities of that series theretofore
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore
canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for
cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the
payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall
have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or
shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of such
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Securities are to
be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have
been given as in Article Three provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have
been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company,
limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, any other entity or
organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
thereof.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost,
destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
Responsible Officer means 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 Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject, and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
Securities means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securityholder, holder of Securities, registered holder, or other similar term, means
the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on the books
of the Security Register kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Security Register and Security Registrar shall have the meanings as set forth in Section
2.05.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of
whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding
partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of
its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven, shall
also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting
in such capacity hereunder, Trustee shall mean each such Person. The term Trustee as used with
respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that
series.
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Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Voting Stock, as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting
power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other
than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the
occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities.
(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the
initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that
series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that
series);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable, any
original issue discount that may apply to the Securities of that series upon their issuance, the
principal amount due at maturity, and the place(s) of payment;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner
of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;
(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on
which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates,
the place(s) of payment, and the record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is
payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the manner of determination of such record dates;
(6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such
extension;
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(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund, mandatory redemption, or analogous provisions (including payments
made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a holder
thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the Certificate of
Authentication for such series;
(10) if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) any and all other terms (including terms, to the extent applicable, relating to any
auction or remarketing of the Securities of that series and any security for the obligations of the
Company with respect to such Securities) with respect to such series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any supplemental indenture) including
any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or
advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series;
(12) whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the terms and
the identity of the Depositary for such series;
(13) whether the Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common
stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or
exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or
optional (at the Companys option or the holders option) conversion or exchange features, and the
applicable conversion or exchange period;
(14) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.01;
(15) any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive covenants (which may
include, among other restrictions, restrictions on the Companys ability or the ability of the
Companys Subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness; issue additional securities; create
liens; pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock; redeem capital stock;
place restrictions on such Subsidiaries placing restrictions on their ability to pay dividends,
make distributions or transfer assets; make investments or other restricted payments; sell or
otherwise dispose of assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; engage in transactions with
stockholders and affiliates; issue or sell stock of their Subsidiaries; or effect a
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consolidation or merger) or financial covenants (which may include, among other financial
covenants, financial covenants that require the Company and its Subsidiaries to maintain specified
interest coverage, fixed charge, cash flow-based or asset-based ratios) provided for with respect
to the Securities of the series;
(16) if other than dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series are
denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign currency);
(17) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in addition to
the stated interest, premium, if any and principal amounts of the Securities of the series to any
Securityholder that is not a United States person for federal tax purposes; and
(18) any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities of the series.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any
indentures supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series.
Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with different dates on
which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest,
if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on
which such interest may be payable and with different redemption dates.
Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustees Certificate.
The Securities of any series and the Trustees certificate of authentication to be borne by
such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers
Certificate, and they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the
Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or
as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or
with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that series may be
listed, or to conform to usage.
Section 2.03 Denominations: Provisions for Payment.
The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of one
thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(10).
The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate
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specified with respect to that series. Subject to Section 2.01(a)(16), the principal of and
the interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption
thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America
that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve
30-day months.
The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the
Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any
Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date
is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such
Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of
such Security as provided in Section 3.03.
Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same series (herein called Defaulted Interest)
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by
virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its
election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in
whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment,
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, the Trustee
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date
therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as
it appears in the Security Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such
special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered
on such special record date.
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(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto
establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term
regular record date as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities and any
Interest Payment Date for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a month, or the
first day of the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month,
whether or not such date is a Business Day.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a series delivered under
this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such
other Security.
Section 2.04 Execution and Authentication.
The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by one of its Officers. Signatures
may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature.
The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been an Officer at
the time of execution, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be such an officer of
the Company, and in such case the Securities shall be valid nevertheless. The Securities may
contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the
Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder
is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed
by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee in
accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.
In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form
and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
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The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities
under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Section 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or
agency of the Company designated for such purpose for other Securities of such series of authorized
denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In
respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or
Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to
receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such
purpose, or such other location designated by the Company, a register or registers (herein referred
to as the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as in this
Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfer of Securities as herein
provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the Security Registrar).
Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated
for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or
agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of
the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount.
All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided
in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by
a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the
Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such holders duly authorized
attorney in writing.
(c) Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth
in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of
Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation
thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not
involving any transfer.
(d) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the
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same series
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer
of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption,
other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being redeemed in part. The
provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11
hereof.
Section 2.06 Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or
typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in
the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined
by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be
authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and
with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the
Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all
temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the
holders), at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an
equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company
advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished
until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series
shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.
In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Companys
request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the
same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for
the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or
stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company
and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicants
Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security
and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon
the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
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Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss
or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss
or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute
an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities
of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and
all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
Section 2.08 Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of
transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall
be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in
accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company.
If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless
and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed
to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Securities any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant,
condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for
the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities.
Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent.
So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an
Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the Trustee shall have the
right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption
thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and
shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All
references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to
include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall
be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and
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surplus, as
most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under
which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is
otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall)
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility
of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent
acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder
as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
Section 2.11 Global Securities.
(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a
particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that
(i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to
the Depositarys instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred,
in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or
to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of a series may be
transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another
nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series selected or
approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary
for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other
applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
condition, as the case may be, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Company has received a request from the Depositary, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable
to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.04, the
Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form
without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. In
addition, the Company may at any time determine that the
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Securities of any series shall no longer
be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer
apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to
Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers Certificate
evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of
such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in
exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall
be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for
the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities
to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
Section 3.01 Redemption.
The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates
and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may
be, a portion of the Securities of any series in accordance with any right the Company reserved for
itself to do so pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to,
give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by
mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not
more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to such holders at their last
addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is specified in
the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the
notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Security of any series
designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other
series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with any such
restriction.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption
price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the
redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or
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agency of the
Company upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed
for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest
will cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of
Securities of that series to be redeemed in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so
redeemed.
In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and
after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such
series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(b) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the
Trustee at least 45 days notice (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in
advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the
series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it
shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a
portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof)
of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to
be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the
Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so
elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by an Officer, instruct the Trustee or any
paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to
give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of
the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in
which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying
agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable
copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any
notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section.
Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption.
(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the
Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall
become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on
such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for
redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued
interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of
such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the
notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such
series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date
fixed for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on
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such date
shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date
pursuant to Section 2.03).
(b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the
Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company,
a new Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
Section 3.04 Sinking Fund.
The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01
for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any payment in excess of
such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as
an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series and (ii) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to
the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments
pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to
the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited
for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities
(unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the
Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the
basis for such credit and will, together with such Officers Certificate, deliver to the Trustee
any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
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name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Section 3.03.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of that series at the time and place and in the manner provided
herein and established with respect to such Securities.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an
office or agency with respect to each such series and at such other location or locations as may be
designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be presented
for payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as herein above authorized for
registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be given or served, such
designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written
notice signed by any officer authorized to sign an Officers Certificate and delivered to the
Trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. 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, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, notices and demands. The Company initially appoints the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as its paying agent with respect to the Securities.
Section 4.03 Paying Agents.
(a) If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any series of the
Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each such paying agent to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series (whether such sums have been
paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto;
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other
obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable;
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(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the
preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and
(4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any series of the
Securities, it will on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Securities of that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such Persons
or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or
any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the
Company shall have one or more paying agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each
due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series,
deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums
held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying
agent; and, upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or
such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will
appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder.
Section 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with or
merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the survivor of such
transaction, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless
the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied with.
