EXHIBIT 4.1
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WCI COMMUNITIES, INC.,
Issuer
and
_______________________,
Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of ___________
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Senior Debt Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE ISSUER........................................................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION............................................. 1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions............................................................................. 1
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.................................................... 9
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.................................................. 9
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders......................................................................... 10
SECTION 1.05. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Issuer..................................................... 11
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver............................................................... 11
SECTION 1.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act....................................................... 12
SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents................................................ 12
SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns.................................................................. 12
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause..................................................................... 12
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture................................................................... 12
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law........................................................................... 12
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays.......................................................................... 12
SECTION 1.14. Waiver of Jury Trial.................................................................... 13
ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS....................................................................................... 13
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally......................................................................... 13
SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication......................................... 13
SECTION 2.03. Securities in Global Form............................................................... 14
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES..................................................................................... 14
SECTION 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.................................................... 14
SECTION 3.02. Denominations........................................................................... 16
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SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.......................................... 16
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities.................................................................... 18
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange Global Securities Representing
the Securities................................................................................. 18
SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities........................................ 21
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.......................................... 22
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners................................................................... 23
SECTION 3.09. Cancellation............................................................................ 23
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest................................................................. 23
SECTION 3.11. CUSIP Numbers........................................................................... 24
ARTICLE FOUR [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]............................................................................. 24
ARTICLE FIVE SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE.............................................................. 24
SECTION 5.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities of any Series.................................. 24
SECTION 5.02. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................................ 25
SECTION 5.03. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.......................................................... 25
SECTION 5.04. Covenant Defeasance..................................................................... 26
SECTION 5.05. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.............................................. 26
SECTION 5.06. Survival of Certain Obligations......................................................... 28
SECTION 5.07. Application of Trust Money.............................................................. 28
SECTION 5.08. Repayment of Money Held by Paying Agent................................................. 28
SECTION 5.09. Reinstatement........................................................................... 29
ARTICLE SIX REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT.............................................. 30
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default....................................................................... 30
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment...................................... 31
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SECTION 6.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee......................... 32
SECTION 6.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................................................ 33
SECTION 6.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities............................. 33
SECTION 6.06. Application of Money Collected.......................................................... 34
SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Suits..................................................................... 34
SECTION 6.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest............... 35
SECTION 6.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies...................................................... 35
SECTION 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.......................................................... 35
SECTION 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................................................ 35
SECTION 6.12. Control by Holders...................................................................... 35
SECTION 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults................................................................. 36
SECTION 6.14. Undertaking for Costs................................................................... 36
SECTION 6.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws........................................................ 36
ARTICLE SEVEN THE TRUSTEE........................................................................................ 37
SECTION 7.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities..................................................... 37
SECTION 7.02. Notice of Defaults...................................................................... 38
SECTION 7.03. Certain Rights of Trustee............................................................... 38
SECTION 7.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.................................. 40
SECTION 7.05. May Hold Securities..................................................................... 40
SECTION 7.06. Money Held in Trust..................................................................... 40
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Reimbursement.......................................................... 40
SECTION 7.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests................................................. 41
SECTION 7.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility................................................. 41
SECTION 7.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor....................................... 42
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SECTION 7.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.................................................. 43
SECTION 7.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business............................. 44
SECTION 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer........................................ 44
ARTICLE EIGHT HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER................................................... 44
SECTION 8.01. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders................................ 44
SECTION 8.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.................................. 45
SECTION 8.03. Reports by Trustee...................................................................... 45
ARTICLE NINE CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE................................................ 46
SECTION 9.01. Merger, Consolidation, etc. Only on Certain Terms....................................... 46
SECTION 9.02. Successor Corporation Substituted....................................................... 46
ARTICLE TEN SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.............................................................................. 47
SECTION 10.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders..................................... 47
SECTION 10.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders........................................ 48
SECTION 10.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures................................................... 49
SECTION 10.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures...................................................... 49
SECTION 10.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.................................................... 49
SECTION 10.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..................................... 49
SECTION 10.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture....................................................... 49
ARTICLE ELEVEN COVENANTS......................................................................................... 50
SECTION 11.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest............................................. 50
SECTION 11.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................................................ 50
SECTION 11.03. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust...................................... 50
SECTION 11.04. Corporate Existence.................................................................... 52
SECTION 11.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims...................................................... 52
SECTION 11.06. Maintenance of Properties.............................................................. 52
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SECTION 11.07. Waiver of Certain Covenants............................................................ 52
SECTION 11.08. Statement by Officers as to Default.................................................... 52
SECTION 11.09. Reports by the Issuer.................................................................. 53
SECTION 11.10. Further Assurances..................................................................... 53
ARTICLE TWELVE REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES.......................................................................... 54
SECTION 12.01. Applicability of Article............................................................... 54
SECTION 12.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.................................................. 54
SECTION 12.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed...................................... 54
