UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2009
GRIFFON CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
712 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor New York, New York |
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(212) 957-5000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 21, 2009, Griffon Corporation (the Company) issued and sold $100 million principal amount of its 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2017 (the Notes) pursuant to a purchase agreement, dated December 16, 2009 (the Purchase Agreement), between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative for the purchasers named therein (the Initial Purchasers). The net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the Initial Purchasers discount and the estimated offering expenses, were approximately $95.9 million. The Company will add the net proceeds from the offering to its existing cash balance of approximately $321 million at September 30, 2009, which the Company intends to use for general corporate purposes, including working capital, the repayment or repurchase of corporate indebtedness, investment in current segments and/or acquisitions of other businesses outside its current portfolio.
The Notes and the Companys common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Notes were sold in a private placement and resold by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. Shares of the Companys common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have been reserved for issuance by the Company and the Company has applied for such shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Notes are governed by an Indenture, dated December 21, 2009 (the Indenture), between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Trustee (the Trustee). A copy of the Indenture and Form of Note is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1.
The Notes will mature on January 15, 2017, unless earlier repurchased by the Company at the holders option or converted. Interest on the Notes will accrue from December 21, 2009 and will be payable semiannually at a rate of 4.00% per annum on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning July 15, 2010.
Holders may convert their Convertible Notes prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding July 15, 2016 only under certain circumstances. On and after July 15, 2016, a holder may convert its Convertible Notes in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount at any time until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. The initial conversion rate of the Convertible Notes is 67.0799 shares of the Companys common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, corresponding to an initial conversion price of approximately $14.91 per share of the Companys common stock, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Indenture. In lieu of delivering shares of its common stock, the Company may settle any conversion of the Notes through the delivery of cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Companys common stock.
Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as such term is defined in the Indenture), holders will have the option to require the Company to repurchase in cash all or any portion of their Notes in an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount. The fundamental change repurchase price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Indenture, the Notes and the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture, the Form of Note and the Purchase Agreement filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 10.1, respectively, and incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
The Purchase Agreement, Indenture and Form of Note (collectively, the Transaction Documents) have been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding the terms of the transactions described above. The Transaction Documents are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The Transaction Documents contain representations and warranties the parties thereto made to, and solely for the benefit of, each other. Accordingly, investors and security holders should not rely on the representations and warranties as characterizations of the actual state of facts, since they were only made as of the date of the Transaction Documents and information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Transaction Documents, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Companys public disclosures. In addition, please note that certain representations and warranties may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties rather than establishing matters as facts and may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from that generally applicable to investors and security holders.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Blance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
Certain information required by Item 2.03 is contained in Item 1.01 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Indenture contains customary terms and covenants, including that upon certain events of default occurring and continuing, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare the entire principal amount of the Notes, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be immediately due and payable. In the case of an event of default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or a material subsidiary, the entire principal amount of the Notes, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, will automatically become and be immediately due and payable.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Indenture and the Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indenture and Form of Note filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information required by Item 3.02 is contained in Item 1.01 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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4.1 |
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Indenture, dated December 21, 2009, between Griffon Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC. |
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10.1 |
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Purchase Agreement, dated December 16, 2009, between Griffon Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative for the purchasers named therein. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 21, 2009 |
GRIFFON CORPORATION. |
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/s/ Douglas J. Wetmore |
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Name: Douglas J. Wetmore |
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Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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4.1 |
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Indenture, dated December 21, 2009, between Griffon Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC. |
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10.1 |
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Purchase Agreement, dated December 16, 2009, between Griffon Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative for the purchasers named therein. |
Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
GRIFFON CORPORATION
4.00% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2017
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2009
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
AS TRUSTEE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions |
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Section 1.03 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.04 |
Rules of Construction |
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Section 1.05 |
Acts of Holders |
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ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02 |
Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.03 |
Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent |
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Section 2.04 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money and Notes in Trust |
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Section 2.05 |
Holder Lists |
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Section 2.06 |
Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.07 |
Replacement Notes |
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Section 2.08 |
Outstanding Notes |
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Section 2.09 |
Temporary Notes |
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Section 2.10 |
Cancellation |
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Section 2.11 |
Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 2.12 |
Transfer of Notes |
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Section 2.13 |
CUSIP and ISIN Numbers |
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ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASES |
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Section 3.01 |
No Company Right to Redeem |
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Section 3.02 |
Repurchase of Notes at Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change |
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Section 3.03 |
Fundamental Change Notice |
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Section 3.04 |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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Section 3.05 |
Effect of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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Section 3.06 |
Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
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Section 3.07 |
Notes Repurchased in Part |
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Section 3.08 |
Covenant to Comply with Notes Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes |
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Section 3.09 |
Repayment to the Company |
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ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 |
Payment of Notes |
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Section 4.02 |
SEC and Other Reports |
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Section 4.03 |
Compliance Certificate |
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Section 4.04 |
Further Instruments and Acts |
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Section 4.05 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 4.06 |
Delivery of Certain Information |
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Section 4.07 |
Par Value Limitation |
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ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION |
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Section 5.01 |
When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets |
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ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 6.01 |
Events of Default |
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Section 6.02 |
Acceleration |
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Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies |
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Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority |
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Section 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits |
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Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment |
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Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
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Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 6.10 |
Priorities |
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Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 6.12 |
Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee |
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Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.04 |
Trustees Disclaimer |
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Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults |
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Section 7.06 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders |
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Section 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
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Section 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee |
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Section 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger |
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Section 7.10 |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
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Section 7.11 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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Section 7.12 |
Trustees Application for Instructions from the Company |
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ARTICLE 8 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE |
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Section 8.01 |
Discharge of Liability on Notes |
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Section 8.02 |
Repayment to the Company |
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ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS |
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Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.03 |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 9.04 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions |
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Section 9.05 |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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Section 9.06 |
Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.07 |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE 10 CONVERSIONS |
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Section 10.01 |
Conversion Privilege and Consideration |
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Section 10.02 |
Conversion Procedure |
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Section 10.03 |
Settlement Upon Conversion |
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Section 10.04 |
Company to Provide Stock |
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Section 10.05 |
Adjustments to the Conversion Rate |
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Section 10.06 |
Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale |
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Section 10.07 |
Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon Certain Transactions |
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Section 10.08 |
Miscellaneous |
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ARTICLE 11 PAYMENT OF INTEREST |
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Section 11.01 |
Payment of Interest |
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Section 11.02 |
Defaulted Interest |
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ARTICLE 12 SUBORDINATION |
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Section 12.01 |
Agreement to Subordinate |
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Section 12.02 |
Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy |
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Section 12.03 |
Default on Designated Senior Debt |
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Section 12.04 |
When Distributions Must be Paid Over |
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Section 12.05 |
Acceleration of the Securities |
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Section 12.06 |
No Stacking |
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Section 12.07 |
Certain Definitions |
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ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 13.01 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
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Section 13.02 |
Notices |
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Section 13.03 |
Communication by Holders with Other Holders |
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Section 13.04 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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Section 13.05 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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Section 13.06 |
Separability Clause |
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Section 13.07 |
Rules by Trustee |
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Section 13.08 |
Governing Law |
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Section 13.09 |
No Recourse Against Others |
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Section 13.10 |
Calculations |
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Section 13.11 |
Successors |
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Section 13.12 |
Multiple Originals |
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Section 13.13 |
Table of Contents; Headings |
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Section 13.14 |
Force Majeure |
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Section 13.15 |
Submission to Jurisdiction |
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INDENTURE dated as of December 21, 2009 between GRIFFON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (Company), and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as trustee (Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Companys 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2017:
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note or any beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Note, in each case to the extent applicable to such transfer or transaction and as in effect from time to time.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar federal, state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors.
Bid Solicitation Agent means the Company or such other Person as may be appointed, from time to time, by the Company to solicit market bid quotations for the Notes in accordance with Section 10.01(a).
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company.
Board Resolution means a copy of one or more resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or officers of the Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or obligated to close.
Capital Stock for any entity means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that corporation.
Certificated Notes means Notes that are in registered definitive form.
Close of Business means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
Common Stock means the shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.25 per share, existing on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which such shares of common stock shall be reclassified or changed.
Company means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, thereafter, means the successor.
Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers.
Conversion Rate means the rate set forth as such in Paragraph 6 of the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
Corporate Trust Office means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any time the trust created by this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038, Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the corporate trust office of any successor Trustee at which such trust shall be administered (or such other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Daily Cash Amount means, for any Trading Day during an Observation Period, 2.5% of the Cash Amount.
Daily Conversion Value means, for any Trading Day during an Observation Period, 2.5% of the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on such Trading Day and (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.
Daily VWAP means, for any Trading Day during any Observation Period, the volume-weighted average price per share of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page GFF.N <equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is not available, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day, determined using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours. On and after the occurrence of a Merger Event, the Daily VWAP for a Unit of Reference Property means, for any Trading Day during any Observation Period, the fair market value of a Unit of Reference Property as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, if possible, by the Board of Directors in a commercially reasonable manner.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Ex-Dividend Date means, with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution, the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, in the regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question.
Free Trade Date means the date that is one year after the last date of original issuance of the Notes (including the last date of original issuance of additional Notes pursuant to the exercise of the initial purchasers overallotment option).