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Section 4.06 Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
The Company shall file with the Trustee within 20 days following the end of each calendar year
(i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and
accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other
specific information relating to such original issue discount as may be relevant under the Code.
ARTICLE 5
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND
THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) within 10 days after each
regular record date (as defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such regular
record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such
list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished
to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided,
however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee
shall be the Security Registrar .
Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent
list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of
Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such
capacity).
(b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt
of a new list so furnished.
(c) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Securities, and, in connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy its
obligations under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the provisions of
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 5.03 Reports by the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees to provide a copy to the Trustee, after the Company files the
same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Securities and Exchange Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that
the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver to the
Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received
confidential treatment by the SEC. The Company shall also comply with the requirements of
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, but only to the extent then applicable to the Company.
Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee.
(a) On or before July 1 in each year in which any of the Securities are Outstanding, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names
and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding May 1, if
and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be
filed by the Trustee with the Company, with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are
listed (if so listed) and also with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company agrees to
notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any securities exchange.
ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
(a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, Event of Default
means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the
Securities of that series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default
continues for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment
period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not
constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;
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(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of
the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at
maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking
or analogous fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that a valid
extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any;
(3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements with
respect to that series contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that
series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or
agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or
more series of Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
Notice of Default hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered
or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;
(4) Any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or pursuant to a Board
Resolution under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such
series.
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a
voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case, (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; or
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for
relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all
or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order
or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.
(b) In each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or
clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the Securities of that series shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series to
be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above
occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series shall
automatically be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or the holders of the Securities.
(c) At any time after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Securities of that series shall have been so declared due and payable,
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and before
any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the
Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of
that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such
principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable
law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of
that series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to such
series, other than the nonpayment of principal on (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and
unpaid interest on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms,
shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06.
No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities
of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned
because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceedings, the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions
and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall
continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
(a) The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment
of interest on any of the Securities of a series, or in any payment required by any sinking or
analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due
and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 days, or (ii) in case it
shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of
a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities
of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise then, upon demand of the Trustee,
the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that
series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities
for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon
the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum
expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee
under Section 7.06.
(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and
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empowered to institute any
action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series
and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity
out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever
situated.
(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its
creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any
action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by
law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of
the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the
Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional
amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive
any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same
after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver,
assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of
Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.
(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
terms established with respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other
proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable
benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.
In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as
the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or
in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this
Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture
or by law.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any holder
thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any
such proceeding.
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Section 6.03 Application of Moneys or Property Collected.
Any moneys or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a
particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys or property on account of principal
(or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation
thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of reasonable costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts
payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully
entitled thereto as requested by the Company.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits.
No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or
under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such
series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have
made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name
as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v)
during such 90 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that
series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions of this
Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or
redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by
accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and
holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee,
that no one or more holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner
whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
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or
prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders
of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this
Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or
otherwise established with respect to such Securities.
(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise
any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall
impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given
by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided,
however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow
any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or officers of the
Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed, subject to the Trustees duties under the Trust
Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to
the Securityholders not involved in the proceeding. The holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby,
determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities
of such series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein
or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a
default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the
Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities
otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee
(in accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be
deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the
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Company, the Trustee and the holders
of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by such holders
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to
any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding more than 10%
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit
instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.
ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of a series and after the curing of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such
series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or
waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series
and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series that may
have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such
series be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture,
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and the Trustee shall not
be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties
and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to
the Securities of such series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of that series; and
(iv) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the
terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by
any authorized officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically
prescribed herein);
(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
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respect of any action taken
or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred
therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation,
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a series of the Securities (that has not
been cured or waived), to exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs;
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Indenture;
(f) 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, consent,
order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do
by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the
particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however,
that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee,
not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities
as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by
the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; and
(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder.
In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of
Default except (1) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 6.01(a)(1) and 6.01(a)(2) or
(2) any Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification
in the manner set forth in this Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under
Section 5.03 is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustees receipt of
the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or
determinable from information contained therein including the Companys compliance with any of
their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on an
Officers Certificate).
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Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities.
(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture
or of the Securities.
(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of
the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys
paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant
to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other
than the Trustee.
Section 7.04 May Hold Securities.
The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.
Section 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until
used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received,
but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it
may agree with the Company to pay thereon.
Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled
to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as the Company and the Trustee may from time to
time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby
created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the
Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in
its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or
bad faith and except as the Company and Trustee may from time to time agree in writing. The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees)
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim of liability in the premises.
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(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee
and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall
constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a
lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee
as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless from
and against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred by it arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or the
performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be
attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(d) In addition and without prejudice to the rights provided to the Trustee under any of the
provisions of this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or Section 6.01(5), the expenses (including
the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal and State
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
(e) The Companys obligations under this Section 7.06 and the lien referred to in Section
7.06(b) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the discharge of the Companys
obligations under Article Eleven of this Indenture and/or the termination of this Indenture.
Section 7.07 Reliance on Officers Certificate and Opinions.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions
of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such
matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved
and established by an Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel, or both delivered to the Trustee
and such certificate or opinion, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken
by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with
the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which
shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or
examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority.
If such corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or other Person
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case
at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in
Section 7.10.
Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with
respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and
one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee
with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona
fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a
successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Securityholder; or
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(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation;
then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy
to the successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of
a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such series
by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such
series with the consent of the Company.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with
respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
7.11.
(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be appointed with respect to
the Securities of one or more series or all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series.
Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor
trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm
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to, and to
vest in, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
trustee relates, (ii) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental
indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee
shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts
hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any
act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and
delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have
no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the
duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any
successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
be.
(d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the
Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be
transmitted at the expense of the Company.
Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
qualified under the
provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the
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provisions of Section 7.09,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any
creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
extent included therein.
Section 7.14 Notice of Default.
If any Default or any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if such Default or Event
of Default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act notice of the Default or Event of Default within 45 days after it occurs and becomes known to
the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the
interest of the Securityholders.
ARTICLE 8
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may take any
action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver
or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders
of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any
instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of
that series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option,
as evidenced by an Officers Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the
determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If
such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
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waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders
of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the
purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however,
that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall
be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture
not later than six months after the record date.
Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a
Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the
holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in
any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.
(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or
by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.
The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall
deem necessary.
Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name
such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such
Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership
or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03)
interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities
of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the
Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of
that series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common
control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
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in relying on any such direction,
consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to
such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection
to the Trustee.
Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section
8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be
included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such
action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder
of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and
owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of
transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto
is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in
connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the
holders of all the Securities of that series.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders.
In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company
and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series;
(b) to comply with Article Ten;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities;
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(d) to add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions relating to the Company
for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the
continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions
an Event of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(e) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities, as
herein set forth;
(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any
material respect;
(g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the
Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.01, to establish the form of any certifications
required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to
add to the rights of the holders of any series of Securities;
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
trustee; or
(i) to comply with any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be
therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture that affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the
Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time
Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as
then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the
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Securities of
such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (a)
extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof,
or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of
which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any series affected
thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or
of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be
modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders
of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced
hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and
conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered
after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of
Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the
requirements of any securities exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of
that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any
modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the
Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series
then Outstanding.
Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of
the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join
with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental
indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, will be entitled to receive and
will be fully protected in relying upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by,
and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is proper for the Trustee under the
provisions of this Article to join in the execution thereof.
