Exhibit 4.8
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CORPORATION, Issuer
AND
[_________________________________], Trustee
_______________
Indenture
Dated as of _______________
_______________
RECONCILIATION AND TIE(1) BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED,
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF _______________
BETWEEN
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CORPORATION, ISSUER
AND
[________________________], TRUSTEE
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
sec. 310(a)(1)................................................6.09
(a)(2)................................................6.09
(a)(3)................................................Not Applicable
(a)(4)................................................Not Applicable
(b)...................................................6.08
.. ......................................................6.10
sec. 311(a)...................................................6.13
(b)...................................................6.13
(b)(2)................................................7.03(a)(ii)
sec. 312(a)...................................................7.01
................................................................7.02(a)
(b)...................................................7.02(b)
(c)...................................................7.02(c)
sec. 313(a)...................................................7.03(a)
(b)...................................................7.03(b)
(c)...................................................7.03(a), 7.03(b)
(d)...................................................7.03(c)
sec. 314(a)...................................................7.04
(b)...................................................Not Applicable
(c)(1)................................................1.02
(c)(2)................................................1.02
(c)(3)................................................Not Applicable
(d)...................................................Not Applicable
(e)...................................................1.02
sec. 315(a)...................................................6.01(a)(i)
(1) NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS...........................................................1
Section 1.01. Definitions.......................................................................1
Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates And Opinions..............................................8
Section 1.03. Form Of Documents Delivered To Trustee............................................8
Section 1.04. Acts Of Holders...................................................................9
Section 1.05. Notices, Etc., To Trustee And Company............................................10
Section 1.06. Notice To Holders; Waiver........................................................10
Section 1.07. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act................................................11
Section 1.08. Effect Of Headings And Table Of Contents.........................................11
Section 1.09. Successors And Assigns...........................................................11
Section 1.10. Separability Clause..............................................................11
Section 1.11. Benefits Of Indenture............................................................11
Section 1.12. Governing Law....................................................................11
Section 1.13. Legal Holidays...................................................................11
Section 1.14. Counterparts.....................................................................12
ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS............................................................................12
Section 2.01. Forms Generally..................................................................12
Section 2.02. Securities In Permanent Global Form..............................................12
ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES............................................................................13
Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable In Series.............................................13
Section 3.02. Denominations....................................................................16
Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery And Dating...................................16
Section 3.04. Temporary Securities.............................................................19
Section 3.05. Registration, Registration Of Transfer And Exchange..............................19
Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost And Stolen Securities.................................22
Section 3.07. Payment Of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved...................................23
Section 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners............................................................24
Section 3.09. Cancellation.....................................................................24
Section 3.10. Computation Of Interest..........................................................24
ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE................................................................25
Section 4.01. Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture..........................................25
Section 4.02. Defeasance Of Securities Of Any Series...........................................26
Section 4.03. Application Of Trust Funds; Indemnification......................................27
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Section 4.04. Reinstatement....................................................................28
ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES..................................................................................28
Section 5.01. Events Of Default................................................................28
Section 5.02. Acceleration Of Maturity; Rescission And Annulment...............................29
Section 5.03. Collection Of Indebtedness And Suits For Enforcement By Trustee..................31
Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs Of Claim.................................................31
Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession Of Securities......................32
Section 5.06. Application Of Money Collected...................................................32
Section 5.07. Limitation On Suits..............................................................32
Section 5.08. Unconditional Right Of Holders To Receive Principal, Premium And Interest........33
Section 5.09. Restoration Of Rights And Remedies...............................................33
Section 5.10. Rights And Remedies Cumulative...................................................33
Section 5.11. Delay Or Omission Not Waiver.....................................................34
Section 5.12. Control By Holders...............................................................34
Section 5.13. Waiver Of Past Defaults..........................................................34
Section 5.14. Undertaking For Costs............................................................35
Section 5.15. Waiver Of Usury, Stay Or Extension Law...........................................35
ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE...............................................................................35
Section 6.01. Certain Duties And Responsibilities..............................................35
Section 6.02. Notice Of Defaults...............................................................36
Section 6.03. Certain Rights Of Trustee........................................................37
Section 6.04. Not Responsible For Recitals Or Issuance Of Securities...........................38
Section 6.05. May Hold Securities..............................................................38
Section 6.06. Money Held In Trust..............................................................38
Section 6.07. Compensation And Reimbursement...................................................38
Section 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interest...........................................39
Section 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..........................................39
Section 6.10. Resignation And Removal; Appointment Of Successor................................39
Section 6.11. Acceptance Of Appointment By Successor...........................................41
Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation Or Succession To Business......................42
Section 6.13. Preferential Collection Of Claims................................................42
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Section 6.14. Appointment Of Authenticating Agent..............................................42
ARTICLE 7 HOLDERS' LIST AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY..........................................44
Section 7.01. Company To Furnish Trustee Names And Addresses Of Holders........................44
Section 7.02. Preservation Of Information; Communications To Holders...........................44
Section 7.03. Reports By Trustee...............................................................45
Section 7.04. Reports By Company...............................................................47
ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE......................................47
Section 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only On Certain Terms.............................47
Section 8.02. Successor Corporation To Be Substituted For Company..............................48
Section 8.03. Securities To Be Secured In Certain Events.......................................48
Section 8.04. Evidence To Be Furnished To The Trustee..........................................49
ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES...................................................................49
Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Holders...............................49
Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of Holders..................................50
Section 9.03. Execution Of Supplemental Indentures.............................................51
Section 9.04. Effect Of Supplemental Indentures................................................51
