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EXHIBIT 4-24
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________ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of _______, 199_
between
MCN CORPORATION,
AS ISSUER
and
NBD BANK
AS TRUSTEE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2.2. Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SECTION 2.5. Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Special Event Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 3.2. Optional Redemption by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 5.2 Payment Upon Resignation or Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE VI
NOTICE
SECTION 6.1 Notice by the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE VII
COVENANT TO LIST ON EXCHANGE
SECTION 7.1. Listing on an Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE VIII
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 8.1. Form of Debenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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ARTICLE IX
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Original Issue of Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Ratification of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 10.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 10.3. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 10.4. Separability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 10.5. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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________ SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of ________, 1997 (the "______
Supplemental Indenture"), between MCN Corporation, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan doing business as MCN
Energy Group Inc., having its principal office at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, (the "Company"), and NBD Bank as trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the indenture dated as of
September 1, 1994 (the "Base Indenture") as supplemented by a first
supplemental indenture, dated April 17, 1996 (the "First Supplemental
Indenture") (the Base Indenture as so supplemented the "Indenture), to the
Trustee to provide for the future issuance of the Company's unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness (the "Securities"), to be
issued from time to time in one or more series as might be determined by the
Company under the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to
provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as
its ___% Junior Subordinated Debentures due ____ (the "Debentures"), the form
and substance of such Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions
thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture and this ______
Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, MCN Financing II, a Delaware statutory business trust (the
"Trust"), has offered to the public $_______ million aggregate liquidation
amount of its ___% Trust Originated Preferred Securities (the "Preferred
Securities"), representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust and proposes to invest the proceeds from such offering, together with the
proceeds of the issuance and sale by the Trust to the Company of $______
million aggregate liquidation amount of its ___% Trust Originated Common
Securities (the "Common Securities" and together with the Preferred Securities,
the "Trust Securities"), in $________ million aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
_______ Supplemental Indenture and all requirements necessary to make this
_______ Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms,
and to make the Debentures, when executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been
performed, and the execution and delivery of this _______ Supplemental
Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects:
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the
Debentures by the Holders thereof, and for
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the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and
substance of the Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof,
the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Definition of Terms.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used in this
_______ Supplemental Indenture;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this _______ Supplemental Indenture has the
same meaning throughout;
(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(d) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in the
Declaration: (i) Business Day; (ii) Clearing Agency; (iii) Delaware Trustee;
(iv) Depositary; (v) Dissolution Tax Opinion; (vi) No Recognition Opinion;
(vii) Preferred Security Certificate; (viii) Pricing Agreement; (ix)
Institutional Trustee; (x) Regular Trustees; (xi) Special Event; (xii) Tax
Event; (xiii) Investment Company Event; and (xiv) Underwriting Agreement;
(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section
1.1(f):
"Additional Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
"Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of MCN
Financing II, a Delaware statutory business trust, dated as of ________, 1997.
"Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
"Dissolution Event" means that, as a result of the occurrence and
continuation of a Special Event, the Trust is
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to be dissolved in accordance with the Declaration, and the Debentures held by
the Institutional Trustee are to be distributed to the holders of the Trust
Securities issued by the Trust pro rata in accordance with the Declaration.
"Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Global Debenture" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
"Maturity Date" means the date on which the Debentures mature and on which
the principal shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon including Compounded Interest and Additional Interest, if any.
"Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.
"Optional Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount.
There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the "___%
Junior Subordinated Debentures due ____", limited in aggregate principal
amount to $________ million, which amount shall be as set forth in any written
order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Debentures pursuant
to Section 303 of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2. Maturity. The Maturity Date will be _______.
SECTION 2.3. Form and Payment.
Except as provided in Section 2.4, the Debentures shall be issued in fully
registered certificated form without interest coupons. Principal and interest
on the Debentures issued in certificated form will be payable, the transfer of
such Debentures will be registrable and such Debentures will be exchangeable
for Debentures bearing identical terms and provisions at the office or agency
of the Institutional Trustee; provided, however, that payment of interest may
be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such
address as shall appear in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as the Holder of any Debentures is the Institutional
Trustee, the payment of the
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principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional
Interest, if any) on such Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee will be
made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the
Institutional Trustee.
