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Indenture
Dated as of June 23, 1997
Between
LCI INTERNATIONAL, INC. and
First Trust National Association, as Trustee
Providing for the Issuance
of
Senior Debt Securities
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LCI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture,
dated as of June 23, 1997.
Section of Section of
Trust Indenture Act Indenture
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310(a)(1)............................................. 607(a)
310(a)(2)............................................. 607(a)
310(b).............................................607(b), 607(c), 608
311(a)................................................ 612
311(b)................................................ 612
312(a)................................................ 701(a)
312(b)................................................ 701(b)
312(c)................................................ 701(b)
313(a)................................................ 702
313(b)................................................ 702
313(c)................................................ 702
313(d)................................................ 702
314(a)................................................ 703
314(a)(4)............................................. 1005
314(c)(1)............................................. 102
314(c)(2)............................................. 102
314(e)................................................ 102
315(a)................................................ 602
315(b)................................................ 601
315(c)................................................ 602
315(d)................................................ 602
315(e)................................................ 515
316(a) (last sentence)............................ 101 ("outstanding")
316(a)(1)(A).......................................... 502, 512
316(a)(1)(B).......................................... 513
316(b)................................................ 508
317(a)(1)............................................. 503
317(a)(2)............................................. 504
317(b)................................................ 614
318................................................... 111
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
(i)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION..... 1
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS................................................. 1
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS........................ 13
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE...................... 13
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS............................................. 14
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY....................... 16
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER................................... 16
SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.................... 17
SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS...................................... 18
SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE......................................... 18
SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE....................................... 18
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW............................................... 18
SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.............................................. 18
SECTION 113. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.................................. 18
SECTION 114. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT........................... 18
ARTICLE TWO SECURITIES FORMS............................................ 19
SECTION 201. FORMS OF SECURITIES......................................... 19
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION............. 19
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM.......................... 19
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES.............................................. 20
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES........................ 20
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS............................................... 25
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.............. 25
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES........................................ 28
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE......... 29
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES............ 34
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.............. 35
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS....................................... 37
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION................................................ 38
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST..................................... 39
SECTION 311. CURRENCY AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES.... 39
SECTION 312. APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR EXCHANGE RATE
AGENT.................................................... 43
SECTION 313. CUSIP NUMBERS............................................... 44
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE.................................. 44
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE..................... 44
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS.................................. 45
(ii)
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES.................................................... 46
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT........................................... 46
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION
AND ANNULMENT............................................... 47
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE..................................................... 49
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM............................ 50
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES
OR COUPONS.................................................. 51
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.............................. 51
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS......................................... 51
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM
AND INTEREST................................................ 52
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.......................... 52
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.............................. 52
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER................................ 53
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES............................ 53
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS..................................... 53
SECTION 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS............................ 54
SECTION 515. RIGHT OF COURT TO REQUIRE FILING OF UNDERTAKING TO PAY
COSTS....................................................... 54
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE................................................. 54
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.......................................... 54
SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE...... 55
SECTION 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES...... 57
SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES......................................... 57
SECTION 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST......................................... 57
SECTION 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.............................. 57
SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING
INTERESTS................................................... 58
SECTION 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR........... 58
SECTION 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR...................... 60
SECTION 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.................................................... 61
SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT......................... 62
SECTION 612. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER............ 64
SECTION 613. PAYING AGENTS............................................... 64
ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY........... 64
SECTION 701. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.............................. 64
SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.......................................... 65
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY COMPANY.......................................... 65
SECTION 704. CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT...................... 66
(iii)
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER............... 66
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS........ 66
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED................................ 67
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES..................................... 67
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.......... 67
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS............. 68
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES........................ 70
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES........................... 70
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT......................... 70
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.......... 70
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS................................................... 71
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.................. 71
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY............................. 71
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST........... 73
SECTION 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.......................................... 74
SECTION 1005. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.................................. 75
SECTION 1006. LIMITATION ON LIENS......................................... 75
SECTION 1007. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS............... 78
SECTION 1008. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS................................. 79
ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES.................................... 79
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.................................... 79
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE....................... 79
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED........... 80
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION........................................ 80
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE................................. 82
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE....................... 82
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART................................. 83
ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS............................................... 83
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.................................... 83
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES....... 84
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND................... 84
ARTICLE THIRTEEN [RESERVED].................................................. 85
(iv)
ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE.......................... 85
SECTION 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT
DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE........................ 85
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.................................... 85
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE......................................... 86
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE............. 86
SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS....................... 88
ARTICLE FIFTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES........................... 89
SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED................... 89
SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.......................... 90
SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS........................ 90
SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION.............................................. 90
SECTION 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETINGS.................................................... 92
SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS............. 93
(v)
INDENTURE, dated as of June 23, 1997, between LCI INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
office at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and First
Trust National Association, a national banking association organized and
existing under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (hereinafter called
the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office at First Trust Center, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company desires to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes
senior debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities") evidencing its
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, which may or may not be
convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including
the Company), and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities,
unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature
at such times and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as
hereinafter provided.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities and
coupons, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them
in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all 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, and the terms "cash
transaction" and "self-liquidating paper", as used in TIA Section 311, shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time; and
(4) 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 Three, Article Five, Article
Six and Article Ten, are defined in those Articles.
"ACT," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS" means any additional amounts which are required by a
Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances
specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes
imposed on certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.
"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"ATTRIBUTABLE DEBT" means, as of any particular time, the present value,
discounted at a rate per annum equal to the weighted average interest rate of
all Securities Outstanding at the time under this Indenture compounded
semiannually, of the obligation of a lessee for rental payments during the
remaining term of any lease (including any period for which such lease has
been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended); the net
amount of rent required to be paid for any such period shall be the total
amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period, but may
exclude amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs,
insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges; and, in the
case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a
penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but
no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease
subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.
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"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 611.
"AUTHORIZED NEWSPAPER" means a newspaper, in the English language or in
an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or
holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the
successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in
the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any
Business Day.
"BEARER SECURITY" means any Security established pursuant to Section 201
which is payable to bearer.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the Company, the
executive committee or any committee of that board duly authorized to act
hereunder.
"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 or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is
not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or
particular location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS" means indebtedness represented by obligations
under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting
purposes in accordance with GAAP and the amount of such indebtedness shall be
the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with
GAAP. For purposes of Section 1006, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be
deemed secured by a mortgage (as defined therein) on the property being
leased.
"CEDEL" means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres, S.A., or its
successor.
"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 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 on such date.
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"COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture 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" and "COMPANY ORDER" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman, the
President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller or an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"CONSOLIDATED NET TANGIBLE ASSETS" means the consolidated total assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the Company's most recent
balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP less (i) current liabilities
(excluding current maturities of long-term debt and Capital Lease
Obligations) and (ii) goodwill, trademarks, patents and minority interests of
others.
"CONVERSION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 311(d).
"CONVERSION EVENT" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency
both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the
settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of
or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both within the
European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any currency unit
(or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was
established.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which, at any
particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date hereof is located at First Trust
Center, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
"CORPORATION" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"CURRENCY" means any currency or currencies, composite currency or
currency unit or currency units, including, without limitation, the ECU,
issued by the government of one or more countries or by any reorganized
confederation or association of such governments.
"DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or
both would be, an Event of Default.
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"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable
or issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, the person
designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 301 until a
successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or
include each person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time
there is more than one such person, "Depositary" as used with respect to the
Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Registered Global Securities of that series.