SECTION 12.04. Notice of Redemption................................................................... 54
SECTION 12.05. Deposit of Redemption Price............................................................ 55
SECTION 12.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.................................................. 55
SECTION 12.07. Securities Redeemed in Part............................................................ 56
SECTION 12.08. Securities No Longer Outstanding After Notice to Trustee and Deposit of Cash........... 56
ARTICLE THIRTEEN SINKING FUNDS................................................................................... 56
SECTION 13.01. Applicability of Article............................................................... 56
SECTION 13.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.................................. 57
SECTION 13.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.............................................. 57
ARTICLE FOURTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS................................. 57
SECTION 14.01. Exemption from Individual Liability.................................................... 57
ARTICLE FIFTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES................................................................ 58
SECTION 15.01. Purposes of Meetings................................................................... 58
SECTION 15.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee............................................................ 58
SECTION 15.03. Call of Meetings by Issuer or Holders.................................................. 59
SECTION 15.04. Qualification for Voting............................................................... 59
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SECTION 15.05. Quorum; Adjourned Meetings............................................................. 59
SECTION 15.06. Regulations............................................................................ 60
SECTION 15.07. Voting Procedure....................................................................... 60
SECTION 15.08. Written Consent in Lieu of Meetings.................................................... 61
SECTION 15.09. No Delay of Rights by Meeting.......................................................... 61
ARTICLE SIXTEEN MISCELLANEOUS.................................................................................... 61
SECTION 16.01. Counterparts........................................................................... 61
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Reconciliation and Tie between Indenture,
dated as of _______________
and
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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310(a)(1).................................................................. 7.09
(a)(2).................................................................. 7.09
(a)(3).................................................................. Not applicable
(a)(4).................................................................. Not applicable
(a)(5).................................................................. 7.09
(b)..................................................................... 7.08, 7.10
311(a)..................................................................... 7.13
(b)..................................................................... 7.13
(c)..................................................................... Not applicable
312(a)..................................................................... 8.01, 8.02(a)
(b)..................................................................... 8.02(b)
(c)..................................................................... 8.02(c)
313(a)..................................................................... 8.03
(b)(1).................................................................. Not applicable
(b)(2).................................................................. 8.03
(c)..................................................................... 8.03
(d)..................................................................... 8.03
314(a)..................................................................... 11.09
(a)(4).................................................................. 11.08
(b)..................................................................... Not applicable
(c)(1).................................................................. 1.02
(c)(2).................................................................. 1.02
(c)(3).................................................................. Not applicable
(d)..................................................................... Not applicable
(e)..................................................................... 1.02
315(a)..................................................................... 7.01(a)
(b)..................................................................... 7.02
(c)..................................................................... 7.01(b)
(d)(1).................................................................. 7.01(a)
(d)(2).................................................................. 7.01(c)
(d)(3).................................................................. 7.01(c)
(e)..................................................................... 6.14
316(a)(1)(A)............................................................... 6.12
(a)(1)(B)............................................................... 6.13
(a)(2).................................................................. Not applicable
(b)..................................................................... 6.08
(c)..................................................................... 1.04(e)
317(a)(1).................................................................. 6.03
(a)(2).................................................................. 6.04
(b)..................................................................... 11.03
318(a)..................................................................... 1.07
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of __________, between WCI COMMUNITIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation, as issuer (the "Issuer"), and __________________, a
[___________] banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
The Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its secured or
unsecured senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Issuer, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series
thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
(d) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 1.04.
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"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the
Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control. For purposes of this
definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control
with" shall have correlative meanings.
"Authorized Newspaper" shall mean a newspaper of general circulation
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and customarily published on
each Business Day, currently expected to be The Wall Street Journal (National
Edition). Where successive publications are required to be made in an Authorized
Newspaper, the successive publications may be made in the same or different
newspapers meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business
Day.
"Bankruptcy Law" means ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bankruptcy Code of
1978 as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating to
relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Issuer or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution or resolutions
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
to close.
"Capital Stock" means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate
stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all
shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease
that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP.
"CDD Obligations" means any direct obligations of the Issuer or any
Subsidiary to repay or guarantee shortfalls in payments of bond financing issued
by community development districts and local government districts to construct
infrastructure improvements, to
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the extent that such obligation is reflected as an obligation of the
consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee
in New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 5.04.
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for
the payment of public and private debts.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
"Exchange Act" has the meaning specified in Section 3.05.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any property or assets,
the fair market value thereof, as established by a responsible officer of the
Issuer.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of this Indenture.
"Global Security" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.
"Guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a
pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
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"Guarantor" means each Subsidiary of the Issuer added as a guarantor
with respect to a particular series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, and
their respective successors and assigns.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest
rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (2) other agreements
or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest
rates.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in
the Security Register.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person and without
duplication, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in
respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof) or banker's acceptances or representing Capital Lease Obligations or
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or
representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent any of the foregoing
(other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP,
as well as all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, subject, however, to the Fair Market Value of the assets securing such
Indebtedness (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person) and,
to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by such Person of any
indebtedness of any other Person; provided that Indebtedness shall not include
Indebtedness that constitutes an accrued expense, trade payables, customer
deposits or deferred income taxes. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as
of any date shall be (1) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount, and (2) the principal amount
thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due,
in the case of any other Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Indebtedness shall not include: (1) Indebtedness which has been defeased or
discharged, (2) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence or (3)
CDD Obligations, other than that portion of any CDD Obligations that is due and
payable at the time of determination.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it
may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the form and terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"interest" when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date" when used with respect to any Security,
means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
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"Issuer" means WCI Communities, Inc., a Delaware corporation, until
a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions
of the Indenture, and thereafter "Issuer" shall mean such successor Person.
"Issuer Request" or "Issuer Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Issuer by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,
any Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Secretary or any Vice-President, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Legal Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 5.03.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset,
whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction
provided that in no event shall any operating lease be deemed a Lien).