Section 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act..............................................51
Section 9.06. Reference In Securities To Supplemental Indentures...............................51
ARTICLE 10 COVENANTS.................................................................................52
Section 10.01. Payment Of Principal, Premium And Interest.......................................52
Section 10.02. Maintenance Of Office Or Agency..................................................52
Section 10.03. Money For Securities Payments To Be Held In Trust................................52
Section 10.04. Defeasance Of Certain Obligations................................................52
Section 10.05. Certificate Of Officers Of The Company...........................................53
ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES..................................................................57
Section 11.01. Applicability Of Article.........................................................57
Section 11.02. Election To Redeem; Notice To Trustee............................................57
Section 11.03. Selection By Trustee Of Securities To Be Redeemed................................58
Section 11.04. Notice Of Redemption.............................................................58
Section 11.05. Deposit Of Redemption Price......................................................59
Section 11.06. Securities Payable On Redemption Date............................................59
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Section 11.07. Securities Redeemed In Part......................................................59
ARTICLE 12 SINKING FUNDS.............................................................................60
Section 12.01. Applicability Of Article.........................................................60
Section 12.02. Satisfaction Of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities............................60
Section 12.03. Redemption Of Securities For Sinking Fund........................................60
EXHIBIT A - FORM OF SECURITIES.................................................................................A-1
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INDENTURE, dated as of ___________________, between ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), and
[__________________________________], a national banking association, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee").
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.
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 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except
as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
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 at the
date of such computation; and
(d) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article 6, are defined in that
Article.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 1.04.
"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
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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.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
"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
to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means 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 Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in
[______________] at which at any particular time corporate trust business shall
be principally administered. At the date of execution of this Indenture the
address of the Corporate Trust Office is [_____________, ______________,
______________, __________].
"Corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more permanent
global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant
to Section 3.01, which must be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to the Securities of any such series
shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.
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"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a 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 3.01.
"Interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only upon 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.
"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, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"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 5.02.
"Outstanding," used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption (a) money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore 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 or (b) U.S. Government
Obligations as contemplated by Section 4.02 in the necessary amount
have been theretofore deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee
satisfying the requirements of Section 6.09) in trust for the Holders
of such Securities in accordance with Section 4.03; 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;
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(iii) Securities as to which defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 4.02 and not reinstated pursuant to Section 4.04;
and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
hereunder as of any date (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in clause (A) or (B) of
this paragraph, of the amount determined as provided in such clause), and (D)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Subsidiary 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, waiver or other action, only Securities which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor.
"Partnership" means any joint venture, partnership or participation by
which the Company with one or more Persons forms a business arrangement to own
or acquire tangible personal property for the purpose of financing such property
and allocating rights to profits and liabilities for losses, and establishing
obligations, among the Company and such Persons relating to such financing.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Company.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated maturity
or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect
thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of
such Securities.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the Corporate Trustee Administration Department, including any
vice president, 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 Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.05.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at least a majority of the
outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors of such corporation (excluding in the
computation of such percentage stock of any class or classes
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of such corporation which has or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time owned by the Company, or by one or
more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder;
provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only
the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in force on the date on which this instrument was executed provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of
interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt for
any amount received by the custodian with respect to the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S.
Government Obligation.
"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."
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
Securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series of Securities, or
if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates And Opinions.
Unless otherwise provided herein, 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, 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, have been complied with and, unless otherwise provided
herein, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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Every certificate or opinion, other than the Officers' Certificate
called for by Section 10.05, with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03. Form Of Documents Delivered To Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the 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 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 1.04. Acts Of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. If
any Securities are
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denominated in coin or currency other than that of the United States, then for
the purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Securities have taken any action with respect to the Securities of
more than one series as herein described, the principal amount of such
Securities shall be deemed to be that amount of United States dollars that could
be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange
into United States dollars for the currency in which such Securities are
denominated (as evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers' Certificate) as of the
date the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal amount
is evidenced to the Trustee as provided in the immediately preceding sentence.
Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Security.
Section 1.05. 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,
(a) 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 at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Company and the Holders by the Trustee; or
(b) 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 ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
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Section 1.06. Notice To Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed,
to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive
such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.07. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall
control.
Section 1.08. Effect Of Headings And Table Of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.09. Successors And Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11. Benefits Of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the Parties hereto, any Authenticating
Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar and their successors hereunder
and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.
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Section 1.12. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to any
conflicts of laws principles therein.