"DOLLAR" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time
to time by the Council of the European Communities.
"ELECTION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 311(h).
"EUROCLEAR" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
Office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.
"EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES" means the European Union, the European Coal and
Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM" means the European Monetary System established
by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Communities.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Article Five.
"EXCHANGE RATE AGENT," with respect to Securities of or within any
series, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, a New York Clearing House bank designated pursuant
to Section 301 or Section 312.
"EXCHANGE RATE OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate setting forth
(i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation and
(ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a
Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in
accordance with Section 302 in the relevant currency or currency
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unit), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such
Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation signed by the
Treasurer, any Vice President or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
"FOREIGN CURRENCY" means any Currency, including, without limitation, the
ECU issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United
States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such
governments.
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect as of the date of determination, unless stated otherwise.
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or the government which issued
the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are
payable, 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 or such government
which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other
government, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of
any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law)
such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by
the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment
of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.
"HOLDER" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose
name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a
Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any
coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
"INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions
hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at
any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument,
"Indenture" shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities
for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or
as it may from time to time
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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 the or those particular series of Securities for which such
Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive,
however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of
Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such
terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms
adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and
delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person,
as such Trustee, was not a party.
"INDEXED SECURITY" means a Security as to which all or certain interest
payments and/or the principal amount payable at Maturity are determined by
reference to prices, changes in prices, or differences between prices, of
securities, Currencies, intangibles, goods, articles or commodities or by
such other objective price, economic or other measures as are specified in
Section 301 hereof.
"INTEREST," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean interest
payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Security which
provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004,
includes such Additional Amounts.
"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE," when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"INVESTMENT INTEREST" means an ownership interest acquired through the
purchase of securities of, loans and advances to, or other investment
interests in, a Person.
"MARKET EXCHANGE RATE" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to
any Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion involving a
currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the
other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars or
such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of
Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon buying rate for such Foreign
Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs
purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion
of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot
rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with
normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which
conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from
which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York
City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased
Foreign
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Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301,
in the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for
in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall
use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation
of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date,
or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other
principal market for such currency or currency unit in question, or such
other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless
otherwise specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one
market for dealing in any currency or currency unit by reason of foreign
exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such
currency or currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of
securities designated in such currency or currency unit would purchase such
currency or currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such
securities.
"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, notice of redemption, notice of exchange
or conversion, or otherwise.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the
President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller or an Assistant Controller, 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 or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the
Company.
"ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"OUTSTANDING," when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption at
the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in
trust or set
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aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, 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;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and
1403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or
covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in
whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are
present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount
of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for
such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be
(or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security
denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such
purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date
such Security is originally issued by the Company as set forth in an Exchange
Rate Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount
(or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed Security,
the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount
determined as provided in clause (i) above or (iii) below, respectively) of
such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be
counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of
such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with
respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities
which the Trustee
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actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so
to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor.
"PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities or
coupons on behalf of the Company.
"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 or within
any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified and as
contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to
which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains.
"PRINCIPAL PROPERTY" means (i) the assets comprising the Company's and
its Restricted Subsidiaries' owned digital fiber optic network (including
indefeasible rights of use) and all of the Company's and its Restricted
Subsidiaries' assets relating to the operation of such network, which consist
of outside plant and buildings, transmission, distribution and switching
facilities and install and other related costs, as such terms are
characterized in the notes to the Company's audited consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 1996, included in the Company's
1996 annual report to stockholders, and (ii) each Investment Interest of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary where (a) such Investment Interest is in
a Person that has an ownership interest in a digital fiber optic network and
assets relating to its operation similar to the ones described above and (b)
the aggregate amount of the Investment Interest of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary in such Person, determined at the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter of the Company, exceeds $10 million excluding any
increase in value as a result of the earnings of such Person.
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"REDEMPTION DATE," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
in whole or in part, 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.
"REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY" means any Security evidencing all or a part
of a series of Registered Securities, issued to the Depository for such
series in accordance with Section 303, and bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 303.
"REGISTERED SECURITY" shall mean any Security which is registered in the
Security Register.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, whether or not a
Business Day.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any
trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller and any assistant
controller 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.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary if, at the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter of the Company, the aggregate amount, determined in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, of securities of, loans and
advances to, and other investments in, such Subsidiary held by the Company
and its other Subsidiaries exceeded 10% of the Company's Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets.
"SECURITY" or "SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if
at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities" with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person
is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any
series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
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"SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"STATED MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of
interest 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 (i) a majority of the outstanding
voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by
one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and one or
more other Subsidiaries, and (ii) whose financial statements are consolidated
with the Company in accordance with GAAP. For the purposes of this
definition, "voting stock" means stock having voting power for the election
of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of
stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as
provided in Section 905.
"TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee"
shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; 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.
"UNITED STATES" means the United States of America (including the states
and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"UNITED STATES PERSON" means an individual who is a citizen or resident
of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or an estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source.
"VALUATION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 311(c).
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"YIELD TO MATURITY" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of
issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination
of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance
with the constant interest method or such other accepted financial practice
as is specified in the terms of such Security.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. 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, except that in
the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of
such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate
or opinion need be furnished. In the case of any condition precedent
described in TIA Section 314(c)(3), the Company shall provide the certificate
of accountant described therein.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section
1005) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or covenant
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. 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 as to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may
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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 an Opinion of Counsel, or a
certificate or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in
the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based is/are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or
certificate or representation 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 as 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 as to such matters is/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 104. 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 of the Outstanding Securities of all series
or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced
by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a
series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture
to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may,
alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of
Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by
proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument
or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such
meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security,
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor
of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company,
if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of
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Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may be proved in
any manner that the Trustee deems reasonably sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(d) The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the production
of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any
trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that
at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such
depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or
such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person
holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by
the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that
such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate
or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer
Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee
by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange
for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be proved in any
other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a
Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of
Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no
obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date
shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution,
which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first
solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than
the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented
to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed
as of such record date; PROVIDED that no such authorization, agreement or
consent by the Holders
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on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become
effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven
months after the record date.
(f) 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,
any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders
or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon,
given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration Division, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or airmail postage prepaid if
sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the
address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER. Where this Indenture provides
for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Company or
the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid or
airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to each such
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 of Registered Securities 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 of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders
of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder
in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been
received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such
notice.
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If by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give
such notice by mail, then such notification to Holders of Registered
Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The
City of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such
Securities on a Business Day, such publication to be not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on
the date of such publication or, if published more than once, on the date of
the first such publication.
If by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper
or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as
provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as
shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to
give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the
sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as
provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
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.
SECTION 107. 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.
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SECTION 108. 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 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in any Security or coupon 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 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any
Authenticating Agent and their respective successors hereunder and the
Holders any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and the Securities and
coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the
State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This
Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity
of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security or
coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section),
payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, 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, Redemption Date or sinking
fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; PROVIDED that no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date,
Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 113. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee
or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reasons of such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder by accepting any of the Securities waives and releases
all such liability.
