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Exhibit 4.1
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EXECUTIVE RISK INC.
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
Trustee
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SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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INDENTURE
Dated as of December , 1997
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EXECUTIVE RISK INC.
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE(1)
TRUST INDENTURE ACT INDENTURE
SECTION SECTION
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310 (a)(1)....................................... 6.12
(a)(2)....................................... 6.12
(a)(3)....................................... Not applicable
(a)(4)....................................... Not applicable
(a)(5)....................................... 6.12(b)
(b).......................................... 6.3; 6.10(d); 6.12(b)
311 (a).......................................... 6.3
(b).......................................... 6.3
312 (a).......................................... 6.8
(b).......................................... 6.8
(c).......................................... 6.8
313 (a).......................................... 6.7
(b).......................................... Not applicable
(c).......................................... 6.6; 6.7
(d).......................................... 6.7
314 (a).......................................... 9.6; 9.7
(b).......................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)....................................... 1.2
(c)(2)....................................... 1.2
(c)(3)....................................... Not Applicable
(d).......................................... Not Applicable
(e).......................................... 1.2
(f).......................................... Not applicable
315 (a).......................................... 6.1
(b).......................................... 6.6
(c).......................................... 6.1(b)
(d).......................................... Not applicable
(e).......................................... 5.15
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT INDENTURE
SECTION SECTION
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316 (a)(last sentence)........................... 1.1
(a)(1)(A).................................... 5.2; 5.8
(a)(1)(B).................................... 5.7
(b).......................................... 5.9; 5.10
(c).......................................... 1.4(e) and (f)
317 (a)(1)....................................... 5.3
(a)(2)....................................... 5.4
(b).......................................... 9.3
318 (a).......................................... 1.11
(b).......................................... 1.11
(c).......................................... 1.11
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(1) This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of this Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
1.1 Definitions........................................................1
1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions..............................11
1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee............................11
1.4 Acts of Holders...................................................12
1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.............................14
1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver.........................................14
1.7 Headings and Table of Contents....................................15
1.8 Successor and Assigns.............................................15
1.9 Separability......................................................15
1.10 Benefits of Indenture.............................................15
1.11 Governing Law; Trust Indenture Act................................15
1.12 Legal Holidays....................................................15
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
2.1 Forms Generally...................................................16
2.2 Form of Face of Security..........................................16
2.3 Form of Reverse of Security.......................................18
2.4 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...................22
2.5 Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security..............22
2.6 Form of Legend for Global Securities..............................22
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..............................23
3.2 Denominations.....................................................26
3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating....................26
3.4 Temporary Securities..............................................29
3.5 Registration, Transfer and Exchange...............................30
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3.6 Replacement Securities............................................32
3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved....................33
3.8 Persons Deemed Owners.............................................34
3.9 Cancellation......................................................35
3.10 Computation of Interest...........................................35
3.11 CUSIP Numbers.....................................................35
3.12 Currency and Manner of Payment in Respect of Securities...........35
3.13 Appointment and Resignation of Exchange Rate Agent................39
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
4.1 Termination of Company's Obligations under the Indenture..........40
4.2 Application of Trust Funds........................................41
4.3 Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's Option
to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.......................41
4.4 Defeasance and Discharge..........................................41
4.5 Covenant Defeasance...............................................42
4.6 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...................42
4.7 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust....44
4.8 Repayment to Company..............................................44
4.9 Indemnity for Government Obligations..............................44
4.10 Reinstatement.....................................................44
ARTICLE V
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
5.1 Events of Default.................................................45
5.2 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment............................47
5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee...47
5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..................................48
5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.......48
5.6 Delay or Omission Not Waiver......................................48
5.7 Waiver of Past Defaults...........................................48
5.8 Control by Majority...............................................48
5.9 Limitation on Suits by Holders....................................49
5.10 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment..............................49
5.11 Application of Money Collected....................................49
5.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies................................50
5.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative....................................50
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5.14 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws...........................50
5.15 Undertaking for Costs.............................................51
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee................51
6.2 Rights of Trustee.................................................51
6.3 Trustee May Hold Securities.......................................52
6.4 Money Held in Trust...............................................52
6.5 Trustee's Disclaimer..............................................52
6.6 Notice of Defaults................................................52
6.7 Reports by Trustee to Holders.....................................53
6.8 Preservation of Information; Securityholder Lists.................53
6.9 Compensation and Indemnity........................................53
6.10 Replacement of Trustee............................................54
6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............................56
6.12 Eligibility; Disqualification; Conflicting Interests..............57
6.13 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.......57
6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent...............................57
ARTICLE VII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS
7.1 Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted.................59
ARTICLE VIII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders................60
8.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...................61
8.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act...............................62
8.4 Execution of Supplemental Indentures..............................62
8.5 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.................................62
8.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures................62
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ARTICLE IX
COVENANTS
9.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest...............63
9.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................63
9.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust;
Unclaimed Money...................................................64
9.4 Corporate Existence...............................................65
9.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.................................65
9.6 Reports by the Company............................................65
9.7 Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults or
Events of Default.................................................66
9.8 Books of Record and Account.......................................66
9.9 Limitations on Liens..............................................66
9.10 Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.....67
ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION
10.1 Applicability of Article..........................................67
10.2 Election to Redeem Notice to Trustee..............................68
10.3 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed............................68
10.4 Notice of Redemption..............................................68
10.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.......................................69
10.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.............................70
10.7 Securities Redeemed in Part.......................................70
ARTICLE XI
SINKING FUNDS
11.1 Applicability of Article..........................................70
11.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.............71
11.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.........................71
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INDENTURE, dated as of December , 1997, between EXECUTIVE RISK INC., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the
"Company"), and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation, as
Trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS
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 ("Securities") to be issued
in one or more series as herein provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL AP
Section 1.1Definitions. (a) 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
(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.
"ACT," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4(a).
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"AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control, with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"AGENT" means any Paying Agent or Registrar.
"AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14.
"BANKRUPTCY LAW" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
"BOARD" or "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Executive Committee or any other duly authorized committee thereof.
"BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors,
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 the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.