Freely Tradable means, with respect to the Notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, that such Notes or such shares of Common Stock, as applicable, (i) are eligible to be sold by a Person who has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the preceding three months without any volume or manner of sale restrictions under the Securities Act, (ii) do not bear a restricted security legend and (iii) with respect to Global Notes only, are identified by an unrestricted CUSIP number in the facilities of the applicable depositary.
Fundamental Change means an event that shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after the Notes are originally issued that any of the following events occurs:
(1) any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, acquires beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, of shares of the Companys Capital Stock entitling such person to exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of the Companys Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in elections of directors, other than an acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(2) the Company merges or consolidates with or into any other person (other than a subsidiary), any merger of another person into the Company, or the Company conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its assets to another person, other than in any transaction:
(a) involving a merger or consolidation that does not result in a reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding Common Stock (other than a conveyance, sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the Companys assets); or
(b) pursuant to which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction have the entitlement to exercise, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the continuing or surviving corporation immediately after the transaction, with such holders proportional voting power immediately after the transaction vis-à-vis each other with respect to the securities
they receive in such transaction being in substantially the same proportions as their respective voting power vis-à-vis each other with respect to the shares of Common Stock that they held immediately before such transaction; or
(c) which is effected solely to change the Companys jurisdiction of incorporation and results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of the Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity;
(3) the Companys stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the Companys liquidation or dissolution; or
(4) a Termination of Trading.
However, a Fundamental Change will not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made pursuant to dissenters appraisal rights) in a merger or consolidation otherwise constituting a Fundamental Change under clause (1) and/or clause (2) above consists of shares of common stock traded on the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors), or will be so traded immediately following the merger or consolidation, and as a result of the merger or consolidation the Notes become convertible into such consideration.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect and, to the extent optional, adopted by the Company, on the date of this Indenture, consistently applied.
Global Note means a permanent Global Note that is in the form of the Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, and that is deposited with and registered in the name of the Depositary.
Holder or Holders means a Person or Persons in whose name a Note is registered in the Register.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, including the provisions of the TIA that are deemed to be a part hereof.
Issue Date means December 21, 2009.
Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock means, for any day, the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price per share is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices) on such day as reported on the NYSE or, if, on such day, the Common Stock is not listed on the NYSE, then as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market or the principal other national or regional securities exchange on which the shares of the Common Stock are then traded or, if, on such day, the Common Stock is not listed or approved for trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market or another national or regional securities exchange, on the principal market on which shares of the Common Stock are then traded. If the Common Stock is not so traded, the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such day shall be the average of the midpoint of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of the Common Stock on such day, as such midpoints are determined by each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose, which may include one or more of the initial purchasers. On and after the occurrence of a Merger Event, the Last Reported Sale Price for a Unit of Reference Property means, for any day, the value of a Unit of Reference Property on such day as determined by by the Board of Directors in a commercially reasonable manner.
Market Disruption Event means, for any Scheduled Trading Day, the occurrence or existence on such Scheduled Trading Day of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time within the 30 minutes prior to the closing time of the relevant exchange on such Scheduled Trading Day.
Maturity Date, means January 15, 2017.
Notes means any of the Companys 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2017, as amended or supplemented from time to time, issued under this Indenture.
NYSE means the New York Stock Exchange.
Observation Period means, for any Note to which a Cash Settlement or a Combination Settlement applies, (i) if the Conversion Date for such Note occurs on or after the Close of Business on the 45th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 42nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date; and (ii) in all other cases, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third Trading Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Note.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior
Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a written certificate (i) containing the information specified in Sections 13.04 and 13.05, signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, and delivered to the Trustee; and (ii) given pursuant to Section 4.03, signed by the principal financial or accounting Officer of the Company, which certificate need not contain the information specified in Sections 13.04 and 13.05.
Open of Business means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion containing the information specified in Sections 13.04 and 13.05, from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of, or counsel to, the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
Offering Circular means the final offering circular for the offering and sale of the Notes dated December 16, 2009.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Restricted Securities Legend means a legend in the form set forth in Exhibit A.
Restricted Stock Legend means a legend in the form set forth in Exhibit C.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
Scheduled Trading Day means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, Scheduled Trading Day means any Business Day.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Settlement Method means any of a Cash Settlement, a Physical Settlement or a Combination Settlement.
Share Price means, with respect to the Common Stock, in connection with a Fundamental Change, (i) in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change in which the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash, the amount of cash paid per share of the Common Stock in such Fundamental Change, and (ii)
otherwise, the average of the Last Reported Sales Price of the Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Effective Date for such Fundamental Change.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a Significant Subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was required to be made under the documentation governing such or any earlier date on which any holder of such indebtedness shall have the right, pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such indebtedness and irrespective of whether or not any default shall have occurred thereunder, to require the repayment, redemption or repurchase of any such interest or principal prior to the date thereunder on which the payment thereof otherwise shall have been required to be made.
Subsidiary means a Person more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture, provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended.
Trading Day means a Scheduled Trading Day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the NYSE, or if the Common Stock is not listed on the NYSE, then as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market or the principal other national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed or approved for trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market or another national or regional securities exchange, on the principal market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, Trading Day shall have the same meaning as Business Day.
Trading Price of the Notes, for any date of determination, means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such date of determination, from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company; provided, however, that, if three bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, but the Bid Solicitation Agent obtains two bids, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if the Bid Solicitation Agent can reasonably obtain only one bid, then that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer on a date of determination, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the Trading Price Product for such date of determination.
Trustee means the party named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such subsequent successor or successors.
Trust Officer means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter hereunder, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Uniform Commercial Code means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
Voting Stock of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
Wholly Owned Subsidiary means, at any time, a Subsidiary all the Voting Stock of which (except directors qualifying shares which shall be deemed to include investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law) is at such time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and its other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Term Section: |
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Defined in: |
Act |
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1.05 |
Additional Interest |
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4.02(b) |
Additional Shares |
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10.07(a) |
Agent Members |
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2.12(e) |
Cash Amount |
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10.03(a) |
Cash Settlement |
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10.03(a) |
Combination Settlement |
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10.03(a) |
Companys Filing Obligations |
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6.01(c) |
Conversion Agent |
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2.03 |
Conversion Date |
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10.02(a) |
Conversion Obligation |
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10.03(a) |
Daily Settlement Amount |
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10.03(e) |
Defaulted Interest |
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11.02 |
Depositary |
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2.01(a) |
Designated Senior Debt |
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12.07(a) |
DTC |
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2.01(a) |
Event of Default |
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6.01(a) |
Expiration Date |
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10.05(e) |
Expiration Time |
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10.05(e) |
Term Section: |
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Defined in: |
Extension Fee |
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6.01(c) |
Fundamental Change Effective Date |
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10.07(a) |
Fundamental Change Notice |
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3.03(a) |
Fundamental Change Notice Date |
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3.03(a) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date |
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3.03(b) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
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3.04(a) |
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
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3.02(a) |
Global Securities Legend |
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Exhibit A |
Interest Payment Date |
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11.01 |
Measurement Period |
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10.01(a) |
Merger Event |
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10.06(a) |
Paying Agent |
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2.03 |
Payment Blockage Notice |
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12.03(a) |
Physical Settlement |
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10.03(a) |
QIB |
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2.01(a) |
Record Date |
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11.01 |
Register |
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2.03 |
Registrar |
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2.03 |
Restricted Notes |
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2.06(f) |
Reference Property |
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10.06(a) |
Rule 144A Information |
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4.06 |
Special Record Date |
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11.02(a) |
Spin-off |
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10.05(c) |
Start Date |
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4.02(b) |
Surrendered Notes |
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Exhibit B |
Temporary Notes |
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2.09 |
Trading Price Product |
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10.01(a) |
Transfer |
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2.06(f) |
Unit of Reference Property |
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10.06(a) |
Valuation Period |
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10.05(c) |
Weighted Average Consideration |
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10.06(a) |
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities means the Notes.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it and shall be construed in accordance with GAAP;
(3) or is not exclusive;
(4) including means including, without limitation;
(5) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular;
(6) all references to $, dollars, cash payments or money refer to United States currency; and
(7) unless the context requires otherwise, all references to payments of interest on the Notes shall include Additional Interest, if any, payable in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02 hereof.
Section 1.05 Acts of Holders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
Section 2.01 Form and Dating. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which is a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable to the Company). The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this Indenture, all Notes shall be identical in all respects. Notwithstanding any differences among them, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.02, authenticate and deliver Global Notes that (a) shall be registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary, (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositarys instructions and (c) shall bear legends substantially similar to those required by Section 2.01(e).
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Officer. The signature of the Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
At any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company in the form of an Officers Certificate for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee, in accordance with such written order of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver such Notes.
A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Notes shall originally be issued only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.
The Trustee shall not authenticate more than $115,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes.
The Trustee may appoint authenticating agents. The Trustee may at any time after the execution of this Indenture appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so, except any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same right to deal with the Company as the Trustee with respect to such matters for which it has been appointed.
