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EXHIBIT 4.3
[Conformed Copy]
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THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
and
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
as Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of February 17, 1999
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Providing for the Issuance of
Debt Securities in Series
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THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
Reconciliation and Tie Between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture
Provisions*/
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT Section INDENTURE SECTION
Section 310(a)(1) 709
(a)(2) 709
(a)(3) Not Applicable
(a)(4) Not Applicable
(b) 708
710
Section 311(a) 713(a)
713(c)
(b) 713(b)
(b)(2) 803(a)(2)
803(b)
Section 312(a) 801
802(a)
(b) 802(b)
(c) 802(c)
Section 313(a) 803(a)
(b) 803(b)
(c) 803(d)
(d) 803(c)
Section 314(a) 804
(b) Not Applicable
(c)(1) 102
(c)(2) 102
(c)(3) Not Applicable
(d) Not Applicable
(e) 102
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*/ This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
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TRUST INDENTURE
ACT Section INDENTURE SECTION
Section 315(a) 701(a)
(b) 702
803(a)(6)
(c) 701(b)
(d) 701(c)
(d)(1) 701(a)
(d)(2) 701(c)(2)
(d)(3) 701(c)(3)
(e) 614
Section 316(a) 101
(a)(1)(A) 602
612
(a)(1)(B) 613
(a)(2) Not Applicable
(b) 608
Section 317(a)(1) 603
(a)(2) 604
(b) 1103
Section 318(a) 107
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1/
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
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Section 101. Definitions 1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions 11
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee 11
Section 104. Acts of Holders 12
Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company 14
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver 14
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act 15
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents 15
Section 109. Successors and Assigns 15
Section 110. Separability Clause 15
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture 15
Section 112. Governing Law 15
Section 113. Legal Holidays 15
Section 114. Moneys of Different Currencies To Be Segregated 15
Section 115. Payment To Be in Property Currency 16
Section 116. Language of Notices, etc 16
Section 117. Changes in Exhibits 16
ARTICLE TWO
Issuance of Securities
Section 201. Creation of Securities in Amount Unlimited 16
Section 202. Documents Required for Issuance of Each Series of
Securities Other than Medium-Term Debt Securities 16
ARTICLE THREE
Issuance of Medium-Term Debt Securities
Section 301. Documents Required for Issuance of Each Series of
Medium-Term Debt Securities 20
Section 302. Form of Medium-Term Debt Securities 24
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1/ This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of
the Indenture.
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ARTICLE FOUR
The Securities
Section 401. Form and Denomination 24
Section 402. Execution, Delivery, Dating and Authentication 24
Section 403. Temporary Securities 26
Section 404. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange 28
Section 405. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities 30
Section 406. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved 31
Section 407. Persons Deemed Owners 32
Section 408. Cancelation 32
Section 409. Computation of Interest 32
Section 410. Currency and Manner of Payment in Respect of Securities 33
Section 411. Securities in Global Form 37
ARTICLE FIVE
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 501. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture in Respect of
Any Series of Securities 38
Section 502. Application of Trust Money 39
Section 503. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of
Any Series 39
Section 504. Reinstatement 40
Section 505. Definitions 41
ARTICLE SIX
Remedies
Section 601. Events of Default 42
Section 602. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment 43
Section 603. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee 43
Section 604. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 44
Section 605. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities 45
Section 606. Application of Money Collected 45
Section 607. Limitation on Suits 45
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Section 608. Unconditional Right of Holders To Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest 46
Section 609. Restoration of Rights and Remedies 46
Section 610. Rights and Remedies Cumulative 46
Section 611. Delay or Omission Not Waiver 46
Section 612. Control by Holders 46
Section 613. Waiver of Past Defaults 47
Section 614. Undertaking for Costs 47
Section 615. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws 47
ARTICLE SEVEN
The Trustee
Section 701. Certain Duties and Responsibilities 48
Section 702. Notice of Defaults 48
Section 703. Certain Rights of Trustee 49
Section 704. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities 50
Section 705. May Hold Securities 50
Section 706. Money Held in Trust 50
Section 707. Compensation and Reimbursement 50
Section 708. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests 51
Section 709. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility 51
Section 710. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor 51
Section 711. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor 53
Section 712. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business 53
Section 713. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company 54
Section 714. Judgment Currency 57
Section 715. Appointment of Authenticating Agent 57
ARTICLE EIGHT
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 801. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders 59
Section 802. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders 60
Section 803. Reports by Trustee 60
Section 804. Reports by Company 62
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ARTICLE NINE
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 901. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms 62
Section 902. Successor Corporation Substituted 63
ARTICLE TEN
Supplemental Indentures
Section 1001. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders 63
Section 1002. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders 64
Section 1003. Execution of Supplemental Indentures 65
Section 1004. Effect of Supplemental Indentures 65
Section 1005. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act 65
Section 1006. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures 66
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Covenants
Section 1101. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest 66
Section 1102. Maintenance of Office or Agency 66
Section 1103. Money for Securities Payments To Be Held in Trust 67
Section 1104. Limitation on Secured Indebtedness 68
Section 1105. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions 68
Section 1106. Statement by Officers as to Default 69
Section 1107. Waiver of Certain Covenants 69
Section 1108. Additional Amounts 69
ARTICLE TWELVE
Redemption of Securities
Section 1201. Applicability of Article 70
Section 1202. Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee 70
Section 1203. Selection by Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed 70
Section 1204. Notice of Redemption 71
Section 1205. Deposit of Redemption Price 71
Section 1206. Securities Payable on Redemption Date 71
Section 1207. Securities Redeemed in Part 72
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Sinking Funds
Section 1301. Applicability of Article 72
Section 1302. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities 73
Section 1303. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund 73
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called 73
Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings 73
Section 1403. Persons Entitled To Vote at Meetings 74
Section 1404. Quorum; Action 74
Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings 74
Section 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings 75
EXHIBIT A Form of Debt Securities
EXHIBIT B.1 Form of Certificate to be given by Person entitled to
receive Bearer Security
EXHIBIT B.2 Form of Certificate to be given by Euro-clear and CEDEL
S.A. in connection with the Exchange of a portion of
Temporary Global Security
EXHIBIT B.3 Form of Certificate to be given by Euro-clear and CEDEL
S.A. to obtain Interest prior to an Exchange Date
EXHIBIT B.4 Form of Certificate to be given by Beneficial Owners to
obtain Interest prior to an Exchange Date
EXHIBIT B.5 Form of Confirmation to be sent to Purchasers of Bearer
Securities
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INDENTURE dated as of February 17, 1999, between THE
WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
"Company"), having its principal office at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇.,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, as
Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), the office of the Trustee
at which at the date hereof this Indenture is principally
administered being ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all 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;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such
computation; 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 within an Article of this Indenture, may be
defined in that Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"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
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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 the date of its determination, the present
value (discounted semiannually at the Attributable Interest Rate) of the
obligation of a lessee for rental payments pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (reduced by the amount of the rental obligations of any sublessee of
all or part of the same property) during the remaining term of such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which the lease relating thereto
has been extended), such rental payments not to include amounts payable by the
lessee for maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments and similar
charges and for contingent rents (such as those based on sales). In the case of
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction in which the lease is terminable by the
lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such rental payments shall be considered
for purposes of this definition to be the lesser of (a) the rental payments to
be paid under such Sale and Leaseback Transaction until the first date (after
the date of such determination) upon which it may be so terminated plus the then
applicable penalty upon such termination and (b) the rental payments required to
be paid during the remaining term of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
(assuming such termination provision is not exercised).
"Attributable Interest Rate" means, as of the date of its determination,
the weighted average of the interest rates (or the effective rate in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities or discount securities) of all Outstanding
Securities.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 715 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one
or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper of general circulation in the
place of publication, printed in the official language of the country of
publication and customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not
published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Whenever successive weekly
publications in an Authorized Newspaper are authorized or required hereunder,
they may be made (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) on the same or
different days of the week and in the same or different Authorized Newspapers.
"Bearer Security" means any Security which is not registered in the
Security Register as to both principal and interest (including without
limitation any Security in temporary or definitive global bearer form).
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company,
any executive officer of the Company duly authorized to act in the name of or on
behalf of that board or any committee consisting of two or more persons who need
not be directors duly authorized to act in the name of or on behalf of that
board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment or place of
publication, means each day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange
markets settle payments in the Place of Payment or place of publication, or as
specified for a series of Securities pursuant to Section 202 or Section 301, as
the case may be. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 202 or Section
301, as the case may be, when used with respect to Securities bearing interest
at a rate or rates determined by reference to London interbank offered rates for
deposits in U.S. Dollars, "Business Day" shall exclude any day
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on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets do not settle payments
in London.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at
any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing
and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 403.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor corporation.
"Company Request", "Request of the Company", "Company Order" or "Order of
the Company" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company
by its Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Component Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 410(i).
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, at the date of any determination, the
consolidated stockholders' or owners' equity of the Company and its
subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 410(e).
"Conversion Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 714.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee in New York, New
York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at the date hereof is ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, except that with respect to the presentation of Securities (or
Coupons, if any, representing an installment of interest) for payment or for
registration of transfer and exchange, such term shall mean the office or the
agency of the Trustee in said city at which at any particular time its corporate
agency business shall be conducted.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"Coupon" or "coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer
Security.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 406.
"Discharged" has the meaning specified in Section 505.
"Dollar" means the coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning specified in
Section 410(h).
"Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning specified in
Section 410(g).
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"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to
time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Euro-clear" means the operator of the Euro-clear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the European
Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 601.
"Exchange Rate Agent" means the entity appointed by the Company pursuant to
Section 104(g). Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202 or
Section 301, as the case may be, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange shall act as
Exchange Rate Agent for purposes of Section 410 in the case of each series of
Securities listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
"Exchange Rate Officers' Certificate" means a telecopy or tested telex or a
certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Official Currency Unit Exchange
Rate and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency or currency unit amounts of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, respectively (on an aggregate
basis and on the basis of a Security having a principal amount of 1,000 units in
the relevant currency or currency unit), payable on the basis of such Official
Currency Unit Exchange Rate, sent (in the case of a telecopy or telex) or
executed (in the case of a certificate) by the Controller or any Assistant
Controller or by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee; such telecopy, tested telex or certificate need not
comply with Section 102.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of any country
other than the United States of America.
"Foreign Government Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 505.
"Funded Debt" means any Indebtedness maturing by its terms more than one
year from the date of the issuance thereof, including any Indebtedness renewable
or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date later than one year from
the date of the original issuance thereof.
"Holder" or "holder" means, with respect to a Registered Security, the
Person in whose name at the time a particular Registered Security is registered
in the Security Register and, with respect to a Bearer Security and/or a Coupon,
the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness" of any corporation means all indebtedness representing money
borrowed which is created, assumed, incurred or guaranteed in any manner by such
corporation or for which such corporation is otherwise responsible or liable
(whether by agreement to purchase indebtedness of, or to supply funds to or
invest in, others).
"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 202 and Section 301, as the case may be.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
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"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge or other
encumbrance, but does not include any of the foregoing types of encumbrances
that are incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or the ownership of the property and assets of any of them
and that were not incurred in connection with the incurrence of any
Indebtedness. Such incidental encumbrances that are to be excluded from the term
"Liens" include without limitation: pledges or deposits made to secure
obligations of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary under workmen's
compensation laws or similar legislation; liens imposed by law, such as
materialmen's, mechanics', carriers', workmen's, vendors', repairmen's or other
like liens incurred in the ordinary course of business; governmental (Federal,
state or municipal) liens arising out of contracts for the purchase of products
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and deposits or pledges to obtain the
release of any of the foregoing liens; liens created by or resulting from any
litigation or legal proceeding that is currently being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings; leases made or existing on Principal Property
entered into in the ordinary course of business by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; landlords' liens under leases of Principal Property to which the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is a party; zoning restrictions, easements,
licenses or restrictions on the use of Principal Property or minor
irregularities in the title thereto; deposits in connection with bids, tenders
or contracts (other than for the payment of money) to which the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary is a party; deposits to secure public or statutory
obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; deposits in connection
with obtaining or maintaining self-insurance or to obtain the benefits of any
law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to unemployment insurance, old age
pensions, social security or similar matters; deposits of cash or obligations of
the United States of America to secure surety, appeal or customs bonds to which
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party; and liens 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 contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings.
"Market Exchange Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 410(i).
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Medium-Term Debt Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 301.
"Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed
by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer,
the Controller, any Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or
Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any other employee of the Company
designated by a Board Resolution as having the authority to deliver a
Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate hereunder.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President or any Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or
Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
Officers' Certificate shall contain the statements provided in Section 102 if
and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section.
"Official Currency Unit Exchange Rate" means, with respect to any payment
to be made hereunder, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and
the currency or currency unit of payment calculated by the Exchange Rate Agent
for the Securities of the relevant series (in the case of ECU, reported by the
Commission of the European Communities and on the date hereof based on the rates
in effect at 2:30 p.m., Brussels time, on the exchange markets of the Component
Currencies of ECU), on the Business
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Day (in the city in which such Exchange Rate Agent has its principal office)
immediately preceding delivery of any Exchange Rate Officers' Certificate.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for or an employee of the Company. Each Opinion of Counsel shall contain the
statements provided in Section 102 if and to the extent required by the
provisions of such Section.
"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 602.
