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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2006
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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1900 South Price Road
Chandler, Arizona 85248
(480) 821-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants principal executive offices)
Kenneth T. Joyce
Chief Financial Officer
1900 South Price Road
Chandler, Arizona 85248
(480) 821-5000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Robert A. Claassen, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 493-9300
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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61/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 |
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$100,000,000 |
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100% |
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$100,000,000 |
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$10,700 |
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value |
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933. |
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Includes 13,351,134 shares of common stock initially issuable upon conversion of the notes registered hereby at a conversion price of $7.49 per share of common stock.
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, such number of shares of common stock registered hereby shall include an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may
be issued in connection with a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event. |
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Pursuant to Rule 457(i), there is no additional filing fee with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes because no additional
consideration will be received in connection with the exercise of the conversion privilege. |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that
this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission
acting pursuant to said Section 8(a) may determine.
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AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
61/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due December 1, 2013
and the Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes
We issued the notes in a private placement in November 2005. This prospectus will be
used by holders of notes, to whom we also refer as the selling security holders, to resell their
notes and the common stock issuable upon conversion of their notes.
The notes are convertible prior to maturity into our common stock at an initial conversion
price of $7.49 per share, subject to adjustment in certain events. We will pay interest on the
notes on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on June 1, 2006. The notes will mature on
December 1, 2013, unless earlier converted or redeemed.
We may redeem all or a portion of the notes after December 5, 2010 at the prices described in
this prospectus. In addition, the holders may require us to repurchase the notes upon a change of
control or the occurrence of other designated events.
The reported last sales price of our common stock on the Nasdaq National Market on March 16,
2006 was $7.64 per share. Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol AMKR.
Investing in the notes and the common stock into which the notes are convertible
involves risks. See Risk Factors beginning on page 4.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS
APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR
COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
This prospectus is dated March 17, 2006
YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DIFFERENT INFORMATION. WE ARE NOT
MAKING AN OFFER OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER IS NOT PERMITTED. YOU SHOULD NOT
ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
OR THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY DATE OTHER THAN THE DATE ON THE FRONT OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
This summary highlights some information from this prospectus and it may not contain all of
the information that is important to you. It is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed
information and consolidated financial statements, including the notes to the consolidated
financial statements, incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should read the full text
of and consider carefully the more specific details contained in this prospectus. When used in
this prospectus, the terms Amkor, we, our and us refer to Amkor Technology, Inc. and not to
the selling securityholders.
Amkor is one of the worlds largest subcontractors of semiconductor packaging (sometimes
referred to as assembly) and test services. Amkor pioneered the outsourcing of semiconductor
packaging and test services through a predecessor in 1968, and over the years has built a leading
position by:
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Providing a broad portfolio of packaging and test technologies and services, |
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Maintaining a leading role in the design and development of new package and test technologies, |
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Cultivating long-standing relationships with customers, including many of the worlds leading semiconductor companies, |
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Developing expertise in high-volume manufacturing processes to provide our services; and |
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Providing a broadly diversified operational scope, with production capabilities in China, Korea, Japan, the
Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and the United States, or the U.S. |
Packaging and test are integral parts of the process of manufacturing semiconductor devices.
This process begins with silicon wafers and involves the fabrication of electronic circuitry into
complex patterns, thus creating large numbers of individual chips on the wafers. The fabricated
wafers are probed to ensure the individual devices meet design specifications. The packaging
process creates an electrical interconnect between the semiconductor chip and the system board
through wire bonding or bumping technologies. In packaging, individual chips are separated from
the fabricated semiconductor wafers, attached to a substrate and then encased in a protective
material to provide optimal electrical connectivity and thermal performance. The packaged chips
are then tested using sophisticated equipment to ensure that each packaged chip meets its design
specifications. Increasingly, packages are custom designed for specific chips and specific
end-market applications. We are able to provide turnkey solutions including semiconductor wafer
bumping, wafer probe, wafer backgrind, package design, packaging, test and drop shipment services.
The semiconductors that we package and test for our customers ultimately become components in
electronic systems used in communications, computing, consumer, industrial and automotive
applications. Our customers include, among others: Altera Corporation; Avago Technologies, Pte;
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.; Intel Corporation; International Business Machines Corporation
(IBM); Samsung Electronics Corporation, Ltd.; Sony Semiconductor Corporation; ST
Microelectronics, Pte, Ltd.; Texas Instruments, Inc.; and Toshiba Corporation. The outsourced
semiconductor packaging and test market is very competitive. We also compete with the internal
semiconductor packaging and test capabilities of many of our customers.
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We were incorporated in 1997 in the state of Delaware. Our principal offices are located at
1900 South Price Road, Chandler, AZ 85248. Our telephone number is (480) 821-5000 and our website
can be accessed at www.amkor.com. Information contained in our website does not constitute part of
this offering memorandum
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THE OFFERING
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Securities
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$100 million aggregate principal
amount of notes and shares of our
common stock issued upon
conversion of the notes. |
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Maturity
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The notes will mature on December
1, 2013 unless earlier redeemed or
converted. |
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Payment of Interest
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Interest on the notes at the rate
of 61/4% per annum is payable
semi-annually on June 1 and
December 1 of each year,
commencing June 1, 2006. |
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Conversion Rights
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The notes are convertible into our
common stock at the option of the
holder at any time on or before
the close of business on the last
trading day prior to maturity,
unless previously redeemed, at a
conversion price of $7.49 per
share, subject to adjustment in
certain events. See Description
of NotesConversion. |
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Redemption at the Option of the Company
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On or after December 5, 2010, we
may, upon at least 15 days
notice, redeem the notes at the
redemption prices set forth
herein, together with accrued and
unpaid interest and liquidated
damages, if any, thereon. See
Description of NotesOptional
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Repurchase Upon Designated Event
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The notes are required to be
repurchased at 100% of their
principal amount together with
accrued and unpaid interest and
liquidated damages, if any,
thereon, at the option of the
holder, upon the occurrence of a
designated event (i.e., a change
of control or a termination of
trading (each as defined)). See
Description of NotesRepurchase
at Option of Holders Upon a
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Subordination
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The notes are unsecured
obligations of Amkor and will be
subordinated in right of payment
to all of our existing and future
senior debt and effectively
subordinated to all existing and
future liabilities and obligations
of our subsidiaries. As of
December 31, 2005, we had
approximately $1,645.0 million of
outstanding indebtedness that
would have constituted debt senior
to the notes, and the indebtedness
and other liabilities of our
subsidiaries (excluding
intercompany liabilities and
obligations of a type not required
to be reflected on the balance
sheet of such subsidiary in
accordance with GAAP) that would
effectively have been senior to
the notes were approximately
$486.6 million. See Description
of NotesSubordination. |
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Trading
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Our common stock is quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market under the
symbol AMKR. |
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Risk Factors
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See Risk Factors and the other
information in this prospectus for
a discussion of the factors you
should carefully consider before
deciding to invest in the notes or
the common stock issued upon
conversion of the notes. |
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RISK FACTORS
Any investment in our notes or our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should
consider the risks described below carefully and all of the information contained in this
prospectus before deciding whether to purchase our notes or our common stock issued upon their
conversion. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only risks and uncertainties
we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem
immaterial may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks actually occur,
our business, financial condition and results of operations would suffer. In that event, the price
of the notes and our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment in
the notes and our common stock. The risks discussed below also include forward-looking statements
and our actual results may differ substantially from those discussed in these forward-looking
statements.
Risks Related to the Company
Dependence on the Highly Cyclical Semiconductor and Electronic Products Industries We Operate in
Volatile Industries, and Industry Downturns Harm Our Performance. |
Our business is tied to market conditions in the semiconductor industry, which are highly
cyclical. Because our business is, and will continue to be, dependent on the requirements of
semiconductor companies for subcontracted packaging and test services, any downturn in the
semiconductor industry or any other industry that uses a significant number of semiconductor
devices, such as the personal computer and telecommunication devices industries, could have a
material adverse effect on our business and operating results. The semiconductor industry is
cyclical by nature and we are periodically impacted by downturns. Over the past several years the
semiconductor industry experienced a downturn, which negatively impacted our revenues and margins
causing net losses. A significant portion of our operating expenses is fixed in nature, and
planned expenditures are based in part on anticipated customer orders, which are subject to
material changes. In addition, our fixed operating costs have increased in part as a result of our
efforts to expand our capacity through acquisitions, including the acquisition of certain
operations and assets in Shanghai, China and Singapore from IBM and Xin Development Co., Ltd. in
May 2004, and the acquisition of capital stock of Unitive and UST in August 2004. In the event
that forecasted customer demand for which we make advance capital expenditures does not
materialize, our liquidity may be materially impacted and our operating results could be adversely
affected. Additionally, if current industry conditions deteriorate, we could suffer significant
losses, which could materially impact our business including our liquidity.
Fluctuations in Operating Results and Cash Flows Our Operating Results and Cash Flows Have Varied
and May Vary Significantly as a Result of Factors That We Cannot Control.
Many factors could materially and adversely affect our net sales, gross profit, operating
results and cash flows, or lead to significant variability of quarterly or annual operating
results. Our profitability and ability to generate cash from operations is dependent upon the
utilization of our capacity, semiconductor package mix, the average selling price of our services
and our ability to control our costs including labor, material, overhead and financing costs.
Our operating results and cash flows have varied significantly from period to period. During
2005 our net sales, gross margins, operating income and cash flows have fluctuated significantly as
a result of the following factors over which we have little or no control and which we expect to
continue to impact our business:
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fluctuation in demand for semiconductors and conditions in the semiconductor industry; |
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changes in our capacity utilization; |
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declines in average selling prices; |
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changes in the mix of semiconductor packages; |
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evolving package and test technology; |
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absence of backlog and the short-term nature of our customers commitments and the impact
of these factors on the timing and volume of orders relative to our production capacity; |
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changes in costs, availability and delivery times of raw materials and components; |
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changes in labor costs to perform our services; |
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the timing of expenditures in anticipation of future orders; |
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changes in effective tax rates; |
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the availability and cost of financing; |
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intellectual property transactions and disputes; |
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high leverage and restrictive covenants; |
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warranty and product liability claims; |
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costs associated with litigation judgments and settlements; |
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international events that impact our operations and environmental events such as earthquakes; and |
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difficulties integrating acquisitions and our ability to attract qualified employees to
support our geographic expansion. |
We have historically been unable to accurately predict the impact of these factors upon our
results for a particular period. These factors, as well as the factors set forth below which have
not significantly impacted our recent historical results, may impair our future business operations
and may materially and adversely affect our net sales, gross profit, operating results and cash
flows, or lead to significant variability of quarterly or annual operating results:
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loss of key personnel or the shortage of available skilled workers; |
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rescheduling and cancellation of large orders; and |
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fluctuations in our manufacturing yields. |
Declining Average Selling Prices The Semiconductor Industry Places Downward Pressure on the
Prices of Our Products.
Prices for packaging and test services have declined over time. Historically, we have been
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offset the effect of price declines by successfully developing and marketing new
packages with higher prices, such as advanced leadframe and laminate packages, by negotiating lower
prices with our material vendors, recovering material cost increases from our customers, and by
driving engineering and technological changes in our packaging and test processes which resulted in
reduced manufacturing costs. During 2005, as compared to 2004, average selling prices increased.
Favorable market conditions in 2005 enabled us to selectively increase pricing, improve our product
mix, and expand our results in recovering material cost increases. Although we expect continued
general downward pressure on average selling prices for our packaging and test services in the
future, we plan on continuing efforts to offset price declines by selective price increases in the
near term and improving product mix. If our semiconductor package mix does not shift to new
technologies with higher prices or we cannot reduce the cost of our packaging and test services to
offset a decline in average selling prices, our future operating results will suffer. In addition,
we cannot predict customer response to continued attempts to raise prices to cover additional costs
and we may lose business.
High Leverage and Restrictive Covenants Our Substantial Indebtedness Could Adversely Affect Our
Financial Condition and Prevent Us from Fulfilling Our Obligations.
Substantial Leverage. We now have, and for the foreseeable future will continue to have, a
significant amount of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2005, our total debt balance was $2,140.6
million, of which $184.4 million was classified as a current liability. In addition, despite
current debt levels, the terms of the indentures governing our indebtedness do allow us or our
subsidiaries to incur more debt limited by certain restrictions if our interest coverage ratio
falls below 2.5 to 1. If new debt is added to our consolidated debt level, the related risks that
we now face could intensify.
Covenants in the agreements governing our existing debt, and debt we may incur in the future,
may materially restrict our operations, including our ability to incur debt, pay dividends, make
certain investments and payments, and encumber or dispose of assets. In addition, financial
covenants contained in agreements relating to our existing and future debt could lead to a default
in the event our results of operations do not meet our plans and we are unable to amend such
financial covenants. A default and acceleration under one debt instrument may also trigger
cross-acceleration under our other debt instruments. An event of default under any debt
instrument, if not cured or waived, could have a material adverse effect on us.
Our substantial indebtedness could:
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness; |
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increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; |
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limit our ability to fund future working capital, capital expenditures, research and
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service
payments on our debt; |
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limit our flexibility to react to changes in our business and the industry in which we operate; |
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place us at a competitive disadvantage to any of our competitors that have less debt; and |
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limit, along with the financial and other restrictive covenants in our indebtedness,
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Ability to Service Debt and Fund Other Liquidity Needs. As of December 31, 2005, we had cash
and cash equivalents of $206.6 million and $96.7 million available under our new senior secured
revolving credit facility. We have prepared a forecast for 2006 which is based on our current
expectations regarding revenue growth and associated operating expense and capital spending levels.
If our actual results should differ materially from our expectations, our liquidity may be
adversely impacted. If that were to occur, we would take steps to adjust our operating costs and
capital expenditures to levels necessary to support our incoming business. We may also need to
raise additional equity or borrow additional funds to achieve our longer-term business objectives.
There can be no assurance, however, that such equity or borrowings will be available or, if
available, will be at rates or prices which are acceptable to us. Nevertheless, we believe that our
cash flow from operating activities coupled with existing cash balances and availability under our
new senior secured revolving credit facility will be sufficient to fund our working capital, debt
service and purchases of property, plant and equipment through December 31, 2006, including
retiring the remaining $133.0 million of our 5.75% convertible subordinated notes at maturity on
June 1, 2006.
Absence of Backlog The Lack of Contractually Committed Customer Demand May Adversely Affect Our
Revenues.
Our packaging and test business does not typically operate with any material backlog. Our
quarterly net sales from packaging and test services are substantially dependent upon our
customers demand in that quarter. None of our customers have committed to purchase any
significant amount of packaging or test services or to provide us with binding forecasts of demand
for packaging and test services for any future period, in any amount we deem material. In
addition, our customers often reduce, cancel or delay their purchases of packaging and test
services. Recently, our customers demand for our services has increased and their forecasts have
shown a less-than-typical decline for the first quarter of 2006; however, we cannot predict if this
demand trend will continue and the forecasted demand will materialize. Because a large portion of
our costs is fixed and our expense levels are based in part on our expectations of future revenues,
we are not able to adjust costs in a timely manner to compensate for any revenue shortfall, which
adversely affects our margins, operating results and cash flows. If customer demand does not
materialize, our net sales, margins, operating results and cash flows will be materially and
adversely affected.