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
"obligation" means any principal, premium, interest (including
interest accruing subsequent to a bankruptcy or other similar proceeding whether
or not such interest is an allowed claim enforceable against the Issuer in a
bankruptcy case under Federal Bankruptcy Law), penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable pursuant
to the terms of the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman
of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President, of the Issuer or any
Guarantor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
"Outstanding" when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
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(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption
money or, as provided in Section 5.05 hereof, U.S. Government Obligations,
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer) in trust or, except for purposes
of Section 5.01, set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer (if the
Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice
of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been delivered pursuant to Section 3.09
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
Issuer;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or whether a
quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities, (i) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 and (ii) Securities owned by the Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, or
upon such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Issuer or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Issuer.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, limited
liability partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified in
Section 3.01.
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"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"principal" of a debt security, including any Security, on any day
and for any purpose means the amount (including, without limitation, 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
such date and for such purpose (including, without limitation, in connection
with any sinking fund, upon any redemption at the option of the Issuer upon any
purchase or exchange at the option of the Issuer 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
the principal amount as set forth on the face of such debt security.
"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price" when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price (exclusive of accrued interest, if any) at which it is
to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Securities of any series, means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee, means
any vice president, any assistant vice president, any senior trust officer, any
trust officer or assistant trust officer, or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.05.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such
regulation is in effect on the date hereof except that the standard of
significance will be 20% instead of 10%.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination
thereof) and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b)
the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof, except in each case
with respect to joint ventures when such Person or Subsidiary of such Person
does not exercise control of the joint venture).
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed,
except as provided in Section 10.05; provided, however, that in the event the
Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means,
with respect to the Securities of any series issued after such date, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for payment of which its full faith
and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised
by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation of the United States of America, which, in either case under
clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and will also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust
issuer as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a
specified payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. 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
U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal
of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
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"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock
of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board
of directors of such Person.
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent
(including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition
precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with and 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), if any, have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision
of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than annual
certificates provided pursuant to Section 11.08) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(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 each such individual, 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, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by,
or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or Opinion of
Counsel, or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel or
representation by counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
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representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Issuer, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. 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 agent duly
appointed in writing or by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at
any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the
provisions of Article Fifteen; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
or any such record is delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments or 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 or voting at
such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer 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 15.07 and the record so proved
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of
the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or may be
proved in such other manner as shall be deemed sufficient by the Trustee. 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 of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Security.
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(e) The Issuer or the Trustee, as applicable, may set a date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Securities entitled to consent, vote or
take any other action referred to in this Section 1.04, which date shall be not
less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the taking of the consent, vote
or other action.
SECTION 1.05. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Issuer.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of the Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuer shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and, unless otherwise
herein expressly provided, any such document shall be deemed to be
sufficiently made, given, furnished or filed upon its receipt by a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, or
(2) the Issuer by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Issuer
addressed to it at:
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or at any other address or addresses previously furnished in writing to
the Trustee by the Issuer.
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event,
such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
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. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. 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
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
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 by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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SECTION 1.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture
Act through operation of Section 318(c), such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents
are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities) payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any,
on such Security need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may
be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the
same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption
Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no additional interest shall
accrue with respect to the payment due on such date for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the
case may be.
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SECTION 1.14. Waiver of Jury Trial.
Each of the Issuer, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and
all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to
this agreement, the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form
established from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Any portion of the text of
any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate
reference thereto on the face of the Security. If the form of Securities of any
series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of
an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Issuer Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any such Board Resolution or
record of such action shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the
form of Security referred to therein approved by or pursuant to such Board
Resolution.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall
be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: _______________________________, as Trustee
By _____________________________________
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 2.03. Securities in Global Form.
If any Security of a series is issuable in global form (a "Global
Security"), such Global Security may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon
and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or
decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be
made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global
Security. Any instructions by the Issuer with respect to a Global Security,
after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section
1.02.
Global Securities may be issued in either temporary or permanent
form. Permanent Global Securities will be issued in definitive form.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01. 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 Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers'
Certificate, of the Issuer or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series
and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the 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 Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.06 or 12.07);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if any)
of the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(4) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), or the
method of determination thereof, at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, including the rate of interest applicable on
overdue payments of principal or interest, if different from the rate of
interest stated in the title of the Security, the date or dates from which
such interest shall accrue or the method of determination thereof, the
Interest
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Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(5) the Paying Agent or Paying Agents for the Securities of the
series if other than the Trustee;
(6) the Place of Payment of the Securities of the series;
(7) if other than Dollars, the foreign currency or currencies in
which Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of the
series may be made, and the particular provisions applicable thereto and,
if applicable, the amount of the Securities of the series which entitles
the Holder of a Security of the series or its proxy to one vote for
purposes of Section 15.06;
(8) the right, if any, of the Issuer to redeem the Securities of
such series and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(11) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case,
the depositary (the "Depositary") for such Global Security or Securities;
and the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global
Securities representing Securities of the series may be exchanged for
Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the
manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.05(b);
(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
6.02;
(13) if the provisions of Section 5.02 of this Indenture are to
apply to the Securities of the series, a statement indicating the same;
(14) any deletions from or modifications of or additions to any
definitions, covenants, Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 or any
terms pertaining to the Securities of the series;
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(15) whether payment of any amount due under such Securities will be
guaranteed by one or more guarantors, including Subsidiaries of the
Issuer;
(16) whether the Securities will be secured;
(17) the form of the Securities of the series; and
(18) any other terms of a particular series and any other provisions
expressing or referring to the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities of that series are to be issued, which terms and provisions are
not in conflict with the provisions of this Indenture or do not adversely
affect the rights of Holders of any other series of Securities then
Outstanding); provided, however, that the addition to or subtraction from
or variation of Articles Five, Six, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen
(and Section 1.01 insofar as it relates 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 shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be
issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened
for issuance of additional Securities of such series without the consent of the
Holders thereof.
