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EXHIBIT 4.3
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VERITAS DGC INC.
AND
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TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF
_______________________, 1999
DEBT SECURITIES
(SENIOR DEBT)
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Veritas DGC Inc.
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Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of _________________, 1999
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Section of
Trust Indenture Section(s) of
Act of 1939 Indenture
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Section 310 (a)(1)............................................................................... 609
(a)(2)............................................................................... 609
(a)(3)............................................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4)............................................................................... Not Applicable
(b).................................................................................. 608, 610
Section 311 (a).................................................................................. 613
(b).................................................................................. 613
(c).................................................................................. Not Applicable
Section 312 (a).................................................................................. 701, 702(a)
(b).................................................................................. 702(b)
(c).................................................................................. 702(c)
Section 313 (a).................................................................................. 703(a)
(b).................................................................................. 703(b)
(c).................................................................................. 703(c)
(d).................................................................................. 703(d)
Section 314 (a).................................................................................. 704, 1005
(b).................................................................................. Not Applicable
(c)(1)............................................................................... 103
(c)(2)............................................................................... 103
(c)(3)............................................................................... Not Applicable
(d).................................................................................. Not Applicable
(e).................................................................................. 103
Section 315 (a).................................................................................. 601(a)
(b).................................................................................. 602
(c).................................................................................. 601(b)
(d).................................................................................. 601(c)
(d)(1)............................................................................... 601(a)(1)
(d)(2)............................................................................... 601(c)(2)
(d)(3)............................................................................... 601(c)(3)
(e).................................................................................. 513
Section 316 (a)(1)(A)............................................................................ 502, 511
(a)(1)(B)............................................................................ 512
(a)(2)............................................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(last sentence)................................................................... 101
(b).................................................................................. 508
Section 317 (a)(1)............................................................................... 503
(a)(2)............................................................................... 504
(b).................................................................................. 1003
Section 318 (a).................................................................................. 108
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY...........................................................................................1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.........................................................................................1
Act .....................................................................................................2
Additional Amounts.......................................................................................2
Affiliate................................................................................................2
Agent Members............................................................................................2
Authenticating Agent.....................................................................................2
Authorized Newspaper.....................................................................................2
Board of Directors.......................................................................................2
Board Resolution.........................................................................................2
Business Day.............................................................................................2
Commission...............................................................................................3
Company ................................................................................................3
"Company Request" and "Company Order"....................................................................3
Conversion Event.........................................................................................3
Corporate Trust Office...................................................................................3
Defaulted Interest.......................................................................................3
Depositary...............................................................................................3
Dollar ................................................................................................3
Event of Default.........................................................................................3
Exchange Rate............................................................................................3
Holder ................................................................................................3
Indenture................................................................................................3
interest ................................................................................................4
Interest Payment Date....................................................................................4
Judgment Currency........................................................................................4
Maturity ................................................................................................4
Officers' Certificate....................................................................................4
Opinion of Counsel.......................................................................................4
Original Issue Discount Security.........................................................................4
Outstanding..............................................................................................4
Paying Agent.............................................................................................5
Person ................................................................................................5
Place of Payment.........................................................................................5
Predecessor Security.....................................................................................5
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Redemption Date..........................................................................................5
Redemption Price.........................................................................................5
Regular Record Date......................................................................................6
Required Currency........................................................................................6
Responsible Officer......................................................................................6
Securities...............................................................................................6
Security Custodian.......................................................................................6
Security Register........................................................................................6
Special Record Date......................................................................................6
Stated Maturity..........................................................................................6
Subsidiary...............................................................................................6
Trustee ................................................................................................6
Trust Indenture Act......................................................................................7
United States............................................................................................7
United States Alien......................................................................................7
U.S. Government Obligations..............................................................................7
Vice President...........................................................................................7
Wholly Owned Subsidiary..................................................................................7
Yield to Maturity........................................................................................7
SECTION 102. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act...................................................7
SECTION 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions................................................................8
SECTION 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee..............................................................8
SECTION 105. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.......................................................................9
SECTION 106. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company..............................................................10
SECTION 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver..........................................................................10
SECTION 108. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act..................................................................11
SECTION 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents...........................................................11
SECTION 110. Successors and Assigns............................................................................11
SECTION 111. Separability Clause................................................................................11
SECTION 112. Benefits of Indenture..............................................................................11
SECTION 113. Governing Law......................................................................................11
SECTION 114. Legal Holidays.....................................................................................11
SECTION 115. Corporate Obligation...............................................................................12
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally....................................................................................12
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication....................................................12
SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form..........................................................................13
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series...............................................................16
SECTION 302. Denominations......................................................................................18
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.....................................................19
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities...............................................................................20
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange................................................21
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities...................................................22
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.....................................................22
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners..............................................................................24
SECTION 309. Cancellation.......................................................................................24
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest............................................................................24
SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers......................................................................................24
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture............................................................24
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.........................................................................26
SECTION 403. Discharge of Liability on Securities of Any Series.................................................26
SECTION 404. Reinstatement......................................................................................27
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default..................................................................................28
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.................................................29
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee....................................31
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim...................................................................31
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.............................32
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.....................................................................32
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits................................................................................33
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal Premium and Interest...........................34