SECTION 114. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. If this Indenture is
qualified under TIA and any provision hereof
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limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of TIA,
such required provision shall control.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS OF SECURITIES. The Registered Securities, if any, of
each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related
coupons shall be in substantially the forms as shall be established in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time to time by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 301, shall have
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental
hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company
may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer
Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or in any other
manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities or
coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Subject
to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
___________________, as Trustee
By ____________________________
Authorized Signatory
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM. If Securities of or
within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of Section 301 and the
provisions of Section 302, any such Security shall represent such of the
Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may
provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities
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of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from
time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement
of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or
decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall
be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such
Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or 304. Subject to the
provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304
has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company
with respect to endorsement, delivery or redelivery of a Security in global
form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of the third paragraph from the end
of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in
global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the
Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with
written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the
principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written
statement contemplated by the last sentence of the third paragraph from the
end of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global
form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in
the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the
case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such
permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a
permanent global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
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The Securities shall rank equally and pari passu and may be issued in one
or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions
or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and,
subject to Section 303, 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, any
or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters
set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (15) below), if so provided, may be
determined from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued
Securities of the series when issued from time to time):
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of such series from all other series of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be
determined or extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the
series shall be payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be
determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the
method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment
Dates on which such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if
any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest
Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be determined, and the
basis upon which such interest shall be calculated if other than that of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be
payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for
exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible or
exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable,
and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the
Currency or Currencies in which, and other
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terms and conditions upon which Securities, of the series may be redeemed, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have the
option;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision
or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which
or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, the Currency or
Currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of
the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denomination or denominations in which any Registered Securities
of the series shall be issuable and, if other than denominations of $5,000,
the denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar
and/or Paying Agent;
(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502
or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(11) if other than Dollars, the Currency or Currencies in which payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be made or in which the Securities of the
series shall be denominated and the particular provisions applicable thereto
in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of
Section 312;
(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or
method may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies,
commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company
or a Holder thereof, in one or more Currencies, other than that in which such
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within
which (including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which,
such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange
rate between the Currency or Currencies in which such Securities are denominated
or stated
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to be payable and the Currency or Currencies in which such Securities are to
be paid, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of
the provisions of Section 311;
(14) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(15) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default or covenants (including any deletions from, modifications of or
additions to any of the provisions of Section 1008) of the Company with
respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or
covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth
herein;
(16) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities
and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of the series and vice versa (if permitted by
applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of the series are to
be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of
the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without
coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
permanent global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such
series in certificated form and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur,
if other than in the manner provided in Section 305, and, if Registered
Securities of the series are to be issuable as one or more Registered Global
Securities, the identity of the Depositary for such series;
(17) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any
temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series
shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first
Security of the series to be issued;
(18) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name such Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or the Person
to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if
otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in
which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest
Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 304;
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(19) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the
Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in addition
to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fourteen;
(20) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive
form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of
such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or
satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such
certificates, documents or conditions;
(21) whether, under what circumstances and the Currency in which, the
Company will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1004 on the
Securities of the series to any Holder who is not a United States person
(including any modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any
tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will
have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional
Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(22) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(23) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or
exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the
terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or
exchangeable; and
(24) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture or the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in
the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to
Section 303) and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be
issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional
Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action(s) 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 Securities of such series.
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SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 301. With respect to Securities of any series denominated in
Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities
of any series, the Registered Securities of such series, other than
Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of any
denomination) shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities of such series, other than Bearer
Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be
issuable in a denomination of $5,000.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING. The
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf
of the Company by its Chairman, its President or one of its Vice Presidents,
and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, and may be
under its corporate seal (which may be in the form of a facsimile thereof)
reproduced thereon. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
and coupons may be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any
future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced
on the Securities.
Securities or coupons 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 or
coupons.
At any time and from time to time, upon or after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series,
together with any coupon appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to
the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer
Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United
States; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, unless otherwise specified with respect to
any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be
delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person
entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate
in the form as may be specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier
of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which
any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in
accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If
any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security,
then, for
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purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial
owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon
exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be
delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section
306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security
unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached
and cancelled. If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at
one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing
such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures
acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining
the terms of particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate,
maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall
be fully protected in relying upon,
(i) an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered
by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this
Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights, to general equitable principles and to such
other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect
the rights of Holders of such Securities and any coupons; and
(ii) an Officers' Certificate stating, to the best of the knowledge
of the signers of such certificate, that no Event of Default with respect to
any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of this Section
303, if all the Securities of any series are not to
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be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order,
Opinion of Counsel or Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to
the preceding paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security of such
series, but such order, opinion and certificates, with appropriate
modifications to cover such future issuances, shall be delivered at or before
the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall
not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties, obligations or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or
otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee will not be
required to authenticate Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency if the
Trustee reasonably believes that it would be unable to perform its duties
with respect to such Securities.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date
specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on
such Security or Security to which such coupon appertains a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by
the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, 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, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such
Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more Registered
Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to such
series, authenticate and deliver one or more Registered Global Securities
that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued and
not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in
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the name of the Depositary for such Registered Global Security or Securities
or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to
such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instructions and (iv) shall
bear a legend substantially to the following effect: "Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form,
this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary."
If required by the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 301 must, at the
time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
other applicable statute or regulation.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in
registered form, or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons
or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities
may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which
shall be exchanged in accordance with Section 304(b) or as otherwise provided
in or pursuant to a Board Resolution), if temporary Securities of any series
are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the
temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any
series (accompanied by any non-matured coupons appertaining thereto), the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Registered Security; and PROVIDED FURTHER that a definitive Bearer Security
shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
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Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in
Section 303. 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 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee or in any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a
register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in such
office or in any such office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
being herein sometimes referred to collectively as the "Security Register")
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of
transfers and exchange of Registered Securities. The Security Register shall
be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written
form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office,
is hereby initially appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities on
such Security Register as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered
Security of any series at any office or agency of the Company 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 Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and
provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may
be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, containing identical terms and provisions, upon surrender of the
Registered Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever
any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as
contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange
for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) permitted by the applicable Board Resolution and
(subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers' Certificate,
or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section
301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount
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and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any
such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in
default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable
to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons
in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in
an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and
the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent
any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been
made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002,
interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United
States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any
series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange
for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close
of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant
Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered
without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date
for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the
case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed
date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security
issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the
Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be
exchangeable only as provided in this Section. If any beneficial owner of an
interest in a permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest
for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of
another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301 and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent
global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in
any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so
exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in
aggregate
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principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On or
after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such
permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary or
such other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange
for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global
Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are not
issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified
as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by
the beneficial owner thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such exchanges may
occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption
Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those
selected for redemption; and PROVIDED FURTHER that no Bearer Security
delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be
mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a
Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent
global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where
such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the
case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on
such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such
permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities shall be 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 Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration
of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the
Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar, duly
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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 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 not involving
any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be among those
selected for redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed under Section 1103
and ending at the close of business on (A) if such Securities are issuable
only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice
of redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer Securities,
the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if
such Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no
publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered
Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or
(iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that
such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that
series and like tenor, PROVIDED that such Registered Security shall be
simultaneously surrendered for redemption.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 305, unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a portion
of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or
by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such
series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for any Registered Securities of a
series represented by one or more Registered Global Securities notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Registered Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Registered
Securities shall no longer be eligible under Section 303, the Company shall
appoint a successor Depositary eligible under Section 303 with respect to
such Registered Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under Section
303 for such Registered Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90
days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the
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Company's election pursuant to Section 301 that such Registered Securities be
represented by one or more Registered Global Securities shall no longer be
effective and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officer's Certificate for the authentication and delivery of 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 Registered Global Security or Securities representing such Registered
Securities in exchange for such Registered Global Security or Securities.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or
more Registered Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a
Registered Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will
execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate for the
authentication and delivery of 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 Registered Global
Security or Securities representing such Registered Securities, in exchange
for such Registered Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
Securities represented by a Registered Global Security, the Depositary for
such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered 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 Registered
Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations as
requested by such person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for such person's beneficial interest in the Registered Global
Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Registered Global Security in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of
the surrendered Registered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount
of Registered Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (i)
above.
