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TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
(FOR UNSECURED DEBT SECURITIES SERIES G)
DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
RECITAL OF THE COMPANY
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 101. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authorized Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company Request or Company Order . . . . . . . 3
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dollar or $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Eligible Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Governmental Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Officer's Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Periodic Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Required Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be part of the Indenture.
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Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Security Register and Security Registrar . . . 6
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Stated Interest Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tranche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders of Securities;
Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . 12
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 110. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 112. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
SECTION 201. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 302. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 309. Cancellation by Security Registrar . 25
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 311. Payment to Be in Proper Currency . . 26
SECTION 312. Extension of Interest Payment . . . . 26
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ARTICLE FOUR
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 401. Applicability of Article . . . . . . 26
SECTION 402. Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 403. Selection of Securities to Be
Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 404. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 405. Securities Payable on Redemption
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 406. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . 29
ARTICLE FIVE
Sinking Funds
SECTION 501. Applicability of Article . . . . . . 30
SECTION 502. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities . . . . . . 30
SECTION 503. Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ARTICLE SIX
Covenants
SECTION 601. Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 602. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . 31
SECTION 603. Money for Securities Payments to Be
Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 604. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 605. Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . 34
SECTION 606. Annual Officer's Certificate as to
Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 607. Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . 34
SECTION 608. Limitation on Liens . . . . . . . . . 35
ARTICLE SEVEN
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 701. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 702. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 703. Application of Trust Money . . . . . 41
ARTICLE EIGHT
Events of Default; Remedies
SECTION 801. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 802. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
and Annulment . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 803. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . 44
SECTION 804. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . 44
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SECTION 805. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities . . . . . . 45
SECTION 806. Application of Money Collected . . . 45
SECTION 807. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 808. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 809. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . 47
SECTION 810. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . 47
SECTION 811. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . . . . 47
SECTION 812. Control by Holders of Securities . . 47
SECTION 813. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 814. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 815. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . 49
ARTICLE NINE
The Trustee
SECTION 901. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . 49
SECTION 902. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 903. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . 50
SECTION 904. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 905. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 906. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 907. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . 52
SECTION 908. Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 909. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 910. Resignation and Removal; Appointment
of Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 911. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 912. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 913. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 914. Co-trustees and Separate Trustees. . 57
SECTION 915. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . 59
ARTICLE TEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 1001. Lists of Holders . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 1002. Reports by Trustee and Company . . . 61
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Other Transfer
SECTION 1101. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only
on Certain Terms . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 1102. Successor Corporation Substituted . 62
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ARTICLE TWELVE
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 1201. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 1202. Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 1203. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 1204. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . 66
SECTION 1205. Conformity With Trust Indenture
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 1206. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 1207. Modification Without Supplemental
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Meetings of Holders; Action Without Meeting
SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be
Called . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings . 67
SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at
Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 1305. Attendance at Meetings;
Determination of Voting Rights;
Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings . 69
SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action
of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 1307. Action Without Meeting . . . . . . . 70
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Immunity of Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors
SECTION 1401. Liability Solely Corporate . . . . . 70
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Series G Notes
SECTION 1501. Designation of Series G Notes . . . . 71
Testimonium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1998
TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
Section 310 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 908
910
Section 311 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
Section 312 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001
Section 313 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
Section 314 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Section 315 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901
903
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
Section 316 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812
813
(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
812
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808
Section 317 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Section 318 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
INDENTURE, dated as of October 1, 1998, between TEXAS
UTILITIES COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Texas (herein called the
"Company"), having its principal office at Energy Plaza, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a
banking corporation of the State of New York, having its
principal corporate trust office at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITAL OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time
to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), in an unlimited
aggregate principal amount to be issued in one or more series as
contemplated herein; and all acts necessary to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company have been performed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in Article One of this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of
all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the
plural as well as the singular;
(b) all terms used herein without definition which are
defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by
reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided,
the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder
shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted in the United States at the date of such
computation or, at the
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election of the Company from time to time, at the date of
the execution and delivery of this Indenture; provided,
however, that in determining generally accepted accounting
principles applicable to the Company, the Company shall, to
the extent required, conform to any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative agency, regulatory
authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction
over the Company; and
(d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Nine, are
defined in that Article.
"ACT", when used with respect to any Holder of a
Security, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "CONTROL" when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct
the management and policies of such Person, directly or through
one or more intermediaries, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"CONTROLLING" and "CONTROLLED" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person (other than the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company) authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 915 to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate one or more series of Securities or Tranche thereof.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means the Chairman of the Board,
the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, or any other officer or agent of the company duly
authorized by the Board of Directors to act in respect of matters
relating to this Indenture.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means either the board of
directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized
to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and
to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY", when used with respect to a Place of
Payment or any other particular location specified in the
Securities or this Indenture, means any day, other than a
Saturday or Sunday, which is not a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies in such Place of Payment or other
location are generally authorized or required by law, regulation
or executive order to remain closed, except as may be otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301.
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"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time
after the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body, if any,
performing such duties at such time.
"COMPANY" means the person named as the "Company" in
the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such
successor Person.
"COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by an
Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered, which office at the
date of execution and delivery of this Indenture is located at
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"CORPORATION" means a corporation, association,
company, limited liability company, joint stock company or
business trust.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in
Section 307.
"DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 802. "Interest" with respect to a
Discount Security means interest, if any, borne by such Security
at a Stated Interest Rate.
"DOLLAR" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit
in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time
shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.
"ELIGIBLE OBLIGATIONS" means:
(a) with respect to Securities denominated in Dollars,
Government Obligations; or
(b) with respect to Securities denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, such
other obligations or instruments as shall be specified with
respect to such Securities, as contemplated by Section 301.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section
801.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means the government of the
United States or of any State or Territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia or of any county, municipality or other
political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or any department,
agency, authority or other instrumentality of any of the
foregoing.
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"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the
principal of and interest on which are unconditionally
guaranteed by, the United States and entitled to the benefit
of the full faith and credit thereof; and
(b) certificates, depositary receipts or other
instruments which evidence a direct ownership interest in
obligations described in clause (a) above or in any specific
interest or principal payments due in respect thereof;
provided, however, that the custodian of such obligations or
specific interest or principal payments shall be a bank or
trust company (which may include the Trustee or any Paying
Agent) subject to Federal or state supervision or
examination with a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000; and provided, further, that except as may be
otherwise required by law, such custodian shall be obligated
to pay to the holders of such certificates, depositary
receipts or other instruments the full amount received by
such custodian in respect of such obligations or specific
payments and shall not be permitted to make any deduction
therefrom.
"HOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered in the Security Register.
"INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed and
delivered and as it may from time to time be supplemented or
amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall
include the terms of a particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE", when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest
on such Security.
"MATURITY", when used with respect to any Security, means
the date on which the principal of such Security or an
installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in
such Security or in this Indenture, whether at the Stated
Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, upon call for
redemption or otherwise.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by an
Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel for the Company, or other counsel acceptable to
the Trustee.
"OUTSTANDING", when used with respect to Securities, means,
as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
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(a) Securities theretofore canceled or delivered to
the Security Registrar for cancellation;
(b) Securities deemed to have been paid in accordance
with Section 701; and
(c) Securities which have been paid pursuant to
Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of
which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it and the Company that such Securities are
held by a bona fide purchaser or purchasers in whose hands
such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether or not the Holders
of the requisite principal amount of the Securities Outstanding
under this Indenture, or the Outstanding Securities of any series
or Tranche, have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether or not
a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities,
(x) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor (unless the Company, such Affiliate
or such obligor owns all Securities Outstanding under this
Indenture, or (except for the purposes of actions to be
taken by Holders of (i) more than one series voting as a
class under Section 812 or (ii) more than one series or more
than one Tranche, as the case may be, voting as a class
under Section 1202) all Outstanding Securities of each such
series and each such Tranche, as the case may be, determined
without regard to this clause (x)) shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver or upon any such determination as to the
presence of a quorum, only Securities which the Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded; provided,
however, that Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor; and
(y) the principal amount of a Discount Security that
shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be
the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 802;
provided, further, that, in the case of any Security the
principal of which is payable from time to time without
presentment or surrender, the principal amount of such Security
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding at any time for all
purposes of this Indenture shall be the original principal amount
thereof less the aggregate amount of principal thereof
theretofore paid.
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"PAYING AGENT" means any Person, including the Company,
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, and premium,
if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"PERIODIC OFFERING" means an offering of Securities of a
series from time to time any or all of the specific terms of
which Securities, including without limitation the rate or rates
of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated Maturity or Maturities
thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect
thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon
the issuance of such Securities.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or unincorporated organization or any
Governmental Authority.
"PLACE OF PAYMENT", when used with respect to the Securities
of any series, or any Tranche thereof, means the place or places,
specified as contemplated by Section 301, at which, subject to
Section 602, principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on the Securities of such series or Tranche are payable.
"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means
every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same
debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the
purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed (to
the extent lawful) to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"REDEMPTION DATE", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
"REDEMPTION PRICE", when used with respect to any Security
to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the
date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section
311.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", when used with respect to the
Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee
to administer its corporate trust matters.
"SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and more particularly means any securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
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"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series means a date fixed by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"STATED INTEREST RATE" means a rate (whether fixed or
variable) at which an obligation by its terms is stated to bear
simple interest. Any calculation or other determination to be
made under this Indenture by reference to the Stated Interest
Rate on a Security shall be made without regard to the effective
interest cost to the Company of such Security and without regard
to the Stated Interest Rate on, or the effective cost to the
Company of, any other indebtedness in respect of which the
Company's obligations are evidenced or secured in whole or in
part by such Security.