Risks Associated With International Operations We Depend on Our Factories and Operations in
China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan. Many of Our Customers and Vendors
Operations Are Also Located Outside of the U.S.
We provide packaging and test services through our factories and other operations located in
the China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan. Moreover, many of our customers
and vendors operations are located outside the U.S. The following are some of the risks inherent
in doing business internationally:
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regulatory limitations imposed by foreign governments; |
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fluctuations in currency exchange rates; |
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political, military and terrorist risks; |
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disruptions or delays in shipments caused by customs brokers or government agencies; |
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unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, tariffs, customs, duties and other trade barriers; |
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Difficulties Expanding and Evolving Our Operational Capabilities We Face Challenges as We
Integrate New and Diverse Operations and Try to Attract Qualified Employees to Support Our
Operations.
We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, growth in the scope and complexity
of our operations. For example, each business we have acquired had, at the time of acquisition,
multiple systems for managing its own production, sales, inventory and other operations. Migrating
these businesses to our systems typically is a slow, expensive process requiring us to divert
significant amounts of resources from multiple aspects of our operations. This growth has strained
our managerial, financial, plant operations and other resources. Future expansions may result in
inefficiencies as we integrate new operations and manage geographically diverse operations. Our
success depends to a significant extent upon the continued service of our key senior management and
technical personnel, any of whom would be difficult to replace. Competition for qualified
employees is intense, and our business could be adversely affected by the loss of the services of
any of our existing key personnel. Additionally, as part of our ongoing strategic planning, we
evaluate our management team and engage in long-term succession planning in order to ensure orderly
replacement of key personnel. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in these efforts or
in hiring and properly training sufficient numbers of qualified personnel and in effectively
managing our growth. Our inability to attract, retain, motivate and train qualified new personnel
could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Dependence on Materials and Equipment Suppliers Our Business May Suffer If The Cost, Quality or
Supply of Materials or Equipment Changes Adversely.
We obtain from various vendors the materials and equipment required for the packaging and test
services performed by our factories. We source most of our materials, including critical materials
such as leadframes, laminate substrates and gold wire, from a limited group of suppliers.
Furthermore, we purchase the majority of our materials on a purchase order basis. From time to
time, we enter into supply agreements, generally up to one year in duration, to guarantee supply to
meet projected demand. Such agreements may generally be terminated at the option of either party
with 90-days written notice. Our business may be harmed if we cannot obtain materials and other
supplies from our vendors: in a timely manner, in sufficient quantities, in acceptable quality or
at competitive prices.
The average price of gold and other commodities used in our processes have been increasing
over the past few years. Although we have been able to partially offset the effect of these price
increases through price adjustments to customers and changes in our product designs, prices may
continue to increase. To the extent that we are unable to offset these increases in the future,
our gross margins could be negatively impacted.
Capital Additions We Believe We Need To Make Substantial Capital Additions, Which May Adversely
Affect Our Business.
We believe that our business requires us to make significant capital additions in order to
address what we believe is an overall trend in outsourcing of packaging and test services. The
amount of capital additions will depend on several factors including, among others, the performance
of our business, the need for additional capacity to service anticipated customer demand and the
availability of suitable financing. Our ongoing capital addition requirements may strain our cash
and short-term asset balances, and we expect that depreciation expense and factory operating
expenses associated with our capital additions to increase production capacity, will put downward
pressure on our near-term gross margin. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will be
able to recover these additions with future demand for our services.
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Increased Litigation Incident to Our Business Our Business May Suffer as a Result of Our Involvement in Various Lawsuits.
We are currently a party to various legal proceedings, including those described in Part I,
Item 3 Legal Proceedings in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Much of our recent increase in
litigation relates to an allegedly defective epoxy compound, formerly used in some of our products,
which is alleged to be responsible for certain semiconductor chip failures. We have recently
settled all but one of the outstanding mold compound litigation matters. If an unfavorable ruling
was to occur in the remaining legal proceeding or other customers were to make similar claims,
there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our operating results in the period in
which the ruling occurs. The estimate of the potential impact from legal proceedings on our
financial position or results of operations could change in the future.
Rapid Technological Change Our Business Will Suffer If We Cannot Keep Up With Technological
Advances in Our Industry.
The complexity and breadth of semiconductor packaging and test services are rapidly changing.
As a result, we expect that we will need to offer more advanced package designs in order to respond
to competitive industry conditions and customer requirements. Our success depends upon our ability
to develop and implement new manufacturing processes and package design technologies. The need to
develop and maintain advanced packaging capabilities and equipment could require significant
research and development and capital expenditures in future years. In addition, converting to new
package designs or process methodologies could result in delays in producing new package types,
which could adversely affect our ability to meet customer orders.
Technological advances also typically lead to rapid and significant price erosion and may make
our existing products less competitive or our existing inventories obsolete. If we cannot achieve
advances in package design or obtain access to advanced package designs developed by others, our
business could suffer.
Competition We Compete Against Established Competitors in the Packaging and Test Business.
The subcontracted semiconductor packaging and test market is very competitive. We face
substantial competition from established packaging and test service providers primarily located in
Asia, including companies with significant processing capacity, financial resources, research and
development operations, marketing and other capabilities. These companies also have established
relationships with many large semiconductor companies that are our current or potential customers.
On a larger scale, we also compete with the internal semiconductor packaging and test capabilities
of many of our customers.
Environmental Regulations Future Environmental Regulations Could Place Additional Burdens on Our
Manufacturing Operations.
The semiconductor packaging process uses chemicals and gases and generates byproducts that are
subject to extensive governmental regulations. For example, at our foreign facilities we produce
liquid waste when silicon wafers are diced into chips with the aid of diamond saws, then cooled
with running water. Federal, state and local regulations in the U.S., as well as international
environmental regulations, impose various controls on the storage, handling, discharge and disposal
of chemicals used in our production processes and on the factories we occupy.
Increasingly, public attention has focused on the environmental impact of semiconductor
operations and the risk to neighbors of chemical releases from such operations. In the future,
applicable land use and environmental regulations may impose upon us the need for additional
capital equipment or other process requirements, restrict our ability to expand our operations,
subject us to liability or cause us to curtail our operations.
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Protection of Intellectual Property We May Become Involved in Intellectual Property Litigation.
We maintain an active program to protect our investment in technology by augmenting and
enforcing our intellectual property rights. Intellectual property rights that apply to our various
products and services include patents, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks. We have filed and
obtained a number of patents in the U.S. and abroad the duration of which varies depending on the
jurisdiction in which the patent is filed. While our patents are an important element of our
intellectual property strategy and our success, as a whole we are not materially dependent on any
one patent or any one technology. We expect to continue to file patent applications when
appropriate to protect our proprietary technologies, but we cannot assure you that we will receive
patents from pending or future applications. In addition, any patents we obtain may be challenged,
invalidated or circumvented and may not provide meaningful protection or other commercial advantage
to us.
We may need to enforce our patents or other intellectual property rights or defend ourselves
against claimed infringement of the rights of others through litigation, which could result in
substantial cost and diversion of our resources. We are currently involved in two legal
proceedings involving the acquisition of intellectual property rights, or the enforcement of our
existing intellectual property rights. We refer you to the matters of Amkor Technology, Inc. v.
Carsem, et al. and Amkor Technology, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. which are described in more detail in
Part I, Item 3 Legal Proceedings in our Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference into
this prospectus.
The semiconductor industry is characterized by frequent claims regarding patent and other
intellectual property rights. If any third party makes an enforceable infringement claim against
us, we could be required to:
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From time to time, we receive inquiries regarding possible conflicts with the intellectual
property rights of other parties. In some cases it may become necessary to enter into licenses or
other agreements with these parties or with other third parties to strengthen or defend our
intellectual property position, or to acquire additional intellectual property rights. We have not
accrued a loss or established a reserve for payments, if any, that we may need to make under any
such licenses or agreements, as we are not currently able to make a reasonable estimate of the
amounts of any such losses or payments, if any.
If we fail to obtain necessary licenses or if we are subjected to litigation relating to
patent infringement or other intellectual property matters, our business could suffer. We are
currently involved in a legal proceeding involving the alleged intellectual property rights of a
third party. We refer you to the matter of Tessera, Inc. v. Amkor Technology, Inc., which is
described in more detail in Part I, Item 3 Legal Proceedings in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Continued Control By Existing Stockholders Mr. James J. Kim and Members of His Family Can
Substantially Control The Outcome of All Matters Requiring Stockholder Approval.
As of January 31, 2006, Mr. James J. Kim, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
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members of his family beneficially owned approximately 46.0% of our outstanding common stock.
This percentage includes beneficial ownership of the securities underlying our 6.25% convertible
subordinated notes due 2013. Mr. James J. Kims family, acting together, substantially control all
matters submitted for approval by our stockholders. These matters could include:
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Risks Related to the Notes
Existing and Future Indebtedness Our Indebtedness Could Adversely Affect Our Financial Condition,
and We May Incur Substantially More Debt.
As of December 31, 2005 we had approximately $2,140.6 million aggregate principal amount of
consolidated indebtedness. Our indebtedness could adversely affect us. For example, it could:
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In addition, the notes require the dedication of a substantial portion of our cash flow from
operations to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, our existing and future
indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of such cash flow to fund our growth strategy,
working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes.
We may incur additional indebtedness in the future. The terms of the notes do not, and the
terms of our existing and future indebtedness may not, prohibit us from doing so. If new debt is
added to our current levels, the related risks described above could intensify.
Subordination of Notes The Notes Will Be Subordinated To All of Our Senior Debt.
The notes are our unsecured obligations, subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment
in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of all Senior Debt,
whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or incurred thereafter, and will rank equal in
right of payment to our outstanding 5.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 and 5%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007. As a result, in the event of bankruptcy, liquidation or
reorganization or upon acceleration of the notes due to an event of default and in specific other
events, our assets will be available to pay obligations on the notes only after all Senior Debt has
been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt has been
made. There may not be sufficient assets remaining to pay amounts due on any or all of the notes
then outstanding. The indenture governing the notes does not prohibit or limit the incurrence of
Senior Debt
by us or the incurrence of other indebtedness and liabilities by us. The incurrence of
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and liabilities could adversely affect our ability to pay our obligations
on the notes. As of December 31, 2005, we had approximately $1,645.0 million of outstanding Senior
Debt. We anticipate that from time to time we may incur additional indebtedness, including Senior
Debt.
Effective Subordination of the Notes to Liabilities of our Subsidiaries Your Right to Receive
Payments on the Notes from Funds Provided By Our Subsidiaries is Junior in Right of Payment to the
Claims of the Creditors of Our Subsidiaries.
We conduct a large portion of our operations through our subsidiaries. Accordingly, our
ability to meet our cash obligations is dependent upon the ability of our subsidiaries to make cash
payments to us. We expect distributions from our subsidiaries to be a large source of funds for
payment of the interest on the notes. The claims of creditors (including trade creditors) of any
subsidiary will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiary over the claims of the
holders of the notes. In the event of a liquidation of any of our subsidiaries, our right to
receive the assets of any such subsidiary (and the resulting right of the holders of the notes to
participate in the distribution of the proceeds of those assets) will effectively be subordinated
by operation of law to the claims of creditors (including trade creditors) of such subsidiary and
holders of such subsidiarys preferred stock and any guarantees by such subsidiary of our
indebtedness, such as the subsidiary guarantees under our other notes
and our senior secured credit facilities. In the
event of the liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar
proceeding or any assignment for the benefit of our creditors or a marshaling of our assets or
liabilities, holders of the notes may receive ratably less than other such creditors or interest
holders. As of December 31, 2005, our subsidiaries had approximately $486.6 million of outstanding
indebtedness and other liabilities (excluding intercompany debt).
No Covenants The Notes Will Not Be Protected By Restrictive Covenants.
The indenture governing the notes does not contain any financial covenants or restrictions on
the payment of dividends. The indenture does not restrict the issuance or repurchase of securities
by us or our subsidiaries. The indenture does not contain any covenants or other provisions to
afford you protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction, such as a leveraged
recapitalization, that would increase the level of our indebtedness, or a fundamental change except
as described under Description of NotesRepurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event.
Repurchase of Notes We May Not Have the Ability to Repurchase the Notes.
Upon
the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture
governing the notes), we would be required under the indenture
governing the notes to repurchase up to all outstanding notes at the option of the holders of such
notes. We cannot assure you that we would have sufficient financial resources, or would be able to
arrange financing, to pay the repurchase price for all notes tendered by the holders. A
fundamental change would also constitute an event of default under our credit agreement, which
would prohibit us from repurchasing any notes. Any future credit agreements or other agreements
relating to other indebtedness to which we become a party may contain similar restrictions and
provisions. If we do not obtain a consent to the repurchase of the notes, we may remain prohibited
from repurchasing the notes. Any failure to repurchase the notes when required will result in an
event of default under the indenture. For more information, see Description of NotesRepurchase
at Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event.
Make Whole Premium Upon a Change of Control The Make Whole Premium That May be Payable Upon
Conversion in Connection With a Change of Control May Not Adequately Compensate You For the Lost
Option Time Value of Your Notes as a Result of Such Change of Control.
If you convert notes in connection with a Change of Control (as defined below), we may be
required to pay a Make Whole Premium (as defined below)
by increasing the Conversion Rate (as
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The make whole payment is described under Description of NotesMake Whole Premium
upon a Change of Control. While the Make Whole Premium is designed to compensate you for the lost
option time value of your notes as a result of a Change of Control, the make whole amount is only
an approximation of such lost value and may not adequately compensate you for such loss.
No Prior Market for the Notes You Cannot Be Sure That a Public Market Will Develop For the Notes,
and Initially There Will Be Restrictions on Resale of the Notes.
No notes or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of notes may be transferred or
exchanged until November 18, 2006; provided, however, that a holder of notes or shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion of notes may transfer such securities to an Affiliated Entity (as
defined below), provided that such Affiliated Entity agrees to be bound by the transfer provisions
of the Indenture and the Investors Rights Agreement.
Prior to this offering, there has been no trading market for the notes. We do not intend to
apply for listing of the notes on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system.
Accordingly, we cannot assure you that any market for the notes will develop or, if one does
develop, that it will be maintained. If a public market for the notes fails to develop or be
sustained, the trading price of the notes could be materially adversely affected.
In addition, the liquidity and the market price of the notes may be adversely affected by
changes in the overall market for convertible securities and by changes in our financial
performance or prospects, or in the prospects of the companies in our industry. The market price
of the notes may also be significantly affected by the market price of our common stock, which
could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors, including those
described in this Risk Factors section. As a result, you cannot be sure that a public market
will develop for the notes.
Volatility of Notes Volatile Trading Prices May Require You to Hold the Notes For an Indefinite
Period of Time.