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Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Company shall transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to
the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the
Security Register. 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 supplemental
indenture.
ARTICLE 10
SUCCESSOR ENTITY
Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.
Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in
an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture,
nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with
or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations
or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or
shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or
its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other
corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized
to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that,
upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the survivor of such
transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance
with the terms of each series, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to each series or
established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the
Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect) reasonably satisfactory in form to the
Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into
which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property.
Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted.
(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
and upon the assumption by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered
to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set forth under Section
10.01 on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding, such successor entity shall succeed to
and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company
herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
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(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
(c) Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action by the Company in the case of a
consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company where the Company is
the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise,
of all or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the
Company).
Section 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, shall receive and be entitled to rely
upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption,
comply with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities of a series theretofore authenticated and not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental
Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05);
or (b) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable
within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations
or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at
maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to
such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall
also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the
Company then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such
series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, that
shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06
and 11.05, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the
Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.
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Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations.
If at any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.01
shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds
moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all
such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including
principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date
fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, then after the date such
moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of
further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4,03, 7.06, 7.10
and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid.
Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.
Section 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.
All moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01
or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or
through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of
the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or
Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.
Section 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental
Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand
of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 11.05 Repayment to Company.
Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then
held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such
Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, or such other
shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be
repaid to the Company upon the Companys request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from
all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental
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Obligations, and the holder of
any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor,
look only to the Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE 12
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 12.01 No Recourse.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any
Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or
of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that
no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or
successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal
liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or
statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder,
officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such
Securities.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture made by or on
behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 13.02 Actions by Successor.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or
performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed
with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that
shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.
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Section 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers.
The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board of Directors and
delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and
thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any
successor corporation.
Section 13.04 Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or demand that by any
provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee or
by the holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company
may be given or served by being deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until
another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: 28903
North Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or
any Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
Section 13.05 Governing Law.
This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws
of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
said State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.
Section 13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt.
It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for
federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this
intention.
Section 13.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent.
(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.12) relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include (i) a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
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upon which
the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement
that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in
the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 13.08 Payments on Business Days.
Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in
an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture,
in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of
redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and
premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period
after such nominal date.
Section 13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed
duties shall control.
Section 13.10 Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 13.11 Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of
any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this
Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if
such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
Section 13.12 Compliance Certificates.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year
during which any Securities of any series were outstanding, a compliance certificate stating
whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal
year. Such certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company that a review has been
conducted of the activities of the Company and the Companys performance under this Indenture and
that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes
of this Section 13.12, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If the officer of the
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Company signing such
certificate has knowledge of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any
such Default or Event of Default and its status.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
all as of the day and year first above written.
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MannKind Corporation |
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Name:
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Richard L. Anderson |
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Title:
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Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee |
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/s/ Timothy P. Mowdy |
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Name:
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Timothy P. Mowdy |
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Vice President |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE (1)
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Section of Trust Indenture Act Of 1939, as Amended |
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Section of Indenture |
310(a) |
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7.09 |
310(b) |
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7.08 |
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7.10 |
310(c) |
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Inapplicable |
311(a) |
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7.13 |
311(b) |
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7.13 |
311(c) |
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Inapplicable |
312(a) |
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5.01 |
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5.02(a) |
312(b) |
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5.02(c) |
312(c) |
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5.02(c) |
313(a) |
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5.04(a) |
313(b) |
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5.04(b) |
313(c) |
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5.04(a) |
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5.04(b) |
313(d) |
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5.04(c) |
314(a) |
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5.03 |
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13.12 |
314(b) |
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314(c) |
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13.07(a) |
314(d) |
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Inapplicable |
314(e) |
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13.07(b) |
314(f) |
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Inapplicable |
315(a) |
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7.01(a) |
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7.01(b) |
315(b) |
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7.14 |
315(c) |
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7.01 |
315(d) |
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7.01(b) |
315(e) |
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6.07 |
316(a) |
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6.06 |
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8.04 |
316(b) |
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6.04 |
316(c) |
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8.01 |
317(a) |
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6.02 |
317(b) |
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4.03 |
318(a) |
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13.09 |
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exv4w8
Exhibit 4.8
MANNKIND CORPORATION,
Issuer
AND
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated
as of August 9, 2007
Subordinated Debt Securities
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms |
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ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities |
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Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustees Certificate |
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Section 2.03 Denominations: Provisions for Payment |
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Section 2.04 Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.06 Temporary Securities |
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Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities |
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Section 2.08 Cancellation |
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Section 2.09 Benefits of Indenture |
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Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent |
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Section 2.11 Global Securities |
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ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS |
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Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption |
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Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption |
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Section 3.04 Sinking Fund |
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Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
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Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 4.03 Paying Agents |
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Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee |
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Section 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions |
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Section 4.06 Calculation of Original Issue Discount |
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ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders |
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Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders |
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Section 5.03 Reports by the Company |
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Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee |
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ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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Section 6.01 Events of Default |
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Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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Section 6.03 Application of Moneys or Property Collected |
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Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits |
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Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders |
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Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs |
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ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee |
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Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities |
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Section 7.04 May Hold Securities |
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Section 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust |
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Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement |
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Section 7.07 Reliance on Officers Certificate and Opinions |
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Section 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests |
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Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor |
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Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company |
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Section 7.14 Notice of Default |
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ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS |
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Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders |
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Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders |
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Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners |
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Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded |
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Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders |
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ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders |
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Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders |
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Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE 10 SUCCESSOR ENTITY |
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Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc |
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Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted |
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Section 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee |
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ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations |
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Section 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust |
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Section 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents |
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Section 11.05 Repayment to Company |
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Section 12.01 No Recourse |
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ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns |
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Section 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers |
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Section 13.05 Governing Law |
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Section 13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt |
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Section 13.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent |
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Section 13.08 Payments on Business Days |
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Section 13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 13.11 Separability |
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Section 13.12 Compliance Certificates |
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iv.
INDENTURE
Indenture,
dated as of August 9, 2007, among MannKind Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the Company), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee):
Whereas, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of subordinated debt
securities (hereinafter referred to as the Securities), in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as
registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;
Whereas, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this
Indenture; and
Whereas, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable
benefit of the holders of Securities:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms.
The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental
hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of
this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings
specified in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms
used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are
by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein or any
indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said
Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.
Authenticating Agent means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series
of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of such Board.
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Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification.
Business Day means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day other than a day on
which federal or state banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or
in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are authorized or obligated by law,
executive order or regulation to close.
Certificate means a certificate signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not comply with
the provisions of Section 13.07.
Company means MannKind Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its
successors and assigns.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Sixth & Marquette, MAC N9303-120, Minneapolis, MN 55479.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
Default means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Company shall
determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company,
New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or other applicable
statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either
Section 2.01 or 2.11.
Event of Default means, with respect to Securities of a particular series, any event
specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.
Global Security means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed by the
Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositarys instruction,
all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or
its nominee.
Governmental Obligations means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or
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redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof at any time prior to the stated maturity of the Securities,
and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on
any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
herein, hereof and hereunder, and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture
as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance
with the terms hereof.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security
of a particular series, means the date specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment
of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.
Officer means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, a chief
executive officer, a president, a chief financial officer, chief operating officer, any executive
vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the treasurer or any assistant
treasurer, the controller or any assistant controller or the secretary or any assistant secretary.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by any two Officers. Each such certificate
shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the
provisions thereof.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion, subject to customary exceptions, from legal
counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance
with the terms hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07 if and to the extent
required by the provisions thereof.
