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
May 7, 2010
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
OWENS-ILLINOIS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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Identification Number) |
One Michael Owens Way |
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Perrysburg, Ohio |
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43551-2999 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(567) 336-5000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Indenture
On May 7, 2010, Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (OB Glass), a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (OI Inc.), also a Delaware corporation, completed an offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015 (the Notes). In addition, the initial purchasers of the Notes have an option to purchase up to an additional $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes solely to cover over allotments, if any. The Notes will pay interest semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 at a rate of 3.00% per annum, and will mature on June 1, 2015. The Notes were offered and sold to initial purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The initial purchasers then sold the Notes to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to exemptions from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Notes are governed by an Indenture dated as of May 7, 2010, by and among OB Glass, OI Inc., the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, paying agent, registrar and exchange agent (the Indenture). A copy of the Indenture, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report.
The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior basis by OB Glass indirect parent, Owens-Illinois Group, Inc. (OI Group), and by certain domestic subsidiaries of OI Group that guarantee other indebtedness of OB Glass or OI Group.
On and after March 1, 2015, the Notes are exchangeable at any time at the applicable exchange rate until 5:00 pm, New York City time, on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. Upon exchange of a note, OB Glass will pay an amount of cash and OI Inc. will deliver a number of shares of OI Inc. common stock, if any, to the exchanging holder for each $1,000 principal amount of notes exchanged equal to the sum of the daily settlement amounts for each trading day in the applicable 20 trading day cash settlement averaging period. The exchange rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes initially will be 21.0642 shares of OI Inc. common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, which is equivalent to an initial exchange price per share of approximately $47.47 or an approximately 40.0% exchange premium based on the closing sale price of $33.91 per share of OI Inc. common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 3, 2010. The exchange rate will be subject to adjustments in certain events but will not be adjusted for accrued interest. In addition, following certain corporate transactions that occur prior to the maturity date, OB Glass will, in certain circumstances as described in the Indenture, increase the exchange rate for a holder who elects to exchange its Notes in connection with such a corporate transaction.
Prior to March 1, 2015, the Notes will be exchangeable only under the following circumstances: (1) during any fiscal quarter (and only during such fiscal quarter) commencing after June 30, 2010, if the last reported sale price of the common stock of OI Inc. for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable exchange price on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day of that measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of OI Inc. common stock and the applicable exchange rate on each such trading day; (3) if OI Inc. elects to (i) distribute to all or substantially all holders of OI Inc. common stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 60 calendar days after the issuance date for such distribution to subscribe for or purchase shares of OI Inc. common stock, at a price per share less than the average of the last reported sale prices of OI Inc. common stock over the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution, or (ii) distribute to all or substantially all holders of OI Inc. common stock, assets, debt securities or certain rights to purchase OI Inc.s securities, which distribution has a per share value, as determined by OI Inc.s board of directors, exceeding 10% of the last reported sale price of OI Inc. common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution; or (4) upon occurrence of a fundamental change or a make-whole fundamental change (as such terms are defined in the Indenture).
OB Glass may not redeem the Notes prior to maturity. If a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture) occurs at any time, a holder will have the right, at the holders option, to require OB Glass to purchase all or any portion of its Notes, on a date that is not less than 20 or more than 35 business days after the date on which OB Glass notifies holders of the occurrence of the effective date for such fundamental change at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the issuance by OB Glass of the Notes, OB Glass and OI Inc. entered into a registration rights agreement with the several initial purchasers of the Notes, dated as of May 7, 2010 (the Registration Rights Agreement). A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report.
The description in this Current Report of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement is not intended to be a complete description of those documents, and the description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of those documents which are attached as exhibits to and incorporated by reference in this Current Report.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit |
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4.1 |
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Form of Indenture, dated May 7, 2010, by and among Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, paying agent, registrar and exchange agent. |
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 7, 2010, by and among Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc. and the Initial Purchasers named therein. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. |
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Date: May 7, 2010 |
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/s/ Edward C. White |
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Edward C. White |
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Senior Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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4.1 |
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Form of Indenture, dated May 7, 2010, by and among Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, paying agent, registrar and exchange agent. |
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Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 7, 2010, by and among Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Owens-Illinois, Inc. and the Initial Purchasers named therein. |
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.
the Company
and
The Guarantors set forth in Annex A attached hereto
the Guarantors
3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015
INDENTURE
Dated as of May 7, 2010
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I Definitions and Incorporation by Reference |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction |
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Article II The Notes |
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Section 2.01 |
Designation; Amount and Issuance of Notes |
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Section 2.02 |
Form, Dating and Denomination; Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.03 |
Payment at Maturity; Payment of Interest |
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Section 2.04 |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.05 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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Section 2.06 |
Holder Lists |
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Section 2.07 |
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer |
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Section 2.08 |
Replacement Notes |
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Section 2.09 |
Outstanding Notes |
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Section 2.10 |
Temporary Notes |
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Section 2.11 |
Cancellation |
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Section 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest |
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Section 2.13 |
CUSIP Numbers and ISINs |
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Section 2.14 |
Automatic Exchange from Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock to Unrestricted OI Inc. Common Stock |
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Article III Purchases Upon a Fundamental Change |
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Section 3.01 |
Purchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change |
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Article IV Covenants |
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Section 4.01 |
Payment of Notes |
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Section 4.02 |
Commission Reports |
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Section 4.03 |
Compliance Certificate |
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Section 4.04 |
Notice of Defaults |
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Section 4.05 |
Registration Default Additional Interest |
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Article V Successor Company or Successor Guarantor |
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Section 5.01 |
When the Company, OI Group or OI Inc. May Merge or Transfer Assets |
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Section 5.02 |
Assignment of Obligations |
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Article VI 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 or Extension Laws |
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Section 6.13 |
Failure to Comply with Reporting Covenant |
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Article VII 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 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
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Section 7.07 |
Replacement of Trustee |
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Section 7.08 |
Successor Trustee by Merger |
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Section 7.09 |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
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Article VIII Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 8.01 |
Discharge of Liability on Notes |
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Section 8.02 |
Application of Trust Money |
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Section 8.03 |
Repayment to Company |
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Section 8.04 |
Reinstatement |
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Article IX Amendments and Waivers |
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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 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers |
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Section 9.04 |
Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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Section 9.05 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments |
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Article X Guarantees |
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Section 10.01 |
Guarantees |
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Section 10.02 |
Limitation on Liability |
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Section 10.03 |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantees |
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Section 10.04 |
Successors and Assigns |
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Section 10.05 |
No Waiver |
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Section 10.06 |
Right of Contribution |
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Section 10.07 |
No Subrogation |
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Section 10.08 |
Additional Guarantors; Reinstatement of Guarantees |
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Section 10.09 |
Modification |
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Section 10.10 |
Release of Guarantor |
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Article XI Exchange of Notes |
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Section 11.01 |
Exchange Rights |
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Section 11.02 |
Exchange Procedures; Settlement Upon Exchange; Fractional Shares |
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Section 11.03 |
Adjustment to Exchange Rate Upon Exchange Upon a Make-Whole Fundamental Change |
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Section 11.04 |
Adjustment of Exchange Rate |
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Section 11.05 |
Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of OI Inc. Common Stock |
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Section 11.06 |
Certain Covenants |
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Section 11.07 |
Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions |
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Section 11.08 |
Shareholder Rights Plans |
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Section 11.09 |
Responsibility of Trustee |
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Section 11.10 |
Certain Other Adjustments |
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Article XII Miscellaneous |
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Section 12.01 |
Indenture Subject to Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 12.02 |
Notices |
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Section 12.03 |
Communication by Holders with Other Holders |
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Section 12.04 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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Section 12.05 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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Section 12.06 |
When Notes Disregarded |
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Section 12.07 |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar |
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Section 12.08 |
GOVERNING LAW |
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Section 12.09 |
No Recourse Against Others |
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Section 12.10 |
Successors |
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Section 12.11 |
Multiple Originals |
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Section 12.12 |
Effect of Headings, Table of Contents, Etc. |
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Section 12.13 |
Indenture Controls |
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Section 12.14 |
Calculations |
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Section 12.15 |
Severability |
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Annex A |
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Guarantors |
Exhibit A |
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Form of Note (including forms of Exchange Notice, Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, Assignment and Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration of Restricted Notes) |
Exhibit B |
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Form of Restricted Legend for OI Inc. Common Stock Issued Upon Exchange (including form of Assignment and Form of Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration of Shares of Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock) |
INDENTURE dated as of May 7, 2010, among Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), Owens-Illinois, Inc. (OI Inc.), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Companys 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015 issued on the date hereof (the Original Notes) and any Additional Notes (as defined herein) that may be issued after the date hereof (all such Notes being referred to collectively as the Notes). The aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes shall be $600,000,000 (or $690,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers exercise their over-allotment option in full in accordance with the Purchase Agreement). Subject to the conditions and compliance with the covenants set forth herein, the Company may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes.
Additional Notes means Notes issued under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date.
Additional Shares has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).
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 (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
Agent Members has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b)(vi).
Automatic Exchange has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
Automatic Exchange Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
Bankruptcy Law has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
Bid Solicitation Agent means the agent appointed by the Company to determine the Trading Price of the Notes. The Bid Solicitation Agent shall initially be the Company;
provided, however, that the Company may appoint another Person (including, without limitation, the Trustee, if it so agrees) as the Bid Solicitation Agent without prior notice to the Holders.
Board of Directors means as to any Person, the board of directors of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close or be closed.
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock means:
(a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Cash Settlement Averaging Period with respect to any Note means:
Cash Settlement Averaging Period Market Disruption Event means:
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company means the party named as such in the Preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein, each other obligor on the Notes.
Corporate Trust Office means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, EP-MN-WS3C St. Paul, MN 55107-1419, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
Credit Agreement means the secured credit agreement, dated as of June 14, 2006, by and among the Borrowers named therein, OI Group, Owens-Illinois General, Inc., as Borrowers Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and the Arrangers, the other Agents and the Lenders named therein or party thereto, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, substituted or refinanced or otherwise restructured (including, but not limited to, the inclusion of additional borrowers thereunder) from time to time.
Custodian has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
Daily Exchange Value means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period, 5% of the product of:
Daily Settlement Amount for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period shall consist of:
Daily VWAP of OI Inc. Common Stock means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg page OI <equity> AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) 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 unavailable,
the market value of one share of OI Inc. Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined by a U.S. nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
Depositary means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as the Depositary for the Global Notes. DTC shall be the initial Depositary, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, Depositary shall mean or include such successor.
Disqualified Stock has the meaning specified in any Senior Note Indenture, and to the extent that none of the Senior Note Indentures remains in effect, has the meaning specified in the last of the Senior Note Indentures that ceases to be in effect as of the last day that such Senior Note Indenture was in effect.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of OI Group other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Effective Date means the date on which a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective.
Effective Default has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Agent means the agent appointed by the Company to which Notes may be presented for exchange. The Exchange Agent appointed by the Company shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association.
Exchange Consideration has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(b).
Exchange Date has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(a).
Exchange Notice has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(a).
Exchange Obligation has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
Exchange Price on any date of determination means $1,000 divided by the Exchange Rate as of such date.