If a market develops for the notes, the notes might trade at prices higher or lower than their
initial offering price. The trading price would depend on many factors, such as prevailing
interest rates, the market for similar securities, general economic conditions, our declaration of
dividends (particularly in light of changes that have occurred in recent years, as well as changes
that might occur in future years, in the treatment of dividends under recent U.S. tax laws) and our
financial condition, performance and prospects. Historically, the market for non-investment grade
debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial fluctuation in the prices of
these securities. The market for the notes may be subject to such fluctuations or disruptions,
which could have an adverse effect on the price of the notes. You should be aware that you may be
required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the notes for an indefinite period of time.
Volatility of Common Stock The Price of Our Common Stock Continues to be Highly Volatile.
Based on the trading history of our common stock, we believe that the factors described above
under Risks Related to the CompanyFluctuations in Operating Results and Cash FlowsOur Operating
Results and Cash Flows Have Varied and May Vary Significantly as a Result of Factors That We Cannot
Control have caused and are likely to continue to cause the market price of our common stock
to fluctuate substantially and are likely to have an effect on the trading price of the notes:
Technology company stocks in general have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations
that are often unrelated to the operating performance of these companies. Market volatility may
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the market price of our common stock, which could affect the price of the notes
and limit our ability to raise capital or to make acquisitions, which could have an adverse effect
on our business.
Dilution The Issuance of Shares of Common Stock Upon Conversion of the Notes May Have a Dilutive
Effect.
The issuance of shares of our common stock upon the conversion of the notes will dilute the
ownership interests of existing stockholders, except to the extent of the person converting the
notes. The issuance of shares of our common stock upon conversion of the notes may also have the
effect of reducing our net income per share from levels otherwise expected and could reduce the
market price of our common stock unless revenue growth or cost savings sufficient to offset the
effect of such issuance can be achieved. In addition, the existence of the notes may encourage
short selling by market participants due to this potential dilution.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus, including the sections entitled Summary and Risk Factors, contains
forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial
performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our
or our industrys actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors include, among other
things, those listed under Risk Factors and elsewhere in this prospectus. In some cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as may, will, should, expects,
plans, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential, continue or the
negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions.
Actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating these statements, you should
specifically consider various factors, including the risks outlined under Risk Factors. These
factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
Moreover, neither any other person nor we assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness
of such statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we
undertake no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future
events.
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the
following address:
Investor Relations Department
Attn: Jeffrey Luth
Amkor Technology, Inc.
1900 South Price Road
Chandler, AZ 85248
Tel: (480) 821-5000 ext. 5130
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale by any selling security holder of the notes or
the common stock issued upon their conversion.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods indicated is as follows:
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We have calculated the ratio of earnings to fixed charges by dividing (1) the sum of (x)
income (loss) before income taxes, equity investment earnings (losses), minority interests and
discontinued operations plus (y) fixed charges by (2) fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of
interest expense, amortization of debt issuance costs and one-third of rental expense. We believe
that one-third of rental expense is representative of the interest factor of rental payments under
our operating leases. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was less than 1:1 for the year ended
December 31, 2001. In order to achieve a ratio of earnings to fixed charges of 1:1, we would have
had to generate an additional $438.5 million of earnings in the year ended December 31, 2001. The
ratio of earnings to fixed charges was less than 1:1 for the year ended December 31, 2002. In order
to achieve a ratio of earnings to fixed charges of 1:1, we would have had to generate an additional
$564.3 million of earnings in the year ended December 31, 2002. The ratio of earnings to fixed
charges was less than 1:1 for the year ended December 31, 2003. In order to achieve a ratio of
earnings to fixed charges of 1:1, we would have had to generate an additional $45.3 million of
earnings in the year ended December 31, 2003. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was less than
1:1 for 2004. In order to achieve a ratio of earnings to fixed charges of 1:1, we would have had
to generate an additional $21.4 million of earnings in 2004. The ratio of earnings to fixed
charges was less than 1:1 for 2005. In order to achieve a ratio of earnings to fixed charges of
1:1, we would have had to generate an additional $144.9 million of earnings in 2005.
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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
The notes were issued under an indenture dated November 18, 2005 (the Indenture) between us
and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). A copy of the Indenture and the
Investor Rights Agreement referred to below is available as set forth under Additional
Information below. The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Indenture and the
Investor Rights Agreement and does not purport to be complete. Reference should be made to all
provisions of the Indenture and the Registration Agreement, including the definitions therein of
certain terms. Certain definitions of terms used in the following summary are set forth under
Certain Definitions below. As used in this section, the we, our, or us means Amkor
Technology, Inc., but not any of its Subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.
General
The notes are our unsecured obligations, subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Debt
as described under Subordination and convertible into shares of our common stock as described
under Conversion. The notes will mature on December 1, 2013 (the Maturity Date) and will be
limited to an aggregate principal amount of $100 million. The notes are issued in denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in fully registered form. The notes are exchangeable and
transfers thereof are registrable without charge therefor, but we may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in connection with such an exchange or
transfer.
The notes accrue interest at a rate of 61/4% per annum from November 18, 2005, or from the most
recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, and accrued and
unpaid interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year beginning
June 1, 2006. Interest is paid to the person in whose name a note is registered at the close of
business on the May 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date
(other than with respect to a note or portion thereof called for redemption on a redemption date,
or repurchased in connection with a Designated Event on a repurchase date, during the period from a
record date to (but excluding) the next succeeding interest payment date (in which case accrued
interest shall be payable (unless such note or portion thereof is converted) to the holder of the
note or portion thereof redeemed or repurchased)). Interest is computed on the basis of a 360-day
year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The notes are redeemable at our option prior to maturity
only on or after December 5, 2010, as described under Optional Redemption.
If we do not comply with certain deadlines set forth in the Investor Rights Agreement with
respect to the registration of the notes or the common stock issuable upon conversion thereof for
resale under a shelf registration statement, holders of the notes and/or the common stock issued
upon conversion thereof will be entitled to Liquidated Damages. See Registration Rights below.
Principal of, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes will be
payable at the office or agency we maintain for such purpose or, at our option, payment of interest
may be made by check mailed to the holders of the notes at their respective addresses set forth in
the register of holders of notes. Until otherwise designated by us, our office or agency
maintained for such purpose will be the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee.
The Indenture does not contain any financial covenants or restrictions on the payment of
dividends, the incurrence of additional indebtedness or the issuance or repurchase of our
securities. The notes are not guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries.
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Conversion
The holders of the notes are entitled at any time on or before the close of business on the
last trading day prior to the Maturity Date of the notes, subject to prior redemption or
repurchase, to convert any notes or portions thereof (in denominations of $1,000 or multiples
thereof) into our common stock, at the conversion price of $7.49 per share of common stock, subject
to adjustment as described below, including with respect to the Make Whole Premium (the Conversion
Price). Except as described below, no adjustment will be made on conversion of any notes for
interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, accrued thereon or for dividends on any common stock
issued. If notes not called for redemption are converted after a record date for the payment of
interest and prior to the next succeeding interest payment date, such notes must be accompanied by
funds equal to the interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, payable on such succeeding interest
payment date on the principal amount so converted unless there exists at the time of conversion a
default in the payment of interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes. We are not
required to issue fractional shares of common stock upon conversion of the notes and, in lieu
thereof, will pay a cash adjustment based upon the market price of the common stock on the last
trading day prior to the date of conversion. In the case of notes called for redemption,
conversion rights will expire at the close of business on the trading day preceding the date fixed
for redemption, unless we default in payment of the redemption price, in which case the conversion
right will terminate at the close of business on the trading day preceding the date such default is
cured. In the event any holder exercises its right to require us to repurchase notes upon a
Designated Event, such holders conversion right will terminate on the close of business on the
Designated Event Offer Termination Date (as defined), unless we default in the payment due upon
repurchase or the holder elects to withdraw the submission of election to repurchase. See
Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event.
The right of conversion attaching to any note may be exercised by the holder by delivering the
note at the specified office of a conversion agent, accompanied by a duly signed and completed
notice of conversion, together with any funds that may be required as described in the preceding
paragraph. Such notice of conversion can be obtained from the Trustee. Beneficial owners of
interests in a Global Note (as defined) may exercise their right of conversion by delivering to The
Depository Trust Company (DTC) the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to DTCs
conversion program. The conversion date shall be the date on which the note, the duly signed and
completed notice of conversion, and any funds that may be required as described in the preceding
paragraph shall have been so delivered. A holder delivering a note for conversion will not be
required to pay any taxes or duties payable in respect of the issue or delivery of common stock on
conversion, but will be required to pay any tax or duty which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involved in the issue or delivery of the common stock in a name other than the holder of
the note. Certificates representing shares of common stock will not be issued or delivered unless
all taxes and duties, if any, payable by the holder have been paid or the holder shall have
established to our reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid.
The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment (under formulae set forth in the Indenture) in
certain events, including: (i) the issuance of common stock as a dividend or distribution on common
stock; (ii) certain subdivisions and combinations of the common stock; (iii) the issuance to all or
substantially all holders of common stock of certain rights or warrants to purchase common stock at
a price per share less than the current market price (as defined in the Indenture); (iv) the
dividend or other distribution to all holders of common stock of shares of our capital stock (other
than common stock) or evidences of our indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding
those rights, warrants, dividends and distributions referred to above or paid exclusively in cash);
(v) dividends or other distributions consisting exclusively of cash (excluding any cash portion of
distributions referred to in clause (iv)) to all holders of common stock; and (vi) the purchase of
common stock pursuant to a tender offer made by us or any of our subsidiaries requiring the payment
to stockholders of such shares deemed accepted by us, up to any maximum, of an aggregate
consideration having a fair market value exceeding the current market price per share of Common Stock on the
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next succeeding the last date tenders could have been made pursuant to such tender
offer. In lieu of adjusting the Conversion Price pursuant to clause (iv) or (v) above, we may
reserve shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets or cash for distribution to holders upon their
conversion of notes.
In the case of (i) any reclassification or change of the common stock or (ii) a consolidation,
merger or combination involving us or a sale or conveyance to another corporation of our property
and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, in each case as a result of which
holders of common stock shall be entitled to receive stock, other securities, other property or
assets (including cash) with respect to or in exchange for such common stock, the holders of the
notes then outstanding will be entitled thereafter to convert such notes into the kind and amount
of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets, which they would have owned or
been entitled to receive upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination,
sale or conveyance had such notes been converted into common stock immediately prior to such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, combination, sale or conveyance (except that such
holder will not receive the Make Whole Premium if such holder does not convert its notes in
connection with the relevant Designated Event (as defined below) that constitutes a Change of
Control; a conversion of the notes by a Holder will be deemed for these purposes to be in
connection with a Change of Control if the notice of such conversion is provided in compliance
with Article XII of the Indenture to the conversion agent on or subsequent to the date 10 trading
days prior to the date announced by us as the anticipated Designated Event Date (as defined below)
but before the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the related Designated
Event Payment Date (as defined below)) (assuming, in a case in which our stockholders may exercise
rights of election, that a holder of notes would not have exercised any rights of election as to
the stock, other securities or other property or assets receivable in connection therewith and
would have received per share the kind and amount received per share by a plurality of non-electing
shares). Certain of the foregoing events may also constitute or result in a Designated Event
requiring us to offer to repurchase the notes. See Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a
Designated Event.
In the event of a taxable distribution to holders of common stock (or other transaction) that
results in any adjustment of the Conversion Price, the holders of notes may, in certain
circumstances, be deemed to have received a distribution subject to United States income tax as a
dividend. Moreover, in certain other circumstances, the absence of such an adjustment of the
Conversion Price may result in a taxable dividend to the holders of common stock. See Certain
United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.
We may from time to time, to the extent permitted by law, reduce the Conversion Price of the
notes by any amount for any period of at least 20 days, in which case we shall give at least 15
days notice of such decrease, if the board of directors has made a determination that such
decrease would be in the best interests of the company, which determination shall be conclusive.
We may, at our option, make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those set forth
above, as the board of directors deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of
common stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or
from any event treated as such for income tax purposes.
No adjustment in the Conversion Price will be required unless such adjustment would require
the Conversion Price then in effect to change at least 1%; provided that any adjustment that would
otherwise be required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. Except as stated above, the Conversion Price will not be adjusted for the issuance of
common stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or carrying the
right to purchase any of the foregoing.
Subordination
The payment of principal of, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the
notes will be subordinated in right of payment, as set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment
in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of all Senior Debt,
whether outstanding on the date
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of the Indenture or thereafter incurred. Upon any distribution to
our creditors in a liquidation or dissolution of us or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding relating to us or our property, an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or any marshaling of our assets and liabilities, the holders of Senior Debt will be
entitled to receive payment in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior
Debt of all Senior Debt of all obligations in respect of such Senior Debt before the holders of
notes will be entitled to receive any payment with respect to the notes. The notes will rank equal
in right of payment to our outstanding 5.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 and 5%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2007.
In the event of any acceleration of the notes because of an Event of Default, the holders of
any Senior Debt then outstanding will be entitled to payment in full in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Debt of all obligations in respect of such Senior Debt
before the holders of the notes are entitled to receive any payment or distribution in respect
thereof. If payment of the notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, we or the Trustee
shall promptly notify the holders of Senior Debt or the trustee(s) for such Senior Debt of the
acceleration.
We also may not make any payment upon or in respect of the notes or acquire any notes upon a
Designated Event or otherwise until all Senior Debt has been paid in full in cash or other payment
satisfactory to the holders of the Senior Debt if (i) a default in the payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, interest, rent or other obligations in respect of Senior Debt occurs and is
continuing beyond any applicable period of grace or (ii) a default, other than a payment default,
occurs and is continuing with respect to Designated Senior Debt that permits holders of the
Designated Senior Debt as to which such default relates to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee
receives a notice of such default (a Payment Blockage Notice) from us or other Person permitted
to give such notice under the Indenture. Payments on the notes may and shall be resumed and we may
acquire notes (a) in the case of a payment default, upon the date on which such default is cured or
waived or ceases to exist or (b) in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on which
such nonpayment default is cured or waived or ceases to exist or 179 days after the date on which
the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received if the maturity of the Senior Debt has not been
accelerated. No new period of payment blockage may be commenced unless and until 365 days have
elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice. No nonpayment
default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to
the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.
By reason of the subordination provisions described above, in the event of our liquidation or
insolvency, holders of Senior Debt may receive more, ratably, and holders of the notes may receive
less, ratably, than the other creditors of us. Such subordination will not prevent the occurrences
of any Event of Default under the Indenture.
The notes are our obligations exclusively. However, since our operations are primarily
conducted through Subsidiaries, the cash flow and our consequent ability to service its debt,
including the notes, are primarily dependent upon the earnings of its Subsidiaries and the
distribution of those earnings to, or upon loans or other payments of funds by those Subsidiaries
to, us. The payment of dividends and the making of loans and advances to us by our Subsidiaries
may be subject to statutory or contractual restrictions, are dependent upon the earnings of those
Subsidiaries and are subject to various business considerations.
Any right we have to receive assets of any of our Subsidiaries upon their liquidation or
reorganization (and the consequent right of the holders of the notes to participate in those
assets) will be effectively subordinated to the claims of that Subsidiarys creditors (including
trade creditors), except to the extent that we are ourselves recognized as a creditor of such
Subsidiary, in which case our claims would still be subordinate to any prior security interests in
the assets of such Subsidiary and any indebtedness of such Subsidiary senior to that held by us.