Section 1.13. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then, unless otherwise specified in such Security, payment of interest or
principal (and premium, 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 for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 1.14. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit A, or in such other 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 any law or any
rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with the rules of any securities
exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may consistently herewith be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
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Section 2.02. Securities In Permanent Global Form.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in permanent global
form, then notwithstanding Section 3.01(g) and the provisions of Section 3.02,
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 or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement
of a Security in permanent 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 or the Security Registrar in such manner and upon
instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified in such
Security in permanent global form or in the Company Order to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 or, if applicable, Section 3.04. Subject to the
provisions of Section 3.03 and, if applicable, Section 3.04, the Trustee or the
Security Registrar 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. If a Company
Order pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.04 has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or
delivery or redelivery of a global Security shall be in writing but need not
comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate
or an Opinion of Counsel, provided that the form of permanent global Security to
be endorsed, delivered or redelivered has previously been covered by an Opinion
of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 3.03 shall only apply to
any Security represented by a Security in permanent global form if such Security
was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee
or the Security Registrar the Security in permanent global form together with
written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or 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
3.03.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Security in permanent global form
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITARY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS
NOMINEE, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
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ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable In Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. All Securities issued under
this Indenture shall constitute unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the
Company and shall rank pari passu with all of the Company's other unsecured and
unsubordinated obligations.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.03,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series
(a) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except
for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, shall have not been issued and sold
by the Company and are therefore deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(c) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
(d) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall
be payable if other than as set forth in Section 3.07; the rate or rates at
which any Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner of
calculation of such rate or rates, if any, the date or dates from which any such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date;
(e) the place or places where the principal of and any premium or
interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(f) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than
by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem
the Securities shall be evidenced;
(g) 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 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;
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(h) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(i) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;
(j) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 4.02 and if other than
by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to
defease those securities shall be evidenced;
(k) whether the Securities of the series are to be issuable in whole or
in part in permanent global form, without coupons, and, if so, (i) the form of
any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such permanent global Security
in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.02, (ii) any
circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause 3.05(a) in
which such permanent global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and in which any transfer of such permanent global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of Persons other
than the Depositary for such permanent global Security or a nominee thereof and
(iii) the Depositary with respect to any such permanent global Security or
Securities;
(l) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in
which payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the
Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of the
United States of America;
(m) if the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any Securities
of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in
which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or
currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such
Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods
within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made
and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(n) if the amount of payments of principal of, or any premium or
interest on, the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(o) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates
prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the
principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be
due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in
any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount
shall be determined);
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(p) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the
requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due
and payable pursuant to Section 5.01;
(q) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of the series held by a person who is not a
U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or
deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Securities rather than pay such additional amounts;
(r) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying agents,
transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the Securities
of such series;
(s) if the Securities of any series may be converted into or exchanged
for stock or other securities or other property of the Company or other
entities, the terms upon which such series may be converted or exchanged, any
specific terms relating to the adjustment thereof and the period during which
such Securities may be so converted or exchanged;
(t) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 10
which applies to any Securities of the series; and
(u) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.01(e)).
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 3.03) set
forth in the Officers' Certificate that established the form of the Securities
of such series or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this
Indenture, if so provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, such
Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 3.02. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form
without coupons and, except for any Security issuable in permanent global form,
in such denominations as shall be specified in accordance with . In the absence
of such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities
of such series, other than a Security issuable in permanent global form, shall
be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof.
Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery And Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its
Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or one of its
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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 the applicable
documents referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon the order of the Company
(contained in the Company Order referred to below in this Section) or pursuant
to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be
specified from time to time by a Company Order. The maturity date, original
issue date, interest rate and any other terms of the Securities of such series
shall be determined by or pursuant to such Company Order and procedures. If
provided for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize authentication
and delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the Company or its duly
authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. In
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive (in the case of subparagraphs 3.03(ii), 3.03(iii) and
3.03(iv) below, only at or before the time of the first request of the Company
to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series) and (subject to
Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, unless and until such
documents have been superseded or revoked:
(i) a Company Order requesting such authentication and setting
forth delivery instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered
to the Company, provided that, with respect to Securities of a series
subject to a Periodic Offering, (a) such Company Order may be delivered
by the Company to the Trustee prior to the delivery to the Trustee of
such Securities for authentication and delivery, (b) the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver Securities of such series for original issue
from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the
aggregate principal amount, if any, established for such series,
pursuant to a Company Order or pursuant to procedures acceptable to the
Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order, (c)
the maturity date or dates, original issue date or dates, interest rate
or rates and any other terms of Securities of such series shall be
determined by a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures and (d) if
provided for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions
from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral
instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing;
(ii) any Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate and/or
executed supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.01 and 3.01
by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities were
established;
(iii) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form or forms
and (to the extent established) the terms of the Securities, stating
that the form or forms and any such terms
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of the Securities have been established pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
3.01 and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other matters as
the Trustee may reasonably request; and
(iv) At the option of the Company, either an Opinion of
Counsel, or a letter addressed to the Trustee permitting to it rely on
an Opinion of Counsel, substantially to the effect that:
(A) the forms of the Securities have been duly
authorized and established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture;
(B) if all of the terms of the Securities of such
series have been established, the terms of the Securities have
been duly authorized by the Company and established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, and, in the
case of all other offerings, certain terms of the Securities
have been established pursuant to a Board Resolution, an
Officers' Certificate or a supplemental indenture in
accordance with this Indenture, and when such other terms as
are to be established pursuant to procedures set forth in a
Company Order shall have been established, all such terms will
have been duly authorized by the Company and will have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(C) when the Securities have been executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture and delivered to and duly
paid for by the purchasers thereof, they will have been duly
issued under this Indenture and will be valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms, and will be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture; and
(D) the execution and delivery by the Company of, and
the performance by the Company of its obligations under, the
Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law
or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company
or, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, any agreement or
other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its
subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or, to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over
the Company or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval or
authorization of any governmental body or agency is required
for the performance by the Company of its obligations under
the Securities, except such as are specified and have been
obtained and such as may be required by the securities or blue
sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer
and sale of the Securities.