Exchange Rate has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
Ex-Dividend Date is the first date on which the shares of OI Inc. Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question.
Expiration Date has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(e).
Expiration Time has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(e).
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arms-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary of OI Group which is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any State thereof.
Fundamental Change will be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Issue Date when any of the following occurs:
provided, however, no transaction or event described in clause (2) above will constitute a Fundamental Change, if at least 90% of the consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or made pursuant to dissenters appraisal rights, in the transaction or event that would otherwise have constituted a Fundamental Change consists of shares of Publicly Traded Securities and as a result of this transaction or event the Notes become exchangeable into such Publicly Traded Securities pursuant to Section 11.05, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, subject to the provisions set forth under Section 11.02.
Any transaction that is a Fundamental Change under clauses (1) and (2) of the definition thereof shall be a Fundamental Change only under clause (2) of this definition of Fundamental Change.
After any transaction in which OI Inc. Common Stock is replaced by securities of another entity, should one occur, following completion of any related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period and any related Fundamental Change Purchase Date, references to OI Inc. in the definition of Fundamental Change shall apply to such other entity instead.
Fundamental Change Notice has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
Fundamental Change Purchase Date has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c).
Fundamental Change Purchase Price has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect as of January 24, 2002.
Global Notes has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(b).
Global Notes Legend means the legend set forth under that caption in Exhibit A to the Indenture.
Guarantee has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
guarantee means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, through letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
Guarantor refers to:
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(a) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates;
(b) currency exchange swap agreements, currency exchange cap agreements, currency exchange collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency values; and
(c) commodity swap agreements; commodity cap agreements, commodity collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in commodity prices.
Holder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrars books.
incur means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of:
(a) borrowed money;
(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(c) bankers acceptances;
(d) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(e) the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued liability or trade payable; or
(f) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term Indebtedness includes the lesser of the Fair Market Value on the date of incurrence of any asset of the specified Person subject to a Lien securing the Indebtedness of others and the amount of such Indebtedness secured and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:
(1) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(2) the principal amount thereof, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
Indenture means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Initial Purchasers means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Interest Payment Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b).
Issue Date means May 7, 2010.
Last Reported Sale Price of OI Inc. Common Stock on any date means:
(a) the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price 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 price and the average last ask price) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which OI Inc. Common Stock is listed for trading;
(b) if OI Inc. Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. securities exchange on the relevant date, the last quoted bid price for OI Inc. Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization; or
(c) if OI Inc. Common Stock is not so quoted, as determined by a U.S. nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company for this purpose.
The Last Reported Sale Price of OI Inc. Common Stock will be determined without reference to after-hours or extended market trading.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any agreement to give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
Make-Whole Fundamental Change means any transaction or event described under clause (1), (2), (4) or (5) under the definition of Fundamental Change (except in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition thereof, determined without regard to the proviso in such definition, but subject to the paragraphs immediately following clause (6) of the definition thereof)
Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period means the period from, and including, the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including:
Market Disruption Event, means, if OI Inc. Common Stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the
occurrence or existence during the one-half hour period ending on the scheduled close of trading on any Trading Day of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in OI Inc. Common Stock or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to OI Inc. Common Stock on the primary market for the trading of such options, contracts or future contracts.
Maturity Date means June 1, 2015.
Note or Notes means the Companys 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015.
Notes Custodian means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
Notice of Default has the meaning specified in Section 4.04.
Obligations has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.
Offering Memorandum means the final offering memorandum dated May 3, 2010 with respect to the offering and sale of the Notes.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive or Senior Vice President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company or OI Inc., as the case may be.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company or OI Inc., as the case may be. One of the officers executing an Officers Certificate must be the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company or OI Inc., as the case may be.
OI Group means Owens-Illinois Group, Inc.
OI Inc. means Owens-Illinois, Inc.
OI Inc. Common Stock means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of OI Inc. as such stock may be constituted from time to time. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, shares issuable on exchange of Notes shall include only shares of OI Inc. Common Stock or shares of any class or classes of common stock resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof; provided, however, that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares so issuable on exchange of Notes shall include shares of all such classes, and the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
Original Notes has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this Indenture.
Paying Agent has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
Payment Default has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(h)(i).
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
protected purchaser has the meaning specified in Section 2.08.
Publicly Traded Security means common stock that is traded or equivalent common equity listed on a U.S. national securities exchange or that will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with the relevant transaction or event.
Purchase Agreement means (a) the Purchase Agreement dated May 3, 2010, among the Company, OI Inc., OI Group and the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers and (b) any other similar Purchase Agreement relating to Additional Notes.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A.
Reference Property has the meaning specified in Section 11.05.
Register has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
Registrar has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
Registration Default has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Registration Default Additional Interest has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 7, 2010, among the Company, OI Inc. and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which OI Inc. will file or have on file with the Commission a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the covering the resale of the OI Inc. Common Stock, subject to the terms and conditions therein specified.
Regular Record Date means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the May 15 and November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) preceding the applicable June 1 and December 1 Interest Payment Date, respectively.
Reorganization Event has the meaning specified in Section 11.05.
Reporting Default Additional Interest means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 6.13.
Resale Restriction Termination Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(d).
Restricted Global Note has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).
Restricted Legend means the legend set forth in Exhibit A, in the case of Notes or Exhibit B, in the case of OI Inc. Common Stock.
Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).
Restricted Securities has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(c).
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of OI Group that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Schedule TO means a Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of the Exchange Act.
Scheduled Trading Day means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the primary U.S. securities exchange or market on which OI Inc. Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading. If OI Inc. Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, Scheduled Trading Day means a Business Day.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Senior Note Indenture means any of the following:
Significant Subsidiary of a Person means a Subsidiary of such Person that would be a significant subsidiary of such Person within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) under Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.
Spin-Off has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c).
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
Stock Price means the price paid (or deemed paid) per share of OI Inc. Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If the holders of OI Inc. Common Stock receive only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of OI Inc. Common Stock. In all other cases, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person:
Successor Company has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(a)(i).
Successor Guarantor has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(b)(i).
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date.
Trading Day, except for purposes of determining the Daily Settlement Amounts and the Daily Exchange Values, means a day on which:
If OI Inc. Common Stock (or other security for which a Last Reported Sale Price must be determined) is not so listed or traded, Trading Day means a Business Day.
Trading Day, solely for the purposes of determining the Daily Settlement Amounts and the Daily Exchange Value, means:
Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5.0 million principal amount of the Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent U.S. nationally recognized securities dealers the Company selects; provided that, if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5.0 million principal amount of the Notes from a U.S. nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of OI Inc. Common Stock and the applicable Exchange Rate. If, upon presentation of reasonable evidence by the Holder, the Company does not instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to make such determination, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of OI Inc. Common Stock and the applicable Exchange Rate on each day the Company fails to do so.
Trading Price Measurement Period has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(b).
Trustee means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
Trust Officer means, with respect to the Trustee:
Uniform Commercial Code means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
Unrestricted OI Inc. Common Stock has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of OI Group (other than the Company) that is designated by the Board of Directors of OI Group as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of any of the Senior Note Indentures, and to the extent that all of the Senior Note Indentures cease to remain in effect, means any Subsidiary of OI Group (other than the Company) that is designated by the Board of Directors of OI Group as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the last of the Senior Note Indentures that ceases to be in effect as of the last day that such Senior Note Indentures was in effect.
Valuation Period has the meaning specified in Section 11.04(c).
Voting Stock of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person
Wholly Owned Subsidiary is a Subsidiary of the Company, all the capital stock of which (other than directors qualifying shares) is owned by the Company or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Notes and the Guarantee.
indenture security holder means a Holder.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company, and OI Inc. and any other obligor on the Notes.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
Section 2.01 Designation; Amount and Issuance of Notes. (a) The Notes shall be designated as 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015. The aggregate principal amount of Original Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is $600,000,000 (or $690,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers exercise their over-allotment option in full in accordance with the Purchase Agreement). An unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes may be issued from time to time in accordance with Section 2.01(b). Upon the execution of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Notes may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication.
With respect to any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 3.01(g), or 11.02(e)), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officers Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes:
If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes.
(a) The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company or the Guarantors are subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company).
So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.08(b), all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Notes in global form registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (the Global Notes). The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.07(b), beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in
their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global Note.
Any Global Notes shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect purchases, exchanges, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global Note, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal of, and interest on any Global Notes shall be made to the Depositary in immediately available funds.
(c) One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. 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.
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 Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer (a) Original Notes for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 (or $690,000,000 if the Initial Purchasers exercise their over-allotment option in full in accordance with the Purchase Agreement), the principal amount of Notes to be initially issued by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee shall be set forth in the written order, and (b) subject to the terms of the Indenture, Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, any issuance of Additional Notes after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000.
The Notes will be resold only to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A. The Notes may thereafter be transferred only to QIBs. Notes shall be resold pursuant to Rule 144A and shall be issued initially in the form of Restricted Global Notes, without interest coupons and with the Global Notes Legend and the applicable Restricted Legend set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Notes Custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, and interest), at the office or agency of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Registrar to such effect designating such account not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder provides written notice to the Registrar to the contrary.
If an Interest Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, such payment of interest (and principal in the case of the Maturity Date and Fundamental Change Purchase Price in the case of a Fundamental Change Purchase Date) will be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest or other amounts will be paid as a result of any such postponement.
(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the Registrar), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the Paying Agent) and an office or agency where the
Notes may be surrendered for exchange (the Exchange Agent) (which shall, in each case, be in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (the Register) and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent, and the term Registrar includes any co-registrars. The Company initially appoints U.S. Bank National Association as (i) Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent in connection with the Notes and (ii) the Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.05, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
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 bank that is acting as Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Notes to the Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.07, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.
Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company. 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.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or exchange pursuant to Article XI shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, and the Notes shall be duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required by law or permitted by this Indenture that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in the event a Holder requests any shares to be issued in a name other than such Holders name.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange, issue or register a transfer or exchange of (a) any Note or portions thereof surrendered for exchange pursuant to Article XI or (b) any Note or portions thereof tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to Article III.
Every share of OI Inc. Common Stock (and all securities issued in exchange therefore or in substitution thereof) issued upon exchange of a Note in accordance with Article XI is required under this Section 2.07(c) to bear the Restricted Legend (the Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock, and together with the Restricted Global Note, the Restricted Securities) and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.07(c) and in the Restricted Legend set forth in Exhibit B, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture, and the holder of each such share of Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock, by such holders acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. Each Holder which exchanges Notes for OI Inc. Common Stock will be deemed to have represented to the Company and OI Inc. that it is a QIB.
If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, 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, such that the Holder (a) notifies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a protected purchaser) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Company or the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the 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. In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and the Guarantors.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.
Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding. Subject to Section 12.05, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on the maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be repurchased or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that
date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date, such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
In the event that certificated Notes are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such certificated Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated 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 certificated Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes upon surrender of such temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company, without charge to the Holder.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Company shall forward to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes purchased by it. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures or deliver canceled Notes to the Company pursuant to written direction by an Officer. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has repurchased, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes and such default continues for a period of 30 calendar days, the interest which is payable shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date and the Company shall pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers and ISINs (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of repurchase as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers or ISINs.