"BUSINESS DAY," with respect to any Place of Payment means, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in
(however designated) corporate stock, including any class or classes of
corporate stock which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the
distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or
dissolution of such corporation, over shares of corporate stock of any other
class of such corporation.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"COMPANY" means the party named as the Company in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such
successor.
"COMPANY ORDER" and "COMPANY REQUEST" mean, respectively, a written order
or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must
be the
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Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or a Vice President of the
Company.
"COMPONENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(h).
"CONVERSION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(d).
"CONVERSION EVENT" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency
both by the issuer of such currency and for the settlement of transactions by a
central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking
community, (ii) the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the
settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European
Communities or (iii) any currency unit other than the ECU for the purposes for
which it was established.
"CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the principal office of the Trustee in New
York City, New York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ - ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: Global Trust Services.
"CURRENCY UNIT" for all purposes of this Indenture shall include any
composite currency.
"CUSTODIAN" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
"DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time, or
both, would be, an Event of Default.
"DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7(b).
"DEPOSITARY," when used with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities means the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.1 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean or include
each Person which is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons.
"DOLLAR" means the currency of the United States as at the time of payment
is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to
time by the Council of the European Communities.
"ELECTION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(h).
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"EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES" means the European Economic Community, the European
Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM" means the European Monetary System established
by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Communities.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"EXCHANGE RATE AGENT," when used with respect to Securities of or within
any series, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1, a New York Clearing House bank designated pursuant to
Section 3.1 or Section 3.13 (which may include any such bank acting as Trustee
hereunder).
"EXCHANGE RATE OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate setting forth
(i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation and (ii)
the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having
the lowest denomination principal amount in the relevant currency or currency
unit), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such
Market Exchange Rate or the applicable bid quotation, signed by the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller, any Vice President or the
Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
"EXCLUDED LIEN" has the meaning specified in Section 9.9.
"FOREIGN CURRENCY" means any currency issued by the government of one or
more countries other than the United States or by any recognized confederation
or association of such governments.
"GLOBAL SECURITY" means a Security bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 2.4 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, authenticated and
delivered to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in
the name of such Depositary or nominee.
"GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct obligations
of the United States or, if specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, the
government which issued the currency in which the Securities of a particular
series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is
pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States or, if specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, such government which issued the foreign currency
in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States or such other government, which, in either case, are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a
depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or
principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depositary receipt, provided, that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the
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holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
"HOLDER" means a person in whose name a Security is registered on the
Register.
"INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person, (i) every obligation of
such Person for money borrowed, or under any reimbursement obligation relating
to a letter of credit (other than letters of credit obtained in the ordinary
course of business), (ii) every obligation evidenced by a bond, note, debenture
or similar instrument (including a purchase money obligation) given in
connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties or assets of any
kind or with services incurred in connection with capital expenditures (other
than indebtedness to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business)
(provided, however, that the deferred purchase price of any business, property
or asset shall not be considered Indebtedness if the purchase price thereof is
payable in full within 90 days from the date on which such indebtedness was
incurred), (iii) every obligation of such Person in respect of lease rentals
which, under generally accepted accounting principles would be shown on a
balance sheet of such Person as a liability (other than a current liability of a
deferred item), (iv) every guarantee, direct or indirect, of any obligation
described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) and (v) any amendment,
supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any
obligation described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii). Indebtedness
also includes any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, any Person for
the payment of amounts due under a swap agreement or similar instrument or
agreement, or under a foreign currency hedge, exchange or similar instrument or
agreement.
"INDENTURE" means this Indenture as originally executed or as amended or
supplemented from time to time and shall include the forms and terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"INDEXED SECURITY" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"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.
"LIEN" means any lien, mortgage, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement and any lease in the nature thereof).
"MARKET EXCHANGE RATE" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to
any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, (i) for any conversion involving a
currency unit on the one
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hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between
the relevant currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by
the method specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of the relevant
series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon
buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York
City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another
Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at
which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign
Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign
Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in New
York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased
Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, in
the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the
foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use, in its
sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations
from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market
for such currency or currency unit in question (which may include any such bank
acting as Trustee under this Indenture), or such other quotations as the
Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. If there is more than one market for
dealing in any currency or currency unit by reason of foreign exchange
regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such currency or
currency unit shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of securities
designated in such currency or currency unit would purchase such currency or
currency unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
"MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"NOTICE OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(3).
"OFFICER" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE," when used with respect to the Company, means a
certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Chairman of the
Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller or a Vice President of the Company.
"OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion from the general counsel of
the Company or other legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
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"ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.2.
"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 to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption money or Government Obligations in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company(if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders
of such Securities, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provisions therefor satisfactory to the Trustee have been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.4 and
4.5, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or
covenant defeasance as provided in Article 4; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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
sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose and for
the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, (A) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount
Securities that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of
principal thereof that would be due and payable at the time of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2, (B) the principal amount of any Security denominated in
a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is originally
issued by the Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate
delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an
Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of
original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (A) above) of
such Security, (C) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be
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counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such
Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to
such Security pursuant to Section 3.1, and (D) Securities owned by the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such
calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor.
"PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest and any other payments on, any
Securities on behalf of the Company.
"PERIODIC OFFERING" means an offering of Securities of a series from time
to time the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation,
the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or rates of
interest thereon, if any, the Maturity thereof and the redemption provisions, if
any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the issuance
of such Securities.
"PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"PLACE OF PAYMENT," when used with respect to the Securities of or within
any series, means the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest and any other payments on, such Securities are payable as specified
as contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 9.2.
"PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 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 AMOUNT," when used with respect to any Security, means the
amount of principal, if any, payable in respect thereof at Maturity; provided,
however, that when used with respect to an Indexed Security in any context other
than the making of payments at Maturity, "principal amount" means the principal
face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance.
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"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,
in whole or in part, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
this Indenture.
"REGISTER" has the meaning specified in Section 3.5.
"REGISTRAR" has the meaning specified in Section 3.5.
"REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of or within any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean
any officer within the Corporate Trust Office, including any vice president, any
assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, any vice
president, any assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant treasurer
or any officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively,
or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with a particular subject.
"RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY" means a Subsidiary, including its Subsidiaries,
which meets any of the following conditions (in each case determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles): (i) the Company's and
its other Subsidiaries' investments in and advances to such Subsidiary exceed
ten percent (10%) of the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter;
(ii) the Company's and its other Subsidiaries' proportionate share of the total
assets (after intercompany eliminations) of such Subsidiary exceeds ten percent
(10%) of the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter; or (iii) the
Company's and its other Subsidiaries' equity interest in the income from
continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principles of such Subsidiary exceeds ten
percent (10%) of such income of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis for the most recently completed fiscal quarter.
"SECURITY" or "SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and more particularly means a Security or Securities of the
Company issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
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"STATED MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (b) any partnership (i) the sole
general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (ii) the only general partners of which are such
Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
"TOTAL ASSETS" means, at any date, the total assets appearing on the most
recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of a fiscal quarter of the Company, prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"TOTAL CAPITALIZATION" means, as of any date of determination, the
Company's consolidated stockholders' equity, plus the aggregate principal amount
of any Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities then
outstanding, plus the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding indebtedness
for borrowed money of the Company, all as of the end of the most recently
completed fiscal quarter of the Company and as set forth in the Company's
balance sheet as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, plus any equity
securities or Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities
issued or indebtedness for borrowed money incurred (net of any such securities
or indebtedness retired, redeemed or repaid) since the end of such quarter and
prior to such date of determination, and including any indebtedness for borrowed
money proposed to be incurred at such date of determination.
"TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by
the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and in effect on the date of this
Indenture, except as provided in Section 8.3.
"TRUSTEE" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor Trustee replaces it pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such successor Trustee and
if, at any time, there is more than one Trustee, "Trustee" as used with respect
to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that series.
"UNITED STATES" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
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"U.S. PERSON" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, a citizen, national or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust, the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.
"VALUATION DATE" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12(c).
Section 1.2 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.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or covenant has been
complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3 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 any 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
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such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of
the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is
in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations as to such matters are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of
counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as the
case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters
upon which his certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 1.4 Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or
by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future holder of the
same Security and the Holder
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of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any series 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 of such series entitled
to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so; provided, that
the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. 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. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken.
(f) The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of any series entitled to join in the giving or making
of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to
in Section 5.2, (iii) any direction referred to in Section 5.8 or (iv) any
request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.9(2), in each case
with respect to Securities of such series. If such a record date is fixed
pursuant to this paragraph, the relevant action may be taken or 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 of a series for the purposes
of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action,
and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed
as of such record date; provided, that no such action by 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.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting
a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities
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of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's
expense, shall cause notice of such record date and the proposed action by
Holders to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities
of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
Section 1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at
Executive Risk Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention: General Counsel (or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company), with a copy to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for
notice to Holders of any event such notice to the Holders thereof shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such
event, at his address as it appears in the Register within the time prescribed
for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner
herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such
Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.
If by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice as provided above,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event and such waiver shall be equivalent of such notice. Waivers
of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
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Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 1.7 Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.8 Successor and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Company shall bind its successor and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
Section 1.9 Separability. In case any provision of this Indenture or the
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
Section 1.10 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, expressed 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 1.11 Governing Law; Trust Indenture Act. THIS INDENTURE AND THE
SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. This
Indenture is subject to the Trust Indenture Act and if any provision hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act,
which is required under such Act to be a part of and to govern this Indenture,
the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies
or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Whether or not this Indenture is
required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act required to be included in an indenture in order for such
indenture to be so qualified shall be deemed to be included in this Indenture
with the same effect as if such provisions were set forth herein and any
provisions hereof which may not be included in an indenture which is so
qualified shall be deemed to be deleted or modified to the extent such
provisions would be required to be deleted or modified in an indenture so
qualified.
Section 1.12 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security other
than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that
such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest 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 such date; provided, that
no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated
Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in
substantially such form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or
Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are issued as permitted by
Section 3.4, the form thereof also shall be established as provided in the
preceding sentence. If the forms of Securities of any series are established by,
or by action taken pursuant to, a Board Resolution, a copy of the Board
Resolution together with an appropriate record of any such action taken pursuant
thereto, including a copy of the approved form of Securities shall be certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section
3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities, subject, with respect to the Securities of any series, to the
rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities of such series are
listed.
Section 2.2 Form of Face of Security.
This Security is not a deposit and is not insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any federal or other governmental agency.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as
amended, and the regulations thereunder]
EXECUTIVE RISK INC.
No.______ $_______________
Executive Risk Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company," which term includes
any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to __________, or registered assigns, the
principal sum of __________ Dollars on ___________ [if the Security is
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to bear interest prior to Maturity insert the following: and to pay interest
thereon from ___________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on __________ and
_________ in each year, commencing ___________ , at the rate of % per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [Insert if
applicable: and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable) at the rate of ___% per annum on any overdue principal and
premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the ______ or
_______ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date
and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture.]
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity replace prior
paragraph with the following: The principal of this Security shall not bear
interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue
principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum
(to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment
of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue
principal shall be payable on demand. Any interest on any overdue principal
shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from
the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such interest has
been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert: any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency
of the Company maintained for that purpose in _____________________ in such coin
or currency of [the United States of America] [insert other currency, if
applicable] as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts [unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to the
Securities of the series insert; provided, however, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register, in which
case such payment shall be deemed timely made if mailed to such Person on the
Interest Payment Date with respect to which such payment is made or, if such
Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day following
such Interest Payment
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Date or, at the expense of the Company, by wire transfer to an account
maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Register.].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: EXECUTIVE RISK INC.
Attest:
By____________________________ By____________________________
Section 2.3 Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of _______________, 1997 (herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and ____________, as Trustee (herein called
the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof[, limited in aggregate principal amount to, $_________].