In rendering such opinions, such counsel may qualify any opinions as to
enforceability by stating that such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
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in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such counsel may rely upon opinions of
other counsel (copies of which shall be delivered to the Trustee), who shall be
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, in which case the opinion shall
state that such counsel believes he and the Trustee are entitled so to rely.
Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual
matters, he has relied, to the extent he deems proper, upon certificates of
officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public
officials.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Company or if the
Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of trustees, executive
committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or Responsible Officers
shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability
to existing Holders or would affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities, this Indenture or otherwise.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for any Security, interest
on the each Security will accrue from the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject, in the case of a Security in
permanent global form, to Section 2.02, 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 3.09 together with a written statement (which need not
comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
directing such cancellation and 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 3.04. 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 and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of
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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 and of like tenor of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 3.05. Registration, Registration Of Transfer And Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the 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 transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
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 of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and of like tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and of like tenor, 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
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.
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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 that series selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing, 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.
The provisions of Clauses (a) - (g) below shall apply only to permanent
global Securities:
(a) Each permanent global Security authenticated under this Indenture
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such permanent
global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such permanent global Security
shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, no
permanent global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a permanent global Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
permanent global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) the Depositary
notifies the Company pursuant to Clause 3.05(d) of this Section that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such permanent global Security
or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (ii) if the Company in its sole
discretion determines pursuant to Clause 3.05(e) of this Section that such
permanent global Security shall be so exchangeable or transferrable and executes
and delivers to the Security Registrar a Company Order providing that such
permanent global Security shall be so exchangeable or transferrable, (iii) any
event shall have occurred and be continuing which, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of the series of which such permanent global Security is a part or (iv) there
shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition or in lieu of the foregoing
as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
(c) Subject to Clause 3.05(b) above, any exchange of a permanent global
Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all
Securities issued in exchange for a permanent global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such permanent
global Security shall direct. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to or as
directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
(d) If at any time the Depositary for any Securities of a series
represented by one or more global Securities notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Securities or if at any
time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company shall appoint a
successor Depositary with respect to such Securities. If a successor Depositary
for such Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility (and in any
event before the Depositary surrenders such global Security for exchange), the
Company's election that such Securities be represented by one or more global
Securities shall no longer be effective and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate for the authentication and
delivery of
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definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities
of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the global Security or Securities representing such Securities in exchange for
such global Security or Securities.
(e) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more global
Securities shall no longer be represented by a global Security or Securities. In
such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officers' Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such
series in definitive registered form, in any authorized denominations, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security
or Securities representing such Securities, in exchange for such global Security
or Securities.
(f) Subject to Clause 3.05(b) above, with respect to Securities
represented by a global Security, the Depositary for such global Security may
surrender such global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of
the same series in definitive registered form on such terms as are acceptable to
the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new Security
or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the global
Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new global Security in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal
amount of the surrendered global Security and the aggregate principal
amount of Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause
3.05(f)(i) above.
Upon the exchange of a global Security for Securities in definitive
registered form, in authorized denominations, such global Security shall be
canceled by the Trustee.
(g) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a permanent global Security or
any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06, 9.06
or 11.07 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a permanent global Security, unless such Security is registered in the
name of a Person other than the Depositary for such permanent global Security or
a nominee thereof.
Section 3.06. 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.
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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 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 fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the 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 3.07. Payment Of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect
to any Security, interest on such 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; provided that if that Security or its Predecessor Security was
originally issued on a date after a Regular Record Date and before the following
Interest Payment Date, the first payment of interest on such Security will be
made on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record
Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for any
Security, interest payable at Maturity (other than on a date which is an
Interest Payment Date) will be paid to the same Person to whom the principal
amount of this Security is payable.
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 Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (a) or (b) below:
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(a) 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. 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 3.07(b).
(b) 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 or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the 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 Section 3.07) interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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Section 3.09. 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
and shall be promptly canceled by it. 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 may
deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.
Section 3.10. Computation Of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for any
Security, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of 12 30-day months.
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 4.01. Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (x) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and
(y) 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 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(C) are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption by the Trustee in
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the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company,
in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above has deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, and
any premium or interest, to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(c) 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 have
been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Sections 4.03(b) and 6.07, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause
4.01(a)(ii), the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.03 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.
