EXHIBIT 4.1
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TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ,
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DEBT SECURITIES
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA INDENTURE
SECTION SECTION
310 (a)(1).............................................. 7.10
(a)(2).............................................. 7.10
(a)(3).............................................. N.A.
(a)(4).............................................. N.A.
(b)................................................. 7.08; 7.10; 11.02
(c)................................................. N.A.
311 (a)................................................. 7.11
(b)................................................. 7.11
(c)................................................. N.A.
312 (a)................................................. 2.07
(b)................................................. 11.03
(c)................................................. 11.03
313 (a)................................................. 7.06
(b)(1).............................................. N.A.
(b)(2).............................................. 7.06
(c)................................................. 11.02
(d)................................................. 7.06
314 (a)................................................. 4.06; 11.02
(b)................................................. N.A.
(c)(1).............................................. 11.04
(c)(2).............................................. 11.04
(c)(3).............................................. N.A.
(d)................................................. N.A.
(e)................................................. 11.05
(f)................................................. N.A.
315 (a)................................................. 7.01(b)
(b)................................................. 7.05; 11.02
(c)................................................. 7.01(a)
(d)................................................. 7.01(c)
(e)................................................. 6.11
316 (a)(last sentence).................................. 11.06
(a)(1)(A)........................................... 6.05
(a)(1)(B)........................................... 6.04
(a)(2).............................................. N.A.
(b)................................................. 6.07
317 (a)(1).............................................. 6.08
(a)(2).............................................. 6.09
(b)................................................. 2.06
318 (a)................................................. 11.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
1.01. Definitions.................................................... 6
1.02. Other Definitions.............................................. 12
1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.............. 12
1.04. Rules of Construction.......................................... 12
ARTICLE TWO
The Securities
2.01. Forms Generally................................................ 13
2.02. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................... 13
2.03. Denominations.................................................. 16
2.04. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating................. 16
Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Authenticating
2.05. Agent.......................................................... 18
2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust............. 20
2.07. Securityholder Lists........................................... 20
2.08. Transfer and Exchange.......................................... 20
2.09. Replacement Securities......................................... 23
2.10. Securities in Global Form...................................... 24
2.11. Temporary Securities........................................... 25
2.12. Cancellation................................................... 25
2.13. Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest........................ 26
2.14. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................... 26
ARTICLE THREE
Redemption
3.01. Applicability of Article....................................... 27
3.02. Notices to Trustee............................................. 27
3.03. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed......................... 28
3.04. Notice of Redemption........................................... 28
3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption................................. 29
3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................... 30
3.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................... 30
3.08. Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption.................. 30
ARTICLE FOUR
Covenants
4.01. Payment of Securities; Maintenance of Office or Agency......... 31
4.02. Change of Control.............................................. 32
4.03. Designation of Restricted Subsidiaries......................... 35
4.04. Limitation on Liens............................................ 35
4.05. Limitation on Restricted Subsidiary Funded Debt................ 36
4.06. SEC Reports.................................................... 36
4.07. Compliance Certificate......................................... 36
4.08. Corporate Existence............................................ 37
4.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants.................................... 37
4.10. No Lien Created................................................ 37
4.11. Calculation of Original Issue Discount......................... 37
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ARTICLE FIVE
Successor Corporation
5.01. When Company May Merge, etc...................................... 37
ARTICLE SIX
Defaults and Remedies
6.01. Events of Default................................................ 38
6.02. Acceleration..................................................... 39
6.03. Other Remedies................................................... 39
6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults...................................... 40
6.05. Control by Majority.............................................. 40
6.06. Limitation on Suits.............................................. 40
6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert.............. 40
6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee....................................... 41
6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................................. 41
6.10. Priorities....................................................... 41
6.11. Undertaking for Costs............................................ 41
ARTICLE SEVEN
Trustee
7.01. Duties of Trustee................................................ 41
7.02. Rights of Trustee................................................ 42
7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee..................................... 42
7.04. Trustee's and Authenticating Agent's Disclaimer.................. 43
7.05. Notice of Defaults............................................... 43
7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.................................... 43
7.07. Compensation and Indemnity....................................... 43
7.08. Replacement of Trustee........................................... 44
7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc................................. 44
7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.................................... 44
7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company................ 44
ARTICLE EIGHT
Discharge of Indenture
8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations............................. 45
8.02. Application of Trust Fund........................................ 45
8.03. Repayment to Company............................................. 46
ARTICLE NINE
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
9.01. Without Consent of Holders....................................... 46
9.02. With Consent of Holders.......................................... 47
9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.............................. 47
9.04. Effect of Amendments and Supplements............................. 48
9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities............................ 48
9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.................................. 48
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ARTICLE TEN
Conversion
10.01. Applicability of Article....................................... 48
10.02. Conversion Privilege........................................... 48
10.03. Conversion Procedure........................................... 49
10.04. Fractional Shares.............................................. 49
10.05. Taxes on Conversion............................................ 50
10.06. Company to Provide Stock....................................... 50
10.07. Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock......................... 50
10.08. Adjustment for Rights Issue.................................... 51
10.09. Adjustments for Other Distributions............................ 51
10.10. Voluntary Adjustment........................................... 52
10.11. Certain Definitions............................................ 53
10.12. When Adjustment May Be Deferred................................ 54
10.13. When Adjustment Is Not Required................................ 54
10.14. Notice of Adjustment........................................... 54
10.15. Notice of Certain Transactions................................. 54
10.16. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of the Company................... 55
10.17. Company Determination Final.................................... 55
10.18. Trustee's and Conversion Agent's Disclaimer.................... 55
10.19. Simultaneous Adjustments....................................... 55
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Miscellaneous
11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls................................... 56
11.02. Notices........................................................ 56
11.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.................... 57
11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent............. 57
11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.................. 57
11.06. When Treasury Securities Disregarded........................... 58
11.07. Rules by Trustee and Agents.................................... 58
11.08. Legal Holidays................................................. 58
11.09. Governing Law.................................................. 58
11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.................. 58
11.11. No Recourse Against Others..................................... 58
11.12. Successors..................................................... 58
11.13. Duplicate Originals............................................ 58
11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc............................... 59
11.15. Acts of Holders................................................ 59
ARTICLE TWELVE
Meetings of Holders of Securities
12.01. Purposes for which Meetings May be Called...................... 60
12.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings............................. 60
12.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings........................... 60
12.04. Quorum; Action................................................. 61
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
12.05. Meetings....................................................... 61
12.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings................ 62
Signatures.............................................................. 63
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INDENTURE dated as of , between TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("Company"), and , a ("Trustee").
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, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness ("Securities"), to be issued
in one or more series as provided in this Indenture.
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the
equal and ratable benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the
Securities or of series thereof:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01. Definitions.
Additional Amounts means any additional amounts which are required hereby or
by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid
by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified
therein and which are owing to such Holders.
Affiliate of any person means any other person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such person.
Agent means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-Registrar or Conversion Agent.
See Section 2.05.
Authenticating Agent means any person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
hereto to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or
more series.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper, in the English language or in an
official language of the place of publication, customarily published on each
day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not
published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of
general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or
in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications
are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications
may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting
the foregoing requirements in and each case on any day that is a Business Day
in the place of publication.
Bearer Security means any Security which is established pursuant to this
Indenture which is payable to bearer.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
authorized committee thereof.
Business Day, except as may otherwise be provided in the form of Securities
of any particular series, means, with respect to any place of payment or other
location, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a
Legal Holiday in such place of payment or other location.
"Change of Control" means the acquisition by any person (other than the
Company, any Subsidiary or any Controlling Person) during any period of twelve
(12) consecutive months of beneficial ownership of shares of one or more
series of the common stock of the Company representing in the aggregate thirty
percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power of all shares of common
stock of the Company, calculated on a fully diluted basis as of the date
immediately prior to the date of such acquisition (or, if there be more than
one acquisition during such twelve-month period, the date of the last such
acquisition); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change
of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if and for so long as the shares
of common stock beneficially owned by the Controlling Persons represent in the
aggregate 30% or more of the combined voting power of all shares of the common
stock of the Company calculated on a fully diluted basis.
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Company means Tele-Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, until a
successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture
and thereafter means the successor.
Company Stock means the Tele-Communications, Inc. Series A TCI Group Common
Stock, $1.00 par value, as it exists on the date of this Indenture and any
other capital stock into which such Series A TCI Group Common Stock may
thereafter have been changed.
Controlling Person means each of (1) the Chairman of the Board of the
Company as of the date of this Indenture, (2) the President of the Company as
of the date of this Indenture, (3) each of the directors of the Company as of
the date of this Indenture, (4) the respective family members, estates and
heirs of each of the persons referred to in clauses (1) through (3) above and
any trust or other investment vehicle for the primary benefit of any of such
persons or their respective family members or heirs, (5) ▇▇▇▇▇▇-Tribune
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto by merger or
consolidation and (6) the trustee under the Company's Employee Stock Purchase
Plan or any successor plan or any other employee stock ownership or other
employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary. As used with respect
to any person, the term "family member" means the spouse, siblings and lineal
descendants of such person. The trustee under the Company's Employee Stock
Purchase Plan or any successor plan or any other employee stock ownership or
other employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary shall be
deemed to have beneficial ownership of all shares of common stock of the
Company held under the plan, whether or not allocated to or vested in
participants' accounts.
Convertible Securities means any or all options, warrants, securities and
rights, except the Series B Stock and the Securities, which are convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for Company Stock or which otherwise
entitle the holder thereof to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire
Company Stock.
coupon means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
Debt means, with respect to any person: (1) any indebtedness of such person
(i) for borrowed money or (ii) evidenced by a note, debenture or similar
instrument (including a purchase money obligation) given in connection with
the acquisition of any property or assets, including securities; (2) any
guarantee by such person of any indebtedness of others described in the
preceding clause (1); and (3) any amendment, renewal, extension or refunding
of any such indebtedness or guarantee.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time would
be, an Event of Default.
Dollar or $ or U.S. Dollar means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Funded Debt of any person means, as of the date as of which the amount
thereof is to be determined, without duplication, all indebtedness of such
person for borrowed money and all guaranties by such person of any
indebtedness of others for borrowed money, which by its terms has a final
maturity, duration or payment date more than one year from the date of
determination thereof (including, without limitation, any balance of such
indebtedness which was Funded Debt at the time of its creation maturing within
one year from such date of determination) or which has a final maturity,
duration or payment date within one year from such date of determination but
which by its terms may be renewed or extended at the option of such person for
more than one year from such date of determination, whether or not theretofore
renewed or extended. When used with respect to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, the term "Funded Debt" excludes (1) any indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary, (2) any guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
indebtedness of the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary, provided that
such guarantee is not secured by a Lien on Restricted Property, and (3) with
respect to any series of Securities, any indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary to any Unrestricted Subsidiary which indebtedness is
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the
outstanding Securities of such series on terms no less favorable to the
holders of such Securities than those contained in Article Ten of that certain
form of Indenture for subordinated debt securities filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the
Company's Registration
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Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 33- ), pursuant to which the Company's
subordinated debt securities issued under such Indenture would be subordinated
to all Senior Debt of the Company (as defined therein), without giving effect
to any amendment, modification or supplement to, or discharge of, such form of
Indenture after the date hereof, and which indebtedness is not secured by a
Lien on Restricted Property. For purposes of determining the outstanding
principal amount of Funded Debt at any date, the amount of indebtedness issued
at a price less than the principal amount thereof shall be equal to the amount
of the liability in respect thereof at such date determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
Government Obligations, with respect to any Security, means (i) direct
obligations of the government or governments which issued the currency in
which the principal of or any interest on such Security or any Additional
Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or
payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such
government or governments or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government or
governments, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such
government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment
of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such
Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian
is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder
of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or
principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
Holder or Securityholder means, when used with respect to any Security, in
the case of a Registered Security the person in whose name the Security is
registered in the security register and in the case of a Bearer Security the
bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, means the bearer
thereof.
Indenture means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time
and, unless the context indicates otherwise, shall include the form and terms
of a particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after maturity or upon default in any
other payment due on such Security, means interest payable after maturity or
upon such a default, as the case may be.
Interest Payment Date means the date, if any, specified in the Securities of
any series or a coupon representing an installment of interest as the fixed
date on which an installment of interest on the Securities of that series or
such coupon is due and payable.
Leverage Ratio with respect to the Restricted Group means, as of the date of
and after giving effect to any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary and/or any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with Section 4.03, the
ratio of (1) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Funded Debt of
the Restricted Group as of such date to (2) the product of four times the
Restricted Group Cash Flow for the most recent full fiscal quarter for which
financial information is available on such date.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, or other similar
encumbrance.
Maximum Funded Debt Amount means, as of any date of determination thereof,
that amount which is equal to the product of (i) eight and (ii) the product of
(x) the Restricted Group Cash Flow for the most recent full fiscal quarter for
which financial information is available on such date and (y) four.
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National Rating Agency means, when used with respect to Securities of any
series as of any date of determination, any of the following nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations (and, in each case, any successor
thereto) that rate the Securities of such series as of such date of
determination: Duff & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Rating Co.; ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service,
Inc.; Standard & Poor's Securities, Inc.; and Fitch Investors Service, L.P.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President,
the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
Officers' Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an
Officer and an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee. See Sections 11.04 and 11.05.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company or the Trustee. See Sections 11.04 and 11.05.
original issue discount of any debt security, including any Original Issue
Discount Security, means the difference between the principal amount of such
debt security and the initial issue price of such debt security (as set forth,
in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, on the face of such
Security).