[If applicable, insert: The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice by mail,
[if applicable, insert: (1) on _________ _ in any year commencing with the year
_______ and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and
(2)] at any time [on or after ________, 19__], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before _________, __%,
and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning ___________ of the years
indicated,
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Year Redemption Price Year Redemption Price
---- ---------------- ---- ----------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert: (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in
the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert: The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice by mail,
(1) on _______________ in any year commencing with the year _____ and ending
with the year _______ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at
the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning ____________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
Redemption Price For Redemption
For Redemption Otherwise Than
Through Operation Through Operation
Year of the Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- ------------------- -------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____ % of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
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Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to ________,
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [Clause (2) of] the
preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation
by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an
interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted
financial practice) of less than _____% per annum.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on ________
in each year beginning with the year ________ and ending with the year ______ of
[not less than $_____ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $_________
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this
series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory]
sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking
fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert: in the
inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption, insert: In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert: The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance
at any time of [(a)] [the entire indebtedness evidenced by this Security] [and
(b)] (certain restrictive covenants,] [in each case] upon compliance by the
Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to
this Security.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert: If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert: If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to [insert formula for determining the
amount]. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case
to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of
and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
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Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency
of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount,
will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Section 2.4 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's
certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
The Chase Manhattan Bank,
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as Trustee
By ___________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Section 2.5 Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security. If
Securities of any series are issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities, any such Global Security may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate or specified amount of Outstanding Securities from time
to time endorsed thereon and may also provide 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 Global Security to reflect
the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or change in the rights
of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby, shall be made in such
manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the
Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4, the
Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in the manner and upon
instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the
applicable Company Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in writing
but need not comply with Section 1.2 hereof and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.3 shall apply to any
Global Security if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and
the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with written
instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.2 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 paragraph of Section 3.3
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 3.7, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on, any Global Security shall be made to the Person or Persons
specified therein.
Section 2.6 Form of Legend for Global Securities. Any Global Security
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form with such changes as may be required by the Depositary:
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"THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY
THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY
THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY."
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. (a) The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in
one or more series.
(b) The following matters shall be established with respect to each series
of Securities issued hereunder (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or (iii) in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which title shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of
Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (which limit shall not pertain to Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 8.6,
or 10.7);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any,
on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of
interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the
method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest
Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and
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the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Security on any
Interest Payment Date;
(5) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in
which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company
and, if other than as provided in Article 10, the manner in which the
particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such
series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of
a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, Securities
of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation);
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(9) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including
currency unit or units) in which the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable, or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the
particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition
to, or in lieu, of the provisions of Section 3.12;
(10) if the payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest,
if any, on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of
the Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency
unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or
designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency
unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and
conditions of such payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with
respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular
provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to, or in
lieu of the provisions of Section 3.12;
(11) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be determined with
reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or
method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities
of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index,
formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined;
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(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of such Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 5.2 or the
method by which such portion shall be determined;
(13) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any
purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated
Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior
to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such
amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(14) if other than as provided in Section 3.7, the Person to whom
any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable;
(15) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(16) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default set forth in Section 5.1 or covenants of the Company set forth
in Article 9 pertaining to the Securities of the series;
(17) under what circumstances, if any, the Company will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of that series held by a Person who
is not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes or similar charges withheld or
deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem
such Securities rather than pay such additional amounts (and the terms of
any such option);
(18) the date as of which any temporary Global Security representing
Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date
of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(19) the forms of the Securities of the series;
(20) the applicability, if any, to the Securities of or within the
series of Sections 4.4 and 4.5, or such other means of defeasance or
covenant defeasance as may be specified for the Securities of such series,
and, if the Securities are payable in a currency other than Dollars,
whether, for the purpose of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, the
term "Government Obligations" shall include obligations referred to in the
definition of such term which are not obligations of the United States or
an agency or instrumentality of the United States;
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(21) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and
any Paying Agent;
(22) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(23) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in
part in the form of Global Securities (i) the Depositary for such Global
Securities, (ii) the form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that
in Section 2.4 which shall be borne by such Global Security, (iii) whether
beneficial owners of interests in any Global Securities of the series may
exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of
like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iv) if other than
as provided in Section 3.5, the circumstances under which any such
exchange may occur; and
(24) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture) including any terms
which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or
regulations or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with
the marketing of Securities of the series.
(c) All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board
Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to
Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the related
Officers' Certificate or (iii) in an indenture supplemental hereto. All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the
Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
(d) If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution
shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining,
the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any
action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities
of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and
delivery thereof.
Section 3.2 Denominations. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of that
series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, and shall be payable in Dollars.
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced
thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The
signatures of any of these Officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.
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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time, the Company may deliver Securities of
any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and
the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities
from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without
limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from
the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing)
acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified pursuant to a Company Order
delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of
Securities of such series.
If the form or terms of the Securities of a series have been established
by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and
3.1, in authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1 hereof) shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the forms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that such
forms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such
terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a
Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture, subject in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic
Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to
general equity principles and except further as enforcement thereof may be
limited by (A) requirements that a claim with respect to any Securities
denominated other than in Dollars (or a Foreign Currency or currency unit
judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into Dollars at a rate of
exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law or (B)
governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments
in Foreign Currencies or currency units or payments outside the United
States;
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(4) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such
Securities and has duly taken all necessary corporate action with respect
to such issuance;
(5) that the issuance of such Securities will not contravene the
charter or bylaws of the Company or result in any violation of any of the
terms or provisions of any law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage
or other agreement known to such counsel by which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is bound;
(6) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of the Securities, and the related supplemental
indenture, if any, have been complied with and that the authentication and
delivery of such Securities and the execution and delivery of the related
supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms
of the Indenture; and
(7) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
Notwithstanding that such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee
shall have the right to decline to authenticate such Securities if, in the
written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of
the Trustee) reasonably acceptable to the Company, the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Notwithstanding the generality of the
foregoing, the Trustee will not be required to authenticate Securities
denominated in a Foreign Currency if the Trustee reasonably believes that it
would be unable to perform its duties with respect to such Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the two preceding
paragraphs, if all of the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs in connection with
the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents, with
appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, are delivered at or
prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such
series to be issued.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the
Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such
Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other
documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such
series.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities
of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global
Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance
with this Section and the Company Order with respect to such series,
authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities which (i) shall represent
and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding
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Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Security or
Securities, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the
nominee of such Depositary for such Global Security or Securities, (iii) shall
be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's
instruction and (iv) shall bear the legends set forth in Section 2.4 and the
terms of the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series.
