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EXHIBIT 4(f)
TRW INC.
FORM OF DEBT WARRANT AGREEMENT [FOR DEBT WARRANTS SOLD ATTACHED TO DEBT
SECURITIES]*
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of _____________________ between TRW Inc.,
an Ohio corporation (hereinafter called the "Company", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) and
__________________________________________________________________________ as
Warrant Agent (herein called the "Warrant Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Indenture dated as of May 1,
1986, as supplemented (the "Indenture"), with The Chase Manhattan Bank (National
Association), as successor trustee (the "Trustee"), providing for the issuance
from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (the "Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as
provided in the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [title of the Debt Securities
being offered] (the "Offered Securities") with warrant certificates evidencing
one or more warrants (the "Warrants" or individually a "Warrant") representing
the right to purchase [title of the Debt Securities purchasable through exercise
of Warrants] (the "Warrant Securities"), such warrant certificates and other
warrant certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement being herein called the
"Warrant Certificates"; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company in connection with the issuance, exchange, exercise and replacement of
the Warrant Certificates, and in this Agreement wishes to set forth, among other
things, the form and provisions of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and
conditions on which they may be issued, exchanged, exercised and replaced.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS AND EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
SECTION 1.01. Issuance of Warrants. Warrants shall be initially issued
in connection with the issuance of the Offered Securities [but shall be
separately transferable on and after___________ , 19___ (the "Detachable Date")]
[and shall not be separately transferable] and each Warrant Certificate shall
evidence one or more Warrants. Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent
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* Monetary amounts may be in U.S. dollars or in foreign denominated
currency or units consisting of multiple currencies.
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the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase a
Warrant Security in the principal amount of [specified currency and amount].
Warrant Certificates shall be initially issued in units with the Offered
Securities and each Warrant Certificate included in such a unit shall evidence
_________ Warrants for each [specified currency and amount] principal amount of
Offered Securities included in such unit.
SECTION 1.02. Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each
Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in [bearer] [registered] form
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, shall be dated _______
and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve
(execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to
comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or
with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may be
listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on
behalf of the Company by [its Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its
Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers] under its
corporate seal and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such
authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant
Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof
and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant
Certificates.
No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no Warrant
evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been
countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by
the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the Company shall be
conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly
issued hereunder.
In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the
Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to be
such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been
countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may
be countersigned and delivered notwithstanding that the person who signed such
Warrant Certificates ceased to be such officer of the Company, and any Warrant
Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the
actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper
officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement
any such person was not such officer.
[If bearer Warrants -- The term "holder" or "holder of a Warrant
Certificate" as used herein shall mean [If Offered Securities with Warrants
which are not immediately detachable -- prior to the Detachable Date, the
registered owner of the Offered Security to which such Warrant Certificate was
initially attached (or the bearer if the Offered Security is a bearer Security),
and after such Detachable Date] the bearer of such Warrant Certificate.]
[If registered Warrants -- The term "holder" or "holder of a Warrant
Certificate" as used herein shall mean any person in whose name at the time any
Warrant Certificate shall be registered
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upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose. [If
Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- or upon
the register of the Offered Securities prior to the Detachable Date. The Company
will, or will cause the registrar of the Offered Securities to, make available
at all times to the Warrant Agent such information as to holders of the Offered
Securities with Warranties as may be necessary to keep the Warrant Agent's
records up to date.]]
SECTION 1.03. Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates
evidencing the right to purchase an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
[specified currency and amount] aggregate principal amount of Warrant Securities
(except as provided in Sections 1.04, 2.03(c). 3.02 and 4.01) may be executed by
the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of this
Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall, upon
receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company,
countersign Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants representing the right to
purchase up to [specified currency and amount] aggregate principal amount of
Warrant Securities and shall deliver such Warrant Certificates to or upon the
order of the Company. Subsequent to such original issuance of the Warrant
Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall countersign a Warrant Certificate only if
the Warrant Certificate is issued in exchange or substitution for one or more
previously countersigned Warrant Certificates [If registered Warrants -- or in
connection with their transfer], as hereinafter provided or as provided in
Section 2.03(c).
SECTION 1.04. Temporary Warrant Certificates. Pending the preparation
of definitive Warrant Certificates, the Company may execute, and upon the order
of the Company, the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Warrant Certificates which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise produced substantially of the tenor of the definitive Warrant
Certificate in lieu of which they are issued and with such insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Warrant Certificate may determine as appropriate, as evidenced by their
execution of such Warrant Certificates.