The Securities of all series shall rank on a parity in right of
payment.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 3.02. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form
without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by an
officer of the Issuer. The signature of any such officer on the Securities may
be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of an
individual who was at any time an officer of the Issuer shall bind such Person
notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such office at
the date of issuance of such Securities.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery
of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by
the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.
If any Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Security, then, for
purposes of this Section and Section 3.04, the notation of a beneficial owner's
interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a
portion of a temporary Global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in
connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in
such permanent Global Security.
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 the documents specified in Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act, and, in addition:
(1) a Board Resolution relating thereto, and if applicable, an
appropriate record of any action taken pursuant to such Board Resolution,
certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Issuer, if
applicable;
(2) an executed supplemental indenture, if any; and
(3) an Opinion of Counsel which shall state;
(A) that the form and terms of such Securities have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolutions, by a supplemental
indenture or by both such resolution or resolutions and such supplemental
indenture in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(B) that the supplemental indenture, if any, when executed and
delivered by the Issuer and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Issuer; and
(C) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights and to general equity principles, and will be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall
not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect 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.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section
3.03, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution and the Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section
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3.01 or the Board Resolution and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant
to this Section 3.03 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.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Issuer may execute, and upon Issuer Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
reproduced or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially
of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Issuer will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. 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 Issuer in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities
of such series.
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange Global
Securities Representing the Securities.
(a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any
other office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment being herein
sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuer
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or
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more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity.
Except as otherwise provided in this Article Three, at the option of
the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of an equal aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such
office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer evidencing the same
debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing with such signature
guaranteed by a commercial bank reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or by a
member of a national securities exchange.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 10.06 or 12.07 not involving any transfer.
The Issuer shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 12.03 and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange of any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
(b) If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one
or more Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall,
in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Issuer Order with respect to such
series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities in temporary or
permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series to be represented by one or more Global Securities, (ii) shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities
or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) unless otherwise provided for pursuant
to Section 3.01, the Securities of such series shall be delivered by the Trustee
or delivered or held pursuant to such Depositary's instruction, and (iv) shall
bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
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"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, unless and until this Security is exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities in definitive form."
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.01 must, at the
time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and any other applicable statute or regulation.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series
notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for Securities of
a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing
under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation (as required by
this Section 3.05), the Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary eligible
under this Section 3.05 with respect to the Securities of such series. If a
successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the
Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of
such condition, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of
such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in
definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for
such Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer 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 Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive
form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.
If the Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form
of one or more Global Securities and if an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Issuer may,
and upon the request of the Trustee shall, promptly execute, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities
of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such
series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
The Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global
Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for
Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to
the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:
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(i) to each Person specified by the Depositary a new Security or
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(ii) to the 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
to holders thereof.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive
form, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities issued
in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this subsection (b) 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 Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Issuer or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Issuer
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 of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security 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 that series duly issued hereunder.
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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
At the option of the Issuer, interest on the Securities of any
series that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is
not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
("Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money
when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date and,
in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of
Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).
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(2) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if,
after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the
Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
SECTION 3.09. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, conversion,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment or analogous obligation shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and promptly shall be cancelled by it
and, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The
Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered promptly
shall be cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held
by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee's customary
procedures unless directed by an Issuer Order. The acquisition of any Securities
by the Issuer shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
Indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Securities are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Permanent Global Securities shall
not be destroyed until exchanged in full for definitive Securities or until
payment thereon is made in full.
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months.
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SECTION 3.11. CUSIP Numbers.
The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
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ARTICLE FIVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 5.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Securities of any Series.
The Issuer shall be deemed to have satisfied and discharged the
entire indebtedness on all the Securities of any particular series (except as to
any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon Issuer Request and at the
expense of the Issuer, shall execute such instruments as may be requested by the
Issuer acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of such Indebtedness, when
(a) either
(1) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the
Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.03) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,
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and the Issuer, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust for the purpose an amount sufficient (without reinvestment) to pay
and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than Securities which
have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06), for principal (and premium,
if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such
deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer or any
Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer is bound
(c) the Issuer or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder and under the Securities; and
(d) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary
assumptions and exclusions, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire
Indebtedness on all Securities of such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee under Section 7.07 and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a)(2) of this
Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Sections 5.07 and 5.08 and the
last paragraph of Section 11.03 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 5.02. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Issuer may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a
supplemental indenture or, at any time, by a Board Resolution set forth in an
Officers' Certificate with respect to the Securities of any series, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a particular series
of Securities, elect to have either Section 5.03 or 5.04 be applied to all of
the Outstanding Securities of that series upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article Five.
SECTION 5.03. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Issuer's exercise under Section 5.02 of the option applicable to
this Section 5.03, the Issuer and each Guarantor shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to all Outstanding Securities of
the particular series and any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For
this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged all the obligations relating to the Outstanding
Securities of that series, including any coupons appertaining thereto, and the
Securities of that series, including any coupons appertaining thereto, shall
thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Sections 5.06
and 5.07 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to below in this
Section
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5.03, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture and cured all then
existing Events of Default (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of
the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for
the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders to receive payments of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series as
they shall become due from time to time and other rights, duties and obligations
of Holders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts so deposited with
the Trustee, (ii) the rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities
of the Trustee hereunder (for which purposes the Securities of such series shall
be deemed outstanding) and (iii) this Article Five and the obligations set forth
in Section 5.06 hereof.