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies................................................................34
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.....................................................................34
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.......................................................................34
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.................................................................................35
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults............................................................................35
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs..............................................................................35
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..................................................................36
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities................................................................36
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.................................................................................37
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee..........................................................................37
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.............................................38
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities................................................................................39
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust................................................................................39
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.....................................................................39
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests............................................................40
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility............................................................40
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor..................................................40
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.............................................................42
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business........................................43
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company..................................................43
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent................................................................43
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders..........................................45
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.............................................46
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.................................................................................46
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.................................................................................47
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms...............................................47
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.......................................................................48
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.................................................48
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders....................................................49
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures...............................................................50
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures..................................................................50
SECTION 905. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act................................................................50
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.................................................51
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest........................................................51
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................................................51
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust.................................................51
SECTION 1004. Existence.........................................................................................53
SECTION 1005. Statement by Officers as to Default...............................................................53
SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.......................................................................53
SECTION 1007. Additional Amounts................................................................................53
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article..........................................................................54
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.............................................................54
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.................................................55
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption..............................................................................55
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.......................................................................56
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.............................................................56
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.......................................................................56
SECTION 1108. Purchase of Securities............................................................................57
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article..........................................................................57
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.............................................57
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.........................................................57
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.........................................................58
SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings................................................................58
SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings..............................................................59
SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action....................................................................................59
SECTION 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings...............................60
SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings...................................................60
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INDENTURE, dated as of _______________, 1999 between VERITAS
DGC INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and ___________________, a
[national banking association], as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"),
____________________ the office of the Trustee at which at the date hereof its
corporate trust business is principally administered being
______________________________________________.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture
provided.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent
applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, 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 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting
principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted in the United States at the date of such computation; and
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(3) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined
in Section 102.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 105.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts that are
required by the express terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, under circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be
paid by the Company with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges imposed on certain Holders and that are owing to such
Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Agent Members" has the meaning specified in Section 203.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person, which may include
the Company, authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant
to Section 614 to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English
language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays
or holidays, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive
publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive
publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same
city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day," when used with respect to 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 or executive order to close.
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"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or, if at any time after the 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.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a
written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Conversion Event" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee in ______________ at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
that indicated in the introductory paragraph of this Indenture.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person
designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
the Securities of such series until a successor Depositary shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary"
as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary
with respect to the Securities of that series.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in
such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Holder," when used with respect to any Security, means the
Person in whose name the Security is registered in the Security Register.
"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 terms of particular series of
Securities established as contemplated by Section 301 and the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument.
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"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.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 506.
"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.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller
or Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee, which
certificate shall comply with Section 103 hereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel for or an employee of the Company, rendered, if applicable, in
accordance with Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which opinion shall
comply with Section 103 hereof.
"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 502.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities of a
series, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities of such series
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore irrevocably deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company 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 paid pursuant to Section 306
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by
a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
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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, (a) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purposes shall be the principal amount thereof that would
be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (b) the principal amount of a
Security denominated in a foreign currency shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent,
determined by the Company on the date of original issuance of such Security, of
the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security,
the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such
Security, of the amount determined as provided in (a) above), of such Security
and (c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company 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 any such
determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which 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 Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person, which may include the
Company, authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any one or more
series of Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any other entity of any kind.
"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 and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of that series are payable as specified in accordance with Section
301 subject to the provisions of Section 1002.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to the
terms of the Security and this Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the
terms of the Security and this Indenture.
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"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified
for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, or, if not so specified, the
last day of the calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such
Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of the calendar month or the
fifteenth day of the calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if
such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a calendar month, whether or not
such day shall be a Business Day.
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 506.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman
or any vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, 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
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"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 Custodian" means, with respect to Securities of a
series issued in global form, the Trustee for Securities of such series, acting
in its capacity as custodian with respect to the Securities of such series, or
any successor entity thereto.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated 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 a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means
stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether
at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power
by reason of any contingency.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the
first paragraph of this Indenture 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.
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"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as
provided in Section 905.
"United States" means the United States of America (including
the states and the District of Columbia) and its "possessions," which include
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
"United States Alien" means any Person who, for United States
federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien
individual, a non-resident alien or foreign fiduciary of an estate or trust, or
a foreign partnership.