Section 4.02. Defeasance Of Securities Of Any Series.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to any
Security, then notwithstanding Section 4.01, the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities of
any series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
subparagraph 4.02(d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates
to such Outstanding Securities, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee,
at the expense of the Company, shall at Company Request, execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same) (hereinafter called "Defeasance"), except as
to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the trust
funds described in subparagraph 4.02(d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of
and any premium or interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series on the
Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and
(ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments
applicable to Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are
due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such
Securities;
(b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 3.05, 3.06, 4.03, 10.02 and 10.03; and
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder;
provided that the following conditions have been satisfied:
(d) with reference to this provision, the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as trust funds
for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of
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the Holders of the Securities of that series, (i) money in an amount, or (ii)
U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal
in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not later than
one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (A) or (B) of
this subparagraph 4.02(d) money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee for
such purposes, (A) the principal of and any premium or interest on the
Outstanding Securities of that series on the Stated Maturity of such principal
or installment of principal or interest on the Redemption Date, as the case may
be, and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable
to Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and
payable, each in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities;
(e) such Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section
6.08 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities
of any series;
(f) such Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(g) such Defeasance would not cause any Outstanding Security of such
series then listed on any nationally recognized securities exchange to be then
delisted as a result thereof;
(h) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time
would become an Event of Default with respect to Securities of the series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period
ending on the 91st day after such date;
(i) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
based on the fact that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date
hereof, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders
of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in
the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such
deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;
(j) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that (i) such deposit, defeasance and discharge would not cause any
outstanding Security of such series then listed on any nationally recognized
securities exchange to be delisted as a result thereof; and (ii) and that such
Defeasance would not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting
an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended from time to time;
(k) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will
not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
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generally, except that if a court were to rule under any such law in any case or
proceeding that the trust funds remained property of the Company, no opinion is
given as to the effect of such laws on the trust funds except the following: (A)
assuming such trust funds remained in the Trustee's possession prior to such
court ruling to the extent not paid to Holders of Securities, the Trustee will
hold, for the benefit of such Holders, a valid and perfected security interest
in such trust funds that is not avoidable in bankruptcy or otherwise, and (B)
such Holders will be entitled to receive adequate protection of their interests
in such trust funds if such trust funds are used; and
(l) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided
for relating to the Defeasance contemplated by this provision have been complied
with.
Section 4.03. Application Of Trust Funds; Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03,
all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01, all money and
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02
and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02 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 for whose payment such money has been deposited with or
received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments as contemplated by Section 4.02.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 4.02 or the interest and principal
received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf
of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time
upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as
provided in Section 4.02 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount which then would have
been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such money or U.S.
Government Obligations were deposited or received.
Section 4.04. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 4.02 or 10.06 with respect to any Securities by reason
of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application or upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default, then the obligations under this Indenture and such
Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to
Section 4.02 or 10.06 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to this Article
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with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent
is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 4.03 with
respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however,
that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest
on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such
Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.01. Events Of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due
by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(d) 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 a 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 the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby 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
(e) 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 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 60 consecutive days; or
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(f) 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 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 any 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
(g) any events of default provided with respect to Securities of that
series.
Section 5.02. Acceleration Of Maturity; Rescission And Annulment.
If an Event of Default described in clause 5.01(a), 5.01(b), 5.01(c),
5.01(d) or 5.01(g) with respect to 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 such series (each such series voting as a separate class in the case of an
Event of Default under clause 5.01(a), 5.01(b), 5.01(c) or 5.01(g), and all such
series voting as one class in the case of such an Event of Default under clause
5.01(d)) may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of such Securities) of all of the Securities of such
series 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 any Event of Default described in clause 5.01(d) with respect to all series
of Securities then Outstanding, or any Event of Default described in clause
5.01(e) or 5.01(f) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the
Outstanding Securities (voting as one class) may declare the principal amount
(or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of all
the Securities then Outstanding 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.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
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(i) the overdue interest on all Securities of the series,
(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration and interest thereon at the interest rate or rates
prescribed in such Securities,
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed for
overdue interest in such Securities, and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustees, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due under
Section 6.07; and
(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Section 5.03. Collection Of Indebtedness And Suits For Enforcement By
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of
30 days, or
(b) 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, 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, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in
such Securities 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, other than those incurred due to the Trustee's bad faith
or negligence.
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
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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 therein, or to enforce any other
proper remedy.
Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs Of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the 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 of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest 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
(b) to collect and receive any moneys 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 6.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holders hereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession Of
Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.06. Application Of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such
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money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon
presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee
under this Indenture; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which
such money has been collected ratably without preference or
priority of any kind according to the amounts due and payable
on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, respectively.
Section 5.07. Limitation On Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(e) 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 all 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 5.08. Unconditional Right Of Holders To Receive Principal,
Premium And Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption
Date)
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and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.09. Restoration Of Rights And Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10. Rights And Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11. 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 which shall
have occurred and shall be continuing shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 5.12. Control By Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(c) the Trustee shall have the right to decline any direction with
respect to which a Responsible Officer reasonably determines such direction
will cause the Trustee to incur any liability for which it shall not have been
adequately indemnified pursuant to Section 5.07.
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Section 5.13. Waiver Of Past Defaults.