"STATED MATURITY", when used with respect to any obligation
or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon,
means the date on which the principal of such obligation or such
installment of principal or interest is stated to be due and
payable (without regard to any provisions for redemption,
prepayment, acceleration, purchase or extension).
"SUBSIDIARY" means a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries,
or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the
purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock that
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock
has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"TRANCHE" means a group of Securities which (a) are of the
same series and (b) have identical terms except as to principal
amount and/or date of issuance.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means, as of any time, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor statute, as in effect at
such time.
"TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall
have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is
then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than
one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities
of that series.
"UNITED STATES" means the United States of America, its
Territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its
political jurisdiction.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the
Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all
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conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action (including any covenants
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have
been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any,
have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall
include:
(a) a statement that each Person signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition
and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of
the examination or investigation upon which the statements
or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
Person, such Person has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be
certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person,
it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or
covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be
so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person
may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and
one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such
Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one
or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company
may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless
such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to the matters upon which such Officer's Certificate or
opinion are based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion
of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by,
an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
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Where any Person is required to make, give or execute
two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates,
statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture,
they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Whenever, subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of
any Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate, Opinion of Counsel
or other document or instrument, a clerical, typographical or
other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall be
discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be
substituted therefor in corrected form with the same force and
effect as if originally filed in the corrected form and,
irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution and/or
delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be
deemed to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or
dates required with respect to the document or instrument for
which it is substituted. Anything in this Indenture to the
contrary notwithstanding, if any such corrective document or
instrument indicates that action has been taken by or at the
request of the Company which could not have been taken had the
original document or instrument not contained such error or
omission, the action so taken shall not be invalidated or
otherwise rendered ineffective but shall be and remain in full
force and effect, except to the extent that such action was a
result of willful misconduct or bad faith. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the
authority of such defective document or instrument shall
nevertheless be the valid obligations of the Company entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other
Outstanding Securities, except as aforesaid.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing
or, alternatively, may be embodied in and evidenced by the
record of Holders voting in favor thereof, either in person
or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of
Holders duly called and held in accordance with the
provisions of Article Thirteen, or a combination of such
instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments or record or both are
delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments
and any such record (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of
any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such
agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject
to Section 901) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The record of any meeting of Holders shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 1306.
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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person
of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the
affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate
of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to
take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged
to him the execution thereof or may be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee and the Company deem sufficient.
Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity
other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority.
(c) The principal amount (except as otherwise
contemplated in clause (y) of the first proviso to the
definition of Outstanding) and serial numbers of Securities
held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall
be proved by the Security Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, election, waiver or other Act of a Holder
shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the
Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(e) Until such time as written instruments shall have
been delivered to the Trustee with respect to the requisite
percentage of principal amount of Securities for the action
contemplated by such instruments, any such instrument
executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Holder may be
revoked with respect to any or all of such Securities by
written notice by such Holder or any subsequent Holder,
proven in the manner in which such instrument was proven.
(f) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
authenticated and delivered after any Act of Holders may,
and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any action taken by such
Act of Holders. If the Company shall so determine, new
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and
the Company, to such action may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or
Tranche.
(g) If the Company shall solicit from Holders any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, fix in
advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record
date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
record at the close of business on the record date
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shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
the Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose
the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of the
record date.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with, the Trustee by any Holder or by the
Company, or the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and delivered personally to an
officer or other responsible employee of the addressee, or
transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written
electronic means to such telephone number or other electronic
communications address as the parties hereto shall from time to
time designate, or transmitted by certified or registered mail,
charges prepaid, to the applicable address set opposite such
party's name below or to such other address as either party
hereto may from time to time designate:
If to the Trustee, to:
The Bank of New York
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Attention: Vice President, Corporate Trust
Administration
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
If to the Company, to:
Texas Utilities Company
Energy Plaza
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Attention: Treasurer
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Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed
to have been made, given, furnished and filed if personally
delivered, on the date of delivery, if transmitted by facsimile
transmission or other direct written electronic means, on the
date of transmission, and if transmitted by certified or
registered mail, on the date of receipt.
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SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given, and shall be deemed given, to
Holders if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest
date, if any, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any,
prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable
to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as
shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a
sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to
mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Holders.
Any notice required by this Indenture may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event otherwise to be specified therein, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any
action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or
deemed to be included in this Indenture by, or is otherwise
governed by, any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act,
such other provision shall control; and if any provision hereof
otherwise conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust
Indenture Act shall control.
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings in this Indenture and
the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the
Company and Trustee shall bind their respective successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or the
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto,
their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
SHALL BE MANDATORILY APPLICABLE.
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption
Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business
Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a
provision in Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, or
in the Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate which
establishes the terms of the Securities of such series or
Tranche, which specifically states that such provision shall
apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal
and premium, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect, and in the
same amount, as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, as the case may be,
and, if such payment is made or duly provided for on such
Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such
Business Day.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY.
The definitive Securities of each series shall be in
substantially the form or forms thereof established in the
indenture supplemental hereto establishing such series or in a
Board Resolution establishing such series, or in an Officer's
Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form or
forms of Securities of any series are established in a Board
Resolution or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant
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to a Board Resolution, such Board Resolution and Officer's
Certificate, if any, shall be delivered to the Trustee at or
prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Sections
301 or 1201(g), the Securities of each series shall be issuable
in registered form without coupons. The definitive Securities
shall be produced in such manner as shall be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution thereof.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the form set forth below:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within-
mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may
be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
Subject to the last paragraph of this Section, prior to the
authentication and delivery of Securities of any series there
shall be established by specification in a supplemental indenture
or in a Board Resolution, or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant
to a supplemental indenture or a Board Resolution:
(a) the title of the Securities of such series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of such series from
Securities of all other series);
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(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of
such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 406 or 1206
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section
303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(c) the Person or Persons (without specific
identification) to whom interest on Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable on any
Interest Payment Date, if other than the Persons in whose
names such Securities (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, is
payable or any formulary or other method or other means by
which such date or dates shall be determined, by reference
to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of
this Indenture or otherwise (without regard to any
provisions for redemption, prepayment, acceleration,
purchase or extension);
(e) the rate or rates at which the Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, shall bear interest, if any
(including the rate or rates at which overdue principal
shall bear interest, if different from the rate or rates at
which such Securities shall bear interest prior to Maturity,
and, if applicable, the rate or rates at which overdue
premium or interest shall bear interest, if any), or any
formulary or other method or other means by which such rate
or rates shall be determined, by reference to an index or
other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture
or otherwise; the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue; the Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if
any, for the interest payable on such Securities on any
Interest Payment Date; the right of the Company, if any, to
extend the interest payment periods and the duration of any
such extension as contemplated by Section 312; and the basis
of computation of interest, if other than as provided in
Section 310;
(f) the place or places at which or methods by which
(1) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof,
shall be payable, (2) registration of transfer of Securities
of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be effected, (3)
exchanges of Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, may be effected and (4) notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be
served; the Security Registrar for such series or Tranche;
and if such is the case, that the principal of such
Securities shall be payable without presentment or surrender
thereof;
(g) the period or periods within which, or the date or
dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon
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which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof,
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company and any restrictions on such redemptions, including
but not limited to a restriction on a partial redemption by
the Company of the Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, resulting in delisting of such Securities from any
national exchange;
(h) the obligation or obligations, if any, of the
Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of such series,
or any Tranche thereof, pursuant to any sinking fund or
other mandatory redemption provisions or at the option of a
Holder thereof and the period or periods within which or the
date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation, and applicable exceptions to the requirements of
Section 404 in the case of mandatory redemption or
redemption at the option of the Holder;
(i) the denominations in which Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be issuable if other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof;
(j) the currency or currencies, including composite
currencies, in which payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of
such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable (if
other than in Dollars);
(k) if the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other
than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable,
the period or periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(l) if the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, are to be payable, or are to be payable at
the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in
securities or other property, the type and amount of such
securities or other property, or the formulary or other
method or other means by which such amount shall be
determined, and the period or periods within which, and the
terms and conditions upon which, any such election may be
made;
(m) if the amount payable in respect of principal of
or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities
of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be determined
with reference to an index or other fact or event
ascertainable outside of this Indenture, the manner in which
such amounts shall be determined to the extent not
established pursuant to clause (e) of this paragraph;
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(n) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 802;
(o) any Events of Default, in addition to those
specified in Section 801, with respect to the Securities of
such series, and any covenants of the Company for the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or
any Tranche thereof, in addition to those set forth in
Article Six;
(p) the terms, if any, pursuant to which the
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, may be
converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or
other securities of the Company or any other Person;
(q) the obligations or instruments, if any, which
shall be considered to be Eligible Obligations in respect of
the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof,
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a
composite currency, and any additional or alternative
provisions for the reinstatement of the Company's
indebtedness in respect of such Securities after the
satisfaction and discharge thereof as provided in Section
701;
(r) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, are to be issued in global form, (i) any