"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning specified in
Section 401.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company or
the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or
a word or words added before or after the title "vice president."
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a corporation all the
outstanding voting stock (other than any directors' qualifying shares) of which
is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock
which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all
times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by
reason of any contingency.
"Yield to Maturity," when used with respect to any Original
Issue Discount Security, means the yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the
face thereof.
SECTION 102. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:
"Bankruptcy Act" means the Bankruptcy Act or Title 11 of the
United States Code.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or
any other obligor on the Securities.
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All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another
statute or defined by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture,
upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any
(including any covenants the compliance with which constitutes a condition
precedent) 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, if any (including any covenants the
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been complied
with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which
the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with
a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that each Person 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 Person,
such Person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary
to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be
certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of,
only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to
some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any
such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
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representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
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 105. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record
thereof or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding of any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of
Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
The Company may set in advance a record date for purposes of
determining the identity of Holders of Securities entitled to vote or consent
to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture.
If a record date is fixed, those Persons who were Holders of Outstanding
Securities at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only
those Persons, shall be entitled with respect to such Securities to take such
action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or consent previously given,
whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company,
at its own expense, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the Trustee in
writing in the manner provided in Section 106 and to the relevant Holders as
set forth in Section 107.
(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. 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.
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(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any
Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
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
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security. Any Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or other Act as to his
Security or portion of his Security; provided, however, that such revocation
shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before
the date the Act becomes effective.
SECTION 106. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company 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,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
SECTION 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of
Securities 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 the address of such
Holder 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 case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service,
or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice
to Holders of Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for
every purpose hereunder. In any case in which notice to Holders of Securities
is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in
any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Security, shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Securities.
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
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waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 108. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act or another provision hereof which is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the former provision shall
be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded.
SECTION 109. 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 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 111. 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 112. 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, any Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent and Security
Registrar, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but without
giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent the
application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
SECTION 114. 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
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provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of principal and
interest (and premium and Additional Amounts, if any) need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided
that no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from
and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as
the case may be.
SECTION 115. Corporate Obligation.
No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, against any
incorporator, subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer, director
or employee of the Company or the Trustee or of any predecessor or successor of
the Company or the Trustee with respect to the Company's obligations on the
Securities or the obligations of the Company or the Trustee under this
Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in fully registered
form and in substantially such form or forms (including temporary or permanent
global form) as shall be established 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 the Securities. If temporary Securities of
any series are issued in global form as permitted by Section 304, the form
thereof shall be established as provided in the preceding sentence. A copy of
the Board Resolution establishing the form or forms of Securities of any series
(or any such temporary global Security) shall be certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities (or any such temporary global
Security).
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 thereof.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
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"This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[_____________________________________],
as Trustee
By
--------------------------------------
Authorized Signatory."
SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form.
If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as
contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 301
and the provisions of Section 302, any such Security shall represent such of
the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may
provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount,
or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon
instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified in such
Security or in a Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if
applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security
in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the
Person or Persons specified in such Security or in the applicable Company
Order. With respect to the Securities of any series that are represented by a
Security in global form, the Company authorizes the execution and delivery by
the Trustee of a letter of representation or other similar agreement or
instrument in the form customarily provided for by the Depositary appointed
with respect to such global Security. Any Security in global form may be
deposited with the Depositary or its nominee, or may remain in the custody of
the Security Custodian therefor pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate
Agreement or similar agreement between the Trustee and the Depositary. If a
Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or
delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but
need not comply with Section 103 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent
Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any
Security issued in global form held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Security Custodian as its custodian, or under such global Security, and the
Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Security Custodian and any agent
of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such global Security for
all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the registered
holder of a Security of any series issued in global form may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder of such
series is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such
series and (ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Security
Custodian or any agent of the Company or the Security Custodian, from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
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the Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the
rights of a beneficial owner of any Security.
Notwithstanding Section 305, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be
exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If the beneficial owners of
interests in a permanent global Security are entitled to exchange such interest
for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another
authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301,
then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest
date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to
the Trustee definitive Securities of that series in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of such permanent global Security,
executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests
may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered from
time to time in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the
Depositary (which instructions shall be in writing but need not comply with
Section 103 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) by the Depositary or
such other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities of the same series
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such permanent global Security, a like aggregate principal
amount of other definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global
Security to be exchanged; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of Securities of that series is to be redeemed and ending on the
relevant Redemption Date. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such
permanent global Security marked to evidence the partial exchange shall be
returned by the Trustee to the Depositary or such other depositary referred to
above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If
a definitive Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent
global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such
exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of such Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or
proposed for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest
in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding Section 305, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, transfers of a Security issued in global form
shall be limited to transfers of such global Security in whole, but not in
part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests
of beneficial owners in a Security issued in global form may be transferred in
accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. Securities of any
series shall be transferred to all beneficial owners of a global Security of
such series in exchange for their beneficial interests in that global Security
if, and only if, either (1) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the global Security of such
series and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90
days of such notice, (2) an Event of Default has occurred with respect to such
series and is continuing and the Security Registrar has received a request from
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the Depositary or the Trustee to issue Securities of such series in lieu of all
or a portion of that global Security (in which case the Company shall deliver
Securities of such series within 30 days of such request) or (3) the Company
determines not to have the Securities of such series represented by a global
Security.