To the extent there are any shares of Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock outstanding on the Resale Restriction Termination Date, Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock, shall be automatically exchanged on the Resale Restriction Termination Date into an unrestricted stock certificate representing OI Inc. Common Stock that is no longer subject to the restrictions set out in Section 2.07(c) (including removal of the Restricted Legend) (the Unrestricted OI Inc. Common Stock), without any action required by or on behalf of the holder (the Automatic Exchange). In order to effect such exchange, the Company shall at least 15 days but not more than 30 days prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, deliver a notice of Automatic Exchange (an Automatic Exchange Notice) to each holder at such holders address appearing in the register maintained at the registrar for OI Inc. Common Stock with a copy to the transfer agent for OI Inc. Common Stock. The Automatic Exchange Notice shall identify the OI Inc. Common Stock subject to the Automatic Exchange and shall state: (1) the date of the Automatic Exchange; (2) the section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Automatic Exchange shall occur; (3) the CUSIP number the Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock from which such holders beneficial interests shall be transferred and (4) the CUSIP number of the Unrestricted OI Inc. Common Stock into which such holders beneficial interests shall be transferred.
No Notes may be purchased at the option of Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date.
The Company shall purchase Notes that have been validly surrendered for Purchase and not withdrawn on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.
Simultaneously with providing the Fundamental Change Notice, the Company will issue a press release (and make the press release available on its website).
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the purchase rights of the Holders of Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.01.
The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any certificated Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.01(d).
The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Any documents or reports that (i) OI Group is required to file with the SEC or furnish to the holders of notes governed by any Senior Note Indenture pursuant to any Senior Note Indenture, or (ii) OI Inc. is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, shall be furnished by OI Group or OI Inc., as applicable, to the trustee and Holders, at their request, within 15 calendar days after the same are required (pursuant to the Senior Note Indentures or the Exchange Act, as the case may be) to be filed with the SEC (in each case, giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Documents filed by OI Group or OI Inc., as applicable, with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed furnished to the trustee and the Holders as of the time such documents are filed via EDGAR.
If at any time OI Group or OI Inc. is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, OI Group or OI Inc., as applicable, shall promptly furnish to the Holders, beneficial owners and prospective purchasers of the Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of those Notes pursuant to Rule 144A for so long as the Notes are outstanding.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default (the Notice of Default). The Trustee may withhold from Holders, notices of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest, including a default arising from the Companys failure to purchase any Notes when required upon a Fundamental Change, or the failure to deliver, upon exchange, cash and shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, if any), if it determines that withholding notice in their interest.
If the Company, OI Group or OI Inc., as applicable, is not the resulting or surviving Person, upon any such consolidation, merger or sale, assignment, conveyance, or transfer (other than in the case of a lease), the Successor Company shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of the Company, OI Group or OI Inc., as applicable, under this Indenture.
If such Guarantor is not the resulting or surviving Person, upon any such consolidation, merger or sale, assignment, conveyance, or transfer, the Successor Guarantor shall succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, such Guarantor under this Indenture, and the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically released under this Indenture.
On and after May 7, 2011, the Company may assign its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture to OI Inc., and the Company and each Guarantor, in its capacity as a Guarantor, would thereafter be released from its obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees of the Notes and this Indenture, provided that (a) OI Inc. assumes all of the obligations under the Notes and this Indenture and (b) the obligations of each domestic borrower under the Credit Agreement have been or will be concurrently assumed by OI Inc.
In the event of any such assignment, OI Inc. shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under the Indenture with the same effect as if OI Inc. had been named the Company herein, and restrictions imposed on and obligations of OI Group in this Indenture shall become restrictions imposed on and obligations of OI Inc., unless the context otherwise requires.
An Event of Default occurs if:
and, in any individual case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness is equal to or in excess of $50.0 million, or such Indebtedness together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100.0 million or more;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
The foregoing shall 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.
The term Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(k) or (l) with respect to the Company, OI Group, OI Inc. or a Significant Subsidiary of OI Group) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare 100% of the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable, provided, however, that the Trustee shall be held harmless with respect to any such declaration at the request of such Holders. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event
of Default specified in Section 6.01(k) or (l) with respect to the Company, OI Group, OI Inc. or a Significant Subsidiary of OI Group occurs, 100% of the principal of and interest on all the Notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration, other act or notice on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest 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 them 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.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all Holders of all of the Notes (1) waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except (a) a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, including a Default arising from a failure to purchase any Notes when required upon a Fundamental Change, on a Note or (b) a Default with respect to the Companys failure to deliver upon exchange the cash portion of the Exchange Consideration or OI Inc.s failure to deliver upon exchange the portion of the Exchange Consideration that consists of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, if any, and (2) rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration, if:
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.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes 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 unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would 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 under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
(a) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon exchange, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes or any Guarantee unless:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such Holder on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to enforce its rights of exchange in accordance with the provisions of Article XI, on or after the applicable date for settlement of the Exchange Obligation of the Company and OI Inc., shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, OI Inc.s only obligation in connection with a Holders exercise of its exchange rights under this Indenture is to deliver the portion of the Exchange Consideration that consists of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock. As a result, in the case of any failure to deliver the Exchange Consideration to an exchanging Holder upon such Holders exercise of its exchange rights under this Indenture, such Holders only claim with respect to OI Inc. would be for the portion of the Exchange
Consideration that consists of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock (or cash in lieu of a fractional share of OI Inc. Common Stock), and such Holders only claim with respect to the Company would be for the portion of the Exchange Consideration that consists of cash (other than any portion that corresponds to a fractional share of OI Inc. Common Stock).
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Notes) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.06.
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 or the Guarantor, their creditors or their 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 7.06.
If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.06;
SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: 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 Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
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 principal amount of the Notes.
Neither the Company nor the Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall 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, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and the Guarantor (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.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, to the extent that the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to OI Group or OI Inc.s failure to perform or observe the covenant in Section 4.02(a) will, for the 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default (which will be the 60th day after the written notice is provided to the Company in accordance with Section 6.01(g)), consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest (the Reporting Default Additional Interest) on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the 180-day period beginning on, and including, the occurrence of such an Event of Default during which such Event of Default is continuing in such 365 day period, and which such Reporting Default Additional Interest will be increased to 0.50% per annum of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes, for the remaining 185 days after such Event of Default is continuing for such 365 day period, provided that the rate at which such Reporting Default Additional Interest accrues may in no event exceed 0.50% per annum. If the Company so elects, such Reporting Default Additional Interest (in addition to any Registration Default Additional Interest) will be payable in arrears in the same manner and on the same Interest Payment Dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes. On the 366th day after the occurrence of such Event of Default (if the Event of Default is not cured or waived prior to such 366th day), such Reporting Default Additional Interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The provisions of this Section 6.13 will not affect the rights of Holders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default.
In the event the Company does not elect to pay the Reporting Default Additional Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.13, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event Registration Default Additional Interest is also triggered pursuant to Section 4.05, the interest rate applicable to the Notes under such Section 4.05 shall also apply to the Notes. In order to elect to pay the Reporting Default Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 365
days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to OI Groups or OI Inc.s obligations pursuant to Section 4.02(a), the Company must notify the Holders and the Trustee and Paying Agent of such election, and make the notice available on the Companys website, on or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth Business Day after the date on which such Event of Default otherwise would occur. Upon the Companys failure to timely give such notice, the Notes will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
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. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Section 7.09.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, any Guarantee or the Notes, 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 or the Guarantor 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. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) or (l) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 12.01 from the Company, the Guarantor or any Holder referencing this Indenture and the specific Default or Event of Default.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if in the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) it is actually known to the Trustee, or otherwise, if the Trustee has received written notice thereof, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer in the event of a payment default under Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) or written notice of it is received by a Trust Officer of the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Note or a default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon exchange, 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 the Holders.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee (which, for the purposes of this Section 7.06, shall include its directors, officers, employees and agents) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
(including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company or the Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Companys expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Company and the Guarantor, as applicable, shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties defense and, in such indemnified parties reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Guarantor, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party solely attributable to such partys own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes or to pay or deliver the consideration due upon exchange.
The Companys payment and indemnity obligations pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall also extend to the Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent hereunder, and survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or (i) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case, at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for a stay of its duty to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any indenture or indentures under which other Notes or certificates of interest or participation in other Notes of the Company are
outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.
(a) When (i) all outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.08) have been canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Notes have become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or as a result of receipt of Fundamental Change Purchase Notices or upon exchange or otherwise in respect of all outstanding Notes and the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the outstanding Notes when due at Stated Maturity or upon any Fundamental Change Purchase Date, including interest thereon to the Maturity Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date (other than Notes replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.08), and/or the cash portion of the Exchange Consideration and OI Inc. has deposited the applicable number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, if any, and if in each case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall, subject to Section 8.01(b), cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock due in respect of exchanged Notes deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It shall apply the deposited money through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes or, in the case of any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock in respect of exchanged Notes, in accordance with this Indenture in relation to the exchange of Notes pursuant to the terms hereof
Each of the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any money or to OI Inc. upon request any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock due in respect of exchanged Notes held by it as provided in this Article VIII are in excess
of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge in accordance with this Article VIII.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company and OI Inc., as applicable, upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock due in respect of exchanged Notes that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock due in respect of exchanged Notes must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies or shares of OI Inc. Common Stock due in respect of exchanged Notes.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock or other property due in respect of exchanged Notes in accordance with this Article VIII by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Companys and Guarantors obligations under this Indenture, and OI Inc.s obligations under this Indenture with respect to delivering the portion of the Exchange Consideration that consists of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock or other property due in respect of exchanged Notes in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any Holder:
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment and make such notice available on the Companys website. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes). However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment 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 Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment and make such notice available on the Companys website. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
(a) 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 on which the Trustee receives an Officers Certificate from the Company certifying that the percentage of consents have been received. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every applicable Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the receipt by the Company or the Trustee of the requisite percentage of consents.
If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to 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 and that such amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantor enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof.
Subject to the provisions of this Article X, the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guarantee (the Guarantee) to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (x) the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Notes whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) with respect to the Notes on a senior unsecured basis and (y) the due and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the Obligations). The Guarantors further agree that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from the Guarantors, and that the Guarantors will remain bound under this Article X notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.
The Guarantors waive presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Obligations and also waive notice of protest for nonpayment. The Guarantors waive notice of any default under the Notes to which this Article X is applicable or the Obligations with respect thereto. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 10.01 shall not be affected by:
(a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise;
(b) any extension or renewal of any Obligation;
(c) any rescission, waiver, amendment, modification or supplement of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture (other than this Article X), the Notes or any other agreement, unless such rescission, waiver, amendment, modification or supplement expressly affects the obligations of any Guarantor under this Section 10.01;
(d) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Obligations or any of them;
(e) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Obligations; or
(f) any change in the ownership of the Company.
The Guarantors further agree that their Guarantees herein constitute a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waive any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Obligations.
Except as set forth in this Indenture, the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth in this Indenture, the obligations of the Guarantors herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations with respect to the Notes, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantors or would otherwise operate as a discharge of the Guarantors as a matter of law or equity.