Section 2.03 Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar), an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, where Notes may be presented for payment (Paying Agent), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for conversion (Conversion Agent) and an office or agency where notices to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register for the recordation of, and shall record, the names and addresses of Holders of the Notes, the Notes held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange and conversion of Notes (the Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the parties may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Holder hereunder for all purposes of this Indenture. The Company may have one or more co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent, including any named pursuant to Section 4.05. The term Conversion Agent includes any additional conversion agent, including any named pursuant to Section 4.05.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. Any such agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee may agree to act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent, and the Registrar, in connection with the Notes, and the office of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038, to be such office or
agency of the Company for the aforesaid purposes. The Company may at any time rescind the designation of the Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or the Registrar or approve a change in the location through which any of them acts.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money and Notes in Trust. Except as otherwise provided herein, on or prior to each due date of payment in respect of any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on the due date) or shares of Common Stock or, as permitted by this Indenture, a combination thereof, sufficient to make such payments when so becoming due. The Paying Agent shall (or, if the Paying Agent is not a party hereto, the Company shall require each Paying Agent to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall) hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee (if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent) all money and shares of Common Stock held by the Paying Agent for the making of payments in respect of the Notes and shall notify the Trustee (if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent) of any default by the Company in making any such payment. At any time during the continuance of any such default, the Paying Agent (if not the Trustee) shall, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all money and Common Stock so held in trust. If the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money and Common Stock held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and shares of Common Stock held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds and shares of Common Stock disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, promptly after the Record Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.
At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged, at such office or agency, together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder or such Holders attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and documents of identity and title satisfactory to Registrar. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes in respect of which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given and not validly withdrawn by the Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (except, in the case of Notes to be repurchased in part, the portion of such Notes not to be repurchased).
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that such Note has been lost, destroyed or stolen and the Holder
provides evidence of the loss, theft or destruction satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.
Upon the issuance of any new Notes under this Section 2.07, 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.
Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in exchange for any mutilated Note, or in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and any other obligor upon the Notes, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have given or concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time of such determination shall be considered in any such determination (including, without limitation, determinations pursuant to Articles 6 and 9).
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or on the Maturity Date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then immediately after such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, such Notes shall cease to be outstanding and interest (including Additional Interest), if any, on such Notes shall cease to accrue and such Notes shall cease to be convertible.
If a Note is converted in accordance with Article 10, then from and after the time of conversion on the Conversion Date, such Note shall cease to be outstanding and interest (including Additional Interest), if any, shall cease to accrue on such Note.
Section 2.09 Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes (Temporary Notes). Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes and deliver them in exchange for Temporary Notes.
Section 2.10 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, conversion or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, conversion payment or cancellation and shall dispose of such cancelled Notes in its customary manner. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 10.
Section 2.11 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Register as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal, interest (including any Additional Interest), and any Extension Fee or payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, for the purpose of conversion and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
In connection with the exchange of an entire Global Note for Certificated Notes pursuant to this Subsection (ii), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes of authorized denominations.
Upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions from the Holder of a Global Note directing the Registrar to (x) issue one or more Certificated Notes in the amounts specified to the owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Note and (y) debit or cause to be debited an equivalent amount of beneficial interest in such Global Note, subject to the Applicable Procedures:
1) the Registrar shall notify the Company and the Trustee of such instructions, identifying the owner and amount of such beneficial interest in such Global Note;
2) the Company shall promptly execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to such beneficial owner Certificated Note(s) in an equivalent amount to such beneficial interest in such Global Note; and
3) the Registrar shall decrease such Global Note by such amount in accordance with the foregoing.
(1) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; and
(2) so long as such Notes are restricted securities (as defined under Rule 144), such Notes are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:
Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Certificated Note, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
Section 3.01 No Company Right to Redeem. The Company shall have no right to redeem the Notes before the Maturity Date.
In addition, the Company shall include with such Fundamental Change Notice a form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder and the notice.
If the Notes to be repurchased are in book-entry form, the Holder must deliver the Notes to be repurchased in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
If the Notes are held in book entry form, the notice of withdrawal must also comply with the Applicable Procedures.
Section 3.06 Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, as the case may be, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04) an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day), sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof which are to be repurchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Section 3.07 Notes Repurchased in Part. Any Certificated Note that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holders attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered which is not repurchased, or in the case of a Global Note, the Company shall instruct the Registrar to decrease such Global Note by the principal amount of the repurchased portion of the Note surrendered.
Section 3.08 Covenant to Comply with Notes Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes. When repurchasing Notes under Section 3.02, the Company will, to the extent applicable, (i) comply with Rule 13e-4 (or any successor provision) and Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act, (ii) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act, and (iii) otherwise comply with any applicable federal and state Notes
laws so as to permit Holders to exercise their rights and obligations under Section 3.02 in the time and in the manner specified in Section 3.02.
Section 3.09 Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any cash held by them for the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price that remains unclaimed as provided in Paragraph 12 of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto; provided, however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.04 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to repurchase as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Company, promptly after the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company.
In the event that the Company is required to pay Additional Interest or Extension Fees to Holders, the Company shall provide a direction or order in the form of a written notice to the Trustee (and if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) of the Companys obligation to pay such Additional Interest or Extension Fee no later than three Business Days prior to the date on which any such Additional Interest or Extension Fee is scheduled to be paid. Such notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest or Extension Fee to be paid by the Company on such payment date and direct the Trustee (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) to make payment to the extent it receives funds from the Company to do so. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine
whether the Additional Interest or Extension Fee is payable, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of the Additional Interest or Extension Fee owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest or Extension Fee.
Section 4.03 Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010) of the Company an Officers Certificate (which Officers Certificate shall not be required to include such statements included in Section 13.05), stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder), and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 4.04 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.
Section 4.05 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in New York, New York, an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, repurchase, redemption or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The office of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038 (Attention: Corporate Trust Department), shall initially be such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in the location of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee). If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 13.02.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in New York, New York for such purposes.
Section 4.06 Delivery of Certain Information. At any time when the Company is not subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder or any beneficial owner of Notes or holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information (as defined below) to such Holder or any beneficial owner of Notes or holder or beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes, or to a prospective purchaser of any such Note designated by any such Holder, as the case may be, to the extent required to permit compliance by such Holder or holder with Rule 144A in connection with the resale of any such Note. Rule 144A Information shall be such information as is
specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. Whether a Person is a beneficial owner shall be determined by the Company to the Companys reasonable satisfaction.
Section 4.07 Par Value Limitation. The Company will not take any action that, after giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 10.05, would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock for less than the par value of such shares of Common Stock.
The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Notes or elsewhere in this Indenture, a Default under clause (v) of this Section 6.01(a) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding notify the Company (and in the case of such notice by Holders, the Trustee) of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a Notice of Default.
Section 6.02 Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(a)(viii) or Section 6.01(a)(ix) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of Notes outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, on all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such accelerated amount shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(viii) or 6.01(ix) with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of Notes outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or any Holder, become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding by notice to the Trustee and the Company and without notice to any other Holder may rescind any declaration of acceleration if the rescission is before any judgment or decree has
been obtained and if all existing Events of Default have been cured other than nonpayment of the principal amount or accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, that has become due solely as a result of acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, and any Extension Fee or payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of the Notes in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding by written notice to the Trustee and without notice to any other Holder may waive an existing or past default and its consequences except (a) an Event of Default described in Sections 6.01(a)(i) or 6.01(a)(ii) (other than any nonpayment of principal of the Notes that has become due solely by reason of a declaration of acceleration, to the extent that such declaration of acceleration is duly rescinded in accordance with this Indenture), (b) a default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder or (c) an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(a)(iv). When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any consequent right.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would potentially involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits. A Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to bring suit for the enforcement of payment of principal, accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, and any Extension Fee or payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Holders Notes, and to convert the Notes in accordance with Article 10, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder and shall not be subject to the requirements of Section 6.06.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(i) or 6.01(a)(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
Section 6.10 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, and any Extension Fee or payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, as the case may be, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on the Notes; and
THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding.
Section 6.12 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA, apply to the SEC to continue as trustee, or resign. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent or co-registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustees certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee; provided, however, that except in the case of a Default described in Section 6.01(a)(i), 6.01(a)(ii) or 6.01(iv), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders. The second sentence of this Section 7.05 shall be in lieu of the proviso to TIA Section 315(b) and such proviso is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days of each December 31, commencing on December 31, 2009, and for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of December 31 of such year that complies with TIA Section 313(a), if and to the extent required by such subsection. The Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its (or its related bank holding companys) most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
Section 7.12 Trustees Application for Instructions from the Company. Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable to the Company for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified
in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
Section 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Notes. When (a) the Company delivers to the Registrar all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation or (b) all outstanding Notes have become due and payable, and the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee or delivers to the Holders, as applicable, cash and/or shares of Common Stock (solely to satisfy outstanding conversions, if applicable) sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.07), and if in either case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the outstanding Notes, then this Indenture shall, subject to Section 7.07, cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes or any Holders. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
Section 8.02 Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for payments on the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years after the date on which such payments became due, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors and all liability of the Trustee or Paying Agent with respect to such money will cease.
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder or any other Person so long as such changes, other than those in clause (b), do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Holders:
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all such Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment to this Indenture or the Notes may not:
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall comply with the TIA.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents, Waivers and Actions. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holders Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the supplemental indenture setting forth the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective in accordance with the terms of the supplemental indenture, which shall become effective upon the execution thereof by the Trustee.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for outstanding Notes.
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Supplemental Indentures. Upon the request of the Company, the Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment contained therein does not affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign such supplemental indenture. In signing such supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to the provisions of Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
Section 9.07 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 10.03 Settlement Upon Conversion. (a) Except as provided in Section 10.07(d), if a Holder surrenders a Note for conversion, the Company will satisfy its obligation to convert the Note (the Conversion Obligation) by delivering cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock based on the Conversion Rate then in effect and the Settlement Method that applies to the Note.