In connection with any transfer of a portion of the
beneficial interest in a global Security of any series to beneficial owners
pursuant to this Section 203, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books
and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the global
Security of that series in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interest in the global Security of that series to be transferred,
and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of Securities of that series shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same series of like
tenor and amount.
In connection with the transfer of all the beneficial
interests in a global Security of any series to beneficial owners pursuant to
this Section 203, the global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary
in exchange for its beneficial interest in the global Security, an equal
aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series of authorized
denominations.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or
payments made on account of, Securities of any series by the Depositary, or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to
such Securities. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
delay by the related global Security Holder or the Depositary in identifying
the beneficial owners, and each such Person may conclusively rely on, and shall
be protected in relying on, instructions from such global Security Holder or
the Depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and
delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Securities to be
issued).
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall
apply to any Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold
by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global
form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 103
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the
reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together
with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 201 and 307,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or
Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as
provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or of the Trustee shall treat a Person as the Holder of such
principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a global Security as
shall be specified in a written statement, if any, of the Holder of such global
Security, which is produced to the Security Registrar by such Holder.
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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 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There
shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an
Officers' Certificate, 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) 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 304, 305,
306, 906 or 1107);
(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable
initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the
series are to be issuable in permanent global form, and, if so,
whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security may
exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like
tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances
under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner
provided in Section 203, and the Depositary for any global Security or
Securities of such series;
(4) the manner in which any interest payable on a temporary
global Security on any Interest Payment Date will be paid if other
than in the manner provided in Section 304;
(5) the date or dates on which the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) the Securities of the series is payable or the method of
determination thereof;
(6) the rate or rates, or the method of determination
thereof, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts with
respect to such Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from
which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which
such interest shall be payable and, if other than as set forth in
Section 101, the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any
Securities on any Interest Payment Date;
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(7) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 1002, the principal of (and premium, if any), any interest on
and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the
series shall be payable;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices
(whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) 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 Company, if the
Company is to have that option, and the manner in which the Company
must exercise any such option if different from those set forth
herein;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company 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 (whether
denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) 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) the denomination in which any Securities of that series
shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof;
(11) the currency or currencies (including composite
currencies) if other than Dollars, or the form, including equity
securities, other debt securities (including Securities), warrants or
any other securities or property of the Company or any other Person,
in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities
of the series shall be payable;
(12) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
or any Additional Amounts with Respect to the Securities of the series
are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof,
in a currency or currencies (including composite currencies) other
than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, and
any Additional Amounts with respect to, Securities of such series as
to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods
within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is
to be made;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium,
if any), any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to
the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to any
commodities, currencies or indices, values, rates or prices or any
other index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(14) if other than the entire 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 502;
(15) any additional means of satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture with respect to Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 401, any additional conditions to discharge pursuant to
Section 401 or 403 and the application, if any, of Section 403;
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(16) any deletions or modifications of or additions to the
definitions set forth in Section 101, the Events of Default set forth
in Section 501 or covenants of the Company set forth in Article Ten
pertaining to the Securities of the series;
(17) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible
into or exchangeable for equity securities, other debt securities
(including Securities), warrants or any other securities or property
of the Company or any other Person, at the option of the Company or
the Holder or upon the occurrence of any condition or event, the terms
and conditions for such conversion or exchange; and
(18) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
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 the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section
303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers'
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
At the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of
any series that bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of
any Holder as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
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 together with such Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or
prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of
the series.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Securities of such series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Unless otherwise
provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, any Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than
Dollars shall be issuable in denominations that are the equivalent, as
determined by the Company by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of
New York for cable transfers for such currency, as such rate is reported or
otherwise made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the
applicable issue date for such Securities, of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
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SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chairman of the Board, its President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon or affixed thereto
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of
any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the
Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.
If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have
been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or any other
method permitted by Sections 201 and 301, 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 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such
form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by
or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such
terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as such enforcement is subject to
the effect of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not
comply with Section 103 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu
of which they are issued, in registered form and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers of
the Company executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form
(which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company 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 Company 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 Company 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.