The Guarantors further agree that their Guarantees herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Obligation with respect to the Notes is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, unless such Guarantee has been released in accordance with Section 10.10.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has or may have at law or in equity against the Guarantors by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any Obligation with respect to the Notes when and as the same shall become due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Obligation with respect to the Notes, the Guarantors hereby promise to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) the unpaid Principal amount of such Obligations;
(ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law); and
(iii) all other monetary Obligations of the Company to the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee.
The Guarantors agree that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (w) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby and (x) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purposes of this Section.
The Guarantors also agree to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section.
Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.
To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President, any Executive or Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or one of its Vice Presidents. Further, the Company shall cause all future Guarantors to execute a supplemental indenture.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement or any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Notes, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note to which this Article X is applicable by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
This Article X shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article X shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article X at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantors right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 10.06. The provisions of this Section shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the Guarantors hereunder, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Company on account of the Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Obligations.
Until such time as all Guarantees by the Guarantors under this Indenture shall have been released in accordance with Section 10.10, OI Group shall cause each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of OI Group that guarantees the Companys Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, including the reinstatement or renewal of a guarantee of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement previously released under the Credit Agreement, to execute and deliver a supplement to this Indenture providing that such Domestic Subsidiary will be a Guarantor hereunder and deliver an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee within 10 Business Days of the date on which it executes a Guarantee under the Credit Agreement. Domestic Subsidiaries that are Guarantors on the date any such supplement is executed by an additional Domestic Subsidiary shall not be required to become parties to such supplement and hereby agree to the execution and delivery by any additional Domestic Subsidiary of any such supplement. In addition, OI Group
shall cause each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of OI Group that, directly or indirectly, guarantees the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company or OI Group to simultaneously execute and deliver a supplemental indenture providing for the guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Domestic Subsidiary, which Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such Subsidiarys Guarantee of such other Indebtedness.
No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article X, nor the consent to any departure by the Guarantors therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given, it being understood that the release of the Guarantees of Guarantors pursuant to Section 10.10 shall not be an amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article X and shall not require any action on the part of the Trustee. No notice to or demand on the Guarantors in any case shall entitle the Guarantors to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article XI, a Holder shall have the right, at such Holders option, to exchange all or any portion (long as the portion exchanged has an aggregate principal amount that is equal to an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount) of its Notes, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date at an exchange rate (the Exchange Rate) initially equal to 21.0642 shares of OI Inc. Common Stock (subject to adjustments as provided in Sections 11.03 and 11.04) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (the Exchange Obligation) only under the following circumstances:
Whenever the Notes shall become exchangeable pursuant to this Section 11.01(a), the Company shall notify the Holders and the Trustee in writing and shall make such notice available on the Companys website.
then, in each case, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Holders in writing at least 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. The Company shall also issue a press release, and make the press release available on the Companys website, announcing the satisfaction of this exchange contingency. Once the Company has given such notice, a Holder may surrender all or a portion of its Notes for exchange at any time from, and including, the date the Company mails such notice until the earlier of (i) 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date or (ii) the date of OI Inc.s announcement that such distribution will not take place. A Holder may not exchange any of its Notes based on this exchange contingency if such Holder will otherwise participate in the distribution without exchange (based upon the Exchange Rate and upon the same terms as holders of OI Inc. Common Stock) as a result of holding the Notes.
The Company will notify Holders and the Trustee and issue a press release, and make the press release available on the Companys website, as soon as practicable following the date the Company publicly announces the anticipate effective date of such transaction but in no event later than 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction, or, if at such time the Company does not have knowledge of such transaction or its anticipated effective date, within three Business Days after the date upon which the Company received notice or otherwise became aware of such transaction and its anticipated effective date, but in no event later than the actual effective date of such transaction. The Company will update its notice and issue a press release, and make the press release available on the Companys website, promptly if the anticipated effective date subsequently changes.
In order to exercise the exchange right with respect to any beneficial interest in a Global Note, a Holder must:
The date that the Holder satisfies the foregoing requirements with respect to a Note is the Exchange Date.
If a Holder has submitted any Notes for purchase pursuant to Section 3.01, such Notes may be exchanged only if the Holder submits a withdrawal notice in accordance with Section 3.01(d), and if such Notes are evidenced by a Global Note, if the Holder complies with appropriate Depositary procedures.
A Holder is not entitled to any rights of a holder of OI Inc. Common Stock until such Holder has exchanged its Notes into shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, and only to the extent such Notes are deemed to have been exchanged to OI Inc. Common Stock under this Article XI. Each Holder which exchanges Notes for OI Inc. Common Stock will be deemed to have represented to the Company and OI Inc. that it is a QIB.
Each Note shall be deemed to have been exchanged immediately prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Exchange Date and the Holder shall be treated as a Holder of record of any OI Inc. Common Stock issued upon the exchange of such Note on the final day of the applicable Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
As a result, upon exchange, accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Exchange Date will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are exchanged after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Regular Record Date but prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, Holders of such Notes at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Regular Record Date will receive the interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the exchange of such Notes. Any Notes surrendered for exchange during the period from 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Regular Record Date to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the corresponding Interest Payment Date
(whether or not the Holder was the Holder of record on the Regular Record Date) must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the Notes so exchanged; provided that no such payment need be made:
(a) If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and a Holder elects to exchange its Notes at any time during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period, then the Company shall increase the Exchange Rate for the Notes so surrendered for exchange by a number of additional shares of OI Inc. Common Stock (the Additional Shares) as set forth in this Section 11.03.
Effective |
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Stock Price |
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Date |
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$33.91 |
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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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$110.00 |
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$120.00 |
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May 7, 2010 |
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8.4256 |
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5.9202 |
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3.6882 |
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2.5675 |
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1.9426 |
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1.5591 |
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1.3014 |
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1.0764 |
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0.9403 |
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0.8320 |
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June 1, 2011 |
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8.4256 |
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5.7277 |
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3.3470 |
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2.2123 |
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1.6176 |
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1.2718 |
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1.0487 |
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0.9040 |
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0.7922 |
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0.7032 |
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June 1, 2012 |
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8.4256 |
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5.4955 |
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2.9465 |
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1.8134 |
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1.2696 |
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0.9787 |
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0.8109 |
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0.6859 |
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0.6004 |
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0.5331 |
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June 1, 2013 |
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8.4256 |
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5.1361 |
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2.3980 |
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1.3095 |
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0.8615 |
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0.6513 |
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0.5457 |
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0.4717 |
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0.4162 |
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0.3717 |
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June 1, 2014 |
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8.4256 |
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4.4963 |
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1.5550 |
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0.6541 |
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0.4011 |
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0.3179 |
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0.2719 |
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0.2386 |
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0.2120 |
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0.1899 |
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June 1, 2015 |
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8.4256 |
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3.9358 |
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The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
If any dividend, distribution or issuance described below is declared but not so paid or made, the Exchange Rate shall again be adjusted, effective as of the date OI Inc.s Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend, distribution or issuance, to the Exchange Rate that would have been in effect if such dividend, distribution or issuance had not been declared.
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ER = ER0 |
x |
OS |
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OS0 |
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where,
ER0 = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such share split or share combination, as the case may be;
ER = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Ex-Dividend Date or immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such dividend or distribution,
or immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such share split or share combination, as the case may be;
OS0 = the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination, as the case may be; and
OS = the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock outstanding immediately after such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination, as the case may be.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11.04(a) shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or effective date of such share split or share combination, as the case may be.
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ER = ER0 |
x |
OS0 + X |
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OS0 + Y |
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where,
ER0 = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
ER = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
OS0 = the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
X = the total number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
Y = the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the
Trading Day immediately preceding the declaration date for such distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11.04(b) shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date of such distribution. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of OI Inc. Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights, options or warrants upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to the Exchange 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 the delivery of only the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock actually delivered. For purposes of this Section 11.04(b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the Holders to subscribe for or purchase OI Inc. Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock for each Trading Day in the applicable ten consecutive Trading Day period, there shall be taken into account any consideration received 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 OI Inc.s Board of Directors.
(c) If OI Inc. distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, rights, options, warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities or other assets or property of OI Inc. to all or substantially all holders of its OI Inc. Common Stock, excluding:
then the applicable Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:
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ER = ER0 |
x |
SP0 |
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SP0 FMV |
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where,
ER0 = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
ER = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;
SP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV = the fair market value (as determined by OI Inc.s Board of Directors) of the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, rights, options, warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities or other assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of OI Inc. Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to the preceding paragraph of this Section 11.04(c) shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if FMW (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing adjustments, the Company shall deliver to each Holder (without such Holder having to exchange its Notes), in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of OI Inc. Common Stock receive the distributed property, the amount and kind of distributed property that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock equal to the Exchange Rate in effect on the record date for the distribution.
With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 11.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on OI Inc. Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a subsidiary, affiliate or other business unit of OI Inc. that will be listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon consummation of the payment) on a national securities exchange or reasonably comparable non-U.S. equivalent (a Spin-Off), the applicable Exchange Rate will be increased based on the following formula:
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ER = ER0 x |
FMV + MP0 |
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MP0 |
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where,
ER0 = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;
ER = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Ex-Dividend Date for such spin-off;
FMV = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of OI Inc. Common Stock applicable to one share of OI Inc. Common Stock (determined for purposes of the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as if such Capital
Stock or similar equity interest were the OI Inc. Common Stock) over the first ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Effective Date for the Spin-Off (the Valuation Period); and
MP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock over the Valuation Period.
The adjustment to the applicable Exchange Rate under the preceding paragraph of this Section 11.04(c) will be made immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day after the last day of the Valuation Period, but will be given effect as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off. For purposes of determining the applicable Exchange Rate in respect of any exchange during the ten Trading Days commencing on the effective date for any Spin-Off, the reference within this portion of the Section 11.04(c) related to Spin-Offs to ten Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, but not including, the effective date for such Spin-Off to, but excluding, the relevant Exchange Date. If one or more Trading Days of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period for any Note occurs on or after the Ex-Dividend Date for a Spin-Off, but on or prior to the first Trading Day in the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, such Cash Settlement Averaging Period will be suspended on the first such Trading Day and will resume immediately after the first Trading day of the Valuation Period for such Spin-Off and the reference in the above definition of FMV to ten shall be deemed replaced with a reference to one.
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ER = ER0 |
x |
SP0 |
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|
|
SP0 C |
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where,
ER0 = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
ER = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP0 = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and
C = the amount in cash per share OI Inc. distributes to holders of OI Inc. Common Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing , if C (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Company shall deliver to each Holder (without such Holder having to exchange its Notes), in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock receive the distributed property, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock equal to the applicable Exchange Rate on the record date for such cash distribution.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11.04(d) shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution.
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ER = ER0 |
x |
AC + (SP x OS) |
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|
|
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SP x OS0 |
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where,
ER0 = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
ER = the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date;
AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by OI Inc.s Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS0 = the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time such tender or exchange offer expires (the Expiration Time) (prior to giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer);
OS = the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.