Upon the exchange of a Registered Global Security for Securities in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, such
Registered Global Security shall
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be cancelled by the Trustee or, upon instruction from the Trustee, an agent
of the Company or the Trustee. Securities in definitive registered form
without coupons issued in exchange for a Registered Global Security pursuant
to this Section 305 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Registered Global Security, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee. The Trustee
or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES. If
any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to
it is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company, together with such security
or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of
them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and,
upon its request, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing
identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining
to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security or coupon, 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 or
coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security
to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and
principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in
case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any,
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appertaining to such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the
Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, pay such Security or coupon; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Bearer Securities
shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an
office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto.
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 with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security,
or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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 and their coupons, if any, 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 or
coupons.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 301, interest, if any, on any
Registered Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office
or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
1002; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each installment of interest, if any, on any
Registered Security may at the Company's option be paid by (i) mailing a
check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person
entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of such Person as it
appears on the Security Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account
maintained by the payee inside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of any series, payment of
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interest, if any, may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by transfer
to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United
States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every
permanent global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any
Interest Payment Date will be paid to each of Euroclear and CEDEL with
respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its
account by the Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting each of
Euroclear and CEDEL to credit the interest, if any, received by it in respect
of such permanent global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners
thereof.
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange
for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an
office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record
Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and
interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be
payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, any interest on any
Registered Security of any series that 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 registered Holder
thereof 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 (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Registered 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 Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment
(which shall not be less than 20 days after such notice is received by the
Trustee), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of
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such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit on or 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 Registered 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered
at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for
a Registered Security of such series after the close of business at such
office or agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of
Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will
not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable
only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered 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 and Section 305,
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 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentment of a
Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company
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or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto
shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the
bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the
purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with
respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and
owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary
(or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION. All Securities and coupons 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 any such Securities and
coupons and Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for
any such purpose shall be promptly cancelled 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 cancelled by the Trustee. If the
Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition
shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by
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such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. Cancelled Securities and coupons held by the
Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless by a Company Order the
Company directs their return to it.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any
series, interest, if any, on the Securities of each series shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. CURRENCY AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF
SECURITIES. (a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, with respect to Registered Securities of any series
not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the
Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b)
below, and with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as
provided in paragraph (d) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such
series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security or
Bearer Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this
Section 311 may be modified or superseded with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option,
subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in
any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering
to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities a written election
with signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to
Section 301, not later than the close of business on the Election Date
immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to
receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in
effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such
Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee for such series of
Registered Securities (but any such change must be made not later than the
close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment
date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no
such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be made on
any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of
Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has deposited funds
pursuant to Article Four or Fourteen or with respect to which a notice of
redemption has been given by the Company). Any Holder of any such Registered
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Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee of
such series of Registered Securities not later than the close of business on
the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable
payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 311(a). The
Trustee for each such series of Registered Securities shall notify the
Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the
aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which Holders have
made such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the
election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to
Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not
later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment
date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will
deliver to the Company a written notice specifying the Currency in which
Registered Securities of such series are payable, the respective aggregate
amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts
in such Currency so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to
which the Holders of Registered Securities denominated in any Currency shall
have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b)
above. If the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided
for pursuant to Section 301 and if at least one Holder has made such
election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, on the
second Business Day preceding such payment date the Company will deliver to
the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities an Exchange Rate
Officer's Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency or
Currencies payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency or
Currencies amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have
elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be
determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate
in effect on the second Business Day (the "Valuation Date") immediately
preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency
in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant
to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then with
respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in
such Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign
Currency was used (the "Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall be the currency
of payment for use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the
Trustee of each such series of Securities and by such Trustee or any
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Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to such payment
date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a currency unit,
the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency
unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g)
below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the
Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have
elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above,
and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such
Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been
made in the absence of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with
respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence
of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in
paragraph (d) of this Section 311.
(f) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each
subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph (h)
below shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified
Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate
for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each
payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 311, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
A "COMPONENT CURRENCY" shall mean any currency which, on the
Conversion Date, was a component currency of the relevant currency unit,
including, but not limited to, the ECU.
A "SPECIFIED AMOUNT" of a Component Currency shall mean the number
of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were
represented in the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to, the
ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit
of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision,
the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or
multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective
Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount
in such single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts
of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single
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currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such
single currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the
Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more
currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced
by amounts of such two or more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar
Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement
equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former
Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before such
division, and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such
currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the
Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to,
the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this
definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect to any Component
Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation
Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of
calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such
Component Currency.
"ELECTION DATE" shall mean the Regular Record Date for the
applicable series of Registered Securities or at least 16 days prior to
Maturity, as the case may be, or such other prior date for any series of
Registered Securities as specified pursuant to clause 13 of Section 301 by
which the written election referred to in Section 311(b) may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent
regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar
Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the
Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and
irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee for the appropriate series
of Securities and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in
the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written
notice to the Company and the Trustee for the appropriate series of
Securities of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company
will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the
appropriate series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and such
Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in
Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the
event the Company so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with
respect to the ECU or any other currency unit in which Securities are
denominated or payable, the Company will immediately give written notice
thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities and to the
Exchange Rate Agent
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(and such Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided
in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and
the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In
the event the Company determines in good faith that any subsequent change in
any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount
above has occurred, the Company will similarly give written notice to the
Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate
Agent.
The Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities shall be fully
justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it
from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any
duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information
independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 312. APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR EXCHANGE RATE
AGENT. (a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so
long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign
Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is
required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will
maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required,
at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company will cause the Exchange Rate
Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and
in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of
determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the
purpose of converting the issued Foreign Currency into the applicable payment
Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, pursuant to Section 311.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of
a successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate
Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and the
Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities accepting such appointment
executed by the successor Exchange Rate Agent.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the
Exchange Rate Agent for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or
more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that
any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, at any time there shall only be one
Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular series
that are originally issued by the Company on the same date and
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that are initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency.
SECTION 313. CUSIP NUMBERS. The Company in issuing the Securities
may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee
shall indicate the "CUSIP" numbers of the Securities in notices of redemption
as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed
on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. This
Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with
respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except
as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto
and any right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided in Section 1004),
and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i)
coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for
Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is
not required or has been waived as provided in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, (▇▇) Securities
and coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, (▇▇▇) coupons
appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing after the
relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in
Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
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(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name,
and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
for such purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
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;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) 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 as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
the obligations of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee
under Section 606, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent
under Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of
the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall
survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS. Subject to the provisions
of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons 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, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited
with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein with respect to any particular series of Securities, means any one of
the following events:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon or any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of any Security of that series or of any coupon appertaining
thereto, when such interest, Additional Amount or coupon becomes due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by
the terms of any Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of
the Company in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series (other
than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 60 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 that series a written notice specifying such default
or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness of the Company (including a default with respect to Securities of
any series other than that series) or under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced any indebtedness of the Company (including this Indenture), whether
such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall
constitute a failure to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000
of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable
grace period with respect thereto and shall have resulted in such indebtedness
in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000 becoming and being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have
become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or
such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 10 days
after there shall have 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 10% in principal amount of the
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Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged
or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; provided, however, that if such
default under such bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or other
instrument or evidence of indebtedness shall be remedied or cured by the
Company or waived pursuant to such agreement or instrument, then, unless the
Stated Maturity of the Security shall have been accelerated as provided
herein, the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed
likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further
action upon the part of either the Trustee or the Holders; or
(6) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially
all of its property, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that
series.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal
or State law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT. If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and shall not have been remedied, then and in every such
case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding
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Securities of that series may declare the principal (or, if any
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such
portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the
Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon
any such declaration such principal or specified portion thereof and interest
thereon shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment in full of such
amounts, all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal
of and interest on the Securities of such series shall terminate.