limitations on the rights of the Holder or Holders of such
Securities to transfer or exchange the same or to obtain the
registration of transfer thereof, (ii) any limitations on
the rights of the Holder or Holders thereof to obtain
certificates therefor in definitive form in lieu of
temporary form and (iii) any and all other matters
incidental to such Securities;
(s) if the Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, are to be issuable as bearer securities, any and
all matters incidental thereto which are not specifically
addressed in a supplemental indenture as contemplated by
clause (g) of Section 1201;
(t) to the extent not established pursuant to clause
(r) of this paragraph, any limitations on the rights of the
Holders of the Securities of such Series, or any Tranche
thereof, to transfer or exchange such Securities or to
obtain the registration of transfer thereof; and if a
service charge will be made for the registration of transfer
or exchange of Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, the amount or terms thereof;
(u) any exceptions to Section 113, or variation in the
definition of Business Day, with respect to the Securities
of such series, or any Tranche thereof;
(v) any collateral security, assurance or guarantee
for the Securities of such series;
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(w) the non-applicability of Section 608 to the
Securities of such Series or any exceptions or modifications
of Section 608 with respect to the Securities of such
Series;
(x) any rights or duties of another Person to assume
the obligations of the Company with respect to the
Securities of such series (whether as joint obligor, primary
obligor, secondary obligor or substitute obligor) and any
rights or duties to discharge and release any obligor with
respect to the Securities of such series or the Indenture to
the extent related to such series; and
(y) any other terms of the Securities of such series,
or any Tranche thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a
Periodic Offering, the indenture supplemental hereto or the Board
Resolution which establishes such series, or the Officer's
Certificate pursuant to such supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution, as the case may be, may provide general terms or
parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that
the specific terms of Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms
shall be determined by the Company or its agents in accordance
with procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by
the clause (b) of Section 303.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche
thereof, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche
thereof, the Securities shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by an Authorized Officer and may have the corporate seal
of the Company affixed thereto or reproduced thereon attested by
any other Authorized Officer or by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company. The signature of any or all of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures
of individuals who were at the time of execution Authorized
Officers or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior
to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
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The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities
of a series, for original issue, at one time or from time to time
in accordance with the Company Order referred to below, upon
receipt by the Trustee of:
(a) the instrument or instruments establishing the
form or forms and terms of such series, as provided in
Sections 201 and 301;
(b) a Company Order requesting the authentication and
delivery of such Securities and, to the extent that the
terms of such Securities shall not have been established in
an indenture supplemental hereto or in a Board Resolution,
or in an Officer's Certificate pursuant to a supplemental
indenture or Board Resolution, all as contemplated by
Sections 201 and 301, either (i) establishing such terms or
(ii) in the case of Securities of a series subject to a
Periodic Offering, specifying procedures, acceptable to the
Trustee, by which such terms are to be established (which
procedures may provide, to the extent acceptable to the
Trustee, for authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or
electronic instructions from the Company or any agent or
agents thereof, which oral instructions are to be promptly
confirmed electronically or in writing), in either case in
accordance with the instrument or instruments delivered
pursuant to clause (a) above;
(c) the Securities of such series, executed on behalf
of the Company by an Authorized Officer;
(d) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) the form or forms of such Securities have
been duly authorized by the Company and have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(ii) the terms of such Securities have been duly
authorized by the Company and have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(iii) such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued and delivered by
the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will have been
duly issued under this Indenture and will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
entitled to the benefits provided by this Indenture,
and enforceable in accordance with their terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to laws relating to or
affecting generally the enforcement of creditors'
rights, including, without limitation, bankruptcy and
insolvency laws and to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
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provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series
subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive such Opinion of Counsel only once at or prior to the time
of the first authentication of such Securities (provided that
such Opinion of Counsel addresses the authentication and delivery
of all Securities of such series) and that in lieu of the
opinions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above Counsel may
opine that:
(x) when the terms of such Securities shall have
been established pursuant to a Company Order or Orders
or pursuant to such procedures (acceptable to the
Trustee) as may be specified from time to time by a
Company Order or Orders, all as contemplated by and in
accordance with the instrument or instruments delivered
pursuant to clause (a) above, such terms will have been
duly authorized by the Company and will have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(y) such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture and the Company Order or Orders or specified
procedures referred to in paragraph (x) above and
issued and delivered by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will have been duly issued under this
Indenture and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits
provided by the Indenture, and enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject, as to
enforcement, to laws relating to or affecting generally
the enforcement of creditors' rights, including,
without limitation, bankruptcy and insolvency laws, and
to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form,
terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and
enforceability thereof, and compliance of the authentication and
delivery thereof with the terms and conditions of this Indenture,
upon the Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered
pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable,
at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities
of such series unless and until such opinion or other documents
have been superseded or revoked or expire by their terms. In
connection with the authentication and delivery of Securities of
a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be
entitled to assume that the Company's instructions to
authenticate and deliver such Securities do not violate any
applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company.
If the form or terms of the Securities of any series
have been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an
Officer's Certificate as permitted by Sections 201 or 301, the
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if
the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will
materially or adversely affect the Trustee's
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own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche
thereof, each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to any series of Securities, no Security shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security
a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating
Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security
shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and
is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder to the Company, or any Person acting on its
behalf, but shall never have been issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written
statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security
has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes
of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have
been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits hereof.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, the Company may execute, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities;
provided, however, that temporary Securities need not recite
specific redemption, sinking fund, conversion or exchange
provisions.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, after the preparation of definitive Securities of such
series or Tranche, the temporary Securities of such series or
Tranche shall be exchangeable, without charge to the Holder
thereof, for definitive Securities of such series or Tranche upon
surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of
the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of
Payment for such Securities. Upon such surrender of temporary
Securities for such exchange, the Company shall, except as
aforesaid, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor definitive Securities of the same series and
Tranche of authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount.
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Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided,
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
the same series and Tranche and of like tenor authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept in each office
designated pursuant to Section 602, with respect to the
Securities of each series, a register (all registers kept in
accordance with this Section being collectively referred to as
the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, and the registration of transfer thereof. The Company
shall designate one Person to maintain the Security Register for
the Securities of each series on a consolidated basis, and such
Person is referred to herein, with respect to such series, as the
"Security Registrar." Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company may designate one or more of its
offices as an office in which a register with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall be maintained, and the
Company may designate itself the Security Registrar with respect
to one or more of such series. The Security Register shall be
open for inspection by the Trustee and the Company at all
reasonable times.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Security of such series or Tranche at the office or agency of
the Company maintained pursuant to Section 602 in a Place of
Payment for such series or Tranche, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, any Security of such series or Tranche may be
exchanged at the option of the Holder, for one or more new
Securities of the same series and Tranche, of authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such
office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities delivered upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by
the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar) be duly
endorsed or shall be accompanied by a written
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instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the
Trustee or the Security Registrar, as the case may be, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, no service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 406 or 1206 not involving any
transfer.
The Company shall not be required to execute or to
provide for the registration of transfer of or the exchange of
(a) Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, during a
period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is to be
given identifying the serial numbers of the Securities of such
series or Tranche called for redemption or (b) any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the
Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of
the same series and Tranche, and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the
Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the ownership of
and the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such
security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then,
in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security is held by a Person purporting to be the owner of such
Security, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and Tranche,
and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this
Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to
this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the
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destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone other than the Holder of such new Security,
and any such new Security shall be entitled to all the benefits
of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Securities of such series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Subject to Section 312, any interest on any Security of
any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the related Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a)
or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
date (herein called a "Special Record Date") for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be
paid on each Security of such series and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon
the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall promptly cause notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of Securities of such series at the address of such
Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective
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Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date.
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and
Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon
registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any
other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration
of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for
the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if
any, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on
such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION BY SECURITY REGISTRAR.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Security Registrar, be delivered to the
Security Registrar and, if not theretofore canceled, shall be
promptly canceled by the Security Registrar. The Company may at
any time deliver to the Security Registrar for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which
the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever or which
the Company shall not have issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Security Registrar.
No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except
as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities held by the Security Registrar shall be disposed of in
accordance with a Company Order delivered to the Security
Registrar and the Trustee, and the Security Registrar shall
promptly deliver a certificate of disposition to the Trustee and
the Company unless, by a Company Order, similarly delivered, the
Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it.
The Security Registrar shall promptly deliver evidence of any
cancellation of a Security in accordance with this Section 309 to
the Trustee and the Company.
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SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months
and for any period shorter than a full month, on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in such period.
SECTION 311. PAYMENT TO BE IN PROPER CURRENCY.
In the case of the Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, denominated in any currency other than Dollars
or in a composite currency (the "Required Currency"), except as
otherwise specified with respect to such Securities as
contemplated by Section 301, the obligation of the Company to
make any payment of the principal thereof, or the premium or
interest thereon, shall not be discharged or satisfied by any
tender by the Company, or recovery by the Trustee, in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent
that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee timely
holding the full amount of the Required Currency then due and
payable. If any such tender or recovery is in a currency other
than the Required Currency, the Trustee may take such actions as
it considers appropriate to exchange such currency for the
Required Currency. The costs and risks of any such exchange,
including without limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate
fluctuation, shall be borne by the Company, the Company shall
remain fully liable for any shortfall or delinquency in the full
amount of Required Currency then due and payable, and in no
circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor except in the
case of its negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 312. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT.
The Company shall have the right at any time, so long as the
Company is not in default in the payment of interest on the
Securities of any series hereunder, to extend interest payment
periods on all Securities of one or more series, if so specified
as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such Securities
and upon such terms as may be specified as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to such Securities.
ARTICLE FOUR
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, which
are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with
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their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of such series or Tranche) in
accordance with this Article.
SECTION 402. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities
shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer's
Certificate. The Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in
writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of
such Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of
Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere
in this Indenture or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company
which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such
Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officer's Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction
or condition.