Any adjustment to the applicable Exchange Rate made pursuant to this Section 11.04(e) shall become effective at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date. For purposes of determining the applicable Exchange Rate, in respect of any exchange during the 10 Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, references within this Section 11.04(e) to ten Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, but not including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date to, but excluding, the relevant Exchange Date. If one or more Trading Days of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period for any Note occurs after the Expiration Date for any Tender or Exchange Offer, but on or prior to the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer, such Cash Settlement Averaging Period will be suspended on the first such Trading Day and will resume immediately after the first Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer and the reference in the above definition of SP to ten shall be deemed replaced with a reference to one.
in each case as a result of which OI Inc. Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, common stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (each, a Reorganization Event), then, at the effective time of the Reorganization Event, the Company or the Successor Company, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall comply with the TIA as in force at the date of execution of such supplemental indenture) providing that at and after such effective time the right to exchange a Note based on OI Inc. Common Stock will, without the consent of the Holders, be changed into a right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Notes based on the kind and amount of shares of common stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock equal to the Exchange Rate immediately prior to such Reorganization Event would have owned or been entitled to receive (the Reference Property, with each unit of Reference Property meaning the type and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one share of OI Inc. Common Stock is entitled to receive) upon such Reorganization Event. In all cases, (A) the amount otherwise payable in cash upon exchange of the Notes pursuant to Section 11.02(b) shall continue to be payable in cash, (B) the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon exchange of the Notes pursuant to Section 11.02(b) will be instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a Holder of that number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock would have received in such transaction and (C) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property that a holder of one share of OI Inc. Common Stock would have received in such transaction; provided, however, that if the holders of OI Inc. Common Stock receive only cash in such transaction, the amount deliverable upon exchange shall equal the Exchange Rate in effect on the Exchange Date multiplied by the price paid per share of OI Inc. Common Stock in such transaction and settlement will occur on the third Trading Day following the Exchange Date.
If the Reorganization Event causes OI Inc. Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), the Reference Property based on which the Notes will be exchangeable will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of OI Inc. Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election and the Company will notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.
Any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to this Section 11.05 shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XI in the judgment of the Companys Board of Directors or the Board of Directors of the Successor Company. If, in the case of any such Reorganization Event, the Reference Property receivable thereupon by a holder of OI Inc. Common Stock includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the Successor Company, as the case may be, in such Reorganization Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other Person.
The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the Register, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
The above provisions of this Section 11.05 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events. If this Section 11.05 applies to any Reorganization Event, Section 11.04 shall not apply.
the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Exchange Agent and to be mailed to each Holder at its address appearing on the Register provided for in Section 2.05, as promptly as possible but in any event at least 20 days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (i) the declaration date of the dividend or other distribution, (ii) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, options or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of OI Inc. Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined or (iii) the date on which such reclassification, share exchange, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale, lease or other disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of OI Inc. Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their OI Inc. Common Stock for Notes or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this Indenture, and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(a) Any notice or communication is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or sent by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.
c/o Owens-Illinois Group, Inc.
One O-I Plaza
One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg, OH 43551
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone: (567) 336-5000
Facsimile: (419) 247-7107
If to OI Inc.:
Owens-Illinois Group, Inc.
One O-I Plaza
One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg, OH 43551
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone: (567) 336-5000
Facsimile: (419) 247-7107
If to the Trustee:
U.S.
Bank National Association
Raymond S. Haverstock
Corporate Trust Services
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul MN 55107-1419
Telephone: (651) 495-3909
Facsimile: (651) 495-1221
The Company, OI Inc. or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holders address as it appears on the Register. Notices will be deemed to have been given on the date of such mailing. Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail.
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 the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
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, OI Inc., the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
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:
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate provided for in Section 4.05) shall include:
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, OI Inc., any of the Guarantors or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, OI Inc. or any of the Guarantors shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
The Trustee as to Notes may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders of Notes. The Registrar and any Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for their functions.
THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
A past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company, OI Inc. or any Guarantor, if any, or any successor corporation shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company, OI Inc. or any Guarantor, if any, under the Notes, this Indenture or the Guarantees of the Notes, if any, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration of issuance of the Notes.
All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
This Indenture may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
The Article and Section headings herein and the table of contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture and the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices of OI Inc. Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the applicable Exchange Rate. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Companys calculations will be final and binding on Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Exchange Agent, and each of the Trustee and Exchange Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of our calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Companys calculations to any Holder upon request.
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
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ANNEX A
GUARANTORS
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ACI America Holdings Inc. |
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Brockway Realty Corporation |
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NHW Auburn, LLC |
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OI Auburn Inc. |
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OI Australia Inc. |
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OI California Containers Inc. |
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OI Castalia STS Inc. |
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Vice President and Secretary |
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OI General Finance Inc. |
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OI General FTS Inc. |
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O-I Holding LLC |
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OI International Holdings Inc. |
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OI Levis Park STS Inc. |
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OI Puerto Rico STS Inc. |
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OIB Produvisa Inc. |
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Owens-Brockway Packaging, Inc. |
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Owens-Illinois General Inc. |
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Owens-Illinois Group, Inc. |
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SeaGate, Inc. |
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SeaGate II, Inc. |
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SeaGate III, Inc. |
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Universal Materials, Inc. |
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC 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 THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Legend]
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC., OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. OR A SUBSIDIARY OF OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. (IN ADDITION TO OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.); OR (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED UNDER RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE).
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, EACH PURCHASER AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (A) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN CONSTITUTES ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA)) WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, ANY PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-UNITED STATES OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, SIMILAR LAWS), OR ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT OR (B) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.
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CUSIP No. 69073TAQ6
ISIN No. US69073TAQ67
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of dollars [or such lesser amount as is indicated in the records of the Trustee and DTC] on June 1, 2015, and to pay interest thereon from May 7, 2010, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2010, at the rate of 3.00% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment or exchanged. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and will be payable to Holders on a subsequent special record date.
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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* If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
3.00% Exchangeable Senior Note due 2015
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the Company), issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of May 7, 2010 (the Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors, Owens-Illinois, Inc. and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms and provisions.
1. Interest
The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company shall pay interest semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on December 1, 2010. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from May 7, 2010, until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful. In addition, the Company will pay Registration Default Additional Interest, if any, pursuant to Section 4.05 and Reporting Default Additional Interest, if any, pursuant to Section 6.13 of the Indenture. All references herein to interest shall include any Registration Default Additional Interest, if any, and Reporting Default Additional Interest, if any.
If any Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or any earlier required purchase date upon a Fundamental Change of a Note falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay.
2. Method of Payment
The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons in whose name a Note is registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Regular Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal and interest), at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the
registered address of each Holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a Holder of at least $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Registrar to such effect designating such account not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder provides written notice to the Registrar to the contrary.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (the Trustee), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. Ranking
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes are treated as a single class of Notes under the Indenture.
The Guarantors will fully and unconditionally guarantee, jointly and severally, the Obligations on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5. Merger Covenant
The Indenture imposes limitations on the ability of the Company, OI Group, OI Inc., and the Guarantors to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its property.
6. Sinking Fund
The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.
7. Purchase of Notes at the Option of Holders upon Fundamental Change
Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, each Holder has the right, at such Holders option, to require the Company to purchase all of such Holders Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes such Holder elects to require the Company to purchase, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date.
8. Exchange Rights
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture and prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Scheduled Trading Day
immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to exchange any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 or multiples thereof at an Exchange Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender of this Note, together with an Exchange Notice as provided in the Indenture and this Note, to the Company at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in New York City and, unless the shares of OI Inc. Common Stock issuable on exchange are to be issued in the same name as this Note, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder or by its duly authorized attorney. Upon exchange, the Exchange Obligation shall be satisfied by delivery of cash by the Company and the delivery of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, if any, by OI Inc. The initial Exchange Rate shall be 21.0642 shares of OI Inc. Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes. No fractional shares of OI Inc. Common Stock will be issued upon any exchange, but an adjustment in cash will be paid to the Holder by OI Inc., as provided in the Indenture, in respect of any fraction of a share that would otherwise be issuable by OI Inc. upon the surrender of any Note or Notes for exchange. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or any shares issued upon exchange of such Notes except as provided in the Indenture.
OI Inc.s only obligation in connection with a Holders exercise of its exchange rights under the Indenture is to deliver the portion of the Exchange Consideration that consists of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock. As a result, in the case of any failure to deliver the Exchange Consideration to an exchanging Holder upon such Holders exercise of its exchange rights under the Indenture, such Holders only claim with respect to OI Inc. would be for the portion of the Exchange Consideration that consists of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock (or cash in lieu of a fractional share of OI Inc. Common Stock), and such Holders only claim with respect to the Company would be for the portion of the Exchange Consideration that consists of cash (other than any portion that corresponds to a fractional share of OI Inc. Common Stock).
9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register transfers or exchanges of Notes or portions thereof surrendered for exchange pursuant to Article XI or any Notes tendered for purchase upon a Fundamental Change pursuant to Article III.
The Notes will be resold only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (QIBs), in reliance on Rule 144A. The Notes may thereafter be transferred only to QIBs. Notes shall be resold pursuant to Rule 144A and shall be issued initially in the form of Restricted Global Notes, without interest coupons and with the Global Notes Legend and the applicable Restricted Legend as provided in the Indenture, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Notes Custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture.
Each Holder which exchanges Notes for OI Inc. Common Stock will be deemed to have represented to the Company and OI Inc. that it is a QIB.
10. Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
11. Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal, interest, or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock or other property due in respect of exchanged Notes, if any, remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay the money or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock or other property due in respect of exchanged Notes back to the Company or OI Inc., as the case may be, at its written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money or any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock or other property due in respect of exchanged Notes must look to the Company or OI Inc., as the case may be, for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
12. Discharge
Subject to certain conditions, the Company and OI Inc. may satisfy and discharge its respective obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or on a Fundamental Change Purchase Date or upon exchange or otherwise, money for the payment of principal and interest, if any, on the Notes prior to repurchase or maturity, as the case may be, and OI Inc. deposits with the Trustee shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, if any, for delivery upon exchange.
13. Amendment, Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (a) the Indenture or the Notes may be amended without prior notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and (b) any default may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes as set forth in the Indenture.
14. Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, OI Inc., OI Group or any Significant Subsidiary of OI Group) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, OI Inc., OI Group or any Significant Subsidiary of OI Group occurs, the principal of and interest on all the Notes shall
become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the Exchange Consideration due upon exchange, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless (a) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (b) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (c) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (d) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (e) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to 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. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
15. Trustee Dealings with the Company
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 Trustee.
16. No Recourse Against Others
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or the Guarantor 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.
17. Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
18. 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 rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
19. Governing Law
THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES HEREOF SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
20. CUSIP Numbers and ISINs
The Company has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of 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 and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.
EXCHANGE NOTICE
TO: OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably exercises the option to exchange this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or a multiple thereof) below designated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that the cash deliverable by the Company and shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, if any, deliverable by OI Inc. upon such exchange and any Notes representing any unexchanged principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. If shares or any portion of this Note not exchanged are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will provide the appropriate information below and pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.