If temporary Warrant Certificates are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Warrant Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the temporary Warrant
Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Warrant Certificates upon
surrender of the temporary Warrant Certificates at the corporate trust office of
the Warrant Agent [or __________________], without charge to the holders. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Warrant Certificates the
Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor definitive Warrant Certificates representing the same
aggregate number of Warrants. Until so exchanged, the temporary Warrant
Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Agreement as definitive Warrant Certificates.
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ARTICLE II
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS.
SECTION 2.01. Warrant Price. On ____________, 19___ the exercise
price of each Warrant is [specified currency and amount]. During the period from
_____________, 19___, through and including ____________, 19___, the exercise
price of each Warrant will be [specified currency and amount] plus [accrued
amortization of the original issue discount] [accrued interest] from
____________, 19___. On ____________, 19___, the exercise price of each Warrant
will be [specified currency and amount]. During the period from ____________,
19___, through and including ____________, 19___, the exercise price of each
Warrant will be [specified currency and amount] plus [accrued amortization of
the original issue discount] [accrued interest] from ____________, 19___. [In
each case, the original issue discount will be amortized at a ____% annual rate,
computed on an annual basis using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months]. Such purchase price of Warrant Securities is referred to in this
Agreement as the "Warrant Price". [The original issue discount for each
[specified currency and amount] principal amount of Warrant Securities is
[specified currency and amount].]
SECTION 2.02. Duration of Warrants. Each Warrant may be exercised in
whole at any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date thereof] [
____________, 19___] and at or before 5 P.M. New York time on ____________,
19___ (the "Expiration Date"). Each Warrant not exercised at or before the close
of business on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the
holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrant under this Agreement
shall cease.
SECTION 2.03. Exercise of Warrants. (a) During the period specified in
Section 2.02, any whole number of Warrants may be exercised by providing certain
information set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate and by
paying in full, [in lawful money of the United States of America,] [in cash or
by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each
case,] [by bank wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant
Price for each Warrant exercised, to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust
office [or at ___________], provided that such exercise is subject to receipt
within five business days of such [payment] [wire transfer] by the Warrant Agent
of the Warrant Certificate with the form of election to purchase Warrant
Securities set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant Certificate properly
completed and duly executed. The date on which payment in full of the Warrant
Price is received by the Warrant Agent shall, subject to receipt of the Warrant
Certificate as aforesaid, be deemed to be the date on which the Warrant is
exercised. The Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in payment
of the Warrant Price in an account of the Company maintained with it [if
non-dollar denominated funds -- or in such other account designated by the
Company] and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of each day on
which a [payment] [wire transfer] for the exercise of Warrants is received of
the amount so deposited to its account. The Warrant Agent shall promptly confirm
such telephone advice to the Company in writing.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as promptly as
practicable, advise the Company and the Trustee under the Indenture of (i) the
number of Warrants exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the
Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to
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delivery of the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled upon such
exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any,
of the Warrants remaining after such exercise, and (iv) such other information
as the Company or the Trustee shall reasonably require.
(c) As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the
Company shall issue, pursuant to the Indenture, in authorized denominations to
or upon the order of the holder of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such
Warrant, the Warrant Securities to which such holder is entitled, [in fully
registered form, registered in such name or names] [in bearer form] as may be
directed by such holder* [;provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to deliver any unregistered Warrant Securities in the United States].
If fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate are
exercised, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant
Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, a new Warrant Certificate
evidencing the number of such Warrants remaining unexercised.
(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or
other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer
involved in the issue of the Warrant Securities, and in the event that any such
transfer is involved, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any
Warrant Security until such tax or other charge shall have been paid or it has
been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax or other charge
is due.
[(e) Issuance of unregistered Warrant Securities upon exercise of
Warrants shall be subject to such arrangements and procedures designed pursuant
to then applicable laws and regulations to ensure that unregistered Warrant
Securities are sold, transferred and paid only in compliance with such laws as
shall be provided by the Company pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Indenture.]
SECTION 3.04. Merger, Consolidation, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease. If
at any time there shall be a merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer or
lease of assets subject to Section 12.01 of the Indenture, then in any such
event the successor or assuming corporation referred to therein shall succeed to
and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect, subject to the
Indenture, as if it had been named herein and in the Warrant as the Company; the
Company shall thereupon be relieved of any further obligation hereunder or under
the Warrants, and the Company as the predecessor corporation may thereupon or at
any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor or
assuming corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Warrants issuable
hereunder that theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company, and may
execute and deliver Warrant Securities in its own name pursuant to such
Indenture, in fulfillment of its obligations to deliver Warrant Securities upon
exercise of the Warrants. All the Warrants so issued shall in all respects have
the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Warrants theretofore
or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though
all of such Warrants had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In any
case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Warrants thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
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* Subject to change in accordance with changes in tax laws and
regulations.