All Outstanding temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
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SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept for each series of
Securities at one of the offices or agencies maintained pursuant to Section
1002 a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities of such series. The
Trustee is hereby initially appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Except as set forth in Section 203 or as may be provided
pursuant to Section 301, 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 Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any
authorized denominations and of a like 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 Company 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 Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee)
be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchange pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not
involving any transfer.
The Company 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 such series selected for redemption and ending at
the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
any Security being redeemed in part.
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SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company 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 Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company 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.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fee and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this
Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
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.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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. Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any
series, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check
mailed or delivered to the address of any 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
(herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
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Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election
in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10
days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
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. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper, but such
publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of
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).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee
of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture, upon registration of transfer of, 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.
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SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee. All Securities so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee
for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly 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 as
directed by a Company Order; provided that the Trustee shall not be required to
destroy such Securities.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
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.
SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company 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.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect with respect to Securities of a series, and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper
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instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to Securities of such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) with respect to all Outstanding Securities of
such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, the Company has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds, under the terms of
an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee, money or U.S. Government
Obligations maturing as to principal and interest in such
amounts and at such times as will (together with the income
to accrue thereon and without consideration of any
reinvestment thereof) be sufficient to pay and discharge
(with such delivery in trust to be for the stated purpose of
paying and discharging) the entire indebtedness on all
Outstanding Securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal (and
premium and Additional Amounts, if any) and interest to the
Stated Maturity or any Redemption Date contemplated by the
penultimate paragraph of this Section, as the case may be; or
(C) the Company has properly fulfilled such other
means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as
contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to the
Securities of such series;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding
Securities of such series;
(3) the Company has complied with any other conditions
specified pursuant to Section 301 to be applicable to the discharge of
Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 401;
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Outstanding
Securities of such series have been complied with;
(5) if the conditions set forth in Section 401(1)(A) have
not been satisfied, and unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of such series, the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit,
satisfaction and discharge and will be subject
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to United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same
manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such
deposit, satisfaction and discharge had not occurred; and
(6) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such issue shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit or, insofar as clauses (5) or (6) of Section 501
are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after
the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition
shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
For the purposes of this Indenture, "U.S. Government
Obligations" means direct non-callable obligations of, or non-callable
obligations the payment of principal of and interest on which is guaranteed by,
the United States of America, or to the payment of which obligations or
guarantees the full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged, or beneficial interests in a trust the corpus of which consists
exclusively of money or such obligations or a combination thereof.
If any Outstanding Securities of such series are to be
redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional
redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund
requirement, the trust agreement referred to in subclause (B) of clause (1) of
this Section shall provide therefor and the Company shall make such
arrangements as are satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series pursuant to
this Section 401, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section
607, the obligations to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, except
for a discharge pursuant to subclause (A) of clause (1) of this Section, the
obligations of the Company under Sections 305, 306, 404, 610(e), 701, 1001 and
1002 and the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 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 Company 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 and Additional Amounts for the payment of which
such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
SECTION 403. Discharge of Liability on Securities of Any Series.
If this Section is specified, as contemplated by Section 301,
to be applicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding
Securities of such series, the obligation of the Company under this Indenture
and the Securities of such series to pay the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such
series, shall cease,
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terminate and be completely discharged and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction and
discharge, when
(1) the Company has complied with the provisions of Section
401 (other than any additional conditions specified pursuant to
Sections 301 and 401(3) and except that the Opinion of Counsel
referred to in Section 401(5) shall state that it is based on a ruling
by the Internal Revenue Service or other change since the date hereof
under applicable Federal income tax law) with respect to all
Outstanding Securities of such series,
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company
Request requesting such satisfaction and discharge,
(3) the Company has complied with any other conditions
specified pursuant to Section 301 to be applicable to the discharge of
Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 403, and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the discharge of
the indebtedness on the Outstanding Securities of such series have
been complied with.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this
Section with respect to all the Outstanding Securities of any series, the terms
and conditions of such series, including the terms and conditions with respect
thereto set forth in this Indenture, shall no longer be binding upon, or
applicable to, the Company; provided that, the Company shall not be discharged
from any payment obligations in respect of Securities of such series which are
deemed not to be Outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition thereof if
such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under
applicable law or pursuant to Section 305 or 306.