Section 10.04 Company to Provide Stock. The Company shall, prior to issuance of any shares of Common Stock under this Article 10, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the conversion of the Notes.
Section 10.05 Adjustments to the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of the events described below, except that no adjustments will be made to the Conversion Rate for any Holder that may participate (as a result of holding the Notes, and at the same time as holders of the Common Stock participate) in any of the events described below as if such Holder held, without having to convert its Notes, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination, as the case may be. |
Any adjustment made under this clause (a) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date for such share split or combination. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this clause (a) is declared but not so paid or made, or any share split or combination of the type described in this clause (a) is announced but the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not so split or combined, as the case may be, then
the Conversion Rate shall immediately be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, or not to split or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination not been declared or announced.
(b) Adjustment for Rights Issue. If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants that entitle such holders, for a period of not more than 60 days after the date of issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share of the Common Stock less (or securities convertible into shares of the Common Stock having a conversion price per share of the Common Stock less) than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement date for such issuance, the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
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the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding as of the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
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Any adjustment made under this clause (b) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall immediately be readjusted to equal the
Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the relevant adjustment pursuant to this clause (b) not occurred.
For purposes of this clause (b), in determining whether any issued rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement date of such issuance, there shall be taken into account any consideration that the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if F (as defined above) is greater than or equal to M (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive upon conversion, in addition to the cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon
conversion, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes converted, the amount and kind of debt, securities, assets or certain rights to purchase securities of the Company that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on the Record Date for such distribution, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the record date for such dividend or distribution. In addition, at least 45 Scheduled Trading Days before making any distribution described in this clause (c)(i) in which F (as defined above) is reasonably likely to be greater than or equal to M (as defined above), the Company shall deliver to Holders notice that the Company intends to make such a distribution.
Any adjustment made under this sub-clause (c)(i) will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend or distribution not been declared.
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The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this sub-clause (c)(ii) will be made immediately after the Close of Business on the last day of the Valuation Period, but will be given effect as of the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off.
If, for any conversion for which a Combination Settlement or a Cash Settlement applies, the effective date for the Spin-Off is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the last Trading Day of the Observation Period for the Conversion Date for such conversion, references
within this sub-clause (c)(ii) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced, for the purposes of calculating the affected Daily Conversion Amounts in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the effective date for the Spin-Off to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Observation Period. For the purposes of determining the applicable Conversion Rate on any Conversion Date for which a Physical Settlement applies that occurs during the 10 Trading Day period commencing on the effective date for any Spin-Off, references within this sub-clause (c)(ii) related to Spin-Offs to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the effective date for such Spin-Off to, but excluding, such Conversion Date.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if C (as defined above) is greater than or equal to SP (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive upon conversion, in addition to the cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon conversion, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes converted, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on the Record Date for such distribution, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. In addition, at least 45 Scheduled Trading Days before making any distribution described in this clause (d) in which C (as defined above) is reasonably likely to be greater than or equal to SP (as defined above), the Company shall deliver to Holders notice that the Company intends to make such a distribution.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so
paid, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend or distribution not been declared.
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The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this clause (e) will be made immediately after the Open of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date, but will be given effect at the Open of Business on the Trading Day following the Expiration Date.
If the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the end of the Observation Period in respect of any conversion for which
a Combination Settlement or Cash Settlement applies, references within this clause (e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced, for purposes of calculating the affected Daily Conversion Amounts in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Observation Period. For purposes of determining the applicable Conversion Rate, in respect of any conversion for which a Physical Settlement applies during the 10 Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, references within this clause (e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date to, but excluding, the relevant Conversion Date.
After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Article 10, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article 10 shall cause an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as so adjusted, without duplication.
Share Price
Fundamental |
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$ 12.12 |
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$ 15.00 |
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$ 20.00 |
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$ 25.00 |
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$ 30.00 |
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$ 35.00 |
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$ 40.00 |
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$ 50.00 |
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$ 80.00 |
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$ 90.00 |
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$ 100.00 |
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December 21, 2009 |
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15.4284 |
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14.9853 |
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9.9916 |
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7.4293 |
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5.8704 |
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4.8135 |
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4.0447 |
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2.9947 |
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2.3083 |
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1.8247 |
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1.4671 |
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1.1933 |
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0.9783 |
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January 15, 2010 |
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15.4284 |
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14.8634 |
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9.8981 |
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7.3563 |
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5.8123 |
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4.7656 |
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4.0049 |
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2.9655 |
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2.2859 |
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1.8071 |
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1.4528 |
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1.1815 |
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0.9684 |
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January 15, 2011 |
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15.4284 |
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13.3619 |
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8.7300 |
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6.4434 |
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5.0800 |
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4.1640 |
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3.5002 |
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2.5930 |
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1.9985 |
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1.5784 |
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1.2668 |
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1.0276 |
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0.8393 |
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January 15, 2012 |
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15.4284 |
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11.9534 |
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7.5829 |
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5.5421 |
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4.3577 |
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3.5711 |
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3.0029 |
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2.2266 |
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1.7166 |
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1.3551 |
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1.0863 |
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0.8793 |
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0.7161 |
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January 15, 2013 |
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15.4284 |
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10.6134 |
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6.4346 |
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4.6328 |
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3.6326 |
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2.9788 |
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2.5084 |
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1.8652 |
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1.4413 |
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1.1399 |
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0.9149 |
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0.7410 |
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0.6033 |
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January 15, 2014 |
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15.1980 |
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9.2072 |
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5.1637 |
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3.6308 |
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2.8339 |
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2.3237 |
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1.9575 |
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1.4554 |
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1.1231 |
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0.8862 |
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0.7088 |
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0.5712 |
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0.4618 |
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January 15, 2015 |
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14.3638 |
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7.6256 |
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3.7119 |
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2.5250 |
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1.9704 |
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1.6207 |
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1.3678 |
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1.0178 |
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0.7852 |
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0.6190 |
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0.4945 |
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0.3976 |
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0.3202 |
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January 15, 2016 |
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13.7815 |
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5.5387 |
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1.9287 |
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1.2765 |
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1.0088 |
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0.8319 |
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0.7004 |
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0.5165 |
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0.3938 |
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0.3062 |
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0.2405 |
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0.1894 |
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0.1486 |
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January 15, 2017 |
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15.4284 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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Section 11.01 Payment of Interest. The Company shall pay interest on the Notes at a rate of 4.00% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year (each, an Interest Payment Date) or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day, commencing July 15, 2010. Interest on a Note shall be paid to the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on the January 1 or July 1 (each, a Record Date), as the case may be, immediately preceding the related Interest Payment Date, and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. In the event of the maturity, conversion, or repurchase of a Note by the Company at the option of the Holder, interest shall cease to accrue on such Note. If the Conversion Date for a Note occurs after a Record Date but on or before the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Holder of such Note on such Record Date notwithstanding the conversion of such Note.
Section 11.02 Defaulted Interest. Any installment of interest that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (Defaulted Interest), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders in whose names the Notes were registered on the Record Date applicable to such installment of interest. Defaulted Interest (including any interest on such Defaulted Interest) may be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in Section 11.02(a) or (b).
Section 12.01 Agreement to Subordinate. The Company agrees, and each Holder of a Security agrees that payment of principal, any accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), any Extension Fee and any payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Notes will be subordinated to the extent and manner provided in this Article 12 to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt of the Company, including Senior Debt incurred after the date of this Indenture.
Section 12.02 Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshaling of the Companys assets
and liabilities, holders of Senior Debt will be entitled to receive payment in full of all obligations due in respect of such Senior Debt (including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt) before the Holders will be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the Notes.
Section 12.05 Acceleration of the Securities. The Company must promptly notify holder of Senior Debt if payment on the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 12.06 No Stacking. The Company will not incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any indebtedness that is contractually subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt and senior in right of payment to the Notes. No such indebtedness will be considered to be senior by virtue of being secured on a first or junior priority basis.
Section 12.07 Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Article 12:
Section 13.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.
Section 13.02 Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver, consent or communication shall be in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission (confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile numbers:
if to the Company:
Griffon Corporation
712 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile: (516) 932-1169
Attention of: Chief Financial Officer
if to the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
59 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
Facsimile: (718) 331-1852
Attention: Corporate Trust Office
The Company or the Trustee, by notice given to the other in the manner provided above, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication given to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the Holders address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be deemed given on the date of such mailing.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not received by the addressee.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Holders, it shall, at the same time, mail a copy to the Trustee and each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.
If the Company is required under this Indenture to give a notice to the Holders, in lieu of delivering such notice to the Holders, the Company may deliver such notice to the Trustee and cause the Trustee to have delivered such notice to the Holders on or prior to the date on which the Company would otherwise have been required to deliver such notice to the Holders. In such a case, the Company shall also cause the Trustee to mail a copy of the notice to each of the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent at the same time it mails the notice to the Holders.
Section 13.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Conversion Agent and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 13.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
Section 13.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition (except for such Officers Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.03) provided for in this Indenture shall include:
Section 13.06 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.07 Rules by Trustee. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders.
Section 13.08 Governing Law. THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 13.09 No Recourse Against Others.. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
The Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, Daily VWAPs, Daily Conversion Amounts, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate in effect on any Conversion Date.