SECTION 403. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee from the Outstanding
Securities of such series or Tranche not previously called for
redemption, by such method as shall be provided for any
particular series, or, in the absence of any such provision, by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of
such series or Tranche or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of Securities of such series or Tranche of a
denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of such series or Tranche; provided, however, that if,
as indicated in an Officer's Certificate, the Company shall have
offered to purchase all or any principal amount of the Securities
then Outstanding of any series, or any Tranche thereof, and less
than all of such Securities as to which such offer was made shall
have been tendered to the Company for such purchase, the Trustee,
if so directed by Company Order, shall select for redemption all
or any principal amount of such Securities which have not been so
tendered.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the
Security Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected to be
redeemed in part, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of
Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed
or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal
amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
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SECTION 404. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holders of the Securities to be
redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date,
(b) the Redemption Price (if known),
(c) if less than all the Securities of any series or
Tranche are to be redeemed, the identification of the
particular Securities to be redeemed and the portion of the
principal amount of any Security to be redeemed in part,
(d) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price,
together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date, will become due and payable upon each such Security to
be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will
cease to accrue on and after said date,
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to
be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest, if any, unless it shall have been
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to
such Securities that such surrender shall not be required,
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking or other
fund, if such is the case, and
(g) such other matters as the Company shall deem
desirable or appropriate.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities in accordance with Section 301, with respect to any
notice of redemption of Securities at the election of the
Company, unless, upon the giving of such notice, such Securities
shall be deemed to have been paid in accordance with Section 701,
such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional
upon the receipt by the Paying Agent or Agents for such
Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of
money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on such Securities and that if such money shall
not have been so received such notice shall be of no force or
effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such
Securities. In the event that such notice of redemption contains
such a condition and such money is not so received, the
redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time
thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner in which the
notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so
received and such redemption was not required to be made, and the
Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities otherwise to have been
redeemed shall promptly return to the Holders thereof any of such
Securities which had been surrendered for payment upon such
redemption.
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Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at
the election of the Company, and any notice of non-satisfaction
of a condition for redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Security Registrar
in the name and at the expense of the Company. Notice of
mandatory redemption of Securities shall be given by the Security
Registrar in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 405. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid,
and the conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been
satisfied, the Securities or portions thereof so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date
(unless, in the case of an unconditional notice of redemption,
the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price
and accrued interest, if any) such Securities or portions
thereof, if interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with
such notice, such Security or portion thereof shall be paid by
the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
no such surrender shall be a condition to such payment if so
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such
Security; and provided, further, that except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to such
Security, any installment of interest on any Security the Stated
Maturity of which installment is on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holder of such Security, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of
business on the related Regular Record Date according to the
terms of such Security and subject to the provisions of Section
307.
SECTION 406. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon the surrender of any Security which is to be
redeemed only in part at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if
the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing), the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security
or Securities of the same series and Tranche, of any authorized
denomination requested by such Holder and of like tenor and in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.
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ARTICLE FIVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 501. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to
any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series or
Tranche.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided
for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, the cash amount of any sinking
fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section
502. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of the series or Tranche in respect of
which it was made as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 502. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES.
The Company (a) may deliver to the Trustee Outstanding
Securities (other than any previously called for redemption) of a
series or Tranche in respect of which a mandatory sinking fund
payment is to be made and (b) may apply as a credit Securities of
such series or Tranche which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities
or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case
in satisfaction of all or any part of such mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series; provided,
however, that no Securities shall be applied in satisfaction of a
mandatory sinking fund payment if such Securities shall have been
previously so applied. Securities so applied shall be received
and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption
Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 503. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund
payment date for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate specifying:
(a) the amount of the next succeeding mandatory
sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche;
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(b) the amount, if any, of the optional sinking fund
payment to be made together with such mandatory sinking fund
payment;
(c) the aggregate sinking fund payment;
(d) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking
fund payment which is to be satisfied by the payment of
cash; and
(e) the portion, if any, of such aggregate sinking
fund payment which is to be satisfied by delivering and
crediting Securities of such series or Tranche pursuant to
Section 502 and stating the basis for such credit and that
such Securities have not previously been so credited, and
the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee any Securities
to be so delivered.
If the Company shall have not delivered such Officer's
Certificate and, to the extent applicable, all such Securities,
the next succeeding sinking fund payment for such series or
Tranche shall be made entirely in cash in the amount of the
mandatory sinking fund payment. Not less than 30 days before
each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in
the manner specified in Section 403 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 404. Such
notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
405 and 406.
ARTICLE SIX
COVENANTS
SECTION 601. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company shall pay the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of each series in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 602. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for
the Securities of each series, or any Tranche thereof, an office
or agency where payment of such Securities shall be made, where
the registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities may
be effected and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location, and any change in the location, of each such office
or agency and prompt notice to the Holders of any such change in
the manner specified in Section 106. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such
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required office or agency in respect of Securities of any series,
or any Tranche thereof, or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, payment of such Securities shall be made,
registration of transfer or exchange thereof may be effected and
notices and demands in respect thereof may be served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent for all such purposes in any
such event.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or
more other offices or agencies with respect to the Securities of
one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, for any or all of the
foregoing purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of
such series or Tranche, no such designation or rescission shall
in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain
an office or agency for such purposes in each Place of Payment
for such Securities in accordance with the requirements set forth
above. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee, and prompt notice to the Holders in the manner specified
in Section 106, of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any
office or agency required by this Section may be maintained at an
office of the Company, in which event the Company shall perform
all functions to be performed at such office or agency.
SECTION 603. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying
Agent with respect to the Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, it shall, on or before each due date of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any of
such Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal and premium or interest so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure by the Company (or any other obligor on such Securities)
to make any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on such Securities.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying
Agents for the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities,
deposit with such Paying Agents sums sufficient (without
duplication) to pay the principal and premium or interest so
becoming due, such sums to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by it so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for the
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, other than the
Company or the Trustee, to
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execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such
Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on
such Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Company (or any other obligor upon such Securities) to make
any payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest,
if any, on such Securities; and
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such
failure, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying
Agent and furnish to the Trustee such information as it
possesses regarding the names and addresses of the Persons
entitled to such sums.
The Company may at any time pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held
by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums
were held by the Company or such Paying Agent and, if so stated
in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of Article Seven; and, upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released
from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of
the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal and premium, if any, or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or, if
then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust;
and, upon such payment or discharge, the Holder of such Security
shall, as an unsecured general creditor and not as a Holder of an
Outstanding Security, look only to the Company for payment of the
amount so due and payable and remaining unpaid, and all liability
of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment to
the Company, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
mailed, on one occasion only, notice to such Holder that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein,
which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will
be paid to the Company.
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SECTION 604. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to the rights of the Company under Article
Eleven, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence.
SECTION 605. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company shall cause (or, with respect to property
owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) all
its properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to
be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working
order and shall cause (or, with respect to property owned in
common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) to be made
all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as, in the judgment of the Company, may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly conducted; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing, or causing the discontinuance of, the operation
and maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance
is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of
its business.
SECTION 606. ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.
Not later than June 1 in each year, commencing June 1,
1999, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate which need not comply with Section 102, executed by
the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer
or the principal accounting officer of the Company, as to such
officer's knowledge of the Company's compliance with all
conditions and covenants under this Indenture, such compliance to
be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice under this Indenture.
SECTION 607. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in (a)
Section 602 or any additional covenant or restriction specified
with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, as contemplated by Section 301, if before the time for
such compliance the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches
with respect to which compliance with Section 602 or such
additional covenant or restriction is to be omitted, considered
as one class, shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with
such term, provision or condition and (b) Section 604, 605 or
Article Eleven if before the time for such compliance the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of Securities Outstanding under
this Indenture shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with
such term, provision or condition; but, in the case of (a) or
(b), no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term,
provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived,
and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of
the Company and the
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duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 608. LIMITATION ON LIENS.
(a) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series, so long as any
Securities of any series are Outstanding, the Company will not
pledge, mortgage, hypothecate or grant a security interest in, or
permit any mortgage, pledge, security interest or other lien
upon, any capital stock of any Subsidiary now or hereafter owned
by the Company, to secure any Indebtedness (hereinafter defined)
without making effective provision whereby the Outstanding
Securities shall (so long as such other Indebtedness shall be so
secured) be equally and ratably secured with any and all such
other Indebtedness and any other indebtedness similarly entitled
to be equally and ratably secured; provided, however, that this
restriction shall not apply to nor prevent the creation or
existence of:
(1) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or
encumbrance upon any such capital stock created at the time
of the acquisition of such capital stock by the Company or
within one year after such time to secure all or a portion
of the purchase price for such capital stock;
(2) any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or
encumbrance upon any such capital stock existing thereon at
the time of the acquisition thereof by the Company (whether
or not the obligations secured thereby are assumed by the
Company); or
(3) any extension, renewal of refunding of any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance
permitted by Subsection (1) or (2) above on capital stock of
any Subsidiary theretofore subject thereto (or substantially
the same capital stock) or any portion thereof.
(4) any judgment, levy, execution, attachment or other
similar lien arising in connection with court proceedings,
provided that either
(i) the execution or enforcement of each such
lien is effectively stayed within 30 days after entry
of the corresponding judgment (or the corresponding
judgment has been discharged within such 30 day period)
and the claims secured thereby are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings timely commenced
and diligently prosecuted;
(ii) the payment of each such lien is covered in
full by insurance and the insurance company has not
denied or contested coverage thereof; or
(iii) so long as each such lien is adequately
bonded, any appropriate legal proceedings that may have
been duly initiated
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for the review of the corresponding judgment, decree or
order shall not have been fully terminated or the
period within which such proceedings may be initiated
shall not have expired.