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
provided in this Article, 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:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except
as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series
and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)):
(A) all overdue installments of interest, if any, on all Outstanding
Securities of that series and any related coupons,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) all Outstanding
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by
or provided for in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates borne by or provided
for in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other
than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured, remedied or waived.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this
Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because
of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been
determined adversely to the Trustee, then, and in every such case, the Company
and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their several positions and
rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the
Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE. The Company covenants that if:
(1) in case default occurs in the payment of any installment of interest
on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of any series
and any related coupon when such interest or Additional Amount becomes due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) in case default occurs in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity,
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series and coupons, the whole
amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, with interest upon any overdue principal
(and premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest, if any, at the
rate or rates borne by or provided for 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.
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, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon Securities of such series 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 Securities of
such series, 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
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rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of the pendency
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee
(irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any series 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 any overdue principal, premium or interest) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such
portion of the principal as may be provided in the terms thereof) (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding; and
(ii) to collect and receive any 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 of Securities of such series and coupons 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 to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee
under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a
Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES
OR COUPONS. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of
the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons 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 and coupons in respect of which such judgment has
been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. Any money collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of
such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any,
upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be,
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 and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any
other Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS. No Holder of any Security of any
series or any related coupon shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 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;
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(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right which is absolute
and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security
or payment of such coupon on the respective due dates expressed in such
Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date)
and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and, subject
to Section 507 such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. If the Trustee or any
Holder of a Security or coupon 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 the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of
the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as otherwise
provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders of Securities or coupons 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
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right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the
Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or
coupons, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. 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
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may
on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any related
coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest,
if any, on any Security of such series or any related coupons, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security 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 the Securities of such
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series and related coupons under this Indenture; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Company covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit
or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any
time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and
covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power
herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. RIGHT OF COURT TO REQUIRE FILING OF UNDERTAKING TO PAY
COSTS. The parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security
or coupon 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 Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or
group of Holders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such 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 due date
expressed in such Security or any date fixed for redemption.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. Within 90 days after the occurrence of
any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA
Section 313(c), 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, if any, on any Security of such series, or in the payment
of any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Securities of
such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and
so
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long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee
of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Securities and coupons of such series; and PROVIDED FURTHER
that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in
Section 501(4) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such series, no
such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the
occurrence thereof.
SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
coupon or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee shall
not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. 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
pursuant to Section 512 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.
(2) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than
delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to
the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which
shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of
the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(3) 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 a Board Resolution, an Opinion of Counsel or an
Officers' Certificate.
(4) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
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(5) 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 of Securities of any series or any related coupons
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.
(6) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon 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.
(7) 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.
(8) 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 other than
through its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own
willful misconduct.
(9) Prior to an Event of Default, the Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties as are specifically set out in this
Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a
series has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall
exercise with respect to such series of Securities 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.
(10) Except with respect to Section 1001, the Trustee shall have no
duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company's covenants in Article
Ten. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default except (i) any Event of Default occurring
pursuant to Sections 501(1), 501(2) and 1001, or (ii) any Default or Event of
default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification or
obtained actual knowledge.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
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performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. The Trustee, any Paying Agent,
Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company,
in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such
other agent.
SECTION 605. 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 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. The Company agrees:
(1) To pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by
any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust).
(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
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(3) To indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred without negligence or bad
faith on its own 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.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on particular Securities or any coupons.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING
INTERESTS. (a) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall
be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the
requirements of Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
(b) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as
such term is defined in TIA Section 310(b), 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 such series in the manner and with the
effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(c) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the
provisions of subsection (b) of this section with respect to the Securities
of any series, the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such
90-day period, transmit to all Holders of Securities of such series, in the
manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such
failure.
SECTION 608. 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
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become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609.
(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.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee
and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section
310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder
of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder of a Security
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not
have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of a
notice of resignation or the delivery of an Act of removal, the Trustee
resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause
with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
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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). 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, 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 of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a Security 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 Securities of such series.
(g) 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 in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in
Section 106. 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 609. 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 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 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, subject
nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(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
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successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall
execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and
to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the
retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee,
and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing
herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of
a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts
hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and
delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and
each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such retiring Trustee hereunder 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 (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
SECTION 610. 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 of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be
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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 or coupons 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 or coupons so authenticated with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons shall not have been
authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may
authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its own name
or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this
Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.
SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. At any time when any
of the Securities of a series remain Outstanding, 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 exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption thereof, 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.
Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be
promptly furnished to the Company. 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, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant
to Section 301, shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation
organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to exercise its corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $25,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid 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. In case 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.
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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
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series
and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination 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 for such series may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and
shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the
series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the
manner set forth in Section 106. 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 herein. 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 including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses
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 or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially 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 Signatory
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SECTION 612. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST ISSUER. The
Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship
listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed is
subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
SECTION 613. PAYING AGENTS. Whenever 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, that such Paying Agent,
(a) will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the payment of
the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or Coupons
appertaining thereto, or of the Trustee, until such sums shall be paid to
such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company to make
any payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
when the same shall be due and payable; and
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such failure, upon the
written request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest
on the Securities of such series, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or any failure to take such action.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS. (a) The Company shall
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee at stated intervals of not
more than six months, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, all information in the possession or control of the Company, or of
any of its Paying Agents, as to the names and addresses of the Holders. The
Trustee shall be required to preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all such information so furnished to it or received by it in the
capacity of Paying Agent.
(b) Holders may communicate, pursuant to TIA Section 312(b), with
other Holders with respect to their rights under
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this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee and anyone else
shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May 15 of each
year commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities
pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders
of Securities as provided in TIA Section 313(c) a brief report dated as of
such May 15 if required by TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee shall transmit by
mail to all Holders of Securities any brief report required by TIA Section
313(b), within the time periods specified therein. A copy of each such
report at the time of mailing to Holders, shall be filed by the Trustee with
the Commission and each stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are
listed. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of the listing of the
Securities on any stock exchange.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange, if any, upon which
the Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of the listing of the Securities on
any stock exchange.