Subject to compliance with this Article Five, the Issuer may exercise its
option under Section 5.03 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
Section 5.04 with respect to the Securities of a particular series and any
coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 5.04. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Issuer's exercise under Section 5.02 of the option applicable to
this Section 5.04, the Issuer shall be released from any obligations under the
covenants contained in Sections 9.01, 11.04 (only with respect to Subsidiaries),
11.05, 11.06, 11.08 and 11.09 hereof or established pursuant to Sections 3.01 or
10.01 hereof with respect to the Outstanding Securities of the particular series
on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
"Covenant Defeasance"), and the Securities of that series and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed not "Outstanding" for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and
the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this
purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding
Securities of that series and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Issuer may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or
indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or
by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or
in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default
or Event of Default under Section 6.01(4) or any Event of Default specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 or 10.01. In addition, the events specified in Section
6.01(5) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries) and Section 6.01(7) (with
respect to Significant Subsidiaries) shall no longer constitute an Event of
Default. Except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and the
Securities of that series shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 5.05. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section
5.03 or Section 5.04 to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series:
(a) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit, or cause to be
irrevocably deposited, with the Trustee for the Securities of that series,
in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series,
cash in the currency or currency unit in which the
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Securities of that series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 for the Securities of that series), U.S.
Government Obligations or a combination thereof in such amounts as will be
sufficient (without reinvestment) to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, due on the outstanding Securities of that
series and any related coupons at the Stated Maturity, or on the
applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, with respect to the
outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance only, the Issuer shall
have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series (1) an
Opinion of Counsel (reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) confirming that,
subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, since the date on which
Securities of such series were originally issued, there has been a change
in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, to the effect that, and
based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to
customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will
be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred or (2) a copy of a ruling or other formal
statement or action to that effect received from or published by the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service;
(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance only, the Issuer shall
have delivered to the Trustee for the Securities of that series an Opinion
of Counsel (reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) confirming that, subject
to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S.
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had
not occurred;
(d) no Event of Default or event which with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of that series (other than any event
resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit)
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any
material agreement (other than this Indenture) or instrument to which the
Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound; and
(f) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for the
Securities of that series an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel (which opinion of counsel may be subject to customary assumptions
and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or
relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case
may be, have been complied with.
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SECTION 5.06. Survival of Certain Obligations.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities of a
particular series referred to in Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, or 5.05, the
respective obligations of the Issuer and the Trustee for the Securities of a
particular series under Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06 and 3.09, Article Five,
Article Seven, and Sections 6.08, 8.01, 8.02, 11.02, 11.03, 11.04 and 11.05
shall survive with respect to Securities of that series until the Securities of
that series are no longer outstanding, and thereafter the obligations of the
Issuer and the Trustee for the Securities of a particular series with respect to
that series under Sections 5.07, 5.08 and 5.09 shall survive. Nothing contained
in this Article Five shall abrogate any of the obligations or duties of the
Trustee of any series of Securities under this Indenture.
SECTION 5.07. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.03,
all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 5.01 and 5.05 shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and
this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if
any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the
Trustee.
Anything in this Article Five to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of
the Issuer any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 5.01 or 5.05 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
5.05(a)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
SECTION 5.08. Repayment of Money Held by Trustee or Paying Agent.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any other Paying Agent
remaining unclaimed by the Holders of any Securities for two years after the
date upon which the principal of or premium or interest on such Securities shall
have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee or any
such other Paying Agent and such Holders shall thereafter be entitled to look to
the Issuer only as general creditors for payment thereof (unless otherwise
provided by law); provided, however, that, before the Trustee or any such other
Paying Agent is required to make any such payment to the Issuer, the Trustee
may, upon the request of the Issuer and at the expense of the Issuer, cause to
be published once in an Authorized Newspaper a notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after the date set forth in said notice, the balance of such
money then unclaimed will be returned to the Issuer.
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SECTION 5.09. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with this Article Five by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Issuer's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
this Article Five until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this
Article Five; provided that, if the Issuer or any Guarantor has made payments of
principal of, or premium or interest on any Securities because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such
payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities
of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(1) default in the payment of interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, if any, when
and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or
(4) failure by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with
any covenant, representation, warranty or other agreement in this
Indenture for 30 days after notice (a "Notice of Default") to the Issuer
by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; or
(5) the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any group
of Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the latest audited
consolidated financial statements for the Issuer and its Subsidiaries),
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the
meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
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(i) is for relief against the Issuer or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case;
(ii) appoints a custodian of the Issuer or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property of the Issuer or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together (as of the
latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive
days; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding (other than of a type specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6))
occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series may declare 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 that series) of all of the Securities of that
series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer
(and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such
principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable,
anything in this Indenture or in any of the Securities of such series to the
contrary notwithstanding.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Issuer and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(i) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of
that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor
in such Securities, and
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(iii) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default
arising under Section 6.01(5) or (6), all outstanding Securities shall IPSO
FACTO become due and payable without further action or notice.