Outstanding, when used with reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the
provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all Securities of that series theretofore
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore
canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for
cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the
payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall
have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or
shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of such
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Securities are to
be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have
been given as in Article Three provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have
been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other
Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company,
limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, any other entity or
organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
thereof.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost,
destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
Responsible Officer means 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 Persons knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject, and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
Securities means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securityholder, holder of Securities, registered holder, or other similar term, means
the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on the books
of the Security Register kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Security Register and Security Registrar shall have the meanings as set forth in Section
2.05.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of
whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person
or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding
partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of
its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited
partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and, subject to the provisions of Article Seven, shall
also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting
in such capacity hereunder, Trustee shall mean each such Person. The term Trustee as used with
respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that
series.
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Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Voting Stock, as applied to stock of any Person, means shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting
power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other
than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the
occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities.
(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the
initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and set forth in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that
series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that
series);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable, any
original issue discount that may apply to the Securities of that series upon their issuance, the
principal amount due at maturity, and the place(s) of payment;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner
of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;
(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on
which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates,
the place(s) of payment, and the record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is
payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the manner of determination of such record dates;
(6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such
extension;
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(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund, mandatory redemption, or analogous provisions (including payments
made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a holder
thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the Certificate of
Authentication for such series;
(10) if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) any and all other terms (including terms, to the extent applicable, relating to any
auction or remarketing of the Securities of that series and any security for the obligations of the
Company with respect to such Securities) with respect to such series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any supplemental indenture) including
any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or
advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series;
(12) whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the terms and
the identity of the Depositary for such series;
(13) whether the Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common
stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or
exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or
optional (at the Companys option or the holders option) conversion or exchange features, and the
applicable conversion or exchange period;
(14) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.01;
(15) any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive covenants (which may
include, among other restrictions, restrictions on the Companys ability or the ability of the
Companys Subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness; issue additional securities; create
liens; pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock; redeem capital stock;
place restrictions on such Subsidiaries placing restrictions on their ability to pay dividends,
make distributions or transfer assets; make investments or other restricted payments; sell or
otherwise dispose of assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; engage in transactions with
stockholders and affiliates; issue or sell stock of their Subsidiaries; or effect a
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consolidation or merger) or financial covenants (which may include, among other financial
covenants, financial covenants that require the Company and its Subsidiaries to maintain specified
interest coverage, fixed charge, cash flow-based or asset-based ratios) provided for with respect
to the Securities of the series;
(16) if other than dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series are
denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign currency);
(17) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in addition to
the stated interest, premium, if any and principal amounts of the Securities of the series to any
Securityholder that is not a United States person for federal tax purposes;
(18) any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities of the series; and
(19) the subordination terms of the Securities of the series.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any
indentures supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series.
Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with different dates on
which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest,
if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on
which such interest may be payable and with different redemption dates.
Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustees Certificate.
The Securities of any series and the Trustees certificate of authentication to be borne by
such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers
Certificate, and they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the
Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or
as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or
with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that series may be
listed, or to conform to usage.
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Section 2.03 Denominations: Provisions for Payment.
The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of one
thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(10).
The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate
specified with respect to that series. Subject to Section 2.01(a)(16), the principal of and the
interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption
thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America
that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve
30-day months.
The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the
Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any
Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date
is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such
Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of
such Security as provided in Section 3.03.
Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same series (herein called Defaulted Interest)
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by
virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its
election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in
whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment,
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, the Trustee
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date
therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as
it appears in the Security Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such
special record date. Notice of the proposed payment
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of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered
on such special record date.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto
establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term
regular record date as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities and any
Interest Payment Date for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a month, or the
first day of the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month,
whether or not such date is a Business Day.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a series delivered under
this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such
other Security.
Section 2.04 Execution and Authentication.
The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by one of its Officers. Signatures
may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature.
The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been an Officer at
the time of execution, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be such an officer of
the Company and in such case the Securities shall be valid nevertheless. The Securities may
contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the
Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder
is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed
by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee in
accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.
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In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form
and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities
under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee.
Section 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or
agency of the Company designated for such purpose for other Securities of such series of authorized
denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In
respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or
Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to
receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such
purpose, or such other location designated by the Company, a register or registers (herein referred
to as the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as in this
Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfer of Securities as herein
provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the Security Registrar).
Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated
for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or
agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of
the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount.
All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided
in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by
a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the
Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such holders duly authorized
attorney in writing.
(c) Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth
in an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of
Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
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governmental charge in relation
thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not
involving any transfer.
(d) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for
redemption, other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being redeemed in part. The
provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11
hereof.
Section 2.06 Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or
typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in
the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined
by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be
authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and
with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the
Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all
temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the
holders), at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an
equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company
advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished
until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series
shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities.
In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Companys
request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the
same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for
the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or
stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company
and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicants
Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security
and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon
the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
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be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such
security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss
or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss
or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute
an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities
of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and
all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
Section 2.08 Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of
transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall
be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in
accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company.
If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless
and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.09 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed
to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Securities (and, with
respect to the provisions of Article Fourteen, the holders of any indebtedness of the Company to
which the Securities of any series are subordinated) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein
contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties
hereto and of the holders of the Securities (and, with respect to the provisions of Article
Fourteen, the holders of any indebtedness of the Company to which the Securities of any series are
subordinated).
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Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent.
So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an
Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the Trustee shall have the
right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption
thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and
shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All
references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to
include
authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as
most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under
which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is
otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall)
terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility
of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent
acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder
as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
Section 2.11 Global Securities.
(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a
particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that
(i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to
the Depositarys instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred,
in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or
to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of a series may be
transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another
nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series selected or
approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
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(c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary
for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other
applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
condition, as the case may be, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Company has received a request from the Depositary, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable
to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.04, the
Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form
without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such
Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of
any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of this
Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company
will execute and, subject to Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers Certificate
evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such
series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in
exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall
be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for
the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities
to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
Section 3.01 Redemption.
The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates
and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may
be, a portion of the Securities of any series in accordance with any right the Company reserved for
itself to do so pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to,
give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by
mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not
more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to such holders at their last
addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is specified in
the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner
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herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the
notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Security of any series
designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other
series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with any such
restriction.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption
price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that
payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office
or agency of the Company, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued
to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said
date interest will cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of
Securities of that series to be redeemed in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so
redeemed.
In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and
after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such
series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(b) If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the
Trustee at least 45 days notice (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) in
advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the
series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it
shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a
portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof)
of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to
be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the
Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so
elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by an Officer, instruct the Trustee or any
paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to
give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of
the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in
which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying
agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable
copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any
notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section.
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Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption.
(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the
Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall
become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on
such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for
redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued
interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of
such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the
notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such
series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date
fixed for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on such date
shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date
pursuant to Section 2.03).
(b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the
Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new
Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security so presented.
Section 3.04 Sinking Fund.
The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01
for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any payment in excess of
such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as
an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series and (ii) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to
the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments
pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to
the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited
for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such
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Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities
(unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the
Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the
basis for such credit and will, together with such Officers Certificate, deliver to the Trustee
any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Section 3.03.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of that series at the time and place and in the manner provided
herein and established with respect to such Securities.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an
office or agency, with respect to each such series and at such other location or locations as may
be designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be
presented for payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as herein above authorized
for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be given or served, such
designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written
notice signed by any officer authorized to sign an Officers Certificate and delivered to the
Trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. 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, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, notices and demands. The Company initially appoints the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as its paying agent with respect to the Securities.