SECTION 404. Reinstatement
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money
or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with respect to Securities of any
series in accordance with Section 401 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 Company's
obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series
and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 401 until such time as the Trustee or
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government
Obligations in accordance with Section 401; provided, however, that if the
Company has made any payment of principal of (or premium, if any), or interest
on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company 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 FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. 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), unless it is either inapplicable to a
particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to
the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution establishing such series of
Securities or in the form of Security for such series:
(1) default in the payment of any interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of that series when
such interest or Additional Amounts become 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 mandatory sinking fund
payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(4) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere
in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more
series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given,
by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a
decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company
under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive
days; or
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(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case
or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the
consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect
of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it, of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under
any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession
by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its
property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate
action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501,
if the principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on, or Additional
Amounts with respect to, any Security is payable in a currency or currencies
(including a composite currency) other than Dollars and such currency (or
currencies) is (or are) not available to the Company for making payment thereof
due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control of the Company (a "Conversion Event"), the Company will be entitled to
satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such payment in
Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar equivalent of the amount payable in
such other currency, as determined by the Company by reference to the noon
buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency
("Exchange Rate"), as such Exchange Rate is certified for customs purposes by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such
rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available
Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501,
any payment made under such circumstances in Dollars where the required payment
is in a currency other than Dollars will not constitute an Event of Default
under this Indenture.
Promptly after the occurrence of a Conversion Event with
respect to Securities of any series, the Company shall give written notice
thereof to the Trustee; and the Trustee, promptly after receipt of such notice,
shall give notice thereof in the manner provided in Section 107 to the Holders
of such series. Promptly after the making of any payment in Dollars as a result
of a Conversion Event with respect to Securities of any series, the Company
shall give notice in the manner provided in Section 107 to the Holders of such
series, setting forth the applicable Exchange Rate and describing the
calculation of such payments.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding 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 (i) the series affected by such default
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(in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3) or (7) of
Section 501) or (ii) all series of Securities (subject to the immediately
following sentence, in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (4)
of Section 501) may declare the principal amount (or, if any such Securities
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 the
series affected by such default or all series, as the case may be, to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (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. If an
Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 shall occur, the
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series ipso facto shall
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with
respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case may be) 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 (or
of all series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on, and any Additional
Amounts with respect to, all Securities of that series (or of
all series, as the case may be),
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may
be) which have become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities, the Securities' Yield to
Maturity),
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue interest and any Additional
Amounts at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the Securities' Yield to Maturity), and
(D) 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 (or of all series, as the case may be), other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series (or of all
series, as the case may be) which have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 512.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security
of any series when such interest or Additional Amounts shall have
become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30
days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional
Amounts and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any
overdue interest and Additional Amounts, at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities (or in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the Securities' Yield to Maturity), 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 Company 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 Company or any other obligor upon such Securities
and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided
by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such
Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series 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
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 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition
or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon
the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal (or lesser amount
in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) 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
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demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal (and premium, if
any), interest or any Additional Amounts) 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 (or lesser amount in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) (and premium, if any) and interest and any Additional
Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for 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 monies or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Trustee any 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 607.
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 proceedings;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or
Coupons.
All rights of action and claim under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without 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.
SECTION 506. 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), interest or any Additional Amounts, upon presentation of
the Securities, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
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FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to 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),
interest and Additional Amounts, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for
the purpose of obtaining judgment against the Company in any court it is
necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of
any series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will
be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the
rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could
purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment
Currency on the New York Business Day next preceding that on which final
judgment is given. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
shortfall nor shall it benefit from any windfall in payments to Holders of
Securities under this Section caused by a change in exchange rates between the
time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as above and the time
the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency to make
payments under this Section to Holders of Securities, but payment of such
judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company on the claim or claims
underlying such judgment.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
Subject to Section 508, 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) an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such
series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has
previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing
Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% 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
reasonable indemnity 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
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(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.
SECTION 508. 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 307) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to
such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security
(or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired
or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of any Security has instituted
any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, then and in every
such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, 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 510. 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 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
Securities 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.
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SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
With respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee, relating to or arising under an Event of
Default described in clause (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Section 501, and with
respect to all Securities the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Trustee, not relating to or arising under such
an Event of Default, provided that in each such case
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of 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, and the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of all Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all Securities
waive any other past default hereunder and its consequences, except in each
case a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any
Security, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security 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 514. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such
court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee,
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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, or any
Additional Amounts with respect to, 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 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series,
(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.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, 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 man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his 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
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(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 or of all series, determined as provided in Section
511, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any 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; and
(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 indemnity satisfactory to it
against such risk or liability is not assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject
to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give notice of
such default hereunder known to the Trustee to all Holders of Securities of
such series in the manner provided in Section 107, 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,
or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or in
the payment of any sinking fund 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 determines 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 501(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, act or condition 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 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
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(a) the Trustee may 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, coupon, 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;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
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, coupon, 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 Company,
personally or by agent or attorney; and
(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, except for any Affiliates of the
Trustee, 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.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except
the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company, and 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 Company of Securities or the
proceeds thereof.
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SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any
Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(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
compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and each of its directors,
officers, employees, agents and/or representatives for, and to hold
each of them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred
without negligence or bad faith on each of their part, arising out of
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or
trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of the Trustee's powers or duties
hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as
such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to,
particular Securities.