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY COMPANY. The Company shall:
(1) 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 such Sections, then it will 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;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations as provided in TIA
Section 314(a)(2); and
(3) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, within
30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the
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manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of
any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Trustee shall
have no duty to review such documents for purposes of determining compliance
with any provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 704. CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. Upon request
of the Trustee, the Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end
of such calendar year a written notice specifying the amount of original
issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods), if any, accrued
on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS. The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or
convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Person,
unless:
(1) either the Company shall be the continuing entity or successor
entity, or the entity (if other than the Company) formed by or resulting from
such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or which shall have
received the transfer of the assets of the Company assumes, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all the Securities and the due
and punctual performance and observance of every covenant and condition of
this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a
result thereof as having been incurred by the Company or the Subsidiary at
the time of the transaction, no Event of Default under the Indenture, and no
event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an
Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company and the successor Person have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
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SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED. Upon any consolidation or
merger, or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the
successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or the successor Person to which such conveyance or transfer is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right
and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if
such successor had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any
such conveyance or transfer, the Company shall be discharged from all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and coupons
and may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS. Without
the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company, when
authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time
and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and
in the Securities contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series)
or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are
to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of
such series); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in respect of any such additional
Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular
period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than
that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate
enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the
Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of Securities to which
such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or
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(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change
or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of (or premium, if
any,) or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be
issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to
be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations
or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;
PROVIDED that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material
respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture;
PROVIDED that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when
there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution
of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such
provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 801
or 1006, or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any
related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, including the
provisions and procedures relating to Securities convertible into or
exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company); or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series
and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee; or
(9) 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 that any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons
in any material respect; or
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and
1403; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any
other series of Securities in any material respect.
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities
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affected by such supplemental indenture (voting as one class), by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when
authorized by or pursuant to 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 and any related coupons under this Indenture; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) 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 change any obligation of the
Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, or reduce the
portion of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable
in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or change any Place of Payment where,
or the Currency in which, any Security or any premium or 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 adversely affect any
right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant to
Section 301 herein, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for
any waiver with respect to such series (of compliance with certain provisions
of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504
for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section
1008, 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.
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.
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
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covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the
purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture
supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record
date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; PROVIDED that unless such
consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage
having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record
date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created
by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form
a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any
coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements
of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company
shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform,
in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such
series.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST. The Company
covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series in
accordance with the terms of such series of Securities, any coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest due on Bearer
Securities on or before Maturity, other than Additional Amounts, if any,
payable as provided in Section 1004 in respect of principal of (or premium,
if any, on) such a Security, shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are
evidenced thereby as they severally mature. Unless otherwise specified with
respect to Securities of any series pursuant to Section 301, at the option of
the Company, all payments of principal may be paid by check to the registered
Holder of the Registered Security or other person entitled thereto against
surrender of such Security. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on
Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. If Securities of a
series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company shall 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, where Securities of that series that are convertible or
exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable,
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of
a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where any
Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange, where Securities of that series that are
convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as
applicable, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where
Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or
surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following
paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located
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outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that
series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Securities of that series are listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the
United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will
maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in Luxembourg or
any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may
be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and
(C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of
Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency
where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible or
exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable,
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related
coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at the offices
specified in the Security, in London, England, and the Company hereby
appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer
Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United
States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer
to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment
of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Bearer
Security shall be made at the office of the Company's Paying Agent in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in
Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or interest, as the
case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained
for such purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture, is illegal
or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may 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 of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind
such designations;
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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
accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series
for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
location of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of
Securities, the Company hereby designates as Place of Payment for each series
of Securities the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to
receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are
denominated in a currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a
currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other
provision of the Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to
each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate
Agent.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any
series of any Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each
due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the Securities
of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided
in Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) sufficient to pay the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of such series so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency described
in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest
and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for
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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 sums.
Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company,
in trust for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company upon 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 of such principal, premium or interest on any Security,
without interest thereon, 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.
SECTION 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. If the Securities of a series provide
for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of
a Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto Additional
Amounts as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301. Whenever in this
Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of any series or
payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or
exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to
include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of
such series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such
context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof
pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as
excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express
mention is not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at
least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that
series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal
and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment
of principal, premium or interest if there has been any change with respect
to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the
Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent or
Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate
instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents
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whether such payment of principal, premium or interest on the Securities of
that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any
related coupons who are not United States persons without withholding for or
on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in
the Securities of the series. If any such withholding shall be required,
then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any,
required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of
that series or related coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or
such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such
Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case
may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the
Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be entitled (i) to assume that no such
withholding or deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal
or interest with respect to any Securities of a series or related coupons
until it shall have received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to
make all payments of principal and interest with respect to the Securities of
a series or related coupons without withholding or deductions until otherwise
advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent
for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out
of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance
on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in
reliance on the Company's not furnishing such an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 1005. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. The Company will deliver to
the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief
certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer
or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's
compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For
purposes of this Section 1005, such compliance shall be determined without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
SECTION 1006. LIMITATION ON LIENS. (a) The Company will not, nor will
it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien or other encumbrance
(hereinafter called "mortgage" or "mortgages") upon any Principal Property
(whether such Principal Property is now owned or hereafter acquired) unless
the Company shall (and shall cause its Restricted Subsidiaries, as
applicable) secure the Securities (together with, if the Company shall so
determine, any other indebtedness of or guaranteed by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary ranking equally with the Securities and then existing
or thereafter created) equally and ratably with the indebtedness or
obligations secured by such mortgages, for so long as such other indebtedness
or obligations shall be so secured; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing
restrictions shall not apply to
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(i) mortgages on any assets acquired, constructed, developed or improved
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture or
existing mortgages on any assets acquired after the date of the Indenture,
provided that (a) such mortgages have been created to secure, finance, refinance
or refund the cost of the acquisition, construction, development or improvement
of such assets and (b) such mortgages exist at the time or within 270 days after
the time such assets are acquired, constructed, developed or improved and put in
service;
(ii) mortgages existing on the date of this Indenture;
(iii) mortgages on any assets existing at the time of acquisition thereof
from a Person which is consolidated with or merged into, or substantially all of
the assets of which are acquired by, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so
long as such mortgages are limited to the assets so acquired;
(iv) mortgages on any assets of a Person existing at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary so long as such mortgages are limited to the
assets of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(v) mortgages to secure indebtedness owed by a Restricted Subsidiary to
the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) mortgages in favor of the United States of America or any State
thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision
of the United States of America or any State thereof, to secure partial,
progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to
secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of
the purchase price or the cost of constructing or improving the property subject
to such mortgages;
(vii) any mortgage, deposit or pledge of assets (1) with any surety
company or clerk of any court, or in escrow, as collateral in connection with,
or in lieu of, any bond on appeal from any judgment or decree against the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or in connection with other proceedings or
actions at law or in equity by or against the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or (2) as security for the performance of any contract or
undertaking not directly or indirectly related to the borrowing of money or the
securing of indebtedness, if made in the ordinary course of business, or (3)
with any governmental agency, which deposit or pledge is required or permitted
to qualify the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to conduct business, to
maintain self-insurance, or to obtain the benefits of any law pertaining to
workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social
security, or similar matters, (4) made in the ordinary course of business to
obtain the release of mechanics', workmen's, repairmen's, warehousemen's or
similar
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liens, or the release of property in the possession of a common carrier; or (5)
to secure the reimbursement of any letter of credit obtained in the ordinary
course of business for any purpose for which the granting of a mortgage would be
permitted hereunder;
(viii) mortgages existing on property acquired by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary through the exercise of rights arising out of defaults on
receivables acquired in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) judgment liens, so long as the finality of such judgment is being
contested in good faith and execution thereon is stayed;
(x) mortgages securing Capital Lease Obligations, provided that (a) such
mortgages attach solely to the property so acquired and (b) such mortgages
attach to the property within 270 days after the time such property is acquired
and put in service;
(xi) mortgages on portions of the Principal Property granted in connection
with the grant by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the right to use
such portions of the Principal Property;
(xii) mortgages on assets to secure loans maturing not more than one year
from the date of the creation thereof;
(xiii) mortgages for the sole purpose of extending, renewing or replacing
in whole or in part indebtedness secured by any mortgage referred to in the
foregoing clauses (i) to (xii), inclusive, or in this clause (xiii); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the principal amount of indebtedness secured thereby shall not
exceed the principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of such
extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or
replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the
mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property);
(xiv) the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen,
processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in
the ordinary course of business, (a) which are not overdue for a period of more
than ninety (90) days or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings;
(xv) encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements and
rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property which do not
materially impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business; or
(xvi) mortgages for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies
not yet due or delinquent, or which can thereafter be paid without penalty, or
which are being
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contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and any other liens of a
nature similar to those hereinabove described in this clause (xvi) which do not,
in the opinion of the Company, materially impair the use of such property in the
operation of the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or the value
of such property for the purposes of such business.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 1006 shall not apply
to the creation, incurrence, assumption or sufferance to exist by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of any mortgage that would otherwise be subject to the
foregoing restrictions without equally and ratably securing the Securities,
provided that the aggregate amount of all indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by mortgages (other than mortgages
permitted by paragraph (a) of this Section 1006) and would otherwise be subject
to the foregoing restrictions and the Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and
Leaseback Transactions (as defined in Section 1007) in existence at such time
(other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions which, if the Attributable Debt in
respect of such Sale and Leaseback had been a mortgage, would have been
permitted by paragraph (a) of this Section 1006 and other Sale and Leaseback
Transactions the proceeds of which have been applied or committed to be applied
in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of Section 1007) does not exceed 15% of
the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets prior to the time such mortgage was
created, incurred or assumed.