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Section 4.03 Paying Agents.
(a) If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any series of the
Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each such paying agent to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series (whether such sums have been
paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto;
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other
obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable;
(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the
preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and
(4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any series of the
Securities, it will on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Securities of that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such Persons
or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or
any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the
Company shall have one or more paying agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each
due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series,
deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums
held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying
agent; and, upon such payment by the Company or any paying agent to the Trustee, the Company or
such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
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Section 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will
appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a
Trustee hereunder.
Section 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.
The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with or
merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the survivor of such
transaction, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless
the provisions of Article Ten hereof are complied with.
Section 4.06 Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
The Company shall file with the Trustee within 20 days following the end of each calendar year
(i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and
accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other
specific information relating to such original issue discount as may be relevant under the Code.
ARTICLE 5
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND
THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) within 10 days after each
regular record date (as defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such regular
record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such
list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished
to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided,
however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee
shall be the Security Registrar .
Section 5.02 Preservation Of Information; Communications With Securityholders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent
list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of
Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such
capacity).
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(b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt
of a new list so furnished.
(c) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Securities, and, in connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy its
obligations under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the provisions of
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 5.03 Reports by the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees to provide a copy to the Trustee, after the Company files the
same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Securities and Exchange Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that
the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to deliver to the
Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received
confidential treatment by the SEC. The Company shall also comply with the requirements of
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, but only to the extent then applicable to the Company.
Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee.
(a) On or before July 1 in each year in which any of the Securities are Outstanding, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names
and addresses appear upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding May 1, if
and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be
filed by the Trustee with the Company, with each securities exchange upon which any Securities are
listed (if so listed) and also with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company agrees to
notify the Trustee when any Securities become listed on any securities exchange.
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ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
(a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, Event of Default
means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the
Securities of that series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default
continues for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment
period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not
constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of
the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at
maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking
or analogous fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that a valid
extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any;
(3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements with
respect to that series contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that
series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or
agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or
more series of Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
Notice of Default hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered
or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;
(4) Any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or pursuant to a Board
Resolution under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such
series.
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a
voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case, (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; or
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for
relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a
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Custodian of the Company for all
or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order
or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.
(b) In each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or
clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the Securities of that series shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series to
be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above
occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series shall
automatically be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of
the Trustee or the holders of the Securities.
(c) At any time after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Securities of that series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before
any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the
Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of
that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such
principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable
law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of
that series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under
Section 7.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to such
series, other than the nonpayment of principal on (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and
unpaid interest on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms,
shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06.
No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities
of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned
because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceedings, the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions
and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall
continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
(a) The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment
of interest on any of the Securities of a series, or in any payment required by any
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sinking or
analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due
and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 days, or (ii) in case it
shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of
a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities
of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise then, upon demand of the Trustee,
the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that
series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities
for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon
the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum
expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall
be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee
under Section 7.06.
(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any
action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series
and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity
out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever
situated.
(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its
creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any
action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by
law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of
the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the
Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional
amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive
any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same
after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver,
assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of
Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.
(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
terms established with respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other
proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable
benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.
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In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights,
either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this
Indenture or by law.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any holder
thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any
such proceeding.
Section 6.03 Application of Moneys or Property Collected.
Any moneys or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a
particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys or property on account of principal
(or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation
thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of reasonable costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts
payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;
SECOND: To the payment of all indebtedness of the Company to which such series of Securities
is subordinated to the extent required by Section 7.06 and Article Fourteen;
THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
respectively; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully
entitled thereto, as requested by the Company.
Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits.
No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or
under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written
notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such
series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less
than
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have
made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its
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own name
as Trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and
offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v)
during such 90 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that
series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions of this
Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or
redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder and by
accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and
holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee,
that no one or more holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner
whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders
of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this
Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed
cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established
with respect to such Securities.
(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise
any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall
impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given
by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series;
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provided,
however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow
any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or officers of the
Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed, subject to the Trustees duties under the Trust
Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to
the Securityholders not involved in the proceeding. The holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby,
determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities
of such series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein
or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a
default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the
Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities
otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee
(in accordance with Section 6.01(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be
deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders
of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by such holders
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in
any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.
ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of a series and after the curing of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such
series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case
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an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or
waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability
for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct,
except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series
and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series that may
have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such
series be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not
be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties
and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to
the Securities of such series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of that series; and
(iv) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the
terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
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Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by
any authorized officer of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically
prescribed herein);
(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken
or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however,
relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a
series of the Securities (that has not been cured or waived), to exercise with respect to
Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Indenture;
(f) 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, consent,
order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do
by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of the particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04);
provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs,
expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the
opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the
terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses
or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination
shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon
demand; and
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(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder.
In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of
Default except (1) any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 6.01(a)(1) and 6.01(a)(2) or
(2) any Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification
in the manner set forth in this Indenture or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under
Section 5.03 is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustees receipt of
the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or
determinable from information contained therein including the Companys compliance with any of
their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on an
Officers Certificate).
Section 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities.
(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture
or of the Securities.
(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of
the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys
paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant
to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other
than the Trustee.
Section 7.04 May Hold Securities.
The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.
Section 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until
used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received,
but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it
may agree with the Company to pay thereon.
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Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled
to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as the Company and the Trustee may from time to
time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby
created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the
Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in
its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or
bad faith and except as the Company and Trustee may from time to time agree in writing. The
Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees)
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim of liability in the premises.
(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee
and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances shall
constitute indebtedness of the Company to which the Securities are subordinated. Such additional
indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless from
and against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred by it arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or the
performance of its duties hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be
attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(d) In addition and without prejudice to the rights provided to the Trustee under any of the
provisions of this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or Section 6.01(5), the expenses (including
the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation
for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable
Federal and State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
(e) The Companys obligations under this Section 7.06 and the lien referred to in Section
7.06(b) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the discharge of the Companys
obligations under Article Eleven of this Indenture and/or the termination of this Indenture.
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Section 7.07 Reliance on Officers Certificate and Opinions.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions
of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it reasonably necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such
matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved
and established by an Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel, or both, delivered to the
Trustee and such certificate or opinion, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of
the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within the meaning of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with
the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which
shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or
examination by federal, state, territorial, or District of Columbia authority.
If such corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or other Person
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at
any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.
Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may at any time resign with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with
respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and
one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice
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of resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee
with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona
fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee.
Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a
successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation;
then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the
Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed
and one copy to the successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a
Security or Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying
the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of
the Company.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with
respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section
7.11.
(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be appointed with respect to
the Securities of one or more series or all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series.
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Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor
trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
trustee relates, (ii) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to
confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, that each
such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible
for any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution
and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates
have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the
duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any
successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
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trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
be.
(d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the
Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be
transmitted at the expense of the Company.
Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had
itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any
creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
extent included therein.
Section 7.14 Notice of Default
If any Default or any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if such Default or Event
of Default is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each
Securityholder in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act notice of the Default or Event of Default within 45 days after it occurs and becomes known
to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured; provided, however,
that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is
in the interest of the Securityholders.
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ARTICLE 8
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may take any
action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver
or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders
of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any
instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of
that series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option,
as evidenced by an Officers Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the
determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If
such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders
of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the
purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however,
that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall
be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a
Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the
holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in
any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.