The Holders of (i) not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series (each such series voting as a separate
class) may on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series waive any
past default or Event of Default described in clause 5.01(d) which relates to
less than all series of Outstanding Securities or described in clause 5.01(g)
with respect to such series and its consequences, or (ii) not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities affected thereby
(voting as one class) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Outstanding
Securities affected thereby waive any past default or Event of Default described
in said clause 5.01(d) which relates to all such Outstanding Securities and its
consequences, except in any such case a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on,
any Security of such series, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 9
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14. Undertaking For Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by
his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
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, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or to any suit instituted by
any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date).
Section 5.15. Waiver Of Usury, Stay Or Extension Law.
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 of 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
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the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01. Certain Duties And Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(ii) 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, 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 wilful misconduct, except that
(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect
of Subsection 6.01(a);
(ii) 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;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in
Section 5.12, 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
(iv) 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
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duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(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 6.02. Notice Of Defaults.
Within 90 days after receipt by the Trustee of written notice of the
occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series
the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in Section
7.03(d), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the
case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund
installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such
notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and
provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in
Section 5.01(d) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to
Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term "default," means any event which is, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of such series.
Section 6.03. Certain Rights Of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:
(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, 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;
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(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 reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; and
(i) The Trustee's immunities and protections from liability and its
rights to compensation and indemnification in connection with the performance of
its duties under this Indenture shall extend to the Trustee's officers,
directors, agents and employees. Such immunities and protections and right to
indemnification, together with the Trustee's right to compensation, shall
survive the Trustee's resignation or removal and final payment of the
Securities.
Section 6.04. 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 or any Authenticating Agent 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
or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.05. 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
6.08 and 6.13, 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.
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Section 6.06. Money Held In Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 6.07. Compensation And Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable 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);
(b) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel),
except any such expenses, disbursements or advances as may be attributable to
its negligence or bad faith;
(c) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder; and
(d) The Trustee shall have, and is hereby granted, a first priority
lien on all monies, securities and collateral (other than monies held in trust
by the Trustee for the purpose of paying the principal, premium, if any, and
interest on any specific Securities) held by or on behalf of the Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture for payment or reimbursement to the Trustee of its
fees, expenses and any other monies payable to it hereunder.
Section 6.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interest.
(a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest within
the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act 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 6.08(a) 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.
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Section 6.09. 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 subject to supervision or examination by Federal or
State authority and having its Corporate Trust Office in any State in the United
States of America or in the District of Columbia. If such corporation publishes
or files 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 or filed. 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.
Section 6.10. Resignation And Removal; Appointment Of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall
not have been delivered to the 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:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08(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
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any such Holder, or
(iii) 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,
(A) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with
respect to the applicable series of Securities, or (B) subject to
Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
of any series for at least six months may, on behalf of
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himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to
such series of 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 shall comply with the
applicable requirements of . If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any
Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
(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 6.11. Acceptance Of Appointment By Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the 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
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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 with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the 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 6.11(a) or 6.11(b), as the case may be.
(d) No such 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 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation Or Succession To
Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
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Section 6.13. Preferential Collection Of Claims.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any other obligor).
Section 6.14. Appointment Of Authenticating Agent.
At any time the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents
with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued
upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of 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 such Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in 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 of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will
serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.
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Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
[__________________________], as Trustee,
By _______________________________________
as Authenticating Agent
By _______________________________________
Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS' LIST AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.01. Company To Furnish Trustee Names And Addresses Of
Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) semi-annually a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of the date of such list,
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 as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished, excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the
Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 7.02. Preservation Of Information; Communications To Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders of Securities of any series (herein
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the
Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of such
series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the applicants desire to
communicate with other Holders of such series or with Holders of all other
series of Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under
such Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall,
within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its
election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved
at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of
Holders of such series of Securities or Holders of all other series of
Securities whose names and addresses appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section
7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to the Holders of
such series of Securities or the Holders of all series of Securities
the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such
application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants,
mail to each Holder of such series of Securities or of all series of Securities
or of all series of Securities whose name and address appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) a copy
of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request,
with
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reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed
and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of
mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to
such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the
material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of
the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the relevant
Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall
specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a
hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall
enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry
of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall
find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so
sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall
mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness
after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the
Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants
respecting their application.
(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 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b).
Section 7.03. Reports By Trustee.
(a) If required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, within
60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the year 2001, so long as any
of the Securities are outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders, as provided in subsection 7.03(c), a brief report dated as of such May
15 with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within
the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no
report need by transmitted):
(i) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.09 or the
creation of or any material change to its qualifications under Section
6.08;
(ii) the character and amount of any advances (and if the
Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making
thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date
of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may
claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities, on any
property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the
Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances
if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than one-half
of one percent of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding of
such series on the date of such report;
(iii) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity
date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other
obligor on the Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity,
on the date of such report, with a brief description of
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any property held as collateral security therefor, except an
indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner
described in Section 6.13;
(iv) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically
in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(v) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has
not previously reported; and
(vi) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its
duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its
opinion materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of
a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee
in accordance with Section 6.02.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as provided in
subsection 7.03(c), a brief report with respect to the character and amount of
any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances
surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of
the last report transmitted pursuant to Subsection 7.03(a) (or if no such report
has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for
the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to
that of the Securities, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee
and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this Subsection, except
that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances
if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the
principal amount of the Securities Outstanding of such series at such time, such
report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by mail:
(i) to all Holders of Securities, as the names and addresses
of such Holders appear in the Security Register as of a date not more
than fifteen days prior to the mailing thereof;
(ii) to such holders of Securities of any series as have,
within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and
addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and
(iii) except in the case of reports pursuant to subsection
7.03(b), to all Holders of Securities whose names and addresses have
been received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01.