SECTION 6.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Issuer covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days,
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or, premium,
if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking
fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to
the terms of any Security,
the Issuer, upon demand of the Trustee, will pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous
obligations (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal (and premium, if any), and, in addition thereto, such further amount
as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Issuer fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Issuer or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
money adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Issuer or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
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enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 6.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Issuer or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Issuer for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities and to file such other papers or documents and take such other
actions, including participating as a member, voting or otherwise, of any
official committee of creditors appointed in such matter, as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of
the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any money or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claim and to distribute the same;
and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding except as aforesaid,
to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person or to
participate as a member, voting or otherwise, on any committee of creditors.
SECTION 6.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
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SECTION 6.06. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if
fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
7.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer, its
successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request
to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; 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 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
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SECTION 6.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption
Date) and the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph
of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to 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 the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that:
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
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(b) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed
would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of the Securities of such
series not taking part in such direction, or to the Holders of the
Securities of any other series, and
(c) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 6.02, the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of
the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Ten cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but
the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on
or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 6.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent
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that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit
the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SEVEN
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(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; but
in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, 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 verify
the accuracy of the contents thereof or whether procedures specified by or
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture have been followed in the
preparation thereof.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section
6.12, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
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remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series;
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any
of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it; and
(5) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
this Section.
SECTION 7.02. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to
all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any
sinking fund or analogous obligation installment with respect to Securities of
such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of
directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities
of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the
character specified in Section 6.01(4) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 7.03. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties (whether in original or facsimile form);
(b) any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Issuer Request or Issuer Order or similar document
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action
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hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an
Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but
the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or
attorney, at the expense of the Issuer and shall incur no liability of any kind
by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(h) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of
any matter unless a Responsible Officer assigned to and working in the Trustee's
corporate trust department has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice
thereof is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and such notice
references the Securities generally, the Issuer or this Indenture. Whenever
reference is made in this Indenture to an Event of Default, such reference
shall, insofar as determining any liability on the part of the Trustee is
concerned, be construed to refer only to an Event of Default of which the
Trustee is deemed to have knowledge in accordance with this paragraph;
(i) the permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from
taking any actions enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a
duty;
(j) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered,
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized
or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;
(k) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder;
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(l) unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any
demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be
sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer or such Guarantor; and
(m) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers
authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture,
which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an
Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
SECTION 7.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Issuer of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 7.05. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 7.08 and 7.13, may
otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 7.06. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder.
SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Issuer agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the
parties shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered
by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as shall be determined to have been caused by its
own negligence or willful misconduct; and
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(3) to fully indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor
Trustee and their agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense including taxes (other than
taxes based upon the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or
willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including
the costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Issuer
under this Section the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee, except funds held in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the
occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section
6.01, the expenses and the compensation for the services will be intended to
constitute expenses of administration under Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 7.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall
be subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during
the period of time provided for therein. In determining whether the Trustee has
a conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded for
purposes of such determination 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 Commission the application referred to
in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a corporate Trustee hereunder which
complies with the requirements of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority and having its
Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If
such corporation 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
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article.
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SECTION 7.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 7.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer.
If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 7.11
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 10 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee at the expense of the Issuer
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to
the Issuer.
(d) If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required
by Section 7.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 10 calendar
days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may,
at the expense of the Issuer, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(e) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.08 after written
request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.09 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by
any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Issuer by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 6.14, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more
or all of such
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series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 7.11. If, within one year after such resignation,
removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee
so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.11, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that
extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If no successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so
appointed by the Issuer or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner
required by Section 7.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(g) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
by mailing written notice of such event to all Holders of Securities of such
series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 7.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Issuer or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
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necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
SECTION 7.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 7.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.
The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE EIGHT
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER
SECTION 8.01. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
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(a) semi-annually, either (i) not later than June 1 and November 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, or
(ii) not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date in the case of
Securities of any other series, a list, each in such form as the Trustee
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities of such series as of the preceding June 1 or November 1 or as
of such Regular Record Date, as the case may be; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list
of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to
the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar with
respect to Securities of any series, no such lists need be furnished.
SECTION 8.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 8.01 and the names
and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 8.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and the
corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee shall be provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held responsible by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders
in accordance with Section 8.02(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 8.02(b).
SECTION 8.03. Reports by Trustee.
Within 60 days after the first May 15th occurring subsequent to the
initial issuance of Securities hereunder and within 60 days after each May 15th
occurring thereafter, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Holders, as
hereinafter provided, a brief report (but in no event shall such report be
transmitted more than twelve months after the date of the initial issuance of
the Securities in the case of the first such report and at stated intervals of
more than twelve months in the case of each subsequent report) dated as of May
15th that complies with Section 3.13(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (but, if no
event described in Section 3.13 of the Trust Indenture Act has occurred within
the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted).
The Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2). The
Trustee also shall transmit by mail all reports as required by Trust Indenture
Act Section 313(c).
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A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be
filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Securities are
listed in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d). The Issuer shall
notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or
delisted therefrom.
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 9.01. Merger, Consolidation, etc. Only on Certain Terms.
The Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) the Issuer shall consolidate with or merge into another Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Issuer is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Issuer
substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Issuer
under this Indenture and the Securities and immediately after such
transaction no Event of Default shall have happened or be continuing; and
(2) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required
in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 9.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation by the Issuer with or merger by the Issuer
into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Issuer substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section
9.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer
is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had
been named as the Issuer herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease,
the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE TEN
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 10.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein
and in the Securities (pursuant to Article Nine, if applicable); or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Issuer 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
Issuer; or
(3) 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); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal,
and with or without interest coupons, or to provide for uncertificated
Securities (so long as any "registration-required obligation" within the
meaning of section 163(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, is in registered form for purposes of such section); or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit
of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to the requirements of Section 7.11(b); or
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(9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to correct or
supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other
provision herein, to eliminate any conflict between the terms hereof and
the Trust Indenture Act or to make any other provision with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series in any material respect.