(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or
by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.
The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall
deem necessary.
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Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners.
Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name
such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such
Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership
or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03)
interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded.
In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities
of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the
Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of
that series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common
control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series shall be disregarded
and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction,
consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to
such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection
to the Trustee.
Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section
8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be
included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing
written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such
action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder
of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and
owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any
notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the
majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series
specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the
Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that series.
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ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders.
In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company
and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect), without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series;
(b) to comply with Article Ten;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities;
(d) to add to the covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions relating to the Company
for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series), to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the
continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions
an Event of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(e) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities, as
herein set forth;
(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any
material respect;
(g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the
Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.01, to establish the form of any certifications
required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to
add to the rights of the holders of any series of Securities;
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
trustee; or
(i) to comply with any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
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The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be
therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture that affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the
Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time
Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as
then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of
such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (a)
extend the fixed maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof,
or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of
which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any series affected
thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or
of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be
modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders
of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced
hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the
terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of
the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered
after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of
Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets
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the
requirements of any securities exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of
that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any
modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the
Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series
then Outstanding.
Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of
the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join
with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental
indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, will be entitled to receive and
will be fully protected in relying upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by,
and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is proper for the Trustee under the
provisions of this Article to join in the execution thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Company shall transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to
the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the
Security Register. 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 supplemental
indenture.
ARTICLE 10
SUCCESSOR ENTITY
Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.
Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in
an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture,
nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with
or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive
consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party
or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of
the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any
other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors)
authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and
agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the
survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of
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series in accordance with the terms of each series, according to their tenor, and the due and
punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with
respect to each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be
kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall
conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect) reasonably satisfactory in
form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such
consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have
acquired such property.
Section 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted.
(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
and upon the assumption by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered
to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set forth under Section
10.01 on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding, such successor entity shall succeed to
and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company
herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
(c) Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action by the Company in the case of a
consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company where the Company is
the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise,
of all or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the
Company).
Section 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, shall receive and be entitled to rely
upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption,
comply with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities of a series theretofore authenticated and not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and Securities for whose payment money or Governmental
Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
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provided in Section 11.05);
or (b) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable
within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations
or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at
maturity or upon redemption all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to
such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall
also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the
Company then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such
series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, that
shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06
and 11.05, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the
Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.
Section 11.02 Discharge of Obligations.
If at any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.01
shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds
moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all
such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including
principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date
fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, then after the date such
moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of
further effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4,03, 7.06, 7.10
and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid.
Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive.
Section 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust.
All moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01
or 11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or
through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of
the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or
Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.
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Section 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental
Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand
of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.
Section 11.05 Repayment to Company.
Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then
held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such
Securities for at least two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, or such other
shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be
repaid to the Company upon the Companys request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from
all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of
any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor,
look only to the Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE 12
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 12.01 No Recourse.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any
Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or
of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such
predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that
no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any
predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the
indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all
such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness
hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and
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released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the
issuance of such Securities.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture made by or on
behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 13.02 Actions by Successor.
Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or
performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed
with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that
shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.
Section 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers.
The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board of Directors and
delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and
thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any
successor corporation.
Section 13.04 Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or demand that by any
provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee or
by the holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company
may be given or served by being deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until
another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: 28903 North
Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any
Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
Section 13.05 Governing Law.
This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws
of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
said State, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.
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Section 13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt.
It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for
federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this
intention.
Section 13.07 Certificates and Opinions as to Conditions Precedent.
(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section 13.12) relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or
demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include (i) a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which
the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement
that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in
the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 13.08 Payments on Business Days.
Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in
an Officers Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture,
in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of
redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and
premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period
after such nominal date.
Section 13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed
duties shall control.
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Section 13.10 Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 13.11 Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of
any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this
Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if
such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
Section 13.12 Compliance Certificates.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year
during which any Securities of any series were outstanding, a compliance certificate stating
whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal
year. Such certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company that a review has been
conducted of the activities of the Company and the Companys performance under this Indenture and
that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes
of this Section 13.12, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If the officer of the Company signing such
certificate has knowledge of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any
such Default or Event of Default and its status.
ARTICLE 14
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 14.01 Subordination Terms.
The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any series of
securities issued hereunder shall be subordinated to the extent set forth in an indenture
supplemental hereto relating to such Securities.
Section 14.02 Authorization to Effect Subordination.
Each Securityholder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee
on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, as between the
holders of senior debt and the Securityholders, the subordination as provided in this Article
Fourteen and as set forth in any indenture supplemental hereto, and appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
all as of the day and year first above written.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE (1)
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Section of Trust Indenture Act Of 1939, as Amended |
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Section of Indenture |
310(a) |
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7.09 |
310(b) |
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7.08 |
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310(c) |
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311(a) |
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311(b) |
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311(c) |
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312(a) |
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312(b) |
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312(c) |
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313(a) |
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5.04(a) |
313(b) |
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313(c) |
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314(a) |
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314(b) |
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314(c) |
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314(d) |
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314(e) |
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314(f) |
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315(a) |
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315(b) |
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EXHIBIT 5.1
D. BRADLEY PECK
(858) 550-6012
bpeck@cooley.com
August 8, 2007
MannKind Corporation
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to MannKind Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), in
connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) to be filed
by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Company
has provided us with a prospectus (the Prospectus), which forms part of the Registration
Statement. The Prospectus provides that it will be supplemented in the future by one or more
prospectus supplements (each, a Prospectus Supplement). The Registration Statement, including
the Prospectus as supplemented from time to time by one or more Prospectus Supplements, will
provide for the registration by the Company of:
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Securities), which may be issued under the Indenture (including any supplements thereto,
the Subordinated Indenture) dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the Trustee), filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the Registration
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senior debt securities, in one or more series (the Senior Debt Securities and,
together with the Subordinated Debt Securities, the Debt Securities), which may be issued
under the Indenture (including any supplements thereto, the Senior Indenture) dated as of
the date hereof, between the Company and the Trustee, filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the
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warrants to purchase Common Stock, Senior Debt Securities or Subordinated Debt
Securities (the Warrants), which may be issued pursuant to warrant agreements to be dated
on or about the date of the first issuance of the Warrants thereunder (the Warrant
Agreement), between the Company and a bank or trust company as warrant agent (the Warrant
Agent), filed as Exhibits 4.5 and 4.6 to the Registration Statement. |
The Common Stock, the Subordinated Debt Securities, the Senior Debt Securities and the Warrants are
collectively referred to herein as the Securities. The Securities are being registered for
offering and sale from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The maximum
aggregate public offering price of the Securities being registered is
$350,000,000.
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In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies
certified to our satisfaction, of such records, documents, certificates, opinions, memoranda and
other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the
opinion expressed below. As to certain factual matters, we have relied upon certificates of the
officers of the Company and have not sought independently to verify such matters.
In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on
original documents; the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; the conformity
to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; the accuracy, completeness and
authenticity of certificates of public officials; and the due authorization, execution and delivery
of all documents where authorization, execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness
of such documents (other than the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the
Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture). With respect to our opinion as to the Common
Stock, we have assumed that, at the time of issuance and sale, a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock is authorized and reserved or available for issuance and that the consideration for
the issuance and sale of such shares of Common Stock (or Debt Securities convertible into Common
Stock) is cash in an amount that is not less than the par value of the Common Stock. We have also
assumed that any Warrants and the related warrant agreements will be executed in the forms filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement. With respect to our opinion as to any shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of any convertible Debt Securities in accordance with their terms,
or upon exercise of any Warrants in accordance with their terms, we have assumed that, at the time
of issuance and sale, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock is authorized and reserved or
available for issuance and that the consideration for the issuance and sale of such Debt Securities
or Warrants, as applicable, is cash in an amount (on an as-converted to Common Stock basis) that is
not less than the par value of the Common Stock.