SECTION 2.4. Global Debenture.
(a) In connection with a Dissolution Event,
(i) the Debentures in certificated form may be presented to the Trustee
by the Institutional Trustee in exchange for a global Debenture in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Debentures (a "Global Debenture"), to be registered in the name
of the Depositary, or its nominee, and delivered by the Institutional Trustee
to the Depositary for crediting to the accounts of its participants pursuant
to the instructions of the Regular Trustees. The Company upon any such
presentation shall execute a Global Debenture in such aggregate principal
amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in
accordance with the Indenture and this _______ Supplemental Indenture.
Payments on the Debentures issued as a Global Debenture will be made to the
Depositary; and
(ii) if any Preferred Securities are held in non book-entry certificated
form, the Debentures in certificated form may be presented to the Trustee by
the Institutional Trustee and any Preferred Security Certificate which
represents Preferred Securities other than Preferred Securities held by the
Clearing Agency or its nominee ("Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities") will
be deemed to represent beneficial interests in Debentures presented to the
Trustee by the Institutional Trustee having an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Preferred
Securities until such Preferred Security Certificates are presented to the
Security Registrar for transfer or reissuance at which time such Preferred
Security Certificates will be cancelled and a Debenture, registered in the
name of the holder of the Preferred Security Certificate or the transferee of
the holder of such Preferred Security Certificate, as the case may be, with
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of
the Preferred Security Certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance
with the Indenture and this _______ Supplemental Indenture. On issue of such
Debentures, Debentures with an equivalent aggregate principal amount that
were pre-
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sented by the Institutional Trustee to the Trustee will be deemed to have
been cancelled.
(b) Unless and until it is exchanged for the Debentures in registered
form, a Global Debenture may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to
another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or
approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the
Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable
statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will
execute, and, subject to Article III of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon
written notice from the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Debentures
in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Debenture in exchange for such Global Debenture. In addition, the Company may
at any time determine that the Debentures shall no longer be represented by
Global Debenture. In such event the Company will execute, and subject to
Section 301 of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers
Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and
deliver the Debentures in definitive registered form without coupons, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Debenture in exchange for such Global Debenture.
Upon the exchange of the Global Debenture for such Debentures in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global
Debenture shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such Debentures in definitive
registered form issued in exchange for the Global Debenture shall be registered
in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the
Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
SECTION 2.5. Interest.
(a) Each Debenture will bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (the
"Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance until the principal thereof
becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the extent that
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payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue
installment of interest at the Coupon Rate, compounded quarterly, payable
(subject to the provisions of Article IV) quarterly in arrears on March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment
Date," commencing on __________, 1997), to the Person in whose name such
Debenture or any predecessor Debenture is registered, at the close of business
on the regular record date for such interest installment, which, in respect of
(i) Debentures of which the Institutional Trustee is the Holder and the
Preferred Securities are in book-entry only form or (ii) a Global Debenture,
shall be the close of business on the Business Day next preceding that Interest
Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if (i) the Debentures
are held by the Institutional Trustee and the Preferred Securities are no
longer in book-entry only form or (ii) the Debentures are not represented by a
Global Debenture, the Company may select a regular record date for such
interest installment which shall be any date at least one Business Day before
an Interest Payment Date.
(b) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Except as provided in the
following sentence, the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than
a full quarterly period for which interest is computed, will be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such a 90-day period. In the
event that any date on which interest is payable on the Debentures is not a
Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date.
(c) If, at any time while the Institutional Trustee is the Holder of any
Debentures, the Trust or the Institutional Trustee is required to pay any
taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other
than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States, or any other taxing
authority, then, in any case, the Company will pay as additional interest
("Additional Interest") on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee,
such additional amounts as shall be required so that the net amounts received
and retained by the Trust and the Institutional Trustee after paying such
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges will be equal to the
amounts the Trust and the Institutional Trustee would have received had no such
taxes, duties, assessments or other government charges been imposed.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 3.1. Special Event Redemption.