For purposes of this Section 608, "Indebtedness" means
all indebtedness, whether or not represented by bonds,
debentures, notes or other securities, created or assumed by the
Company for the repayment of money borrowed. All indebtedness
for money borrowed secured by a lien upon property owned by the
Company and upon which indebtedness for money borrowed the
Company customarily pays interest, although the Company has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness for
money borrowed, shall for purposes of this Section 608 be deemed
to be Indebtedness of the Company. All indebtedness of others
for money borrowed which is guaranteed as to payment of principal
by the Company or in effect guaranteed by the Company through a
contingent agreement to purchase such indebtedness for money
borrowed shall for purposes of this Section 608 be deemed to be
Indebtedness of the Company, but no other contingent obligation
of the Company in respect of indebtedness for money borrowed or
other obligations incurred by others shall for purposes of this
Section 608 be deemed to be Indebtedness of the Company.
In case the Company shall propose to pledge, mortgage,
hypothecate or grant a security interest in any capital stock of
any Subsidiary owned by the Company to secure any Indebtedness,
other than as permitted by Subsections (a)(1) to (a)(3),
inclusive, of this Section, the Company will prior thereto give
written notice thereof to the Trustee, and the Company will prior
to or simultaneously with such pledge, mortgage, hypothecation or
grant of security interest, by supplemental indenture executed to
the Trustee (or to the extent legally necessary to another
trustee or an additional or separate trustee), in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, effectively secure (for so long as
such other Indebtedness shall be so secured) all the Securities
equally and ratably with such Indebtedness and with any other
indebtedness for money borrowed similarly entitled to be equally
and ratably secured.
(b) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series, the provisions of
Subsection (a) of this Section 608 shall not apply in the event
that the Company or any Subsidiary shall pledge, mortgage,
hypothecate or grant a security interest in or other lien upon
any capital stock of any Subsidiary now or hereafter owned by the
Company to secure any Indebtedness which would otherwise be
subject to the foregoing restriction up to an aggregate amount
which, together with all other Indebtedness (other than
mortgages, pledges, security interests, liens or encumbrances
permitted by Subsection (a) of this Section 608) which would
otherwise be subject to the foregoing restriction, does not at
the time exceed 5% of Consolidated Capitalization.
For purposes of this Section 608:
(1) The term "Consolidated Capitalization" means the
sum obtained by adding (i) Consolidated Shareholders'
Equity, (ii) Consolidated Indebtedness for money borrowed
(exclusive of any thereof
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which is due and payable within one year of the date such
sum is determined) and, without duplication, (iii) any
preference or preferred stock of the Company or any
Consolidated Subsidiary which is subject to mandatory
redemption or sinking fund provisions.
(2) The term "Consolidated Shareholders' Equity" means
the total Assets of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries less all liabilities of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries. As used in this definition,
"liabilities" means all obligations which would, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, be
classified on a balance sheet as liabilities, including
without limitation, (i) indebtedness secured by property of
the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries whether
or not the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary is liable
for the payment thereof unless, in the case that the Company
or such Consolidated Subsidiary is not so liable, such
property has not been included among the Assets of the
Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary on such balance
sheet, (ii) deferred liabilities, (iii) indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries that is
expressly subordinated in right and priority of payment to
other liabilities of the Company or such Consolidated
Subsidiary. As used in this definition, "liabilities"
includes preference or preferred stock of the Company or any
Consolidated Subsidiary only to the extent of any such
preference or preferred stock that is subject to mandatory
redemption or sinking fund provisions.
(3) The term "Consolidated Subsidiary" means at any
date any Subsidiary the financial statements of which under
generally accepted accounting principles would be
consolidated with those of the Company in its consolidated
financial statements as of such date.
(4) The "Assets" of any Person means the whole or any
part of its business, property, assets, cash and
receivables.
(5) The term "Consolidated Indebtedness" means total
indebtedness as shown on the consolidated balance sheet of
the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE SEVEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 701. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF SECURITIES.
Any Security or Securities, or any portion of the
principal amount thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid for
all purposes of this Indenture, and the entire indebtedness of
the Company in respect thereof shall be deemed
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to have been satisfied and discharged, if there shall have been
irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company), in trust:
(a) money in an amount which shall be sufficient, or
(b) in the case of a deposit made prior to the
Maturity of such Securities or portions thereof, Eligible
Obligations, which shall not contain provisions permitting
the redemption or other prepayment thereof at the option of
the issuer thereof, the principal of and the interest on
which when due, without any regard to reinvestment thereof,
will provide moneys which, together with the money, if any,
deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent,
shall be sufficient, or
(c) a combination of (a) or (b) which shall be
sufficient,
to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, due and to become due on such Securities or
portions thereof on or prior to Maturity; provided, however, that
in the case of the provision for payment or redemption of less
than all the Securities of any series or Tranche, such Securities
or portions thereof shall have been selected by the Trustee as
provided herein and, in the case of a redemption, the notice
requisite to the validity of such redemption shall have been
given or irrevocable authority shall have been given by the
Company to the Trustee to give such notice, under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee; and provided, further, that the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and such Paying
Agent:
(x) if such deposit shall have been made prior to
the Maturity of such Securities, a Company Order
stating that the money and Eligible Obligations
deposited in accordance with this Section shall be held
in trust, as provided in Section 703; and
(y) if Eligible Obligations shall have been
deposited, an Opinion of Counsel that the obligations
so deposited constitute Eligible Obligations and do not
contain provisions permitting the redemption or other
prepayment at the option of the issuer thereof, and an
opinion of an independent public accountant of
nationally recognized standing, selected by the
Company, to the effect that the requirements set forth
in clause (b) above have been satisfied; and
(z) if such deposit shall have been made prior to
the Maturity of such Securities, an Officer's
Certificate stating the Company's intention that, upon
delivery of such Officer's Certificate, its
indebtedness in respect of such Securities or portions
thereof will have been satisfied and discharged as
contemplated in this Section.
Upon the deposit of money or Eligible Obligations, or
both, in accordance with this Section, together with the
documents required by clauses
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(x), (y) and (z) above, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a
Company Request, acknowledge in writing that the Security or
Securities or portions thereof with respect to which such deposit
was made are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of this
Indenture and that the entire indebtedness of the Company in
respect thereof has been satisfied and discharged as contemplated
in this Section. In the event that all of the conditions set
forth in the preceding paragraph shall have been satisfied in
respect of any Securities or portions thereof except that, for
any reason, the Officer's Certificate specified in clause (z)
shall not have been delivered, such Securities or portions
thereof shall nevertheless be deemed to have been paid for all
purposes of this Indenture, and the Holders of such Securities or
portions thereof shall nevertheless be no longer entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or of any of the covenants of the
Company under Article Six (except the covenants contained in
Sections 602 and 603) or any other covenants made in respect of
such Securities or portions thereof as contemplated by Section
301, but the indebtedness of the Company in respect of such
Securities or portions thereof shall not be deemed to have been
satisfied and discharged prior to Maturity for any other purpose,
and the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof shall
continue to be entitled to look to the Company for payment of the
indebtedness represented thereby; and, upon Company Request, the
Trustee shall acknowledge in writing that such Securities or
portions thereof are deemed to have been paid for all purposes of
this Indenture.
If payment at Stated Maturity of less than all of the
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, is to be
provided for in the manner and with the effect provided in this
Section, the Security Registrar shall select such Securities, or
portions of principal amount thereof, in the manner specified by
Section 403 for selection for redemption of less than all the
Securities of a series or Tranche.
In the event that Securities which shall be deemed to
have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is
the case, in respect of which the Company's indebtedness shall
have been satisfied and discharged, all as provided in this
Section do not mature and are not to be redeemed within the 60
day period commencing with the date of the deposit of moneys or
Eligible Obligations, as aforesaid, the Company shall, as
promptly as practicable, give a notice, in the same manner as a
notice of redemption with respect to such Securities, to the
Holders of such Securities to the effect that such deposit has
been made and the effect thereof.
Notwithstanding that any Securities shall be deemed to
have been paid for purposes of this Indenture, as aforesaid, the
obligations of the Company and the Trustee in respect of such
Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 503 (as to notice
of redemption), 602, 603, 907 and 915 and this Article Seven
shall survive.
The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee
or any Paying Agent with which Eligible Obligations shall have
been deposited as provided in this Section against, any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against such Eligible
Obligations or the principal or interest received in respect of
such Eligible Obligations, including, but not limited to, any
such tax payable by any entity deemed, for tax purposes, to have
been created as a result of such deposit.
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Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a)
if, at any time after a Security would be deemed to have been
paid for purposes of this Indenture, and, if such is the case,
the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof would be deemed to
have been satisfied or discharged, pursuant to this Section
(without regard to the provisions of this paragraph), the Trustee
or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall be required to
return the money or Eligible Obligations, or combination thereof,
deposited with it as aforesaid to the Company or its
representative under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, such Security shall thereupon be
deemed retroactively not to have been paid and any satisfaction
and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof
shall retroactively be deemed not to have been effected, and such
Security shall be deemed to remain Outstanding and (b) any
satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in
respect of any Security shall be subject to the provisions of the
last paragraph of Section 603.