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The Warrant Agent may receive a written opinion of legal counsel as
conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or
lease complies with the provisions of this Section 3.04 and the Indenture.
ARTICLE III
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
SECTION 3.01. No Rights as Warrant Securityholder Conferred by Warrants
or Warrant Certificates. No Warrant Certificate or Warrant evidenced thereby
shall entitle the holder thereof to any of the rights of a holder of Warrant
Securities, including, without limitation, the right to receive the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Warrant Securities or to enforce
any of the covenants in the Indenture.
SECTION 3.02. Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant
Certificates. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and of indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to it and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender thereof to the Warrant
Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized officer of the Warrant
Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant
Certificate of the same tenor and evidencing a like number of Warrants. Upon the
issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every
substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section
in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall represent an
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and
proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and
delivered hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificates.
SECTION 3.03. Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of a Warrant
Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the Trustee, the holder
of any Warrant Securities or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may,
in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and
maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce
or otherwise in respect of, his right to exercise the Warrants evidenced by his
Warrant Certificate in the manner provided in his Warrant Certificate and in
this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES.
SECTION 4.01. Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates. [If
Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable -- Upon] [If
Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Prior
to the Detachable Date a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or transferred
only together with the Offered Security to which the Warrant Certificate was
initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting or in conjunction with
an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. Prior to the Detachable Date,
each transfer of the Offered Security [on the register of the Offered
Securities] shall operate also to transfer the related Warrant Certificates.
After the Detachable Date upon] surrender at the corporate trust office of the
Warrant Agent [or _______________], Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants may
be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations evidencing such
Warrants [If registered Warrants -- or the transfer thereof may be registered in
whole or in part]; provided that such other Warrant Certificates evidence the
same aggregate number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered.
[If registered Warrants -- The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust
office [and at ___________], books in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it shall register Warrant Certificates and
exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender of
the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or
__________] for exchange [or registration of transfer], properly endorsed or
accompanied by appropriate instruments of registration of transfer and written
instructions for transfer, all in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Warrant Agent.] No service charge shall be made for any exchange [or
registration of transfer] of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange [or
registration of transfer]. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered
for exchange [or registration of transfer] an authorized officer of the Warrant
Agent shall manually countersign and deliver to the person or persons entitled
thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates duly authorized and
executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent shall not be
required to effect any exchange [or registration of transfer] which will result
in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a Warrant, a
number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant Certificates
issued upon any exchange [or registration of transfer] of Warrant Certificates
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrant
Certificates surrendered for such exchange [or registration of transfer].
SECTION 4.02. Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. [If Offered
Securities with bearer Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Subject
to Section 4.01, each] [If Offered Securities with bearer Warrants which are
immediately detachable -- Each] Warrant Certificate shall be transferable by
delivery and shall be deemed negotiable and the bearer of each Warrant
Certificate may be treated by the Company, the Warrant Agent and all other
persons dealing with such bearer as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose
and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants
evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.] [If registered
Warrants which are not immediately detachable -- Every holder of a Warrant
Certificate, by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company, the
Warrant Agent and
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with every subsequent holder of such Warrant Certificate that until the transfer
of the Warrant Certificate is registered on the books of the Warrant Agent [or
the register of the Offered Securities prior to the Detachable Date], the
Company and the Warrant Agent [or the registrar of the Offered Securities prior
to the Detachable Date], the Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the
registered holder as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose and as the
person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced
thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.]
SECTION 4.03. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant
Certificate surrendered for exchange [, registration of transfer] or exercise of
the Warrants evidenced thereby shall, if surrendered to the Company, be
delivered to the Warrant Agent and all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so
delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent
and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement,
no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in exchange or in lieu thereof.
The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the Company from time to time or otherwise
dispose of cancelled Warrant Certificates in a manner satisfactory to the
Company.
ARTICLE V
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT.
SECTION 5.01. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints ___________ as
Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant
Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth; and
__________ hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the
powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant
Certificates and herein and such further powers and authority to act on behalf
of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it. All of
the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in
the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions
hereof.
SECTION 5.02. Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The Warrant
Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and conditions
hereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all
of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates shall be subject:
(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees
promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon
with the Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to
reimburse the Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including counsel fees) incurred by the Warrant Agent in connection
with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company
also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in
connection with its acting as Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the
costs and expenses of defending any claim of such liability.