The Company will make these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the calculations will be final and binding on Holders. The Company will provide to the Trustee a schedule of its calculations, and the Trustee is entitled to rely upon the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Companys calculations to any Holder upon the request of such Holder.
All calculations shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share, as the case may be.
Section 13.11 Successors. All agreements of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors.
Section 13.12 Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
Section 13.13 Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 13.14 Force Majeure. The Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent, and Conversion Agent shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of such person (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).
Section 13.15 Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company (i) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be, may be instituted in any federal court with applicable subject matter jurisdiction sitting in The City of New York; (ii) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (iii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GRIFFON CORPORATION has caused this Indenture to be duly executed as a deed the day and year first before written.
GRIFFON CORPORATION
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, has executed this Indenture as of the date first above written.
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Griffon Corporation 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes Indenture Signature Page
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[Include the following legend for Global Notes only (the Global Securities Legend):]
THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS CONVERTIBLE NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWO OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Include the following legend on all Notes that are Restricted Notes (the Restricted Securities Legend):]
THE SALE OF THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND, ACCORDINGLY, PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS NOTE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE (AND ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN OR THEREIN) MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT:
(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;
(C) TO A PERSON THAT YOU REASONABLY BELIEVE TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR
(D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (INCLUDING, IF AVAILABLE, THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).
THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE MEANS THE DATE: (A) THAT IS AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LAST DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE NOTES (INCLUDING THE LAST DATE OF ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF THE INITIAL PURCHASERS OPTION TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL NOTES); AND (B) ON WHICH THE COMPANY HAS INSTRUCTED THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS LEGEND WILL NO LONGER APPLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (D), THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE AND MAY RELY UPON TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
No.: [ ]
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398433 AD4 |
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Principal Amount $[ ]
as revised by the Schedule of Increases
and Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto
Griffon Corporation
4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017
Griffon Corporation, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [ ] [include Cede & Co. for Global Note] or registered assigns, the principal amount of $[ ] on January 15, 2017 (the Maturity Date).
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15.
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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Griffon Corporation 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes Notes Signature Page
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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Griffon Corporation 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes Notes Signature Page
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017
1. Interest.
This Note shall bear cash interest at the rate of 4.00% per annum. Interest on this Note shall accrue from December 21, 2009 (the Issue Date) or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for. Interest shall be payable semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2010, to the Holder of record of this Note as of the Close of Business on the January 1 or July 1 immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Each payment of cash interest on this Note shall include interest accrued for the period commencing on and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Issue Date) through the day before the applicable Interest Payment Date. Any payment required to be made on any day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest or other amount will be paid as a result of any such postponement. Interest shall be calculated using a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall cease to accrue on this Note upon its Maturity Date, conversion or repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change.
Subject to certain exceptions, interest on Notes converted after a Record Date, but on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, will be paid to the Holder of the Notes on the Record Date, but upon such conversion, the Holder must pay the Company the interest which has accrued and will be paid by the Company on such Interest Payment Date. No such payment need be made (1) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Record Date and on or prior to the next Interest Payment Date; (2) to the extent of overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists on the Conversion Date with respect to such Notes; or (3) if such Notes are surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date.
2. Method of Payment.
The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided herein and in the Indenture. The Company will pay interest (including Additional Interest, if any, but excluding Defaulted Interest) on the principal amount of the Notes on each January 15 and July 15 to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the Close of Business on the January 1 and July 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled or repurchased after such Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal, accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, and any Extension Fee or payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The Company will make all payments in respect of a Global Note registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such Holder. The Company will make all payments in respect of a Certificated Note (including principal and interest) in U.S. dollars at the office of the Trustee. At the Companys option, the Company may make such
payments by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address shall appear on the register or, if requested by a Holder of more than $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such Holder. If an Interest Payment Date is a date other than a Business Day, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
3. Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar.
Initially, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC will act as the Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee; provided, however, that the Company will maintain at least one Paying Agent in the United States of America, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar.
4. Indenture.
The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 21, 2009 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with terms thereof, the Indenture), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect from time to time (the TIA). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms.
The Notes are general unsecured, subordinated obligations of the Company and are limited to an aggregate principal amount of not more than $115,000,000. The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Company, secured or unsecured.
5. Repurchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) At the option of the Holder, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, each Holder will have the right, at its option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of its Notes, or any portion of its Notes in principal amount equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of thereof, at a Fundamental Change Repurchase Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, to but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. To exercise its repurchase right, a Holder must deliver, on or before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, written notice to the Trustee of such Holders exercise of its repurchase right, together with the Notes with respect to which the right is being exercised. Subject to such Holders satisfaction of certain requirements in the Indenture, the Company is required to repurchase the Notes on a date specified by the Company that is no fewer than 20 Business Days and no more than 35 Business Days after the date the Fundamental Change Effective Date.
(b) Holders have the right to withdraw any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice delivered pursuant to Paragraph 5(a) above by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of
withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. If cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of all Notes or portions thereof to be repurchased as of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is deposited with the Paying Agent on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (or portions thereof) immediately after such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, and the Holder thereof shall have no other rights as such other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon surrender of such Note.
6. Conversion.
(a) Subject to and in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture (including, without limitation, the conditions to conversion of this Security set forth in Section 10.01 of the Indenture), a Holder hereof has the right, at its option, to convert the principal amount hereof or any portion of such principal amount which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, subject to Sections 10.01 and 10.03 of the Indenture, into, at the Companys election, cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together with an amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock, if any, at the Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date. The Conversion Rate shall initially equal 67.0799 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 and is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events described in the Indenture.
(b) To surrender a Note for conversion, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the irrevocable conversion notice below or as provided by the Conversion Agent (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent; (2) surrender the Note to the Conversion Agent (if the Note is certificated); (3) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; (4) pay any transfer or similar tax, if required; and (5) pay funds equal to the interest payable on the next interest payment date, if required. If a Holder holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note, such Holder must also comply with any procedure of DTC applicable to the conversion of a beneficial interest in such Global Note.
The Notes are in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Notes in respect of which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of a Note to be repurchased in part, the portion of the Note not to be repurchased).
8. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding by the Company and the Trustee. The Company
and the Trustee may also amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder so long as such changes, other than those in clause (2) below, do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Holders: (1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; (2) to provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations under the Indenture by a successor upon any merger, consolidation or asset transfer permitted under the Indenture; (3) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; (4) to provide any security for or guarantees of the Notes; (5) to comply with any requirement to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; (6) to add covenants that would benefit the Holders or to surrender any rights the Company has under the Indenture; (7) to add events of default with respect to the Notes; (8) to add circumstances under which the Company will pay additional interest on the Notes; (9) to make any change that does not adversely affect any outstanding Notes in any material respect; or (10) to conform the provisions of the Indenture or the Notes to the Description of Notes contained in the Offering Circular.
9. Defaults and Remedies.
Each of the following is an Event of Default under the Indenture: (1) the Company fails to pay any interest (including any Additional Interest) or any Extension Fee on the Notes when it becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days; (2) the Company fails to pay all of or any part of the principal and any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes when it becomes due and payable at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration, upon a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise (including the failure to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change or to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, in each case as required in the Indenture); (3) the Company fails to provide a Fundamental Change Notice as required by Section 3.03 of the Indenture, a notice as required by Section 10.01(a)(iii) of the Indenture or a notice as required by Section 10.06(c) of the Indenture; (4) the Company defaults in its obligations under Article 10 of the Indenture to deliver the shares of Common Stock, Cash or a combination of Common Stock and Cash (including cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock) as required to be delivered upon the conversion of any Notes under Article 10 of the Indenture; (5) the Company defaults in its observance or performance of any covenant or agreement in respect of the Notes contained in the Notes or in the Indenture for a period of 30 days after it receives written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding specifying such default and demanding that such default be remedied; (6) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries defaults under any instrument or instruments evidencing indebtedness (other than the Notes) having an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) or more that results in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness unless such acceleration has been rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice of such acceleration has been received by the Company or such Significant Subsidiary; (7) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000 shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries remains or remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and nonappealable; (8) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: (A) commences a voluntary case; (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (E) takes any comparable
action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or (9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case; (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for any substantial part of its or any of its Significant Subsidiaries property; (C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or (D) grants any similar relief under any foreign laws, and in each such case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
The Indenture provides that if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(viii) or 6.01(ix) of the Indenture with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, on the Notes to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(viii) or 6.01(ix) of the Indenture occurs and is continuing with respect to the Company, the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes shall, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or any Holder, become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, by notice to the Trustee and the Company, and without notice to any other Holder, may rescind any declaration of acceleration if the rescission occurs before any judgment or decree has been obtained and if all existing Events of Default have been cured other than nonpayment of the principal amount or accrued but unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, that have become due solely as a result of acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
10. Subordination.
The Securities are unsecured obligations of the Company subordinated in right of payment to the Companys existing and future Senior Debt and structurally subordinated in right of payment to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the Companys subsidiaries.
11. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money or Notes.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
13. Trustee Dealings with the Company.
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not The Trustee.
14. Calculations in Respect of Notes.
The Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock, Daily VWAPs, Daily Conversion Amounts, any accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate in effect on any Conversion Date.
The Company will make these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the calculations will be final and binding on Holders of the Notes. The Company will provide to the Trustee a schedule of its calculations, and the Trustee is entitled to rely upon the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Companys calculations to any Holder of the Notes upon the request of such Holder.
15. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.
16. Authentication.
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the Trustees certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
17. Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
18. GOVERNING LAW.
THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
19. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
20. Additional Interest; Extension Fee.
Holders shall be entitled to payments of Additional Interest or Extension Fees to the extent set forth in the Indenture.
In the event that the Company is required to pay Additional Interest or Extension Fees to Holders, the Company shall provide a direction or order in the form of a written notice to the Trustee (and if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) of the Companys obligation to pay such Additional Interest or Extension Fee no later than three Business Days prior to the date on which any such Additional Interest or Extension Fee is scheduled to be paid. Such notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest or Extension Fee to be paid by the Company on such payment date and direct the Trustee (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) to make payment to the extent it receives funds from the Company to do so. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether the Additional Interest or Extension Fee is payable, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of the Additional Interest or Extension Fee owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest or Extension Fee.
The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note in larger type. Requests may be made to:
Griffon Corporation
712 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
4.00 % Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2017
Transfer Certificate
In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes within the period prior to the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) (or any successor provision), the undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby certifies with respect to $ principal amount of the above-captioned Notes presented or surrendered on the date hereof (the Surrendered Notes) for registration of transfer, or for exchange or conversion where the securities issuable upon such exchange or conversion are to be registered in a name other than that of the undersigned registered owner (each such transaction being a transfer), that such transfer complies with the restrictive legend set forth on the face of the Surrendered Notes for the reason checked below:
o A transfer of the Surrendered Notes is made to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
o The transfer of the Surrendered Notes complies with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or
o The transfer of the Surrendered Notes is pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or
o The transfer of the Surrendered Notes is pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirement of the Securities Act.
Unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that, to the undersigneds knowledge, such Notes are not being transferred to an affiliate of the Company as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (an Affiliate).
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EXHIBIT C
RESTRICTED STOCK LEGEND
Restricted Stock Legend
THE SALE OF THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND ACCORDINGLY, PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY (AND ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN) MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, EXCEPT:
(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR
(C) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (INCLUDING, IF AVAILABLE, THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT).
THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE MEANS THE DATE: (A) THAT IS AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LAST DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THE COMPANYS 4.00% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2017; AND (B) ON WHICH THE COMPANY HAS INSTRUCTED THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS LEGEND WILL NO LONGER APPLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE FOR THE NOTES.
PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (C), THE COMPANY AND THE COMPANYS TRANSFER AGENT RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE AND MAY RELY UPON TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
GRIFFON CORPORATION
4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2017
Purchase Agreement
December 16, 2009
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
As representative of the several Purchasers
named in Schedule I hereto,
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Griffon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto (the Purchasers) an aggregate of $100,000,000 principal amount (the Firm Securities) of its 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2017 (the Notes), convertible into cash and shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.25 (Stock), upon the occurrence of certain circumstances under the terms of an indenture to be dated December 21, 2009 (the Indenture) between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC as trustee (the Trustee) and, at the election of the Purchasers, up to an aggregate of $15,000,000 in additional aggregate principal amount of Notes (the Optional Securities) (the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities which the Purchasers elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the Securities).
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Purchasers that:
(a) A preliminary offering circular, dated December 15, 2009 (the Preliminary Offering Circular), and an offering circular, dated December 16, 2009 (the Offering Circular), have been prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities and shares of the Stock issuable upon conversion thereof. The Preliminary Offering Circular, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(b)), is hereinafter referred to as the Pricing Circular. Any reference to the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the Companys most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, (ii) the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on December 29, 2008 (but only with respect to the information under the following captions: Executive Compensation, Proposal 1 - Election of Directors, Management, Audit Committee Report, Corporate Governance, Stock Ownership, Report of the Compensation Committee, Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance, Proposal 4 - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Audit and Related Fees), (iii) the Companys Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission on October 15, 2009 and November 9, 2009 and (iv) all subsequent documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) on or prior to the date of such circular and any reference to the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, as amended or supplemented, as of any specified date, shall be deemed to include (i) any documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, and prior to such specified date and (ii) any Additional Issuer Information (as defined in Section 5(f)) furnished by the Company prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities; and all documents filed under the Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto are hereinafter called the Exchange Act Reports. The Exchange Act Reports, when they were or are filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commissions close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(a) hereof. The Preliminary Offering Circular or the Offering Circular and any amendments or supplements thereto and the Exchange Act Reports did not and will not, as of their respective dates, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(b) For the purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Time is 9:30 a.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Circular as supplemented by the information set forth in Schedule III hereto, taken together (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package) as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Company Supplemental Disclosure Document (as defined in Section 6(a)(ii)) listed on Schedule II(b) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Pricing Circular or the Offering Circular and each such Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in a Company Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein;
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular
and Offering Circular or as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect); and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Circular, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular;
(d) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Pricing Circular or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, subject to (1) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other laws affecting creditors rights generally from time to time in effect and (2) to general principles of equity and public policy and the discretion of the court or other body before which any proceeding may be brought, including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, in each case, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (clauses (1) and (2), collectively, the Enforceability Exceptions) and with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, has power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the shares of Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and the Indenture referred to below, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular; and all of the
issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Circular;
(g) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement (and assuming due authentication by the Trustee and payment and delivery in accordance with this Agreement), will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture under which they are to be issued, which will be substantially in the form previously delivered to you; the Indenture has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee and assuming that the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee), the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to the Enforceability Exceptions; and the Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular and will be in substantially the form previously delivered to you;
(h) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Indenture, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(i) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(j) Prior to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities;
(k) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor (ii) will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, nor (iii) will such action result in a violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except as would not, in the case of (i) and (iii), individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Purchasers and such other approvals as have been duly obtained and are in full force and effect;
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(m) The statements set forth in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular under the captions Description of Notes and Description of Our Common Stock, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and the Stock, and under the captions Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations and Plan of Distribution, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and fair summaries of the matters described therein in all material respects (based on the assumptions described therein);
(n) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Companys knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(o) When the Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Securities will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act)) as securities which are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system;
(p) The Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(q) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be an investment company, as such term is defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act);
(r) Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf (provided that no representation is made as to the Purchasers or any person acting on their behalf) has offered or sold the Securities by means of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Act;
(s) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular, within the preceding six months, neither the Company nor any other person acting on behalf of the Company (provided that no representation is made as to the Purchasers or any person acting on their behalf) has offered or sold to any person any Securities, or any securities of the same or a similar class as the Securities, other than Securities offered or sold to the Purchasers hereunder. The Company will take reasonable precautions designed to insure that any offer or sale, direct or indirect, in the United States or to any U.S. person (as defined
in Rule 902 under the Act) of any Securities or any substantially similar security issued by the Company, within six months subsequent to the date on which the distribution of the Securities has been completed (as notified to the Company by Goldman, Sachs & Co.), is made under restrictions and other circumstances reasonably designed not to affect the status of the offer and sale of the Securities in the United States and to U.S. persons contemplated by this Agreement as transactions exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act;
(t) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed or caused to be designed by the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Companys internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2009, the last date on which such control was evaluated, was effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;
(u) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular, there has been no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting;
(v) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and the Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act and determined that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective;
(w) Grant Thornton LLP, which has audited certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(x) No labor disturbance by or material dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent;
(y) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable non-U.S., U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety (as such is affected by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants), the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (Environmental Laws); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; (iii) have not received written notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law; and (iv) have not been named as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; except for, in each of clauses (i)(iv); as would not be reasonably expected to result in the Company or its subsidiaries incurring a material liability pursuant to the Environmental Laws;
(z) Except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (i) the minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (ERISA), has been satisfied by each pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that has been established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, to the extent applicable; (ii) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under Section 515 of ERISA; (iii) except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, each pension plan and welfare plan established or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA, to the extent applicable; and (iv) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has incurred or would reasonably be expected to incur any material withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA; and (v) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has incurred any material liability under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA;
(aa) The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all patents, trademarks and service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names (in each case including all registrations and applications to register same), inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the Intellectual Property) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted or as proposed in the Pricing Disclosure Package to be conducted, except for as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Offering Circular or where such failure to own or possess such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries own, or have rights to use under license, all such Intellectual Property free and clear in all respects of all adverse claims, liens or other encumbrances; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the Companys or its subsidiaries rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property; and (v) there is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by any third party that the Company or any subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any third party;
(bb) Except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned by such person or that such person has the right to acquire;
(cc) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that could give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Purchasers for a brokerage commission, finders fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities;
(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity, (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment or kickback;
(ee) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened;
(ff) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC). The Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC;
(gg) Assuming the accuracy of, and the Purchasers compliance with, the representations, warranties and agreements of the Purchasers herein, and the compliance by the holders of the Securities with the offering and transfer restrictions set forth in the Offering Circular, no registration under the Securities Act of the Securities is required for the issuance of the Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture; and
(hh) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Circular and the Offering Circular, the Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as they believe is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects. The Company has not received any notice from its insurers that the Company or its subsidiaries will not be able to (i) renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a comparable cost.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of the Purchasers agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 97.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I hereto, and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Purchasers shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Securities as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Purchasers, and each of the
Purchasers agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the same purchase price set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Optional Securities as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractions of $1,000) determined by multiplying such aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities which such Purchaser is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Purchaser in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities which all of the Purchasers are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Purchasers the right to purchase at their election up to $15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities, at the purchase price set forth in clause (a) of the first paragraph of this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering sales of securities in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities. Any such election to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised by written notice from you to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Optional Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than two business days after the date of such notice (unless otherwise agreed between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co.) or prior to the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof).