SECTION 702. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be
of further effect (except as hereinafter expressly provided), and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when
(a) no Securities remain Outstanding hereunder; and
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company;
provided, however, that if, in accordance with the last paragraph
of Section 701, any Security, previously deemed to have been paid
for purposes of this Indenture, shall be deemed retroactively not
to have been so paid, this Indenture shall thereupon be deemed
retroactively not to have been satisfied and discharged, as
aforesaid, and to remain in full force and effect, and the
Company shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Trustee
shall reasonably request to evidence and acknowledge the same.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture as aforesaid, the obligations of the Company and the
Trustee under Sections 304, 305, 306, 404, 503 (as to notice of
redemption), 602, 603, 907 and 915 and this Article Seven shall
survive.
Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as
provided in this Section, the Trustee shall assign, transfer and
turn over to the Company, subject to the lien provided by Section
907, any and all money, securities and other property then held
by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
other than money and Eligible Obligations held by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 703.
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SECTION 703. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
Neither the Eligible Obligations nor the money
deposited pursuant to Section 701, nor the principal or interest
payments on any such Eligible Obligations, shall be withdrawn or
used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for,
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities or portions of principal
amount thereof in respect of which such deposit was made, all
subject, however, to the provisions of Section 603; provided,
however, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default, any cash received from such
principal or interest payments on such Eligible Obligations, if
not then needed for such purpose, shall, to the extent
practicable and upon Company Request, be invested in Eligible
Obligations of the type described in clause (b) in the first
paragraph of Section 701 maturing at such times and in such
amounts as shall be sufficient, together with any other moneys
and the principal of and interest on any other Eligible
Obligations then held by the Trustee, to pay when due the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and
to become due on such Securities or portions thereof on and prior
to the Maturity thereof, and interest earned from such
reinvestment shall be paid over to the Company as received, free
and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture
except the lien provided by Section 907; and provided, further,
that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing
an Event of Default, any moneys held in accordance with this
Section on the Maturity of all such Securities in excess of the
amount required to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, then due on such Securities shall be paid over
to the Company free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge under
this Indenture except the lien provided by Section 907; and
provided, further, that if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, moneys to be paid over to the Company
pursuant to this Section shall be held until such Event of
Default shall have been waived or cured.
ARTICLE EIGHT
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION 801. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect
to Securities of any series, means any one of the following
events:
(a) failure to pay interest, if any, on any Security
of such series within 30 days after the same becomes due and
payable; provided, however, that a valid extension of the
interest payment period by the Company as contemplated in
Section 312 of this Indenture shall not constitute a failure
to pay interest for this purpose; or
(b) failure to pay the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security of such series at its Maturity; or
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(c) failure to perform or breach of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which
or breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of
Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail,
to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 33% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to
be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
Default" hereunder, unless the Trustee, or the Trustee and
the Holders of a principal amount of Securities of such
series not less than the principal amount of Securities the
Holders of which gave such notice, as the case may be, shall
agree in writing to an extension of such period prior to its
expiration; provided, however, that the Trustee, or the
Trustee and the Holders of such principal amount of
Securities of such series, as the case may be, shall be
deemed to have agreed to an extension of such period if
corrective action is initiated by the Company within such
period and is being diligently pursued; or
(d) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises of (1) a decree or order for relief in respect of
the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (2) a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition by one or more Persons other
than the Company seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company
under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official for the Company or
for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
shall have remained unstayed and in effect for a period of
90 consecutive days; or
(e) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of
a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in a
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case
or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition
or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under
any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to
the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, or the authorization
of such action by the Board of Directors; or
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(f) any other Event of Default specified with respect
to Securities of such series.
SECTION 802. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default due to the default in payment of
principal of, or interest on, any series of Securities or due to
the default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or
warranty of the Company applicable to the Securities of such
series but not applicable to all Outstanding Securities shall
have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 33% in principal amount of the
Securities of such series may then declare the principal amount
(or, if any of the Securities of such series are Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms thereof as contemplated by Section 301) of
all Securities of such series and interest accrued thereon to be
due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default due to
default in the performance of any other of the covenants or
agreements herein applicable to all Outstanding Securities or an
Event of Default specified in Section 801(d) or (e) shall have
occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 33% in principal amount of all Securities then
Outstanding (considered as one class), and not the Holders of the
Securities of any one of such series, may declare the principal
of all Securities and interest accrued thereon to be due and
payable immediately. As a consequence of each such declaration
(herein referred to as a declaration of acceleration) with
respect to Securities of any series, the principal amount (or
portion thereof in the case of Discount Securities) of such
Securities and interest accrued thereon shall become due and
payable immediately.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration
with respect to Securities of any series shall have been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due shall
have been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article
provided, the Event or Events of Default giving rise to such
declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed
to have been waived, and such declaration and its consequences
shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and
annulled, if
(a) the Company shall have paid or deposited with the
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(1) all overdue interest on all Securities of
such series;
(2) the principal of and premium, if any, on any
Securities of such series which have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities;
(3) to the extent that payment of such interest
is lawful, interest upon overdue interest, if any, at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities;
(4) all amounts due to the Trustee under Section
907;
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(b) any other Event or Events of Default with respect
to Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of
the principal of Securities of such series which shall have
become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 813.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default
or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 803. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR
ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b)
of Section 801 shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company
shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of
the Holders of the Securities of the series with respect to which
such Event of Default shall have occurred, the whole amount then
due and payable on such Securities for principal and premium, if
any, and interest, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law,
interest on any overdue principal and interest, at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any
amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907.
If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of
an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the
collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such
proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any
other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
any series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may
in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 804. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership,
insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the
property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of
the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed
or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Trustee shall have made any demand on the
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Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for amounts due to the Trustee under Section 907) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Trustee any amounts due it under Section 907.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights
of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 805. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or
the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Securities or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 806. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of
such money on account of principal or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money shall have been
collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee
under Section 907;
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SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid upon the Securities for principal of and premium, if
any, and interest, if any, in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably,
without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the
Company or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive
the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
SECTION 807. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such Holder shall have previously given written
notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of such series;
(b) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in
respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, considered as one class, shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee
hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to
institute any such proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written
request shall have been given to the Trustee during such 60-
day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series
in respect of which an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, considered as one class;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such
Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of,
or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders or
to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal
and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
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SECTION 808. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE
PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is
absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of and premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 307 and 312)
interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 809. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture
and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the
Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject
to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, and Trustee
and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and such Holder shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 810. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 811. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of
any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every
right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 812. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing in respect of a series of Securities, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
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available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such
series; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing with respect to more than one series
of Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series,
considered as one class, shall have the right to make such
direction, and not the Holders of the Securities of any one of
such series; and provided, further, that such direction shall not
be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture. The
Trustee may take any other action, deemed proper by the Trustee,
which is not inconsistent with any such direction. Before
proceeding to exercise any right or power hereunder at the
direction of such Holders, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive from such Holders reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with any such direction.
SECTION 813. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf
of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any
past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on any Security of such series, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Section 1202 cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to
exist, and any and all Events of Default arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 814. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
The Company and the Trustee agree, and each Holder by
his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in
any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and
that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant
in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any
suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which such
suit may be brought, considered as one class, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of
the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Security on or
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after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).
SECTION 815. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or
plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or
at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or
the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit
or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE NINE
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 901. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) The Trustee shall have and be subject to all the
duties and responsibilities specified with respect to an
indenture trustee in the Trust Indenture Act and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee. For purposes of Sections 315(a) and
315(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, the term "default" is
hereby defined as an Event of Default which has occurred and
is continuing.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or
powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Indenture to the contrary, the duties and responsibilities
of the Trustee under this Indenture shall be subject to the
protections, exculpations and limitations on liability
afforded to the Trustee under the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
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SECTION 902. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
The Trustee shall give notice of any default hereunder
with respect to the Securities of any series to the Holders of
Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent
required to do so by the Trust Indenture Act, unless such default
shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in the
case of any default of the character specified in Section 801(c),
no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 45 days
after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section,
the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or
lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default.
SECTION 903. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 901 and to the
applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request
or Company Order, or as otherwise expressly provided herein,
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture
the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved
or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the
written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder pursuant
to this Indenture, unless such Holder shall have offered to
the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement,
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instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall (subject to applicable
legal requirements) be entitled to examine, during normal
business hours, the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents or attorneys, and the
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
any default or Event of Default, as the case may be, with
respect to the Securities of any series for which it is
acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of the default or
Event of Default, as the case may be, or (2) written notice
of such default or Event of Default, as the case may be,
shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, any
other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such
Securities.
SECTION 904. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities
(except the Trustee's certificates of authentication) shall be
taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee
nor any Authenticating Agent assumes responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.
Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 905. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
Each of the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any
Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the
Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 908 and
913, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it
would have if it were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent,
Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 906. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not
be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by
law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as expressly provided
herein or otherwise agreed with, and for the sole benefit of, the
Company.
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SECTION 907. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company shall
(a) pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder
(which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of
law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or
made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel),
except to the extent that any such expense, disbursement or
advance may be attributable to the Trustee's negligence,
wilful misconduct or bad faith; and
(c) indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless
from and against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably
incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or
expense may be attributable to its negligence, wilful
misconduct or bad faith.