(d) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such 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.
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Section 7.04. Reports By Company.
The Company shall:
(a) 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;
or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information,
documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered
on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such
rules and regulations;
(b) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company
with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time
to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with
the Trustee, to such Holders of Securities as have, within the two years
preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee
for that purpose and Holders of securities whose names and addresses have been
furnished to or received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02(a) such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to paragraphs 7.04(a) and 7.04(b) as may be required by rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only On Certain Terms.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.03, nothing contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger
of the Company with or into any other corporation or corporations, or successive
consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors
shall be a party or parties or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of all or
substantially all of the property of the Company to any other corporation
authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, that in any such case, (i)
either the Company shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor
corporation (if other than the Company) shall be a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof and
such corporation shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities, according
to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of
the covenants and conditions of this
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Indenture to be performed by the Company by supplemental indenture satisfactory
to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation, and
(ii) the Company or such successor corporation, as the case may be, shall not,
immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, be
in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition.
Section 8.02. Successor Corporation To Be Substituted For Company.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance (other
than a conveyance by way of lease) and upon any such assumption by the successor
corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for
the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of
the first part, and the Company thereupon shall be relieved of any further
liability or obligation hereunder or upon the Securities and may thereupon or at
any time thereafter be dissolved, wound up or liquidated. Such successor
corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own
name or in the name of ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation, any or all of the Securities
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; and upon the order of
such successor corporation (instead of the Company) and subject to all the
terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee or
the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any Securities which
previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company
to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication, and any
Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed
and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All
the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and
benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities
had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, such
change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section 8.03. Evidence To Be Furnished To The Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.03, may
receive and rely upon an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and any
such assumption complies with the provisions of this Article 8.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01. 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:
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(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities; or
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for
the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(c) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of
Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating
that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for
the benefit of the relevant series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(d) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities
in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons, or permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form; or
(e) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such
addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to Securities of any
series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and
entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the
Holder of such Securities with respect to such provision or (B) shall become
effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(f) to secure the Securities; or
(g) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(h) 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 and facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
6.11(b); or
(i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture; provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture voting as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to
the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when
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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 the Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment
of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the
redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change any
Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any
premium or the interest thereon 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
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; 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, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.01(h).
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 9.03. Execution Of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 6.01) 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
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into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.04. Effect Of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 9.06. Reference In Securities To Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the 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 10
COVENANTS
Section 10.01. 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 or cause to be paid the
principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on each of the Securities of
that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 10.02. 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 and
the Holders 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 and surrenders of Securities of that series and notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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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 designation; 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 and the
Holders of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location
of any such other office or agency.
Section 10.03. Money For Securities Payments To Be Held In Trust.
(a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.03:
(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for
the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on the Securities of such series (whether such sums have been paid
to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Securities of such
series) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of
such series;
(ii) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by
the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series)
to make any payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series when the same shall
be due and payable; and
(iii) 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.
(b) If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent it
will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on the Securities of any series, set aside, segregate and hold
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay
such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due and will notify
the Trustee of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company
(or by any other obligor under the Securities of such series) to make any
payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the
Securities of such series when the same shall become due and payable.
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 such 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.
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Any money deposited with the Trustee (except pursuant to Section 4.02)
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 any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any)
or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the 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, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
Section 10.04. Defeasance Of Certain Obligations.
The Company may omit to comply, on or after the date the conditions set
forth in subsections (a) to (f) of this Section 10.04 are satisfied, with any
term, provision or condition set forth in any negative or restrictive covenant
of the Company applicable to the Securities of such series (hereafter called
"Covenant Defeasance") that is specified pursuant to Section 3.01(j), if
(a) With reference to this Section 10.04, the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as trust funds
for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of that series, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government
Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not later than one day
before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (A) or (B) of this
subparagraph 10.04(a) money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee for
such purposes, (A) the principal of and any premium or interest on the
Outstanding Securities of that series on the Stated Maturity of such principal
or installment of principal or interest or the Redemption Date, as the case may
be, and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable
to
Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and
payable, each in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities;
(b) Such Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in
Section 6.08 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the
Securities of any series;
(c) Such Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
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(d) Such Defeasance would not cause any Outstanding Security of such
series then listed on any nationally recognized securities exchange to be then
delisted as a result thereof;
(e) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time
would become an Event of Default with respect to Securities of that series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period
ending on the 91st day after such date;
(f) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that (i) Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit
and Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amount and in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case
if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; (ii) such Covenant
Defeasance would not cause any outstanding Security of such series then listed
on any nationally recognized securities exchange to be delisted as a result
thereof; and (iii) such deposit would not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time;
(g) The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will
not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, except
that if a court were to rule under any such law in any case or proceeding that
the trust funds remained property of the Company, no opinion is given as to the
effect of such laws on the trust funds except the following: (A) assuming such
trust funds remained in the Trustee's possession prior to such court ruling to
the extent not paid to Holders of Securities, the Trustee will hold, for the
benefit of such Holders, a valid and perfected security interest in such trust
funds that is not avoidable in bankruptcy or otherwise, and (B) such Holders
will be entitled to receive adequate protection of their interests in such trust
funds if such trust funds are used; and
(h) 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 defeasance contemplated by this Section have been
complied with.