In the event that the Company shall hereafter secure the Securities equally
and ratably with or prior to any other obligation or indebtedness pursuant to
the provisions of this Section 1006, the Trustee is hereby authorized to enter
into an indenture or agreement supplemental hereto and to take such action, if
any, as it may deem advisable to enable it to enforce effectively the rights of
the holders of the Securities so secured, equally and ratably with or prior to
such other obligations or indebtedness.
SECTION 1007. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS. The Company
will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any
arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property owned or hereafter acquired by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (except for temporary leases for a
term, including any renewal thereof, of not more than three years and except for
leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted
Subsidiaries), which Principal Property has been or is to be sold or transferred
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person (herein referred to
as a "Sale and Leaseback Transaction") unless either (a) the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist a mortgage (as such term is defined in Section 1006) on the Principal
Property to be leased without equally and ratably
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securing the Securities, or (b) the Attributable Debt associated therewith would
be an amount permitted under Section 1006(b), or (c) the Company shall, and in
any such case the Company covenants that it will cause a Restricted Subsidiary
to, apply an amount equal to the fair value (as so determined by the Board of
Directors) of such property to the redemption pursuant to Section 1101 hereof or
the purchase and retirement of Securities or to the payment or other retirement
of funded debt for money borrowed, incurred or assumed by the Company which
ranks senior to or pari passu with the Securities or of funded debt for money
borrowed, incurred or assumed by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than, in
either case, funded debt owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), or
(d) the Company shall, at or prior to the time of entering into the Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, enter into a bona fide commitment or commitments to
expend for the acquisition or improvement of such Principal Property an amount
at least equal to the fair value (as so determined by the Board of Directors) of
such property. For this purpose, "funded debt" means any indebtedness which by
its terms matures at or is extendible or renewable at the sole option of the
obligor without requiring the consent of the obligee to a date more than twelve
months after the date of the creation of such indebtedness.
SECTION 1008. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The Company may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Sections 1006, 1007 and, as specified pursuant to Section 301(15) for Securities
of any series, in any covenants of the Company added to Article Ten pursuant to
Section 301(14) or Section 301(15) in connection with Securities of a series, if
before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority
in principal amount of all outstanding Securities, by Act of such Holders, waive
such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term,
provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term,
provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of
the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Securities of any series which
are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance
with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The election of the
Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less
than all of the
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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 in writing of such Redemption
Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED. If less
than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same terms
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 issued on such date with the same terms
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that
series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar
(if other than itself) 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 Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of
the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption shall be given
in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 days nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the
terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein
provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or
in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such Security or
portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of Registered Securities in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
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All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date payable as provided in Section 1106,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive, without a charge, a new
Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount
thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106
will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to
be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on
and after said date,
(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together in the
case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of
any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all
coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of
any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee for such
series and any Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption
on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as
determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made, and
(10) the CUSIP number of such Security, if any.
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Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. On or prior to 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, which it may not do in the case
of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) sufficient to pay on the
Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or
portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. Notice of redemption
having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein
specified in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 311(b), 311(d)
and 311(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date),
and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of
the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall if the
same were interest-bearing cease to bear interest and the coupons for such
interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the
extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if
any, to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest on
Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
(except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons
for such interest, and PROVIDED FURTHER that installments of interest on
Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the
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Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption
Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the
Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the
Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any
such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from
the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so
deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest represented by coupons shall be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those
coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the Redemption Price shall, until paid, bear interest
from the Redemption Date at the rate of interest set forth in such Security or,
in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, at the Yield to Maturity of
such Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. Any Registered Security which
is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of
Article Twelve) 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, 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. However, if less than all the
Securities of any series with differing issue dates, interest rates and stated
maturities are to be redeemed, the Company in its sole discretion shall select
the particular Securities to be redeemed and shall notify the Trustee in writing
thereof at least 45 days prior to the relevant redemption date.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series.
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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 such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES. The
Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver Outstanding
Securities of such series (other than any previously called for redemption)
together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured
coupons appertaining thereto and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such 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, as provided for
by the terms of such Securities; PROVIDED that such Securities so delivered or
applied as a credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall
be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the applicable
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. Not less than 60
days prior to each sinking fund payment date for Securities of any series, the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for
the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
311(b), 311(d) and 311(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next
ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Officers' Certificate shall
specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount
therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the
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name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section
1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT
DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. If pursuant to Section 301 provision is
made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of or within a
series under Section 1402 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or
within a series under Section 1403, then the provisions of such Section or
Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this
Article (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its
option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 1402 (if applicable)
or Section 1403 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set
forth below in this Article.
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE. Upon the Company's
exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in
Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose,
such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be
"Outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of
this Indenture referred to in clauses (A) and (B) of this Section, and to
have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive,
solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set
forth in such
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Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when
such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the
payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by
Section 1004, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article
Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section notwithstanding
the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE. Upon the Company's exercise of the
above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or
within a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under
Sections 1006 and 1007, and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its
obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant
defeasance"), and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with Sections 1006 and 1007, or such other covenant, but
shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For
this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such
Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant,
whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such
Section or such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event
of Default under Section 501(4) or 501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but,
except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE. The
following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1402 or Section 1403
to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining
thereto:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607
who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen
applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of such
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Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, (1) an amount (in such Currency
in which such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are then specified
as payable at Stated Maturity), or (2) Government Obligations applicable to such
Securities and coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the
Currency in which such Securities and coupons appertaining thereto are then
specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount, or (3) a combination thereof
in an amount, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written report thereof delivered
to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee
(or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest (exclusive of any Additional Amounts) and
(ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to
such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the day on
which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound.