Any expenses and compensation for any services rendered by
the Trustee after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clause (5)
or (6) of Section 501 shall constitute expenses and compensation for services
of administration under all applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination
of this Indenture.
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SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting
interest, as defined in this Section, with respect to the Securities
of any series, it shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has
such conflicting interest, either eliminate such conflicting interest
or resign with respect to the Securities of that series in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with
the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the
expiration of such 90-day period, transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities of that series, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, notice of such failure.
(c) For the purposes of this Section, the term "conflicting
interest" shall have the meaning specified in Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act and the Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act; provided that there shall be excluded from
the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act with
respect to the Securities of any series any indenture or indentures
under which other securities, or certificates of interest or
participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if
the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of
the Trust Indenture Act are met. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of
Section 310(b)(9) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall
be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or State or District of Columbia authority. 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.
The Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of Sections 310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 610. 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 611.
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(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to
the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the resigning
Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to
the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section
608(a) after written request therefor by the Company 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 609 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of Securities,
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 Company by a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to
Section 513, 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.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of
Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that
or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee
may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all
of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and such
successor Trustee or Trustees shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If no successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
Company and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section
611, 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.
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(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of
such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. 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 Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the
Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of 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 Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm
to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring
with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall
be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is
not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood
that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute
such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee
shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart
from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such
Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates;
but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder
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respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such 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 612. 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 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described 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.
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be
valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia having
a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 or equivalent
amount expressed in a foreign currency and subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State or District of Columbia authority or authority
of
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such country. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall
continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of
such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their
names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder,
with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No
successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to
the provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate
of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following
form:
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"This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
,
--------------------------------
as Trustee
By ,
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory."
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 614 to the
contrary, if at any time any Authenticating Agent appointed hereunder with
respect to any series of Securities shall not also be acting as the Security
Registrar hereunder with respect to any series of Securities, then, in addition
to all other duties of an Authenticating Agent hereunder, such Authenticating
Agent shall also be obligated: (i) to furnish to the Security Registrar
promptly all information necessary to enable the Security Registrar to maintain
at all times an accurate and current Security Register; and (ii) prior to
authenticating any Security denominated in a foreign currency, to ascertain
from the Company the units of such foreign currency that are required to be
determined by the Company pursuant to Section 302.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular
Record Date relating to that series (or, if there is no Regular Record
Date relating to that series, on January 1 and July 1), a list, in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of that series as of such dates, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content, such list to be dated as
of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished;
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provided, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, the Company
shall not be required to furnish or cause to be furnished such a list to the
Trustee. The Company shall otherwise comply with Section 310(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 702. 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 of each
series contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as
provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders of each
series received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar,
if applicable. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. The
Trustee shall otherwise comply with Section 310(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(b) Holders of Securities may communicate pursuant to Section
312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company
nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to
the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section
702(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
702(b). The Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar and any other
Person shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year after the
execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to
Holders a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by
mail as required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture
Act:
(1) to all Holders of Securities, as the names and
addresses of such Holders appear in the Security Register;
(2) to such Holders of Securities as have, within
the two years preceding such transmissions, filed their names
and addresses with the Trustee for that purpose; and
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(3) except in the case of reports pursuant to
Subsection (b) of this Section, to each Holder of a Security
whose name and address is preserved at the time by the
Trustee, as provided in Section 702(a).
(d) A copy of each report pursuant to Subsection (a) or (b)
of this Section 703 shall, at the time of its transmission to Holders,
be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any
stock exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after
the Company 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 Company may be required to
file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall otherwise comply with
Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company 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 Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or
trust and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of
this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event, act or condition which, after notice
or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company shall have 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.
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SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the
Company into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance
with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company 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 Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except
in the case of such lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, 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
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants
are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for
the benefit of such series), to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or
pledge any property to or with the Trustee or otherwise secure any
series of the Securities or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to
all or any series of the Securities (and, if such Event of Default is
applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying the
series to which such Event of Default is applicable); or
(4) 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 which is
adversely affected by such change in or elimination of such provision;
or
(5) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(6) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
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pursuant to Section 401; provided, however, that any such action shall
not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of such
series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(7) 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 611(b); or
(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such other
provisions as may be made shall not adversely affect the interests of
the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (acting as one class), by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or 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, any
Additional Amounts with respect thereto or any premium payable upon
the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay
Additional Amounts (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and
permitted by Section 901(1)), 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 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which, any
Security or any premium or any interest thereon or Additional Amounts
with respect thereto is payable, 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
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding
Securities, 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
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(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 512
or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide
with respect to any particular series the right to condition the
effectiveness of any supplemental indenture as to that series on the
consent of the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series (which
provision may be made pursuant to Section 301 without the consent of
any Holder) 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, provided,
however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent
of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the
Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1006, or
the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of
Sections 611(b) and 901(7).