If a Special Event, whether a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event, has
occurred and is continuing and:
(a) the Company has received a Redemption Tax Opinion; or
(b) after receiving a Dissolution Tax Opinion, the Regular Trustees shall
have been informed by tax counsel rendering the Dissolution Tax Opinion that
a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust; or
(c) the Company has received an Investment Company Event Opinion, then,
notwithstanding Section 3.2(a) but subject to Section 3.2(b), the Company
shall have the right upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice
to the Holders of the Debentures to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in
part, for cash within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event (the
"90 Day Period") at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
to be redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of
such redemption (the "Redemption Price"), provided that if at the time there
is available to the Company the opportunity to eliminate, within the 90 Day
Period, the Tax Event by taking some ministerial action ("Ministerial
Action"), such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other
similar reasonable measure which has no adverse effect on the Company, the
Trust or the Holders of the Trust Securities issued by the Trust, the Company
shall pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of redemption, and, provided,
further, that the Company shall have no right to redeem the Debentures while
the Trust is pursuing any Ministerial Action pursuant to its obligations
under the Declaration. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00
noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier time as
the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by 10:00 a.m., New
York time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid.
SECTION 3.2. Optional Redemption by Company.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2(b) and to the provisions of
Article XI of the Indenture, except as otherwise may be specified in this
_______ Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall have the right to redeem the
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Debentures, in whole or in part, from time to time, on or after July, 2001, at
a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus
any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such redemption (the
"Optional Redemption Price"). Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will
be made upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice to the Holder
of the Debentures, at the Optional Redemption Price. If the Debentures are
only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.2, the Debentures will be
redeemed pro rata or by lot or by any other method utilized by the Trustee;
provided, that if at the time of redemption the Debentures are registered as a
Global Debenture, the Depositary shall determine, in accordance with its
procedures, the principal amount of such Debentures held by each Holder of
Debenture to be redeemed. The Optional Redemption Price shall be paid prior to
12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier
time as the Company determines provided that the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00
a.m., New York time, on the date such Optional Redemption Price is to be paid.
(b) If a partial redemption of the Debentures would result in the
delisting of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust from any national
securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are
then listed, the Company shall not be permitted to effect such partial
redemption and may only redeem the Debentures in whole.
SECTION 3.3. No Sinking Fund.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
ARTICLE IV
EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
SECTION 4.1. Extension of Interest Payment Period.
The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during
the term of the Debentures, to defer payments of interest by extending the
interest payment period of such Debentures for a period not exceeding 20
consecutive quarters (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), during which
Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable; provided
that no Extended Interest Payment Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has
been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant
to this Section 4.1, will bear inter-
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est thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarter of the
Extended Interest Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the
Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest accrued
and unpaid on the Debentures, including any Additional Interest and Compounded
Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the Holders
of the Debentures in whose names the Debentures are registered in the Security
Register on the first record date after the end of the Extended Interest
Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment
Period, the Company may further extend such period, provided that such period
together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 20
consecutive quarters, or extend beyond the maturity date of the Debentures.
Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the
payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new
Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No
interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period,
except at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any
portion of the interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment Period.
SECTION 4.2. Notice of Extension.
(a) If the Institutional Trustee is the only registered Holder of the
Debentures at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period,
the Company shall give written notice to the Regular Trustees, the
Institutional Trustee and the Trustee of its selection of such Extended
Interest Payment Period one Business Day before the earlier of (i) the next
succeeding date on which Distributions on the Trust Securities issued by the
Trust are payable, or (ii) the date the Trust is required to give notice of the
record date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to the New York Stock
Exchange or other applicable self-regulatory organization or to holders of the
Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at least one
Business Day before such record date.
(b) If the Institutional Trustee is not the only Holder of the Debentures
at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the
Company shall give the Holders of the Debentures and the Trustee written notice
of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at least 10 Business
Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record or payment
date of such interest payment to the New York Stock Exchange or other
applicable self-regulatory organization or to Holders of the Debentures.
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(c) The quarter in which any notice is given pursuant to paragraphs (a) or
(b) of this Section 4.2 shall be counted as one of the 20 quarters permitted in
the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period permitted under Section 4.1.
SECTION 4.3. Limitation of Transactions.