SECTION 10.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Issuer and the
Trustee, the Issuer, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provision to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal
of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
6.02, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the
Holder of any Security, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date
fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date), or make the Securities payable in money
other than that stated in the Security, in each case other than the
amendment or waiver in accordance with the terms of this Indenture of any
covenant or related definition included pursuant to Section 3.01 that
provides for an offer to repurchase any Securities of a series upon a sale
of assets or change of control transaction, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 6.13 or
Section 11.07, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
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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.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 10.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with, and
shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required
by section 1.02 hereof, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
in its sole discretion may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 10.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 10.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 10.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be
prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
SECTION 10.07. Notice of Supplemental Indenture.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 10.02, the Issuer shall transmit, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all Holders of any
series of the Securities affected thereby, a notice setting forth in general
terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 11.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series in
accordance with the terms of the Securities of that series and this Indenture.
SECTION 11.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange, where notices and demands
to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served and where the Securities may be presented for payment.
The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Issuer 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 Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
SECTION 11.03. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Issuer shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect to
any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series,
set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest
so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act or of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other
obligor on the Securities of that series) to make any payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series
when the same shall be due and payable.
Whenever the Issuer shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York time on each due
date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such
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sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is
the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
If the Issuer shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee
for any series of Securities, it will cause such Paying Agent to execute and
deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent
will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that
series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all series of
Securities hereunder or for any other reason, pay or by Issuer Order direct any
Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series
by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Issuer in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two
years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request subject to applicable
abandoned property and escheat law, or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to
be published once a week for two consecutive weeks (in each case on any day of
the week) in an Authorized Newspaper notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.
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SECTION 11.04. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Nine, the Issuer will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence.
SECTION 11.05. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Issuer shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental
levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material
respect to the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 11.06. Maintenance of Properties.
The Issuer will cause all its properties used or useful in the
conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in reasonably good condition,
repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will
cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Issuer may be necessary so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted
at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the
Issuer from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of its properties
if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Issuer desirable in the
conduct of its business and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders of the Securities of any series.
SECTION 11.07. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Issuer may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 11.04, 11.05 and 11.06 or
established pursuant to Section 3.01 or 10.01, 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,
by Act of such Holders, 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 Issuer and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 11.08. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Issuer will, within 120 days after the close of each fiscal
year, 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, the principal financial officer or the principal
accounting officer of the Issuer, 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 Issuer 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 Issuer in the performance, observance
or fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default
and the nature thereof. For the
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purpose of this Section 11.08, compliance shall be determined without regard to
any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
SECTION 11.09. Reports by the Issuer.
The Issuer and each Guarantor, if applicable, shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer or such
Guarantor is required to file the same with the Commission, 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 Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Issuer is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections,
then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which
may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be
prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance
by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may
be required from time to time by such rules and regulations (it being
understood that any Guarantor not required to file with the SEC pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall not be required to file
such reports with the SEC or Trustee); and
(3) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof
with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Issuer or any Guarantor pursuant to paragraphs
(1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee
is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 11.10. Further Assurances.
From time to time whenever reasonably demanded by the Trustee, the
Issuer will make, execute and deliver or cause to be made, executed and
delivered any and all such further and other instruments and assurances as may
be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention or facilitate the
performance of the terms of this Indenture.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 12.01. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 12.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Issuer of the Securities of any series, the Issuer shall, at least 45 days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. 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 Issuer shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 12.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal
amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided, however, that
Securities of such series registered in the name of the Issuer shall be excluded
from any such selection for redemption until all Securities of such series not
so registered shall have been previously selected for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 12.04. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed.
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All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be
redeemed (including CUSIP numbers) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) that interest, if any, accrued to the date fixed for redemption
will be paid as specified in said notice,
(6) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 12.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York time on any Redemption Date, the Issuer
shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is
acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section
11.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on,
all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 12.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities
so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, provided, however, that installments of interest 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 Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
SECTION 12.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, 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 of
the security so surrendered. Securities in denominations larger than $1,000 may
be redeemed in part, but only in whole multiples of $1,000.
SECTION 12.08. Securities No Longer Outstanding After Notice to Trustee and
Deposit of Cash.
If the Issuer, having given notice to the Trustee as provided in
Section 12.02, shall have deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent, for the
benefit of the Holders of any Securities of any series or portions thereof
called for redemption in whole or in part cash or other form of payment if
permitted by the terms of such Securities (which amount shall be immediately due
and payable to the Holders of such Securities or portions thereof), in the
amount necessary so to redeem all such Securities or portions thereof on the
Redemption Date and provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made
for the giving of notice of such redemption, such Securities or portions
thereof, shall thereupon, for all purposes of this Indenture, be deemed to be no
longer Outstanding, and the Holders thereof shall be entitled to no rights
thereunder or hereunder, except the right to receive payment of the Redemption
Price, together with interest accrued to the Redemption Date, on or after the
Redemption Date of such Securities or portions thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 13.01. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking
fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to
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reduction as provided in Section 13.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 13.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Issuer (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Issuer pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited
pursuant to the terms of such Securities. 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.