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(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant
Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant
Agent is acting solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any
obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the
holders of Warrant Certificates or beneficial owners of Warrants.
(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel
satisfactory to it, and the advice of such 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 accordance
with the advice of such counsel.
(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall
incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing
suffered by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice,
direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or
document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been
presented or signed by the proper parties.
(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, and its officers,
directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any
interest in, Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have
if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in
any financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or
as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders
of Warrant Securities or other obligations of the Company as freely as
if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder. Nothing in this Warrant
Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Warrant Agent from acting as
Trustee under the Indenture or any other indenture of the Company.
(f) No Liability for Interest. The Warrant Agent shall have no
liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant
Certificates.
(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall have
no liability with respect to any invalidity of this Agreement or any of
the Warrant Certificates.
(h) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent
shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations
herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's
countersignature thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.
(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be
obligated to perform only such duties as are herein and in the Warrant
Certificates specifically set forth and no implied duties or
obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Warrant
Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be
under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may tend to
involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a
reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The
Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or
responsibility for the use by the
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Company of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the
Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this
Agreement or for the application by the Company of the proceeds of the
Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or
responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the
performance of its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the
Warrant Certificates or in the case of the receipt of any written
demand from a holder of a Warrant Certificate with respect to such
default, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to
initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in
Section 6.02 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.
SECTION 5.03. Resignation and Appointment of Successor. (a) The
Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until
all the Warrant Certificates are no longer exercisable.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by giving
written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date
on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided, however, that
such date shall not be less than three months after the date on which such
notice is given unless the Company otherwise agrees. The Warrant Agent hereunder
may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing
signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date
when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect
upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor
Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company authorized under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization to exercise corporate trust powers) and
the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. The
obligation of the Company under Section 5.02(a) shall continue to the extent set
forth therein notwithstanding the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.
(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall be
removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent, or shall file a petition seeking relief under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or under any other applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy law or similar law or make an assignment for the
benefit of its credits or consent to the appointment of a receiver or custodian
of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall admit in writing its
inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if a receiver or custodian
of it or of all or any substantial part of its property shall be appointed, or
if an order of any court shall be entered for relief against it under the
provisions of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter
amended, or under any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy law or
similar law, or if any public officer shall have taken charge or control of the
Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent, qualified as aforesaid,
shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed with the
successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor
Warrant Agent and acceptance by the successor Warrant Agent of such appointment,
the Warrant Agent shall cease to be a Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder,
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and thereupon such successor Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts,
immunities, duties and obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if
originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment
of its charges and disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated
to transfer, deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be
entitled to receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with
or held by such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be
merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation to
which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially
all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall be
qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this
Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 6.01. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties
hereto, without the consent of the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the
purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any
defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company and
the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable; provided that such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Warrant
Certificates.
SECTION 6.02. Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If
the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by
the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of the Warrant
Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice or demand to
the Company.
SECTION 6.03. Addresses. Any communication from the Company to the
Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to ___________,
Attention: ______________, and any communication from the Warrant Agent to the
Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to TRW Inc., ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: Secretary (or such other
address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the
Company).
SECTION 6.04. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and
performance of this Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder and
of the respective terms and provisions thereof shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance, with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 6.05. Delivery of Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the
Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus relating to the Warrant
Securities deliverable upon exercise of
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Warrants (the "Prospectus"), and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise
of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent will deliver to the holder of the Warrant
Certificate evidencing such Warrant, prior to or concurrently with the delivery
of the Warrant Securities issued upon such exercise, a Prospectus relating to
such Warrant Securities.
SECTION 6.06. Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will
from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep
effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies
and authorities and securities acts filings under United States Federal and
State laws (including without limitation a registration statement in respect of
the Warrants and Warrant Securities under the Securities Act of 1933), which may
be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer and
delivery of the Warrant Securities issued upon exercise of the Warrants or upon
the expiration of the period during which the Warrants are exercisable.
SECTION 6.07. Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in
this Agreement shall give to any person other than the Company, the Warrant
Agent and the holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim
under or by reason of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.08. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several
Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.
SECTION 6.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which as so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 6.10. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall
be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of
the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant Certificate. The
Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant Certificate for
inspection by it.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of TRW Inc. and [Warrant Agent] has caused
this Agreement to be signed by one of its duly authorized officers, and its
corporate seal to be affixed hereunto, and the same to be attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, all as of the day and year first
above written.