If (i) the Company shall exercise its right to defer payment of interest as
provided in Section 4.1, or (ii) there shall have occurred any Event of
Default, as defined in the Indenture, then (a) the Company shall not declare or
pay any dividend on, make any distributions with respect to, or redeem,
purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its
capital stock (other than (i) purchases or acquisitions of shares of its common
stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations
under any employee benefit plans or the satisfaction by the Company of its
obligations pursuant to any contract or security requiring the Company to
purchase shares of its common stock, (ii) as a result of a reclassification of
its capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of its
capital stock for another class or series of its capital stock or, (iii) the
purchase of fractional interests in shares of its capital stock pursuant to the
conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or security being
converted or exchanged) or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, (b)
the Company shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if
any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the
Company which rank pari passu with or junior to the Debentures and the Company
shall not make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing (other than
pursuant to the Preferred Security Guaranty).
ARTICLE V
EXPENSES
SECTION 5.1. Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures to the
Institutional Trustee and in connection with the sale of the Trust Securities
by the Trust, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect to the
Debentures, shall:
(a) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance
of the Debentures, including commissions to the underwriters payable pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and compensation of the
Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Section 607 of
the Indenture;
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(b) pay all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited
to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of the Trust, the offering,
sale and issuance of the Trust Securities (including commissions to the
underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses of the
Institutional Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the costs and expenses relating
to the operation of the Trust, including without limitation, costs and expenses
of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for
printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, paying agent(s),
registrar(s), transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel and telephone and other
telecommu- nications expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust assets);
(c) be primarily liable for any indemnification obligations arising with
respect to the Declaration; and
(d) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes
attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and
expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust.
SECTION 5.2 Payment Upon Resignation or Removal
Upon termination of this _______ Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or
the removal or resignation of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 5.2, the
Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts accrued to the date of such
termination, removal or resignation. Upon termination of the Declaration or
the removal or resignation of the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional
Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Declaration, the
Company shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee, as the
case may be, all amounts accrued to the date of such termination, removal or
resignation.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICE
SECTION 6.1 Notice by the Company.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any
payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures pursuant to
the provisions of this Article VI. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article
Fourteen of the Indenture or any other provision of the Indenture and this
_______ Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge
of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of
monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the
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Debentures pursuant to the provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture,
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior
Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such
written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601 of the
Indenture, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts
exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the
notice provided for in this Article 6 at least two Business Days prior to the
date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture), then, anything herein contained
to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which
they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
that may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601 of the Indenture,
shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written
notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness
of the Company, as the case may be (or a trustee on behalf of such holder), to
establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the
event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article VI, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior
Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to
the rights of such Person under this Article VI, and, if such evidence is not
furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANT TO LIST ON EXCHANGE
SECTION 7.1. Listing on an Exchange.
If the Debentures are to be issued as a Global Debenture in connection with
the distribution of the Debentures to the holders of the Preferred Securities
issued by the Trust upon a Dissolution Event, the Company will use its best
efforts to list such Debentures on the New York Stock Ex-
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change, Inc. or on such other exchange as the Preferred Securities are then
listed.
ARTICLE VIII
FORM OF DEBENTURE
SECTION 8.1. Form of Debenture.
The Debentures and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be
endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:
(FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE)
[IF THE DEBENTURE IS TO BE A GLOBAL DEBENTURE, INSERT - This Debenture is a
Global Debenture within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a Depositary.
This Debenture is exchangeable for Debentures registered in the name of a
person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Debenture
(other than a transfer of this Debenture as a whole by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited
circumstances.
Unless this Debenture is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) to the issuer or
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Debenture
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested
by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment
hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof,
Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
No. __________________
$_____________________
CUSIP No. ____________
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MCN CORPORATION
___% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURE
DUE ____
MCN CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (the "Company", which term includes
any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to, ______________ or registered
assigns, the principal sum of _____________ Dollars ($___________) on July 30,
____, and to pay interest on said principal sum from __________, 1997, or from
the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest Payment
Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly (subject
to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30
and December 31 of each year commencing ___________, 1997, at the rate of ___%
per annum until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on
any overdue principal and premium, if any, and (without duplication and to the
extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on
any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum compounded
quarterly. The amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. In the
event that any date on which interest is payable on this Debenture is not a
Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date. The interest installment so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this Debenture (or one or
more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment,
which shall be the close of business on the business day next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. [IF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE THE
DEBENTURES ARE NO LONGER REPRESENTED BY A GLOBAL Debenture -- which shall be
the close of business on the ____ business day next preceding such Interest
Payment Date.] Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holders on
such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this
Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of
such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered
Holders of this series of Debentures not less than 10 days prior to
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such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of (and
premium, if any) and the interest on this Debenture shall be payable at the
office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or
currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment
of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the
registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Debenture is the
Institutional Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on this Debenture will be made at such place and to such account
as may be designated by the Institutional Trustee.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is, to the extent provided in
the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Debenture is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this
Debenture, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or
her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the
subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder
of Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and
waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until
the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf
of the Trustee.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side hereof
and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
though fully set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed.