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
outstanding, when used with respect to Securities of any series, means as of
the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment, redemption or purchase the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) holds in trust or the Company
(acting as its own Paying Agent) has set aside and segregated in trust on a
maturity date, redemption date, Purchase Date or, if so specified with
respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to Section 2.02 on a date
(or, if so specified, on the Business Day following a date) on which
Securities of such series are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to
any provision thereof providing for such purchase at the option of the
Holder or the Company, money (or securities if permitted by the terms of
such Securities) sufficient to pay Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto payable on that date;
(iii) Securities with respect to which the Company has terminated its
obligations pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof; provided, however, that such
Securities shall continue to be outstanding for all purposes related to
those obligations that survive such termination as provided in Section 8.01
unless and until they cease to be outstanding in accordance with clauses
(i) or (ii) above or clause (iv) below; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.09 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 that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action
hereunder or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders, and for the
purpose of making the calculations required by TIA (S) 313, (x) the principal
amount of an Original Issue 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 6.02,
and (y) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency
or currencies or composite currency shall be the U.S. Dollar equivalent,
determined as of the date of original issuance of such Security, of the
principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, the
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U.S. Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of such Security
of the amount determined as provided in clause (x) above). Subject to the
provisions of Section 11.06, a Security does not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds the Security.
place of payment means, when used with respect to any Security, the place or
places where, subject to the provisions of Section 4.01, the principal of, or
interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 2.02.
Predecessor Securities means, with respect to any Security, every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Security, and, for the purpose of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.09 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken Security or a
Security to which a mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken coupon
appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost,
destroyed or wrongfully-taken Security or the Security to which the mutilated,
lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken coupon appertains, as the case may be.
principal of a debt security, including any Security, means the amount
(including, without limitation, if and to the extent applicable, any premium
and, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, any accrued original
issue discount, but excluding interest) that is payable with respect to such
debt security as of any date and for any purpose (including, without
limitation, in connection with any sinking fund, upon any redemption at the
option of the Company, upon any purchase or exchange at the option of the
Company or the holder of such debt security and upon any acceleration of the
maturity of such debt security).
principal amount of a debt security, including any Security, means (except
as otherwise provided in the definition of "Funded Debt" in this Section 1.01)
the principal amount as set forth on the face of such debt security.
Principal Property means, as of any date of determination, any property or
assets owned by any Restricted Subsidiary other than (1) any such property
which, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of material
importance to the business conducted by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (2) any shares of any class of stock or any
other security of any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Registered Security means any Security issued pursuant to this Indenture
which is registered in the security register.
Regular Record Date means the date, if any, specified in the Registered
Securities of any series as the record date for the determination of
Securityholders to whom interest is payable on the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date.
Restricted Group means, as of any date of determination, the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date after giving effect to any
designations being made on such date in accordance with Section 4.03.
Restricted Group Cash Flow for any period means the Restricted Group Net
Income (as defined below) for such period, plus (A) the sum (without
duplication) of the aggregate of each of the following items of the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent taken into
account as charges to Restricted Group Net Income for such period: (i)
interest expense, (ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization
expense and other noncash charges, (iv) extraordinary items and (v) after-tax
losses on sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business not
otherwise included in extraordinary items in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, minus (B) the sum (without duplication) of the
aggregate of each of the following items of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent taken into account as credits to
Restricted Group Net Income for such period: (i) noncash credits, (ii)
extraordinary items, and (iii) after-tax gains on sales of assets outside of
the ordinary course of business not otherwise included in extraordinary items
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
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For purposes of this definition, (1) "Restricted Group Net Income" for any
period means the aggregate of the net income (loss) for such period of the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided, however,
that (i) the net income (loss) of any person accounted for by the equity
method of accounting and the net income (loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
shall be excluded, except that the net income of any such person or
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be included to the extent of the amount of
dividends or distributions paid by such person or Unrestricted Subsidiary to
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, and (ii) except as
otherwise provided in clause (2) below, the net income (loss) of any other
person acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction
accounted for as a pooling of interests for any period prior to the date of
such acquisition shall be excluded; and (2) if the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary consummated any acquisition or disposition of assets during the
period for which Restricted Group Cash Flow is being calculated, or
consummated any acquisition or disposition of assets subsequent to such period
and on or prior to the date as of which the Leverage Ratio or Maximum Funded
Debt Amount, as applicable, is to be determined, then, in each such case, the
Restricted Group Cash Flow for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma
basis as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred at the beginning of
such period.
Restricted Property means, as of any date of determination, any Principal
Property and any shares of stock of a Restricted Subsidiary owned by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary.
Restricted Subsidiary means, as of any date of determination, a corporation
a majority of whose voting stock is owned by the Company and/or one or more
Restricted Subsidiaries, which corporation has been, or is then being,
designated a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.03, unless and
until designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.03.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities means the Securities that are issued from time to time in one or
more series under this Indenture as such Securities are amended or
supplemented from time to time.
Series B Stock means the Tele-Communications, Inc. Series B TCI Group Common
Stock, $1.00 par value, of the Company as it exists on the date of this
Indenture and stock of any other class into which such Series B TCI Group
Common Stock may thereafter have been changed.
Subsidiary means a corporation a majority of whose voting stock is owned by
the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries. Voting stock is capital stock
having voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect directors.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code (S)(S)77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section
9.03.
Trustee means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it and thereafter means the successor and if at any time there is
more than one such party, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
Trust Officer means any officer or assistant officer in the corporate trust
department of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate
trust matters.
United States, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, means the United States of America (including the States and the
District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
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United States Alien, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, means any person who, for United States Federal income tax
purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-
resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or
a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means, as of any date of determination, any
Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
TERM DEFINED IN SECTION
Act...................................................... 11.15
Average Market Price..................................... 10.11
Bankruptcy Law........................................... 6.01
Code..................................................... 9.01
Conversion Agent......................................... 2.05
current market price..................................... 10.11
Custodian................................................ 6.01
Determination Date....................................... 10.11
Downgrading Agency....................................... 4.02
Event of Default......................................... 6.01
Ex-Dividend Date......................................... 10.11
Legal Holiday............................................ 11.08
Paying Agent............................................. 2.05
Purchase Date............................................ 4.02
Put Event................................................ 4.02
Registrar................................................ 2.05
Threshold Rating......................................... 4.02
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Securities.
indenture security holder means a Securityholder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company and any other
obligor thereon.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the
meanings assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect on
the date of this Indenture;
(3) "or" is not exclusive; and
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include
the singular.
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ARTICLE TWO
The Securities
Section 2.01. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series may be issued as Registered Securities without
coupons attached, or Bearer Securities with or without coupons attached, or
both, and may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global
Securities as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.02. In the
absence of any contrary provisions with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Securities shall be issued as Registered Securities and shall not
be issuable upon the exercise of warrants. Bearer Securities shall be issued
with coupons attached unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities
of any series as contemplated by Section 2.02.
The Securities of each series (including any temporary global Securities)
and related coupons, if any, shall be in one of the forms established from
time to time by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or in or
pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto, which shall set forth
the information required by Section 2.02. The Securities and coupons, if any,
shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or by a resolution
of the Board of Directors and may have such notations, legends or endorsements
as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required by law, stock exchange
rule or usage. The Company shall approve the form or forms of Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto and any notation, legend or endorsement on
them. If the form or forms of Securities of any series or coupons are
established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors
or indenture supplemental hereto, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
written order of the Company contemplated by Section 2.04 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons.
Subject to Section 2.05, the form of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication to be borne by the Securities shall be substantially as
follows:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
as Trustee
By __________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Section 2.02. 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. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or
established in or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
Securities of the series from all other Securities);
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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the
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 the
series pursuant to Sections 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 3.07 or 9.05 and except for
any Securities which pursuant to Section 2.04 are deemed not to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) (A) whether Securities of the series are issuable as Registered
Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and
Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable
with coupons, without coupons or both; (B) any restrictions applicable to
the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities and the terms upon which
Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities
of the series and vice versa (if permitted by applicable laws and
regulations); (C) whether any of the Securities of the series are to be
issuable in global form and, if so, (i) the identity of the depositary with
respect to any such global Security and (ii) whether beneficial owners of
interests in any such global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form
and denomination, and, if so, the circumstances under which and the manner
in which any such exchanges may occur, if other than as specified in
Section 2.08; (D) if any of the Securities of the series are to be issuable
as Bearer Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such
Bearer Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date
of original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued); and (E)
if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether
upon original issue, upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series,
or in exchange for a beneficial ownership interest in a permanent global
Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or
satisfaction of other conditions, or if Securities of the series are
initially issuable in temporary global form and if owners of beneficial
interests therein may exchange such interest for an interest in a permanent
global Security only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms
of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(4) (A) the person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than 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; (B) the manner in
which, or the person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the
series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender
of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature; and (C) if
any Securities of the series are to be issuable as Bearer Securities, the
extent to which, or the manner in which, and the terms and conditions
(including certification requirements) upon which, any interest in respect
of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form payable in
respect of an Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary
global Security for a permanent global Security or for definitive
Securities of the series will be paid to any clearing organization with
respect to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its
account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including
certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received
by a clearing organization will be credited to the persons entitled to
interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, and any other requirements
in addition to or in lieu of those provided herein relating to the payment
of interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of Bearer Securities;
(5) the date or dates (and whether fixed or extendible) on which the
principal of Securities of the series is payable;
(6) the rate or rates at which Securities of the series shall bear
interest, or the method of determining the same, if any, the date or dates
from which such interest shall accrue, or the method of determining the
same, if any, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any
Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, whether and under what
circumstances Additional Amounts on Securities of the series or any of them
shall be payable, and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if
other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(7) the place or places where, subject to Section 4.01, the principal of,
any interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of Securities
of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities
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of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, any
Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series
and this Indenture may be served;
(8) any provisions relating to the issuance of Securities of such series
at an original issue discount (including, without limitation, the issue
price thereof, the rate or rates at which such original issue discount
shall accrue, if any, and the date or dates from or to which or period or
periods during which such original issue discount shall accrue at such rate
or rates);
(9) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed or otherwise purchased, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise (including, without
limitation, the form or method of payment thereof if other than in cash);
(10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Securityholder thereof and the price or
prices at which and the period or periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased
or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation (including,
without limitation, the form or method of payment thereof if other than in
cash);
(11) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which
payment of the principal of, any interest on and any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of the Securities of the series shall be payable, or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, if other than
Dollars;
(12) if the principal of, any interest on or any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of the Securities of the series is to be payable, at the
election of the Company or a Securityholder, in a currency or currencies,
including composite currencies, other than that in which the Securities of
such series are denominated or stated to be payable, the terms and
conditions upon which such election may be made and the method for
determining amounts payable;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of or interest on the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index,
formula or other method or methods (which index, formula, method or methods
may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, commodities,
equity indices or other indices), the terms and conditions upon which and
the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(14) the denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series
shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, and the denominations in which Bearer Securities of the
series shall be issuable if other than denomination of $5,000;
(15) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 or provable
in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 6.09, or, if applicable, which is
convertible in accordance with Article Ten;
(16) any Events of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular
series in lieu of or in addition to those set forth herein and the remedies
therefor;
(17) the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the conversion of
Securities of such series into Company Stock and the terms and conditions
upon which such conversion shall be effected (including, without
limitation, the initial conversion price or rate, the conversion period and
any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this
Indenture relative to such obligation);
(18) if any Securities of the series are to be issuable upon the exercise
of warrants, this shall be so established and (if established by resolution
of the Board of Directors) so set forth, as well as the time, manner and
place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(19) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and,
if not the Trustee, the identity of each Registrar, Paying Agent or
Conversion Agent with respect to the Securities of the series; and
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(20) any other terms of a particular series (including, without
limitation, if applicable, any designation of Restricted Subsidiaries
pursuant to Section 4.03 and, if other than the period commencing with the
date on which the Securities of that series are first issued and ending
with the maturity thereof, the period during which Section 4.02 would apply
in the event of a Change of Control of the Company), including any terms
which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or
regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing or remarketing of
Securities of that series, and any other provisions expressing or referring
to the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of that series are to
be issued under this Indenture, which terms and provisions are not in
conflict with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that the
addition to or subtraction from or variation of Articles Four, Five, Six,
Eight and Ten (and Sections 1.01 and 1.02, insofar as they relate to the
definition of certain terms as used in such Articles) with regard to the
Securities of a particular series shall not be deemed to constitute a
conflict with the provisions of those Articles.
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer
Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case
of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need
be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise so provided, a series may be
reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities of a series are established by action
taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or indenture
supplemental hereto, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms
or the manner of determining the terms of the Securities of such series. With
respect to Securities of a series which are not to be issued at one time, such
resolution of the Board of Directors or action may provide general terms or
parameters for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific
terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a written
order of the Company or that such terms shall be determined by the Company or
its agents in accordance with a written order of the Company as contemplated
by the last sentence of the fourth paragraph of Section 2.04.
Section 2.03. Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.02 with respect to
any series of Securities and except as provided in Section 2.10, any
Registered Securities of a series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and any Bearer
Securities of a series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in the
denomination of $5,000.
Section 2.04. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company. The Company's seal
shall be reproduced on the Securities. An Officer shall sign the coupons
attached to any Bearer Security for the Company. The signature of any Officer
on the Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto may be manual or
facsimile.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security or a coupon no longer holds
that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Security, the Security
and coupon shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security or coupon shall not be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication on the Security is manually signed by the Trustee or on its
behalf by an Authenticating Agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence
that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 2.12 together with a written statement (which need not comply with
Sections 11.04 and 11.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
stating that such Security has not been issued and sold by the Company, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed not to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series together with any
coupon appertaining thereto executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, and the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions hereof and of
such Securities, authenticate said Securities and deliver said Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto to or upon the written order of the Company,
signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an Assistant Treasurer of the
Company, without any further action by the Company. Unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 2.02, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Further, a Bearer
Security (including a permanent global Bearer Security) may be delivered only
if all applicable certification and other requirements specified as
contemplated by Section 2.02 with respect to the Securities of or within such
series have been satisfied with respect to such Bearer Security (or, if
applicable, a Predecessor Security). Except as permitted by Section 2.09, the
Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all
appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
cancelled. If not all the Securities of a series are to be issued at one time
and if the resolution of the Board of Directors or indenture supplemental
hereto establishing such series as contemplated by Sections 2.01 and 2.02
shall so permit, the written order of the Company may set forth procedures
acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and for
determining the form of terms of particular Securities of such series
including, but not limited to, interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance
and date from which interest shall accrue.
If the form or forms or terms of Securities of the series and any related
coupons have been established in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the
Board of Directors or indentures supplemental hereto as permitted by Sections
2.01 and 2.02, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or
indenture supplemental hereto, that such form or forms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been established
by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or indenture
supplemental hereto, that such terms have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities together with any coupons appertaining thereto,
when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company
in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as
such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders
of such Securities and any coupons;
provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series which are not
to be issued at one time, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such
Opinion of Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first
authentication of Securities of such series and that the opinions described in
clauses (2) and (3) above may state, respectively,
(a) that, when the terms of such Securities and any coupons shall have
been established pursuant to a written order of the Company or pursuant to
such procedures as may be specified from time to time by a written order of
the Company, all as contemplated by and in accordance with a resolution of
the Board of Directors or an Officers' Certificate pursuant to a resolution
of the Board of Directors or indenture supplemental hereto, as the case may
be, such terms will have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and
(b) that such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, when (i)
executed by the Company, (ii) completed, authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in accordance with this Indenture, (iii) issued and
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delivered by the Company and (iv) paid for, all as contemplated by and in
accordance with the aforesaid written order of the Company or specified
procedures, as the case may be, and in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, to general equitable
principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude
do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities and any
coupons.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01, 2.02, 11.04 and this
Section, if all the Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, the resolution of the Board of Directors or indenture supplemental
hereto, the certified copy of the record of action taken pursuant to such
resolution or supplemental indenture, the Officers' Certificate, the written
order of the Company and any other documents otherwise required pursuant to
such Sections need not be delivered at or prior to the time of authentication
of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to
the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series
to be issued, provided, however, that any subsequent request by the Company to
the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Company that as of the date of such
request, the statements made in the Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant
to Section 11.04 at or prior to authentication of the first such Security
shall be true and correct on the date thereof as if made on and as of the date
thereof.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and make
available for delivery any Securities together with any coupons appertaining
thereto under this Section if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will alter the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
With respect to Securities of a series which are not all issued at one time,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of
any of such Securities and any coupons, the form and terms thereof and the
legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the
Opinion of Counsel, Officers' Certificate and other documents delivered
pursuant to Sections 2.01, 2.02, 11.04 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, certificate or other documents have been
superseded or revoked. In connection with the authentication and delivery of
Securities of a series and any coupons which are not all issued at one time,
the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that the Company's instructions to
authenticate and deliver such Securities do not violate any rules, regulations
or orders of any governmental agency or commission having jurisdiction over
the Company.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and
each Bearer Security (including any temporary Bearer Security in global form)
shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 2.02.
Section 2.05. Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Authenticating
Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Registered Securities
of each series may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("Registrar"), an office or agency where Securities of each series may be
presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and an office or agency where
Securities of each series that is convertible may be presented for conversion
("Conversion Agent") and (but without duplication) such offices or agencies in
such locations and for such purposes as may be required as contemplated by
Section 4.01. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Registered Securities
of each series issued hereunder and of their transfer and exchange. The
Company may have one or more co-Registrars (provided that there shall be only
one register, which shall be maintained by the principal Registrar), one or
more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents
with respect to any series. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional
paying agent and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any additional
conversion agent.
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The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of
this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to
maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act
as such.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee Registrar and Paying Agent for
each series and Conversion Agent for any series that is convertible.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to
one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original
issue or upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof
or pursuant to Section 2.09 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 of America, any State
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 such 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 such 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 the 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 and shall give written notice
of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner and to the extent
provided in Section 11.02. 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 Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment of an Authenticating Agent with respect to one or more
series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may
have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate
of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the
following form:
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
as Trustee
By: _________________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By: _________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Section 2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money and Securities in Trust.
Prior to each due date of a principal payment in respect of any Security,
the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum of money or securities
sufficient to make such payment when so becoming due. Each Paying Agent shall
hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders of the relevant series or the
Trustee all money and securities held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
any amount in respect of the Securities of such series, and shall notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate such money
and securities and hold them as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and securities held by it to the
Trustee and account for any funds or securities disbursed. Upon doing so, the
Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money or securities.
Section 2.07. Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable
the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee on or before either (1) April 1 and October 1 in each
year in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of any series which by
their terms do not bear interest prior to maturity (other than upon a default
in any payment upon such a Security) or (2) the Interest Payment Date for
Securities of any other series, but in no event less frequently than semi-
annually, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list
in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the
names and addresses of Securityholders included in the security register.
Section 2.08. Transfer and Exchange.
Upon presentation for registration of transfer of a Registered Security of
any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purposes
in a place of payment for such series, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing
identical terms and provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
in definitive form, a global Security representing all or a portion of the
Securities of or within a series may not be transferred except as a whole by
the depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee
of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or
by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor depositary for such
series or a nominee of such successor depositary.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series (other than
a global Security, except as provided below or as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.02) may be exchanged for other
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Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount and containing identical terms and
provisions, 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. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as contemplated
by Section 2.02, Bearer Securities may not be delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Registered Securities.
If so provided pursuant to Section 2.02 with respect to the Securities of
any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series
(other than a global Security, except as provided below or as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.02) may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of such series containing identical terms of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose in a place of payment for such series, with all
unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If
the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any unmatured coupon or
coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected
if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the
Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or
coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by
the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any
Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall
have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such
payment, provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section
4.01, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation
and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the
United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any
series is surrendered at any such office or agency for such series in exchange
for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of
business at such office or agency (i) on any Regular Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest
Payment Date, or (ii) on any special record date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related date for payment of defaulted
interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the
case may be, and interest or defaulted interest, as the case may be, will not
be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the
case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such
Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange pursuant to the
immediately preceding paragraph, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series as
contemplated by Section 2.02, a global Security may be exchanged only as
provided below in this Section.
If at any time the depositary with respect to a global Security representing
all or a portion of the Securities of or within a series notifies the Company
that it is unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as such depositary, the
Company shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to such Securities.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities as
contemplated by Section 2.02, if a successor depositary is not so appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice, the Company
will execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written order of the Company
as contemplated by Section 2.04 for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Securities of such series (or, if such written order has previously
been delivered, then upon receipt of written instructions from the person or
persons specified in such written order), will authenticate and deliver
Securities of such series in definitive form equal in aggregate principal
amount to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities
representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.
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The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the
Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more global Securities
shall no longer be represented by such global Security or Securities. In such
event the Company will execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written
order of the Company as contemplated by Section 2.04 for the authentication
and delivery of definitive Securities of such series (or, if such written
order has previously been delivered, then upon receipt of written instructions
from the person or persons specified in such written order), will authenticate
and deliver Securities of such series in definitive form equal in aggregate
principal amount to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities
representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.
If a global Security is otherwise exchangeable as specified by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.02(3) with respect to a series of Securities, the
depositary with respect to a global Security representing all or a portion of
the Securities of or within such series may surrender such global Security to
the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged in whole
or in part for Securities of such series in definitive form in the manner and
under the circumstances so specified and on such terms as are acceptable to
the Company and such depositary. In such event, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver or make available for delivery:
(i) to each person specified by such depositary a new Security or
Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized form and
denomination as requested by such person in aggregate principal amount
equal to and in exchange for such person's beneficial interest in the
global Security; and
(ii) unless endorsement of the surrendered global Security as
contemplated by Section 2.10 or another procedure is specified for the
Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.02, to such
depositary a new global Security in a denomination equal to the difference,
if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered global Security and
the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered pursuant to clause
(i) above in exchange for beneficial interests in such surrendered global
Security.
In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the
Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver Securities
(a) in definitive registered form in authorized denominations if the
Securities of such series are issuable as Registered Securities, (b) in
definitive bearer form in authorized denominations if the Securities of such
series are issuable as Bearer Securities or (c) as either Registered or Bearer
Securities, if the Securities of such series are issuable in either form;
provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a portion of a global Security except in compliance with the
conditions set forth in Section 2.04 or specified with respect to the
Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.02 (including
certification requirements and requirements with respect to delivery outside
the United States).
Upon the exchange of a global Security for Securities in definitive form,
such global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee, unless endorsement of
the surrendered global Security as contemplated by Section 2.10 or another
procedure is specified for the Securities of such series as contemplated by
Section 2.02. Registered Securities issued in exchange for a global Security
pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the depositary for such global Security, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Registered Securities to
the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Subject to the
proviso clause of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Trustee shall
deliver Bearer Securities issued in exchange for a global Security pursuant to
this Section to the persons, and in such authorized denominations, as the
depositary for such global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct
or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.
If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global
Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such
exchange occurs (i) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) on any special record date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the related date for payment of defaulted interest,
interest or defaulted interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on
such Interest Payment Date or proposed
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date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security,
but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, only to the person to whom interest in respect of
such portion of such global Security is payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the 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 Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.
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 relation
thereto.
The Company shall not be required to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series to be
redeemed and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the
series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the date of the mailing of
the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are
issuable as Bearer Securities, the date of the first publication of the
relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of such series are also
issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the date of the
mailing of the relevant notice of redemption. Further, the Company shall not
be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security selected for
redemption or purchase (except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed or
purchased in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed or purchased), and
the Company shall not be required to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security in respect of which a notice requiring the purchase or
redemption thereof by the Company at the option of the Holder has been given
and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of such
Securities (except, in the case of Securities to be so purchased or redeemed
in part, the potion thereof not to be so purchased or redeemed); provided,
however, that a Bearer Security so selected for redemption or purchase or in
respect of which a notice requiring the purchase or redemption thereof by the
Company at the option of the Holder has been given and not so withdrawn may,
if so provided with respect to the Securities of such series as contemplated
by Section 2.02, be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and
like tenor, provided that such Registered Security shall simultaneously be
surrendered for redemption or purchase, as the case may be, with written
instructions for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 2.09. Replacement Securities.
If (i) a mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee or (ii) the Company and the
Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction that a Security or coupon
appertaining thereto has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, and there
is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may
be required by them to save each of them and any Agent harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon
has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, and if the Trustee's requirements
are met, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or
Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it or to which a lost,
destroyed or wrongfully-taken coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons
not lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken) or in lieu of any such lost,
destroyed or wrongfully-taken Security, a new Security of the same series
containing identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons,
if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security or to the lost, destroyed or
wrongfully-taken Security or to the Security to which such lost, destroyed or
wrongfully-taken coupon appertains, as applicable, provided, however, that
delivery of a Bearer Security shall occur only outside the United States.
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In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken Security or
coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be
purchased by the Company pursuant to any provision of the Securities of such
series providing for the purchase thereof at the option of the Holder or the
Company, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security,
pay or purchase such Security or pay such coupon, as applicable; provided,
however, that payment of principal of, any interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise
provided in Section 4.01, be payable only at an office or agency for
Securities of such series located outside the United States and, unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest on Bearer
Securities and any Additional Amounts with respect to such interest shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto.
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 expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security, with any coupons appertaining thereto, issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken Security,
or in exchange for a Security to which a lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken
coupon appertains, shall constitute a separate obligation of the Company,
whether or not the lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken Security and coupons
appertaining thereto or the lost, destroyed or wrongfully-taken coupon shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of such series and any coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this
Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost,
destroyed or wrongfully-taken Securities or coupons.
Section 2.10. Securities in Global Form.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.02 that the Securities
of or within a series are to be issued in whole or in part in global form,
then the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, in accordance with
Section 2.04 and the written order of the Company contemplated thereby,
authenticate and deliver one or more global Securities in temporary or
permanent form that (i) shall be registered, if in registered form, in the
name of the depositary for such global Security or Securities or the nominee
of such depositary, (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such depositary
or pursuant to such depositary's instructions, and (iii) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities in definitive form, this Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary
or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the
depositary or by the depositary or any such nominee to a successor depositary
or a nominee of such successor depositary." Each depositary designated
pursuant to Section 2.02 for a global Security in registered form must be, to
the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
other applicable statute or regulation, at the time of its designation and at
all times that it serves as depositary. Notwithstanding clause (14) of Section
2.02 and the provisions of Section 2.03, any such global Security shall
represent such of the outstanding Securities of such series as shall be
specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon
and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby
may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any
increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of
outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and
upon instructions given by such person or persons as shall be specified
therein or in the written order of the Company to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.04. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04 and, if
applicable, Section 2.11, the Trustee
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shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the
manner and upon instructions given by the person or persons specified therein
or in the applicable written order of the Company. If a written order of the
Company pursuant to Section 2.04 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered,
any instructions with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing
but need not comply with Sections 11.04 and 11.05 and need not be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of the third paragraph of Section 2.04
shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such
Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to
the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions
(which need not comply with Sections 11.04 and 11.05 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the
principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written
statement contemplated by the last sentence of the third paragraph of Section
2.04.
Section 2.11. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of a permanent global Security or definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute and the Trustee, upon the
written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.04, shall authenticate and
deliver temporary Securities. Temporary Securities of any series shall be in
authorized denominations and substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities of that series in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form
or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons,
but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary
Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities
may be in global form. If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the
Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
2.02 with respect to Securities of a series issuable as Bearer Securities, (a)
after the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in a place of
payment for such series, without charge to the Holder, and (b) upon surrender
for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series
(accompanied by any unmatured coupons appertaining thereto) the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized
denominations of the same series and containing identical terms and
provisions; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.02, no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered
in exchange for a temporary Registered Security and provided, further, that
neither a beneficial interest in a permanent global Security in bearer form
nor a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a
temporary Security except in compliance with all applicable conditions set
forth in Section 2.04 or specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 (including
certification requirements and requirements with respect to delivery outside
the United States). Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series
shall, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02
(including with respect to the payment of interest on temporary Securities),
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
Section 2.12. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities and all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto to the Trustee (or to an other person for delivery to the
Trustee) for cancellation, including Securities authenticated which the
Company has not issued and sold. The Company and each Agent shall forward to
the Trustee for cancellation any Securities and coupons surrendered to them
for transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, purchase by the Company pursuant
to any provision thereof providing for such purchase at the option of the
Holder, or conversion. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities
and coupons surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, purchase,
conversion or cancellation, and may dispose of cancelled Securities and
coupons as the Company directs, provided, however, that the Trustee shall not
be required to destroy such cancelled Securities. Except as otherwise provided
in the resolution of the Board of Directors or indenture supplemental hereto
establishing such series as contemplated by Section 2.02, the Company may not
issue new Securities of a series to replace Securities of the same series that
it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
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Section 2.13. Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series as
contemplated by Section 2.02, interest (except defaulted interest) on any
Registered Security of any series which is payable on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered on the security register at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment. At the option
of the Company, payment of interest on any Registered Security may be made (i)
by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address
appears in the security register, or (ii) if so specified with respect to the
Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.02, by wire transfer to
an account designated by such person.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series as
contemplated by Section 2.02, if the Company defaults in a payment of interest
on the Registered Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date, it
shall pay the defaulted interest to the persons who are Securityholders of
such series at the close of business on a subsequent special record date. The
Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 15 days before
the record date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder of such series
a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of
defaulted interest to be paid. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Registered
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent 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 Paying Agent for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment. The Company may pay
defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Registered Securities of any
series as contemplated by Section 2.02, in the case of any Registered Security
of any series which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior
to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Registered
Security which is due and payable prior to such Interest Payment Date),
interest which is due and payable on such Interest Payment Date shall be
payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and
such interest shall be paid to the Holder in whose name that Registered
Security is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date.
If any Bearer Security of a series is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series at an office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose in a place of payment for such series after the close
of business at such office or agency (i) on any Regular Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest
Payment Date or (ii) on any special record date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related date for payment of defaulted
interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the
case may be, and interest or defaulted interest, as the case may be, will not
be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the
case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such
Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when
due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Unless otherwise
specified with respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to Section
2.02, any interest due on any Bearer Security on or before the maturity
thereof, and any Additional Amounts payable with respect to such interest,
shall be payable only upon presentation of the coupons appertaining thereto
for such interest as they severally mature. Unless otherwise specified with
respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to Section 2.02, at the
option of the Company, payment of interest on any Bearer Security may be made
by check (provided the same is not mailed to an address inside the United
States) or by wire transfer to an account located outside the United States
maintained by the payee.
Section 2.14. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered 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 Registered Security is registered as
the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of, and
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(subject to Sections 2.08 and 2.13) interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to, such Registered Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered
Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, nor the Trustee or any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass
by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any
coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or coupon
shall be overdue, and neither the Company, nor the Trustee or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its
behalf by a depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such global Security, and such depositary (or its nominee, if such global
Security is in registered form and is registered in the name of a nominee) may
be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever;
provided, however, that, if so specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall, to the
extent so specified, treat the clearing organization or organizations for
whose account a portion of a permanent global Security in bearer form is held
by the depositary thereof as the owner of the applicable portion of such
global Security. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the
Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or
the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such
global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial
interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as
Holder of such global Security.
ARTICLE THREE
Redemption
Section 3.01. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their stated maturity
at the election of the Company or through the operation of any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of such series shall be redeemable in
accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 2.02 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 3.02. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem all or less than all the Securities of any
series, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date, the principal
amount of Securities to be redeemed, the specific provision of the Securities
pursuant to which the Securities being called for redemption are being
redeemed and the redemption price. In the case of any redemption of Securities
prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the
terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with
such restriction. If the Company wants to make any permitted optional sinking
fund payment, it shall notify the Trustee of the principal amount of the
Securities to be redeemed.
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The Company (1) may deliver outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any previously called for redemption), together in the case of any Bearer
Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and
(2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which (i) have been redeemed
or otherwise purchased 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 or (ii) have
been converted pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment required to be
made pursuant to the terms of the Securities of such series as provided for by
the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been
previously so credited. Such Securities 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 sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. The Company shall
notify the Trustee of its intention to so reduce the amount of such sinking
fund payment, the amount of the reduction and the basis for it. The Company
shall deliver to the Trustee with such notice any Securities to be credited
for such purpose that it has not previously delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
The Company shall give each notice and Officers' Certificate provided for in
this Section at least 60 days before the redemption date (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee or is otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of any series).
Section 3.03. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities
of any series, if less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected from
Securities of the same series outstanding not previously called for redemption
by lot or by such method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate (and in
such manner as complies with applicable requirements of any stock exchange on
which Securities of such series are listed) and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof)
of the principal amount of Securities of such series that have denominations
larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption
also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. If any Security
selected for partial redemption is converted in part after such selection but
before the termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of
the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be practicable) to be the portion selected for
redemption.
Section 3.04. Notice of Redemption.
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date (unless
a shorter notice is specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for the
Securities of any series), the Company shall provide a notice of redemption in
the manner provided in Section 11.02 to the Holders of Securities.
The notice shall identify the Securities (including CUSIP number, if any
and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount of the
Securities) to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price and method of payment, if other than in cash;
(3) if applicable, the then current conversion price or rate;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent and, if applicable, the
Conversion Agent;
(5) if applicable, that the right of the Holder to convert Securities
called for redemption shall terminate at the close of business on the
fifteenth day prior to the redemption date (or such other day as may be
specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of any series);
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(6) if applicable, that Holders who want to convert Securities called for
redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion contained in such
Securities;
(7) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered (together
in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if
any, maturing after the redemption date) to the Paying Agent to collect the
redemption price;
(8) that interest, if any (or original issue discount, if Original Issue
Discount Securities) on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue
on and after the redemption date, unless the Company defaults in making
such redemption payment; and
(9) that the redemption is for a sinking fund or at the election of the
Company, whichever is the case.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 11.02 need not
identify particularly Registered Securities to be redeemed.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in
the Company's name and at the Company's expense, provided that the Company
shall have furnished to the Trustee the Officers' Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel required pursuant to Section 11.04 at least 15 days prior to the date
that the Trustee is required to take any action in connection with a
redemption.
Section 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is provided, Securities of the series called for
redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption
price therein specified and on and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest, if any)
such Securities shall cease to bear interest, if any (and original issue
discount, if such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, shall
cease to accrue) and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer
Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be
void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with
said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing
after the redemption date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
redemption price, together with the accrued interest to the redemption date,
provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose
stated maturity is on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable only at
an office or agency maintained by the Company in a place of payment located
outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01) and,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, only upon
presentation and surrender of the coupons for such interest, and, provided,
further, that unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02,
installments of interest on Registered Securities whose stated maturity is on
or prior to the redemption date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date or special record date,
as the case may be, according to their terms and the provisions of Section
2.13.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the redemption date, such Security
may be paid after deducting from the redemption price an amount equal to the
face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the
redemption price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so
deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except
as otherwise provided in Section 4.01) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.02, only upon presentation and surrender of those
coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from
the redemption date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
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Section 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before 10 a.m., New York time, on the redemption date, the Company
shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds (or
securities if permitted by the terms of such Securities) sufficient to pay the
redemption price of, and (except if the redemption date is an Interest Payment
Date) accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date
other than Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date
which are delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. The Paying
Agent shall return to the Company any money (or securities) not required for
that purpose because of conversion of Securities.
Section 3.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a place of payment therefor (with, if the Company, the
Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Registered Security or Registered Securities of the same series,
containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security so
surrendered, and, otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, if a
global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the depositary for such global Security,
without service charge, a new global Security in a denomination equal to an in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the global
Security so surrendered.
Section 3.08. Conversion Arrangement on Call for Redemption.
In connection with any redemption of Securities, the Company may arrange for
the purchase and conversion of any Securities called for redemption by an
agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase
such Securities by paying to the Trustee in trust for the Securityholders, on
or before the close of business on the redemption date, an amount in cash not
less than the redemption price, together with interest, if any, accrued to the
redemption date, of such Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Article Three, the obligation of the Company to pay the
redemption price of such Securities, including all accrued interest, if any,
shall be deemed to be satisfied and discharged to the extent such amount is so
paid by such purchasers. If such an agreement is entered into, any Securities
not duly surrendered for conversion by the Holders thereof may, at the option
of the Company, be deemed, to the fullest extent permitted by law, acquired by
such purchasers from such Holders and (notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in Article Ten) surrendered by such purchasers for
conversion, all as of immediately prior to the close of business on the last
day on which Securities of such series called for redemption may be converted
in accordance with this Indenture and the terms of such Securities, subject to
payment of the above amount as aforesaid. The Trustee shall hold and pay to
the Holders whose Securities are selected for redemption any such amount paid
to it in the same manner as it would moneys deposited with it by the Company
for the redemption of Securities. Without the Trustee's prior written consent,
no arrangement between the Company and such purchasers for the purchase and
conversion of any Securities shall increase or otherwise affect any of the
powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations of the Trustee as set forth in
this Indenture, and the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee from, and hold
it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense arising out of or in
connection with any such arrangement for the purchase and conversion of any
Securities between the Company and such purchasers, including the costs and
expenses incurred by the Trustee in the defense of any claim or liability
arising out of or in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers, duties, responsibilities or obligations under this Indenture.
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ARTICLE FOUR
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment of Securities; Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall pay the principal of and any interest on the Securities of
each series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series, any
coupons appertaining thereto, and this Indenture.
To the extent enforceable under applicable law, the Company shall pay
interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Securities of such
series (unless a different rate is specified as contemplated by Section 2.02
for Securities of such series).
If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the
Company will maintain in each place of payment for such series an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will
maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or
agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may
be surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served
and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be
presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the
following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto, in a place of payment for that series which is
located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of
that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of that
series); provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed
on The International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located
outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the
Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in
London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United
States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are
listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable
thereto, in a place of payment for that series located outside the United
States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may
be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series
may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be
served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the
Holders of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or
agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency in respect of any series of Securities or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and
surrenders of Securities of that series may be made and notices and demands
may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, except
that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons shall be
presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional
amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series) at , and
the Company hereby appoints the same as its agency to receive such respective
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
No payment of principal of or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at
any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to
any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with
a bank located in the United States, provided, however, that, if the
Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of
principal of and interest on any Bearer Security (including any additional
amounts payable on Securities of such series) shall be made at the office of
the Company's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal of or
interest on or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or
agencies outside the
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United States maintained for that purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or
other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an
office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee and the Holders of any such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts,
the Company will pay to the Holder of any such Security of such series or any
coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided therein. Whenever
in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the
principal of or interest on or in respect of, any Security of any series or
payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or
exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to
include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in the terms
of such Securities and this Section to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant
to such terms and this Section and express mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where
such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series as
contemplated by Section 2.02, if the Securities of a series provide for the
payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest
Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities
of that series will not bear interest prior to the maturity thereof, the first
day on which a payment of principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to
each date of payment of principal or interest if there has been any change
with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers'
Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the principal Paying
Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers'
Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents
whether such payment of principal or interest on the Securities of that series
shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupons
who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be
withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities or coupons and the
Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts
required by the terms of such Securities and this Section. The Company
covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with
actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
Section 4.02. Change of Control.
(a) With respect to the Securities of any series, in the event that (i) a
Change of Control shall occur at any time after the date on which the
Securities of such series are first issued under this Indenture and on or
prior to the maturity thereof (or during such other period as may be specified
as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of such series) and (ii) on any
date which occurs during the period commencing 90 days before and ending 90
days after the date that a public filing has been made with the Commission or
other general public disclosure has been made indicating the occurrence of
such Change of Control, two or more National Rating Agencies shall downgrade
their respective ratings of the Securities of such series from the ratings in
effect at the beginning of such 180-day period (each a "Downgrading Agency")
(except that if a National Rating Agency shall have downgraded its rating of
the Securities of such series during the 90-day period prior to such public
disclosure, such National Rating Agency shall not be deemed a Downgrading
Agency if it upgrades its rating of
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the Securities of such series, by the close of business on the date of such
public disclosure, to at least the rating (the "Threshold Rating") it had
given to the Securities of such series as of the beginning of such 180-day
period, and shall not thereafter downgrade such rating to below the Threshold
Rating during such 180-day period) (the occurrence of the conditions specified
in both (i) and (ii) being a "Put Event"), then each Holder of Securities of
such series shall have the right, at such Holder's option and subject to the
conditions of this Section 4.02, to require the Company to purchase all or any
portion of such Holder's Securities of such series at a purchase price equal
to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the Purchase Date (as hereinafter defined) (or if such Securities are
Original Issue Discount Securities, 100% of that portion of the principal
amount thereof that, as specified in the terms of the Securities of that
series, would be payable if the maturity thereof were accelerated pursuant to
Section 6.02 to the Purchase Date). The exercise by a Holder of its right to
require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder's Securities
pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall be irrevocable unless waived by the
Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, with
respect to the Securities of any series, (A) a Put Event shall not be deemed
to have occurred if, following a Change of Control within the period referred
to in clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section 4.02(a), there are at
least two National Rating Agencies that have ratings of the Securities of such
series in effect at the beginning of the 180-day period referred to in clause
(ii) of the first sentence of this Section 4.02(a), and such National Rating
Agencies are not Downgrading Agencies and (B) the Company shall not be
obligated to purchase Securities of such series or give notice to the Holders
thereof with respect to more than one Put Event.
(b) In case a Put Event shall have occurred, the Company shall in the manner
provided in Section 11.02 give notice of such Put Event to the Trustee and to
each Holder of Securities of such series within fifteen days following such
occurrence, which notice shall set forth details regarding the right of the
Holders to require the Company to purchase Securities of such series, the date
(the "Purchase Date") fixed for purchase by the Company of such Securities,
which date shall (subject to Section 11.08) be the 90th day following the date
on which such notice is mailed by the Company to the Holders of Registered
Securities (or, if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities
and such notice is published as provided in Section 11.02, then the 90th day
following the date of the first publication of such notice), and the name and
address of the Paying Agent to which such Securities (together in the case of
Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing
after the Purchase Date) are to be presented and surrendered (which Paying
Agent, for purposes of this Section 4.02, shall, in the case of Registered
Securities, be the Trustee and, in the case of Bearer Securities, shall be the
office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose in a place of
payment located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.01)). If applicable, such notice shall also state that interest
accrued to the Purchase Date will be paid as specified in said notice and that
interest (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, original
issue discount) on Securities (or portions thereof) presented and surrendered
for purchase will cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date (unless the
Company defaults in paying the purchase price and accrued interest, if any).
Any Holder intending to exercise its right to put its Securities to the
Company shall deliver written notice of such intention to the Paying Agent,
and shall concurrently present and surrender the Securities (together, in the
case of Bearer Securities, with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Purchase Date) to be purchased to the applicable Paying
Agent in proper form for purchase by the Company, by the close of business on
the fifteenth day preceding the Purchase Date. Any Registered Security so
surrendered for purchase in part shall (if the Company, the Registrar or the
Trustee so requires) be duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar
and/or the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. Such notice by a Holder shall identify the Securities
so surrendered, their aggregate principal amount and, if less than the entire
principal amount thereof is to be purchased, the portion of such principal
amount to be purchased (in increments of the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of such series) and the denomination or denominations (which
shall be an authorized denomination for Securities of such series) of the
Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the
principal amount of the surrendered Security not to be purchased, and shall
include such other information as may be specified for Securities of such
series as contemplated by Section 2.02 (including, to the extent applicable,
the name and address of the Holder and/or the person to whom payment of the
purchase price is to
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be made). No such notice shall be deemed to have been delivered, and no such
Securities shall be deemed to have been presented and surrendered, until such
notice and Securities are actually received by the Paying Agent. The right of
the Holders to require the Company to purchase Securities pursuant to this
Section 4.02 shall terminate as of the close of business on the fifteenth day
preceding the Purchase Date and the Company shall not be obligated to purchase
any Securities presented and surrendered thereafter.
(c) With respect to each Security which has been properly presented and
surrendered, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing
after the Purchase Date, and as to which notice has been given to the Paying
Agent of the Holder's intention to put the same (or any portion thereof) to
the Company in accordance with this Section 4.02, such Security (or portion
thereof) shall become due and payable on the Purchase Date, and on and after
the Purchase Date (unless, as to any such Security (or portion thereof), the
Company fails to make the deposit of the purchase price thereof and pay the
accrued interest, if any, thereon as provided below) interest (or, in the case
of Original Issue Discount Securities, original issue discount), if any, on
such Securities (or portions thereof) shall cease to accrue and the coupons
for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be purchased,
except to the extent provided below, shall be void. On or before noon, New
York time, on the Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the applicable
Paying Agent money, in immediately available funds, sufficient to pay the
purchase price of, and (except if the Purchase Date is an Interest Payment
Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all Securities or portions thereof to be
purchased on the Purchase Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.02, the Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of such
Securities payment in an amount equal to such purchase price and accrued
interest, if any; provided, however, that (i) no such payment with respect to
any Bearer Security shall be mailed to any address in the United States
(except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01); (ii) installments of interest
on Bearer Securities whose stated maturity is on or prior to the Purchase Date
shall be payable only at an office or agency maintained by the Company in a
place of payment located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 4.01) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.02, only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons for such
interest, (iii) unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02,
installments of interest on Registered Securities whose stated maturity is on
or prior to the Purchase Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date or special record date,
as the case may be, according to their terms and the provisions of Section
2.13, and (iv) unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, if
the Purchase Date is after a record date for the payment of interest on
Registered Securities of the series and before the related interest payment
date, any accrued and unpaid interest to the Purchase Date will be payable on
the Purchase Date to the person who was the registered Holder of such Security
at the close of business on such record date.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for purchase shall not be accompanied by
all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Purchase Date, such Security may be
purchased after deducting from the purchase price therefor an amount equal to
the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the purchase
price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 4.01), and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.02, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Registered Security is duly surrendered in accordance with this
Section 4.02 for purchase in part only, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security, without service charge, a new Registered Security or Registered
Securities of the same series, containing identical terms and provisions, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in its notice given
pursuant to Section 4.02(b) in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unpurchased portion of the principal amount of the Security
so surrendered, and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
2.02, if a global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver to the depositary for such
global Security, without service charge, a new
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global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unpurchased
portion of the principal amount of the global Security so surrendered.
The Company shall comply with applicable Federal and state securities laws
in performing its obligations under this Section 4.02.
(d) The Company shall take all reasonable action necessary to enable each
National Rating Agency to provide ratings for the Securities.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, if the
giving of the notice of a Put Event shall have been completed as provided in
this Section 4.02, or if provision satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of such notice shall have been made, and if the Company shall have deposited
with the applicable Paying Agent funds sufficient to purchase the Securities
or portions thereof to be purchased on the Purchase Date at the applicable
purchase price and to pay as provided above the accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, then all obligations of the Company in respect of such Securities or
portions thereof shall cease and be discharged and the Holders of such
Securities shall thereafter be restricted exclusively to such funds for any
and all claims of whatsoever nature on their part under this Indenture or in
respect of such Securities.
Section 4.03. Designation of Restricted Subsidiaries.
With respect to the Securities of any series, the Company may designate an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or designate a Restricted
Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary at any time, provided that (1)
immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Leverage Ratio of the
Restricted Group is not greater than 8.0:1 and the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries are in compliance with Sections 4.04 and 4.05, and (2) an
Officers' Certificate with respect to such designation is delivered to the
Trustee within 75 days after the end of the fiscal quarter of the Company in
which such designation is made (or, in the case of a designation made during
the last fiscal quarter of any fiscal year of the Company, within 120 days
after the end of such fiscal year), which Officers' Certificate shall state
the effective date of such designation. The Company shall make the initial
designation of Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to the Securities of any
series, and deliver the required Officers' Certificate with respect thereto to
the Trustee, on or prior to the date of initial issuance of Securities of such
series.
Section 4.04. Limitation on Liens.
(a) As long as any Securities of a series entitled to the benefit of this
covenant are outstanding, the Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur or assume any Lien on Restricted
Property to secure the payment of Funded Debt of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary if immediately after the creation, incurrence or assumption of said
Lien, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Funded Debt of the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens on Restricted
Property would exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Maximum Funded Debt Amount,
unless in any such case the Company makes effective provision whereby the
Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Funded
Debt ranking equally with the Securities, whether then existing or thereafter
created) are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Funded Debt
(but only for so long as such Funded Debt is so secured). (For the purpose of
providing such equal and ratable security the principal amount of the
Securities means that principal amount or portion thereof that could be
declared to be due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02 on the date of the
creation, incurrence or assumption of the Lien and the extent of such equal
and ratable security will be adjusted as and when said principal amount or
portion thereof changes over time pursuant to Section 6.02 and any other
provision of this Indenture or such Securities.)
(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not apply to the creation,
incurrence or assumption of the following Liens:
(1) Any Lien which arises out of a judgment or award against the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary at the time shall be prosecuting an appeal or
proceeding for review (or with respect to which the period within which
such appeal or proceeding for review may be initiated shall not have
expired) and with respect to which it shall have secured a stay of
execution pending such appeal or proceedings for review or with respect to
which the
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Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have posted a bond and
established adequate reserves (in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles) for the payment of such judgment or award;
(2) Any Lien upon any real or personal property or interest therein of a
Restricted Subsidiary existing at the time of acquisition thereof or
securing the payment of Funded Debt incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary
to finance some or all of the purchase price of, or cost of construction of
or improvements on, any such property or interest therein, provided that
(i) the outstanding principal amount of the Funded Debt secured by such
Lien does not at any time exceed 100% of the greater of the purchase price
for or the fair value of such real or personal property or interest
therein, (ii) such Lien does not encumber or constitute a charge against
any other Restricted Property theretofore owned by the Restricted Group
(except that in the case of construction or improvement, the Lien may
extend to unimproved real property on which the property so constructed or
the improvement is located), and (iii) the Funded Debt secured by such Lien
would be permitted to be incurred under Section 4.05; and
(3) Any Lien representing the extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals or replacements) of Liens referred to in
clause (2) above, provided that the principal of the Funded Debt secured
thereby does not exceed the principal of the Funded Debt secured thereby
immediately prior to such extension, renewal or replacement, plus any
accrued and unpaid interest or capitalized interest payable thereon, and
that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a
part of the property (or interest therein) subject to the Lien so extended,
renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on such property).
The outstanding principal amount of Funded Debt secured by a Lien permitted
by clause (2) or (3) of this Section 4.04(b) or, if less, the fair value of
the property or interest therein secured thereby, shall be included in the
calculation pursuant to Section 4.04(a) of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Funded Debt secured by Liens on Restricted Property for purposes of
determining whether a Lien (other than one referred to in this Section
4.04(b)) may be incurred in compliance with Section 4.04(a).
Section 4.05. Limitation on Restricted Subsidiary Funded Debt.
As long as any Securities of a series entitled to the benefit of this
covenant are outstanding the Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to incur or assume any Funded Debt if immediately after the incurrence or
assumption of such Funded Debt, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Funded Debt of the Restricted Subsidiaries would exceed fifteen percent
(15%) of the Maximum Funded Debt Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Restricted Subsidiary may incur Funded Debt to extend, renew or replace Funded
Debt of such Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the principal of the Funded
Debt so incurred does not exceed the principal of the Funded Debt extended,
renewed or replaced thereby immediately prior to such extension, renewal or
replacement, plus any accrued and unpaid interest or capitalized interest
payable thereon.
Section 4.06. SEC Reports.
The Company shall file with the Trustee within 15 days after it files them
with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents
and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to
file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA
(S) 314(a).
Section 4.07. Compliance Certificate.
The Company shall, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company, commencing with the first fiscal year following the issuance of
Securities of any series under this Indenture, file with the Trustee a
certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer of the
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Company covering the period from the date of issuance of such Securities to
the end of the fiscal year in which such Securities were issued, in the case
of the first such certificate, and covering the preceding fiscal year in the
case of each subsequent certificate, and stating whether or not, to the
knowledge of the signer, the Company has complied with all conditions and
covenants on its part contained in this Indenture, and, if the signer has
obtained knowledge of any default by the Company in the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each
such default and the nature thereof. For the purpose of this Section 4.07,
compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or
requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. The
certificate need not comply with Section 11.05.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company a written statement signed by the Company's
independent auditors stating (1) that their audit examination has included a
review of the terms of this Indenture and the Securities as they relate to
accounting matters, and (2) whether, in connection with their audit
examination, any Event of Default has come to their attention and if such an
Event of Default has come to their attention, specifying the nature and period
of existence thereof.
Section 4.08. Corporate Existence.
Subject to the provisions of Section 5.01 hereof, the Company will do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence.
Section 4.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Sections 4.02 to 4.05, inclusive, with
respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of such series shall either waive such compliance in such instance
or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but 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 duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force
and effect.
Section 4.10. No Lien Created.
This Indenture and the Securities do not create a Lien, charge or
encumbrance on any property of the Company or any Subsidiary.
Section 4.11. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar
year a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount
(including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on outstanding Securities
as of the end of such year.
ARTICLE FIVE
Successor Corporation
Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, etc.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or transfer its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, another corporation
unless (1) the successor corporation, which shall be a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States or a State thereof, assumes
by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Company under the
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture; and (2)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Thereafter, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for the Securities of any series and
any related coupons, all such obligations of the predecessor corporation shall
terminate.
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ARTICLE SIX
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01. Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" with respect to Securities of any series means each
one of the events specified below in this Section 6.01, unless it is either
inapplicable to a particular series or is specifically deleted or modified as
contemplated by Section 2.02 for the Securities of such series, and any other
events as may be specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for the Securities
of such series:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Security
of that series when the same becomes due and payable and the default
continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any Security
of that series when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon
redemption (including default in the making of any mandatory sinking fund
payment), upon purchase by the Company at the option of the Holder pursuant
to the terms of such Security or otherwise;
(3) the Company fails to comply with any of its other agreements in
Securities of that series or this Indenture (other than an agreement which
has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of
Securities of any series other than that series or is expressly made
inapplicable to the Securities of such series as contemplated by Section
2.02) and the default continues for the period and after the notice
specified below;
(4) the happening of an event of default as defined in any mortgage,
indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there
may be secured or evidenced any Debt of the Company (including an Event of
Default under this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series other
than that series), whether now existing or hereafter created, which event
of default shall have resulted in Debt of the Company becoming or being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have
become due and payable if the aggregate principal amount (or, if
applicable, with an issue price plus accrued original issue discount) of
such Debt is in excess of five percent (5%) of the aggregate principal
amount of the Company's Funded Debt then outstanding, unless, within the
period and after the notice specified below, such acceleration has been
rescinded or annulled, such Debt has been paid or the Company shall have
contested such acceleration in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
and have obtained and thereafter maintained a stay of all consequences
thereof that would have a material adverse effect on the Company; provided,
however, that if after the expiration of such period, such event of default
shall be remedied or cured by the Company or be waived by the holders of
such Debt in any manner authorized by such mortgage, indenture or
instrument or shall otherwise cease to exist, then the Event of Default
hereunder by reason thereof shall, without further action by the Company,
the Trustee or any Holder, be deemed cured and not continuing;
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case or consents to the commencement of a
case against it,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case or
adjudicates the Company insolvent or bankrupt,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially
all of its property, or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company, and the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
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(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series occurs.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal
or State law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (3) or clause (4) is not an Event of Default until
the Trustee notifies the Company or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series notify the
Company and the Trustee of the Default and the Company does not cure the
Default within 30 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify
the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice
of Default."
Section 6.02. Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
6.01(5) or (6)) occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any
series at the time outstanding, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of that series by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
declare to be due and payable immediately (1) the principal amount (or, if
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of Securities of that
series) of all of the Securities of that series then outstanding and
(2) interest, if any, accrued to the date of acceleration. Upon such
declaration, such principal amount (or specified amount) and interest, if any,
shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.01(5) or (6) occurs and is continuing, (1) the principal amount (or,
if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of the
Securities of that series) of all of the Securities of that series then
outstanding and (2) interest, if any, accrued to the date of such
acceleration, shall become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or Securityholders. The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of the series with respect to which an acceleration applies by
notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences with
respect to such series if all existing Events of Default (other than the non-
payment of the principal of and accrued interest, if any, on Securities that
have become due solely by such acceleration) with respect to Securities of
that series have been cured or waived and if the rescission would not conflict
with any judgment or decree. In the event of a declaration of acceleration
under this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series because an Event
of Default set forth in Section 6.01(4) has occurred and is continuing, such
declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if (a) as a result
of the contest by the Company in appropriate proceedings of the acceleration
of the Debt which is the subject of such Event of Default the acceleration of
such indebtedness is declared void ab initio, or (b) within 90 days of such
declaration of acceleration under this Indenture the declaration of
acceleration of the Debt which is the subject of such Event of Default has
been rescinded or annulled in any manner authorized by the mortgage, indenture
or instrument evidencing or creating such Debt and, in the case of this clause
(b), the annulment of the declaration of acceleration under this Indenture
would not conflict with any judgment or decree, and, in either case, all other
existing Events of Default (other than the non-payment of the principal of and
accrued interest, if any, on Securities that have become due solely by such
acceleration) with respect to Securities of that series have been cured or
waived. No such rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.03. Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at
law or in equity to collect the payment of the whole amount which then shall
have become due and remain unpaid for principal or interest, if any, on the
Securities of that series and any related coupons or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Securities of that series or this
Indenture.
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The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the
Securities of that series or any related coupons or does not produce any of
them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of
Securities or related coupons, if any, in exercising any right or remedy
accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults.
Subject to Section 9.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any series by notice to the Trustee
may waive on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and
any related coupons an existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and
stops continuing.
Section 6.05. Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust
or power conferred on it, with respect to the Securities of such series. The
Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law
or this Indenture, that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of another
Securityholder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall have
the right to pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the
Securities unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that series make a written request to the Trustee
to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer and provide to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has 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 such series.
A Securityholder of any series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the
rights of another Securityholder of such series or to obtain a preference or
priority over another Securityholder of such series, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Securityholders
of such series.
Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Security or a coupon to receive payment of principal of and
(subject to Sections 2.08 and 2.13) interest, if any, on the Security or
payment on such coupon, on or after the respective due dates with respect to
such payments expressed in such Security or coupon, and, if applicable, to
convert such Security on the terms and subject to the conditions applicable to
Securities of such series, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates or of such right to convert, if any,
shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
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Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is
continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee may
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against
the Company for the whole amount which then shall have become due and remain
unpaid for principal and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series
and any related coupons.
Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and
the Securityholders (including the Holders of any coupons) allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property
and to collect and receive money, property or securities payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same.
Section 6.10. Priorities.
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 the
case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest,
upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be,
and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon
surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: to the payment of amounts due and unpaid for principal and
interest, if any, on the Securities and coupons in respect of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts which then shall have become due and payable
on such Securities and coupons for principal and interest, respectively;
and
Third: to the Company.
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs.
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 or omitted by it as
Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the
party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit
by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Trustee
All the provisions of this Article Seven apply to the Trustee acting in all
its appointed capacities pursuant to this Indenture unless any provision
specifically applies to the Trustee only in its capacity as Trustee.
Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series has
occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall with respect to such series
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with
respect to such series and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
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(b) With respect to Securities of any series, except during the continuance
of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series:
(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set
forth in this Indenture or the TIA and no others.
(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee, however,
in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform
to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate
the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section.
(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by
it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee
is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee may refuse to perform
any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it
except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult with
counsel or require an Officers' Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and/or an
accountant's certificate. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Certificate, Opinion,
or accountant's certificate.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and counsel and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or counsel appointed
with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers.
Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and coupons and may otherwise deal with the Company or
its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, must comply with
Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
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Section 7.04. Trustee's and Authenticating Agent's Disclaimer.
Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent makes any representation as
to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities or the
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto; neither shall be accountable for the
Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities; and neither shall be
responsible for any statement in the Indenture or the Securities or any
coupons other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any
series and if it is known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall
transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and
to the extent provided in TIA (S) 313(c) notice of the Default within 90 days
after it occurs or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. Except in the
case of a default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of
such series or any related coupons (including default in the making of any
mandatory sinking fund or mandatory repurchase payment), the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in
good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Securityholders of such series.
Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the
date on which Securities are originally issued under this Indenture, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, in the manner and
to the extent provided in TIA (S) 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May
15 that complies with TIA (S) 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA
(S) 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be
filed by the Company with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the
Securities are listed.
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee if and when the Securities are
listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee such compensation as shall have been
agreed upon in writing. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any
law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out- of-pocket expenses
incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any loss or liability
incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust and its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall
notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for
which it may seek indemnity. Failure of the Trustee to so notify the Company
shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall
have the right to elect to defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in
the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for
any settlement made without its written consent. The Company need not
reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by
the Trustee through the Trustee's negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee
shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of or
interest on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
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Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or
more series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series may
remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by so
notifying the removed Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee with the
Company's consent. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office
of Trustee for any reason, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees (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).
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to
the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring
Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee (subject to the lien, if any, provided for in Section 7.07), the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall give notice in the manner
provided in Section 11.02 of its succession to each Securityholder.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series does not
take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed,
the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all
or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another corporation or
national banking association, the successor corporation or national banking
association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of
TIA (S) 310(a). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual
report of condition. With respect to the Securities of each series, the
Trustee shall comply with TIA (S) 310(b). In determining whether the Trustee
has a conflicting interest as defined in TIA (S) 310(b) with respect to the
Securities of any series, there shall be excluded this Indenture with respect
to Securities of any particular series of Securities other than that series.
Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the SEC the
application referred to in the second to last paragraph of TIA (S) 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA (S) 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA (S) 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA (S) 311(a) to the extent indicated.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
Discharge of Indenture
Section 8.01. Termination of Company's Obligations.
The Company may terminate all of its obligations under the Securities of any
series and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, and this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series if either (1) all Securities of such
series and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, previously authenticated
and delivered (other than (i) destroyed, lost or wrongfully-taken Securities
or coupons which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09, (ii)
Securities or coupons for whose payment money (or, if permitted by the terms
of such Securities, securities) has theretofore been held in trust and
thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 8.03, (iii) coupons
appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered
Securities and maturing after such exchange whose surrender is not required or
has been waived as provided in Section 2.08, (iv) coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant
redemption date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 3.09,
and (v) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for purchase and
maturing after the Purchase Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided
in Section 4.02(c)) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money or
Government Obligations sufficient to pay the principal of and interest, if
any, on all Securities of such series and all coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto previously authenticated and delivered, and not theretofore cancelled
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than any such Security or
coupon referenced in subclauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of clause (1)
above), to maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
The Company's obligations in Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01,
7.07, 7.08, 8.01, 8.03 and Article Ten of this Indenture, however, shall
survive until the Securities of such series are no longer outstanding.
Thereafter the Company's obligations in Sections 7.07 and 8.03 shall survive.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of any series, if money or Government Obligations shall have
been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (2) of this Section, the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 8.02 and the second sentence of
Section 8.03 shall survive.
After a deposit and if all other conditions thereto are met, the Trustee for
the Securities of such series and the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto,
shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities, except for those
surviving obligations specified above; provided, however, that the Trustee
shall not be required to execute such instrument until the expiration of
ninety days after the date of a deposit.
In order to have money available on a payment date to pay the principal of
or interest, if any, on the Securities, the Government Obligations shall be
payable as to principal or interest on or before such payment date in such
amounts as will provide the necessary money. U.S. Government Obligations shall
not be callable at the issuer's option.
Section 8.02. Application of Trust Fund.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money and Government Obligations deposited
with it pursuant to Section 8.01. It shall apply the deposited money and the
money from the Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this
Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities and related coupons, if any, for the payment of which such money or
Government Obligations has been deposited with the Trustee.
The Company shall pay, and indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is
for the account of the Holders of outstanding Securities.
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Section 8.03. Repayment to Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon
written request any excess money or securities held by them at any time. The
Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon written request any
money or securities held by them for the payment of principal or interest, if
any, that remains unclaimed for two years; provided, however, that the Trustee
and the Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment may at
the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper in each place of payment, notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which date shall not be less than 30
days from such date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be paid to the Company. After that, Holders entitled to
the money or securities must look to the Company for payment unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
ARTICLE NINE
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Securities of any series without notice to or consent of any Holder of
Securities or coupons or the Holder of any coupons:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Sections 5.01 and 10.16;
(3) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section
4.04, including to provide for the receipt and holding of any security to
which the Holders are entitled under Section 4.04, and to release such
security and the Lien of the Holders in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.04;
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any
related coupons as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.02;
(5) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(6) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of
Default are to be applicable to less than all series of Securities, stating
that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be
applicable to such series);
(7) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 2.02(20), any
such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no
Security outstanding of any series created prior thereto which is entitled
to the benefit of such provision;
(8) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to
change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or
interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in
exchange for Registered Securities, or to permit Bearer Securities to be
issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations
or to facilitate or permit the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form (so long as any "registration-required obligation" within the meaning
of Section 163(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code") is in registered form for purposes of the Code) provided, that any
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;
(9) to make any change that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors,
does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder or
the Holder of any coupon; or
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(10) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Securities of any series without notice to any Holder of Securities or coupons
but with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by such amendment
or supplement, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Trustee. The Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any
series, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Trustee, may on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series and any related coupons waive
compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or of
Securities of such series without any notice to any Holder of Securities or
coupons. Without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security
affected thereby, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a
waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities of any series whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any
Security (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, reduce
the rate of accrual of original issue discount);
(3) reduce the principal of (or any premium payable upon the redemption
of) or extend the fixed maturity of any Security (or, in the case of an
Original Issue Discount Security, reduce the portion of the principal
amount that would be due and payable upon acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.02);
(4) change the amount or time of any payment required by any sinking fund
provisions of the Securities of any series;
(5) make any change that materially adversely affects the right of a
Holder to require the Company to purchase a Security in accordance with the
terms thereof and this Indenture;
(6) waive a default in the payment of principal of or interest, if any,
on any Security;
(7) make any Security payable in money or securities other than that
stated in the Security;
(8) make any change that materially adversely affects the right to
convert any Security or that increases the conversion price or reduces the
conversion rate of any Security; or
(9) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency
in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 4.01.
It shall not be necessary for the Act of the Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplement or amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act approves the substance thereof.
An amendment to or supplement of this 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 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.
Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall
comply with the TIA as then in effect.
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Section 9.04. Effect of Amendments and Supplements.
Upon the execution of any amendment or supplement authorized pursuant to
this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and
such amendment or supplement shall form a part of this Indenture for all
purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter
authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining thereto
shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the
Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security about the
changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or
the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the
changed terms.
Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized
pursuant to this Article if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, immunities or liabilities of the Trustee.
If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. The Company may not sign an
amendment or supplement until the Board of Directors approves it.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and 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.
ARTICLE TEN
Conversion
Section 10.01. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are convertible into Company Stock at the
option of the Holder shall be convertible in accordance with their terms and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities
of any series) in accordance with this Article. Each reference in this Article
to "a Security" or "the Securities" refers to the Securities of the particular
series that is convertible into Company Stock. If more than one series of
Securities with conversion privileges are outstanding at any time, the
provisions of this Article shall be applied separately to each such series.
Section 10.02. Conversion Privilege.
A Holder of a Security of any authorized denomination of any series may
convert it into Company Stock, at any time during the period specified on the
Securities of that series, at the conversion price or conversion rate in
effect on the conversion date, except that, with respect to any Security (or
portion thereof) called for redemption, such right shall (except as otherwise
provided in Section 3.08) terminate at the close of business on the fifteenth
day prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Security (or portion
thereof) (or such other day as may be specified as contemplated by Section
2.02 for Securities of such series), unless the Company shall default in
payment of the amount due upon redemption thereof.
The initial conversion price or conversion rate in respect of a series of
Securities shall be as specified on the Securities of that series. The
conversion price or conversion rate will be subject to adjustment on the terms
set forth in Sections 10.07 through 10.13 or such other or different terms, if
any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 2.02 for Securities of
such series.
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A Holder may convert any Security in full and may convert a portion of a
Security if the portion to be converted and the remaining portion of such
Security are in denominations issuable for that series of Securities.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security
also apply to conversion of a portion of it.
Section 10.03. Conversion Procedure.
To convert a Security of any series, a Holder must satisfy the requirements
for conversion contained on the Securities of that series. The date on which
the Holder satisfies all those requirements is the conversion date. As soon as
practicable after the conversion date, the Company shall deliver to the Holder
through the Conversion Agent a certificate for the number of shares of Company
Stock deliverable upon the conversion and cash or its check in lieu of any
fractional share. The person in whose name the certificate is registered
becomes a stockholder of record on the conversion date and the rights of the
Holder of the Securities so converted as a Holder thereof cease as of such
date.
If the Holder converts more than one Security of any series at the same
time, the number of full shares issuable upon the conversion shall be based on
the total principal amount of the Securities of such series so converted.
Upon surrender of a Security of any series that is converted in part, the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of that series equal
in principal amount to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.
If the last day on which a Security may be converted is a Legal Holiday in a
place where a Conversion Agent is located, the Security may be surrendered to
that Conversion Agent on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday.
The Company will not be required to deliver certificates for shares of
Company Stock upon conversion while the Company's stock transfer books are
closed for a meeting of stockholders or for the payment of dividends or for
any other purpose, but certificates for shares of Company Stock shall be
delivered as soon as the stock transfer books shall again be opened.
Registered Securities of any series surrendered for conversion during the
period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date next preceding
any Interest Payment Date for such series to the opening of business on such
Interest Payment Date shall (except in the case of Securities or portions
thereof which have been called for redemption on a redemption date within such
period) be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of an
amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the
principal amount of Registered Securities being surrendered for conversion;
provided, that no such payment need be made if there shall exist, at the time
of conversion, a default in the payment of interest on the Securities of such
series. The funds so delivered to the Conversion Agent shall be paid to the
Company on or after such Interest Payment Date unless the Company shall
default on the payment of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date, in
which event such funds shall be paid to the Holder who delivered the same.
Except as provided in the preceding sentence and subject to the penultimate
paragraph of Section 2.13, no payment or adjustment shall be made upon any
conversion on account of any interest accrued on the Registered Securities
surrendered for conversion or on account of any dividends on the Company Stock
issued upon conversion. If Bearer Securities of a series are convertible into
Company Stock, then such Securities, to be converted, shall be surrendered,
together with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default
appertaining thereto, at the place and in the manner specified for Bearer
Securities of said series as contemplated by Section 2.02.
Section 10.04. Fractional Shares.
The Company will not issue a fractional share of Company Stock upon
conversion of a Security. Instead, the Company will deliver cash or its check
for the current market value of a fractional share. The current market value
of a fractional share is determined as follows: Multiply the current market
price of a full share on the last
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full trading day prior to the conversion date by the fraction (rounded to the
nearest 1/100 of a share) and round the result to the nearest whole cent.
Section 10.05. Taxes on Conversion.
If a Holder of a Security converts it, the Company shall pay any
documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the delivery of
shares of Company Stock upon the conversion. The Holder, however, shall pay
any such tax which is due because the shares are issued in a name other than
the Holder's name.
Section 10.06. Company to Provide Stock.
The Company shall from time to time as may be necessary reserve out of its
authorized but unissued Company Stock or Company Stock held in treasury enough
shares of Company Stock to permit the conversion of all outstanding
Securities.
All shares of Company Stock which may be delivered upon conversion of the
Securities shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be
free from any preemptive rights.
In order that the Company may deliver shares of Company Stock upon
conversion of the Securities, the Company will endeavor to comply with all
applicable Federal and State securities laws and will endeavor to cause such
shares to be listed on each national securities exchange or other stock market
on which other shares of the Company Stock is listed.
Section 10.07. Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock.
If the Company:
(1) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on the Company Stock in
shares of Company Stock;
(2) subdivides the outstanding shares of Company Stock into a greater
number of shares;
(3) combines the outstanding shares of Company Stock into a smaller
number of shares;
(4) pays a dividend or makes a distribution on Company Stock in shares of
its capital stock other than Company Stock; or
(5) issues by reclassification of its shares of Company Stock any shares
of its capital stock,
then the conversion privilege and the conversion price or conversion rate in
effect immediately prior to the opening of business on the record date for
such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such subdivision,
combination or reclassification shall be adjusted so that the Holder of any
Security thereafter converted may receive the number of shares of capital
stock of the Company which such Holder would have owned immediately following
such action if such Holder had converted the Security immediately prior to
such time. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event
listed above shall occur.
For a dividend or distribution, the adjustment shall become effective
immediately after the record date for the dividend or distribution. For a
subdivision, combination or reclassification, the adjustment shall become
effective immediately after the effective date of the subdivision, combination
or reclassification.
If after an adjustment a Holder of a Security upon conversion of it may
receive shares of two or more classes of capital stock of the Company, the
conversion prices of the classes of capital stock (after giving effect to such
allocation of the adjusted conversion price between or among the classes of
capital stock as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate) or
the conversion rate, as the case may be, shall thereafter be subject to
adjustment on terms comparable to those applicable to Company Stock in this
Indenture.
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Any shares of Company Stock issuable in payment of a dividend shall be
deemed to have been issued immediately prior to the time of the record date
for such dividend for purposes of calculating the number of outstanding shares
of Company Stock under Sections 10.08 and 10.09 below.
Section 10.08. Adjustment for Rights Issue.
If the Company issues any rights or warrants to all holders of shares of
Company Stock entitling them for a period expiring within 45 days after the
record date mentioned below to purchase shares of Company Stock (or
Convertible Securities) at a price per share (or having a conversion price per
share, after adding thereto an allocable portion of the exercise price of the
right or warrant to purchase such Convertible Securities, computed on the
basis of the maximum number of shares of Company Stock issuable upon
conversion of such Convertible Securities) less than the Average Market Price
on the Determination Date, the conversion price or rate shall be adjusted so
that it shall equal the price or rate determined by multiplying the conversion
price or dividing the conversion rate, as the case may be, in effect
immediately prior to the opening of business on that record date by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Company
Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Company
Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of
Company Stock so offered (or the aggregate conversion price of the Convertible
Securities to be so offered, after adding thereto the aggregate exercise price
of the rights or warrants to purchase such Convertible Securities) would
purchase at such Average Market Price and of which the denominator shall be
the number of shares of Company Stock outstanding on such record date plus the
number of additional shares of Company Stock offered for subscription or
purchase (or into which the Convertible Securities so offered are
convertible). Shares of Company Stock owned by or held for the account of the
Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such
adjustment.
For purposes of this Section 10.08, the number of shares of Company Stock
outstanding on any record date shall be deemed to include (i) the maximum
number of shares of Company Stock the issuance of which would be necessary to
effect the full exercise, exchange or conversion of all Convertible Securities
outstanding on such record date which are then exercisable, exchangeable or
convertible at a price equal to or less than the Average Market Price per
share of Company Stock, if all of such Convertible Securities were deemed to
have been exercised, exchanged or converted immediately prior to the opening
of business on such record date and (ii) if the Series B Stock is convertible
into Company Stock, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock the issuance
of which would be necessary to effect the full conversion of all shares of
Series B Stock outstanding on such record date, if all of such shares of
Series B Stock were deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the
opening of business on such record date.
The adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such rights or
warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive the rights or
warrants. If all of the shares of Company Stock (or all of the Convertible
Securities) subject to such rights or warrants have not been issued when such
rights or warrants expire (or, in the case of rights or warrants to purchase
Convertible Securities which have been exercised, all of the shares of Company
Stock issuable upon conversion of such Convertible Securities have not been
issued prior to the expiration of the conversion right thereof), then the
conversion price or conversion rate shall promptly be readjusted to the
conversion price or conversion rate which would then be in effect had the
adjustment upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis
of the actual number of shares of Company Stock (or Convertible Securities)
issued upon the exercise of such rights or warrants (or the conversion of such
Convertible Securities).
No adjustment shall be made under this Section 10.08 if the adjusted
conversion price would be higher than, or the adjusted conversion rate would
be less than, the conversion price or conversion rate, as the case may be, in
effect prior to such adjustment.
Section 10.09. Adjustments for Other Distributions.
If the Company distributes to all holders of shares of Company Stock any
assets or debt securities or any rights or warrants to purchase securities,
the conversion price or conversion rate shall be adjusted by multiplying
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the conversion price or dividing the conversion rate, as the case may be, in
effect immediately prior to the opening of business on the record date
mentioned below by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the total
number of shares of Company Stock outstanding on such record date multiplied
by the Average Market Price on the Determination Date, less the fair market
value (as determined by the Board of Directors) on such record date of said
assets or debt securities or rights or warrants so distributed, and of which
the denominator shall be the total number of shares of Company Stock
outstanding on such record date multiplied by such Average Market Price.
For purposes of this Section 10.09, the number of shares of Company Stock
outstanding on any record date shall be deemed to include (i) the maximum
number of shares of Company Stock the issuance of which would be necessary to
effect the full exercise, exchange or conversion of all Convertible Securities
outstanding on such record date which are then exercisable, exchangeable or
convertible at a price equal to or less than the Average Market Price, if all
of such Convertible Securities were deemed to have been exercised, exchanged
or converted immediately prior to the opening of business on such record date
and (ii) if the Series B Stock is convertible into Company Stock, the maximum
number of shares of Company Stock the issuance of which would be necessary to
effect the full conversion of all shares of Series B Stock outstanding on such
record date, if all of such shares of Series B Stock were deemed to have been
converted immediately prior to the opening of business on such record date.
The adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such distribution is
made, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive the distribution. Shares of
Company Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be
deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such adjustment.
No adjustment shall be made under this Section 10.09 if the adjusted
conversion price would be higher than, or the adjusted conversion rate would
be less than, the conversion price or conversion rate, as the case may be, in
effect prior to such adjustment.
This Section does not apply to cash dividends or distributions. Also, this
Section does not apply to dividends or distributions referred to in Section
10.07 or to rights or warrants referred to in Section 10.08.
Section 10.10. Voluntary Adjustment.
The Company at any time may reduce the conversion price or increase the
conversion rate, temporarily or otherwise, by any amount but in no event shall
such adjusted conversion price or conversion rate result in shares of Company
Stock being issuable upon conversion of the Securities if converted at the
time of such adjustment at an effective conversion price per share less than
the par value of the Company Stock at the time such adjustment is made.
A voluntary adjustment of the conversion price or conversion rate pursuant
to this Section 10.10 does not change or adjust the conversion price or
conversion rate otherwise in effect for purposes of Section 10.07, 10.08 or
10.09. If an event requiring an adjustment to the conversion price or
conversion rate pursuant to Section 10.07, 10.08 or 10.09 occurs at any time
that a voluntary adjustment to the conversion price or conversion rate is in
effect pursuant to this Section 10.10, then the adjustment required by the
applicable of Section 10.07, 10.08 or 10.09 shall be made to the conversion
price or conversion rate that would otherwise have been in effect as of the
relevant date specified in such Section had no voluntary adjustment pursuant
to this Section 10.10 been made, and for purposes of applying such Section,
any such voluntary adjustment shall be disregarded. If such adjustment would
result in a lower conversion price or a higher conversion rate, as the case
may be, than the conversion price or conversion rate as voluntarily adjusted
by the Company, then such lower conversion price or higher conversion rate
shall be the conversion price or conversion rate, as the case may be.
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Section 10.11. Certain Definitions.
For the purposes of this Article, the following terms have the following
meanings:
"Average Market Price" of a share of Company Stock on the Determination
Date for any issuance of rights or warrants or any distribution in respect
of which the Average Market Price is being calculated means the average of
the daily current market prices of the Company Stock for the shortest of:
(i) the period of 30 consecutive trading days commencing 45 trading
days before such Determination Date,
(ii) the period commencing on the date next succeeding the first
public announcement of the issuance of rights or warrants or the
distribution in respect of which the Average Market Price is being
calculated and ending on the last full trading day before such
Determination Date, and
(iii) the period, if any, commencing on the date next succeeding the
Ex-Dividend Date with respect to the next preceding issuance of rights
or warrants or distribution for which an adjustment is required by the
provisions of Section 10.07(4), 10.08 or 10.09, and ending on the last
full trading day before such Determination Date.
If the record date for an issuance of rights or warrants or a
distribution for which an adjustment is required by the provisions of
Section 10.07(4), 10.08 or 10.09 (the "preceding adjustment event")
precedes the record date for the issuance or distribution in respect of
which the Average Market Price is being calculated and the Ex-Dividend Date
for such preceding adjustment event is on or after the Determination Date
for the issuance or distribution in respect of which the Average Market
Price is being calculated, then the Average Market Price shall be adjusted
by deducting therefrom the fair market value (on the record date for the
issuance or distribution in respect of which the Average Market Price is
being calculated), as determined by the Board of Directors, of the capital
stock, rights, warrants, assets or debt securities issued or distributed in
respect of each share of Company Stock in such preceding adjustment event.
Further, in the event that the Ex-Dividend Date (or in the case of a
subdivision, combination or reclassification, the effective date with
respect thereto) with respect to a dividend, subdivision, combination or
reclassification to which Section 10.07(1), (2), (3) or (5) applies occurs
during the period applicable for calculating the Average Market Price, then
the Average Market Price shall be calculated for such period in a manner
determined by the Board of Directors to reflect the impact of such
dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification on the current
market price of the Company Stock during such period.
"current market price" of a share of Company Stock on any day means the
last reported sale price (or, if no sale price is reported, the average of
the high and low bid prices) on such day on the Nasdaq Stock Market or as
quoted by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or if the Company
Stock is listed on an exchange, on the principal exchange on which the
Company Stock is listed. In the event that no such quotation is available
for any day, the Board of Directors shall be entitled to determine the
current market price on the basis of such quotations as it considers
appropriate.
"Determination Date" for any issuance of rights or warrants or any
distribution to which Section 10.08 or 10.09 applies means the earlier of
(i) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive the rights or warrants or the distribution to which such Section
applies and (ii) the Ex-Dividend Date for such rights, warrants or
distribution.
"Ex-Dividend Date" means the date on which "ex-dividend" trading
commences for a dividend, an issuance of rights or warrants or a
distribution to which any of Sections 10.07, 10.08 and 10.09 applies in the
over-the-counter market or on the principal exchange on which the Company
Stock is then quoted or listed.
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Section 10.12. When Adjustment May Be Deferred.
In any case in which this Article shall require that an adjustment shall
become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Company may
defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to the Holder of any
Security converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such
event the additional shares of Company Stock issuable upon such conversion by
reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the shares of
Company Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such
adjustment and (ii) paying to such Holder cash or its check in lieu of any
fractional interest to which he is entitled pursuant to Section 10.04;
provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such Holder a due ▇▇▇▇ or
other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holder's rights to receive such
additional shares of Company Stock, and such cash, upon the occurrence of the
event requiring such adjustment.
Section 10.13. When Adjustment Is Not Required.
No adjustments in the conversion price or conversion rate need be made
unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one
percent (1%) in the initial conversion price or conversion rate. Any
adjustment which is not made shall be carried forward and taken into account
in any subsequent adjustment.
All calculations under this Article shall be made to the nearest cent or to
the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
No adjustment in the conversion price or conversion rate shall be made
because the Company issues, in exchange for cash, property or services, shares
of Company Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of Company Stock, or securities carrying the right to purchase shares
of Company Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.
No adjustment in the conversion price or conversion rate need be made under
this Article for sales of shares of Company Stock pursuant to a Company plan
providing for reinvestment of dividends or interest or in the event the par
value of the Company Stock is changed.
No adjustment in the conversion price or conversion rate need be made for a
transaction referred to in Section 10.07, 10.08 or 10.09 if Securityholders
are to participate in the transaction on a basis and with notice that the
Board of Directors determines to be fair and appropriate in light of the basis
and notice on which holders of Company Stock participate in the transaction;
provided that the basis on which the Securityholders are to participate in the
transaction shall not be deemed to be fair if it would require the conversion
of Securities at any time prior to the expiration of the conversion period
specified for such Securities.
To the extent the Securities become convertible into cash, no adjustment
need be made thereafter as to the cash. Interest will not accrue on the cash.
Section 10.14. Notice of Adjustment.
Whenever the conversion price or conversion rate is adjusted, the Company
shall promptly give notice of the adjustment to Securityholders in accordance
with Section 11.02 hereof and file with the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
briefly stating the new conversion price or conversion rate, the date it
becomes effective, the facts requiring the adjustment and the manner of
computing it. The certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the adjustment
is correct.
Section 10.15. Notice of Certain Transactions.
If:
(1) the Company takes any action which would require an adjustment in the
conversion price or conversion rate;
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(2) the Company consolidates or merges with, or transfers all or
substantially all of its assets to, another corporation, and stockholders
of the Company must approve the transaction; or
(3) there is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company,
a Holder of a Security may want to convert it into shares of Company Stock
prior to the record date for, or the effective date of, the transaction so
that he may receive the rights, warrants, securities or assets which a holder
of shares of Company Stock on that date may receive. Therefore, the Company
shall give to the Securityholders and the Trustee in accordance with Section
11.02 a notice stating the proposed record or effective date, as the case may
be. Failure to give the notice or any defect in it shall not affect the
validity of any transaction referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this
Section.
Section 10.16. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of the Company.
If the Company is a party to a transaction described in Section 5.01 or a
merger which reclassifies or changes its outstanding Company Stock, the
Company shall enter into a supplemental indenture. The supplemental indenture
shall provide that the Holder of a Security may convert it into the kind and
amount of securities or cash or other assets which he would have owned
immediately after the consolidation, merger or transfer if he had converted
the Security immediately before the effective date of such transaction,
assuming (to the extent applicable) that such Holder failed to exercise any
rights of election with respect thereto and received per share of Company
Stock the kind and amount of securities, cash or assets received per share by
a plurality of the non- electing shares. The supplemental indenture shall
provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practical to the adjustments provided for in this Article. The Company shall
give to each Securityholder in accordance with Section 11.02 a notice
describing the supplemental indenture.
If this Section applies, Sections 10.07, 10.08 and 10.09 shall not apply.
Section 10.17. Company Determination Final.
Any determination which the Board of Directors must make pursuant to Section
10.07, 10.09, 10.11, 10.13 or 10.16 is conclusive and binding on the Holders.
Section 10.18. Trustee's and Conversion Agent's Disclaimer.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent has any duty to determine when
an adjustment under this Article should be made, how it should be made or what
it should be. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent has any duty to
determine whether any provisions of a supplemental indenture under Section
10.16 are correct. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent makes any
representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued
upon conversion of Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent
shall be responsible for the Company's failure to comply with this Article.
Section 10.19. Simultaneous Adjustments.
In the event that this Article Ten requires adjustments to the conversion
price or conversion rate under more than one of Sections 10.07(4), 10.08 or
10.09, and the record dates for the distributions giving rise to such
adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such adjustments shall be made
by applying, first, the provisions of Section 10.07, second, the provisions of
Section 10.09 and, third, the provisions of Section 10.08.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Miscellaneous
Section 11.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by any of TIA (S)(S) 310 to 317, inclusive, through operation
of TIA (S) 318(c), such imposed duties shall control.
Section 11.02. Notices.
Any notice or communication (including any Act of Holders) shall be
sufficiently given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-
class mail addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Tele-Communications, Inc.
Terrace Tower II
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
If to the Trustee:
Attention:
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with
respect to any series of Securities issuable as Bearer Securities pursuant to
Section 2.02, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of
Securities of any event:
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the security register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in the City of New York
and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on
a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier
than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for
the giving of such notice (except that, for purposes of Section 2.05,
notice of the appointment of a successor Authenticating Agent shall be
sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published as provided
herein at least once.
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 of
Registered Securities 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 of Registered
Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered
Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders
of Bearer Securities given as provided herein.
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In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as
provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as
shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to
give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any
notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities 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.
Except for a notice to the Trustee, which is deemed given only when
received, if a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above,
it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. Any notice or
communication published in the manner provided above shall be deemed to have
been given on the date of publication or, if published more than once, on the
date of the first such publication.
Any notice or communication required or permitted under this Indenture shall
be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in the
official language of the country of publication.
Section 11.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA (S) 312(b) with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA (S) 312(c).
Section 11.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers,
all conditions precedent (including any covenants compliance with which
constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent (including any covenants compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent) have been complied with.
Section 11.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance
with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture other than
certificates provided pursuant to Section 4.07 shall include:
(1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;
(2) 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;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 11.06. When Treasury Securities Disregarded.
In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Securities of any series have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action
hereunder, Securities of such series owned by the Company or by any Affiliate
of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except
that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or action, only Securities of such series which the Trustee actually
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that 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 to so act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 11.07. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
Subject to Section 11.15 and Article Twelve, the Trustee may make reasonable
rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of all series or any
series. The Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may make reasonable
rules for its functions.
Section 11.08. Legal Holidays.
A "Legal Holiday" with respect to any place of payment or conversion or
other location is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions
or trust companies in that place of payment, conversion or other location are
not authorized or required to be open. If a payment date or the last day to
convert a Security is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment or conversion,
payment or conversion may be made at that place on the next succeeding day
that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest or original issue discount, as
the case may be, shall accrue for the intervening period.
Section 11.09. Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern this Indenture, the
Securities and coupons.
Section 11.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt
agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.11. No Recourse Against Others.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee or stockholder, as
such, of the Company or the Trustee or any successor of either thereof shall
have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Trustee under the
Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation and all such liability is hereby waived and released. Such waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 11.12. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall
bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successor.
Section 11.13. Duplicate Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed
copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
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Section 11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The table of contents and the titles and headings of the Articles and
Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.15. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be 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. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by
the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof,
either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with
the provisions of Article Twelve, 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
7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the
Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The
record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner
provided in Section 12.06.
(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. 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. The fact and date of
the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the
person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of outstanding
Registered Securities held by any person, and the date of holding the same,
shall be proved by the security register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of outstanding Bearer
Securities held by any person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved
by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as
depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such person had on
deposit with such depositary or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described, or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may
assume that such ownership of any Bearer Securities continues until (1)
another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the
same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to
the Trustee by some other person or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of outstanding
Bearer Securities held by any person, and the date of holding the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to),
by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, fix in advance a
record date for the determination of
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Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act.
Notwithstanding TIA (S) 316(c), such record date shall be the record date
specified in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors, which
shall be a date not earlier than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of
Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such
solicitation is completed. 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 Registered
Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of 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 such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind such Holder and 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, any Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Security.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 12.01. Purposes for which Meetings may be Called.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series 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.
Section 12.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series for any purpose specified in Section 12.01, to be held at such time
and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or in
London as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series, 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 11.02, not less than 21 nor more than
180 days prior to the date for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Directors or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call
a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose
specified in Section 12.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable
detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall
not have made the first publication of 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, the Company or the Holders of
Securities of such series 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 London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this
Section.
Section 12.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more outstanding Securities
of such series, or (2) a person appointed by an instrument in writing as
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proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Securities of such
series by such Holder or Holders. The only persons who shall be entitled to be
present or to speak at any meeting of Holder of Securities of any series 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 12.04. Quorum; Action.
The persons entitled to vote a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting
of Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if
convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved.
In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than
10 days as 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 a period of not less than
10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment
of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided in Section 12.02(a), except that such notice shall
be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the
meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
Except as limited by the third sentence of Section 9.02, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum
is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the third sentence
and of Section 9.02, any resolution with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of a series, may be adopted at a meeting
or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid, by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage
in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related
coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.04, if any
action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made,
given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of
such series and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series
that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in
determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this
Indenture.
Section 12.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(a) 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 of a series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series 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 11.15 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the
manner specified in
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Section 11.15 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy
witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by
Section 11.15 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. 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
11.15 or other proof.
(b) 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 of Securities as provided in Section 12.02(b), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series 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 of the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series represented at
the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall
be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of such series held or represented by him, provided, however, that
no vote shall be cast or counted at any 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 of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant
to Section 12.02 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to
time by persons entitled to vote a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting and
the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 12.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amount and serial numbers of
the outstanding Securities of such series 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 in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at
least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series 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 12.02 and, if applicable, Section 12.04. 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.
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Dated:
Tele-Communications, Inc
By __________________________________
(Seal)
Attest:
Dated:
By __________________________________
(Seal)
Attest:
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