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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE
TO: OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby irrevocably acknowledges receipt of a notice from Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (the Company) regarding the right of holders to elect to require the Company to purchase the Notes and requests and instructs the Company to repay the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture at the price of 100% of such entire principal amount or portion thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date to the registered holder hereof. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. The Notes shall be purchased by the Company as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
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NOTICE: The above signatures of the holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Notes in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
Notes Certificate Number (if applicable):
Principal amount to be purchased (if less than all, must be $1,000 or integral multiples thereof):
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number:
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF RESTRICTED NOTES
This certificate relates to $ principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space) book-entry or definitive form by the undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
o has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depositary a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above);
o has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.
The undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
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(1) o to the Company or OI Inc. or one of its other Subsidiaries; or
(2) o to a person you reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF RESTRICTED LEGEND FOR OI INC.
COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON EXCHANGE
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. OR A SUBSIDIARY OF OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.; (B) UNDER A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (C) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE); OR (D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (2) THAT IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH (1)(D), FURNISH TO THE TRANSFER AGENT AND OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, EACH PURCHASER AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (A) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN CONSTITUTES ASSETS OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (ERISA)) WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, ANY PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-UNITED STATES OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (COLLECTIVELY, SIMILAR LAWS), OR ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT OR (B) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF SHARES OF RESTRICTED OI INC. COMMON STOCK
This certificate relates to shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (the Securities) held in (check applicable space) book-entry or definitive form by the undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
o has requested the Transfer Agent by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Securities held by the Depositary Securities in definitive, registered form of authorized shares in an equal number to the Securities (or the portion thereof indicated above);
o has requested the Transfer Agent by written order to exchange or register the transfer of Securities.
The undersigned confirms that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
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(1) o to the Company or OI Inc. or one of its other Subsidiaries; or
(2) o pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933;
(3) o to a person you reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) o pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Transfer Agent will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (4) is checked, the transfer agent may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, such legal opinions, certifications and other information OI Inc. has reasonably requested 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 of 1933.
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing the Securities for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding OI Inc. as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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Exhibit 10.1
Owens-Brockway Glass Containers Inc.
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
May 7, 2010
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
As representatives of the several Initial Purchasers
named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement,
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers (as defined herein) upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) the Companys 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015 (the Notes), guaranteed by certain guarantors and exchangeable based on common stock, par value $0.01 per share (OI Inc. Common Stock) of Owens-Illinois, Inc., a Delaware corporation (OI Inc.). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers thereunder, the Company and OI Inc. agree with the Initial Purchasers for the benefit of Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Interest has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a).
Affiliate of any specified person means any other person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such specified person. For purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement shall mean a Shelf Registration Statement which shall become effective upon filing thereof pursuant to General Instruction I.D of Form S-3.
Closing Date has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Effective Failure has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(b).
Effective Time means the time at which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or at which the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective or, in the case of designation of an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement as the Shelf Registration Statement, the date a Prospectus is first made available for use thereunder by the Holders.
Effectiveness Period has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b)(i).
Electing Holder has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(a)(iii).
Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FINRA Rules means the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., as amended from time to time.
Fundamental Change has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Holder means any person that is the record owner of Registrable Securities (and includes any person that has a beneficial interest in any Registrable Security in book-entry form).
Indemnified Period has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5(a).
Indenture means the Indenture dated as of May 7, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors, OI Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee), as amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Initial Purchasers means the Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement.
Managing Underwriters means the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten offering, if any, conducted pursuant to Section 6.
Notice and Questionnaire means a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of Annex A.
OI Inc. Common Stock means OI Inc.s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
person means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
Prospectus means the prospectus (including, without limitation, any preliminary prospectus, any final prospectus and any prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A or 430B under the Securities Act) included in the Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus and all documents filed after the date of such prospectus by OI Inc. under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference therein and, to the extent applicable and permitted in connection with any transaction, any issuer free writing prospectus, as such term is defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
Purchase Agreement means the purchase agreement, dated as of May 3, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein, OI Inc. and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes.
Registrable Securities means all shares of OI Inc. Common Stock issued or issuable upon exchange of the Notes; provided, however, that a security ceases to be a Registrable Security when it is no longer a Restricted Security.
Registration Default has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7(a).
Restricted Security means any share of OI Inc. Common Stock issuable or issued in exchange for the Notes, except any such shares of OI Inc. Common Stock which:
(i) cease to be outstanding;
(ii) have been sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement;
(iii) have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto); or
(iv) are eligible to be freely sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision).
Rule 415 means Rule 415 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.
Rules and Regulations means the published rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as in effect at any relevant time.
Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Registration means a registration effected pursuant to Section 2.
Shelf Registration Statement means a shelf registration statement filed under the Securities Act on Form S-3 or, if not then available to OI Inc., on another appropriate form, of OI Inc. pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement, providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the Holders of, all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 and/or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, filed by OI Inc. pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement, including the Prospectus contained therein, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Suspension Period has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d).
Trustee shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
Underwriter means any underwriter of Registrable Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) Unless the context indicates otherwise, wherever there is a reference in this Agreement to a percentage of the principal amount of Notes, OI Inc. Common Stock shall be treated as representing the principal amount of Notes that was surrendered for exchange in order to receive the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock.
2. Shelf Registration.
(a) OI Inc. shall, no later than 180 calendar days following the Closing Date:
(i) file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement covering the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement and, if the Shelf Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act; or
(ii) solely at its option, in lieu of filing a shelf registration statement and causing such registration statement to be declared effective as described in clause (i) above, designate, by means of an Officers Certificate (as defined in the Indenture), an existing Automatic Shelf Registration Statement as a Shelf Registration Statement able to be used for resales of the Registrable Securities.
In the event that OI Inc. exercises the option described in clause (ii) above (which it is not obligated to do), it shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file a supplement to the Prospectus, if necessary, to cover resales of the Registrable Securities by the Holders no later than 180 calendar days following the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities unless such Holder is an Electing Holder.
(b) OI Inc. shall use its commercially reasonable efforts:
(i) to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period until the earliest of such time as all of the OI Inc. Common Stock issuable or issued in exchange for the Notes (1) cease to be outstanding; (2) have been sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement; (3) have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto); or (4) are eligible to freely be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision) (such period being referred to herein as the Effectiveness Period);
(ii) after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, promptly upon the request of any Electing Holder of Registrable Securities, to take any action reasonably necessary to enable such Electing Holder to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, any action necessary to identify such Electing Holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement; and
(iii) if at any time the Notes, pursuant to Section 11.05 of the Indenture, are exchangeable based on securities other than OI Inc. Common Stock, to cause, or to cause any successor under the Indenture to cause such securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement or a replacement shelf registration statement no later than the date on which the Notes may then be exchangeable or convertible into such securities.
(c) OI Inc. shall be deemed not to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if OI Inc. voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any of such Registrable Securities during that period, unless (i) OI Inc. is required by applicable law, or (ii) if the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of OI Inc. shall have determined in good faith that under circumstances related to acquisition or divestiture of assets, pending corporate developments, public filings with the Commission, or other similar events, it is in the best interests of OI Inc. to suspend the use of the Prospectus.
(d) OI Inc. may suspend the use of the Prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 consecutive days or an aggregate of 120 days in any 12 month period (each, a Suspension Period) for the reasons set forth in 2(c) above if, prior to suspending such use, OI Inc. provides the Holders with written notice of such suspension, which notice need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such suspension.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the
following provisions shall apply:
(a) (i) Prior to the 30th business day before the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, or, if an existing shelf registration statement is being used, the 30th business day prior to the filing of the initial supplemental Prospectus relating to the OI Inc. Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes, OI Inc. shall deliver the Notice and Questionnaire to the Holders of Registrable Securities, it being understood and agreed that no Holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement, and no Holder shall be entitled to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company by the deadline for response set forth therein (which deadline shall be at least 10 business days prior to the effectiveness of the shelf registration statement or, if an existing shelf registration statement is being used, the 10th business day prior to the filing of the initial prospectus supplement relating to the OI Inc. Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes) and provided any other information reasonably requested by the Company or OI Inc.;
(ii) After the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement, OI Inc. shall, upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder, promptly send a Notice and Questionnaire to such Holder. OI Inc. shall not be required to take any action to name such Holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to enable such Holder to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities until such Holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to OI Inc.; provided, however, that if reasonably requested by any Electing Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement (provided that such Holder has completed and returned to OI Inc. a Notice and Questionnaire and provided such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Company or OI Inc.), (1) as promptly as practicable, but in any event within 20 business days of receipt, OI Inc. shall incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein; and (2) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the OI Inc. has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing; provided that prior to April 1, 2015 and except for during any six-month period following the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, OI Inc. shall not be obligated to make more than one filing, be it an amendment or supplement, in any six month period, and on and after April 1, 2015 or during the six-month period following the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, OI Inc. shall not be obligated to make more than one filing, be it an amendment or supplement, in any 30 day period. If a Notice and Questionnaire is delivered to OI Inc. during a Suspension Period, OI Inc. shall not be obligated to take actions to name the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire as a selling security holder in the Shelf Registration Statement until the termination of such Suspension Period.
(iii) The term Electing Holder shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to OI Inc. in accordance with Section 3(a)(i) or 3(a)(ii).
(b) OI Inc. shall furnish to the Trustee for delivery to each Electing Holder, as soon as reasonably practicable prior to the Effective Time, a sufficient number of copies of the Shelf Registration Statement initially filed with the Commission, and shall furnish to the Trustee for delivery to each such Holder, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, sufficient copies of each amendment thereto and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (but not including any reports, other documents and exhibits that are filed with or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement other than any report naming an Electing Holder as a selling securityholder) and shall use its reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, at the Effective Time or when so filed with the Commission, as the case may be, such comments as such Holders and their respective counsel reasonably may propose.
(c) OI Inc. shall promptly take such action as may be necessary so that:
(i) each of the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and the Prospectus forming a part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto (and each report or other document incorporated therein by reference in each case) complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations;
(ii) each of the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
(iii) each of the Prospectus forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, does not at any time during the Effectiveness Period include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) OI Inc. shall promptly advise the Trustee, and shall confirm such advice in writing if so requested by the Trustee:
(i) when a Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for either such purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by OI Inc. of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event or the existence of any state of facts that
requires the making of any changes in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein so that, as of such date, such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (which advice shall be accompanied by an instruction to such Holders to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made, which notice need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such suspension).
(e) OI Inc. shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance, and if issued to obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement that would prevent this use.
(f) OI Inc. shall furnish to the Trustee for delivery to each Electing Holder, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if such Electing Holder so requests in writing, all reports, other documents and exhibits that are filed with or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(g) OI Inc. shall, during the Effectiveness Period, deliver to each Electing Holder, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including, without limitation, each preliminary Prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Electing Holder may reasonably request; and OI Inc. consents (except during a Suspension Period or during the continuance of any event described in Section 3(d)(v)) to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Electing Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto during the Effectiveness Period.
(h) Prior to any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, OI Inc. shall:
(i) register or qualify or cooperate with the Electing Holders and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Electing Holder may reasonably request;
(ii) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers and sales in such jurisdictions for so long as may be necessary to enable any Electing Holder or underwriter, if any, to complete its distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement; and
(iii) take any and all other actions necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities;
provided, however, that in no event shall OI Inc. be obligated to (A) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify but for this Section 3(h) or (B) file any general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction where it is not as of the date hereof so subject.