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As of December 31, 2005, we had approximately $1,645.0 million of outstanding indebtedness
that would have constituted Senior Debt, and the debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries
(excluding intercompany liabilities and obligations of a type not required to be reflected on the
balance sheet of such subsidiary in accordance with GAAP) that would effectively have been senior
to the notes were approximately $486.6 million. The Indenture does not limit the amount of
additional indebtedness, including Senior Debt, that we can create, incur, assume or guarantee, nor
does the Indenture limit the amount of indebtedness and other liabilities that any Subsidiary can
create, incur, assume or guarantee.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee or any holder of notes receives
any payment or distribution of our assets of any kind in contravention of any of the terms of the
Indenture, whether in cash, property or securities, including, without limitation by way of set-off
or otherwise, in respect of the notes before all Senior Debt is paid in full in cash or other
payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, then such payment or distribution will be held
by the recipient in trust for the benefit of holders of Senior Debt, and will be immediately paid
over or delivered to the holders of Senior Debt or their representative or representatives to the
extent necessary to make payment in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to such holders of
all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution, or
provision therefor, to or for the holders of Senior Debt.
Optional Redemption
On or after December 5, 2010, the notes may be redeemed at our option, in whole or from time
to time in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior written notice to the holders
thereof by first class mail, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount) if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning December 1 of each year
indicated (December 5 with respect to 2010), plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the date fixed for redemption:
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2011 |
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2012 |
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100.781 |
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and 100% at December 1, 2013.
Selection and Notice
If less than all the notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of notes for redemption
will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange, if any, on which the notes are listed or, if the notes are not so listed, on a
pro rata basis by lot or by any other method that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. The
Trustee may select for redemption a portion of the principal of any note that has a denomination
larger than $1,000. Notes and portions thereof will be redeemed in the amount of $1,000 or
integral multiples of $1,000. The Trustee will make the selection from notes outstanding and not
previously called for redemption; provided that if a portion of a holders notes are selected for
partial redemption and such holder converts a portion of such notes, such converted portion shall
be deemed to be taken from the portion selected for redemption.
Provisions of the Indenture that apply to the notes called for redemption also apply to
portions of the notes called for redemption. If any note is to be redeemed in part, the notice of
redemption will state the portion of the principal amount to be redeemed. Upon surrender of a note
that is redeemed in part only, we will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the
holder a new note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the note surrendered.
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On and after the redemption date, unless we shall default in the payment of the redemption
price, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, will cease to accrue on the principal amount of the
notes or portions thereof called for redemption and for which funds have been set apart for
payment. In the case of notes or portions thereof redeemed on a redemption date which is also a
regularly scheduled interest payment date, the interest payment and Liquidated Damages, if any, due
on such date shall be paid to the person in whose name the note is registered at the close of
business on the relevant record date.
The notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.
Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Designated Event
Upon the occurrence of a Designated Event, each holder of notes will have the right to require
us to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such holders
notes pursuant to the offer described below (the Designated Event Offer) at an offer price in
cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the date of purchase (the Designated Event Payment).
Within 20 days following any Designated Event, we will mail a notice to each holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Designated Event and offering to repurchase notes
pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and described in such notice.
We will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other
securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable
in connection with the repurchase of the notes as a result of a Designated Event. Rule 13e-4 under
the Exchange Act requires, among other things, the dissemination of certain information to security
holders in the event of an issuer tender offer and may apply in the event that the repurchase
option becomes available to holders of the notes. We will comply with this rule to the extent
applicable at that time.
On the date specified for termination of the Designated Event Offer, we will, to the extent
lawful, (i) accept for payment all notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the
Designated Event Offer, (ii) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Designated Event
Payment in respect of all notes or portions thereof so tendered and (iii) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee the notes so accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of notes or portions thereof being purchased by us.
The foregoing provisions would not necessarily afford holders of the notes protection in the
event of highly leveraged or other transactions involving us that may adversely affect holders.
The right to require us to repurchase notes as a result of a Designated Event could have the
effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a Change of Control or other attempts to acquire
control of us. Consequently, this right may render more difficult or discourage a merger,
consolidation or tender offer (even if such transaction is supported by our board of directors or
is favorable to the stockholders), the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of our
shares and the removal of incumbent management.
Except as described above with respect to a Designated Event, the Indenture does not contain
provisions that permit the holders of the notes to require that we repurchase or redeem the notes
in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar restructuring. Subject to the limitation on
mergers and consolidations described below, we or our Subsidiaries could in the future enter into
certain transactions, including refinancings, certain recapitalizations, acquisitions, the sale of
all or substantially all of its assets, the liquidation of us or similar transactions, that would
not constitute a Designated Event under the Indenture, but that would increase the amount of Senior
Debt (or any other indebtedness) outstanding at such time or substantially reduce or eliminate our
assets.
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The terms of our existing or future credit or other agreements relating to debt (including
Senior Debt) restrict and in certain circumstances may prohibit us from purchasing any notes and
may also provide that a Designated Event, as well as certain other change of control events with
respect to us, would constitute an event of default thereunder. In the event a Designated Event
occurs at a time when we are prohibited from purchasing notes, we could seek the consent of its
then-existing lenders to the purchase of notes or could attempt to refinance the debt that contain
the prohibition. If we do not obtain such a consent or repay such debt, we would remain prohibited
from purchasing notes. In that case, our failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute an
Event of Default under the Indenture, which may, in turn, constitute a further default under the
terms of other debt that we have entered into or may enter into from time to time. In such
circumstances, the subordination provisions in the Indenture would likely restrict payments to the
holders of notes.
A Designated Event will be deemed to have occurred upon a Change of Control or a Termination
of Trading.
A Change of Control will be deemed to have occurred when: (i) any person has become an
Acquiring Person, (ii) we consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey, transfer, or
lease all or substantially all of our assets to any person, or any other Person merges into us,
and, in the case of any such transaction, our outstanding common stock is changed or exchanged as a
result, unless our stockholders immediately before such transaction own, directly or indirectly
immediately following such transaction, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the
outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such transaction in substantially the
same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Stock immediately before such transaction, or
(iii) any time the Continuing Directors do not constitute a majority of our board of directors (or,
if applicable, a successor corporation to us); provided that a Change of Control shall not be
deemed to have occurred if either (x) the last sale price of the common stock for any five trading
days during the ten trading days immediately preceding the Change of Control is at least equal to
105% of the Conversion Price in effect on the date of such Change of Control or (y) at least 90% of
the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) in the transaction or
transactions constituting the Change of Control consists of shares of common stock that are, or
upon issuance will be, traded on a United States national securities exchange or approved for
trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the lease, transfer or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of us. Although there is a developing body
of case law interpreting the phrase substantially all, there is no precise established definition
of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of notes to require us to
repurchase such notes as a result of a lease, transfer or conveyance of less than all of our assets
to another person or group may be uncertain.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of our board of
directors who (i) was a member of such board of directors on the date of the Indenture or (ii) was
nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such board at the time of such nomination or election.
A Termination of Trading will be deemed to have occurred if the common stock (or other
common stock into which the notes are then convertible) is neither listed for trading on a United
States national securities exchange nor approved for trading on an established automated
over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
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Make Whole Premium Upon a Change of Control
If there shall have occurred a Designated Event that constitutes a Change of Control, the
Company shall pay a Make Whole Premium to the Holders of the Convertible Subordinated Notes who
convert their Convertible Subordinated Notes during the period beginning 10 trading days before the
anticipated Designated Event Date and ending at the close of business on the business day
immediately preceding the Designated Event Payment Date by increasing the Conversion Rate for such
Convertible Subordinated Notes. The number of additional shares of Common Stock per $1,000
principal amount of Convertible Subordinated Notes constituting the Make Whole Premium shall be
determined by reference to the table below, based on the Designated Event Date and the Stock Price
on such Designated Event Date; provided that if the Stock Price or Designated Event Date are not
set forth on the table: (i) if the actual Stock Price on the Designated Event Date is between two
Stock Prices on the table or the actual Designated Event Date is between two Designated Event Dates
on the table, the Make Whole Premium will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between
the Make Whole Premiums set forth for the two Stock Prices and the two Designated Event Dates on
the table based on a 365-day year, as applicable, (ii) if the Stock Price on the Designated Event
Date exceeds $17.28 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make Whole Premium
will be paid, and (iii) if the Stock Price on the Designated Event Date is less than $5.76 per
share, subject to adjustment as set forth herein, no Make Whole Premium will be paid. If Holders
of the Common Stock receive only cash in the Designated Event, the Stock Price shall be the cash
amount paid per share of the Common Stock in connection with the Designated Event. Otherwise, the
Stock Price shall be equal to the average Closing Prices of the Common Stock for each of the 10
trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the applicable Designated Event Date.
Make Whole Premium Upon a Designated Event Date (Number of Additional Shares)
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$ 6.91 |
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$ 8.06 |
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$ 9.22 |
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$ 10.37 |
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$ 11.52 |
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$ 12.67 |
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$ 13.82 |
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$ 14.98 |
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$ 16.13 |
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$ 17.28 |
12/01/05
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40.0641 |
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26.7762 |
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18.2390 |
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12.5378 |
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8.6034 |
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5.8263 |
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3.8383 |
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2.4050 |
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1.3747 |
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0.6528 |
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0.1952 |
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12/01/06
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39.1834 |
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25.6286 |
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17.1427 |
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11.5743 |
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7.7956 |
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5.1717 |
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3.3227 |
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2.0101 |
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1.0825 |
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0.4536 |
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0.0890 |
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12/01/07
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37.8639 |
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24.0356 |
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15.6240 |
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10.2565 |
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6.7285 |
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4.3455 |
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2.7128 |
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1.5834 |
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0.8025 |
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0.2881 |
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0.0243 |
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12/01/08
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35.7676 |
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21.4579 |
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13.0813 |
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8.0686 |
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4.9558 |
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2.9740 |
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1.6911 |
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0.8479 |
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0.3057 |
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0.0247 |
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0.0000 |
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12/01/09
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32.5264 |
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17.0598 |
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8.7939 |
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4.4605 |
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2.2112 |
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1.0336 |
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0.3925 |
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0.0515 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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12/01/10
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30.0488 |
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9.5172 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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12/01/11
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31.9061 |
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9.4916 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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12/01/12
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34.8167 |
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9.9951 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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12/01/13
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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0.0000 |
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The Stock Prices set forth in the first column of the table above will be adjusted as of
any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Securities is adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices
will equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving
rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so
adjusted. The number of additional shares set forth in the table above will be adjusted in the
same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth Conversion and in the Indenture, other than as a
result of an adjustment of the Conversion Rate by adding the Make Whole Premium as described above.
For purposes of giving effect to the Make Whole Premium, the Conversion Price of the
Convertible Subordinated Notes following payment of the Make Whole Premium shall be equal to the
product of (a) the Conversion Price immediately prior to payment of the Make Whole Premium and (b)
the fraction obtained by dividing (i) the Conversion Rate immediately prior to payment of the Make
Whole Premium by (ii) the Conversion Rate immediately after payment of the Make Whole Premium.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs, in no event will the total number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a Convertible Subordinated Note exceed 173.6111 per $1,000
principal amount of Convertible Subordinated Notes, subject to proportional adjustment in the same
manner as the Conversion Price as set forth in clauses (a) through (d) of Section 12.05 hereof.
By delivering the amount of cash and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion to the Trustee, the Company will be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to pay the
principal amount of the Convertible Subordinated Notes so converted and its obligation to pay
accrued and unpaid interest attributable to the period from the most recent Interest Payment Date
through the date of conversion (which amount will be deemed paid in full rather than cancelled,
extinguished or forfeited).
Merger and Consolidation
The Indenture provides that we may not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not we are the surviving corporation),
or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, another corporation as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety unless either (a)(i) we shall be the surviving or continuing
corporation or (ii) the corporation formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than us) or the corporation which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition our properties and assets substantially as an entirety (x) is a corporation
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia and (y) assumes the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest on, and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, all the notes and the
performance of every covenant of the Company under the notes and the Indenture pursuant to a
supplemental indenture in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; (b) immediately after such
transaction no Default or Event of Default exists; and (c) we or such person shall have delivered
to the Trustee an officers certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such
transaction and the supplemental indenture comply with the Indenture and that all conditions
precedent in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a
single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or
assets of one or more Subsidiaries of us, the capital stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of our properties and assets, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of us.
Upon any consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, lease, transfer or other
disposition in accordance with the foregoing, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which we are merged or to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, lease,
transfer or other disposition is made will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, us under the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been
named as the company therein, and thereafter (except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, conveyance or other disposition) the predecessor corporation will be relieved of all further
obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the notes.
Limitation on Transfer
No notes or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of notes may be transferred or
exchanged until November 18, 2006; provided, however, that a holder of notes or shares of Common
Stock issued upon conversion of notes may transfer such securities to an Affiliated Entity,
provided that such Affiliated Entity agrees to be bound by the transfer provisions of the Indenture
and the Investors Rights Agreement.
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Affiliated Entities means James J. Kim and his estates, spouses, ancestors and lineal
descendants (and spouses thereof), the legal representatives of any of the foregoing, and the
trustee of any bona fide trust of which one or more of the foregoing are sole beneficiaries or the
grantors, or any Person of which any of the forgoing, individually or collectively, beneficially
own (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) voting securities representing at
least a majority of the total voting power of all classes of Capital Stock of such Person
(exclusive of any matters as to which class voting rights exist).
Registration Rights
In connection with the initial private placement of the notes, we entered into an investor
rights agreement (the Investor Rights Agreement) for the benefit of the holders of the notes.
Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, we have filed, for the benefit of the holders of the
notes and common stock issued upon conversion of the notes, this shelf registration statement (the
Shelf Registration Statement) with the SEC with respect to resales of the notes and the common
stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to keep
the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act for a period of
three years from November 18, 2005, or for such shorter period that will terminate when all
Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding or otherwise to be Registrable Securities.
In the event that (a) the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior
to November 18, 2006, (b) after effectiveness, subject to our ability to suspend the use of the
Shelf Registration Statement as described in the Investor Rights Agreement, the Shelf Registration
Statement fails to be effective or usable by the Holders without being succeeded within seven
business days by a post-effective amendment or a report filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act
that cures the failure to be effective or usable, or (c) the Shelf Registration Statement is
unusable by the Holders for any reason, and the aggregate number of days in any consecutive
three-month or twelve-month period, as applicable, for which the Shelf Registration Statement shall
not be usable exceeds the Suspension Period (as defined below) (each such event being a
Registration Default), additional interest, as liquidated damages (Liquidated Damages), will
accrue at a rate per annum of one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount of the
notes for the first 90-day period from day following the Registration Default, and thereafter at a
rate per annum of one-half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount of the notes, provided
that in no event shall Liquidated Damages accrue at a rate per annum exceeding one half of one
percent (0.50%) of the issue price of the Securities; provided further that no Liquidated Damages
shall accrue after the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement; provided further that
Liquidated Damages shall not accrue under clauses (b) and (c) above with respect to any holder that
is not named as a Selling Holder in the Shelf Registration Statement; and provided further that no
Liquidated Damages shall accrue if, pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, we defer the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, for a reasonable period not to exceed 45
days if we are engaged in non-public negotiations or other non-public business activities,
disclosure of which would be required in such Shelf Registration Statement (but would not be
required if such Shelf Registration Statement were not filed), and the board of directors or a
committee of our board of directors of us determines in good faith that such disclosure would have
a material adverse effect on us and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. Upon the cure of all
Registration Defaults then continuing, the accrual of Liquidated Damages will
automatically cease and the interest rate borne by the notes will revert to the original
interest rate at such time. Holders who have converted notes into Common Stock will not be
entitled to receive any Liquidated Damages with respect to such Common Stock or the issue price of
the notes converted.