Dated __________________________
MCN CORPORATION
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title
Attest:
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debentures of the series of Debentures described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated _________________________
NBD BANK
as Trustee
By______________________________
Authorized Signatory
(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the
Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities"), specified in the
Indenture, all issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant
to an Indenture dated as of September 1, 1994, duly executed and delivered
between the Company and NBD Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee") (as supplemented
by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated April 17, 1996, as so supplemented,
the "Base Indenture"), as supplemented by a _______ Supplemental Indenture
dated as of July 24, 1996, between the Company and the Trustee
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(the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture
and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the
Securities. By the terms of the Indenture, the Securities are issuable in
series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in
other respects as provided in the Indenture. This series of Securities is
limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in said _______ Supplemental
Indenture.
Except as provided in the next paragraph, the Debentures may not be redeemed
by the Company prior to _________, ____. The Company shall have the right to
redeem this Debenture at the option of the Company, without premium or penalty,
in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or after ______, ____
(an "Optional Redemption"), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount plus any accrued but unpaid interest, including any Compounded
Interest, if any, to the date of such redemption (the "Optional Redemption
Price"). Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the Optional Redemption Price.
If, at any time, a Special Event (as defined below) shall occur or be
continuing after receipt of a Dissolution Tax Opinion (as defined below) and
either (a) (i) the Regular Trustees and the Company shall have received an
opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of a nationally recognized independent tax
counsel experienced in such matters that, as a result of a Tax Event (as
defined herein), there is more than a insubstantial risk that the Company would
be precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for United States
federal income tax purposes even after the Debentures were distributed to the
Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in liquidation of such
holder's interest in the Trust as set forth in the Declaration of Trust or (ii)
the Regular Trustees shall have been informed by such tax counsel that a No
Recognition Opinion (as defined below) cannot be delivered or (b) the Regular
Trustee and the Company shall have received an opinion of an independent
counsel experienced in such matter that, as a result of a Investment Company
Event (as defined below), there is more than an insubstantial risk that MCN
Financing II would be considered an "investment company" and would be required
to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"), the Company shall have the right at any time, upon not less than
30 nor more than 60 days' notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part
for cash at the Optional Redemption Price within 90 days following the
occurrence of such Special Event; provided, however, that, if at that time
there is available to the Company or the Trust the opportunity to
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eliminate, within such 90 day period, the Special Event by taking some
ministerial action ("Ministerial Action"), such as filing a form or making an
election, or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure, which has no
adverse effect on the Trust, the Company or the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Company or the Trust will pursue such measure in lieu of
redemption and provided further that the Company shall have no right to redeem
the Debentures while the Trust is pursuing any such Ministerial Action.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have received an opinion
of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters
(a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that, as a result of (a) any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in the
laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or (b) any amendment to or
change in an interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (including
the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial decision
or regulatory determination on or after such date), there is more than an
insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust would be subject to United States federal
income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the Debentures, (ii)
interest payable to the Trust on the Debentures would not be deductible by MCN
for United States federal income tax purposes or (iii) the Trust would be
subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other
governmental charges, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after
_______, 199_.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
received an opinion from independent counsel experienced in practice under the
1940 Act to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law
or regulation or a written change in interpretation or application of law or
regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory
authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an insubstantial
risk that the Trust is or will be considered an "investment company" which is
required to be registered under the 1940 Act, as amended (the "1940 Act"),
which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after ________, 199_.