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Securities, the several Purchasers propose to offer the Firm Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Offering Circular and each Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Company that:
(a) It will offer and sell the Securities only to persons who it reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A;
(b) It is an Institutional Accredited Investor as such term in defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D; and
(c) It will not offer or sell the Securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Act.
4. (a) The Securities to be purchased by each Purchaser hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the Securities to Goldman, Sachs & Co., for the account of each Purchaser, against payment by or on behalf of such Purchaser of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the account of Goldman, Sachs & Co. at DTC. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to Goldman, Sachs & Co. for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of Latham & Watkins LLP, 885 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (the Closing Location). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on December 21, 2009 or such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Securities, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the written
notice given by the Purchasers of the Purchasers election to purchase the Optional Securities, or at such other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Securities is herein called the First Time of Delivery, any time and date for delivery of Optional Securities is herein called an Optional Time of Delivery, and each such time and date for delivery of Securities is herein called a Time of Delivery.
(b) The documents to be delivered at such Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional documents requested by the Purchasers pursuant to Section 8(i) hereof, will be delivered at such time and date at the Closing Location, and the Securities will be delivered at DTC or its designated custodian), all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, New York Business Day shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Purchasers:
(a) To prepare the Offering Circular in a form approved by you; to make no amendment or any supplement to the Offering Circular which shall be reasonably disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; and to furnish you with copies thereof;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation, (ii) to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction, (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject or (iv) make any change to its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws;
(c) To furnish the Purchasers with written and electronic copies thereof in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request, and if, at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the date of the Offering Circular, any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Offering Circular as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Offering Circular is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary or desirable during such same period to amend or supplement the Offering Circular, to notify you and upon your request to prepare and furnish without charge to each Purchaser and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Offering Circular or a supplement to the Offering Circular which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(d) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing until the date 90 days after such Time of Delivery, not to offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to
the Securities or the Stock, including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement), without your prior written consent;
(e) Not to be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of two years after such Time of Delivery, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end investment company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act;
(f) At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the Securities are restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act, for the benefit of holders from time to time of Securities, to furnish at its expense, upon request, to holders of Securities and prospective purchasers of securities information (the Additional Issuer Information) satisfying the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the Act;
(g) Except for such documents that are publicly available on EDGAR, to furnish to the holders of the Securities as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the date of the Offering Circular), to make available to its stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;
(h) During the one-year period after such Time of Delivery, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) (which expressly does not include GS Direct) to, resell any of the Securities which constitute restricted securities under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them;
(i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular under the caption Use of Proceeds;
(j) To reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, shares of Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue shares of its Stock upon conversion of the Securities; and
(k) To use its commercially reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
6.
(a) (i) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co., it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Act (any such offer is hereinafter referred to as a Company Supplemental Disclosure Document);
(ii) each Purchaser represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., other than one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of securities, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that, if the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement were conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Act with the Commission, would constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (any such offer (other than any such term sheets), is hereinafter referred to as a Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document); and
(iii) any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document or Purchaser Supplemental Disclosure Document the use of which has been consented to by the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. is listed on Schedule II(b) hereto;
7. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Purchasers that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys counsel and accountants in connection with the issue of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Preliminary Offering Circular and the Offering Circular and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Purchasers and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Purchasers, this Agreement, the Indenture, the blue sky memorandum related to the offering, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the documented and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Purchasers in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, and the listing of the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities; and (vii) all other reasonable costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Purchasers will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
8. The obligations of the Purchasers hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of each Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Purchasers, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(b) Dechert LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A;
(c) On the date of the Pricing Circular prior to the execution of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Grant Thornton LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;
(d) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Circular and Offering Circular, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Offering Circular;
(e) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Companys debt securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Companys debt securities;
(f) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Companys securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities being issued at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering Circular;
(g) The Company shall have made application for the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities, subject to notice of issuance, on the Exchange;
(h) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Purchasers on or prior to the date of this Agreement executed copies of an agreement from all directors and officers of the Company listed in Schedule IV, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex II hereof; and
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at each Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsection (f) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Purchaser against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Purchaser may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Purchaser in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular or any such amendment or supplement, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Circular, the Offering Circular or any such amendment or supplement, or any Company Supplemental Disclosure Document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Purchaser through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection, except to the extent that the indemnifying party suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. The indemnifying party shall not be required to indemnify any indemnified party for any amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the written consent of the indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations (including any failure by the indemnified party to provide any notice specified above). The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Purchasers, in each case as set forth in the Offering Circular. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company on the one hand or the Purchasers on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to investors were offered to investors exceeds the amount of any damages which such Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Purchasers obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to any affiliate of each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any Purchaser within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Purchasers under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Purchasers may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
10. (a) If any Purchaser shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein at a Time of Delivery. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Purchaser you do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Offering Circular, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments to the Offering Circular which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term Purchaser as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to require
each non-defaulting Purchaser to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Purchasers to purchase Securities of a defaulting Purchaser or Purchasers, then this Agreement (or, with respect to an Optional Time of Delivery, the obligation of the Purchasers to purchase and of the Company to sell Optional Securities) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Purchaser or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Purchasers as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 9 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Purchaser from liability for its default.
11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Purchasers, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any controlling person of any Purchaser, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
12. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof; but, if for any other reason, the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Purchasers through you for all expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Purchasers in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Purchaser except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.
13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Purchasers, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Purchaser made or given by you.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Purchasers shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Offering Circular, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to a Purchaser pursuant to Section 9(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Purchaser at its address set forth in its Purchasers Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the initial purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the initial purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.
14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Purchasers, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Purchaser, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Purchaser shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
16. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Purchasers, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) no Purchaser has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Purchaser, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
17. This Agreement (i) amends and restates in its entirety that certain purchase agreement earlier entered into on December 15, 2009 by and between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and (ii) supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
18. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company and the Purchasers agree that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this agreement or our engagement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company and the Purchasers agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
19. The Company and each of the Purchasers hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
20. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
21. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company (and the Companys employees, representatives, and other agents) are authorized to disclose to any and all persons, the tax
treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Purchasers imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, tax treatment means U.S. federal and state income tax treatment, and tax structure is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us one for the Company and the Representative plus one for each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Purchasers, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Purchasers and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Purchasers is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
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SCHEDULE I
Purchaser |
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Principal |
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Aggregate |
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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70,000,000 |
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$ |
10,500,000 |
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
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20,000,000 |
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3,000,000 |
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. |
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10,000,000 |
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1,500,000 |
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100,000,000 |
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$ |
15,000,000 |
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SCHEDULE II
1. Offering Summary Term Sheet delivered to certain investors on December 14, 2009.
2. Offering Summary Term Sheet delivered to certain investors on December 15, 2009.
SCHEDULE III
Final Term Sheet
Dated December 16, 2009
GRIFFON CORPORATION
4.00% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2017
The information in this term sheet supplements Griffon Corporations preliminary offering circular, dated December 15, 2009 (the Preliminary Offering Circular), and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Circular to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Circular. Terms used in this term sheet but not defined have the respective meanings given to them in the Preliminary Offering Circular.