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.1 for a Security issued
in the form of a Global Security must, at the time of its designation and at all
times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or
regulation. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the
Depositary is so registered. Each Depositary shall enter into an agreement with
the Trustee governing the respective duties and rights of such Depositary and
the Trustee with regard to Global Securities.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefits under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature
of one of the authorized signatories of the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent.
Such signature upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 3.9 together with a written statement (which need not comply
with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating
that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all
purposes of this Indenture, such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture.
Section 3.4 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute and, upon Company Order, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities of such series which
are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in
any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor and form of the
definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such
temporary Securities may be issued as Global Securities, representing all or a
portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Except in the case of temporary Securities issued as Global Securities,
each of which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
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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 pursuant to Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment
for such series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation
of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of
any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series except as otherwise specified
or as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Section 3.5 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause
to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or
agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 9.2 in a Place
of Payment a register of Holders of Securities (the "Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and the registration of transfers of
Securities. The Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee is
hereby appointed "Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series
at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment
for that series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount containing identical terms and provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Security
issued in the form of a Global Security) may be exchanged for other Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount containing identical terms and provisions, upon surrender of
the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such series or a nominee
thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian
therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for
all purposes of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it
is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form in the
circumstances described below, a Global Security representing all or a portion
of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by
such Depositary
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or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of
such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of
such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.3, the Company shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If
a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 Business Days after the Company receives such notice or
becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's election pursuant to Section
3.1(b)(23) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such
series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such
series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series
of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or
Securities of such series of like tenor in the form of a Global Security in
exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that
Securities shall no longer be represented by such a Global Security or
Securities. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated
Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such
series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or
Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Depositary for such series may surrender a Global
Security of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such
series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and
such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new certificated
Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount
equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the
Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount
of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of
certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in certificated
form, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities in
certificated form issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this
Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
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denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or upon any
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Registrar or the Trustee)
be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee 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 for
any 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 or transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4 or 10.7 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are
to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register
the transfer of, or exchange any Securities for a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 Business Days before any selection for redemption of
Securities of like tenor and of such series of which such Security is a part and
ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant
notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities
of like tenor and of such series to be redeemed or (ii) to register the transfer
of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The foregoing provisions relating to registration, transfer and exchange
may be modified, supplemented or superseded with respect to any series of
Securities by a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto.
Section 3.6 Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is surrendered
to the Trustee, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as
may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a
replacement Security of the same series and date of maturity, if the Trustee's
requirements are met.
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If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement
Security, of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms
and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay any such Security upon provision by the
Holder of such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company and the
Trustee.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require 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, its agents and counsel) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. (a) Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest, if any, on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest at the office or agency maintained for such purpose pursuant
to Section 9.2; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, interest
on any series of Securities that bear interest may be paid (i) by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it shall appear on the Register
of Holders of Securities of such series or (ii) at the expense of the Company,
by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as
specified in the Register of Holders of Securities of such series.
(b) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to any series of Securities, any interest on Securities 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
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forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date
by virtue of their having been such Holders, 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 such Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names such Securities (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 provided in this clause (1). 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 Business
Days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Holder of such Securities at his address as it appears in the
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 such Securities (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 such Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a specified date 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
(2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.5,
each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of any
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee
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may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on, such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee 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
Global Security, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or
the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any
Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security
or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such
Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of
the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global
Security.
Section 3.9 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities
to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and any Paying Agent shall
forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for replacement, for
registration of transfer, or for exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel
all Securities surrendered for replacement, for registration of transfer, or for
exchange, payment, redemption or cancellation and may, but shall not be required
to, dispose of cancelled Securities and issue a certificate of destruction to
the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that
it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use
"CUSIP", "ISIN" or Common Code numbers (if then generally in use), and, in such
case, the Trustee shall use such numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers.
Section 3.12 Currency and Manner of Payment in Respect of Securities. (a)
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section
3.1, with respect to Securities of any series not permitting the election
provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of which have not made the
election provided for in paragraph (b) below, payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Security of such series will be
made in Dollars or in such Foreign Currency or Currencies or currency unit or
units in which such
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Security is payable. The provisions of this Section 3.12 may be modified or
superseded pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.1, with respect to Securities
of any series, that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d) and
(e) below, to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on such Securities in any of the currencies or currency units which may be
designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee (or the applicable
Paying Agent) a written election with signature guarantees and in the applicable
form established pursuant to Section 3.1, not later than the close of business
on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a
Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such currency or currency unit,
such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such
Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the
Trustee (or any applicable Paying Agent) for such series of Securities (but any
such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election
Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment
to be made on such payment date, and no such change of election may be made with
respect to payments to be made on any Security of such series with respect to
which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has
deposited funds pursuant to Article 4 or with respect to which a notice of
redemption has been given by or on behalf of the Company). Any Holder of any
such Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee (or
any applicable Paying Agent) not later than the close of business on the
applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment
date in the relevant currency or currency unit as provided in Section 3.12(a).
The Trustee (or the applicable Paying Agent) shall notify the Exchange Rate
Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate principal
amount of Securities for which Holders have made such written election.