Registrable Securities shall mean all or any of the notes issued from time to time under the
Indenture in registered form, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such
notes; provided, however, that any such notes or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
notes shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Shelf Registration Statement with respect
to such notes or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the notes shall have been declared
effective under the 1933 Act
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and such notes shall have been disposed of pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement, (ii) such notes have been sold or transferred to the public pursuant to
Rule l44, if available (or any similar provision then in force, including Rule 144(k) but not Rule
144A) under the 1933 Act, or (iii) such notes shall have ceased to be outstanding.
In accordance with the Investor Rights Agreement, we will provide or cause to be provided to
each holder of the notes, or the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, copies of this
prospectus, which is a part of the Shelf Registration Statement, notify or cause to be notified to
each such holder when the Shelf Registration Statement for the notes or the common stock issuable
upon conversion of the notes has become effective and take certain other actions as are required to
permit unrestricted resales of the notes or the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes.
A holder of notes or the common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes that sells such
securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement will be required to be named as a selling
security holder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be
subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with
such sales and will be bound by the provisions of the Investor Rights Agreement that are applicable
to such holder (including certain indemnification and contribution rights or obligations).
We may suspend the use of this prospectus which is a part of the Shelf Registration Statement
for a period not to exceed 45 days in any three-month period or an aggregate of 90 days in any
twelve-month period (any such period being referred to as a Suspension Period) under certain
circumstances including pending corporate developments, public filings with the SEC and similar
events. We will pay all expenses of the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that each
holder shall bear the expense of any brokers commission, agency fee or underwriters discount or
commission.
Events of Default and Remedies
An Event of Default is defined in the Indenture as being (i) default in payment of the
principal of, or premium, if any, on the notes, whether or not such payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions of the Indenture; (ii) default for 30 days in payment of any installment
of interest on or Liquidated Damages with respect to the notes, whether or not such payment is
prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture; (iii) default by us for 60 days after
notice in the observance or performance of any other covenants in the Indenture; (iv) default in
the payment of the Designated Event Payment in respect of the notes on the date therefor, whether
or not such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture; (v) our failure
to provide timely notice of a Designated Event; (vi) our failure or any Material Subsidiary to make
any payment at maturity, including any applicable grace period, in respect of indebtedness for
borrowed money of, or guaranteed or assumed by, the Company or any Material Subsidiary, which
payment is in an amount in excess of $20,000,000, and continuance of such failure for 30 days after
notice; (vii) our default by or any Material Subsidiary with respect to any such indebtedness,
which default results in the acceleration of any such indebtedness of an amount in excess of
$20,000,000 without such indebtedness having been paid or discharged or such acceleration having
been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled for 30 days after notice; or (viii) certain events
involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of us or any Material Subsidiary.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (viii) above with
respect to us) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee, by written notice
to us, or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
notes, by written notice to us and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if
any, and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on all the notes then
outstanding to be due and payable. Upon such declaration, such principal amount, premium, if any,
and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, will become immediately due and
payable, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indenture or the notes to the contrary, but
subject to the provisions limiting payment described in Subordination. If any Event of Default
specified in clause (viii) above occurs with respect to us, all unpaid principal of, and premium,
if any,
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and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes then
outstanding will automatically become due and payable, subject to the provisions described in
Subordination, without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holder of
notes.
Holders of the notes may not enforce the Indenture or the notes except as provided in the
Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, the
Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the holders, unless such holders have offered to the Trustee
a security or an indemnity satisfactory to it against any cost, expense or liability. Subject to
all provisions of the Indenture and applicable law, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding notes have the right to 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 the Trustee. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and is
known to the Trustee, the Indenture requires the Trustee to mail a notice of Default or Event of
Default to each holder within 60 days of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default;
provided, however, that the Trustee may withhold from the holders notice of any continuing Default
or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium,
if any, interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes) if it determines in good faith that
withholding notice is in their interest. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may rescind any acceleration of the notes
and its consequences if all existing Events of Default (other than the nonpayment of principal of,
premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes that has become due solely
by virtue of such acceleration) have been cured or waived and if the rescission would not conflict
with any judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction. No such rescission shall
affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful action (or inaction)
taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of us with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium
that we would have had to pay if we then had elected to redeem the notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of the Indenture, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately
due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the notes. If an Event of
Default occurs prior to any date on which we are prohibited from redeeming the notes by reason of
any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of us with the intention of
avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the notes prior to such date, then the premium specified
in the Indenture shall also become immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon
the acceleration of the notes.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding may, on
behalf of the holders of all the notes, waive any existing or past Default or Event of Default
under the Indenture and its consequences, except Default in the payment of principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on the notes (other than the non-payment of principal of, premium, if any,
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the notes that has become due solely by
virtue of an acceleration that has been duly rescinded as provided above) or in respect of a
covenant or provision of the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
all holders of notes.
We are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the
Indenture and we are required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver
to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
Definitive Certificates; Book-Entry; Delivery and Form; Global Note
The notes were originally issued in certificated form in the form of definitive, fully
registered securities without interest coupons and with a legend related to their resale prior to
November 18, 2006 only to an Affiliated Entity and subject to certain conditions.
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The procedures for transferring (i) a global security to a definitive security, (ii) a
definitive security to a definitive security and (iii) a definitive security to a global security
are described in the Indenture.
Notes that are in global form if any, will be subject to the following:
The notes will be represented by a single, permanent Global Note in definitive,
fully-registered form without interest coupons. The Global Note will be deposited with the Trustee
as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC in New York, New York for the
accounts of participants in DTC.
Investors who are Qualified Institutional Buyers and who purchase notes in reliance on Rule
144A under the Securities Act may hold their interests in the Global Note directly through DTC if
they are DTC participants, or indirectly through organizations that are DTC participants.
Notes transferred to institutional accredited investors that are not Qualified Institutional
Buyers will be issued and delivered in fully registered, definitive form (Definitive Notes) and
may not be represented by interests in the Global Note. Except in the limited circumstances
described below, holders of notes represented by interests in the Global Note will not be entitled
to receive Definitive Notes. Upon transfer of a Definitive Note to a Qualified Institutional Buyer
pursuant to Rule 144A, the Definitive Note will be exchanged for an interest in the Global Note,
and the transferee will be required to hold its interest through a participant in DTC.
DTC has advised us as follows: DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws
of the State of New York Uniform Commercial Code and a clearing corporation within the meaning of
the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a clearing agency registered pursuant to the provisions
of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities of institutions that have
accounts with DTC (participants) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities
transactions among its participants in such securities through electronic book-entry changes in
accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. DTCs participants include securities brokers and dealers (which may include the
Initial Purchasers), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations.
Access to DTCs book-entry system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, whether
directly or indirectly.
Upon the issuance of the Global Note, DTC will credit, on its book-entry registration and
transfer system, the respective principal amount of the individual beneficial interests represented
by the Global Note to the accounts of participants. The accounts to be credited shall be
designated by the Initial Purchasers of such beneficial interests. Ownership of beneficial
interests in the Global Note will be limited to participants or persons that may hold interests
through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Note will be shown on, and
the transfer of those ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC
(with respect to participants interests) and such participants (with respect to the owners of
beneficial interests in the Global Note other than participants).
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered holder and owner of the Global Note, DTC or
such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole legal owner of the notes represented
by the Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture and the notes. Except as set forth below,
owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note will not be entitled to receive Definitive Notes
and will not be considered to be the owners or holders of any notes under the Global Note. We
understand that under existing industry practice, in the event an owner of a beneficial interest in
the Global Note desires to take any actions that DTC, as the holder of the Global Note, is entitled
to take, DTC would authorize the participants to take such action, and that participants would
authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to take such action or would otherwise
act upon the instructions of beneficial owners owning through them. No beneficial owner
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of an interest in the Global Note will be able to transfer the interest except in accordance
with DTCs applicable procedures, in addition to those provided for under the Indenture.
Payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
on, the notes represented by the Global Note registered in the name of and held by DTC or its
nominee will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and holder
of the Global Note. The Company expects that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of
principal or interest in respect of the Global Note, will credit participants accounts with
payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount
of the Global Note as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. The Company also expects that
payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note held through such
participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices as is now the case
with securities held for accounts of customers registered in the names of nominees for such
customers. Such payments, however, will be the responsibility of such participants and indirect
participants, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any paying agent will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account
of, beneficial ownership interests in the Global Note or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any other aspect of the
relationship between DTC and its participants or the relationship between such participants and the
owners of beneficial interests in the Global Note.
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Definitive Notes in definitive form,
the Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee
of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC.
Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in the ordinary way in accordance with
DTC rules and will be settled in same-day funds. If a holder requires physical delivery of a
Definitive Note for any reason, including to sell notes to persons in jurisdictions which require
such delivery of such notes or to pledge such notes, such holder must transfer its interest in the
Global Note in accordance with the normal procedures of DTC and the procedures set forth in the
Indenture.
We expect that DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of notes (including
the presentation of notes for exchange as described below) only at the direction of one or more
participants to whose account the DTC interests in the Global Note is credited and only in respect
of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the notes as to which such participant or
participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under the
notes, DTC will exchange the Global Note for Definitive Notes, which it will distribute to its
participants. These Definitive Notes will be subject to certain restrictions on registration of
transfers described in the Indenture and will bear the legend set forth thereunder.
Although we expect that DTC will agree to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate
transfers of interests in the Global Note among participants of DTC, it is under no obligation to
perform or continue to perform such procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any
time. Neither we nor the Trustee will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or their
participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and
procedures governing their operations.
If DTC is at any time unwilling to act as a depositary for any Global Note and a successor
depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days, we will issue Definitive Notes in exchange for
the Global Note which will be subject to certain restrictions on registration of transfers
described in the Indenture and will bear the legend set forth thereunder.
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Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture or the notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer for notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the
Indenture or the notes may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the then outstanding notes (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer
or exchange offer for notes).
Without the consent of each holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to
any notes held by a non-consenting holder): (a) reduce the principal amount of notes whose holders
must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver, (b) reduce the principal of, redemption price,
Designated Event Payment (including an Make Whole Premium payable) (as applicable) or change the
fixed maturity of any note or, other than as set forth in the next paragraph, alter the provisions
with respect to the redemption of the notes, (c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment
of interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on any notes, (d) waive a Default or Event of Default in
the payment of principal of or premium, if any, interest or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the
notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the notes by the holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration), (e) make any note payable in money other than that stated in the Indenture and the
notes, (f) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults
or the rights of holders of notes to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, interest or
Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes, (g) waive a redemption payment with respect to any note,
(h) except as permitted by the Indenture, increase the Conversion Price or, other than as set forth
in the next paragraph, modify the provisions of the Indenture relating to conversion of the notes
in a manner adverse to the holders thereof or (i) make any change to the abilities of holders of
notes to enforce their rights under the Indenture or the provisions of clause (a) through (i)
hereof. In addition, any amendment to the provisions of Article 11 of the Indenture (which relate
to subordination) will require the consent of the holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal
amount of the notes then outstanding if such amendment would adversely affect the rights of holders
of notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any holder of notes, we and the Trustee
may amend or supplement the Indenture or the notes to (a) cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency or make any other changes in the provisions of the Indenture which we and the Trustee
may deem necessary or desirable, provided such amendment does not materially and adversely affect
the rights of the holders of the notes, (b) provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in
place of certificated notes, (c) provide for the assumption of our obligations to holders of notes
in the circumstances required under the Indenture as described under Merger and Consolidation,
(d) provide for conversion and/or repurchase rights of holders of notes in certain events such as a
consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, (e) reduce the Conversion
Price, (f) make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of
notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such holder, or
(g) comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of
the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Satisfaction and Discharge
We may discharge its obligations under the Indenture while notes remain outstanding if (i) all
outstanding notes will become due and payable at their scheduled maturity within one year or (ii)
all outstanding notes are scheduled for redemption within one year, and, in either case, we have
(a) deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay and discharge all outstanding notes on
the date of their scheduled maturity or the scheduled date of redemption and (b) paid all other
sums then payable by the Company under the Indenture.
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Governing Law
The Indenture provides that the notes are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law.
Transfer and Exchange
A holder may transfer or exchange notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar and
the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and we may require a holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. We are not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for
redemption or repurchase. Also, we are not required to transfer or exchange any note during a
period of 15 days before a selection of notes to be redeemed.
The registered holder of a note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
Reports
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any notes are
outstanding, we will file with the Commission and furnish to the Trustee and the holders of notes
all quarterly and annual financial information (without exhibits) required to be contained in a
filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to the annual consolidated
financial statements only, a report thereon by our independent auditors. We shall not be required
to file any report or other information with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing,
although such reports will be required to be furnished to the Trustee.
The Trustee
The Indenture provides that, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee
will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Indenture. In case an Event of
Default known to the Trustee shall occur (and shall not be cured), the Trustee will be required to
exercise its powers with the degree of care and skill of a prudent person in the conduct of such
persons own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise
any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any of the holders of notes,
unless they shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it.
The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a
creditor of us, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property
received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to
engage in other transactions, provided, however, that if it acquires any conflicting interest, it
must eliminate such conflict or resign.
Additional Information
Anyone who purchases notes pursuant to this prospectus may obtain a copy of the Indenture
without charge by writing to Amkor Technology, Inc., 1900 South Price Road, Chandler, AZ 85248,
Attention: Investor Relations.
Certain Definitions
Acquiring Person means any person (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) who
or which, together with all affiliates and associates (each as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the
Exchange Act),
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becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and
as further defined below) of shares of common stock or other voting securities of us having more
than 50% of the total voting power of our Voting Stock; provided, however, that an Acquiring Person
shall not include (i) us, (ii) any Subsidiary of us, (iii) any Permitted Holder, (iv) an
underwriter engaged in a firm commitment underwriting in connection with a public offering of the
Voting Stock of us or (v) any current or future employee or director benefit plan of us or any
Subsidiary of us or any entity holding common stock of us for or pursuant to the terms of any such
plan. For purposes hereof, a person shall not be deemed to be the beneficial owner of (A) any
securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or
any of such persons affiliates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or
exchange thereunder, or (B) any securities if such beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as a
result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant
to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, and (2) is not also then reportable
on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act.