Our opinion herein is expressed solely with respect to the federal laws of the United States, the
Delaware General Corporation Law and, as to the Debt Securities and Warrants constituting valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, the laws of the State of New York. We express no
opinion as to whether the laws of any jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof. We
are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state law, rule or regulation
relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof.
On the basis of the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications herein
stated, we are of the opinion that:
1. With respect to the Common Stock offered under the Registration Statement, provided that (i) the
Registration Statement and any required post-effective amendment thereto have all become effective
under the Securities Act and the Prospectus and any and all Prospectus Supplement(s) required by
applicable laws have been delivered and filed as required by such laws; (ii) the issuance of such
Common Stock has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company;
(iii) the issuance and sale of such Common Stock do not violate any applicable law, are in
conformity with the Companys then operative certificate
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of incorporation (the Certificate of
Incorporation) and bylaws (Bylaws), do not result in a default under or breach of any agreement
or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by
any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company; and (iv) the certificates for
such Common Stock have been duly executed by the Company, countersigned by the transfer agent
therefor and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment therefor, then the shares of
such Common Stock, when issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and the related Prospectus Supplement(s) and in accordance with a duly authorized,
executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar agreement or upon conversion of any
convertible Debt Securities under the Senior Indenture or the Subordinated Indenture in accordance
with their terms, or upon exercise of any Warrants under the Warrant Agreement in accordance with
their terms will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
2. With respect to any series of the Debt Securities issued under the Subordinated Indenture or the
Senior Indenture, as applicable, and offered under the Registration Statement, provided that (i)
the Registration Statement and any required post-effective amendment thereto have all become
effective under the Securities Act and the Prospectus and any and all Prospectus Supplement(s)
required by applicable laws have been delivered and filed as required by such laws; (ii) any
supplemental indenture to the Subordinated Indenture or Senior Indenture, as applicable, has been
duly authorized by the Company and the Trustee by all necessary corporate action; (iii) any
supplemental indenture to the Subordinated Indenture or the Senior Indenture, as applicable, has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee; (iv) the issuance and terms of
such Debt Securities have been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate action;
(v) the terms of such Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in
conformity with the Subordinated Indenture or Senior Indenture, as applicable, so as not to violate
any applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or result in a default under or
breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company, and so as to comply with any
requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the
Company; and (vi) such Debt Securities have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture or Senior Indenture, as
applicable, and delivered against payment therefor, then the Debt Securities, when issued and sold
as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the related Prospectus
Supplement(s) and in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and the Senior Indenture, as
applicable, and a duly authorized, executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar
agreement, or upon exercise of any Warrants under the Warrant Agreement, will be valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity).
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3. With respect to the Warrants issued under the Warrant Agreement and offered under the
Registration Statement, provided that (i) the Registration Statement and any required
post-effective amendment thereto have all become effective under the Securities Act and the
Prospectus and any and all Prospectus Supplement(s) required by applicable laws have been delivered
and filed as required by such laws; (ii) the Warrant Agreement has been duly authorized by the
Company and the Warrant Agent by all necessary corporate action; (iii) the Warrant Agreement, in
substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and the Warrant Agent; (iv) the issuance and terms of such Warrants
have been duly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate action; (v) the terms of such
Warrants and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Warrant
Agreement so as not to violate any applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or
result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company, and so
as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company; and (vi) such Warrants have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and authenticated by the Warrant Agent pursuant to the Warrant Agreement and delivered
against payment therefor, then the Warrants, when issued and sold as contemplated in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement(s) and in accordance with the
Warrant Agreement and a duly authorized, executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar
agreement, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors
rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to
the reference to our firm under the caption Legal Matters in the prospectus included in the
Registration Statement. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any
undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any
subsequent changes in applicable law.
Sincerely,
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
/s/ D. Bradley Peck
551245 v5/SD
4401 eastgate mall, san diego, ca 92121 t: (858) 550-6000 f: (858) 550-6420 www.cooley.com
exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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Six |
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Months |
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Ended |
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Fiscal Year Ended December 31, |
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June 30, |
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2002 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2005 |
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2006 |
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2007 |
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Earnings: |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(206,263 |
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$ |
(65,878 |
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$ |
(75,991 |
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$ |
(114,337 |
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$ |
(230,543 |
) |
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$ |
(145,130 |
) |
Add: Fixed charges |
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1,733 |
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2,046 |
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Earnings as defined |
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$ |
(206,263 |
) |
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$ |
(65,878 |
) |
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$ |
(75,991 |
) |
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$ |
(114,337 |
) |
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$ |
(228,810 |
) |
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$ |
(143,084 |
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Fixed charges interest expense |
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$ |
1,733 |
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$ |
2,046 |
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Ratio of earnings to fixed
charges (1) |
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(1) |
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For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and the ratio of our
combined fixed charges and preference dividends to earnings, earnings consist of income from
continuing operations before income taxes plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest
expense. Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $206.3 million in 2002, $65.9 million
in 2003, $76.0 million in 2004, $114.3 million in 2005, $228.8 million in 2006, and
$143.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2007. For the periods set forth in the table above, we
had no earnings and are therefore unable to calculate the ratio of combined fixed charges and
preference dividends to earnings. |
1.
exv23w1
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports
dated March 15, 2007, relating to the financial statements of
MannKind Corporation (which report expresses an unqualified opinion
and includes an explanatory paragraph related a change in the manner
in which MannKind Corporation accounts for share-based compensation
in 2006), and managements report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, appearing in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of MannKind Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2006 and to
reference to us under the heading Experts in the Prospectus, which is part of the Registration
Statement.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Los Angeles, California
August 9, 2007
exv25w1
EXHIBIT 25.1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
þ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b) (2)
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
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A National Banking Association
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94-1347393 |
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or
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(I.R.S. Employer |
organization if not a U.S. national
bank)
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Identification No.) |
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101 North Phillips Avenue |
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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57104 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip code) |
Wells Fargo & Company
Law Department, Trust Section
MAC N9305-175
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
(612) 667-4608
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
MANNKIND CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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13-3607736 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization)
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Identification No.) |
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355
(Address of principal executive offices)
Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
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(a) |
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Name and address of each examining or supervising
authority to which it is subject. |
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Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C. |
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C. |
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94120 |
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(b) |
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Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers. |
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The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None with respect to the trustee.
No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as
provided under Item 13.
Item 15. Foreign Trustee. Not applicable.
Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
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Exhibit 1.
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A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect. * |
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Exhibit 2.
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A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence and Fiduciary
Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February 4, 2004. ** |
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Exhibit 3.
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See Exhibit 2 |
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Exhibit 4.
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Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect. *** |
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Exhibit 5.
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Not applicable. |
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Exhibit 6.
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The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. |
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Exhibit 7.
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A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the
requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
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Exhibit 8.
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Not applicable. |
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Exhibit 9.
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Not applicable. |
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* |
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Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed as
exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated December 30, 2005 of Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC file number
333-130784-06. |
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** |
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Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed
as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number
022-28721. |
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*** |
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Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed
as exhibit 25.1 to the Form S-4 dated May 26, 2005 of Penn National Gaming, Inc. file number
333-125274. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Minneapolis and State
of Minnesota on the 27th day of July 2007.