Any redemption pursuant to the occurrence of a Tax Event or an Investment
Company Event (each as defined above a "Special Event") will be made upon not
less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice, at the Optional Redemption
Price. If the Debentures are only partially redeemed by the Company pursuant
to an Optional Redemption, the Debentures will be redeemed pro rata or by lot
or by any other method utilized by
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the Trustee; provided that if, at the time of redemption, the Debentures are
registered as a Global Debenture, the Depositary shall determine the principal
amount of such Debentures held by each Debentureholder to be redeemed in
accordance with its procedures.
In the event of redemption of this Debenture in part only, a new Debenture
or Debentures of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued
in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debentures may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee,
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in ggregate
principal amount of the Debentures of each series affected at the time
outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures
for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the
Debentures; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i)
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, without the consent of the Holder of each Debenture so affected, or
(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures, the Holders of which are
required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of
the Holders of each Debenture then outstanding and affected thereby. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time
outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the Holders of the Debentures
of such series, to waive Default or Event of Default with respect to such
series, and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the
Securities of such series. Any such consent or waiver by the registered Holder
of this Debenture (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners
of this Debenture and of any Debenture issued in exchange herefor or in place
hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of
whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Debenture.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the
money herein prescribed.
So long as the Company is not default in the payment of interest on the
Debentures, the Company shall have the right at any time during the term of the
Debentures from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such
Debentures for up to 20 consecutive quarters (an "Extended Interest Payment
Period"), at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid (together with the interest thereon at the rate specified
for the Debentures to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law). In the event that the Company exercises this right,
then (a) the Company shall not declare or pay dividends on, make distributions
with respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of its capital stock (other than (i) purchases or
acquisitions of shares of its Common Stock in connection with the satisfaction
by the Company of its obligations under any employee benefit plans or the
satisfaction by the Company of its obligations pursuant to any contract or
security requiring the Company to purchase shares of the Company's Common
Stock, (ii) as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or
the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital
stock for another class or series of the Company's capital stock or (iii) the
purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock
pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the
security being converted or exchanged) or make any guarantee payments with
respect to the foregoing), (b) the Company shall not make any payment of
interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities (including guarantees) issued by the Company that rank pari
passu with or junior to such Debentures and (c) the Company shall not make any
guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing (other than pursuant to the
Preferred Securities Guarantee). Prior to the termination of any such Extended
Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend the interest payment
period; provided, that such Extended Interest Payment Period, together with all
such previous and further extensions thereof, may not exceed 20 consecutive
quarters or extend beyond the maturity date of the Debenture. At the
termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment
of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amount then due, the
Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the
above requirements.
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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on the
Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debenture for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in the City of
Detroit and State of Michigan accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly
executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any
such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Debenture, the
Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the Security Registrar may deem and
treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not
this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or
writing hereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and
premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security
Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest
on this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect
hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the
Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of
any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance
hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly
waived and released.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to,
among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets. All
such covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the
Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture.
The Debentures of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $25 and
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any integral multiple thereof. This Global Debenture is exchangeable for
Debentures in definitive form only under certain limited circumstances set
forth in the Indenture. Debentures of this series so issued are issuable only
in registered form without coupons in denominations of $25 and any integral
multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Debentures of this series so issued are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debentures of this series
of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
All terms used in this Debenture that are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ARTICLE IX
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Original Issue of Debentures.
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $82,474,250 may, upon
execution of this _______ Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debentures to or upon the written order
of the Company, signed by its Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President, or
any Vice President and its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, without any
further action by the Company.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Ratification of Indenture.
The Indenture, as supplemented by this _______ Supplemental Indenture, is in
all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture
shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein
and therein provided.
SECTION 10.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.
The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the
Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
_______ Supplemental Indenture.
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SECTION 10.3. Governing Law.
This _______ Supplemental Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed to be
a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
SECTION 10.4. Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this _______
Supplemental Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality
or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this _______
Supplemental Indenture or of the Debentures, but this _______ Supplemental
Indenture and the Debentures shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal
or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
SECTION 10.5. Counterparts.
This _______ Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this _______ Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, on the date or dates indicated in the
acknowledgements and as of the day and year first above written.
MCN CORPORATION
By______________________
________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:______________________
NBD BANK
as Trustee
By___________________________
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:___________________