TRW INC.
By
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Attest:
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By
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As Warrant Agent
Attest:
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EXHIBIT A
(FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE)
(Face of Warrant Certificate)
[Form of Legend if Securities with Prior to ________ this Warrant Certificate
Warrants which are not cannot be transferred or exchanged unless
immediately detachable: attached to a [Title of Offered
Securities].]
[Form of Legend if Warrants are Prior to ________, Warrants evidended by
not immediately exercisable: this Warrant Certificate cannot be
exercised.]
EXERCISABLE ONLY IF COUNTERSIGNED BY THE WARRANT
AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN
TRW INC.
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE
[Title of Warrant Securities]
VOID AFTER 5 P.M. NEW YORK TIME ON _________, 19__
[No.] Warrants
This certifies that [the bearer is the] [______________ or registered
assigns is the registered] owner of the above indicated number of Warrants, each
Warrant entitling such [bearer] [owner] to purchase, at any time [after 5 P.M.
New York time on _________, 19__ and] on or before 5 P.M. New York time on
______________, 19__, [specified currency and amount] principal amount of [Title
of Warrant Securities] (the "Warrant Securities"), of TRW Inc. (the "Company"),
issued and to be issued under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), on the
following basis: [on __________, 19__, the exercise price of each Warrant is
[specified currency and amount]; during the period from _____________, 19__,
through and including _____________, 19__, the exercise price of each Warrant
will be [specified currency and amount] plus [accrued amortization of the
original issue discount] [accrued interest] from ___________, 19__; on
_____________, 19__, the exercise price of each Warrant will be [specified
currency and amount]; during the period from ________, 19__, through and
including ____________, 19__, the exercise price of each Warrant will be
[specified currency and amount] plus [accrued amortization of the original issue
discount] [accrued interest] from ____________, 19__; [in each case, the
original issue discount will be amortized at a ___% annual rate, computed on an
annual basis, using a 360-day year consisting of twelve 20-day months] (the
"Warrant Price"). [The original issue discount for each [specified currency and
amount] principal amount of Warrant Securities is [specified currency and
amount].] The holder may exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby by providing
certain information set forth on the back hereof and by paying in full, [in
lawful money of the United States of America] [in cash or by certified check or
official bank check or by bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire
transfer] in immediately available funds, the Warrant Price for each Warrant
exercised to the Warrant Agent (as
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hereinafter defined) and by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the
purchase form on the back hereof duly executed, at the corporate trust office of
[name of Warrant Agent], or its successor as warrant agent (the "Warrant
Agent"), [or _____________] currently at the address specified on the reverse
hereof, and upon compliance with and subject to the conditions set forth herein
and in the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter defined).
Any whole number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may
be exercised to purchase Warrant Securities in registered form in denominations
of [specified currency and amount] and any integral multiples thereof. Upon any
exercise of fewer than all the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate,
there shall be issued to the holder hereof a new Warrant Certificate evidencing
the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the
Warrant Agreement dated as of ___________, 19__ (the "Warrant Agreement")
between the Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and
provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and
provisions the holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof.
Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the
Warrant Agent [and at ________________].
The Warrant Securities to be issued and delivered upon the exercise of
the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate will be issued under and in
accordance with an Indenture dated as of May 1, 1986 (the "Indenture"), between
the Company and Mellon Bank, N.A., a national banking association organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee (Mellon
Bank, N.A. and any successor to such Trustee being hereinafter referred to as
the "Trustee"), and will be subject to the terms and provisions contained in the
Indenture. [In particular, issuance of unregistered Warrant Securities upon
exercise of Warrants shall be subject to such arrangements and procedures as
shall be provided pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Indenture.] Copies of the
Indenture and the form of the Warrant Securities are on file at the corporate
trust office of the Trustee [and at _______________].
[If Offered Securities with bearer Warrants which are not immediately
detachable -- Prior to _____________, 19__, this Warrant Certificate may be
exchanged or transferred only together with the [Title of Offered Securities]
("Offered Securities") to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached,
and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or
transfer of such Offered Security. After such date, this [If Offered Securities
with bearer Warrants which are immediately detachable -- This] Warrant
Certificate, and all rights hereunder, may be transferred by delivery and the
Company and the Warrant Agent may treat the bearer hereof as the owner for all
purposes.]