"Outstanding" or "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 canceled by the Trustee or delivered or
deemed delivered to the Trustee for cancelation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount and in the required currency or currency unit has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in
trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company
shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 405 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 whether a
quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Outstanding Securities or the
number of votes entitled to be cast by each Holder of a Security in respect of
such Security at any such meeting, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 602, (ii) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in a Foreign Currency or currency unit shall be the Dollar
equivalent obtained by converting the specified Foreign Currency or currency
unit into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such determination
(or, in the case of a Security denominated in a currency unit for which there is
no Market Exchange Rate, the Dollar equivalent obtained by adding together the
results obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency
into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency on the
date of such determination) of the principal amount (or, in the case of an
Original Issue Discount Security, of the amount determined as provided in (i)
above) of such Security, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or
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any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means the Trustee or any other Person authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" or "person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series,
means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Securities of that series are payable as specified in
accordance with Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be.
"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 405 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means all land, land improvements, buildings,
machinery and equipment constituting a manufacturing facility, a printing
facility, a warehouse facility, a distribution facility, a television broadcast
facility, a cable television facility or an office facility (including any
portion thereof) which facility (a) is owned by or leased to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, (b) is located within the United States, and (c) has an
acquisition cost plus capitalized improvements in excess of 1% Consolidated Net
Worth as of the date of such determination, other than (i) any such facility, or
portion thereof, which has been financed by obligations issued by or on behalf
of a state, a Territory or a possession of the United States, or any political
subdivision of any of the foregoing, or the District of Columbia, the interest
on which is, or at the time of issuance of such obligations was determined by
counsel to be, excludable from the gross income of the holders thereof (other
than a "substantial user" of such facility or a "related person" as those terms
were used in Section 147 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"))
pursuant to the provisions of Section 103 and related Section s of the Code (or
any similar provisions hereafter enacted) as in effect at the time of issuance
of such obligations, (ii) any such facility which the Board of Directors may by
Board Resolution declare is not of material importance to the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (iii) any such facility, or
portion thereof, owned or leased jointly or in common with one or more Persons
other than the Company and any Subsidiary and in which the interest of the
Company and all Subsidiaries does not exceed 50%.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price, in the currency or currency unit in which such Security is
payable, at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered in the Security
Register (including without limitation any Security in temporary or definitive
global registered form).
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
on the Registered Securities of any series means the date specified for that
purpose as
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contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, which date shall
be, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 202 or Section 301, as the
case may be, the fifteenth day preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or
not such day shall be a Business Day.
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 115.
"Responsible Trust Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman
of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, any assistant 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 or 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 Securities" means any shares of the capital stock or
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary (a) which has substantially
all its property and transacts substantially all its business within the United
States of America, and (b) which owns or is a lessee of any Principal Property;
provided, however, that the term "Restricted Subsidiary" shall not include any
Subsidiary (i) which is acquired or organized after February 17, 1999 for the
purpose of acquiring the stock, business or assets of any Person other than the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether such acquisition is effected by
merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets, or any other transaction
analogous in purpose and effect), and (ii) which has (together with its
consolidated subsidiaries and after intercompany eliminations) consolidated
total assets of not more than 10% of the consolidated total assets of the
Company and its subsidiaries (including such Subsidiary), all as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, at the Company's
election, as of the date of such acquisition of stock, business or assets (and
after giving effect thereto) or within 30 days after such date.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any
Principal Property (whether such Principal Property is now owned or hereafter
acquired) that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, other than (a) temporary leases for a
term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three
years; (b) leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between
Restricted Subsidiaries; and (c) leases of Principal Property executed by the
time of, or within 180 days after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion
of construction or improvement (including any improvements on property which
will result in such property becoming Principal Property), or the commencement
of commercial operation of such Principal Property.
"Secured Indebtedness" means (a) Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary which is secured by any Lien upon any Principal Property
or Restricted Securities and (b) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
covering Principal Property or Restricted Securities; but "Secured Indebtedness"
shall not include any of the following:
(i) Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
outstanding on February 17, 1999 secured by then existing Liens upon, or
incurred in connection with conditional sales agreements or other title
retention agreements with respect to, Principal Property or Restricted
Securities;
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(ii) Indebtedness which is secured by (A) purchase money Liens upon
Principal Property or Restricted Securities acquired after February 17,
1999, or (B) Liens placed on Principal Property after February 17, 1999,
during construction or improvement thereof (including any improvements on
property which resulted or will result in such property becoming Principal
Property) or placed thereon within 180 days after the later of acquisition,
completion of construction or improvement or the commencement of commercial
operation of such Principal Property or improvement, or placed on
Restricted Securities acquired after February 17, 1999, or (C) conditional
sale agreements or other title retention agreements with respect to any
Principal Property or Restricted Securities acquired after February 17,
1999, if (in each case referred to in this subparagraph (ii)) (x) such Lien
or agreement secures all or any part of the Indebtedness incurred for the
purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of
construction of such Principal Property or improvement or Restricted
Securities and (y) such Lien or agreement does not extend to any Principal
Property or Restricted Securities other than the Principal Property or
Restricted Securities so acquired or the Principal Property, or portion
thereof, on which the property so constructed, or such improvement, is
located; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount by which the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien or agreement
exceeds the cost to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the
related acquisition, construction or improvement shall be considered to be
"Secured Indebtedness";
(iii) Indebtedness which is secured by Liens on Principal Property or
Restricted Securities, which Liens exist at the time of acquisition (by any
manner whatsoever) of such Principal Property or Restricted Securities by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) Indebtedness, whether secured by any Lien or not, of Restricted
Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary and
Indebtedness of the Company owing to any Restricted Subsidiary;
(v) in the case of any corporation which shall have become or becomes
(by any manner whatsoever), as the case may be, a Restricted Subsidiary
after February 17, 1999, Indebtedness which is secured by Liens upon, or
conditional sale agreements or other title retention agreements with
respect to, its property which constitutes Principal Property or Restricted
Securities, which Liens shall have existed or exist, as the case may be, at
the time such corporation shall have become or becomes, as the case may be,
a Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) guarantees by the Company of Secured Indebtedness and
Attributable Debt of any Restricted Subsidiaries and guarantees by a
Restricted Subsidiary of Secured Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the
Company and any other Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vii) Indebtedness arising from any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
(viii) Indebtedness secured by Liens on property of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America, any state,
Territory or possession thereof, or in the District of Columbia, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the
United States of America or any state, Territory or possession thereof, or
the District of Columbia, or in favor of any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, if such Indebtedness was incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction
of the property subject to such Liens; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount
by which the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such
Lien exceeds the cost to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the
related acquisition or construction shall be considered to be "Secured
Indebtedness"; and
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(ix) the replacement, extension or renewal (or successive replacements,
extensions or renewals) of any Indebtedness (in whole or in part) excluded
from the definition of "Secured Indebtedness" by subparagraphs (i) through
(viii) above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Lien securing, or conditional sale
or title retention agreement with respect to, such Indebtedness shall
extend to or cover any Principal Property or any Restricted Securities,
other than such property which secured the Indebtedness so replaced,
extended or renewed (plus improvements on or to any such Principal
Property); PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that to the extent that such
replacement, extension or renewal increased or increases the principal
amount of Indebtedness plus any accrued and unpaid interest or capitalized
interest payable thereon secured by such Lien or was or is in a principal
amount in excess of the principal amount of Indebtedness plus any accrued
and unpaid interest or capitalized interest payable thereon excluded from
the definition of "Secured Indebtedness" by subparagraphs (i) through
(viii) above, the amount of such increase or excess shall be considered to
be "Secured Indebtedness".
In no event shall the foregoing provisions be interpreted to mean or their
operation to cause the same Indebtedness to be included more than once in the
calculation of "Secured Indebtedness" as that term is used in this Indenture.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and more particularly means any Securities (including Medium-Term Debt
Securities) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and, in the case of
any Bearer Security, shall include where appropriate any Coupons appertaining
thereto.
"Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 404.
"Security Registrar" means the Person appointed as the initial Security
Registrar in Section 404 or any Person appointed by the Company as a successor
or replacement Security Registrar.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 406.
"Specified Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 410(i).
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security (or Coupon, if
any, representing an installment of interest) or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security (or
Coupon) 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 a majority of the Voting Shares of which
are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or
by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by
the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and as in force at the date as of which
this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 1005.
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"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.
"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 505.
"Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 410(e).
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Shares" means, as to shares of a particular corporation,
outstanding shares of stock of any class of such corporation entitled to vote in
the election of directors, excluding shares entitled so to vote only upon the
happening of some contingency.
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.
Unless expressly otherwise specified with respect to any certificate or
opinion provided for in this Indenture, every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture (other than annual certificates provided pursuant to Section 1106)
shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, 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 with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such
matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his
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certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of
the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is
in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 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 Securities of any series may be embodied in and
evidenced by (i) one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed
by such Holders in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, (ii) the
record of such Holders 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
Fourteen, or (iii) a combination of any such record and one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by proxies
duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such record and/or instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company. Such record or instrument or instruments
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such proxy shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 701) conclusive in favor of the Trustee
and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section . The record of
any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 1406.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by
any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production of
such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any trust company, bank,
banker or other depository, wherever situated, showing that at the date therein
mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depository, 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, (2) such Bearer Security is
produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (3) such Bearer Security is
surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security
is no longer Outstanding.
(d) The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing
pursuant to clause (c) above, the authority of the Person executing the same and
the principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person
so executing such instrument or writing and the date of holding the same may
also be proved in any other manner which
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the Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance require
further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this clause.
(e) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held
by any Person and the date of holding the same shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of a Holder shall bind every future Holder of the same Security
and/or Coupon and the Holder of every Security and/or Coupon issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be
done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Security and/or Coupon.
(g) Whenever any Act is to be taken hereunder by the Holders of two or more
series of Securities denominated in different currencies (or currency units),
then, for the purpose of determining the principal amount of Securities held by
such Holders, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities denominated in a
Foreign Currency (or any currency unit) shall be deemed to be that amount
determined by the Company or by an authorized Exchange Rate Agent and evidenced
to the Trustee by an Officers' Certificate as of the date the taking of such Act
by the Holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount of the Securities
is evidenced to the Trustee to be equal to the Dollar equivalent obtained by
converting the specified Foreign Currency or currency unit into Dollars at the
Market Exchange Rate on such date (or, in the case of a Security denominated in
a currency unit for which there is no Market Exchange Rate, the Dollar
equivalent obtained by adding together the results obtained by converting the
Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange
Rate for each such Component Currency on such date) of the principal amount (or,
in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the principal amount thereof
that would be due and payable as of the declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 602) of such Security. An Exchange Rate
Agent may be authorized in advance or from time to time by the Company. Any such
determination by the Company or by any such Exchange Rate Agent shall be
conclusive and binding on all Holders, the Company and the Trustee, and neither
the Company nor any such Exchange Rate Agent shall be liable therefor in the
absence of bad faith.
(h) 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, by 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. 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 on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become
effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months
after the record date.
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Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other 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 (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and delivered in person or by any other means to the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, 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 delivered in person, mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or
sent by overnight courier or, until such time as the Company shall have
notified the Trustee in writing that it shall no longer accept delivery of
notice by telecopy or telex, given by telecopy or by telex (with answerback
received) to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, or
at its telecopy or telex number from time to time furnished in writing to
the Trustee expressly for purposes of this Indenture, Attention: Secretary.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver. (a) Where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of any event:
(i) if any of the Securities affected by such event are Registered
Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided or unless otherwise specified in such Securities)
if in writing and delivered in person, mailed, first-class postage prepaid
or sent by overnight courier, to each Holder affected by such event, at his
address as it appears in the Security Register, within the time prescribed
for the giving of such notice, and
(ii) if any of the Securities affected by such event are Bearer
Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided or unless otherwise specified in such Securities)
if (A) published once in an Authorized Newspaper in New York City and
London and, if applicable, in Luxembourg or such other place of publication
as may be required pursuant to the rules and regulations of any securities
exchange on which such Securities are listed, and (B) delivered in person,
mailed, first-class postage prepaid or sent by overnight courier to such
Persons whose names were previously filed with the Trustee, within the time
prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of
Registered Securities in the manner specified above, then such notification as
shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder. In case 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.
(b) In any case where notice to a Holder of Registered Securities is given
in any manner specified in paragraph (a) above, such notice shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder
receives such notice. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered
Securities is given in any manner specified in paragraph (a) above, neither the
failure to deliver, mail or send such notice, nor any defect in any
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notice so mailed or sent, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security
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. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided in paragraph (a) above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any
notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
(c) 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 of Securities 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. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of Section s 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through operation of Section
318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. 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 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture
or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. 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 and
their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES
AND COUPONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 113. Legal Holidays. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, in any case where any
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or
Coupon shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of such Security or
Coupon) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made
at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, as
the case may be, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the
case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment.
Section 114. Moneys of Different Currencies To Be Segregated. The Trustee
shall segregate moneys, funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder in one
currency (or currency unit) from any moneys, funds or accounts in any other
currencies (or currency units), notwithstanding any provision herein which would
otherwise permit the Trustee to commingle such amounts.
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Section 115. Payment To Be in Proper Currency. In the case of any Security
denominated in any particular currency or currency unit (the "Required
Currency"), subject to applicable law and except as otherwise provided herein,
therein or in or pursuant to the related Board Resolution, Medium-Term Debt
Securities Certificate or supplemental indenture, the obligation of the Company
to make any payment of principal, premium or interest thereon shall not be
discharged or satisfied by any tender by the Company, or recovery by the
Trustee, in any currency or currency unit other than the Required Currency,
except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the Trustee's
timely holding the full amount of the Required Currency then due and payable. If
any such tender or recovery is made in other than the Required Currency, the
Trustee may take such actions as it considers appropriate to exchange such other
currency or currency unit for the Required Currency. The costs and risks of any
such exchange, including without limitation the risks of delay and exchange rate
fluctuation, shall be borne by the Company, the Company shall be liable for any
shortfall or delinquency in the full amount of the Required Currency then due
and payable, and in no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable therefor. The
Company hereby waives any defense of payment based upon any such tender or
recovery which is not in the Required Currency, or which, when exchanged for the
Required Currency by the Trustee, is less than the full amount of the Required
Currency then due and payable
Section 116. Language of Notices, etc. 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.
Section 117. Changes in Exhibits. At any time and from time to time, the
Company may substitute a new form, or add new forms, of the Exhibits hereto.
Such substitution shall be effective upon receipt by the Trustee of such new
form of Exhibit and a Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate adopting such
new form of Exhibit, and thereafter all references in this Indenture to such
Exhibit shall be deemed to refer to such new form of Exhibit.
ARTICLE TWO
Issuance of Securities
Section 201. Creation of Securities in Amount Unlimited. An unlimited
aggregate principal amount of Securities may be issued pursuant to this Article
Two and, in the case of Medium-Term Debt Securities, pursuant to Article Three.
The Securities (including Medium-Term Debt Securities) may be authenticated and
delivered, as authorized by the Board of Directors, in an unlimited number of
series.
Section 202. Documents Required for Issuance of Each Series of Securities
Other than Medium-Term Debt Securities. At any time and from time to time,
Securities of each series created pursuant to the provisions of this Article Two
may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee and shall be
authenticated by the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered to, or upon the order of, the Company upon receipt by the Trustee of
the following:
(a) A Board Resolution or Board Resolutions authorizing the execution,
authentication and delivery of the Securities of the series, and
specifying:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Article Two (except
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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 403, 404, 405, 1006 or 1207 and except for
any Securities which, pursuant to Section 402, are deemed never to have
been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if any)
of any of the Securities of the series are payable or the method of
determination thereof;
(4) the rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof, at
which any of the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any,
the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date for the interest payable on any Registered Securities on
any Interest Payment Date;
(5) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on any of the Securities and Coupons, if
any, of the series shall be payable and the office or agency for the
Securities of the series maintained by the Company pursuant to Section
1102;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which any of the Securities of
the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
(7) the terms of any sinking fund and the obligation, if any, of
the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to
any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series
shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part;
(8) the terms of the obligation of the Company, if any, to permit
the conversion of the Securities of the series into stock or other
securities of the Company or of any other corporation;
(9) the terms, if any, for the attachment to Securities of the
series of warrants, options or other rights to purchase or sell stock
or other securities of the Company;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and in any integral
multiple thereof, if Registered Securities, and $5,000, if Bearer
Securities, for Securities denominated in Dollars, the denominations in
which the Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any of the Securities of the series which shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 602;
(12) the application, if any, of Section 503, or such other means
of satisfaction and discharge as may be specified for the Securities
and Coupons, if any, for a series;
(13) any deletions or modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default set forth in Section 601 or covenants of the Company set
forth in Article Nine or Eleven pertaining to the Securities of the
series (including without limitation whether the provisions of Section
1104 or Section 1105 shall not be applicable to the Securities of the
series);
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(14) the forms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of the
series;
(15) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies, or
currency unit or units, in which the Securities of such series will be
denominated and/or in which payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on any of the Securities of the series
shall be payable and the Exchange Rate Agent, if any, for such series;
(16) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any of the Securities of the series are to be payable at the
election of the Company or a Holder thereof, or under some or all
other circumstances, in a currency or currencies, or currency unit or
units, other than that in which the Securities are denominated, the
period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, such election may be made, or the other circumstances under
which any of the Securities are to be so payable, including without
limitation the application of Section 410(b) and any deletions to,
modifications of or additions to the provisions thereof, and any
provision requiring the Holder to bear currency exchange costs by
deduction from such payments;
(17) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on any of the Securities of the series may
be determined with reference to an index based on (i) a currency or
currencies or currency unit or units other than that in which such
Securities are stated to be payable or (ii) any method, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, specified in or
pursuant to such Board Resolution, then in each case (i) and (ii) the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(18) whether the Securities of the series are to be issued as
Registered Securities or Bearer Securities (with or without Coupons), or
any combination thereof, whether Bearer Securities may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of the series and whether Registered Securities
may be exchanged for Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by
applicable laws and regulations) and the circumstances under which and
the place or places where any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made;
and 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 definitive global form with or without Coupons and, if so,
whether beneficial owners of interests in any such definitive global
Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and
of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the
circumstances under which and the place or places where any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section
404;
(19) if the Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series are to
be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for
such Securities and Coupons, if any, to be authenticated and delivered;
(20) whether and under what circumstances and with what procedures
and documentation the Company will pay additional amounts on any of the
Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series to any Holder who is not
a U.S. Person (including a definition of such term), in respect of any
tax assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so,
whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities
rather than pay additional amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(21) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of
the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name
that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the Regular
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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 403; and
(22) any other terms of any of the Securities of the series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution or Board Resolutions, an Officers'
Certificate certifying as to such action also shall be delivered to the
Trustee.
(b) In case the Securities of the series to be authenticated and
delivered are to be created pursuant to one or more supplemental
indentures, such supplemental indenture or indentures, accompanied by a
Board Resolution or Board Resolutions authorizing such supplemental
indenture or indentures and designating the new series to be created and
prescribing pursuant to paragraph (a) above, consistent with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, the terms and provisions relating to the
Securities of the series.
(c) Either (i) a certificate or other official document evidencing the
due authorization, approval or consent of any governmental body or bodies,
at the time having jurisdiction in the premises, together with an Opinion
of Counsel that the Trustee is entitled to rely thereon and that the
authorization, approval or consent of no other governmental body is
required, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel that no authorization, approval or
consent of any governmental body is required.
(d) An Opinion of Counsel that all instruments furnished the Trustee
conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient
authority hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the
Securities and to deliver the Coupons, if any, of the series; that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the
authentication and delivery of the Securities and delivery of the Coupons,
if any, of the series have been complied with and the Company is duly
entitled to the authentication and delivery of the Securities and Coupons,
if any, of the series in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;
that all laws and requirements with respect to the form and execution by
the Company of the supplemental indenture, if any, and the execution and
delivery by the Company of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of the
series have been complied with; that the Company has corporate power to
execute and deliver the supplemental indenture, if any, and to issue the
Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series and has duly taken all
necessary corporate action for those purposes; and that the supplemental
indenture, if any, as executed and delivered and the Securities and
Coupons, if any, of the series, when issued, will be the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect, the enforceability
of the Company's obligations also being subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law)); that the Securities and Coupons, if any,
of the series, when issued, will be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture, equally and ratably with all other Securities and Coupons, if
any, of such series theretofore issued and then outstanding hereunder; and
that the amount of Securities then outstanding under this Indenture,
including the Securities of the series, will not exceed the amount at the
time permitted by law or this Indenture.
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(e) An Officers' Certificate stating that the Company is not in default
under this Indenture and that the issuance of the Securities and Coupons,
if any, of the series will not result in any breach of any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Company's
certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which it is bound, or any order of any court or administrative agency
entered in any proceeding to which the Company is a party or by which it
may be bound or to which it may be subject; and that all conditions
precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the authentication and
delivery of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series have been
complied with.
(f) Such other documents as the Trustee may reasonably require.
ARTICLE THREE
Issuance of Medium-Term Debt Securities
Section 301. Documents Required for Issuance of Each Series of Medium-Term
Debt Securities. At any time, and from time to time, Securities (sometimes
referred to herein as "Medium-Term Debt Securities") of each series created
pursuant to the provisions of this Article Three may be executed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee and shall be authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered to, or upon the order of, the Company upon receipt by the Trustee of
the following:
(a) A Board Resolution or Board Resolutions authorizing the execution,
authentication and delivery of Medium-Term Debt Securities up to a
specified aggregate principal amount, in such series and subject to such
terms as shall be established by officers of the Company authorized by such
resolutions to establish such series and terms.
(b) A Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate requesting the Trustee to
authenticate and deliver Medium-Term Debt Securities of a series as
contemplated by Section 402, and specifying the following terms with
respect to the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the particular series,
authorized pursuant to the Board Resolution or Board Resolutions referred
to in paragraph (a) above:
(1) the title of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series
(which shall distinguish the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series
from all other Securities);
(2) the date of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series;
(3) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Article Three (except for Medium-Term Debt
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Medium-Term Debt
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 403, 404, 405, 1006 or
1207 and except for any Medium-Term Debt Securities which, pursuant to
Section 402, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(4) the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if any)
of any of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series are payable or
the method of determination thereof, which in any event may not be less
than nine months subsequent to the date of the first authentication of
Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series;
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(5) the rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof, at
which any of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any
Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series that are Registered
Securities on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on any of the Medium-Term Debt Securities
and Coupons, if any, of the series shall be payable and the office or
agency for the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series maintained by
the Company pursuant to Section 1102;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which any of the Medium-Term
Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company;
(8) the terms of any sinking fund and the obligation, if any, of
the Company to redeem or purchase Medium-Term Debt Securities of the
series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the
option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part;
(9) the terms of the obligation of the Company, if any, to permit
the conversion of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series into
stock or other securities of the Company or of any other corporation;
(10) the terms, if any, for the attachment to Medium-Term Debt
Securities of the series of warrants, options or other rights to
purchase or sell stock or other securities of the Company;
(11) if other than denominations of $1,000 and in any integral
multiple thereof, if Registered Securities, and $5,000 if Bearer
Securities, for Medium-Term Debt Securities denominated in Dollars, the
denominations in which the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the
series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 602;
(13) the application, if any, of Section 503, or such other means
of satisfaction and discharge as may be specified for the Medium-Term
Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series;
(14) any deletions or modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default set forth in Section 601 or covenants of the Company set
forth in Article Nine or Eleven pertaining to the Medium-Term Debt
Securities of the series (including without limitation whether the
provisions of Section 1104 or Section 1105 shall not be applicable to
the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series);
(15) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies, or
currency unit or units, in which the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the
series will be denominated and/or in which payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any of the Medium-Term
Debt Securities of the series shall be payable and the Exchange Rate
Agent, if any, for such series;
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(16) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any of the Securities of the series are to be payable at the
election of the Company or Holder thereof, or under some or all other
circumstances, in a currency or currencies, or currency unit or units,
other than that in which the Medium-Term Debt Securities are stated to
be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made, or the other
circumstances under which any of the Medium-Term Debt Securities are to
be so payable, including without limitation the application of Section
410(b) and any deletions to, modification of or additions to the
provisions thereof, and any provision requiring the Holder to bear
currency exchange costs by deduction from such payments;
(17) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on any of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of
the series may be determined with reference to an index based on (i) a
currency or currencies or currency unit or units other than that in
which such Securities are stated to be payable or (ii) any method, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, specified in or
pursuant to such Board Resolution, then in each case (i) and (ii) the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(18) whether the Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series are to
be issued as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities (with or
without Coupons), or any combination thereof, whether Bearer
Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series
and whether Registered Securities may be exchanged for Bearer
Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws and
regulations) and the circumstances under which and the place or places
where any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made; and whether any
Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series are to be issuable initially
in temporary global form and whether any Medium-Term Debt Securities
of the series are to be issuable in definitive global form with or
without Coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in
any such definitive global Medium-Term Debt Security may exchange such
interests for Medium-Term Debt Securities of such series and of like
tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances
under which and the place or places where any such exchange may occur,
if other than in the manner provided in Section 404;
(19) if the Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of
the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time,
manner and place for such Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons, if
any, of the series to be authenticated and delivered;
(20) whether and under what circumstances and with what procedures
and documentation the Company will pay additional amounts on any of the
Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series to any Holder who is not a
U.S. Person (including a definition of such term), in respect of any
tax assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so,
whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Medium-Term
Debt Securities rather than pay additional amounts (and the terms of
any such option);
(21) the Person to whom any interest on any Medium-Term Debt
Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in
whose name that Medium-Term Debt 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 Medium-Term
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Debt Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in
the manner provided in Section 403;
(22) if other than the forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the
forms of the Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the
series; and
(23) any other terms of any of the Medium-Term Debt Securities of
the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).
Unless the Company shall be required to deliver an Officers' Certificate
pursuant to paragraph (d) below in connection with the authentication of the
Medium-Term Debt Securities of the series, the delivery of such Medium-Term
Debt Securities Certificate to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a
certification by the Company that all matters certified in the most recent
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (d)
below continue to be true and correct, as if such Officers' Certificate
related to the Medium-Term Debt Securities covered by such Medium-Term Debt
Securities Certificate, on and as of the date of such Medium-Term Debt
Securities Certificate. The delivery of such Medium-Term Debt Securities
Certificate also shall be deemed to be a certification that the Board
Resolution or Board Resolutions referred to in paragraph (a) above are in
full force and effect on and as of the date of such Medium-Term Debt
Securities Certificate and that the terms and form or forms of the
Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series have been
established by an officer or officers of the Company authorized by such
Board Resolution or Board Resolutions in accordance with the provisions
thereof and hereof.
(c) If (i) the Company shall not have previously delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect set forth in this paragraph (c)
with respect to the Medium-Term Debt Securities authorized pursuant to the
Board Resolution or Board Resolutions referred to in paragraph (a) above or
(ii) if the Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate referred to in paragraph
(b) above specifies a means of satisfaction and discharge other than the
application of Section 503 with respect to the series of Medium-Term Debt
Securities to which such Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate relates, an
Opinion of Counsel that the Medium-Term Debt Securities have been duly
authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, subject
to the establishment of certain terms of the Medium-Term Debt Securities and
Coupons, if any, of the series by officers of the Company authorized by such
resolutions to establish such terms, that when the terms of the Medium-Term
Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series have been established as
provided in such resolutions and in this Indenture and the Medium-Term Debt
Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series have been executed,
authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, the Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the
series, assuming they do not violate any applicable law then binding on the
Company, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, equally and ratably with all
other Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series theretofore issued and
then outstanding hereunder, and that the amount of Securities then
outstanding under this Indenture, including the Medium-Term Debt Securities
of the series, will not exceed the amount at the time permitted by law or
this Indenture.
(d) If the Company shall not have delivered an Officers' Certificate
pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (d) to the Trustee during the
immediately preceding 12- month period, an Officers' Certificate stating
that the Company is not in default under this Indenture, that the issuance
of the Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series will
not result in any breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, the Company's certificate of incorporation or
By-laws or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement
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or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or
any order of any court or administrative agency entered in any proceeding
to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound or to which it
may be subject, that all laws and requirements with respect to the
execution and delivery by the Company of the Medium-Term Debt Securities
and Coupons, if any, of the series have been complied with and that all
conditions precedent provided in this Indenture relating to the
authentication and delivery of the Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons,
if any, of the series have been complied with.
(e) Such other documents as the Trustee shall reasonably request.
SECTION 302. Form of Medium-Term Debt Securities. The Medium-Term Debt
Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series shall be in such forms as shall
be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Medium-Term Debt Securities of any series, the
Medium-Term Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series shall be
substantially in the applicable form or forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto,
except with such additions, changes and deletions thereto as may be required to
reflect the different provisions thereof as shall be specified as provided in
Section 301.
ARTICLE FOUR
The Securities
SECTION 401. Form and Denomination. 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 the Board
Resolution referred to in Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, and
(subject to Section 402) set forth in the Officers' Certificate or Medium-Term
Debt Securities Certificate referred to in Section 202 or Section 301, as the
case may be, or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as
shall be specified as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case
may be. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Securities of such series denominated in Dollars shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and in any integral multiple thereof, if
registered, and in denominations of $5,000 if bearer. Securities of each series
shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in
accordance with such plan as the officers of the Company executing the same may
determine with the approval of the Trustee. Each Security shall bear the
appropriate legends, if any, as required by U.S. Federal tax law and
regulations.
SECTION 402. Execution, Delivery, Dating and Authentication. The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by a manual or facsimile signature of
its Chairman, its President, any of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon. Any Coupons shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of any such officer of the
Company. In case any of the above referenced officers of the Company who shall
have signed any of the Securities or Coupons shall cease to be such officer
before the Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Securities nevertheless may be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such
Securities and/or Coupons had not ceased to be such officer; and any Securities
or Coupons may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the
actual date of the execution of such Security or Coupon, shall be such officers
of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such
person was not such officer.
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At any time and from time to time, the Company may deliver Securities of
any series, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together (except in the case of any
Medium-Term Debt Securities) with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order (or, in the case of Medium-Term Debt Securities of any series, upon
receipt of a Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate and in accordance with the
terms thereof) shall authenticate and make available for delivery such
Securities; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in the Board
Resolution (or, in the case of any Bearer Securities that are Medium-Term Debt
Securities in the Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate) with respect to an
Bearer Securities, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security
(including any temporary Bearer Security issued pursuant to Section 403 which
is not in global form) shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location
in the United States; and provided further that, unless otherwise specified in
the Board Resolution (or, in the case of any Bearer Securities that are
Medium-Term Debt Securities, in the Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate)
with respect to such Bearer Securities, such Bearer Security may be delivered
in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive
such Bearer Security (including any temporary Bearer Security issued pursuant
to Section 403 which is not in global form) shall have furnished to the Company
or any agent, underwriter or selling group member a certificate substantially
in the form set forth in Exhibit B.1 to this Indenture, 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. In connection with the original issuance
of any Bearer Security and unless otherwise specified in the Board Resolution
(or, in the case of any Bearer Securities that are Medium-Term Debt Securities,
in the Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate) with respect to such Bearer
Securities, a confirmation substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B.5
to this Indenture shall be sent to each purchaser thereof. If any Security
shall be represented by a definitive global Bearer Security, then, for purposes
of this Section and Section 403, 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
definitive global Bearer Security. Except as permitted by Section 405, the
Trustee shall not authenticate and make available for delivery any Bearer
Security unless all appurtenant Coupons for interest then matured have been
detached and canceled.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate Securities of any series
if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee, or if the Trustee determines that such action may not lawfully be
taken.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301(b)(2), each Registered
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, and each Bearer Security
and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date of original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
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
a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for below
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancelation as provided in Section 408
together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and
need
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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.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under
the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 403. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order (or,
in the case of Medium-Term Debt Securities, receipt of the Medium-Term Debt
Securities Certificate with respect to such Medium-Term Debt Securities) the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Securities
which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form 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 evidenced
conclusively by their execution of such Securities. 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 the provisions of the following paragraphs), if
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of
the Company maintained pursuant to Section 1102 in a Place of Payment for such
series for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancelation of any one or more temporary
Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons) the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
in exchange therefor a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities
of the same series and of like tenor or authorized denominations; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202 or
Section 301, as the case may be, no definitive Bearer Security shall be
delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; provided further that
a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 402.
If temporary Bearer Securities of any series are issued in global form, such
temporary global Bearer Securities shall, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, be delivered to
the London office of a depository or common depository (the "Common
Depositary"), for the benefit of Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A., for credit to the
respective accounts of the beneficial owners of interests in such Securities (or
to such other accounts as they may direct).
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Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified
in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global Security
(the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange
Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the Common
Depositary 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 make available for
delivery, in exchange for each portion of such temporary 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 temporary
global Security to be exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in
exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer form,
registered form, definitive global form or any combination thereof, as specified
as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, and, if any
combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner
thereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, upon such presentation by the
Common Depositary, such temporary global Security shall be accompanied by a
certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by
Euro-clear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its
account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by CEDEL S.A. as to the portion of such temporary
global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set
forth in Exhibit B.2 to this Indenture; provided further that definitive Bearer
Securities (including a definitive global Bearer Security) shall be delivered in
exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with
the requirements of Section 402.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301,
as the case may be, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series
in a temporary global Bearer Security shall be exchanged for definitive Bearer
Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when
the beneficial owner instructs Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to
request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A., as
the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
B.1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date,
copies of which certificate shall be available from the offices of Euro-clear,
CEDEL S.A., the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of
Securities and any Paying Agent appointed for such series of Securities. Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case
may be, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners
of such temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive
Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like
in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive
Securities in person at the offices of Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A. The definitive
Bearer Securities to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary
global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as provided above, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor
authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, interest
payable on a temporary global Bearer Security on an Interest Payment Date for
Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall
be payable to Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. on such Interest Payment Date upon
delivery by Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. to the Trustee of a certificate or
certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B.3 to this
Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment
Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of
such temporary global Security (or to such other accounts as they may direct) on
such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euro-clear or CEDEL
S.A., as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit
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B.4 to this Indenture. Any interest so received by Euro-clear and CEDEL
S.A. and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee
immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment
Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 1103.
SECTION 404. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The
Company shall cause to be kept at an office or agency to be maintained by the
Company in accordance with Section 1102 a register (being the combined register
of the Security Registrar and all additional transfer agents designated pursuant
to Section 1102 for the purpose of registration of transfer of Securities and
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Registered Securities and the registration of transfers
of Registered Securities. The First National Bank of Chicago is hereby appointed
the initial Security Registrar. At all reasonable times each register maintained
by the Security Registrar and any additional transfer agents shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section
1102 for such purpose in a Place of Payment for such series, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, 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 and tenor.
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
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender
of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be,
Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
At the option of the Holder and unless otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, 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 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
appertaining thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce
any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default,
such 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
1102, 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 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
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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 make available for delivery, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, any definitive
global Bearer Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this
paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a definitive global Bearer
Security are entitled to exchange such interests for Securities of such series
and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and
denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as
the case may be, 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 an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of such definitive global Bearer Security,
executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests
may be so exchanged, such definitive global Bearer Security shall be
surrendered by the Common Depositary or such other depositary or Common
Depositary) as shall be specified in the Company Order or Medium-Term Debt
Securities Certificate, as the case may be, 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 make available for delivery, in exchange for
each portion of such definitive global Bearer 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 definitive global Bearer
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 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, 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 Business Days before any selection of Securities of that
series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; provided
further that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a
definitive 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 definitive global Bearer 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 definitive global Bearer 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 the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee or
any transfer agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar or
any transfer agent duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 403, 1006 or 1207 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 Business Days before any selection of Securities of that series to
be redeemed and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the
series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the
relevant notice of redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are issuable
as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of
redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered
Securities and there is no publication, the day of 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 the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, 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.
SECTION 405. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any
mutilated Security or Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is
surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding with Coupons corresponding to the Coupons, if
any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, provided that if such new
Security is a Bearer Security, such Security shall be delivered only outside the
United States.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security 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 the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery, 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 (upon surrender to the Trustee of
such Security with all appurtenant Coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new
Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount 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.
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 or Coupon, pay such Security or Coupon;
provided, however, that principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on
Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1102, be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202
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or Section 301, as the case may be, 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 or Coupon 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 or Coupon of any series issued pursuant to this Section
in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or Coupon shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities or
Coupons of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated. destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons.
SECTION 406. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case
may be, with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Registered
Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest. At the option of the Company,
interest on the Registered Securities of any series that bears interest may be
paid by mailing a check to the address of any Holder as such address shall
appear in the Security Register.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder,
and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (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 Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect
of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon
the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10
days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
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Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of
Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
Clause (2).
(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 404, 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 407. 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 or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered
Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose
of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Sections 404, 406 and 411 and unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be) interest on such Security and
for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any Coupons shall pass by delivery. The
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder of any Coupon as the absolute owner
of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on
account thereof (unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202 or
Section 301, as the case may be) 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.
SECTION 408. Cancelation. 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. All Securities and Coupons so delivered
shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. All Bearer Securities and unmatured
Coupons held by the Trustee pending such cancelation shall be deemed to be
delivered for cancelation for all purposes of this Indenture and the Securities.
The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancelation 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 cancelation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly canceled by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture. All canceled Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall
be disposed of in a manner selected by the Trustee unless otherwise directed by
a Company Order; provided, however, that the Trustee may, but shall not be
required to, destroy such canceled Securities and Coupons.
SECTION 409. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, for Securities
of any
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series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 410. Currency and Manner of Payment in Respect of Securities. The
provisions of this Section shall apply to the Securities of any series unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case
may be.
(a) The following payment provisions shall apply to any Registered
Security of any series denominated in a Foreign Currency or any currency
unit, including without limitation ECU, except as provided in paragraph (b)
below:
(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)(2) or in paragraph
(e) below, payment of principal of and premium, if any, on such
Registered Security will be made at the Place of Payment by delivery
of a check in the currency or currency unit in which the Security is
denominated on the payment date against surrender of such Registered
Security, and any interest on any Registered Security will be paid
at the Place of Payment by mailing a check in the currency or
currency unit in which such interest is payable (which shall be the
same as that in which the Security is denominated unless otherwise
provided) to the Person entitled thereto at the address of such
Person appearing on the Security Register.
(2) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on such Security may also, subject to applicable laws and
regulations, be made at such other place or places as may be
designated by the Company by any appropriate method.
(b) With respect to any Registered Security of any series denominated in
any currency unit, including without limitation ECU, if the following
provisions (or any substitute therefor, or addition thereto, not
inconsistent with this Indenture) are established pursuant to Section 202 or
Section 301, as the case may be, and if the Company has not, before the
delivery of the election referred to in clause (1) below, deposited funds or
securities in compliance with Section 501 or clause (a)(i) or (if specified
pursuant to Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be) clause (a)(ii)
of Section 503, the following payment provisions shall apply to any payment
to be made prior to the giving of any notice to Holders of any election to
redeem pursuant to Section 1204, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs
(e) and (f) below:
(1) A Holder of Securities of a series shall have the option to
elect to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on such Securities in a currency or currency unit
(including Dollars), other than that in which the Security is
denominated, such election, as designated in the certificates for
such Securities (or as provided by Section 202 or Section 301, as
the case may be, or a supplemental indenture hereto with respect to
uncertificated securities), shall be made by delivering to the
Paying Agent a written election, to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Paying Agent, not later than the close of
business in New York, New York, on the day 15 days prior to the
applicable payment date. Such election will remain in effect for
such Holder until changed by the Holder by written notice to the
Paying Agent (but any such written notice must be received by the
Paying Agent not later than the close of business on the day 15
days prior to the next payment date to be effective for the payment
to be made on such payment date and no such change may be made with
respect to payments to be made on any Security of such series with
respect to which notice of redemption has been given by the Company
pursuant to Article Twelve). Any Holder of any such Security who
shall not have delivered any such election to the Paying Agent in
accordance with this paragraph (b) will be paid the amount due on
the applicable payment date in the relevant currency unit as
provided in paragraph (a)
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of this Section. Payment of principal of and premium, if any,
shall be made on the payment date therefor against surrender of such
Security. Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, shall be made at the Place of Payment by mailing at such
location a check, in the applicable currency or currency unit, to
the Holder entitled thereto at the address of such Holder appearing
on the Security Register.
(2) Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on such Security may also, subject to applicable laws and
regulations, be made at such other place or places as may be
designated by the Company by any appropriate method.
(c) Payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on any Bearer Security will be made, except as provided in
Section 403 with respect to temporary global Securities, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 202 or Section 301, as the case
may be, and/or Section 1001(8), at such place or places outside the
United States as may be designated by the Company pursuant to any
applicable laws or regulations by any appropriate method in the currency
or currencies or currency unit or units in which the Security is payable
(except as provided in paragraph (e) below) on the payment date therefor
against surrender of the Bearer Security, in the case of payment of
principal and premium, if any, or the relevant Coupon, in the case of
payment of interest, if any, to a Paying Agent designated for such
series pursuant to Section 1102.
(d) Not later than 10 Business Days (with respect to any Place of
Payment) prior to each payment date, the Paying Agent shall deliver to
the Company a copy of its record of the respective aggregate amounts of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities
to be made on such payment date, in the currency or currency unit in
which each of the Securities is payable, specifying the amounts so
payable in respect of Registered Securities and Bearer Securities and in
respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of
Securities denominated in any currency unit shall have elected to be
paid in another currency or currency unit as provided in paragraph (b)
above. If the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has
been provided for pursuant to Section 202 or Section 301, as the case
may be, and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, not
later than the fifth Business Day (with respect to any Place of Payment)
prior to the applicable payment date the Company will deliver to the
Trustee an Exchange Rate Officers' Certificate in respect of the Dollar
or Foreign Currency or currency unit payments to be made on such payment
date. The Dollar or Foreign Currency or currency unit amount receivable
by Holders of Registered Securities denominated in a currency unit who
have elected payment in another currency or currency unit as provided in
paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of
the applicable Official Currency Unit Exchange Rate set forth in the
applicable Exchange Rate Officers' Certificate.
(e) If a Foreign Currency in which any Security is denominated or
payable ceases to be recognized both by the government of the country
which issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by
public institutions of or within the international banking community, or
if ECU ceases to be used within the European Monetary System, or if any
other currency unit in which a Security is denominated or payable ceases
to be used for the purposes for which it was established, in each case
as determined in good faith by the Company, then with respect to each
date for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on the applicable Security denominated or payable in such Foreign
Currency, ECU or such other currency unit occurring after the last date
on which such Foreign Currency, ECU or such other currency unit was so
used (the "Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall become the currency of
payment for use on each such payment date (but ECU or the Foreign
Currency or the currency unit previously the currency of payment shall,
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Company's election, resume being the currency of payment on the
first such payment date preceded by 15 Business Days during which the
circumstances which gave rise to the Dollar becoming such currency no
longer prevail, in each case as determined in good faith by the
Company). The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and
by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holder of such Security with
respect to such payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the
Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar
Equivalent of the currency unit, as determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent (which shall be delivered in writing to the Trustee not later than
the fifth Business Day prior to the applicable payment date) as of the
Conversion Date or, if later, the date most recently preceding the
payment date in question on which such determination is possible of
performance, but not more than 15 days before such payment date (such
Conversion Date or date preceding a payment date as aforesaid being
called the "Valuation Date") in the manner provided in paragraph (g) or
(h) below.
(f) If the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in a
currency unit elects payment in a specified Foreign Currency or
currency unit as provided for by paragraph (b) and such Foreign
Currency ceases to be used both by the government of the country which
issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the international banking community, or if
ECU ceases to be used within the European Monetary System, or if
another currency unit ceases to be used for the purposes for which it
is established, in each case as determined in good faith by the
Company, such Holder shall (subject to paragraph (e) above) receivable
payment in the currency unit in which the Security is denominated. Each
payment covered by an election pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall be
governed by the provisions of this paragraph (f) (but, subject to any
contravening valid election pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the
specified Foreign Currency or ECU or other currency unit shall, at the
Company's election, resume being the currency or currency unit, as
applicable, of payment with respect to Holders who have so elected, but
only with respect to payments on payment dates preceded by 15 Business
Days during which the circumstances which gave rise to such currency
unit becoming the currency unit of payment, no longer prevail, in each
case as determined in good faith by the Company).
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent as of each Valuation Date and
shall be obtained by converting the specified Foreign Currency into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Valuation Date.
(h) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent as of each Valuation Date and shall be the
sum obtained by adding together the results obtained by converting the
Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market
Exchange Rate on the Valuation Date for such Component Currency.
(i) For purposes of this Section 410 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 without limitation ECU.
A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the
number of units (including decimals) which such Component Currency
represented in the relevant currency unit, on the Conversion Date
or, if ECU and such currency unit is being used for settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European
Communities or was so used after the Conversion Date, the Valuation
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Date or the last date the currency unit was so used, whichever is
later. If after such 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 such 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 currency, and such amount shall
thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single currency shall
thereafter be a Component Currency. If after such date any
Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies,
the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced
by specified amounts of such two or more currencies, the sum of
which, at the Market Exchange Rate of such two or more currencies
on the date of such replacement, shall be equal to the Specified
Amount of such former Component Currency and such amounts shall
thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall
thereafter be Component Currencies.
"Market Exchange Rate" shall mean, as of any date, for any
currency or currency unit the noon Dollar buying rate for that
currency or currency unit, as the case may be, for cable transfers
quoted in New York City on such date as certified for customs
purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or such other rate
as may be established pursuant to Section 202 or Section 301, as the
case may be. If such rates are not available for any reason with
respect to one or more currencies or currency units for which an
Exchange Rate is required, 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 or
in the country of issue of the 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, as
determined in its sole discretion and without liability on the part
of the Exchange Rate Agent, purchase such currency or currency unit
in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent
regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar
Equivalent of the Currency Unit and the Market Exchange Rate 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 and all Holders of the Securities and Coupons
denominated or payable in the relevant currency or currency units.
In the event that a Foreign Currency ceases to be used both by the
government of the country which issued such currency and for the
settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the
international banking community, the Company, after learning
thereof, will immediately give notice thereof to the Trustee (and
the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion
Date. In the event the ECU ceases to be used within the European
Monetary System, or any other currency unit in which Securities or
Coupons are denominated or payable, ceases to be used for the
purposes for which it was established, the Company, after learning
thereof, will immediately give notice thereof to the Trustee (and
the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion
Date. Any actions taken pursuant to the parentheticals at the end
of
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the first sentence of Section 410(e) and at the end of
Section 410(f) shall be promptly set forth in like notices from the
Company to the Trustee and then from the Trustee to the Holders
(which notice may be mailed with payment to the Holders).
Subject to the provisions of Sections 701 and 703, the Trustee
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 such information independently.
SECTION 411. Securities in Global Form. If Securities of a series are
issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 202 or Section
301, as the case may be, then, notwithstanding clause (a)(8) of Section 202 or
clause (b)(9) of Section 301, as the case may be, and the provisions of Section
401, such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such
series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon
and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement
of a Security in 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 (or, in the case of
Medium-Term Debt Securities, the Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate) to be
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 402 or Section 403. Subject to the
provisions of Section 402 and, if applicable, Section 403, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in definitive global bearer form in the
manner and upon written instructions given by the Person or Persons specified
therein or in the applicable Company Order (or, in the case of Medium-Term Debt
Securities, the Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate). If a Company Order
(or, in the case of Medium-Term Debt Securities, Medium-Term Debt Securities
Certificate) pursuant to Section 402 or 403 has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or
delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need
not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of the fifth paragraph of Section 402
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 fifth paragraph of Section 402.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 406, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, payment of
principal of and any premium and any interest on any Security in definitive
global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 407 and except as provided in the
preceding paragraph, the Company, and any agent of the Company may, and the
Trustee and any agent of the Trustee, at the direction of the Company, may treat
a Person as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities
represented by a definitive global Security as shall be specified in a written
statement of the Holder of such definitive global Security or, in the case of a
definitive global Security in bearer form, of Euro-clear or CEDEL S.A. which is
produced to the Trustee by such Person; provided, however, that none of the
Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar or any Paying Agent shall have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Security in
global form or for
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maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
ARTICLE FIVE
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 501. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture in Respect of Any
Series of Securities. This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect with respect to a series of Securities (except as to any
surviving rights of (as applicable) registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series herein expressly provided for),
and the Trustee, at the request and expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities and Coupons of
such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 405 and (ii) 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 1103) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancelation; or
(B) all such Securities and Coupons of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancelation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year, or
(iii) 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 deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose an amount in the currency or currency unit in which such
Securities and Coupons of such series are payable sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and Coupons of such
series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancelation, for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Securities and Coupons of such series 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 with respect to such series of Securities; 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 the Securities of
the series under this Indenture have been complied with.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to a series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under
Section 707, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 715 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 502 and the last paragraph of Section 1103 shall survive.
SECTION 502. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the
last paragraph of Section 1103, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Sections 501 and 503 (and all money received as payment in connection with U.S.
Government Obligations and Foreign Government Securities deposited pursuant to
Section 503) shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and Coupons, if any, 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 the Trustee.
SECTION 503. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any
Series. (a) If this Section is specified, as contemplated by Section 202 or
Section 301, as the case may be, to be applicable to Securities and Coupons, if
any, of any series, at the Company's option, either
(i) the Company will be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined
below) from its obligations with respect to Securities and Coupons, if any,
of such series or
(ii) the Company will cease to be under any obligation with respect to
such series to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in (x)
Sections 901, 902, 1104 and 1105 or (y) the instrument or instruments
setting forth the terms, provisions or conditions of such series pursuant to
Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be (provided, in the case of
this subclause (y), that such instrument or instruments specify which terms,
provisions or conditions, if any, are subject to this clause (a)(ii) and
that no such instrument may specify that the Company may cease to comply
with any obligations as to which it may not be Discharged pursuant to the
definition of "Discharged").
(b) A Discharge pursuant to clause (a)(i) above shall be effective with
respect to the Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series on the 91st day
after the applicable conditions set forth below in (i) and either (ii) or (iii)
have been satisfied, and the Company's release from its obligations to comply
with certain obligations with respect to such series pursuant to clause (a)(ii)
above shall be effective with respect to the Securities and Coupons, if any, of
such series on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth below in
(i) and either (ii) or (iii) have been satisfied:
(i) the Company has:
(A) paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable with respect to
the Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series (in
addition to any required under clause (b)(ii) or (b)(iii)); and
(B) 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 the entire
indebtedness on all Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any, of any
such series have been complied with;
(ii) (A) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee as a trust fund specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities and Coupons, if any, of such
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series (1) money in an amount (in such currency, currencies or
currency unit or units in which any Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if
any, of such series are payable) or (2) in the case of Securities and
Coupons, if any, denominated in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations (as
defined below) or, in the case of Securities and Coupons, if any,
denominated in a Foreign Currency, Foreign Government Securities (as defined
below), which through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of any payment of principal (including any premium) and
interest, if any, under the Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series,
money in an amount or (3) a combination of (1) and (2), which in any case of
clauses (1), (2) and (3) is sufficient (in the opinion with respect to (2)
and (3) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee) to
pay and discharge each installment of principal of (including premium, if
any, on), and interest, if any, on, the Outstanding Securities and Coupons,
if any, of such series on the dates such installments of interest or
principal are due, in the currency, currencies or currency unit or units, in
which such Securities and Coupons, if any, are payable;
(B)(1) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which with
notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing on the date of such deposit, (2) no Event of Default as
defined in clause (5) or (6) of Section 601, or event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default under either such
clause, shall have occurred within 90 days after the date of such deposit,
and (3) such deposit and the related intended consequence under clause
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) above will not result in any default or event of default
under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the
Company or any Subsidiary or any of their properties;
(C) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of
such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of the Company's exercise of its option under this
Section 503 and will be subject to Federal income tax in the same amount, in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
option had not been exercised; and
(D) if the Securities of such series are then listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that such Securities will not be delisted as the
result of the Company's exercise of its option under this Section 503;
(iii) the Company has properly fulfilled such other means of
satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section 202
or Section 301, as the case may be, to be applicable to the Securities and
Coupons, if any, of such series.
(c) Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in clause (b)(ii)(A) above
will be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee. If any Outstanding Securities and Coupons, if any,
of such series are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether
pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions or in accordance with any
mandatory sinking fund requirement, the applicable escrow trust agreement will
provide therefor and the Company will make arrangements for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
SECTION 504. Reinstatement. If the Trustee is unable to apply any money,
U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Securities in accordance with
Section 501 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such
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application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities
and Coupons, if any, of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 501 until such time as the Trustee is
permitted to apply all such money, U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Securities in accordance with Section 501; provided, however, that if
the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of (and premium, if
any) on any Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such series of Securities and Coupons, if any, to receive such
payment from the money, U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Securities held by the Trustee.
SECTION 505. Definitions. The following terms, as used in this Article,
shall have the following meanings:
"Discharged" means that the Company will be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under,
the Securities and Coupons, if any, of the series as to which this Section
is specified as applicable as aforesaid and to have satisfied all the
obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities and Coupons, if
any, of such series (and the Trustee, at the request and expense of the
Company, will execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A)
the rights of Holders thereof to receive, from the trust fund described in
Section 503(b)(ii)(A), payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
the interest, if any, on such Securities and Coupons, if any, when such
payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such
Securities and Coupons, if any, under Sections 404 and 405 (insofar as
applicable to Securities of such series), 502, 1102 and 1103 (last paragraph
only) and the Company's obligations to the Trustee under Section 707, (C)
the rights of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to
the currency or currency units in which they are to receive payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, and (D) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, will survive
such discharge. The Company will reimburse the trust fund for any loss
suffered by it as a result of any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or
assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Securities, as the case may be, or any principal or interest paid on such
obligations, and, subject to the provisions of Section 707, will indemnify
the Trustee against any claims made against the Trustee in connection with
any such loss.
"Foreign Government Securities" means, with respect to Securities and
Coupons, if any, of any series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency,
securities that are (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or
caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations 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 such
government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case
under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its
full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled
or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States of America,
which, in either case under clause (i) or (ii), are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and will also include a
depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of
interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a
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depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable
to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific
payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
ARTICLE SIX
Remedies
SECTION 601. Events of Default. "Event of Default" with respect to any
series of Securities means each one of the events specified below in this
Section 601, unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or is
specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture,
Board Resolution or Medium-Term Debt Securities Certificate establishing such
series of Securities:
(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of
the Securities of such series, as and when the same shall become due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on
any of the Securities of such series, as and when the same shall become due
and payable (subject to clause (3) below) either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration or otherwise; or
(3) default in the making of any payment for a sinking, purchase or
analogous fund provided for in respect of such series of Securities, as and
when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
(4) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform any
other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company in respect
of the Securities of such series, or in this Indenture contained with
respect to such series, for a period of 90 days after the date on which
written notice of such failure requiring the Company to remedy the same and
stating that such notice is a `Notice of Default' hereunder, 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 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding;
or
(5) entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a
court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any
applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for
any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall remain unstayed
and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under any applicable
Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or consent by the Company to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or for any
substantial part of its property, or any general assignment by the Company
for the benefit of creditors, or failure by the Company generally to pay its
debts as they become due, or the taking by the Company of any corporate
action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
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SECTION 602. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event
of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, then in each and every such case, either the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series or, in the case of an Event of Default
specified in Clause (5) or (6) of Section 601, of all series (voting as a class)
with respect to which such Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, may
declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series,
together with accrued interest thereon, if any, to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount), together with accrued interest thereon, if any, shall become
immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of
that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) in Dollars all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder
and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 613.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon,
SECTION 603. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if
(1) default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest
on any Security or Coupon as and when the same shall become due and payable,
and such default shall have continued for the period of grace provided for
with respect to such Security or Coupon, as the case may be,
(2) default shall be made in the payment of the principal of or premium,
if any, on any Security as and when the same shall have become due and
payable (subject to clause (3) below), whether at maturity of the Security
or upon redemption or by
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declaration or otherwise, and such default shall have continued for any
period of grace provided for with respect to such Security, or
(3) default shall be made in the payment for any sinking, purchase or
analogous fund provided for in respect of any Security as and when the same
shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for any
period of grace provided for with respect to such Security,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities and Coupons, if any, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Securities and Coupons, if any, for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if
any) and on any overdue installments of interest, if any, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities and Coupons, if any, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and Coupons, if
any, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon
such Securities and Coupons, if any, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities and Coupons, if any, of
any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed
to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities and/or Coupons of such
series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 604. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of
any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective
of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the
Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue
principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities and to file such other papers or documents 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 to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of
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such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 707.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
and/or Coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 605. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities and
Coupons, if any, may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or Coupons, if any, 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, if any, in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
SECTION 606. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the
date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon
presentation of the Securities and Coupons, if any, and the notation thereon of
the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 707;
SECOND: to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and Coupons, 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 amounts due and payable on such Securities and/or Coupons for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: the balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 607. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of Securities of any series
shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with
respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series shall
have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written
notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series or, in the case of an Event of Default
specified in Clause (5) or (6) of Section 601, of all series (voting as a
class) with respect to which such Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee
hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
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(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 or, in the
case of an Event of Default specified in Clause (5) or (6) of Section 601,
of all series (voting as a class) with respect to which such Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;
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 (including without limitation the provisions of Section 612)
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 608. Unconditional Right of Holders To Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder
of any Security or any Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Section 406) interest, if any, on such Security or Coupon on the
Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder.
SECTION 609. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in
every such case, subject to and determination in such proceeding, the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
SECTION 610. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities and/or Coupons, if any, in the last paragraph of Section 405,
no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 611. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities and/or Coupons 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. Subject to the provisions of Section 607, every right and remedy given
by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from
time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 612. Control by Holders. The Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the
right to direct
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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) subject to the provisions of Section 701, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Trust Officer or Officers of the Trustee,
determine that the action so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability.
SECTION 613. 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 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
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Ten cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist with respect to
such series, and any Event of Default with respect to such series arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 614. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree,
and each Holder of a Security and/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 and expenses, against any party litigant in
such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or
defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Security or the payment of interest on any Coupon on or after the Stated
Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 615. 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
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granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SEVEN
The Trustee
SECTION 701. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during the
continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in
the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Trust Officer, unless it shall be proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series, given pursuant to Section 612, relating to the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 702. 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 to the
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Holders of Securities of such series notice as provided in Section 106 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, on) or interest on any Security
of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors or Responsible Trust Officers of the Trustee in
good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of
the Holders of Securities of such series; provided further that in the case of
any default of the character specified in Section 601(4) with respect to
Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at
least 30 days after the occurrence of such default. For the purpose of this
Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.
SECTION 703. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 701:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting in reliance upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
counsel, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or counsel appointed with due care
(and, in the case of any agent, with the prior written consent of the
Company; provided, however, that the Company's prior written consent shall
not be required in connection with the appointment of an agent as a result
of or in connection with a default or an Event of Default) by it
hereunder; and
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(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
SECTION 704. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or
of the Securities. 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 705. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any
Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or warrants to
purchase Securities and, subject to Sections 708 and 713, may otherwise deal
with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 706. Money Held in Trust. Except as provided in Section 114, money
held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
or any Paying Agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 707. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time in Dollars such
compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the
Trustee 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 in Dollars 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; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee in Dollars for, and to hold it harmless
against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including
taxes (other than taxes based upon, or measured or determined by, the
income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 601(5) and Section 601(6), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or state
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bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law. The provisions of this Section
shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal
of the Trustee.
SECTION 708. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or
shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act, with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall,
within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either
eliminate such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of
that series in the manner and with the effect provided by, and subject to the
provisions of, Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
the preceding sentence with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee
shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit, in
the manner and to the extent provided in Section 106, to all Holders of
Securities of that series notice of such failure.
Nothing herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission
the application referred to in the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not
be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Securities of any
series by virtue of being Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
particular series of Securities other than that series.
SECTION 709. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all
times be a Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder which shall be either
(1) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, which is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority and having a corporate
trust office located in The City of New York or (2) a corporation or other
Person organized and doing business under the laws of a foreign government that
is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant to a rule, regulation or order of the
Commission, which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers and is subject to supervision or examination by authority of such foreign
government or a political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to
supervision or examination applicable to United States institutional trustees;
in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If
such corporation or Person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation or Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as trustee
for the Securities of any series issued hereunder. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this Article.
SECTION 710. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 711.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 711 shall
not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee within 30 days after the giving
of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee
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may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 708 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security of a series as to which the Trustee has a conflicting
interest for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee for a series shall cease to be eligible under Section
709 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any Holder of Securities of such series, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a
bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 614, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
(and, in the case of Clause (1) above, who is a holder of a Security of a series
as to which the Trustee has a conflicting interest) may, on behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the
appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Trustee for any cause, with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more
of or all such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any particular series) and such successor Trustee
or Trustees shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 711. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 711, become the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 711, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by giving
notice of such event to all Holders of Securities of such series as provided by
Section 106. Each notice shall include
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the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 711. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees cotrustees 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 712. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under
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this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 713. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. (a) Subject
to Subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a
creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company within
three months prior to a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section,
or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default shall be
cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for the benefit
of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Securities and Coupons, if any,
and the holders of other indenture securities, as defined in Subsection (c) of
this Section:
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and
owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or interest,
effected after the beginning of such three-month period and valid as
against the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction
resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property described in
paragraph (2) of this Subsection, or from the exercise of any right of
set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a petition in bankruptcy
had been filed by or against the Company upon the date of such default; and
(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claims as
such creditor, either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or
composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such three-month
period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if
disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and
its other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of
any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable
thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim
by the Trustee to a third Person, and (iii) distributions made in cash,
securities or other property in respect of claims filed against the
Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable
State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it
as security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to
the beginning of such three-month period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the
claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as security
for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of
such three-month period and such property was received as security
therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee
shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was
so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a
default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, would occur
within three months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B)
or (C), against the release of any property held as security for such
claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the
extent of the fair value of such property.
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For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted after
the beginning of such three-month period for property held as security at the
time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the property
released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the extent that
any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in renewal of or in
substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any pre-existing
claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have the same status as
such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held
in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned among the
Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities in such
manner that the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture
securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account and
payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal
Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, the same percentage of their respective
claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account
of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special
account and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee and the
Holders and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed
against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law,
but after crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented
by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and
from the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this
paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term "dividends" shall include any
distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership for
proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or
applicable State law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities or
other property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the
secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy,
receivership or proceedings for reorganization is pending shall have
jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of
other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph,
the funds and property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof, or
(ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to the
provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of
the distributions to be made to the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of
other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims, in which
event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any
securities or other property held in such special account or as security for any
such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between
the secured and unsecured portions of such claims, or otherwise to apply the
provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula.
Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such
three-month period shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection as
though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has resigned
or been removed prior to the beginning of such three-month period, it shall be
subject to the provisions of this Subsection if and only if the following
conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim, which would have
given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had continued as
Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such three-month period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within
three months after such resignation or removal.
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(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection (a) of this
Section a creditor relationship arising from:
(1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any
indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one year or
more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of
competent jurisdiction, or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving
any property which shall at any time be subject to the lien of this
Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances
thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding
the making thereof is given to the Holders at the time and in the manner
provided in this Indenture;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the
capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar,
custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar
capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or
premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or
securities sold in a cash transaction, as defined in Subsection (c) of this
Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a corporation
organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act,
as amended, which is directly or indirectly a creditor of the Company; and
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any
drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the
classification of self-liquidating paper, as defined in Subsection (c) of
this Section.
(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(1) the term "default" means any failure to make payment in full of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any of the Securities
or upon the other indenture securities when and as such principal or
interest becomes due and payable;
(2) the term "other indenture securities" means securities upon which
the Company is an obligor outstanding under any other indenture (i) under
which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions
substantially similar to the provisions of this Section, and (iii) under
which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and
property held in such special account;
(3) the term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full
payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after
delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other
orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand;
(4) the term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, ▇▇▇▇ of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or
incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase,
processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or
merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to,
possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the
receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or
merchandise previously constituting the security; provided the security is
received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating
or incurring of the draft, ▇▇▇▇ of exchange, acceptance or obligation;
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(5) the term "Company" means any obligor upon the Securities; and
(6) the term "Federal Bankruptcy Act" means the Bankruptcy Act or Title
11 of the United States Code.
SECTION 714. Judgment Currency. If, for the purpose of obtaining a judgment
in any court with respect to any obligation of the Company hereunder or under
any Security or Coupon, it shall become necessary to convert into any other
currency or currency unit any amount in the currency or currency unit due
hereunder or under such Security or Coupon, then such conversion shall be made
at the Conversion Rate (as defined below) as in effect on the date the Company
shall make payment to any Person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant
to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date
payment is made and there shall occur a change between such Conversion Rate and
the Conversion Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, the
Company agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to
ensure that the amount paid is the amount in such other currency or currency
unit which, when converted at the Conversion Rate as in effect on the date of
payment or distribution, is the amount then due hereunder or under such Security
or Coupon. Any amount due from the Company under this Section 714 shall be due
as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment
being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or in respect of any Security or
Coupon so that in any event the Company's obligations hereunder or under such
Security or Coupon will be effectively maintained as obligations in such
currency or currency unit. In no event, however, shall the Company be required
to pay more in the currency or currency unit stated to be due hereunder or under
such Security or Coupon.
For purposes of this Section 714, "Conversion Rate" shall mean, as of any
date, for any currency or currency unit into which an amount due hereunder or
under any Security or Coupon is to be converted, the noon buying rate in the
other currency or currency unit for that currency or currency unit for cable
transfers quoted in New York City on such date as certified for customs purposes
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If such rates are not available for any
reason with respect to one or more currencies or currency units for which a
Conversion Rate is required, 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 or in the country of issue of the
currency 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 a 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, as
determined in its sole discretion and without liability on the part of the
Exchange Rate Agent, purchase such currency or currency unit in order to make
payments in respect of such Securities. If there does not exist a quoted
exchange rate in any currency or currency unit (the "First Currency") for
another currency unit (the "Second Currency"), then the Conversion Rate for the
Second Currency shall be equal to equivalent amount in the First Currency
obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency of the
Second Currency into the First Currency at the Conversion Rate (determined as
provided above) for each such Component Currency on such date (or, if the First
Currency is a currency unit for which there is no quoted exchange rate in any
Component Currency, by converting the Specified Amount of each Component
Currency of the Second Currency into the Specified Amount of each Component
Currency of the First Currency at the Conversion Rate (determined as provided
above) for each such Component Currency on such date).
SECTION 715. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Company may appoint
an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
Securities which
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shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon original issue or upon exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 405, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Trustee and shall at all times be a corporation having a combined capital and
surplus of not less than the equivalent of $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, state or District of Columbia authority
or the equivalent foreign authority, in the case of an Authenticating Agent who
is not organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of such Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent; provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Company may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Trustee. 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 Company may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Trustee and shall mail, or cause to be
mailed, written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of
its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
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If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein issued under
the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized [Officer] [Signatory]
If all the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time,
and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities
upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment or other place where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Company shall appoint in accordance with this Section an
Authenticating Agent (which may be an Affiliate of the Company if eligible to be
appointed as an Authenticating Agent hereunder) having an office in such Place
of Payment or other place designated by the Company with respect to such series
of Securities.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 801. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semiannually, not later than January 15 and July 15 in each year, a
list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of each series of Registered Securities as of the
preceding January 1 or July 1, as the case may be, and such information
concerning the Holders of Bearer Securities which is known to the Company
or any Paying Agent other than the Company; provided, however, that the
Company and such Paying Agents shall have no obligation to investigate any
matter relating to any Holder of a Bearer Security or a Coupon; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content, such list to be dated as of a date not more than
15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, and such information
concerning the Holders of Bearer Securities which is known to the Company
or any such Paying Agent; provided, however, that the Company and such
Paying Agents shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating
to any Holder of a Bearer Security or a Coupon;
notwithstanding the foregoing subsections (a) and (b), at such times as the
Trustee is the Security Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to a particular
series of Securities, no such list shall be required to be furnished in respect
of such series.
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SECTION 802. Preservation of lnformation; Communications to Holders. (a)
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the names and addresses of Holders of each series contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 801 and the names and
addresses of Holders of each series received by the Trustee in any capacity as
Security Registrar or Paying Agent. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished
to it as provided in Section 801 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders of Securities of any series (herein referred
to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee
reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of such series
for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and
such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other
Holders of Securities of such series with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or under such Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of
proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the
Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application,
at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 802(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of
Securities of such series whose names and addresses appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section
802(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form
of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants,
mail to each Holder of Securities of such series whose name and address appear
in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with
Section 802(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is
specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the
Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the
payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after
such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the
Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written
statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would
be contrary to the best interest of the Holders of such series or would be in
violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of
such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the
objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order
refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order
sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have
been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of
such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of
such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be
relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders in accordance with Section 802(b), regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable
by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section
802(b).
SECTION 803. Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after September 15 of
each year commencing with the September 15 occurring after the initial issuance
of Securities
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hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Holders of
Securities, as provided in Subsection (d) of this Section, a brief report dated
as of such September 15 with respect to any of the following events which may
have occurred during the twelve months preceding the date of such report (but if
no such event has occurred within such period, no report need be transmitted):
(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 709 and its
qualifications under Section 708;
(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified
in Section 310(b)(1) through Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects
so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the
Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for
the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior
to that of the Securities, on any property or funds held or collected by it
as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect)
to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not
more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding
on the date of such report;
(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all
other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the
Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such
report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral
security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor
relationship arising in any manner described in Section 713(b)(2), (3), (4)
or (6);
(5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the
possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(6) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not
previously reported; and
(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties
hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion
materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of a default,
notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 702.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as provided in
Subsection (d) of this Section, a brief report with respect to the character and
amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances
surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of
the last report transmitted pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section (or if no
such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this
instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or
charge, prior to that of the Securities, on property or funds held or collected
by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this
Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to
report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10%
or less of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding at such time, such
report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each United States stock exchange upon
which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company.
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(d) Reports pursuant to Section 803(a) and 803(b) shall be transmitted by
mail (i) to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register, (ii) to all Holders as have, within two years preceding such
transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such purpose,
and (iii) except in the case of reports pursuant to Section 803(b), to all
Holders whose names and addresses have been furnished or received by the Trustee
pursuant to Sections 801 and 802.
SECTION 804. 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 said Sections, then
it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and
regulations;
(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 in such rules and regulations;
(3) transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities, in the manner and to
the extent provided in Section 803(d) with respect to reports to be
transmitted pursuant to Section 803(a), within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraph (1) of
(2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission; and
(4) promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any
stock exchange.
ARTICLE NINE
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
SECTION 901. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey
or transfer all or substantially all its properties and assets as an entirety to
any Person, unless:
(1) the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer
all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company as an
entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust or other entity organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America or any state or the District of Columbia, and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on all the
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Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 902. Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or
merger, or any conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all the
properties and assets of the Company as an entirety in accordance with Section
901, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or 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
corporation had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such
conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the
Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument or any
successor corporation which shall have theretofore become such in the manner
prescribed in Section 901) shall be discharged from all liability under this
Indenture and in respect of the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE TEN
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 1001. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without
the consent of any Holders, 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 corporation to the Company
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities;
(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;
(3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of the Securities (and, if such Event of Default is applicable to
less than all series of Securities, specifying the series to which such
Event of Default is applicable);
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to facilitate the issuance of Securities in
bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons; to change or eliminate any restrictions on the
payment of principal of or any premium 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; provided that any such
addition or change shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series
or any related Coupons in any material respect;
(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
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indenture which is adversely affected by such change in or elimination of
such provision;
(6) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 202 and 301;
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series
and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
711(b);
(8) if allowed under applicable laws and regulations, to permit payment
in the United States of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities
or Coupons, if any;
(9) to provide for the issuance of uncertificated Securities of one or
more series in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;
(10) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein; or
(11) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Indenture; provided such other provisions as may be made
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of outstanding
Securities of any series in any material respect.
SECTION 1002. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture
(acting as one class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by 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 of such series under this indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment
of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon
the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
602, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency, currencies or
currency unit or units in which, any Security or any premium or the
interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or affect
adversely the terms, if any, of conversion of any Security into stock or
other securities of the Company or of any other corporation,
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture,
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(3) change any obligation of the Company, with respect to Outstanding
Securities of a series, to maintain an office or agency in the places and
for the purposes specified in Section 1102 for such series, or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 613 or
Section 1107, except to increase any such percentage or to provide with
respect to any particular series the right to condition the effectiveness
of any supplemental indenture as to that series on the consent of the
Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series (which provision may be made pursuant
to Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, without the consent of
any Holder) or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture
cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause
shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this
Section and Section 1107, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance
with the requirements of Section 711(b) and 1001(7).
For purposes of this Section 1002, if the Securities of any series are
issuable upon the exercise of warrants, each holder of an unexercised and
unexpired warrant with respect to such series shall be deemed to be a Holder of
Outstanding Securities of such series in the amount issuable upon the exercise
of such warrant. For such purposes, the ownership of any such warrant shall be
determined by the Company in a manner consistent with customary commercial
practices. The Trustee for such series shall be entitled to rely on an Officers'
Certificate as to the principal amount of Securities of such series in respect
of which consents shall have been executed by holders of such warrants.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 1003. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to the opinion
which the Trustee is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 202), and (subject
to Section 701) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties, immunities or liabilities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 1004. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in
accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 1005. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
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SECTION 1006. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Covenants
SECTION 1101. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company
covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities and Coupons,
if any, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if
any, on) and interest, if any, on the Securities and Coupons, if any, of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, of
such series and this Indenture.
SECTION 1102. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Securities of a series
are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each
Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Securities of that
series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that
series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable
as both Registered or Bearer Securities or only 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 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 proviso contained in the last sentence of this first paragraph of Section
1102 (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable
thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the
United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related
Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any
additional amounts payable on Securities of that series pursuant to Section
1108); provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed on
any 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 any required city located outside the United States, 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 and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the location, and any change
in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall
fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect of any series of
Securities or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations and surrenders of Securities of that series may be made and
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 (including payment of any
additional amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1108) at the London office of the Trustee (or an agent with a London
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appointed by the Trustee and acceptable to the Company), and the Company hereby
appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands. 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 denominated and
payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any
Bearer Security (including any additional amounts payable on Securities of such
series pursuant to Section 1108) 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, interest or
additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the
United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in 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
and the Holders of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 1103. Money for Securities Payments To Be Held in Trust. If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series
of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) 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 relevant currency (or a sufficient number of currency
units, as the case may be) sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any,
on) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, at or prior to the opening of business on each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium
or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other
than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on Securities of that series in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of that series) in making of any payment of
principal (and premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on the Securities
of that series; and
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(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and charge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same
trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) or interest, if any, on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed
for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company, or (if then held by the Company)
shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security and
Coupons, if any, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only
to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company
as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at
the expense and at the direction of the Company cause to be published once, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified herein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Company. All moneys payable to the Company by the Trustee or any
Paying Agent as provided in the preceding sentence shall be paid to the Company
on May 31 of each year.
SECTION 1104. Limitation on Secured Indebtedness. Unless specified, as
contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, not to be
applicable to Securities of any series, this Section shall be applicable to
Securities of each series for the benefit of the Securities of such series as
long as any Securities of such series are Outstanding (subject to clause (a)(ii)
of Section 503, as contemplated by subclause (x) thereof). The Company will not
create, assume, incur or guarantee, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to create, assume, incur or guarantee, any Secured Indebtedness
without making provision whereby all the Securities shall be secured equally and
ratable with (or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness (together with, if the
Company shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created which is not
subordinate to the Securities) so long as such Secured Indebtedness shall be
outstanding unless such Secured Indebtedness, when added to (a) the aggregate
amount of all Secured Indebtedness then outstanding (not including in this
computation Secured Indebtedness if the Securities are secured equally and
ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness and further not including
in this computation any Secured Indebtedness which is concurrently being
retired) and (b) the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt then outstanding
pursuant to Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by the Company after
February 17, 1999, or, entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary after February
17, 1999, or, if later, the date on which it became a Restricted Subsidiary (not
including in this computation any Attributable Debt which is concurrently being
retired), would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Worth.
SECTION 1105. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Unless
specified, as contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be,
not to be applicable to Securities of any series, this Section shall be
applicable to Securities of each series for the benefit of the Securities of
such series as long as any Securities of such series are
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Outstanding (subject to clause (a)(ii) of Section 503, as contemplated by
subclause (x) thereof). The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless (a) the sum
of (i) the Attributable Debt to be outstanding pursuant to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, (ii) all Attributable Debt then outstanding pursuant to
all other Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by the Company after
February 17, 1999, or entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary after February 17,
1999, or if later, the date on which it became a Restricted Subsidiary, and
(iii) the aggregate of all Secured Indebtedness then outstanding (not including
in this computation Secured Indebtedness if the Securities are secured equally
and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness) would not exceed 15%
of Consolidated Net Worth or (b) an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net
proceeds to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary of the sale of the
Principal Property sold and leased back pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction and (ii) the amount of Attributable Debt to be outstanding pursuant
to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, is applied to the retirement of Funded
Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Funded Debt which
is subordinated to the Securities or which is owing to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiaries) within 180 days after the consummation of such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction.
SECTION 1106. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company will deliver
to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written
certificate signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial
officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, stating that:
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of
performance under this Indenture has been made under such officer's
supervision; and
(2) to such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Company has
fulfilled all its obligations, and has complied with all conditions and
covenants, under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been
a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, condition or covenant,
specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status
thereof. For purposes of this Section 1106, compliance shall be determined
without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 1107. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Section 1104 or Section 1105 if before the time for such compliance the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
all series affected thereby shall, by Act of such Holders (acting as one class),
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with
such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect
such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and,
until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1108. Additional Amounts. If the Securities of a series provide
for the payment of additional amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any
Security of such series or any related Coupon additional amounts as provided
therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the
payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any
Security of any series or 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
for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are,
were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this
Section and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable)
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any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in
those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional
amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect
to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and
any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect
to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the
Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's Paying Agent or Paying
Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the
Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal
of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to
Holders of Securities of that series or any related Coupons who are United
States Aliens (as defined in such Securities) without withholding for or on
account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the
Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such
Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to
be withheld on such Payments to such Holders of Securities or Coupons and the
Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the additional amounts
required by this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any
Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part
arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in
reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 1201. 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 202 or
Section 301, as the case may be, for Securities of any series) in accordance
with this Article.
SECTION 1202. Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee. If the Company shall
desire to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the case may be, any part of
the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notifying the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case
of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1203. Selection by Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed. If less
than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that
series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1204. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder
of Securities to be redeemed, as provided in Section 106.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the Redemption Date, the
Redemption Price, the Place or Places of Payment, that the Securities of such
series are being redeemed at the option of the Company pursuant to provisions
contained in the terms of the Securities of such series or in a supplemental
indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief
statement of the facts permitting such redemption, that on the Redemption Date
the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Security redeemed,
that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of the applicable
Securities, that all Coupons, if any, maturing subsequent to the date fixed for
redemption shall be void, that any interest accrued to the Redemption Date will
be paid as specified in said notice, that the redemption is pursuant to the
sinking fund, if such is the case, and that on and after said Redemption Date
any interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to
accrue. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
notice of redemption shall specify the registration and, if any, CUSIP numbers
of the Securities of such series to be redeemed, and, if only Bearer Securities
of any series are to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged
for Registered Securities, the last date on which exchanges of Bearer Securities
for Registered Securities not subject to redemption may be made. In case any
Security of any series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security and
any Coupons appertaining thereto, a new Security or Securities of such series in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof and with appropriate
Coupons will be issued, or, in the case of Registered Securities providing
appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holders, the Trustee,
in lieu of delivering a new Security or Securities as aforesaid, may make a
notation on such Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1205. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before the opening of
business on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or
with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1103) an amount of money in
the relevant currency (or a sufficient number of currency units, as the case may
be) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1206. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption
having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein
specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall
cease to bear interest 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 to the Redemption Date;
provided,
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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 otherwise provided
in Section 1102) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202
or Section 301, as the case may be, only upon presentation and surrender of
Coupons for such interest; provided further that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 202 or Section 301, as the case may be, 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
406.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing after the 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 1102) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 202 or
Section 301, as the case may be, 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 principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
SECTION 1207. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be
redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with,
if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities (with appropriate Coupons) of the same series and Stated
Maturity, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered or, in the case of Registered
Securities providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the
Holder, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Security or Securities as
aforesaid, may make a notation on such Security of the Payment of the redeemed
portion thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Sinking Funds
SECTION 1301. 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 202 or Section
301, as the case may be, for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may
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be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1302. 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 1302. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The
Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities (including all unmatured Coupons
appertaining thereto) of a series (other than any previously called for
redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction
of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of
such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not
been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and the
outstanding principal amount thereof credited for such purpose by the Trustee at
the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1303. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60
days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the
terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1302 and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities (including all unmatured Coupons
appertaining thereto) to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such
sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed
upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1203 and
cause notice of the redemption thereof to given in the name of and at the
expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1204. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the
terms and in the manner stated in Section 1206 and 1207.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
SECTION 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to
time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series.
SECTION 1402. 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 1401, to be held at such time and at such place in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London, 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 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, by or 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 1401, by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not
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have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 20 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 in London, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes
by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1403. 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 1404. 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. 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 1402(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.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 1002, and subject to the
provisions described in the next succeeding paragraph, 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 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 equal to or 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.
With respect to any consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture
expressly provides may be given by the Holders of a specified percentage of
Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby (acting as one class),
only the principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series represented at
a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present,
held in accordance with this Section, and voting in favor of such action, shall
be counted for purposes of calculating the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby favoring such action.
SECTION 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee may
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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 holder 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 1402(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 (or the equivalent thereof) 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.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant
to Section 1402 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 1406. 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
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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 facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting
and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1402 and, if
applicable, Section 1404. 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.
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.
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY,
by /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: Vice President-Finance
[SEAL]
Attest:
/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Secretary
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as Trustee,
by /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Trust Officer
[SEAL]
Attest:
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Trust Officer
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Exhibit A
(Form of Fixed Rate
(Form of Face of [Note]2/ ) Security with and without Optional
Redemption Provision)
[Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the issuer or
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]3/
No.:
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
% [Note] Due
CUSIP No.:
$
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered
assigns, the principal sum of Dollars, at the office or agency of the Company in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, on , in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be
legal tender for the payments of public and private debts, and to pay interest,
semi-annually on and of each year, on said principal sum at said office or
agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate of % per annum, from the or the,
as the case may be, next preceding the date of this [Note] to which interest has
been paid, unless the date hereof is a date to which interest has been paid, in
which case from the date of this [Note], or unless no interest has been paid on
the [Notes] due (as defined on the reverse hereof), in which case from until
payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after or as the case may
be, and before the following or , this [Note] shall bear interest from such or ,
provided, however, that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest
due on such or , then this [Note] shall bear interest from the next preceding or
to which interest has been paid, or, if no interest has been paid on the [Notes]
due , from . The interest so payable on any or will subject to certain
exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, be paid
to the person in whose name this [Note] is registered at the close of business
on such or , as the case may be, next preceding such or , unless the Company
shall default in the payment of interest due on such interest payment date, in
which case such defaulted interest, at the option of the Company, may be paid to
the person in whose name this [Note] is registered at the close of business on a
special record date for the payment of such defaulted interest established by
notice to the registered holders of [Notes] not less than 10 days preceding such
special record date or may be paid in any other lawful
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2/ Bracketed references to "Note" or "Notes" should be changed to reflect the
designation of the series of Securities being issued.
3/ The bracketed language is to be included if the Securities are included
within DTC's book-entry system.
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manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the [Notes] due may be listed. Payment of interest may, at the option of
the Company, be made by check mailed to the registered address of the person
entitled thereto.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this [Note] set forth on the
reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This [Note] shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until
the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee
under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: THE WASHINGTON POST
COMPANY
by
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Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities
of the series designated herein
issued under the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as Trustee
by
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Authorized Signatory
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(Form of Reverse of [Note])
This [Note] is one of a duly authorized issue of unsecured debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (hereinafter called the
"Securities"), of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued
under an indenture dated as of , 1998 (hereinafter called the
"Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The First National
Bank of Chicago, a national banking association, as trustee (hereinafter called
the "Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights and duties
thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Securities. The
Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be
issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times,
may bear interest at different rates, may be subject to different redemption
provisions, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds,
may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise
vary as in the Indenture provided. This [Note] is one of a series designated as
the % [Notes] due of the Company (hereinafter called the
"[Notes] due ") issued under the Indenture[, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $ ].
In case an Event of Default with respect to the [Notes] due , as
defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal
hereof together with interest accrued thereon, if any, may be declared, and upon
such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect
and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee,
with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of all series to be
affected (acting as one class) to execute supplemental indentures adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the
rights of the holders of the Securities of such series to be affected; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, among other things, (i)
change the fixed maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal
of or interest on, any Security; (ii) reduce the principal amount thereof or the
rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof;
(iii) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the redemption date); (iv) reduce the percentage in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is
required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture
or certain defaults thereunder and their consequences) provided for in the
Indenture; (v) change any obligation of the Company, with respect to outstanding
Securities of a series, to maintain an office or agency in the places and for
the purposes specified in the Indenture for such series; or (vi) modify any of
the foregoing provisions or the provisions for the waiver of certain covenants
and defaults, except to increase any applicable percentage of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Securities the consent of the holders of which
is required or to provide with respect to any particular series the right to
condition the effectiveness of any supplemental indenture as to that series on
the consent of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Securities of such series or to provide that certain other
provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Security affected thereby. It is also provided in
the Indenture that the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of a series at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders
of all the Securities of such series waive any past default under the Indenture
with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any
Security of such series or in respect of a covenant or provision which cannot be
modified without the consent of the
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Holder of each outstanding Security of the series affected. Any such consent or
waiver by the holder of this [Note] shall be conclusive and binding upon such
holder and upon all future holders and owners of the [Note] and any [Notes] due
which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether
or not any notation thereof is made upon this [Note] or such other [Notes] due .
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this [Note] or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on this [Note] at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and
in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Indenture permits the Company to Discharge its obligations with
respect to the [Notes] due on the 91st day following the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in the Indenture, which include the deposit with the
Trustee of money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof
sufficient to pay and discharge each installment of principal of (including
premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the outstanding [Notes] due .
If the Company shall, in accordance with Section 901 of the Indenture,
consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer all
or substantially all its properties and assets as an entirety to any Person, the
successor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Person named as the
"Company" on the face of this [Note], all on the terms set forth in the
Indenture.
The [Notes]due are issuable in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof. In the manner and
subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of
any service charge, [Notes] due may be exchanged for an equal aggregate
principal amount of [Notes] due of other authorized denominations at the office
or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York.
[The [Notes] due may be redeemed as a whole, or from time to time
in part, at the option of the Company at any time upon mailing a notice of such
redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption to the holders of the [Notes] due at their last registered
addresses, all as provided in the Indenture, at the following optional
redemption prices (expressed in percentages of the principal amount), together
in each case with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.
If redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning
Year Percentage
---- ----------
]4/
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this [Note] at the
office or agency of the Company for such registration in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York, a new [Note] or [Notes] of authorized
denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the
transferee in exchange herefor, subject to the limitations provided in the
Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge
imposed in connection therewith.
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4/ Bracketed language to be included in Securities redeemable at the option of
the Company.
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Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this [Note],
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem
and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner of this [Note]
(whether or not this [Note] shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note, as
herein provided, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary. All payments made to or upon the order of such
registered holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectively
satisfy and discharge liability for moneys payable on this [Note].
No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on this [Note], or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect
hereof, and no recourse
under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the
Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any [Note], or because of
the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or
future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or
through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as
part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
Unless otherwise defined in this [Note], all terms used in this [Note]
which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in
the Indenture.
THIS [NOTE] SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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EXHIBIT B
[FORMS OF CERTIFICATION]
EXHIBIT B.1
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY]
CERTIFICATE
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that the above-captioned Securities are not being
acquired by or on behalf of a United States person, or for offer to resell or
for resale to a United States person or any person inside the United States, or,
if a beneficial interest in the Securities is being acquired by a United States
person, that such United States person is a financial institution as defined in
Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury Regulations, or is
acquiring through a financial institution, and that the Securities are held by a
financial institution that has agreed to comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
the regulations thereunder and that it is not purchasing for offer to resell or
for resale inside the United States.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of
the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless
of its source, and "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.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to
beneficial ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the
above-captioned Securities in bearer form as to all such Securities.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or
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threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we
irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any
interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:___, 19_____
[To be dated on or after
_____________, 19____the date
determined as provided in the Indenture)]
[Name of Person Entitled to Receive Bearer
Security]
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(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT B.2
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EURO-CLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY]
CERTIFICATE
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify with respect to $ principal amount of the
above-captioned Securities (i) that we have received from each of the persons
appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of such principal
amount (our "Qualified Account Holders") a certificate with respect to such
portion substantially in the form attached hereto and (ii) that we are not
submitting herewith for exchange any portion of the temporary global Security
representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in such certificates.
We further certify that as of the (date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our Qualified Account Holders to the effect that the
statements made by such Qualified Account Holders with respect to any portion of
the part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be relied
upon as of the date hereof.
Date:
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[To be dated no earlier
than the Exchange Date]
[▇▇▇▇▇▇ GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS
OFFICE, as Operator of the Euro-clear
System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By
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EXHIBIT B.3
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EURO-CLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A. TO OBTAIN
INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE]
CERTIFICATE
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
[Insert title or sufficient
description of Securities]
We confirm that the interest payable on the Interest Payment Date on
[Insert Date] will be paid to each of the persons appearing in our records as
being entitled to interest payable on such date from whom we have received a
written certification, dated not earlier than such Interest Payment Date,
substantially in the form attached hereto. We undertake to retain certificates
received from our member organizations in connection herewith for four years
from the end of the calendar year in which such certificates are received.
We undertake that any interest received by us and not paid as provided
above shall be returned to the Trustee for the above Securities immediately
prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order
to be repaid by such Trustee to the above issuer at the end of two years after
such Interest Payment Date.
Date: , 19
[To be dated on or after the
relevant Interest Payment Date]
▇▇▇▇▇▇ GUARANTY TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS
OFFICE, as Operator of the Euro-clear
System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By
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EXHIBIT B.4
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY BENEFICIAL OWNERS
TO OBTAIN INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE]
CERTIFICATE
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
[Insert title or sufficient
description of Securities]
This is to certify that as of the Interest Payment Date on [Insert
Date] and except as provided in the third paragraph hereof, the above-captioned
Securities held by you for our account are not beneficially owned by a United
States person, and have not been acquired by or on behalf of a United States
person, or for offer to resell or for resale to a United States person or any
person inside the United States, or, if any of such Securities held by you for
our account are beneficially owned by a United States person, (i) such United
States person is a financial institution within the meaning of Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury Regulations purchasing for its
own account or has acquired such Securities through a financial institution and
(ii) such Securities are held by a financial institution that has agreed to
comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder and that it did
not purchase for offer to resell or for resale inside the United States.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of
the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or any estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless
of its source, and "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.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S. $ principal
amount of the above-captioned Securities appearing in your books as being held
for our account as to which we are not yet able to certify and as to which we
understand interest cannot be credited unless and until we are able to so
certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Date:____________, 19___
[To be dated on or after
the 15th day before the
relevant Interest Payment Date]
[Name of Person Entitled to Receive
Interest]
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(Authorized Signature)
Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT B.5
[FORM OF CONFIRMATION TO BE SENT TO
PURCHASERS OF BEARER SECURITIES]
By your purchase of the securities referred to in the accompanying
continuation (the "Securities"):
You represent that you are not a United States person or, if you are a
United States person, you are a financial institution as that term is defined in
Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury Regulations, or are
acquiring through a financial institution, and that the Securities will be held
by a financial institution that agrees to comply with the requirements of
Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder and are not purchasing the
Securities on behalf of any United States person other than such a financial
institution or for offer to resell or for resale inside the United States.
If you are a dealer, (a) you also represent that you have not offered,
sold or delivered, and agree that you will not offer, sell, resell or deliver,
any of such Securities, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to any
United States person other than such a financial institution and (b) you agree
that you will deliver to all purchasers of such Securities from you a written
statement in this form.
As used herein, "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 and "United States
person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation,
partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States and an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United
States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.