(c) If the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided
for with respect to any Securities of a series pursuant to Section 3.1, then,
unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any such
Securities, not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for
each payment date for such Securities, the Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to
the Company a written notice specifying, in the currency or currencies or
currency unit or units in which Securities of such series are payable, the
respective aggregate amounts of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on such Securities to be paid on such payment date, and specifying the
amounts in such currency or currencies or currency unit or units so payable in
respect of such Securities as to which the Holders of Securities denominated in
any currency or currencies or currency unit or units 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 with
respect to any Securities of a series pursuant to Section 3.1, and if at least
one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date the Company
will deliver to the Trustee (or the applicable Paying Agent) an Exchange Rate
Officers' Certificate in respect of the Dollar, Foreign Currency or Currencies,
ECU, or other currency unit payments to be made on such payment date. Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the Dollar, Foreign Currency or
Currencies, ECU or other currency unit amount receivable by Holders of
Securities who have
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elected payment in a currency or currency unit as provided in paragraph (b)
above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market
Exchange Rate in effect on the second Business Day (the "Valuation Date")
immediately preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency, ECU
or any other currency unit in which any of the Securities are denominated or
payable otherwise than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to
paragraph (b) above, then, with respect to each date for the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the applicable
Securities 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 used (the "Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall
be the currency of payment for use on each such payment date (but such Foreign
Currency, ECU or such other currency unit that was previously the currency of
payment shall, at the 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). Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the Dollar amount
to be paid by the Company to the Trustee or any applicable Paying Agent and by
the Trustee or any applicable Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities
with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency
other than a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or in
the case of a Foreign Currency that is a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of
the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the
manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, if the Holder of a
Security denominated in any currency or currency unit shall have elected to be
paid in another currency or currency unit or in other currencies as provided in
paragraph (b) above, and (i) a Conversion Event occurs with respect to any such
elected currency or currency unit, such Holder shall receive payment in the
currency or currency unit in which payment would have been made in the absence
of such election and (ii) if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the
currency or currency unit in which payment would have been made in the absence
of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in
paragraph (d) of this Section 3.12 (but, subject to any contravening valid
election pursuant to paragraph (b) above, the elected payment currency or
currency unit, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (i) above,
or the payment currency or currency unit in the absence of such election, in the
case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) above, shall, at the
Company's election, resume being the currency or currency unit 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 or currency unit, in the case of the circumstances
described in clause (i) above, or the Dollar, in the case of the circumstances
described in clause (ii) above, as applicable, becoming the currency or currency
unit of payment, no longer prevail).
(f) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be determined by
the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date
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Rate Agent by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the
Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined by
the Exchange Rate Agent and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (h) below,
shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of
each Component Currency (as each such term is defined in paragraph (h) below)
into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the
Valuation Date with respect to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 3.12, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Component Currency" shall mean any currency which, on the Conversion
Date, was a component currency of the relevant currency unit, including, but not
limited to, ECU.
"Election Date" shall mean the Regular Record Date for the applicable
series of Securities as specified pursuant to Section 3.1 by which the written
election referred to in Section 3.12(b) may be made.
A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the number of
units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which such Component
Currency represented in the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited
to, ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit
of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in
the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component
Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified
Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such
consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single currency, and such
amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single currency shall
thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component
Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of
such Component Currency shall be replaced by 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.
If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including, but not
limited to, ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in
this definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect to any Component
Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation
Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of
calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such
Component Currency.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency
Unit, the Market
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Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be
in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the
Trustee (and any applicable Paying Agent) and all Holders of Securities
denominated or payable in the relevant currency, currencies or currency units.
The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Company and
the Trustee of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a Conversion
Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company will promptly
give written notice thereof to the Trustee (or any applicable Paying Agent) and
to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee (or such Paying Agent) will promptly
thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to the affected
Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event the Company so determines
that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to ECU or any other currency
unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company will promptly
give written notice thereof to the Trustee (or any applicable Paying Agent) and
to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee (or such Paying Agent)) will
promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to the
affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of
each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Company
determines in good faith that any subsequent change in any Component Currency as
set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred, the Company
will similarly give written notice to the Trustee (or any applicable Paying
Agent) and to the Exchange Rate Agent.
The Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities shall be fully
justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it
from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any
duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information
independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent.
Section 3.13 Appointment and Resignation of Exchange Rate Agent. (a)
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, if and so long as the
Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a currency other than Dollars or
(ii) may be payable in a currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is
required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will
maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at
least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to
make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the manner
specified pursuant to Section 3.12 for the purpose of determining the applicable
rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued
currency or currencies or currency unit or units into the applicable payment
currency or currency unit for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities pursuant to Section 3.12.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a
successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective
until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as
evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and the Trustee of
the appropriate series of Securities accepting such appointment executed by the
successor Exchange Rate Agent.
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(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange
Rate Agency for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect
to the Securities of any particular series that are originally issued by the
Company on the same date and that are initially denominated and/or payable in
the same currency or currencies or currency unit or units).
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Section 4.1 Termination of Company's Obligations under the Indenture. (a)
This Indenture shall upon a Company Request cease to be of further effect with
respect to Securities of or within any series (except as to any surviving rights
of registration of transfer or exchange of such Securities and replacement of
such Securities which may have been lost, stolen or mutilated as herein
expressly provided for) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to such Securities when
(i) either
(A) all such Securities previously authenticated and delivered (other than
(1) such Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid, as provided in Section 3.6, (2) such Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
such trust as provided in Section 9.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series (1) have become due and payable, or (2)
will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (3) if
redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose an amount in the currency or currencies or currency unit or units in
which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest, with
respect thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which
have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as
the case may be;
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(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to
such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligation
of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.9, the
obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of
clause (i) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and
the last paragraph of Section 9.3 shall survive.
Section 4.2 Application of Trust Funds. Subject to the provisions of the
last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly
or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the
principal, premium, if any, and any interest for whose payment such money has
been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 4.3 Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If pursuant to Section 3.1, provision
is made for either or both of (i) defeasance of the Securities of or within a
series under Section 4.4 or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or
within a series under Section 4.5, then the provisions of such Section or
Sections, as the case may be, together with the provisions of Sections 4.6
through 4.9 inclusive, with such modifications thereto as may be specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities, shall be applicable to
such Securities, and the Company may at its option by or pursuant to Board
Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities, elect to have Section
4.4 (if applicable) or Section 4.5 (if applicable) be applied to such
Outstanding Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in
this Article.
Section 4.4 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of the
option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to the
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities on and after the
date the conditions set forth in Section 4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter
"defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 4.7 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in
clause (ii) of this Section, and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall on a Company
Order execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except the following
which shall survive until otherwise terminated or
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discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive,
solely from the trust funds described in Section 4.6(a) and as more fully set
forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due; (ii) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.5, 3.6,
9.2 and 9.3 and with respect to the payment of additional amounts, if any,
payable with respect to such Securities as specified pursuant to Section
3.1(b)(17); (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Article 4. Subject to compliance with this
Article 4, the Company may exercise its option under this Section
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 4.5 with respect
to such Securities. Following a defeasance, payment of such Securities may not
be accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 4.5 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the option
specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its
obligations under Sections 7.1, 9.9 and 9.10 and, if specified pursuant to
Section 3.1, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such
Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.6 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities shall
thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with Sections 7.1, 9.9 and 9.10 or such other covenant,
but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder.