Issuer: |
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Griffon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (NYSE: GFF) |
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Title of Securities: |
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4.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2017 |
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Aggregate Principal Amount Offered: |
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$100,000,000 (excluding the initial purchasers option to purchase up to $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of additional notes within 30 days after the date of the original issuance of the notes solely to cover over-allotments) |
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Net proceeds: |
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Approximately $95.9 million (or approximately $110.4 million if the initial purchasers exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes), after deducting the initial purchasers discounts and commissions and the expected expenses of this offering |
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Maturity: |
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January 15, 2017 |
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Annual Interest Rate: |
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4.00% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears in cash and accruing from the date of original issuance |
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Issue Price: |
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100% |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
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Each January 15 and July 15, beginning on July 15, 2010 |
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Interest Payment Record Dates: |
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The January 1 or July 1, as applicable, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date |
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Method of Distribution: |
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144A |
Initial Conversion Rate: |
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67.0799 shares of Griffon Corporation common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes |
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Reference Price: |
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$12.12 per share of Griffon Corporation common stock |
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Conversion Premium: |
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Approximately 23.00% above the Reference Price |
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Initial Conversion Price: |
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Approximately $14.9076 per share of Griffon Corporation common stock |
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Sole Book-Running Manager: |
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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Trade Date: |
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December 16, 2009 |
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Settlement Date: |
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December 21, 2009 |
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CUSIP/ISIN: |
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Restricted CUSIP Number: 398433 AD4
Restricted ISIN Number: US398433AD42 |
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Adjustment to Conversion Rate upon a Fundamental Change: |
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The following table sets forth effective dates, share prices and the number of additional shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes by which the conversion rate will be increased for a fundamental change having such effective date and share price: |
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$ 12.12 |
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$ 15.00 |
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$ 20.00 |
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$ 25.00 |
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$ 30.00 |
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$ 35.00 |
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$ 40.00 |
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$ 50.00 |
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$ 60.00 |
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$ 70.00 |
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$ 80.00 |
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$ 90.00 |
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$ 100.00 |
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December 21, 2009 |
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15.4284 |
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14.9853 |
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9.9916 |
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7.4293 |
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5.8704 |
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4.8135 |
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4.0447 |
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2.9947 |
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2.3083 |
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1.8247 |
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1.4671 |
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1.1933 |
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0.9783 |
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January 15, 2010 |
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15.4284 |
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14.8634 |
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9.8981 |
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7.3563 |
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5.8123 |
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4.7656 |
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4.0049 |
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2.9655 |
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2.2859 |
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1.8071 |
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1.4528 |
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1.1815 |
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0.9684 |
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January 15, 2011 |
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15.4284 |
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13.3619 |
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8.7300 |
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6.4434 |
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5.0800 |
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4.1640 |
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3.5002 |
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2.5930 |
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1.9985 |
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1.5784 |
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1.2668 |
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1.0276 |
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0.8393 |
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January 15, 2012 |
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15.4284 |
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11.9534 |
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7.5829 |
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5.5421 |
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4.3577 |
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3.5711 |
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3.0029 |
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2.2266 |
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1.7166 |
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1.3551 |
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1.0863 |
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0.8793 |
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0.7161 |
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January 15, 2013 |
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15.4284 |
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10.6134 |
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6.4346 |
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4.6328 |
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3.6326 |
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2.9788 |
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2.5084 |
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1.8652 |
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1.4413 |
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1.1399 |
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0.9149 |
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0.7410 |
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0.6033 |
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January 15, 2014 |
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15.1980 |
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9.2072 |
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5.1637 |
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3.6308 |
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2.8339 |
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2.3237 |
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1.9575 |
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1.4554 |
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1.1231 |
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0.8862 |
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0.7088 |
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0.5712 |
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0.4618 |
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January 15, 2015 |
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14.3638 |
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7.6256 |
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3.7119 |
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2.5250 |
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1.9704 |
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1.6207 |
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1.3678 |
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1.0178 |
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0.7852 |
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0.6190 |
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0.4945 |
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0.3976 |
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0.3202 |
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January 15, 2016 |
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13.7815 |
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5.5387 |
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1.9287 |
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1.2765 |
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1.0088 |
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0.8319 |
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0.7004 |
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0.5165 |
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0.3938 |
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0.3062 |
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0.2405 |
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0.1894 |
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0.1486 |
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January 15, 2017 |
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15.4284 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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The exact share prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
· If the share price is between two share prices listed in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates listed in the table, the number of additional shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower share price amounts listed in the table and the two effective dates listed in the table, as applicable, based on a 365-day year.
· If the share price is greater than $100.00 per share, subject to adjustment, the conversion rate will not be adjusted.
· If the share price is less than $12.12 per share (the closing price of the common stock on the date hereof), subject to adjustment, the conversion rate will not be adjusted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion exceed 82.5083 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, subject to adjustments in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Circular under Description of NotesConversion Rate Adjustments.
Capitalization
The following table shows, in each case, as of September 30, 2009 our capitalization on an (i) actual basis and (ii) as adjusted basis to give effect to this offering and the assumed application of the estimated net proceeds therefrom. See Use of Proceeds for additional detail on the use of net proceeds from the issuance of the notes. The table assumes the initial purchasers do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional notes.
This table should be read in conjunction with our consolidated audited financial statements and the notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009. See Incorporation By Reference.
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
320,833 |
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$ |
416,733 |
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Debt: |
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4.0% contingent convertible subordinated notes due 2023(2)(3) |
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$ |
79,380 |
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79,380 |
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Note payable to banks - revolving credit facilities(4) |
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73,925 |
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73,925 |
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Notes offered hereby(3) |
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100,000 |
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Other debt, including capital leases(5) |
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26,499 |
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26,499 |
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Total debt |
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$ |
179,804 |
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$ |
279,804 |
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Shareholders Equity: |
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Preferred stock, par value $0.25 per share, authorized 3,000 shares, no shares issued |
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Common stock, par value $0.25 per share, authorized 85,000 shares, issued 72,040 shares |
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$ |
18,010 |
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$ |
18,010 |
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Capital in excess of par(3) |
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420,749 |
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420,749 |
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Retained earnings |
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438,782 |
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438,782 |
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Treasury shares, at cost, 12,466 common shares |
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(213,560 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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28,170 |
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28,170 |
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Deferred compensation |
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(5,248 |
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(5,248 |
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Total shareholders equity |
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$ |
686,903 |
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$ |
686,903 |
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Total capitalization |
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$ |
866,707 |
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$ |
966,707 |
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(1) The as adjusted column is presented for illustrative purposes only. As described in Use of Proceeds, the Company will add the net proceeds from the offering to its existing cash balance of approximately $320.8 million at September 30, 2009, which we intend to use for general corporate purposes, including working capital, the repayment or repurchase of corporate indebtedness, investment in current segments and/or acquisitions of other businesses outside our current portfolio.
(2) Represents fair value of the 2023 notes, which is based upon market values. A holder of 2023 notes has the right to require us to repurchase all or a portion of its 2023 notes on July 18, 2010 at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal payment of the 2023 notes on the date of purchase. If the common stock price remains below the conversion price of $22.41 per share, as adjusted for the September 2008 rights offering, the Company anticipates that the holders of the 2023 notes will require the Company to repurchase their outstanding 2023 notes in July 2010. In addition, beginning on July 26, 2010, we may redeem the 2023 notes, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time.
(3) Upon maturity, the aggregate principal amount due will be $100.0 million. In May 2008, the FASB issued new guidance to clarify that the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement) must be separately accounted for in a manner that will reflect the entitys nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in subsequent periods. The new guidance is effective for us as of October 1, 2009. The effect of this guidance on the accounting for the notes and the 2023 notes is that the equity component will be included in the capital in excess of par section of stockholders equity on our consolidated balance sheet and the value of the equity
component would be treated as original issue discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component of the notes.
(4) Consists of amounts outstanding under Building Products and Plastics $100.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility and Telephonics $100.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility.
(5) Consists of approximately $13.0 million of capital leases for real estate, $7.7 million of real estate mortgages, $5.6 million under a loan agreement of the Companys Employee Stock Ownership Plan, which is guaranteed by us, and $0.2 million of capital leases for equipment.
Relationship
GS Direct, L.L.C., an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, is purchasing up to $6.5 million principal amount of notes in the offering.
General
This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by the sender.
This communication is being distributed in the United States solely to qualified institutional buyers, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and may only be sold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A or pursuant to another applicable exemption.
This material is confidential and is for your information only and is not intended to be used by anyone other than you. This information does not purport to be a complete description of these securities or the offering. Please refer to the offering circular for a complete description.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.
A copy of the preliminary offering circular for the offering can be obtained from your Goldman Sachs sales person or Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 Attention: Prospectus Department (212)-902-1171.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
SCHEDULE IV
Officers
Ronald J. Kramer
Douglas Wetmore
Patrick L. Alesia
Directors
Henry A. Alpert
Bertrand M. Bell
Harvey R. Blau
Gerald J. Cardinale
Blaine V. Fogg
Bradley J. Gross
Rear Admiral Robert G. Harrison (USN Ret.)
Rear Admiral Clarence A. Hill, Jr.
General Donald J. Kutyna
James A. Mitarotonda
Martin S. Sussman
William H. Waldorf
Joseph J. Whalen
ANNEX I
[Form of Comfort Letter]
Pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Purchase Agreement, the accountants shall furnish letters to the Purchasers to the effect that:
(i) They are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(ii) In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules audited by us and included in the Offering Circular comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations;
(iii) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Offering Circular agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatements where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years;
(iv) On the basis of limited procedures not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Offering Circular, inquiries of officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Offering Circular are not in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on the basis substantially consistent with the basis for the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Offering Circular;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in the Offering Circular do not agree with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Offering Circular;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the Offering Circular but from which were derived any unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items included in
the Offering Circular and referred to in clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Offering Circular;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements included in the Offering Circular do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements or the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest financial statements included in the Offering Circular or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders equity or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included in the Offering Circular except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Offering Circular discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(F) for the period fro the date of the latest financial statements included in the Offering Circular to the specified date referred to in clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives, except in each case for decreases or increases which the Offering Circular discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter; and
(v) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s) included in the Offering Circular and the limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above, they have carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives, which are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Offering Circular, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.
ANNEX II
GRIFFON CORPORATION
Lock-Up Agreement
December [ ], 2009
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Re: Griffon Corporation - Lock-Up Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as representative of the initial purchasers (collectively, the Initial Purchasers), propose to enter into a Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with Griffon Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the Company), providing for a private offering of the convertible notes of the Company (the Notes), convertible into consideration that may include shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.25, (the Common Stock), which will be offered pursuant to Rule 144A.
In consideration of the agreement by the Initial Purchasers to offer and sell the Notes, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the final offering circular (the Lock-up Period) covering the private offering of the Notes (the Offering Circular), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock of the Company, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the Undersigneds Shares).
The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigneds Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigneds Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigneds Shares, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock of the Company, (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to
be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, or (iii) with the prior written consent of Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Initial Purchasers. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, the corporation may transfer the capital stock of the Company to any wholly-owned subsidiary of such corporation; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding such capital stock subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement and there shall be no further transfer of such capital stock except in accordance with this Lock-Up Agreement, and provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigneds Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Initial Purchasers are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigneds heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
If the Purchase Agreement is not executed, or if the Purchase Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Notes to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations herein.
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