(i) Unless any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only form, OI Inc. shall cooperate with the Electing Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which certificates, if so required by any securities exchange upon which any Registrable Securities are listed, shall be penned, lithographed or engraved, or produced by any combination of such methods, on steel engraved borders, and which certificates shall be free of any restrictive legends and in such permitted denominations and registered in such names as Electing Holders may request in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any fact or event contemplated by Section 3(d)(v), OI Inc. shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to any Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document with the Commission so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If OI Inc. notifies the Trustee of the occurrence of any fact or event contemplated by Section 3(d)(v), the Electing Holder shall suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes to the Prospectus have been made.
(k) OI Inc. shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable Rules and Regulations in all material respects, and to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after (i) the effective date (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act) of the Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of each post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, and (iii) the date of each filing by OI Inc. with the Commission of an Annual Report on Form 10-K that is incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement, an earning statement of OI Inc. its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of OI Inc., Rule 158).
(l) In the event of an underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6, OI Inc. shall, if requested, promptly include or incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement such information as the Managing Underwriters reasonably agree should be included therein and to which OI Inc. does not reasonably object and shall make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after it is notified of the matters to be included or incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
(m) OI Inc. shall enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form in the event of an underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6) and take all other appropriate action in order to expedite and facilitate the registration and disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures substantially identical to those set forth in Section 5 with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 5.
(n) OI Inc. shall:
(i) (A) make reasonably available for inspection by the Electing Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Electing Holders or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of OI Inc. and its subsidiaries, and (B) cause OI Inc.s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by such Electing Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that all records, information and documents that are designated in writing by OI Inc., in good faith, as confidential shall be kept confidential by such Electing Holders and any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such records, information or documents become available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality; and provided further that, if the foregoing inspection and information gathering would otherwise disrupt OI Inc.s conduct of its business, such inspection and information gathering shall, to the greatest extent possible, be coordinated on behalf of the Electing Holders and the other parties entitled thereto by one counsel designated by and on behalf of the Electing Holders and other parties;
(ii) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6, make such representations and warranties to the Electing Holders participating in such underwritten offering and to the Managing Underwriters, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by OI Inc. to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings of equity and exchangeable or convertible debt securities, provided, that in no event shall the representations and warranties be broader then those set forth in the Purchase Agreement, other than appropriate changes to reflect changed circumstances or changed legal requirements;
(iii) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6, obtain opinions of counsel to OI Inc. (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be consistent with the opinions of counsel of OI Inc. delivered in underwritten public offerings and be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters) addressed to each Electing Holder participating in such underwritten offering and each underwriter, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in primary underwritten offerings of equity and exchangeable or convertible debt securities and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Electing Holders and underwriters (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinions shall include, without limitation, as of the date of the opinion and as of the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including, without limitation, the documents incorporated by reference therein, of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission of a material fact required to be stated therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances in which they were made) or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(iv) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6, obtain cold comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent public accountants of OI Inc. (and, if necessary, from the independent public accountants of any subsidiary of OI Inc. or of any business acquired by OI Inc. for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Shelf Registration Statement), addressed to each Electing Holder participating in such underwritten offering (if such Electing Holder has provided such letter, representations or documentation, if any, required for such cold comfort letter to be so addressed) and each underwriter, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in cold comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;
(v) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6, deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by any Electing Holders participating in such underwritten offering and the Managing Underwriters, if any, including, without limitation, certificates to evidence compliance with Section 3(i) and with any conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreements entered into by OI Inc.; provided that in no event shall OI Inc. or any of its officers and directors be required to enter into any agreements not to offer or sell OI Inc. Common Stock or other securities (i.e., lock-up letters).
(o) OI Inc. will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the OI Inc. Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other stock exchange or trading system on which the OI Inc. Common Stock primarily trades on or prior to the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement.
(p) In the event that any broker dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall be an affiliate (as defined in Rule 2720(f)(1) of the FINRA Rules (or any successor provision thereto)) of OI Inc. or has a conflict of interest (as defined in Rule 2720(f)(5) of the FINRA Rules (or any successor provision thereto)) and such broker dealer shall underwrite, participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or assist in the distribution of any Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, whether as a Holder of such Registrable Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, OI Inc. shall assist such broker dealer in complying with the requirements of the FINRA Rules, including, without limitation, by:
(A) engaging a qualified independent underwriter (as defined in Rule 2720(f)(12) of the FINRA Rules (or any successor provision thereto)) to participate in the preparation of the registration statement relating to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and to recommend the public offering price of such Registrable Securities;
(B) indemnifying such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5, and
(C) providing such information to such broker dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the FINRA Rules.
(q) OI Inc. shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration, offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
(r) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 3 to the contrary, OI Inc. shall not be required to amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement during a Suspension Period.
4. Registration Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3, OI Inc. shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 6 and shall pay or reimburse the Electing Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of a single counsel selected by a plurality of all Electing Holders who own an aggregate of not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to act as counsel therefore in connection therewith. Each Electing Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Electing Holders Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
5. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by the Company and OI Inc. Upon the registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company and OI Inc., jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers, each Electing Holder and each underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional, if any, which facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers and directors, employees, agents and each person who controls such Initial Purchaser, Electing Holder, underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each such person being sometimes referred to as an Indemnified Person ) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Shelf Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities are to be registered under the Securities Act, any Prospectus contained therein or furnished by OI Inc. to any Indemnified Person, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Company and OI Inc. hereby, jointly and severally agree, to reimburse such Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor OI Inc. shall be liable to any such Indemnified Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, or amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to OI Inc. by such Indemnified Person expressly for use therein.
(b) Indemnification by the Electing Holders and any Agents and Underwriters. Each Electing Holder agrees, as a consequence of the inclusion of any of such Electing Holders
Registrable Securities in such Shelf Registration Statement, and each underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional, if any, which facilitates the disposition of Registrable Securities shall agree, as a consequence of facilitating such disposition of Registrable Securities, severally and not jointly, to:
(i) indemnify and hold harmless the Company, OI Inc. and their respective directors, officers who sign any Shelf Registration Statement, employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls either the Company or OI Inc. within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or OI Inc. or such other persons may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to OI Inc. by such Electing Holder, underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional expressly for use therein; and
(ii) reimburse the Company or OI Inc., as applicable, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or OI Inc. in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 5(a) or (b) of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify such 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 the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by Section 5(a) or (b). The indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (1) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Initial Purchasers and all persons, if any, who control any Initial Purchasers within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, (2) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for Company, OI Inc. and their respective directors, officers who sign any Shelf Registration Statement, employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls either the Company or OI Inc. within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and (3) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 5(a) or (b) in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers, Electing Holders or any underwriters, selling agents or other securities professionals or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 5(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Electing Holders and any underwriters, selling agents or other securities professionals in this Section 5(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the percentage of principal amount of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be, by them and not joint.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, in no event will:
(i) any Electing Holder be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 5 for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Holder from the sale of such Holders Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities are to be registered under the Securities Act; and
(ii) any underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional be required to undertake liability to any person hereunder for any amounts in excess of the discount, commission or other compensation payable to such underwriter, selling agent or other securities professional with respect to the Registrable Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
(f) The obligations of the Company and OI Inc. under this Section 5 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or OI Inc. may otherwise have to any Indemnified Person and the obligations of any Indemnified Person under this Section 5 shall be in addition to any liability which such Indemnified Person may otherwise have to the Company or OI Inc. The remedies provided in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to an indemnified party at law or in equity.
6. Underwritten Offering. Any Holder of Registrable Securities who desires to do so may sell Registrable Securities (in whole or in part) in an underwritten offering; provided that (i) the Electing Holders of at least 33-1/3% of the Registrable Securities then covered by the Shelf Registration Statement shall request such an offering and (ii) at least such amount of such Registrable Securities shall be included in such offering; and provided further that OI Inc. shall not be obligated to cooperate with more than one underwritten offering during the Effectiveness Period. Upon receipt of such a request, OI Inc. shall provide all Holders of Registrable Securities written notice of the request, which notice shall inform such Holders that they have the opportunity to participate in the offering. In any such underwritten offering, the investment banker or bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by, and the underwriting arrangements with respect thereto (including the size of the offering) will be approved by, the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment bankers and managers and underwriting arrangements must be reasonably satisfactory to OI Inc. No Holder may participate in any underwritten offering contemplated hereby unless (a) such Holder agrees to sell such Holders Registrable Securities to be included in the underwritten offering in accordance with any approved underwriting arrangements, (b) such Holder completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such approved underwriting arrangements, and (c) if such Holder is not then an Electing Holder, such Holder returns a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to OI Inc. in accordance with Section 3(a)(ii) within a reasonable amount of time before such underwritten offering. The Holders participating in any underwritten offering shall be responsible for any underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and, subject to Section 4, expenses of their own counsel. The Company or OI Inc. shall pay all expenses customarily borne by issuers in an underwritten offering, including, but not limited to, filing fees, the fees and disbursements of its counsel and independent public accountants and any
printing expenses incurred in connection with such underwritten offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 3(l), upon receipt of a request from the Managing Underwriter or a representative of holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in an underwritten offering to prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus in connection with an underwritten offering, OI Inc. may delay the filing of any such amendment or supplement for up to 60 days if the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of OI Inc. shall have determined in good faith that OI Inc. has a bona fide business reason for such delay.
7. Additional Interest.
(a) Notwithstanding any postponement of effectiveness pursuant to Section 2(a):
(i) if on or prior to the 180th calendar day following the Closing Date, a Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with the Commission and OI Inc. has not exercised its option under Section 2(a)(2) to designate by means of an Officers Certificate (as defined in the Indenture) an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement as a Shelf Registration Statement able to be used for resales of the Registrable Securities, and if the Shelf Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission; or
(ii) if an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement has been designated by OI Inc. solely at its option and in the manner set forth in Section 2(a)(2) and on or prior to the 180th calendar day following the Closing Date, OI Inc. has not prepared and filed with the Commission a supplement to the Prospectus to cover resales of the Registrable Securities, if necessary; or
(iii) if after the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement any Holder of Registrable Securities that is not then an Electing Holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to OI Inc. and provided such additional information as may be reasonably requested by the Company or OI Inc., subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 3(a)(ii), OI Inc. has not within 20 business days of receipt incorporated in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and made all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the OI Inc. has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing (each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a Registration Default),
the Company shall be required to pay additional interest (Additional Interest), from and including the day following such Registration Default until such Shelf Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus is either so filed or so filed and subsequently declared effective, as applicable, at a rate per annum equal to an additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount of the Notes, to, and including, the 90th day following such Registration Default and one-half of one percent (0.50%) thereof from and after the 91st day following such Registration Default.