For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or
such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of
reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other provision
herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute
a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.1(3) or 5.1(7), or otherwise,
as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 4.6 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following
shall be the conditions to application of Section 4.4 or Section 4.5 to any
Securities of or within a series:
(a) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably
with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.12
who shall agree to comply with, and shall be entitled to the benefits of, the
provisions of Sections 4.3 through 4.9 inclusive and the last paragraph of
Section 9.3 applicable to the Trustee, for purposes of such Sections, also a
"Trustee") as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the payments
referred to in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 4.6(a), specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, with written instructions to the Trustee as to the application
thereof, (A) money in an amount (in such currency, currencies or currency unit
or units in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Maturity), or
(B) if Securities of such series are not subject to repayment at the option of
Holders, Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and
principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not
later than one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (x)
or (y) of this
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Section 4.6(a), money in an amount or (C) a combination thereof in an amount
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by
the Trustee to pay and discharge, (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on such Securities on the Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments
applicable to such Securities on the day on which such payments are due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities.
Before such a deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date or dates in accordance
with Article 10 which shall be given effect in applying the foregoing.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this Indenture
or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound.
(c) In the case of an election under Section 4.5, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of
such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 4.4 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 4.5 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities
of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted
as a result of such deposit.
(f) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or,
with regard to any such event specified in Sections 5.1(5) and (6), at any time
on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood
that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(g) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (i) cause the Trustee
for the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as defined in
Section 6.12(b) hereof or, for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act, with respect
to any securities of the Company or (ii) cause the trust arising from such
deposit to constitute an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be
registered under such act or exempt from registration thereunder.
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(h) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance
with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be
imposed on the Company in connection therewith as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Section 4.7 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money
and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to
Section 3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.6 in respect of any Securities of any series shall be held
in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to
become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to
Section 3.1, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 4.6(a) has been made,
(i) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in
which the deposit pursuant to Section 4.6(a) has been made in respect of such
Security, or (ii) a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 3.12(d)
or 3.12(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of indebtedness for which
the deposit pursuant to Section 4.6(a) has been made, the indebtedness
represented by such Security shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully
discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the
proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case
of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such
Security into the currency or currency unit in which such Security becomes
payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable
Market Exchange Rate for such currency or currency unit in effect on the second
Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion
Event, for such currency or currency unit in effect (as nearly as feasible) at
the time of the Conversion Event.
Section 4.8 Repayment to Company. The Trustee (and any Paying Agent) shall
promptly pay to the Company upon Company Request any excess money or securities
held by them at any time.
Section 4.9 Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay,
and shall indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Article or
the principal and interest and any other amount received on such Government
Obligations.
Section 4.10 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable
to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any
Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
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such application, then the obligation under this Indenture and such Securities
from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 4.4
or 4.5 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant
to Section 4.7 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article;
provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any
premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in
trust.
ARTICLE V
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 5.1 Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs with respect
to the Securities of any series if (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of
that series or any additional amount payable with respect to any Security
of that series as specified pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(16) when the same
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30
days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security of that series at its Maturity or on redemption or
otherwise, or in the payment of a mandatory sinking fund payment when and
as due by the terms of the Securities of that series;
(3) the Company fails to comply in any respect with any of its agreements
or covenants in, or any of the provisions of, this Indenture with respect
to any Security of that series (other than an agreement, covenant or
provision for which non-compliance is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with), and such non-compliance continues for a period
of 60 days after there has been given by registered or certified mail, to
the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of the series, a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder;
(4) (a) a failure by the Company or any Subsidiary to pay any portion of
the principal of any Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount of
$15,000,000 or more when due and payable after the expiration of any
applicable grace period with respect thereto or
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(b) the acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company or
any Subsidiary in excess of $15,000,000, and such acceleration shall not
be rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not be paid in full
within a period of 10 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
event of default and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration to
be rescinded or annulled or to pay in full such Indebtedness and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; (it being understood
however, that the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such
default under such agreement or instrument unless either (i) a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (ii)
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice
thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such
Indebtedness or from the trustee under any such agreement or other
instrument); provided, however, that if such default is remedied or cured
by the Company or waived by the holders of such Indebtedness, then the
Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to
have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon
the part of either the Trustee or any of such Holders;
(5) the Company, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law,
(A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding, (B) consents to the entry of
an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding, (C)
consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property, (D) makes a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, (E) makes an admission in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or (F) takes
corporate action in furtherance of any such action;
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company, in an
involuntary case, (B) adjudges the Company as bankrupt or insolvent, or
approves as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
and adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company, or appoints
a Custodian of the Company, or for all or substantially all of its
property, or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by Section 3.1
with respect to Securities of that series.
As used in this Indenture, the term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S.
Code, or any similar federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other law for the relief of debtors. As used in the Indenture, the term
"Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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Section 5.2 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of all of the Outstanding Securities of that series by written notice to
the Company (and if given by the Holders, to the Trustee), may declare the
principal (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the original principal amount
as may be specified in the terms of that series) of and accrued interest, if
any, on the Securities of that series to be due and payable and upon any such
declaration such principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed Securities, such specified amount) and interest, if any,
shall be 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 aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if all existing Defaults
and Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which has become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 5.7. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default
or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit
of the Holders of such Securities the whole amount then due and payable on
such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest and, to the
extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal, premium, if any, and on any overdue
interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities and,
in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any
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covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents and take such actions authorized
under the Trust Indenture Act as may be necessary or advisable in order to have
the claims of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities allowed in any judicial
proceedings relating to the Company, its creditors or its property. In
particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the
same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator
or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized
by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.9.
Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee, in its own name as an express trust,
without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect to which judgment
was recovered.
Section 5.6 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon an Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of Default.
Section 5.7 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series by written
notice to the Trustee may waive on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series a past Default or Event of Default with respect to that series and
its consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Security of such series or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Section 8.2
cannot be amended or modified without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default
shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture.
