Exercise of Put Option Each Paying Agent shall make available to Noteholders during the period specified in Condition 9(g) (Redemption at the option of Noteholders), or such other period as may be specified in the relevant Final Terms applicable to the Notes, for the deposit of Put Option Notices forms of Put Option Notice upon request during usual business hours at its Specified Office. Upon receipt by a Paying Agent of a duly completed Put Option Notice and, in the case of a Put Option Notice relating to Definitive Notes, such Definitive Notes in accordance with Condition 9(g) (Redemption at the option of Noteholders), such Paying Agent shall notify the Issuer and (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Fiscal Agent) the Fiscal Agent thereof indicating the certificate or serial numbers (if any) and principal amount of the Notes in respect of which the Put Option is exercised. Any such Paying Agent with which a Definitive Note is deposited shall deliver a duly completed Put Option Receipt to the depositing Noteholder and shall hold such Definitive Note on behalf of the depositing Noteholder (but shall not, save as provided below or in the Conditions, release it) until the Optional Redemption Date (Put), when it shall present such Definitive Note to itself for payment of the redemption moneys therefor and interest (if any) accrued to such date in accordance with the Conditions and Clause 7 (Payments to Noteholders) and pay such amounts in accordance with the directions of the Noteholder contained in the Put Option Notice; provided, however, that if, prior to the Optional Redemption Date (Put), such Definitive Note becomes immediately due and payable or upon due presentation of such Definitive Note payment of such redemption moneys is improperly withheld or refused, the relevant Paying Agent shall mail notification thereof to the depositing Noteholder at such address as may have been given by such Noteholder in the relevant Put Option Notice and shall hold such Note at its Specified Office for collection by the depositing Noteholder against surrender of the relevant Put Option Receipt. For so long as any outstanding Definitive Note is held by a Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence, the depositor of the relevant Definitive Note, and not the relevant Paying Agent, shall be deemed to be the bearer of such Definitive Note for all purposes. Any Paying Agent which receives a Put Option Notice in respect of Notes represented by a Permanent Global Note shall make payment of the relevant redemption moneys and interest accrued to the Optional Redemption Date (Put) in accordance with the Conditions, Clause 7 (Payments to Noteholders) and the terms of the Permanent Global Note.
SALE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES 1. Whenever the Fund shall sell any shares issued by the Fund (“Shares”) it shall deliver to Custodian a Certificate or, Instructions specifying the amount of money and/or Securities to be received by Custodian for the sale of such Shares and specifically allocated to an Account for such Fund. 2. Upon receipt of such money, Custodian shall credit such money to an Account in the name of the Fund for which such money was received. 3. Except as provided hereinafter, whenever the Fund desires Custodian to make payment out of the money held by Custodian hereunder in connection with a redemption of any Shares, it shall furnish to Custodian a Certificate or Instructions specifying the total amount to be paid for such Shares. Custodian shall make payment of such total amount to the transfer agent specified in such Certificate or Instructions out of the money held in an Account of the appropriate Fund. 4. Notwithstanding the above provisions regarding the redemption of any Shares, whenever any Shares are redeemed pursuant to any check redemption privilege which may from time to time be offered by the Fund, Custodian, unless otherwise instructed by a Certificate or Instructions, shall, upon presentment of such check;, charge the amount thereof against the money held in the Account of the Fund of the Shares being redeemed, provided, that if the Fund or its agent timely advises Custodian that such check is not to be honored, Custodian shall return such check unpaid.
REPURCHASE OR REDEMPTION OF SHARES (a) Any of the outstanding Shares of a Fund may be tendered for redemption at any time, and each Fund agrees to redeem its Shares so tendered in accordance with the applicable provisions set forth in its Prospectus. The price to be paid to redeem the Shares shall be equal to the net asset value determined as set forth in the Prospectus less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC"). Upon any redemption of Shares the Fund shall pay the total amount of the redemption price in New York Clearing House funds in accordance with applicable provisions of the Prospectus. (b) The redemption by a Fund of any of its Class A Shares purchased by or through the Distributor will not affect the applicable front-end sales charge secured by the Distributor or any Selected Dealer in the course of the original sale, except that if any Class A Shares are tendered for redemption within seven business days after the date of the confirmation of the original purchase, the right to the applicable front-end sales charge shall be forfeited by the Distributor and the Selected Dealer which sold such Shares. (c) The proceeds of any redemption of Class A, Class B or Class C Shares shall be paid by each Fund as follows: (i) any applicable CDSC shall be paid to the Distributor or to the Selected Dealer, or, when applicable, pursuant to the Rules of the Association of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), retained by the Fund and (ii) the balance shall be paid to the redeeming shareholders, in each case in accordance with applicable provisions of its Prospectus in New York Clearing House funds. The Distributor is authorized to direct a Fund to pay directly to the Selected Dealer any CDSC payable by a Fund to the Distributor in respect of Class A, Class B, or Class C Shares sold by the Selected Dealer to the redeeming shareholders. (d) The Distributor is authorized, as agent for the Fund, to repurchase Shares, represented by a share certificate which is delivered to any office of the Distributor in accordance with applicable provisions set forth in each Fund's Prospectus. The Distributor shall promptly transmit to the transfer agent of the Fund for redemption all Shares so delivered. The Distributor shall be responsible for the accuracy of instructions transmitted to the Fund's transfer agent in connection with all such repurchases. (e) The Distributor is authorized, as agent for each Fund, to repurchase Shares held in a shareholder's account with a Fund for which no share certificate has been issued, upon the telephonic request of the shareholders, or at the discretion of the Distributor. The Distributor shall promptly transmit to the transfer agent of the Fund, for redemption, all such orders for repurchase of Shares. Payment for Shares repurchased may be made by a Fund to the Distributor for the account of the shareholder. The Distributor shall be responsible for the accuracy of instructions transmitted to the Fund's transfer agent in connection with all such repurchases. (f) Redemption of its Shares or payment by a Fund may be suspended at times when the New York Stock Exchange is closed, when trading on said Exchange is restricted, when an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by a Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for a Fund fairly to determine the value of its net assets, or during any other period when the SEC, by order, so permits. (g) With respect to its Shares tendered for redemption or repurchase by any Selected Dealer on behalf of its customers, the Distributor is authorized to instruct the transfer agent of a Fund to accept orders for redemption or repurchase directly from the Selected Dealer on behalf of the Distributor and to instruct the Fund to transmit payments for such redemptions and repurchases directly to the Selected Dealer on behalf of the Distributor for the account of the shareholder. The Distributor shall obtain from the Selected Dealer, and shall maintain, a record of such orders. The Distributor is further authorized to obtain from the Fund, and shall maintain, a record of payment made directly to the Selected Dealer on behalf of the Distributor.
Payment Upon Redemption (a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03). (b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
Optional Redemption (a) Except as set forth in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this Paragraph 5, the Issuer will not have the option to redeem the 2019 Notes prior to June 1, 2014. On or after June 1, 2014, the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the 2019 Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 2019 Notes redeemed to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 1 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date: Year Percentage 2014 103.000 % 2015 101.500 % 2016 and thereafter 100.000 % Unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the 2019 Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to June 1, 2014, the Issuer may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of 2019 Notes issued under the Indenture (including any additional notes issued after the Issue Date) at a redemption price of 106.000% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (1) at least 65% in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and (2) that such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering. (c) At any time prior to June 1, 2014, the Issuer may also redeem all or a part of the 2019 Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of 2019 Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, to, but not including, the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of 2019 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.