SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC. (FORMERLY ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC.) AND
Exhibit 4.2
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC.
(FORMERLY ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC.)
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE
Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of February 26, 2009
Supplementing the Indenture
Dated as of June 22, 2004
2.50% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of February 26, 2009, between Abbott Medical Optics Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.) (the Company), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), under the Indenture, dated as of June 22, 2004 (as amended and supplemented, the Indenture). Terms used herein but not otherwise herein defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the Indenture providing for the issuance by the Company of 2.50% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Company is a party to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 11, 2009 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the Merger Agreement), by and among Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation (Abbott), Rainforest Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott (the Purchaser), and the Company, pursuant to which the Purchaser merged with and into the Company (the Merger), with the Company surviving the Merger and becoming a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott;
WHEREAS, the Merger became effective at 4:35 p.m., Eastern time, on February 26, 2009 (the Effective Time) and, from and after the Effective Time, each share of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Common Stock owned by the Company, Abbott, the Purchaser (prior to the Merger) or any of their respective subsidiaries and Common Stock held by dissenting holders of Common Stock who properly exercise appraisal rights under Delaware law), by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holders of the Common Stock, was cancelled in exchange for the right to receive $22.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and subject to any withholding taxes;
WHEREAS, Section 15.06 of the Indenture provides that, in connection with the Merger, the Company shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that each Note shall be convertible into the kind and amount of consideration receivable by a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Notes immediately prior to the Merger assuming such holder of Common Stock did not exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon the Merger, which supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in Article 15 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15.12(b) of the Indenture, by written notice to the Trustee and the holders of the Notes effective December 15, 2004 the Company irrevocably elected to satisfy in cash the Conversion Obligation with respect to the principal amount of Notes to be converted after the date of such election;
WHEREAS, Section 11.01(a) of the Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time, and at any time enter into a supplemental indenture without the consent of the holders of the Notes to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of the holders of Notes;
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore delivered or is delivering contemporaneously herewith to the Trustee (i) copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and (ii) the Officers Certificate and the Opinion of Counsel described in Section 11.05 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all other acts and proceedings required by law and the Indenture necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the purposes expressed herein, in accordance with its terms, have been complied with or have been duly done or performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision of the Indenture which, absent this Supplemental Indenture, might operate to limit such action, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1.01. Conversion Obligation of the Company. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Conversion Obligation of the Company with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered for conversion from and after the Effective Time shall be fixed at an amount in cash equal to equal to $1,000.00 per $1,000 principal amount, without interest.
SECTION 1.02. Amendment of Section 15.12(b) of the Indenture. The last sentence of Section 15.12(b) of the Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
The settlement amount shall be a cash amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be converted.
SECTION 1.03. Settlement Upon Conversion. Upon conversion of any Note, subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, as supplemented hereby, the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation by payment and delivery of cash in an amount equal to the aggregate Conversion Obligation of the Note(s) so converted.
SECTION 1.04. Effectiveness. This Supplemental Indenture will become effective and operative and binding upon each of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes as of the day and year first above written.
ARTICLE TWO
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 2.01. Reference to and Effect on the Indenture. On and after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, each reference in the Indenture to this Indenture, hereunder, hereof, or herein shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture unless the context otherwise requires. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. Except as specifically amended above, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 2.02. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 2.03. Trust Indenture Act Controls. No modification of any provisions of the Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture is intended to eliminate or limit any provision of the Indenture that is required to be included therein by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force as of the effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2.04. Trustee Disclaimer; Trust. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Issuers, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee accepts the trust created by the Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture, as supplemented hereby.
SECTION 2.05. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 2.06. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 2.07. Severability. In case any provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, including any amendment or waiver that, pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Indenture, requires the consent of each holder affected, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be effected or impaired thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date hereof.
ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC. (FORMERLY ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC.) | ||
By: | /s/ James V. Mazzo | |
Name: | James V. Mazzo | |
Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ Raymond S. Haverstock | |
Name: | Raymond S. Haverstock | |
Title: | Vice President |