As security for the performance of the obligations of
the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien
prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Trustee as such other than property and funds
held in trust under Section 703 (except as otherwise provided in
Section 703). "Trustee" for purposes of this Section shall
include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the
negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee
hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee
hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 801(d)
or Section 801(e), the expenses (including the reasonable charges
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the
services are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
The provisions of this Section 907 shall survive the
termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 908. DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee shall have or acquire any conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall
either eliminate such
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conflicting interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and
with the effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the
Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For purposes of Section
310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and to the extent permitted
thereby, the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee in respect of
the Securities of any series, shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest arising from its capacity as trustee in
respect of the Securities of any other series or any securities
of any series issued under the Indenture (For Unsecured Debt
Securities Series A) dated as of October 1, 1997 of the Company
to The Bank of New York, as trustee, the Indenture (For Unsecured
Debt Securities Series B) dated as of October 1, 1997 of the
Company to The Bank of New York, as trustee, the Indenture (For
Unsecured Debt Securities Series C), dated as of January 1, 1998
of the Company to The Bank of New York, as trustee, the Purchase
Contract Agreement dated as of July 1, 1998 of the Company to The
Bank of New York, as agent, attorney-in-fact and trustee, the
Indenture (For Unsecured Debt Securities Series D and Series E),
dated as of July 1, 1998 of the Company to The Bank of New York,
as trustee, or the Indenture (For Unsecured Debt Securities
Series F), dated as of October 1, 1998 of the Company to The Bank
of New York, as trustee.
SECTION 909. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which
shall be
(a) a corporation organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States, any State or Territory
thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, or
(b) if and to the extent permitted by the Commission
by rule, regulation or order upon application, a corporation
or other Person organized and doing business under the laws
of a foreign government, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or the Dollar equivalent
of the applicable foreign currency and subject to
supervision or examination by authority of such foreign
government or a political subdivision thereof substantially
equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to
United States institutional trustees,
and, in either case, qualified and eligible under this Article
and the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of such supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter
specified in this Article.
SECTION 910. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective
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until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
911.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written
notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 911
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with
respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to
the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section
908 after written request therefor by the Company or by
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder for at least
six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 909 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder,
or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting
or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs
for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case, (x) the Company by a Board
Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all
Securities or (y) subject to Section 814, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the
appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the
office of Trustee for any cause (other than as contemplated
in clause (y) in Subsection (d) of this Section), with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities
of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at
any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with
the applicable requirements of Section 911. If, within one
year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements
of Section 911, become the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and to that
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extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 911, any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
(f) So long as no event which is, or after notice or
lapse of time, or both, would become, an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, and except with
respect to a Trustee appointed by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
pursuant to Subsection (e) of this Section, if the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee (i) a Board Resolution
appointing a successor Trustee, effective as of a date
specified therein, and (ii) an instrument of acceptance of
such appointment, effective as of such date, by such
successor Trustee in accordance with Section 911, the
Trustee shall be deemed to have resigned as contemplated in
Subsection (b) of this Section, the successor Trustee shall
be deemed to have been appointed by the Company pursuant to
Subsection (e) of this Section and such appointment shall be
deemed to have been accepted as contemplated in Section 911,
all as of such date, and all other provisions of this
Section and Section 911 shall be applicable to such
resignation, appointment and acceptance except to the extent
inconsistent with this Subsection (f).
(g) The Company (or, should the Company fail so to act
promptly, the successor trustee at the expense of the
Company) shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written
notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and the address of its
corporate trust office.
SECTION 911. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of all
series, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment,
and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment
of all sums owed to it, execute and deliver an
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instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee
and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall
accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer
and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring
shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-
trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall
be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart
from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent
provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested
with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of
all sums owed to it, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any instruments which fully vest in
and confirm to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in Subsection (a) or (b) of
this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee
shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
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SECTION 912. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee,
shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case
any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered,
by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee
had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 913. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
If the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities (other than by
reason of a relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act), the Trustee shall be subject to any and all
applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the
collection of claims against the Company or such other obligor.
For purposes of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) the term "cash transaction" means any transaction
in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made
within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities
in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or
bankers and payable upon demand;
(b) the term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft,
▇▇▇▇ of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made,
drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose
of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing,
shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and
which is secured by documents evidencing title to,
possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or
merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the
sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously
constituting the security, provided the security is received
by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the
creditor relationship with the Company arising from the
making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, ▇▇▇▇
of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
SECTION 914. CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE TRUSTEES.
At any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the
legal requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company
and the Trustee shall have power to appoint, and, upon the
written request of the Trustee or of the Holders of at least 33%
in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, the
Company shall for such purpose join with the Trustee in the
execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by
the Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the
Trustee, or to act as separate trustee, in either
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case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of
appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in the
capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or power deemed
necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this
Section. If the Company does not join in such appointment within
15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Trustee alone shall have power to make such appointment.
Should any written instrument or instruments from the
Company be required by any co-trustee or separate trustee so
appointed to more fully confirm to such co-trustee or separate
trustee such property, title, right or power, any and all such
instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and
delivered by the Company.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the
extent permitted by law, but to such extent only, be appointed
subject to the following conditions:
(a) the Securities shall be authenticated and
delivered, and all rights, powers, duties and obligations
hereunder in respect of the custody of securities, cash and
other personal property held by, or required to be deposited
or pledged with, the Trustee hereunder, shall be exercised
solely, by the Trustee;
(b) the rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee in respect of any
property covered by such appointment shall be conferred or
imposed upon and exercised or performed either by the
Trustee or by the Trustee and such co-trustee or separate
trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the instrument
appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to
the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act is to be performed, the Trustee shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which
event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be
exercised and performed by such co-trustee or separate
trustee;
(c) the Trustee at any time, by an instrument in
writing executed by it, with the concurrence of the Company,
may accept the resignation of or remove any co-trustee or
separate trustee appointed under this Section, and, if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or
remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the
concurrence of the Company. Upon the written request of the
Trustee, the Company shall join with the Trustee in the
execution and delivery of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or
removal. A successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee
so resigned or removed may be appointed in the manner
provided in this Section;
(d) no co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall
be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the
Trustee, or any other such trustee hereunder; and
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(e) any Act of Holders delivered to the Trustee shall
be deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and
separate trustee.
SECTION 915. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or
Agents with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or
Tranche thereof, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series or Tranche
issued upon original issuance and upon exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section
306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.
Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the
Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of
authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States,
any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having
a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may
be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or
any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall
continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation
shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part
of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by
giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company.
The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at
any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be
acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent
upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested
with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor
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Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent
from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under
this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed
for such payments, in accordance with, and subject to the
provisions of, Section 907.
The provisions of Sections 308, 904 and 905 shall be
applicable to each Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment with respect to the Securities of one
or more series shall be made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition
to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication substantially in the following
form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating
Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
If all of the Securities of a series may not be
originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have
an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original
issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes
to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing
(which writing need not comply with Section 102 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint, in
accordance with this Section and in accordance with such
procedures as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an
Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment
designated by the Company with respect to such series of
Securities.
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ARTICLE TEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 1001. LISTS OF HOLDERS.
Semiannually, not later than June 1 and December 1 in
each year, commencing December 1, 1998, and at such other times
as the Trustee may request in writing, the Company shall furnish
or cause to be furnished to the Trustee information as to the
names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall
preserve such information and similar information received by it
in any other capacity and afford to the Holders access to
information so preserved by it, all to such extent, if any, and
in such manner as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that no such list need be furnished so long as
the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.
SECTION 1002. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Not later than November 1 in each year, commencing
November 1, 1998, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders, the
Commission and each securities exchange upon which any Securities
are listed, a report, dated as of the next preceding September
15, with respect to any events and other matters described in
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, in such manner and to
the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee
shall transmit to the Holders, the Commission and each securities
exchange upon which any Securities are listed, and the Company
shall file with the Trustee (within 30 days after filing with the
Commission in the case of reports which pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act must be filed with the Commission and furnished to
the Trustee) and transmit to the Holders, such other information,
reports and other documents, if any, at such times and in such
manner, as shall be required by the Trust Indenture Act. The
Company shall notify the Trustee of the listing of any Securities
on any securities exchange.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR OTHER TRANSFER
SECTION 1101. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN
TERMS.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into
any other corporation, or convey or otherwise transfer or lease
its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, unless
(a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety shall be a Person organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or
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the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities and the
performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part
of the Company to be performed or observed;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction no Event of Default, and no event which, after
notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, or
other transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transactions have been
complied with.