[If Offered Securities with registered Warrants which are not
immediately detachable -- Prior to ____________, 19__, this Warrant Certificate
may be exchanged or transferred only together with the [Title of Offered
Securities] ("Offered Securities") to which this Warrant Certificate was
initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction
with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security. After such date, this
[If Offered Securities with registered Warrants which are immediately detachable
-- Transfer of this] Warrant Certificate may
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be registered when this Warrant Certificate is surrendered to the corporate
trust office of the Warrant Agent [or ________________] by the registered owner
or his assigns, in person or by an attorney duly authorized in writing, in the
manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are not immediately
detachable -- Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph after]
[If Offered Securities with Warrants which are immediately detachable -- After]
countersignature by the Warrant Agent and prior to the expiration of this
Warrant Certificate, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate
trust office of the Warrant Agent for Warrant Certificates representing the same
aggregate number of Warrants.
This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the holder hereof to any of
the rights of a holder of the Warrant Securities, including, without limitation,
the right to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on the Warrant Securities or to enforce any of the covenants of the
Indenture.
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This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
Dated as of ______________, 19__.
TRW Inc.
By
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Attest:
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Countersigned:
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As Warrant Agent
By
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Authorized Signature
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[REVERSE OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXERCISE OF WARRANT
To exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby, the holder must pay [in cash
or by certified check or official bank check or by bank wire transfer] [by bank
wire transfer] [in immediately available funds] the Warrant Price in full for
Warrants exercised to [insert name of Warrant Agent] Corporate Trust Department,
[insert address of Warrant Agent], Attn. _________ [or _________ ], which
[payment] [wire transfer] must specify the name of the holder and the number of
Warrants exercised by such holder. In addition, the holder must complete the
information required below and present this Warrant Certificate in person or by
mail (registered mail is recommended) to the Warrant Agent at the addresses set
forth below. This Warrant Certificate, completed and duly executed, must be
received by the Warrant Agent within five business days of the [payment] [wire
transfer].
TO BE EXECUTED UPON EXERCISE OF WARRANT
The undersigned hereby irrevocable elects to exercise _________
Warrants, evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase [specified currency
and amount] principal amount of the [Title of Warrant Securities] (the "Warrant
Securities") of TRW Inc. and represents that he has tendered payment for such
Warrant Securities (in cash or by certified check or official bank check or by
bank wire transfer, in each case,] [by bank wire transfer] in immediately
available funds to the order of TRW Inc., c/o [insert name and address of
Warrant Agent], in the amount of [specified currency and amount] in accordance
with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that said principal amount of
Warrant Securities be in [bearer form in the authorized denominations] [fully
registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and
delivered] all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below.
If the number of Warrant exercised is less than all of the Warrant
evidenced hereby, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate
representing the remaining Warrants evidenced hereby be issued and delivered to
the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions below.
Dated:
Name
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|___|__|____ (Please Print)
(Insert Social Security Address
or other Identifying ------------------------------------
Number of Holder)
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Signature
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The Warrants evidenced hereby may be exercised at the following
addresses:
By hand at
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By mail at
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[Instructions as to form and delivery of Warrant Securities and, if
applicable, Warrant Certificates evidencing unexercised Warrants -- complete as
appropriate.]
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*CERTIFICATE FOR DELIVERY OF BEARER WARRANT SECURITIES
TRW INC.
WARRANT SECURITIES
TO: TRW Inc.
▇/▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank
(National Association)
as Trustee
This certificate is submitted in connection with our request that you
deliver to us [specified currency and amount] principal amount of Warrant
Securities in bearer form upon exercise of Warrants. We hereby certify that
either (a) none of such Warrant Securities will be held by or on behalf of a
United States Person, or (b) if a United States Person will have a beneficial
interest in such Warrant Securities, such person is described in Section
____________ of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
the regulations thereunder. As used herein, "United States Person" means a
citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the Untied States or any
political subdivision thereof or an estate or trust whose income from sources
without the United States is includable in gross income for United States
Federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a
trade or business within the United States.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
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(Signature)
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(Please print name)
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* Subject to change in accordance with changes in tax laws and regulations.
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[If Registered Warrant]
Assignment
(Form of Assignment To Be Executed If Holder Desires
to Transfer Warrants Evidenced Hereby)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Please insert social security
or other identify number
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(Please print name and address including zip code)
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the Warrants represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint _________________ Attorney, to transfer said
Warrant Certificate on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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Signature
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of this
Warrant Certificate and must bear a
signature guarantee by a bank,
trust company or member broker of
the New York, Midwest, Pacific or
Philadelphia Stock Exchange.)
Signature Guaranteed:
______________________________
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