Capital Stock of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated)
equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
Conversion Rate means the Conversion Price per $1,000 principal amount of notes determined
by dividing $1,000 by the Conversion Price.
Credit Agreements means (i) the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2004 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, each financial
institution or other entity that (a) is listed on the signature pages thereof as a lender or (b)
from time to time becomes a party thereto by execution of an assignment and acceptance, each lender
or affiliates of a lender that (a) is listed on the signature pages thereof as an issuer or (b)
becomes an issuer with the approval of the administrative agent and the Company, Citicorp North
America, Inc., as administrative agent for the lenders and the issuers, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as syndication agent for the
lenders and the issuers and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as documentation agent, as such
agreement may be amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole
or in part, from time to time, and (ii) the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2004 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Company, each financial
institution or other entity that (a) is listed on the signature pages thereof as a lender or (b)
from time to time becomes a party thereto by execution of an assignment and acceptance, Citicorp
North America, Inc., as administrative agent for the lenders and as collateral agent for the
secured parties, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., as syndication agent for the lenders,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as documentation agent, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as sole lead arranger,
and Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., as joint bookrunners, as such agreement may be amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from time to time.
Default means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
Designated Senior Debt means (i) any Senior Debt outstanding under the Credit Agreements, as
such agreements may be amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in
whole or in part, from time to time, (ii) Senior Debt outstanding under our 91/4% Senior Notes due
February 15, 2008, and
101/2%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009,
71/8 Senior Notes due March 15, 2011
and our 7.75% Senior Notes due May 15, 2013, as such notes (or the related indentures) may be
amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced, in whole or in part, from
time to time, and (iii) any particular Senior Debt if the instrument creating or evidencing the
same or the assumption or guarantee thereof (or
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related agreements or documents to which we are a party) expressly provides that such
Indebtedness shall be Designated Senior Debt for purposes of the Indenture (provided that such
instrument, agreement or document may place limitations and conditions on the right of such Senior
Debt to exercise the rights of Designated Senior Debt).
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 may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect from time to time.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, all obligations, whether or not contingent,
of such person (i) (a) for borrowed money (including, but not limited to, any indebtedness secured
by a security interest, mortgage or other lien on the assets of that Person that is (1) given to
secure all or part of the purchase price of property subject thereto, whether given to the vendor
of such property or to another, or (2) existing on property at the time of acquisition thereof),
(b) evidenced by a note, debenture, bond or other written instrument, (c) under a lease required to
be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee under GAAP or under any lease or related document
(including a purchase agreement) that provides that such Person is contractually obligated to
purchase or cause a third party to purchase and thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the
lease property to the lessor and the obligations of such Person under such lease or related
document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase such leased property, (d) in respect of
letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers acceptances (including reimbursement obligations
with respect to any of the foregoing), (e) with respect to Indebtedness secured by a mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or adverse claim affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance
to which the property or assets of such Person are subject, whether or not the obligation secured
thereby shall have been assumed by or shall otherwise be such Persons legal liability, (f) in
respect of the balance of deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property or assets, (g) under
interest rate or currency swap agreements, cap, floor and collar agreements, spot and forward
contracts and similar agreements and arrangements; (ii) with respect to any obligation of others of
the type described in the preceding clause (i) or under clause (iii) below assumed by or guaranteed
in any manner by such Person or in effect guaranteed by such person through an agreement to
purchase (including, without limitation, take or pay and similar arrangements), contingent or
otherwise (and the obligations of such person under any such assumptions, guarantees or other such
arrangements); and (iii) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions, refinancings and refundings
of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any of the foregoing.
Issue Date means the date on which the notes were first issued and authenticated under the
Indenture.
Material Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of us which at the date of determination is a
significant subsidiary as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act.
Obligations means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
Permitted Holders means James J. Kim and his estates, spouses, ancestors and lineal
descendants (and spouses thereof), the legal representatives of any of the foregoing, and the
trustee of any bona fide trust of which one or more of the foregoing are the sole beneficiaries or
the grantors, or any person of which any of the foregoing, individually or collectively,
beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) voting securities
representing at least a majority of the total voting power of all classes of Capital Stock of such
person (exclusive of any matters as to which class voting rights exist).
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Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate,
unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Senior Debt means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, rent under, and any
other amounts payable on or in or in respect of any Indebtedness of us (including, without
limitation, any Obligations in respect of such Indebtedness and, in the case of Designated Senior
Debt, any interest accruing after the filing of a petition by or against us under any bankruptcy
law, whether or not allowed as a claim after such filing in any proceeding under such bankruptcy
law), whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed,
guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by us (including all deferrals, renewals, extensions or
refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to the foregoing); provided, however,
that Senior Debt does not include (v) Indebtedness evidenced by the notes, (w) any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by us, (x) Indebtedness of us to any Subsidiary
of us except to the extent such Indebtedness is of a type described in clause (ii) of the
definition of Indebtedness, (y) trade payables of us for goods, services or materials purchased in
the ordinary course of business (other than, to the extent they may otherwise constitute such trade
payables, any obligations of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of Indebtedness),
and (z) any particular Indebtedness in which the instrument creating or evidencing the same
expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to, or is pari
passu with, or is subordinated or junior to, the notes.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any person, (i) any corporation, association or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by such person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person (or a combination thereof)
and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is
such person or a Subsidiary of such person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such person (or any combination thereof).
Voting Stock of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including
partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
We are authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, and
10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value. As of January 31, 2006, there was an
aggregate of approximately 176,736,678 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
The following description of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject
to and qualified in its entirety by our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, which are included
as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and by the
provisions of applicable Delaware law.
Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain certain provisions that are intended to
enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our Board of Directors and
which may have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing a future takeover or change in
control of our company unless such takeover or change in control is approved by our Board of
Directors.
Common Stock
Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by
the stockholders. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights, and, therefore,
holders of a majority of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect all of the
directors. In such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any
directors.
Holders of the common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from
time to time by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, subject to the
terms of any existing or future agreements between our company and its debtholders. Our company
has never declared or paid cash dividends on its capital stock. We expect to retain future
earnings, if any, for use in the operation and expansion of our business, and does not anticipate
paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. In the event of the liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of our company, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all
assets legally available for distribution after payment of all debts and other liabilities and
subject to the prior rights of any holders of preferred stock then outstanding.
Preferred Stock
Our Board of Directors is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in
one or more series and to fix the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof,
including dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption,
redemption prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting a series or the
designation of such series, without any further vote or action by our stockholders.
Delaware Anti-Takeover Law and Certain Charter and Bylaw Provisions
Certain provisions of Delaware law and our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws could make
our acquisition more difficult by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise and could
also make the removal of incumbent officers and directors more difficult. These provisions,
summarized below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and
inadequate takeover bids and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first
negotiate with us. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability
to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure
us outweighs the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals because, among other things,
negotiation of such proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
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Anti-Takeover Provisions of Delaware Law
We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, the
statute prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination
with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that the stockholder
became an interested stockholder unless:
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upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholders becoming an interested stockholder, the
interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the
transaction commenced, excluding those shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers, and employee stock
plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to
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on or subsequent to the date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an
annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds
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Section 203 defines business combination to include:
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any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition involving the interested stockholder of 10% or more of the assets of
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subject to exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the
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the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial
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In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as any entity or person beneficially
owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person
affiliated with or controlling or controlled by the entity or person.
Undesignated Preferred Stock
The issuance of preferred stock, while providing desirable flexibility in connection with
possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could have the effect of delaying, deferring or
making more difficult a change in control of the company and may adversely affect the market price
of, and the voting and other rights of, the holders of our common stock. The issuance of preferred
stock with voting and conversion rights may adversely affect the voting power of the holders of our
common stock, including the loss of voting control to others. We have no current plans to issue
any additional shares of preferred stock.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The Transfer Agent and Registrar for our common stock is First Chicago Trust Company of New
York Shareholder Services, 525 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07310; telephone (201)
324-0014.
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CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
This section is a discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the
purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes and the common stock into which the notes may be
converted. This summary does not provide a complete analysis of all potential tax considerations.
The information provided below is based on existing U.S. federal income tax authorities, all of
which are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect. There
can be no assurances that the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) will not challenge one or more
of the tax consequences described herein, and we have not obtained, nor do we intend to obtain, a
ruling from the IRS with respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owning
or disposing of the notes or common stock. The summary generally applies only to beneficial owners
of the notes that hold the notes and common stock as capital assets (generally, for investment).
This discussion does not purport to deal with all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may
be relevant to a particular beneficial owner in light of the beneficial owners circumstances (for
example, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of the Code, or a U.S. Holder
(as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar). Also, it is not intended
to be wholly applicable to all categories of investors, some of which may be subject to special
rules (such as dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities that elect to use a
mark-to-market method of accounting, banks, thrifts, regulated investment companies, real estate
investment trusts, insurance companies, tax-exempt entities, tax-deferred or other retirement
accounts, and persons holding notes or common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction
or a straddle, or persons deemed to sell notes or common stock under the constructive sale
provisions of the Code). Finally, the summary does not describe the effect of the U.S. federal
estate and gift tax laws or the effects of any applicable foreign, state or local laws.
INVESTORS CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF NOTES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING
THE APPLICATION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. FEDERAL ESTATE OR GIFT TAX LAWS, FOREIGN, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, AND TAX
TREATIES.
U.S. Holders
As used herein, the term U.S. Holder means a beneficial owner of the notes or the common
stock into which the notes may be converted that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes is (1) an
individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (2) a corporation, or an entity
treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States or any state of the United States, including the District of Columbia, or
(3) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its
source. A trust is a U.S. Holder if it is (1) subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court
and the control of one of more U.S. persons or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable
U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. The term U.S. Holder also includes
certain former citizens and residents of the United States. A Non-U.S. Holder is a beneficial
owner of the notes or the common stock into which the notes may be converted (other than a
partnership or an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax
purposes) that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is not a U.S. Holder. If a partnership
(including for this purpose any entity or arrangement, domestic or foreign, treated as a
partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of a note or common stock
acquired upon conversion of a note, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will depend
upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A beneficial owner of a note
or common stock acquired upon conversion of a note that is a partnership, and partners in such
partnership, should consult their own tax advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences
of purchasing, owning and disposing of the notes and the common stock into which the notes may be
converted.
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Taxation of Interest
U.S. Holders will be required to recognize as ordinary income any interest paid or accrued on
the notes, in accordance with their regular method of tax accounting. In general, if the terms of
a debt instrument entitle a holder to receive payments (other than fixed periodic interest) that
exceed the issue price of the instrument, the holder may be required to recognize additional
amounts as original issue discount over the term of the instrument, irrespective of the holders
regular method of tax accounting. The issue price of the notes is the first price at which a
substantial amount of the notes is sold for money to the public (not including sales to bond
houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters,
placement agents or wholesalers). We believe that the notes were not issued with original issue
discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
We may be required to make payments of liquidated damages to holders of the notes if we do not
file, or cause to be declared or keep effective, a registration statement, as described under
Description of NotesRegistration Rights above. We believe that there is only a remote
possibility that we would be required to pay liquidated damages, or that if liquidated damages were
required to be paid, such liquidated damages would be an incidental amount, and therefore we do not
intend to treat the notes as subject to the special rules governing certain contingent payment debt
instruments (which, if applicable, would affect the timing, amount and character of income with
respect to a note). Our determination in this regard, while not binding on the IRS, is binding on
U.S. Holders unless they disclose their contrary position. If, contrary to expectations, we pay
liquidated damages, although it is not free from doubt, such liquidated damages should be taxable
to a U.S. Holder as ordinary interest income at the time such liquidated damages accrue or are paid
in accordance with the U.S. Holders regular method of tax accounting. In the event we pay
liquidated damages on the notes, U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the
treatment of such amounts.
Market Discount
If a U.S. Holder acquires a note other than in connection with its original issue at a price
that is less than its issue price, the amount of such difference is treated as market discount
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, unless such difference is less than 1/4 of one percent of the
principal amount at maturity multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity from the date
of acquisition. Under the market discount rules, a U.S. Holder is required to treat any gain on the
sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of a note as ordinary income to the extent of the
accrued market discount that has not previously been included in income. If a U.S. Holder disposes
of a note that has accrued market discount in certain nonrecognition transactions in which the U.S.
Holder receives property the basis of which is determined in whole or in part by reference to the
basis of the note, the accrued market discount generally is includible in income at the time of
such transaction only to the extent of the gain recognized. To the extent not included in income at
the time of the nonrecognition transaction, the accrued market discount attaches to the property
received and is recognized as ordinary income upon the disposition of such property. In general,
the amount of market discount that has accrued is determined on a ratable basis, by allocating an
equal amount of market discount to each day of every accrual period. A U.S. Holder may elect,
however, to determine the amount of accrued market discount allocable to any accrual period under
the constant yield method. Any such election applies on a note-by-note basis and is irrevocable.
A U.S. Holder also may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues. Any
such election applies to all debt instruments acquired by the U.S. Holder on or after the first day
of the first taxable year to which the election applies, and is irrevocable without the consent of
the IRS. If such an election is made, the U.S Holders tax basis in the notes will be increased by
the amount of market discount included in income. Unless a U.S. Holder elects to include market
discount in income as it accrues, such U.S. Holder may not be allowed to deduct on a current basis
a portion of the interest expense on any indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry
notes with market discount.
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Amortizable Bond Premium
If a U.S Holder purchases a note at a price that exceeds the principal amount of the note, the
amount of such excess is referred to as bond premium for U.S federal income tax purposes. The
U.S Holder may elect to amortize the bond premium against interest payable on the note, except to
the extent that the bond premium is attributable to the conversion feature of the note. In
addition, any bond premium in excess of the interest payable on the note may be deductible over the
term of the note. If a U.S. Holder elects to amortize bond premium, the amount of bond premium
allocable to each period will be based on a constant yield to maturity over the period the note is
held. The amortized bond premium would reduce the U.S. Holders tax basis in the note. Any such
election applies to all fully taxable bonds held by the U.S. Holder at the beginning of the first
taxable year to which the election applies, and all fully taxable bonds acquired thereafter, and is
irrevocable without the consent of the IRS. If the election is not made, a U.S. Holder must
include the full amount of each interest payment in income as it accrues or is paid, and premium
will not be taken into account until principal payments are received on the note or the note is
sold or otherwise disposed of.
Sale, Exchange, Redemption or Other Disposition of Notes
A U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss if the holder disposes of a note
in a sale, exchange, redemption or other taxable disposition. The U.S. Holders gain or loss will
equal the difference between the proceeds received by the holder (other than amounts attributable
to accrued but unpaid interest) and the holders tax basis in the note. The U.S. Holders tax
basis in the note will generally equal the amount the holder paid for the note (increased by the
amount of market discount, if any, previously included in income, and decreased by the amount of
amortized bond premium, if any). The portion of any proceeds that is attributable to accrued
interest will not be taken into account in computing the U.S. Holders capital gain or loss.
Instead, that portion will be recognized as ordinary interest income to the extent that the U.S.
Holder has not previously included the accrued interest in income. The gain or loss recognized by
the U.S. Holder on the disposition of the note will be long-term capital gain or loss if the holder
held the note for more than one year, or short-term capital gain or loss if the holder held the
note for one year or less, at the time of the transaction. Long-term capital gains of
non-corporate taxpayers currently are taxed at a maximum 15% federal rate (effective for tax years
through 2008, after which the maximum rate is scheduled to increase to 20%). Short-term capital
gains are taxed at ordinary income rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to
limitations.
Conversion of Notes
A U.S. Holder generally will not recognize any income, gain or loss on the conversion of a
note into common stock, except with respect to cash received in lieu of a fractional share of
common stock and cash attributable to accrued and unpaid interest, subject to the discussion under
Constructive Distributions below regarding the possibility that the payment of the make whole
premium on a note converted in connection with a change of control may be treated as a taxable
stock dividend. The U.S. Holders adjusted tax basis in the common stock (including any fractional
share for which cash is paid, but excluding shares attributable to accrued interest) will equal the
U.S. Holders adjusted tax basis in the note. The U.S. Holders holding period in the common stock
(other than shares attributable to accrued interest) will include the holding period in the note.
With respect to cash received in lieu of a fractional share of our common stock, a U.S. Holder
will be treated as if the fractional share were issued and received and then immediately redeemed
for cash. Accordingly, the U.S. Holder generally will recognize gain or loss equal to the
difference between the cash received and that portion of the holders tax basis in the common stock
attributable to the fractional share.
The value of any portion of our common stock that is attributable to accrued and unpaid
interest on the notes not yet included in income by a U.S. Holder will be taxed as ordinary income.
The basis in any
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shares of common stock attributable to accrued and unpaid interest will equal the fair market
value of such shares when received. The holding period in any shares of common stock attributable
to accrued and unpaid interest will begin on the day after the date of conversion.
In the event that we undergo a consolidation, merger or combination as described under
Description of NotesConversion the conversion obligation may be adjusted so that holders would
be entitled to convert the notes into the type of consideration that they would have been entitled
to receive upon such business combination had the notes been converted into our common stock
immediately prior to such business combination, except that such holders will not be entitled to
receive a make whole premium unless such notes are converted in connection with a change of
control. Depending on the facts and circumstances at the time of such business combination, such
adjustment may result in a deemed exchange of the outstanding notes, which may be a taxable event
for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Distributions
If, after a U.S. Holder acquires our common stock upon a conversion of a note, we make a
distribution in respect of such common stock from our current or accumulated earnings and profits
as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, the distribution will be treated as a
dividend and will be includible in a U.S. Holders income when paid. If the distribution exceeds
our current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess will be treated first as a tax-free
return of the U.S. Holders investment, up to the U.S. Holders tax basis in its common stock, and
any remaining excess will be treated as capital gain from the sale or exchange of the common stock.
If the U.S. Holder is a U.S. corporation, it would generally be able to claim a dividend received
deduction on a portion of any distribution taxed as a dividend, provided that certain holding
period requirements are satisfied. Subject to certain exceptions, dividends received by
non-corporate U.S. Holders currently are taxed at a maximum rate of 15% (effective for tax years
through 2008), provided that certain holding period requirements are met.
Constructive Distributions
The terms of the notes allow for changes in the conversion rate of the notes under certain
circumstances. A change in conversion rate that allows noteholders to receive more shares of
common stock on conversion may increase the noteholders proportionate interests in our earnings
and profits or assets. In that case, the noteholders may be treated as though they received a
taxable distribution in the form of our common stock. A taxable constructive stock distribution
would result, for example, if the conversion rate is adjusted to compensate noteholders for
distributions of cash or property to our stockholders. The adjustment to the conversion rate of
notes converted in connection with a change of control, as described under Description of
NotesMake Whole Premium Upon a Change of Control above, also may be treated as a taxable stock
distribution. Not all changes in the conversion rate that result in noteholders receiving more
common stock on conversion, however, increase the noteholders proportionate interests in us. For
instance, a change in conversion rate could simply prevent the dilution of the noteholders
interests upon a stock split or other change in capital structure. Changes of this type, if made
pursuant to bona fide reasonable adjustment formula, are not treated as constructive stock
distributions. Conversely, if an event occurs that dilutes the noteholders interests and the
conversion rate is not adjusted, the resulting increase in the proportionate interests of our
stockholders could be treated as a taxable stock distribution to the stockholders. Any taxable
constructive stock distributions resulting from a change to, or failure to change, the conversion
rate that is treated as a distribution of common stock would be treated for U.S federal income tax
purposes in the same manner as distributions on our common stock paid in cash or other property.
They would result in a taxable dividend to the recipient to the extent of our current or
accumulated earnings and profits(with the recipients tax basis in its note or common stock (as the
case may be) being increased by the amount of such dividend), with any excess treated as a tax-free
return of the holders investment in its note or common stock (as the case may be) or as capital
gain. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding whether
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any taxable constructive stock dividend would be eligible for the maximum 15% rate or the
dividends received deduction described in the previous paragraph as the requisite applicable
holding period requirements might not be considered to be satisfied.
Sale or Exchange of Common Stock
A U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss on a sale or exchange of common
stock. The U.S. Holders gain or loss will equal the difference between the proceeds received by
the holder and the holders tax basis in the stock. The proceeds received by the U.S. Holder will
include the amount of any cash and the fair market value of any other property received for the
stock. Subject to the market discount rules described above, the gain or loss recognized by a U.S.
Holder on a sale or exchange of common stock will be long-term capital gain or loss if the holders
holding period in the common stock is more than one year, or short-term capital gain or loss if the
holders holding period in the common stock is one year or less, at the time of the transaction.
Long-term capital gains of non-corporate taxpayers are currently taxed at a maximum 15% federal
rate (effective for tax years through 2008, after which the maximum rate is scheduled to increase
to 20%). Short-term capital gains are taxed at ordinary income rates. The deductibility of
capital losses is subject to limitations.
Non-U.S. Holders
The following discussion is limited to the U.S. federal income tax consequences relevant to a
Non-U.S. Holder (as defined above).
Taxation of Interest
Payments of interest to nonresident persons or entities are generally subject to U.S. federal
income tax at a rate of 30% (or a reduced or zero rate under the terms of an applicable income tax
treaty between the United States and the Non-U.S. Holders country of residence), collected by
means of withholding by the payor. Payments of interest on the notes to most Non-U.S. Holders,
however, will qualify as portfolio interest, and thus will be exempt from U.S. federal income
tax, including withholding of such tax, if the Non-U.S. Holders certify their nonresident status as
described below. The portfolio interest exception will not apply to payments of interest to a
Non-U.S. Holder that:
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owns, actually or constructively, shares of our stock representing at least 10% of
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is a bank that acquired the notes in consideration for an extension of credit made
pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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is a controlled foreign corporation that is related, directly or indirectly, to us
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is engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in the United States to which such
interest payments are effectively connected (see the discussion under Non-U.S.
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In general, a foreign corporation is a controlled foreign corporation if more than 50% of its
stock is owned, actually or constructively, by one or more U.S. persons that each owns, actually or
constructively, at least 10% of the corporations voting stock.
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The portfolio interest exception, entitlement to treaty benefits and several of the
special rules for Non-U.S. Holders described below apply only if the holder certifies its
nonresident status. A Non-U.S. Holder can meet this certification requirement by providing a
properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or appropriate substitute form to us or our paying agent prior to
the payment. If the Non-U.S. Holder holds the note through a financial institution or other agent
acting on the holders behalf, the holder will be required to provide appropriate documentation to
the agent. The Non-U.S. Holders agent will then be required to provide certification to us or our
paying agent, either directly or through other intermediaries.
Liquidated Damages
Absent further relevant guidance from the IRS, we may treat payments of additional interest,
if any, to Non-U.S. Holders as described above under Description of NotesRegistration Rights as
subject to U.S. federal withholding tax. Therefore, we may withhold on such payments at a rate of
30% unless we timely receive a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI from the Non-U.S. Holder
claiming that such payments are subject to reduction or elimination of withholding under an
applicable treaty or are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holders conduct of a U.S. trade
or business. If we withhold tax from any payment of additional interest made to a Non-U.S. Holder
and such payment were determined not to be subject to U.S. federal income tax, a Non-U.S. Holder
generally would be entitled to a refund of any tax withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim
for refund with the IRS.
Sale, Exchange, Redemption, Conversion or Other Disposition of Notes or Common Stock
Non-U.S. Holders generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on
any gain realized on the sale, exchange, redemption, conversion or other disposition of notes or
common stock into which the notes may be converted (other than with respect to payments
attributable to accrued interest, which will be taxed as described under Non-U.S.
HoldersTaxation of Interest above), unless:
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the gain is effectively connected with the conduct by the Non-U.S. Holder of a U.S.
trade or business (and, generally, if an income tax treaty applies, the gain is
attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder), in
which case the gain would be subject to tax as described below under Non-U.S.
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the Non-U.S. Holder was a citizen or resident of the United States and is subject to
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subject to certain exceptions, the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present
in the United States for 183 days or more in the year of disposition, in which case,
except as otherwise provided by an applicable income tax treaty, the gain, which may be
offset by U.S. source capital losses, would be subject to a flat 30% tax, even though
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the rules of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (or FIRPTA) (described
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The FIRPTA rules may apply to a sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of notes by a
Non-U.S. Holder if we currently are, or were at any time within five years (or, if shorter, the
Non-U.S. Holders holding period for the notes disposed of) before the transaction, a U.S. real
property holding corporation (or USRPHC). In very general terms, we would be a USRPHC if
interests in U.S. real estate comprised at least 50% of our assets. We believe that we currently
are not, and will not become in the future, a USRPHC.
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Dividends
Dividends paid to a Non-U.S. Holder on common stock received on conversion of a note,
including any taxable constructive stock dividends resulting from certain adjustments, or failure
to make adjustments, to the number of shares of common stock to be issued on conversion (as
described under U.S. HoldersConstructive Distributions above) generally will be subject to U.S.
withholding tax at a 30% rate. Withholding tax applicable to any taxable constructive stock
dividends received by a Non-U.S. Holder may be withheld from interest on the notes, distributions
on the common stock, shares of common stock or proceeds subsequently paid or credited to the
Non-U.S. Holder. The withholding tax on dividends (including any taxable constructive stock
dividends), however, may be reduced under the terms of an applicable income tax treaty between the
United States and the Non-U.S. Holders country of residence. A Non-U.S. Holder should demonstrate
its entitlement to treaty benefits by timely delivering a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or
appropriate substitute form. A Non-U.S. Holder that is eligible for a reduced rate of withholding
under the terms of an applicable income tax treaty may obtain a refund of any excess amounts
withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim for refund with the IRS. Dividends on the common
stock that are effectively connected with a Non-U.S. Holders conduct of a U.S. trade or business
are discussed below under Non-U.S. HoldersIncome or Gains Effectively Connected with a U.S.
Trade or Business.
Income or Gains Effectively Connected With a U.S. Trade or Business
The preceding discussion of the U.S. federal income and withholding tax considerations of the
purchase, ownership or disposition of notes or common stock by a Non-U.S. Holder assumes that the
holder is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business. If any interest on the notes, dividends on
common stock, or gain from the sale, exchange, redemption, conversion or other disposition of the
notes or common stock is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business conducted by the
Non-U.S. Holder, then the income or gain will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income
basis at the regular graduated rates and in the same manner applicable to U.S. Holders. If the
Non-U.S. Holder is eligible for the benefits of a tax treaty between the United States and the
holders country of residence, any effectively connected income or gain generally will be subject
to U.S. federal income tax only if it is also attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed
base maintained by the holder in the United States. Payments of interest or dividends that are
effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business (and, if a tax treaty applies, attributable to
a permanent establishment or fixed base), and therefore included in the gross income of a Non-U.S.
Holder, will not be subject to the 30% withholding tax provided that the holder claims exemption
from withholding. To claim exemption from withholding, the holder must certify its qualification,
which can be done by timely filing a properly executed IRS Form W-8ECI or appropriate substitute
form. If the Non-U.S. Holder is a corporation, that portion of its earnings and profits that is
effectively connected with its U.S. trade or business generally also would be subject to a branch
profits tax. The branch profits tax rate is generally 30%, although an applicable income tax
treaty might provide for a lower rate.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
The Code and the Treasury regulations require those who make specified payments to report the
payments to the IRS. Among the specified payments are interest, dividends, and proceeds paid by
brokers to their customers. The required information returns enable the IRS to determine whether
the recipient properly included the payments in income. This reporting regime is reinforced by
backup withholding rules. These rules require the payers to withhold tax from payments subject
to information reporting if the recipient fails to cooperate with the reporting regime by failing
to provide his taxpayer identification number to the payor, furnishing an incorrect identification
number, or repeatedly failing to report interest or dividends on his returns. The backup
withholding tax rate is currently 28%.
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Payments of interest or dividends to U.S. Holders of notes or common stock generally will be
subject to information reporting, and will be subject to backup withholding, unless the holder (1)
is an exempt payee, such as a corporation, or (2) provides the payor with a correct taxpayer
identification number and complies with applicable certification requirements. Payments made to
U.S. Holders by a broker upon a sale of notes or common stock will generally be subject to
information reporting and backup withholding. If the sale is made through a foreign office of a
foreign broker, however, the sale will generally not be subject to either information reporting or
backup withholding. This exception may not apply if the foreign broker is owned or controlled by
U.S. persons, or is engaged in a U.S. trade or business.
We must report annually to the IRS the interest and/or dividends paid to each Non-U.S. Holder
and the tax withheld, if any, with respect to such interest and/or dividends, including any tax
withheld pursuant to the rules described under Non-U.S. HoldersTaxation of Interest and
Non-U.S. HoldersDividends above. Copies of these reports may be made available to tax
authorities in the country where the Non-U.S. Holder resides. Payments to Non-U.S. Holders of
dividends on our common stock or interest on the notes may be subject to backup withholding unless
the Non-U.S. Holder certifies its non-U.S. status on a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or
appropriate substitute form. Payments made to Non-U.S. Holders by a broker upon a sale of the
notes or our common stock will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding as
long as the Non-U.S. Holder certifies its non-U.S. status or otherwise establishes an exemption.
Any amounts withheld from a payment to a U.S. Holder or Non-U.S. Holder of notes or common
stock under the backup withholding rules can be credited against any U.S. federal income tax
liability of the holder, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.
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SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS
We originally issued the notes in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933 in November 2005. Selling security holders may from time to time offer
and sell the notes and our common stock pursuant to this prospectus.
The following table contains information as of January 31, 2006, with respect to the selling
security holders and the principal amount of notes and the underlying common stock beneficially
owned by each selling security holders that may be offered using this prospectus.
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at Maturity of |
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Notes Beneficially |
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Common Stock |
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Conversion |
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Owned That May |
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Notes |
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Owned prior to |
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Common Stock |
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Shares Offered |
Name |
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Be Sold |
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Outstanding |
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the
Offering (1) |
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Outstanding(1) |
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Hereby |
James J. Kim (2) |
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$ |
35,000,000 |
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35.0 |
% |
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27,239,567 |
(3)(4) |
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14.9 |
% |
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4,672,897 |
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The James and Agnes Kim
Foundation Inc. (2) |
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$ |
5,000,000 |
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5.0 |
% |
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957,077 |
(4) |
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* |
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667,556 |
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Trust U/D of James J. Kim
dated 12/24/92 f/b/o
Alexandra Kim Panichello (2) |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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10.0 |
% |
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1,345,113 |
(4) |
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* |
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1,335,113 |
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Trust U/D of James J. Kim
dated 10/3/94 f/b/o
Jacqueline Mary Panichello (2) |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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10.0 |
% |
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1,345,113 |
(4) |
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* |
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1,335,113 |
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Trust U/D of James J. Kim
dated 10/15/01 f/b/o Dylan
James Panichello (2) |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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10.0 |
% |
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1,345,113 |
(4) |
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* |
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1,335,113 |
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Trust U/D of James J. Kim
dated 10/15/01 f/b/o
Allyson Lee Kim (2) |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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10.0 |
% |
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1,345,113 |
(4) |
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* |
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1,335,113 |
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Trust U/D of James J. Kim
dated 11/17/03 f/b/o Jason
Lee Kim (2) |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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10.0 |
% |
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1,345,113 |
(4) |
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* |
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1,335,113 |
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Trust U/D of James J. Kim
dated 11/11/05 f/b/o
Children of David D. Kim (2) |
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$ |
10,000,000 |
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10.0 |
% |
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1,335,113 |
(4) |
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* |
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1,335,113 |
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Less than 1% of common stock outstanding |
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(1) |
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Includes shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, assuming a conversion
price $7.49 and a cash payment in lieu of any fractional share interest. The conversion price
is subject to adjustment as described under Description of
NotesConversion. The number and percentage of shares
beneficially owned is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The
information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership
for any other purpose. |
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James J. Kim is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Registrant and has been in
such positions for the last three years. |
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Includes 1,020,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable on or before April 1, 2006 and
4,672,897 shares that are issuable upon the conversion of convertible
debt that is convertible on or before April 1, 2006. This does not
include 8,319,939 shares owned by Agnes C. Kim, Mr. Kims
spouse, of which Mrs. Kim has sole voting and investment power. Mr.
James J. Kim disclaims beneficial ownership of these 8,319,939 shares. |
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(4) |
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27,239,567 shares are held by James J. Kim; 8,319,939 shares
are held by Agnes C. Kim;
15,792,457 shares held by David D. Kim, of which 1,335,113 shares are subject to shared voting
and investment power; 21,682,909 shares are held by Susan Y. Kim, of which 15,425,565 shares are
subject to shared voting and investment power; 30,718,022 shares are held by John T. Kim, of which
16,760,678 shares are subject to shared voting and investment power;
14,457,344 shares are held by
the David D. Kim Trust of 12/31/87; 13,957,344 shares are held by the
John T. Kim Trust of 12/31/87; 6,257,344 shares are held by
the Susan Y. Kim Trust of 12/31/87; 2,733,334 shares are held by the Trust U/D of Susan Y. Kim dated
4/16/98 f/b/o Alexandra Panichello, all of which are subject to shared voting and investment
power; 2,733,333 shares all of which are subject to shared voting and
investment power are held by
each of the Trust U/D of Susan Y. Kim dated 4/16/98 f/b/o Jacqueline Panichello and the Trust
U/D of Susan Y. Kim dated 4/16/98 f/b/o Dylan Panichello; 957,077
shares are held by The James and
Agnes Kim Foundation, Inc.; 1,345,113 shares, of which 1,335,113
shares are issuable upon the conversion of convertible debt that is
convertible on or before April 1, 2006 and all of which are
subject to shared voting and investment power, are held by each of the
following: Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 10/3/94 f/b/o Jacqueline Mary Panichello, Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 12/24/92 f/b/o Alexandra Kim
Panichello, Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 10/15/01 f/b/o Dylan James Panichello, Trust U/D of
James J. Kim dated 10/15/01 f/b/o Allyson Lee Kim, and Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 11/17/03
f/b/o Jason Lee Kim; 1,335,113 shares are held by the Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 11/11/05 f/b/o
Children of David D. Kim, all of which are issuable upon the
conversion of convertible debt that is convertible on or before
April 1, 2006 and are subject to shared voting and investment
power; and 500,000 shares are held
by the Trust U/D of John T. Kim dated 10/27/04 f/b/o his children, all of which are subject to
shared voting and investment power.
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Each of the individuals, trusts, and the James and Agnes Kim
Foundation, Inc., listed above, may be deemed members of the James J.
Kim Family Control Group (the James J. Kim Family) under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act on the basis that the trust
agreement for certain of these trusts encourages the trustees of the
trusts to vote the shares of our common stock held by them, in their
discretion, in concert with the James Kim Family and it is likely
that the trustees of the other trusts will do the same. James J. and
Agnes C. Kim are husband and wife. David D. Kim, John T. Kim and
Susan Y. Kim are the children of James J. and Agnes C. Kim. Each of
the David D. Kim Trust of December 31, 1997, the John T. Kim Trust of
December 31, 1987 and the Susan Y Kim Trust of December 31, 1987 has
as their sole trustee David D. Kim, John T. Kim and Susan Y. Kim
respectively. Susan Y. Kim is the parent of Alexandra Panichello,
Jacqueline Panichello and Dylan Panichello and is the co-trustee of
each of her childrens trust along with John T. Kim. These
trusts are as follows: Trust U/D of Susan Y. Kim dated 4/16/98 f/b/o
Alexandra Panichello, Trust U/D of Susan Y. Kim dated 4/16/98 f/b/o
Jacqueline Panichello, and Trust U/D of Susan Y Kim dated 4/16/98
f/b/o Dylan Panichello. John T. Kim established the Trust U/D
of John T. Kim dated 10/27/04 f/b/o his children with himself
and Susan Y. Kim as co-trustees. James J. Kim has established trusts
for each of the children of Susan Y. Kim, John T. Kim, and David D.
Kim as follows: Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 10/3/94 f/b/o
Jacqueline Mary Panichello (John T. Kim and Susan Y. Kim as
co-trustees), Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 12/24/92 f/b/o
Alexandra Kim Panichello (John T. Kim and Susan Y. Kim as
co-trustees), Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 10/15/01 f/b/o Dylan
James Panichello (John T. Kim and Susan Y. Kim as co-trustees), Trust
U/D of James J. Kim dated 10/15/01 f/b/o Allyson Lee Kim (John T. Kim
and Susan Y Kim as co-trustees), Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated
11/17/03 f/b/o Jason Lee Kim (John T. Kim and Susan Y. Kim as
co-trustees), the Trust U/D of James J. Kim dated 11/11/05 f/b/o
Children of David D. Kim (John T. Kim and David D. Kim as
co-trustees). The trustees of each trust may be deemed to be the
beneficial owners of the shares held by such trust.
The James J. Kim Family may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of
87,949,293 shares or approximately 46.0% of the
outstanding shares of our common stock. Each of the foregoing persons stated that the filing of
their beneficial ownership reporting statements shall not be construed as an admission that such
person is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owner
of the shares of our common stock reported as beneficially owned by the other such persons.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We will not receive any of the proceeds of the sale of the notes or the common stock offered
by this prospectus. The notes and the common stock issued upon their conversion may be sold from
time to time to purchasers:
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through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents who may receive
compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions
from the selling security holders or the purchasers of the notes
or the common stock. |
The selling security holders and any such broker-dealers or agents who participate in the
distribution of the notes or common stock may be deemed to be underwriters. As a result, any
profits on the sale of the notes or common stock by selling security holders and any discounts,
commissions or concessions received by any such broker-dealers or agents might be deemed to be
underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. If the selling security holders
were to deemed underwriters, the selling security holders may be subject to certain statutory
liabilities of, including, but not limited to, Sections 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and
Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act.
If the notes or common stock are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling
security holders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agents
commissions.
The notes and common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at:
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fixed prices; |
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prevailing market prices at the time of sale; |
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varying prices determined at the time of sale; or |
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negotiated prices. |
These sales may be effected in transactions:
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on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the notes or common stock may be listed or quoted at
the time of the sale, including the Nasdaq National Market in the case of the common stock; |
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in the over-the-counter market; |
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in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market; or |
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through the writing of options. |
These transactions may include block transactions or crosses. Crosses are transactions in
which the same broker acts as an agent on both sides of the trade.
In connection with sales of the notes or common stock or otherwise, the selling security
holders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers. These broker-dealers may in turn
engage in short sales of the notes or common stock in the course of hedging their positions. The
selling security holders may also sell
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the notes or common stock short and deliver notes or common stock to close out short
positions, or loan or pledge notes or common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell the
notes or common stock.
To our knowledge, there are currently no plans, arrangement or understandings between any
selling security holders and any underwriter, broker-dealer or agent regarding the sale of the
notes or common stock by the selling security holders. Selling security holders may not sell any
or all of the notes or the underlying common stock offered by them pursuant to this prospectus. In
addition, we cannot assure you that any such selling security holder will not transfer, devise or
gift the notes or common stock by other means not described in this prospectus.
Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol AMKR.
There can be no assurance that any selling security holder will sell any or all of the notes
or common stock pursuant to this prospectus. In addition, any notes or common stock covered by
this prospectus that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A of the Securities Act may
be sold under Rule 144 or Rule 144A rather than pursuant to this prospectus.
The selling security holders and any other person participating in such distribution will be
subject to the Exchange Act. The Exchange Act rules include, without limitation, Regulation M,
which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the notes or common stock by the
selling security holders and any other such person. In addition, Regulation M of the Exchange Act
may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the notes or common stock to
engage in market-making activities with respect to the particular notes or common stock being
distributed for a period of up to five business days prior to the commencement of such
distribution. This may affect the marketability of the notes or common stock and the ability of
any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the notes or common
stock.
Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of
which this prospectus is a part, we and the selling security holders will be indemnified by the
other against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, or will
be entitled to contribution in connection with these liabilities.
We have agreed to pay substantially all of the expenses incidental to the registration,
offering and sale of the notes and underlying common stock to the public other than commissions,
fees and discounts of underwriters, brokers, dealers and agents.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the issuance of our securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon
for Amkor Technology, Inc. by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, Palo
Alto, California.
EXPERTS
The
financial statements and managements assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is
included in Managements Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Registration Statement by
reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on
the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm, given on authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission, in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You may read and copy our reports, proxy statements and
other information filed by us at the Public Reference Room of the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about
the public reference rooms. Our reports, proxy statements and other information filed with the
Commission are available to the public at the Commissions website at http://www.sec.gov. However,
information on the Commissions website does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference into this prospectus the information we
filed with the Commission. This means that we can disclose important information by referring you
to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this
prospectus. Information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and
supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the document listed below and any future
filings made by us with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
until our offering is complete:
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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. |
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The aggregate expenses to be paid by the Registrant in connection with this offering are as
follows:
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Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee |
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10,700 |
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Accounting fees and expenses |
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20,000 |
* |
Legal fees and expenses |
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50,000 |
* |
Trustees fees and expenses |
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25,000 |
* |
Miscellaneous |
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39,300 |
* |
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145,000 |
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL), Amkors
Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person who is or was or who had agreed to become a
director or officer of Amkor or who had agreed at the request of Amkors Board of Directors or an
officer of Amkor to serve as an employee or agent of Amkor or as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be
indemnified by Amkor to the full extent permitted by the DGCL or any other applicable laws. Such
Certificate of Incorporation also provides that no amendment or repeal of such Certificate shall
apply to or have any effect on the right to indemnification permitted or authorized thereunder for
or with respect to claims asserted before or after such amendment or repeal arising from acts or
omissions occurring in whole or in part before the effective date of such amendment or repeal.
Amkors Bylaws provide that Amkor shall indemnify to the full extent authorized by law any
person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or a proceeding, whether criminal, civil,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she was or is a director, officer
or employee of Amkor or any predecessor of Amkor or serves or served any other enterprise as a
director, officer or employee at the request of Amkor or any predecessor of Amkor.
Amkor has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its
officers.
Amkor maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is a director or officer against any
loss arising from any claim asserted against such person and expense incurred by such person in any
such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.
II-1
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein:
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3.1
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Certificate of Incorporation.* |
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3.2
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Certificate of Correction to Certificate of Incorporation.** |
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3.3
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Restated Bylaws.** |
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4.1
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Indenture dated November 18, 2005. *** |
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4.2
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Investor Rights Agreement dated November 18, 2005. *** |
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4.3
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Form of Note (included in Exhibit 4.1). *** |
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5.1
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Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation. |
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12.1
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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23.1
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. |
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23.5
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Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1
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Power of Attorney of certain directors and officers of Amkor Technology, Inc. (see page II-4 of
this Form S-3). |
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25.1
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee for Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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Incorporated by reference from Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on
October 6, 1997. |
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Incorporated by reference from Registrants Registration Statement of Form S-1 filed on April
8, 1998, as amended on August 26, 1998. |
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Incorporated by reference from Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2005, filed on March 16, 2006. |
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act, |
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective
registration statement, |
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement; |
provided, however, that clauses (a) and (b) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by such clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described
under Item 15 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities, other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding, is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chandler, State of Arizona on March 17,
2006.
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AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. |
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By:
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/s/ James J. Kim |
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James J. Kim |
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints James J. Kim and Kenneth T. Joyce, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact, each with
the power of substitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration Statement
that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act,
and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto in all
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.
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/s/ James J. Kim
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
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March 17, 2006 |
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James J. Kim |
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/s/ Kenneth T. Joyce
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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March 17, 2006 |
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Kenneth T. Joyce |
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/s/ Oleg Khaykin
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Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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March 17, 2006 |
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Oleg Khaykin |
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/s/ Roger A. Carolin
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Director
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March 17, 2006 |
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Roger A. Carolin |
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/s/ Winston J. Churchill
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Director
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March 17, 2006 |
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Winston J. Churchill |
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/s/ Gregory K. Hinckley
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Director
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March 17, 2006 |
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Gregory K. Hinckley |
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/s/ John T. Kim
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Director
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March 17, 2006 |
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John T. Kim |
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/s/ Constantine N. Papadakis |
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Constantine N. Papadakis
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Director
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March 17, 2006 |
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/s/ James W. Zug
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Director
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March 17, 2006 |
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James W. Zug |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein:
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3.1
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Certificate of Incorporation.* |
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3.2
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Certificate of Correction to Certificate of Incorporation.** |
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3.3
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Restated Bylaws.** |
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4.1
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Indenture dated November 18, 2005. *** |
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4.2
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Investor Rights Agreement dated November 18, 2005. *** |
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4.3
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Form of Note (included in Exhibit 4.1). *** |
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5.1
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Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation. |
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12.1
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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23.1
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. |
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23.5
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Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1
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Power of Attorney of certain directors and officers of Amkor Technology, Inc. (see page II-4 of
this Form S-3). |
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25.1
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee for Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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Incorporated by reference from Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on
October 6, 1997. |
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Incorporated by reference from Registrants Registration Statement of Form S-1 filed on April
8, 1998, as amended on August 26, 1998. |
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Incorporated by reference from Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2005, filed on March 16, 2006. |