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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/s/ Timothy Mowdy
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Timothy Mowdy |
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Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 6
July 27, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the
undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal,
State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request
therefor.
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Very truly yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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/s/ Timothy Mowdy
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Timothy Mowdy |
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Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
at the close of business March 31, 2007, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.
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Dollar Amounts |
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In Millions |
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ASSETS |
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Cash and balances due from depository institutions: |
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Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin |
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$ |
12,467 |
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Interest-bearing balances |
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1,280 |
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Securities: |
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Held-to-maturity securities |
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0 |
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Available-for-sale securities |
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40,238 |
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Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell: |
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Federal funds sold in domestic offices |
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6,195 |
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Securities purchased under agreements to resell |
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1,187 |
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Loans and lease financing receivables: |
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Loans and leases held for sale |
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33,093 |
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Loans and leases, net of unearned income |
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251,321 |
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LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses |
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2,151 |
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Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance |
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249,170 |
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Trading Assets |
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3,665 |
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Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) |
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4,173 |
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Other real estate owned |
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657 |
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Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies |
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392 |
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Intangible assets
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Goodwill |
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8,994 |
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Other intangible assets |
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18,668 |
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Other assets |
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16,668 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
396,847 |
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LIABILITIES |
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Deposits: |
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In domestic offices |
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$ |
269,773 |
|
Noninterest-bearing |
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75,101 |
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Interest-bearing |
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194,672 |
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|
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs |
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43,580 |
|
Noninterest-bearing |
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6 |
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Interest-bearing |
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43,574 |
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Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
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Federal funds purchased in domestic offices |
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3,911 |
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Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
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6,114 |
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Dollar Amounts |
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In Millions |
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Trading liabilities |
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|
2,328 |
|
Other borrowed money |
|
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|
|
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
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6,914 |
|
Subordinated notes and debentures |
|
|
10,148 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
14,055 |
|
|
|
|
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|
Total liabilities |
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$ |
356,823 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries |
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|
58 |
|
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|
|
EQUITY CAPITAL |
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|
Perpetual preferred stock and related
surplus |
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0 |
|
Common stock |
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|
520 |
|
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
|
|
24,751 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
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14,239 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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|
456 |
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Other equity capital components |
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0 |
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|
|
Total equity capital |
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39,966 |
|
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|
Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital |
|
$ |
396,847 |
|
|
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|
I, Karen B. Nelson, Vice President of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of
Condition has been prepared
in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is
true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Karen B. Nelson
Vice President
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare
that it has been examined by us
and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the appropriate
Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
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Michael Loughlin |
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John Stumpf
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Directors |
Carrie Tolstedt |
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exv25w2
EXHIBIT 25.2
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
þ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b) (2)
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
A National Banking Association
|
|
94-1347393 |
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or
|
|
(I.R.S. Employer |
organization if not a U.S. national
bank)
|
|
Identification No.) |
|
|
|
101 North Phillips Avenue |
|
|
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
|
57104 |
(Address of principal executive offices)
|
|
(Zip code) |
Wells Fargo & Company
Law Department, Trust Section
MAC N9305-175
Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17th Floor
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
(612) 667-4608
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
MANNKIND CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
Delaware
|
|
13-3607736 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
|
|
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, CA 91355
(Address of principal executive offices)
Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
|
(a) |
|
Name and address of each examining or supervising
authority to which it is subject. |
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Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C. |
|
|
|
|
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D.C. |
|
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94120 |
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(b) |
|
Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers. |
|
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|
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The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Item 2.
Affiliations with Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None with respect to the trustee.
No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as
provided under Item 13.
Item 15.
Foreign Trustee. Not applicable.
Item 16.
List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
|
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|
Exhibit 1.
|
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A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect. * |
|
|
|
Exhibit 2.
|
|
A copy of the Comptroller of the Currency Certificate of Corporate Existence and Fiduciary
Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated February 4, 2004. ** |
|
|
|
Exhibit 3.
|
|
See Exhibit 2 |
|
|
|
Exhibit 4.
|
|
Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect. *** |
|
|
|
Exhibit 5.
|
|
Not applicable. |
|
|
|
Exhibit 6.
|
|
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. |
|
|
|
Exhibit 7.
|
|
A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the
requirements of its supervising or examining authority. |
|
|
|
Exhibit 8.
|
|
Not applicable. |
|
|
|
Exhibit 9.
|
|
Not applicable. |
|
|
|
* |
|
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed as
exhibit 25 to the Form S-4 dated December 30, 2005 of Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC file number
333-130784-06. |
|
** |
|
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed
as exhibit 25 to the Form T-3 dated March 3, 2004 of Trans-Lux Corporation file number
022-28721. |
|
*** |
|
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustees Form T-1 filed
as exhibit 25.1 to the Form S-4 dated May 26, 2005 of Penn National Gaming, Inc. file number
333-125274. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Minneapolis and State
of Minnesota on the 27th day of July 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
|
|
/s/ Timothy Mowdy
|
|
|
Timothy Mowdy |
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Vice President |
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EXHIBIT 6
July 27, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the
undersigned hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned made by Federal,
State, Territorial, or District authorities authorized to make such examination may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request
therefor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Very truly yours,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
|
|
|
/s/ Timothy Mowdy
|
|
|
Timothy Mowdy |
|
|
Vice President |
|
|
EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
at the close of business March 31, 2007, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.
|
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Dollar Amounts |
|
|
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In Millions |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Cash and balances due from depository institutions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
12,467 |
|
Interest-bearing balances |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,280 |
|
Securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Held-to-maturity securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Available-for-sale securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,238 |
|
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal funds sold in domestic offices |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,195 |
|
Securities purchased under agreements to resell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,187 |
|
Loans and lease financing receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans and leases held for sale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,093 |
|
Loans and leases, net of unearned income |
|
|
251,321 |
|
|
|
|
|
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses |
|
|
2,151 |
|
|
|
|
|
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
249,170 |
|
Trading Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,665 |
|
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,173 |
|
Other real estate owned |
|
|
|
|
|
|
657 |
|
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
392 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,994 |
|
Other intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,668 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,668 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
396,847 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deposits: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In domestic offices |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
269,773 |
|
Noninterest-bearing |
|
|
75,101 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest-bearing |
|
|
194,672 |
|
|
|
|
|
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
43,580 |
|
Noninterest-bearing |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest-bearing |
|
|
43,574 |
|
|
|
|
|
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,911 |
|
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,114 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dollar Amounts |
|
|
|
In Millions |
|
Trading liabilities |
|
|
2,328 |
|
Other borrowed money |
|
|
|
|
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases) |
|
|
6,914 |
|
Subordinated notes and debentures |
|
|
10,148 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
14,055 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
$ |
356,823 |
|
|
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries |
|
|
58 |
|
|
EQUITY CAPITAL |
|
|
|
|
Perpetual preferred stock and related
surplus |
|
|
0 |
|
Common stock |
|
|
520 |
|
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) |
|
|
24,751 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
14,239 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
456 |
|
Other equity capital components |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total equity capital |
|
|
39,966 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital |
|
$ |
396,847 |
|
|
|
|
|
I, Karen B. Nelson, Vice President of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of
Condition has been prepared
in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is
true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Karen B. Nelson
Vice President
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare
that it has been examined by us
and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the appropriate
Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
Michael Loughlin
John Stumpf Directors
Carrie Tolstedt
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