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IV. Covenants - H. Change of Control
H. Change of Control
Freeport-McMoran Indenture, Section 4.08
BMS Indenture, Section 13.01-13.05
Petrohawk Indenture, Section 4.11
FMC Credit Agreement, Section 7.01(k)
McMahan v. Wherehouse Entertainment, 900 F.2d 576 (1990) (P. #1)
San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund v. Amylin, (P. #1)
Change of Control Covenants [Class 25]
- Structure: Put right upon defined "change of control" trigger
Similar to Asset Sale (also put right/Offer)
o Similar to Merger and Asset Sale (overlapping triggers)
- Definition to trigger varies among indentures
Convertible versus regular
Base trigger
Rating Decline trigger
- Trigger
Cash Merger
Is this a functional change in control?
Why do bondholder care?
Is it a trigger? BMS, FM
o Stock Merger
Same Questions
What if merger structured as triangular merger with Subsidiary of
Company merging with XYZ?
o Change in Board/Management
- Case Law: McMahan
Literal accuracy can be misleading
Makes life hard for lawyers
- Note the term "change of control" doesn't necessarily mean actual change of control
- But would give Bondholder a put right
- Rationale: company can do what it wants but bondholders are protected by the put right
BMS 4.05 Control by Majority
- "Holders of a majority in Principal Amount of the outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it…"
- Non-convertible bond: effect of the change on the credit volume
- A "Fundamental Change" means
(ii) any transaction with all Common Stock is exchanged into something other than listed stock bondholder would get put right
Rationale: BMS's stock is volatile and liquid good for bondholder
Important event that may have no/ positive/ negative effect
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