SECTION 1102. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by
the Company into any other corporation or any conveyance, or
other transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section
1101, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person to which such
conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person
shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities Outstanding hereunder.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 1201. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to
the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the
covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities, all
as provided in Article Eleven; or
(b) to add one or more covenants of the Company or
other provisions for the benefit of all Holders or for the
benefit of the Holders of, or to remain in effect only so
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long as there shall be Outstanding, Securities of one or
more specified series, or one or more specified Tranches
thereof, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(c) to add any additional Events of Default with
respect to all or any series of Securities Outstanding
hereunder; or
(d) to change or eliminate any provision of this
Indenture or to add any new provision to this Indenture;
provided, however, that if such change, elimination or
addition shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series or Tranche Outstanding on the
date of such indenture supplemental hereto in any material
respect, such change, elimination or addition shall become
effective with respect to such series or Tranche only
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1202 hereof or when no
Security of such series or Tranche remains Outstanding; or
(e) to provide collateral security for all but not
part of the Securities; or
(f) to establish the form or terms of Securities of
any series or Tranche as contemplated by Sections 201 and
301; or
(g) to provide for the authentication and delivery of
bearer securities and coupons appertaining thereto
representing interest, if any, thereon and for the
procedures for the registration, exchange and replacement
thereof and for the giving of notice to, and the
solicitation of the vote or consent of, the holders thereof,
and for any and all other matters incidental thereto; or
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a separate or successor Trustee or
co-trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 911(b); or
(i) to provide for the procedures required to permit
the Company to utilize, at its option, a noncertificated
system of registration for all, or any series or Tranche of,
the Securities; or
(j) to change any place or places where (1) the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof,
shall be payable, (2) all or any series of Securities, or
any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, (3) all or any series of Securities, or any
Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for exchange and (4)
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of all
or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, and
this Indenture may be served; or
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(k) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement
any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent
with any other provision herein, or to make any other
changes to the provisions hereof or to add other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture, provided that such other changes or additions
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or Tranche in any material respect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if
the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at the date of the execution
and delivery of this Indenture or at any time thereafter shall be
amended and
(x) if any such amendment shall require one or
more changes to any provisions hereof or the inclusion
herein of any additional provisions, or shall by
operation of law be deemed to effect such changes or
incorporate such provisions by reference or otherwise,
this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended so
as to conform to such amendment to the Trust Indenture
Act, and the Company and the Trustee may, without the
consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture
supplemental hereto to effect or evidence such changes
or additional provisions; or
(y) if any such amendment shall permit one or
more changes to, or the elimination of, any provisions
hereof which, at the date of the execution and delivery
hereof or at any time thereafter, are required by the
Trust Indenture Act to be contained herein, this
Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended to
effect such changes or elimination, and the Company and
the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders,
enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to evidence
such amendment hereof.
SECTION 1202. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then
Outstanding under this Indenture, considered as one class, by Act
of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities
of such series under the Indenture; provided, however, that if
there shall be Securities of more than one series Outstanding
hereunder and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly
affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of one or more,
but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected,
considered as one class, shall be required; and provided,
further, that if the Securities of any series shall have been
issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental
indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of
Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches,
then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches
so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be
required; and provided, further, that no such supplemental
indenture shall:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of principal of or interest on, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate
of interest thereon (or the amount of any installment of
interest thereon) or change the method of calculating such
rate or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
802, or change the coin or currency (or other property), in
which any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity of any Security (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date), without, in any such case,
the consent of the Holder of such Security, or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, the consent of the Holders of which is required for
any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the
Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance
with any provision of this Indenture or of any default
hereunder and its consequences, or reduce the requirements
of Section 1304 for quorum or voting, without, in any such
case, the consent of the Holders of each Outstanding
Security of such series or Tranche, or
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section,
Section 607 or Section 813 with respect to the Securities of
any series, or any Tranche thereof, except to increase the
percentages in principal amount referred to in this Section
or such other Sections or to provide that other provisions
of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be
deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant
changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 911(b), 914 and
1201(h).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant
or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been
included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or one or more Tranches thereof, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not
to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of
Securities of any other series or Tranche.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof. A waiver by a Holder of
such Holder's right to consent under this Section shall be deemed
to be a consent of such Holder.
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SECTION 1203. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts
created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article
or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to Section 901) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 1204. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under
this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance
therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of
this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby. Any supplemental indenture permitted by
this Article may restate this Indenture in its entirety, and,
upon the execution and delivery thereof, any such restatement
shall supersede this Indenture as theretofore in effect for all
purposes.
SECTION 1205. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act as then in effect.
SECTION 1206. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES.
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental
indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of
any series, or any Tranche thereof, so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche.
SECTION 1207. MODIFICATION WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
If the terms of any particular series of Securities
shall have been established in a Board Resolution or an Officer's
Certificate as contemplated by Section 301, and not in an
indenture supplemental hereto, additions to, changes in or the
elimination of any of such terms may be effected by means of a
supplemental Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate, as the
case may be, delivered to, and accepted by, the Trustee;
provided, however, that such supplemental Board Resolution or
Officer's Certificate shall not be accepted by the Trustee or
otherwise be effective unless all conditions set forth in this
Indenture which would be required to be satisfied if such
additions, changes or elimination were contained in a
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supplemental indenture shall have been appropriately satisfied.
Upon the acceptance thereof by the Trustee, any such supplemental
Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate shall be deemed to be
a "supplemental indenture" for purposes of Section 1204 and 1206.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS; ACTION WITHOUT MEETING
SECTION 1301. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of one or more, or
all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, may be called at
any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make,
give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of
such series or Tranches.
SECTION 1302. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of
Holders of Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any
Tranche or Tranches thereof, for any purpose specified in
Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the
Trustee shall determine, or, with the approval of the
Company, at any other place. Notice of every such meeting,
setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such
meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section
106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting.
(b) If the Trustee shall have been requested to call a
meeting of the Holders of Securities of one or more, or all,
series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof, by the Company
or by the Holders of 33% in aggregate principal amount of
all of such series and Tranches, considered as one class,
for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall
not have given the notice of such meeting within 21 days
after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter
proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein,
then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series
and Tranches in the amount above specified, as the case may
be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, or in such other place as
shall be determined or approved by the Company, for such
meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by
giving notice thereof as provided in Subsection (a) of this
Section.
(c) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of one or
more, or all, series, or any Tranche or Tranches thereof,
shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all
Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches are
present in person or by proxy and if representatives of the
Company and the Trustee are present, or if notice is waived
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in writing before or after the meeting by the Holders of all
Outstanding Securities of such series, or any Tranche or
Tranches thereof, or by such of them as are not present at
the meeting in person or by proxy, and by the Company and
the Trustee.
SECTION 1303. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of one or more, or all, series, or any Tranche or
Tranches thereof, a Person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more
Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranches, or (b) a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a
Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such
series or Tranches by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons
who shall be entitled to attend any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series or Tranche shall be the Persons entitled
to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of
the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1304. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and
Tranches with respect to which a meeting shall have been called
as hereinbefore provided, considered as one class, shall
constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of
such series and Tranches; provided, however, that if any action
is to be taken at such meeting which this Indenture expressly
provides may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage,
which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as
one class, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
and Tranches, considered as one class, shall constitute a quorum.
In the absence of a quorum within one hour of the time appointed
for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the
request of Holders of Securities of such series and Tranches, be
dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for
such period as may be determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a
quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may
be further adjourned for such period as may be determined by the
chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Except as provided by Section 1305(e), notice
of the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for more than 30 days
shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a) not less than 10
days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting
shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and
Tranches which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by Section 1202, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at
which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series and
Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have been
called, considered as one class; provided, however, that, except
as so limited, any resolution with respect to any action which
this Indenture expressly provides
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may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is
less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series and Tranches, considered as one class,
may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly
reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series and
Tranches, considered as one class.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting
of Holders of Securities duly held in accordance with this
Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of the
series and Tranches with respect to which such meeting shall have
been held, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 1305. ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS; DETERMINATION OF VOTING
RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities
may be in person or by proxy; and, to the extent permitted
by law, any such proxy shall remain in effect and be binding
upon any future Holder of the Securities with respect to
which it was given unless and until specifically revoked by
the Holder or future Holder of such Securities before being
voted.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations
as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of
Securities in regard to proof of the holding of such
Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard
to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the
submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by
any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 104. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their
face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof
specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(c) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing,
appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the
meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders
as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or
the Holders of Securities of the series and Tranches calling
the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner
appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a
permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote
of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series
and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one
class.
(d) At any meeting each Holder or proxy shall be
entitled to one vote for each $1 principal amount of
Securities held or represented by him; provided, however,
that no vote shall be cast or counted at any
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meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not
Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be
not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or proxy.
(e) Any meeting duly called pursuant to Section 1302
at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to
time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series
and Tranches represented at the meeting, considered as one
class; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without
further notice.
SECTION 1306. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting
of Holders shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial
numbers of the Outstanding Securities, of the series and Tranches
with respect to which the meeting shall have been called, held or
represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall
appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at
the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and
file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports of all votes cast at the meeting. A record of the
proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said
record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the
notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as
provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each
copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the
permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy
shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to
be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto
the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and
verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein
stated.
SECTION 1307. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
In lieu of a vote of Holders at a meeting as
hereinbefore contemplated in this Article, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
may be made, given or taken by Holders by written instruments as
provided in Section 104.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 1401. LIABILITY SOLELY CORPORATE.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Securities, or any part thereof, or for any claim based thereon
or otherwise in respect thereof, or of the indebtedness
represented thereby, or upon any obligation,
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covenant or agreement under this Indenture, against any
incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, as such, past,
present or future of the Company or of any predecessor or
successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or
a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any
constitutional provision, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being
expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the
Securities are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal
liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any
incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, past, present or
future, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, either directly or indirectly through the Company or
any predecessor or successor corporation, because of the
indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of
the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities or to be implied herefrom
or therefrom, and that any such personal liability is hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of
the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the
issuance of the Securities.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
SERIES G NOTES
SECTION 1501. DESIGNATION OF SERIES G NOTES.
There is hereby created a series of Securities
designated "Floating Rate Senior Notes due April 20, 2000"
(herein sometimes referred to as "Series G Notes") and limited in
aggregate principal amount (except as contemplated in Section
301(b) hereof) to $125,000,000. The form and terms of the Series
G Notes shall be established in an Officer's Certificate pursuant
to Sections 201 and 301.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first
above written.
TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Treasurer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, Trustee
By: /s/ W.N. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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W.N. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Vice President