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 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 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 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by,
any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under this
Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. 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 905. 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.
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SECTION 906. 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
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each
series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and
premium, if any), interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and
this Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be served. The Company 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 Company 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.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any
series for such purposes. The Company 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 1003. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent
with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of that series, segregate and
hold
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in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to
pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest or any Additional Amounts
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.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities, the Company will, on or before 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 so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of
Securities other than the Trustee 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), interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to 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 Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of principal (and premium, if any), interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to 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 Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held
in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company
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 Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for three years after such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts have become
due and payable shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid to the
Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such
trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent,
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before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in The Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York and in such other Authorized Newspapers as
the Trustee shall deem appropriate, 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, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence.
SECTION 1005. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof
so long as any Security is outstanding hereunder, an Officers' Certificate
complying with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, stating that a review
of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under this
Indenture has been made under the supervision of the signers thereof and
whether or not to the best of their knowledge, based upon such review, the
Company is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of
its covenants and other obligations under this Indenture, and if the Company
shall be in default, specifying each such default known to them and the nature
and status thereof. One of the officers signing the Officers' Certificate
delivered pursuant to this Section 1005 shall be the principal executive,
financial or accounting officer of the Company.
For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under this Indenture.
SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply
with any covenant or condition set forth in Section 1004, or any covenant added
for the benefit of any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 301
(unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301) if before or after the
time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such omission (acting as one
class) shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no
such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1007. Additional Amounts.
If the Securities of a series expressly provide for the
payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any
Security of such series Additional Amounts as expressly
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provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any
context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in
respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds received from the
sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to
include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this
Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section
and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any
provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in
those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of
Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the FIRST Interest Payment Date
with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series
will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of
principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of
payment of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change
with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers'
Certificate, the Company shall furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal
Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers'
Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents
whether such payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the
Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series
who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be
withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities and the Company will
pay to such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by this Section. The
Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to
hold them harmless against any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred
without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection
with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 1007.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. 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 301 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of a
series as contemplated by Section 301, the election of the Company to redeem
any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of
any series, the Company shall, a reasonable period prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (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
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of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. 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 60 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 or of the
principal amount of global Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the
Security Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in
the case of any Securities selected 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 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 107 to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption 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) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
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(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case; and
(7) the "CUSIP" number, if applicable.
A notice of redemption as contemplated by Section 107 need
not identify particular Securities to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of
Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before 10:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on any
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 1003) 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, and any Additional Amounts with respect to,
all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. 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 Company 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 Company at the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest (and any Additional Amounts) 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 307.
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 or, in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, the Securities' Yield to Maturity.
SECTION 1107. 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 Company or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same
series and Stated Maturity, 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.
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SECTION 1108. Purchase of Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
the Company and any Affiliate of the Company may at any time purchase or
otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or by private agreement. Such
acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a
redemption of the indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any Securities
purchased or acquired by the Company may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon
such delivery, the indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be
satisfied. Section 309 shall apply to all Securities so delivered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. 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 301 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." Unless otherwise provided by the terms of
Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. 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 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (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 Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms
of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of 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. 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 payment
shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee) to each sinking fund payment date for any series
of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
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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 delivery of or by crediting Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 1202 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 1103 and
cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the
expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon
the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any or all series may
be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make,
give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held
at such time and at such place in Houston, Texas, or in New York, New York, or
in London, England, or in any other location, as the Trustee shall determine.
Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth
the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed
to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section
107, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, shall have requested the Trustee for any
such series to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for
any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting
within 30 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to
cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the
Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case
may be, may determine the time and the place in Houston, Texas, or in New York,
New York, or in London, England, for such meeting and may call such meeting for
such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in Subsection (a) of this
Section.
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SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more
Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an
instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more
Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only
Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a
quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence of
a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the
meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such
series, be dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a
period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any
such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a
period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Subject to Section 1305(d),
notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided
in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less
than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly that Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the first proviso to Section 902, any
resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the
first proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage that is less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an
adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid
by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Except as limited by the first proviso to Section 902, any
resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all
the Holders of Securities of such series, whether or not present or represented
at the meeting.
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SECTION 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(a) The holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 105 and the appointment of any proxy shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 105. Such regulations may
provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their
face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in
Section 105 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been
called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in
Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of
Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be,
shall appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a
permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the
Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series
and each proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or
represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or
counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not
Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote,
except as a Holder of a Security of such series or as a proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly
called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so
adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall
be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to such 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 such notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if
applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee,
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the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any
record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters
therein stated.
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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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
VERITAS DGC INC.
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