(b) In the event that the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective (without being succeeded immediately by an additional Shelf Registration Statement that is filed and immediately becomes effective) or usable other than as a result of a Suspension Period (or the
Holders of Registrable Securities are otherwise prevented or restricted by OI Inc. from effecting sales pursuant thereto) (an Effective Failure) for more than 10 business days and OI Inc. does not restore effectiveness or OI Inc. does not terminate a Suspension Period by the 60th consecutive day or if suspension exceeds 120 days in any 12 month period, then the Company shall pay Additional Interest at a rate per annum equal to an additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount of the Notes from, and including, the day that such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective (or the Holders of Registrable Securities are otherwise prevented or restricted by OI Inc. from effecting sales pursuant thereto) or on the 61st or 121st day, as the case may be, in the case of a Suspension Period, for a period of 90 days, and thereafter shall pay Additional Interest at a rate per annum equal to an additional one-half of one percent (0.50%), until the earlier of (1) the time the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective or the Holders of Registrable Securities are again able to make sales under the Shelf Registration Statement or (2) the time the Effectiveness Period expires. For the purpose of determining an Effective Failure, days on which the Company has been obligated to pay Additional Interest in accordance with the foregoing in respect of a prior Effective Failure within the applicable period, as the case may be, shall not be included.
(c) Any amounts to be paid as Additional Interest pursuant to Section 7(a) or (b) shall be paid in cash quarterly in arrears, with the first quarterly payment due on the first Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Indenture), as applicable, following the date of such Registration Default or Effective Failure, as applicable. Such Additional Interest will accrue in respect of the Notes at the rates set forth in Section 7(a) or (b), as applicable, on the principal amount of the Notes.
(d) The Additional Interest as set forth in this Section 7 shall be the exclusive monetary remedy available to the Holders of Registrable Securities for such Registration Default or Effective Failure. In no event shall the Company be required to pay Additional Interest in excess of the applicable maximum amount of one half of one percent (0.50%) set forth above, regardless of whether one or multiple Registration Defaults or Effective Failures exist.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, in no event shall Additional Interest accrue to holders of OI Inc. Common Stock issued upon exchange of Notes. If a holder of Notes exchanges all or a portion of its Notes at a time when such Registration Default or Effective Failure has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall increase the Exchange Rate (as defined in the Indenture) by 3% for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes exchanged; provided, however, that (i) the foregoing adjustment shall not be applied more than once to the same $1,000 principal amount of Notes and (ii) if a Registration Default occurs after a Holder has exchanged its Notes into OI Inc. Common Stock, such Holder shall not be entitled to any compensation with respect to such OI Inc. Common Stock
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Other Registration Rights. OI Inc. may grant registration rights that would permit any person that is a third party the right to piggy-back on any Shelf Registration Statement, provided that if the Managing Underwriter of any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 6 notifies OI Inc. and the Electing Holders that the total amount of securities which the Electing Holders and the holders of such piggy-back rights intend to include in any Shelf
Registration Statement is so large as to materially threaten the success of such offering (including the price at which such securities can be sold), then the amount, number or kind of securities to be offered for the account of holders of such piggy-back rights will be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount, number and kind recommended by the Managing Underwriter prior to any reduction in the amount of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if OI Inc. or the Company fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder and that the Initial Purchasers and the Holders from time to time may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and accordingly agree that the Initial Purchasers and such Holders, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity and without limiting the remedies available to the Electing Holders under Section 7, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of OI Inc. and the Company under this Registration Rights Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Registration Rights Agreement, in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement, including this Section 8(c), may be amended, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may be given, only by a written instrument duly executed by OI Inc. and the Holders of at least a majority of Registrable Securities then outstanding and holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Each Holder of Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of any such amendment, waiver or consent or thereafter shall be bound by any amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section 8(c), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment, waiver or consent appears on the Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder; provided, however, that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 7 shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder.
(d) Notices. Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be given as provided in the Indenture. For so long as the Notes are in Book Entry Form, and as permitted by the DTC, all notices, reports and other documents to the Holders shall be delivered through the facilities of the DTC by the Trustee.
(e) Parties in Interest. The parties to this Agreement intend that all Holders of Registrable Securities and holders of the Notes that may be exchangeable for Registrable Securities shall be entitled to receive the benefits of this Agreement and that any Electing Holder shall be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement by reason of such election with respect to the Registrable Securities which are included in a Shelf Registration Statement. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto and any Holder from time to time of the Registrable Securities to the aforesaid extent. In the event that any transferee of any Holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be entitled to receive the benefits of and, if an Electing Holder, be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement to the aforesaid extent.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(j) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other provisions set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto 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 Electing Holder, any director, officer, employee or partner of such Holder, any agent or underwriter, any director, officer, employee, agent or partner of such agent or underwriter, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive the transfer and registration of the Registrable Securities of such Holder.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company, OI Inc. and you.
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[Registration Rights Agreement]
Accepted as of the date first written above:
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
on behalf of each of the Initial Purchasers
By: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
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[Registration Rights Agreement]
ANNEX A
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Owens-Brockway Glass Containers Inc.
INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS
(Date of Mailing)
URGENT - IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [DATE]
The Depository Trust Company (DTC) has identified you as a DTC Participant through which beneficial interests in Owen-Brockway Glass Containers Inc. (the Company)s 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015 (the Notes) are held.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (OI Inc.) is in the process of registering the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of OI Inc. (the OI Inc. Common Stock) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their shares of OI Inc. Common Stock included in the registration statement, beneficial owners must complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire.
It is important that beneficial owners of the Notes (and the shares of OI Inc. Common Stock into which the Notes are exchangeable) receive a copy of the enclosed materials as soon as possible as their rights to have shares of OI Inc. Common Stock included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice and Questionnaire by [ Deadline for response ] . Please forward a copy of the enclosed documents to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Notes through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact Owens-Illinois, Inc., [One O-I Plaza, One Michael Owens Way, Perrysburg, OH 43551, Attention: Investor Relations].
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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SELLING SECURITYHOLDER QUESTIONNAIRE
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (OI Inc.) has filed, or intends to file, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a registration statement on Form S-3 (the Shelf Registration Statement) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of the shares of common stock of OI Inc., par value $0.01 per share (the OI Inc. Common Stock), issuable upon exchange, if any, of the 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015 (the Notes) of Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Owens-Brockway Glass Container), in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2010 (the Registration Rights Agreement), among OI Inc., Owens-Brockway Glass Container and the Initial Purchasers named therein. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available upon request from OI Inc. at the address set forth below.
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
In order to have Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement (or, if applicable, a supplement or amendment thereto), this Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire (Notice and Questionnaire) must be completed, executed and delivered to OI Inc. at the address set forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE , 2010. Beneficial owners of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in a prospectus or prospectus supplement forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) may not use the prospectus or prospectus supplement forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement for resales of Registrable Securities unless and until named therein.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus or prospectus supplement. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus or prospectus supplement.
The term Registrable Securities is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement to mean any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock issuable or issued in exchange for the Notes, except any such shares of OI Inc. Common Stock which (i) cease to be outstanding, (ii) have been sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement, (iii) have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act (or any successor provision thereto) or (iv) are eligible to be freely sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision).
ELECTION
The undersigned holder (the Selling Securityholder) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item (3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, agrees to be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement as if the undersigned Selling Securityholder were an original party thereto.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Selling Securityholder has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless OI Inc., Owens-Brockway Glass Container, the Guarantors named therein, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, and each of their respective directors, officers who sign the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls OI Inc., Owens-Brockway Glass Container, the Guarantors named therein, any Initial Purchasers and any other selling Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act from and against losses arising in connection with information relating to such Selling
Securityholder included in any Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon information provided by such Selling Securityholder in this Notice and Questionnaire.
Upon any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to OI Inc. and the Trustee the Notice of Transfer (completed and signed) set forth in Exhibit 1 to this Notice and Questionnaire.
The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to OI Inc. and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
QUESTIONNAIRE
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(a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:
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(c) Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) Through Which Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) Below are Held:
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(3) Beneficial Ownership of Securities:
Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned Selling Securityholder does not beneficially own any Notes or shares of OI Inc. Common Stock issued upon exchange of any Notes.
(a) Principal amount of Notes beneficially owned:
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Number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock (if any) issued upon exchange:
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(b) Number of Registrable Securities which the undersigned wishes to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement:
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(4) Beneficial Ownership of other securities of OI Inc. and Owens-Brockway Glass Container:
Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any shares of OI Inc. Common Stock or any other securities of OI Inc. or Owens-Brockway Glass Container, other than the Notes and shares of OI Inc. Common Stock listed above in Item (3).
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(5) Relationships with OI Inc. or Owens-Brockway Glass Container:
Except as set forth below, neither the Selling Securityholder nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with OI Inc. or Owens-Brockway Glass Container (or their respective predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
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(6) Plan of Distribution:
Except as set forth below, the undersigned Selling Securityholder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned Selling Securityholder or, alternatively, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Registrable Securities are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the Selling Securityholder will be responsible for the underwriting discounts or commissions or agents commissions and their professional fees. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market, or (iv) through the writing of options. In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Securityholder may also sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities. In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities without the prior agreement of OI Inc. The Selling Securityholder agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions.
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Note: In no event may the method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities without the prior agreement of OI Inc.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the prospectus delivery and other provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M. The Selling Securityholder agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions.
In the event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which such information is provided to OI Inc., the Selling Securityholder agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.
By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such information will be relied upon by OI Inc. in connection with the preparation of the prospectus or prospectus supplement forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement. The Selling Securityholder agrees not to, directly or indirectly, engage in any hedging transaction with regard to the securities or the OI Inc. Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the securities except as permitted by the Securities Act.
In accordance with the Selling Securityholders obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify OI Inc. of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains in effect. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as follows:
(i) To OI Inc.:
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
One O-I Plaza
One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg, OH 43551
Attention: General Counsel
(ii) With a copy to:
Latham & Watkins LLP
99 Bishopgate
London EC2M 3XF
United Kingdom
Attention: Tracy Edmonson
Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by OI Inc., the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire, and the representations and warranties contained herein, shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of OI Inc. and the Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above). This Agreement shall be governed, and construed in accordance with, in all respects by the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
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PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED
NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO
OI INC. AT:
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
One O-I Plaza
One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg, OH 43551
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: +1-567-336-5000
PLEASE ALSO RETURN A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED
NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP AT:
Latham & Watkins LLP
99 Bishopgate
London EC2M 3XF
United Kingdom
Attention: Tracy Edmonson
Exhibit 1
to Annex A
NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
One O-I Plaza
One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg, OH 43551
Telephone:
+1-567-336-5000
Attention: Investor Relations
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
EP-MN-WS3C
St. Paul, MN 55107-1419
Attention: Corporate Trust Services
Re: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (Owens-Brockway Glass Container) and Owens-Illinois, Inc. (the OI Inc.)
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the OI Inc. Common Stock) of OI Inc.
Dear Sirs:
Please be advised that has transferred of the above-referenced shares of the OI Inc. Common Stock, issued in exchange for 3.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2015 of Owens-Brockway Glass Container, pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- ) filed by OI Inc.
We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied with respect to the transfer described above and that the above-named beneficial owner of the OI Inc. Common Stock is named as a selling securityholder in the Prospectus dated , [ ], or in amendments or supplements thereto, and that the number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock transferred are [a portion of] the shares of OI Inc. Common Stock listed in such Prospectus as amended or supplemented opposite such owners name.
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