Section 10.05. Certificate Of Officers Of The Company.
On or before [_________] of each year beginning with the year
[_________], so long as Securities of any series are Outstanding hereunder, the
Company will file with the Trustee an Officers' Certificate, one of the signers
of which shall be the principal financial officer, the principal accounting
officer or the principal executive officer of the Company, stating whether or
not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in the
performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this Indenture, and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such
defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge. For
purposes of this paragraph, any such default shall be determined without regard
to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided in this Indenture.
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ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.01. Applicability Of Article.
Any Securities that are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall
be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.01 for any Securities) in accordance with this
Article.
Section 11.02. Election To Redeem; Notice To Trustee.
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, at least 60
days 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, of the tenor, if applicable, of the Securities to be redeemed, and of the
principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
Section 11.03. Selection By Trustee Of Securities To Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all of the Securities of a specified tenor 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 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. If less than all of the Securities
of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the
preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company 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.
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Section 11.04. Notice Of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at this address appearing in
the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date,
(b) the Redemption Price,
(c) 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,
(d) 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,
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price, and
(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the 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 and shall be irrevocable. The notice
of redemption mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to
the Holder of any Security shall not affect the validity of the proceeding for
the redemption of any other Security.
Section 11.05. Deposit Of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City 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 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed
on that date.
Section 11.06. Securities Payable On Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
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
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose
Stated Maturity is on or
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prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.07.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
Section 11.07. Securities Redeemed In Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the 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 of like tenor, 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. If a Security in permanent global form is so
surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Depositary for such Security in permanent global form, without
service charge to the Holder, a new Security in permanent global form in a
denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Security in permanent global form so surrendered.
ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.01. Applicability Of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as
provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
Section 12.02. Satisfaction Of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities.
The Company (a) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (b) 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
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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 the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The
Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities to be so
redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of
such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 12.03. Redemption Of Securities For Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior 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
that series pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 12.02 stating that such Securities have not been
previously used as a credit against any sinking fund payment 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 11.03 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 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
11.05, 11.06 and 11.07.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CORPORATION
By: ______________________________________
Title:
Attest: ___________________
[____________________________], as Trustee
By: ______________________________________
Title:
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Exhibit A
FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (THE "U.S.
DEPOSITARY"), TO ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CORPORATION OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.S. DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR
TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.S.
DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS
NOMINEE, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
[If the Security is an original issue discount security for tax
purposes and is not "publicly offered" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
1.1275-1(h), insert -- For purposes of Sections 1271-1275 of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the issue price of this Security is
......, the amount of original issue discount is ....., the issue date is
........., 20.. and the yield to maturity is .....]
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CORPORATION
[Title of Security]
No. .... $ ...........
CUSIP No. _________
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▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company," which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to .............................., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ................................
Dollars on ........................... [If the Security is to bear interest
prior to Maturity, insert--, and to pay interest thereon from ....... or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually on ....... and ....... in each year, commencing
......, at the rate of ..% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment [If applicable, insert--, and (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of ..% per
annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of
interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the .... or .... (whether or not a Business Day), as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable
to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person
in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. [Interest on the
Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of 12
30-day months.]
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert--The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of ..% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such
default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand
shall bear interest at the rate of ...% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from
the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has
been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable
insert, --any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts [if applicable, insert--; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ CORPORATION
By __________________________________
Attest: ____________________
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FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of Authentication:
[__________________________], as Trustee
By __________________________________________
Authorized Officer
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FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of ____________ (herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and [_____________________], as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to
$......].
[If applicable, insert--The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert--
(1) on ........... in any year commencing with the year ......... and ending
with the year .............. through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at
any time [ on or after .........., 20....], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before .......... ..,
.....%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning ............... of
the years indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ----- ---- -----
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert--(whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert--The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on .......... in any
year commencing with the year ...... and ending with the year ...... through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or
after ..........], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking
fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table
below: If redeemed during the 12 month period beginning ............ of the
years indicated,
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Redemption Price Redemption Price For
For Redemption Redemption Otherwise
Through Than Through
Operation of the Operation of the
Year Sinking Fund Sinking Fund
---- ------------ ------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
........... redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [clause (2)
of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having
an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than ....% per annum.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on ......
in each year beginning with the year .......... and ending with the year
.......... of [not less than] $......... [("mandatory sinking fund") and not more
than $............] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.
[Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made--in the inverse
order in which they become due.]
[In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a)
the entire indebtedness of this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants,
in each case upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth
therein, which provisions apply to this Security.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, --If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, --If an Event
of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to--insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of
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interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the
extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of
the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security herein provided, and at the times, place and rate, and
in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $.... and any multiple thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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