(c) No default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date
of such deposit or, in the case of an election under Section 1402, insofar as
Sections 501(6) and 501(7) are concerned, at any time during the period ending
on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this
condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this
Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
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same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance
had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of
such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 1403 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance
or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or
substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company
in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of the
last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or
other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,
collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the "Trustee") pursuant to
Section 1404 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto 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 Holders of such Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in
respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant
to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(a) has been
made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 311(b) or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 1404(a) has been
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made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as
contemplated in Section 311(d) or 311(e) or by the terms of any Security in
respect of which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(a) has been made, the
indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and
satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the
proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the
case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect
of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as
a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market
Exchange Rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to
each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such
Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion
Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in respect
thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money
or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by
it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written report thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as
applicable, in accordance with this Article.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED. A meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 1501 for any of the following purposes:
(1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any
directions to the Trustee, or to waive or to consent to the waiving of any
default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized
to be taken by the Holders pursuant to Article Five;
(2) to remove the Trustee or appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to
Article Six;
(3) to consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to the
provisions of Section 902; or
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(4) to take any other action (a) authorized to be taken by or on behalf of
the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of Securities of any
series under any other provision of this Indenture, or authorized or permitted
by law, or (b) which the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate in connection
with the administration of this Indenture.
SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS. (a) The Trustee may at
any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose
specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or such other location as the Trustee
shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the
manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to
the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of
Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the
notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the
Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or such other location for such
meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS. To be entitled to
vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be
(1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of
one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders.
The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a
quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or
waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by
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the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the
time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the
request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other
case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as
determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1502(a), except that such notice need be given only
once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled
to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall
state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made,
given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a
majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be
adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a
quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons,
whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any
action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given
or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and
one or more additional series:
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(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in determining
whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETINGS. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee
may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting
of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to
the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote,
and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such
regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in
the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the Person
executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or
banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer
Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing
proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the
proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall
be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series held or represented by him; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security
challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as
a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
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(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting, and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS. The vote
upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the
signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their
representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and
who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified
written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at
least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of
Securities of any Series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting
and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the
inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one
or more persons having knowledge of the fact, setting forth a copy of the
notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in
Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the
meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified
shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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This Indenture 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 Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
LCI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Senior Vice President
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Attest:
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Title: Assistant Secretary
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By /s/ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Trust Officer
[SEAL]
Attest:
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Title: Assistant ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 23rd day of June, 1997, before me personally came ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he
resides at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇; that he is Senior Vice President -
Finance and Development and Chief Financial Officer of LCI INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto
by like authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
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Notary Public, State of New York
No. 02HO5057226
Qualified in New York County
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On the 23rd day of June, 1997, before me personally came ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to
me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she resides at
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, one of the corporations described in and which executed
the foregoing instrument; that she knows the seal of said corporation; that the
seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed
by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that she signed
her name thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
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Notary Public, State of New York
No. 02HO5057226
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires March 18, 1998
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JUNE 18, 1997 RESOLUTIONS OF THE PRICING COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ESTABLISHING THE TERMS OF THE 7.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE JUNE 18, 1997
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authorization given to the Pricing
Committee by the Board of Directors of the Company on August 18, 1995 and
June 17, 1997, there be and hereby is authorized the issuance and sale by the
Company of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount (U.S. Dollars) of Senior
Notes to mature on June 15, 2007 and to bear interest at a rate of 7.25% per
annum, having an interest accrual date of June 23, 1997, interest payment
dates of June 15 and December 15 of each year and record payment dates of May
31 and November 30 preceding each such interest payment date, (i) to be
redeemable prior to maturity at the option of the Company as set forth on
Exhibit A hereto but not entitled to the benefits of a sinking fund; (ii) to
be subject to the defeasance provisions of Sections 1402 and 1403 of the
Indenture (provided that any such defeasance shall only be to the stated
maturity date of the Notes); (iii) to be sold in a public offering pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) at a price to the public of
99.759%, a gross spread of 0.875% and the price to the Company of 98.884%, in
each case, of the principal amount thereof, such notes to be entitled "7.25%
Senior Notes due June 15, 2007" (the "Notes"); and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, any Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary of the Company (each, an "Authorized Officer") be, and
they each are hereby authorized, in the name of and on behalf of the Company
to execute, acknowledge and deliver the Underwriting Agreement, dated June
18, 1997 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among the Company and the
Underwriters, and such officers, or any of them, be and hereby are authorized
and empowered to take any steps necessary or advisable to carry out the
obligations of the Company under the Underwriting Agreement; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and they each are hereby
authorized, in the name of and of behalf of the Company to execute,
acknowledge and deliver the Indenture, substantially in the form of the
latest draft distributed prior to the date hereof, together with such changes
as such Authorized Officers deem necessary or advisable, and such officers,
or any of them, be and hereby are authorized and empowered to take any steps
necessary or advisable to carry out the obligations of the Company under the
Indenture; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Notes shall be Registered Securities (as defined in the
Indenture) and shall be represented by permanent Registered Global Securities
registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, as depository, or its
nominee; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the form and terms of the Notes, substantially in the form
of the latest draft distributed prior to the date hereof, together with such
changes as such Authorized Officers deem necessary or advisable, be and
hereby are approved; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Company's Chairman, its President or any of its Vice
Presidents be, and they each are hereby authorized, empowered and directed,
in the name of and on behalf of the Company and under its corporate seal
(which may be a facsimile), to execute the Notes and deliver them to the
Trustee for its authentication and delivery and the Company's Secretary or
Assistant Secretary be and are hereby authorized to attest such execution;
and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and they each are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed, in the name of and on behalf of the
Company to make application to the Trustee for the authentication and
delivery of the Notes pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture; and be it
further
RESOLVED, that the Trustee is hereby authorized and requested, upon
compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, to
authenticate and deliver the Notes to or upon the order of the Company; and
be it further
RESOLVED, that First Trust National Association, at its corporate trust
office in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, be and hereby
is appointed and designated Registrar and Paying Agent for the exchange,
transfer and registration of the Notes, and as the office or agency of the
Company for the payment of the principal of and interest on, the Notes, and
where notices and demands in respect of the Notes may be served, with all the
power and authority as conferred by the Notes; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all other action heretofore taken by the officers of the
Company in connection with the proposed issuance and sale of the Notes
pursuant to the general authority granted by the Company's Board of Directors
be and hereby is, in all respects, approved, ratified and confirmed; and be
it further
RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers of the Company be, and they each
hereby are, authorized to do or cause to be done all such other acts and
things (including, without limitation, entering into all such agreements and
executing all such other documents) as in their judgment may be necessary or
advisable in order to carry out the intent of the foregoing resolutions, and
that all actions heretofore taken by or at the direction of such officers in
connection with the matters contemplated by such resolutions be, and hereby
are, in all respects, ratified, confirmed and approved.
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EXHIBIT A
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company at any time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of their principal amount or (ii) the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted
to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months), at the Treasury Yield (as defined below)
plus 15 basis points, plus in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) accrued
interest to the date of redemption.
"Treasury Yield" means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate
per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means, the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable
to the remaining term of the Notes, at the time of selection and in
accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of
corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of
such Notes.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
business day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for
U.S. Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor
release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such business
day, Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation for such redemption date.
"Independent Investment Banker" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers or, if such firm
is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an
independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by
the Company and acceptable to the Trustee.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quaotation" means, with respect to the
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined
by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer
at 5:00 p.m. on the third business day preceding such redemption date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers and its
successors; provided however, that if it shall cease to be a primary U.S.
Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"),
the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
Holders of Notes to be redeemed will receive notice thereof at least 30
and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption.
If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, selection of Notes for
redemption will be made by the Trustee in any manner the Trustee deems fair
and appropriate and that complies with the applicable legal requirements.
Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, from
and after the redemption date, the Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption will cease to bear interest, and the holders thereof will have no
right in respect of such Notes except the rights to receive the redemption
price thereof.