SECTION 13.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for
any series of Securities, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series
pursuant to Section 13.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to
be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 12.03 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Issuer in the manner provided in Section 12.04. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 12.06 and 12.07.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 14.01. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of
this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise
in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer
or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer or any Guarantor,
or of any successor Person, either directly or through the Issuer or any
Guarantor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations of the Issuer and any Guarantor, as applicable, and that
no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or
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shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors, as
such, of the Issuer or any Guarantor, or of any successor Person, or any of
them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or
by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all
such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or
statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, because of the creation
of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance
of the Securities.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 15.01. Purposes of Meetings.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of all or any series may be
called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this
Article for any of the following purposes:
(1) to give any notice to the Issuer or to the Trustee, or to give
any directions to the Trustee, or to waive any default hereunder and its
consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by the
Holders of Securities pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Six;
(2) to remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant
to the provisions of Article Seven;
(3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or
(4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf
of the Holders of any specified percentage in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of all or any series, as the case may be, under any
other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
SECTION 15.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities
of all or any series to take any action specified in Section 15.01, to be held
at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of
Securities of all or any series, setting forth the time and place of such
meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting,
shall be given to all Holders of Securities of each series that may be affected
by the action proposed to be taken at such meeting by publication at least twice
in an Authorized Newspaper prior to the date fixed for the meeting, the first
publication to be not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the
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date fixed for the meeting, and the last publication to be not more than five
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting, or such notice may be given to
Holders by mailing the same by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders
of Securities at the time Outstanding, at their addresses as they shall appear
in the Security Register, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting. Failure to receive such notice or any defect therein
shall in no case affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting. Any
meeting of Holders of Securities of all or any series shall be valid without
notice if the Holders of all such Securities Outstanding, the Issuer and the
Trustee are present in person or by proxy or shall have waived notice thereof
before or after the meeting.
SECTION 15.03. Call of Meetings by Issuer or Holders.
In case at any time the Issuer by Board Resolution, or the Holders
of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding
of each series that may be affected by the action proposed to be taken at the
meeting shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of all series that may be so affected to take any action authorized
in Section 15.01 by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the
action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have
mailed or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 30
days after receipt of such request, then the Issuer or the Holders in the amount
above specified may determine the time and the place in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York for such meeting and may call such meeting by
mailing or publishing notice thereof as provided in Section 15.02.
SECTION 15.04. Qualification for Voting.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a)
be a Holder of one or more Securities of a series affected by the action
proposed to be taken, or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing
as proxy by the Holder of one or more such Securities. The right of Holders to
have their votes counted shall be subject to the proviso in the definition of
"Outstanding" in Section 1.01. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be
present or to speak at any meeting of Holders 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 Issuer and its counsel.
SECTION 15.05. Quorum; Adjourned Meetings.
At any meeting of Holders, the presence of Persons holding or
representing Securities in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to take
action on the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called
shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. No business shall be transacted in
the absence of a quorum unless a quorum is represented when the meeting is
called to order. 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
the Holders of Securities (as provided in Section 15.03), be dissolved. In any
other case the Persons holding or representing a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities represented at the meeting may adjourn such a meeting
for a period of not less than 10 days with the same effect, for all intents and
purposes, as though a quorum had been present. In the absence of a quorum at any
such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be similarly further
adjourned for a
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period of not less than 10 days. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned
meeting shall be given as provided in Section 15.02 except that, in the case of
publication, such notice need be published only once but must be given not less
than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened, and in the case of mailing, such notice may be mailed not less than
five days prior to such date.
Any Holder of a Security who has executed an instrument in writing
complying with the provisions of Section 1.04 shall be deemed to be present for
the purposes of determining a quorum and be deemed to have voted; provided,
however, that such Holder shall be considered as present or voting only with
respect to the matters covered by such instrument in writing.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of the
Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section
shall be binding on all Holders of such series of Securities whether or not
present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 15.06. Regulations.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of
the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and
other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the
conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer
or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 15.03, in which case the
Issuer or the Holders of Securities 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 Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities represented at the meeting.
At any meeting each Holder of a Security of a series entitled to
vote at such meeting, or proxy therefor, shall be entitled to one vote for each
$1,000 principal amount (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such
principal amount to be determined as provided in the definition of
"Outstanding") of 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 Securities of such series or proxy therefor.
Any meeting of Holders of Securities duly called pursuant to the provisions of
Section 15.02 or 15.03 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 15.07. Voting Procedure.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders
shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the
Holders of Securities entitled to vote at such meeting, or proxies therefor, and
on which shall be inscribed an identifying number or numbers or to which shall
be attached a list of identifying numbers of the Securities so held or
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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 in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities
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 mailed or published as provided in Section 15.02 and, if
applicable, Section 15.05. The record shall be signed and verified by the
permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall
be delivered to the Issuer and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the
Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of
the matters therein stated.
SECTION 15.08. Written Consent in Lieu of Meetings.
The written authorization or consent by the Holders of the requisite
percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of any series herein
provided, entitled to vote at any such meeting, evidenced as provided in Section
1.04 and filed with the Trustee, shall be effective in lieu of a meeting of the
Holders of Securities of such series, with respect to any matter provided for in
this Article Fifteen.
SECTION 15.09. No Delay of Rights by Meeting.
Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed or construed to
authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders of Securities
of any or all series or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to
make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or the Holders of Securities of any or
all such series under any provisions of this Indenture or the Securities.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 16.01. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
[_____________________] hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture
declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the date first written above.
WCI COMMUNITIES, INC.
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
[___________________________], as Trustee
By:______________________________
Name:
Title: