EXHIBIT 4.3
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE "DEPOSITARY"), OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, 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.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
SAFEWAY INC.
4.80% Note Due 2007
No. U- $
CUSIP No.
SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received promises to pay to
CEDE & CO. , or registered
assigns,
the principal sum of
DOLLARS
on July 16, 2007, and to pay interest thereon from July 16, 2002, or the most
recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided for, as
the case may be, payable on January 16 and July 16 of each year, commencing
January 16, 2003, at the rate of 4.80% per annum, until the principal hereof is
paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such
interest is permitted by law) to pay interest at the rate per annum borne by
this Security on any overdue principal and on any overdue installment of
interest until paid. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any interest payment date will be paid to the person in whose
name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the regular record date for such interest, which shall be
the fifteenth calendar day preceding such interest payment date (whether or not
a Business Day). Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on such regular record date and may either be paid to the person in whose name
this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on a special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest
to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Trustee and the
Holders not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner. Interest on the Securities shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Principal of and interest on the Securities will be payable in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The transfer of the
Securities will be registrable, the Securities may be presented for exchange,
and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security and
the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office located at
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Administration); provided that, unless all of the outstanding Securities are
Global Securities, the Company will at all times maintain an office or agency
for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; and
provided, further, that, except as provided in the next sentence, payment of
interest may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto. If this Security is a Global Security,
the interest payable on this Security will be paid to Cede & Co., the nominee of
the Depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered owner of this
Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each of the
applicable interest payment dates.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed
by the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
Date:
SAFEWAY INC.
BY BY
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Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Chief Financial Officer Secretary
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 4.80% Notes due
July 16, 2007 described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
BY
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
SAFEWAY INC.
4.80% Note Due 2007
1. General.
This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the
Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 10,
1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee", which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, originally issued
in $480,000,000 aggregate principal amount, subject to increase in accordance
with the Indenture, (herein called the "Securities"). All terms used but not
defined in this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on this Security
at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
2. Indenture.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by the Officers' Certificate dated July 16,
2002 delivered pursuant thereto and the TIA. The Securities are subject to all
such terms, and the Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and said Act
for a statement of them.
3. Sinking Fund.
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund and the Securities
are not subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the
Holders.
4. Redemption.
The Securities are redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the
Company at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of
the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on
the Securities to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of
redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming
a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then current Treasury
Rate plus 15 basis points. In each case the Company will pay accrued and unpaid
interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the date of redemption.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term ("Remaining Life") of the Securities to be redeemed that
would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of
comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption
date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury
Dealers that the Company appoints to act as the Independent Investment Banker
from time to time.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Banc of America Securities LLC
and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and their respective successors, and two other
firms that are primary U.S. Government securities dealers (each a "Primary
Treasury Dealer") which the Company specifies from time to time; provided,
however, that if any of them ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company
will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per
year equal to: (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for
the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published
statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is
published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities,"
for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that,
if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life of the
Securities to be redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the
Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a
straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or (2) if such release (or
any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the
calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the
semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such redemption date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third
Business Day preceding the redemption date.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60
days before the redemption date to each holder of record of the Securities to be
redeemed at its registered address.
5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer, or the exchange for an equal principal
amount, of this Security is registrable with the Registrar upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Registrar.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may, subject to certain exceptions, require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
6. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner thereof for
all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
7. Unclaimed Money.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request
any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years.
After that,
Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as
general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another
person.
8. Defeasance Prior to Maturity.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Securities or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default
with respect to the Securities, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth therein.
9. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Indenture
permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture with
the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities), for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the
rights of the Securityholders. Subject to certain limitations described in the
Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities) may waive
compliance by the Company with any provision of the Indenture or the Securities.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.
10. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' ability to create or incur certain Liens on any of their
respective properties or assets and to enter into certain sale and lease-back
transactions and on the Company's ability to engage in mergers or consolidations
or the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions and reference is made to the Indenture for a
description thereof.
11. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities may be declared (or, in certain cases, shall ipso facto become)
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
12. Proceedings.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless such
Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities and unless also the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as trustee, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within 60 days. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof or any interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
13. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
14. No Recourse Against Others.
A past, present or future director, officer, employee, shareholder or
incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not
have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration of issuance of the Securities.
15. Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture
and the Securities.
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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this Security and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing____________________________________________________________________,
Attorney, to transfer this Security on the books of the Trustee, with full power
of substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ __________________________________
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Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with
the name(s) as written upon the
face of this Security in every
particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change
whatsoever.