To: IceShark who wrote (37976 ) 2/4/1999 8:51:00 AM From: Glenn D. Rudolph Respond to of 164684
SECTION 3.5 REDEMPTION AT OPTION OF HOLDERS. (a) If there shall occur a Fundamental Change at any time prior to maturity of the Notes, then each Noteholder shall have the right, at such holder's option, to require the Company to redeem all of such holder's Notes, or any portion thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount, on the date (the "Repurchase Date") that is thirty (30) days after the date of the Company Notice (as defined in Section 3.5(b) below) of such Fundamental Change (or, if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to (but excluding) the Repurchase Date; provided that, if such Repurchase Date is February 1 or August 1, then the interest payable on such date shall be paid to the holders of record of the Notes on the next preceding January 15 or July 15, respectively. Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and, upon the Company's written direction to the Trustee, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented. -24- (b) On or before the tenth day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company or at its written request (which must be received by the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date the Trustee is requested to give notice as described below, unless the Trustee shall agree in writing to a shorter period), the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed to all holders of record on the date of the Fundamental Change a notice (the "Company Notice") of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the redemption right at the option of the holders arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall be mailed in the manner and with the effect set forth in the first paragraph of Section 3.2 (without regard for the time limits set forth therein). If the Company shall give such notice, the Company shall also deliver a copy of the Company Notice to the Trustee at such time as it is mailed to Noteholders. Each Company Notice shall specify the circumstances constituting the Fundamental Change, the Repurchase Date, the price at which the Company shall be obligated to redeem Notes, that the holder must exercise the redemption right on or prior to the close of business on the Repurchase Date (the "Fundamental Change Expiration Time"), that the holder shall have the right to withdraw any Notes surrendered prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time, a description of the procedure which a Noteholder must follow to exercise such redemption right and to withdraw any surrendered Notes, the place or places where the holder is to surrender such holder's Notes, and the amount of interest accrued on each Note to the Repurchase Date. No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Noteholders' redemption rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.5.