Section 5.8 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected (with
each such series voting as a class) shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to
Securities of that series; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, (ii) the Trustee
may refuse to follow any
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direction that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of the Holders of Securities
of such series not consenting or that would in the good faith judgment of the
Trustee have a substantial likelihood of involving the Trustee in personal
liability and (iii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 5.9 Limitation on Suits by Holders. No Holder of any Security of
any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) the Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series have made a 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 indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be,
or which may be, incurred by the Trustee in pursuing the remedy;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and the offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceedings; and
(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series
have not given to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written
request.
No one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue of, or by availing of any provision of this Indenture, to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to
obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.10 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture, but subject to Section 9.2, the right of any
Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and,
subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7, interest on the Security, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in the Security (or, in case of redemption, on
the redemption dates), or, subject to Section 5.9, to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.11 Application of Money Collected. If the Trustee collects any
money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following
order, at the date or dates
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fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account
of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities
and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon
surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.9;
SECOND: to Holders of Securities in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected for amounts due and unpaid
on such Securities for principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any,
and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders pursuant to this Section 5.11. At least 15 Business Days before such
record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that
states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 5.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in
every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 5.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or the Holders is intended to
be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right
and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.14 Waiver of Usury, 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 usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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Section 5.15 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any
right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any
action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require
the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
the party litigant; provided, that the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's duties and
responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
shall 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.
Section 6.2 Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
(other than delivery of any Security to the Trustee for authentication and
delivery pursuant to Section 3.3 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as
provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(c) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in reliance on a Board Resolution or a
certificate of an Officer or Officers delivered pursuant to Section 1.2 or an
Officers' Certificate.
(d) The Trustee may act through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees
and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent,
attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with due care.
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(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers or for any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with the
direction of the Holders in accordance with Section 5.8 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.
(f) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection 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 to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of
any of the Holders, or 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 its rights or powers, unless such Holder shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request, order
or direction.
(h) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney.
(i) 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
6.2.
(j) If the Trustee is acting as Paying Agent and Registrar hereunder, the
rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI
shall also be afforded to such Paying Agent and Registrar.
Section 6.3 Trustee May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent,
any Registrar or any other agent of the Company in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company,
an Affiliate or Subsidiary with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or such other agent.
Section 6.4 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed upon in writing with the
Company.
Section 6.5 Trustee's Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein and in the
Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
accuracy of this Indenture or the Securities. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities or for
monies paid over to the Company pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 6.6 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing with
respect to the Securities of any series and if it is known to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall, within 90 days after it occurs, transmit by mail to the
Holders of Securities of such series, in the manner and to the extent provided
in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, notice of all Defaults known to it
unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that
except in the case of a Default in payment on the Securities of any series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
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notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
such notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of that series. For
the purpose of this Section 6.6, the term "default" means any event which is,
or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of such series.
Section 6.7 Reports by Trustee to Holders. On or before July 15 of each
year following the date hereof so long as any Securities are Outstanding, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in
Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act a brief report dated as of the
preceding May 15 if required by and in compliance with Section 313(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange, if
any, upon which the Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the
Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the
Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 6.8 Preservation of Information; Securityholder Lists. (a) The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the
most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of
Securities of each series. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee (i) semiannually, but not more than 15 days after
each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form and as of such date as the
Trustee may reasonably require, containing the names and addresses of Holders of
Securities of each such series as of such Regular Record Date; and (ii) at such
times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by
the Company of any such request, a list in similar form and content as of a date
not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished.
(b) The rights of the Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the
Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 6.9 Compensation and Indemnity. (a) The Company shall pay to the
Trustee from time to time such reasonable compensation for its services as the
Company and the Trustee shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee's
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an
express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection with the
performance of its duties under this Indenture, except any such expense as may
be attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee's
agents and counsel.
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(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors,
employees and agents for, (and any predecessor Trustee), and hold it and them
harmless against, any loss or liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense,
including reasonable legal fees and expenses and taxes (other than taxes based
upon or determined or measured by the income of the Trustee), incurred by it or
them arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Indenture and the Securities or the issuance of the Securities or a series
thereof or the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable 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. The
Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek
indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in
the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any
settlement made without its consent.
(c) The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any
loss or liability incurred by the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees or
agents through negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
(d) To secure the payment obligations of the Company pursuant to this
Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series on
all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in
trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and any interest on, particular
Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(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 Bankruptcy Law.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.9 to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances
shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the rejection or termination of
this Indenture under Bankruptcy Law or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Trustee. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular
Securities.
Section 6.10 Replacement of Trustee. (a) The resignation or removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only
upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of appointment as provided in Section
6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
any series by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to that
series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor
Trustee for such series with the Company's consent.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months; or
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(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.12 of
this Indenture or Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail
to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder
of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months; or
(3) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting, is adjudged a bankrupt
or an insolvent or a receiver or public officer takes charge of the
Trustee or its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section
315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 Business
Days after the giving of such notice of resignation or removal, the Trustee
resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by or pursuant to Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it
being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect
to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time
there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. 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
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee, without
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers
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,
including, without limitation, the payment of any and all amounts then due and
owing to the retiring Trustee, 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 such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto wherein such successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such 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, (ii) 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 (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, after the payment
of all moneys due and owing to it with respect to those Securities or that
series thereof, 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 to more fully and certainly vest in and confirm 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
the Trust Indenture Act.
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(e) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner
provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.6. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 6.12 Eligibility; Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. (a)
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act
as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the
requirements of Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia supervising
or examining authority, then, for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 6.13 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 to the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint
an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue, exchange or
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be
valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall
be promptly furnished to the Company. Whenever 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
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of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and, except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 3.1, shall at all times be a bank or
trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing
under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or the District
of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act
on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series
and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for
its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's
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certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication
substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE VII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS
Section 7.1 Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted. The Company
shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, or transfer, sell,
convey or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety, nor may
the Company permit any other Person to consolidate or merge into the Company or
transfer, sell, convey or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or any merger
(if other than the Company), or the Person which acquires the Company's
properties and assets is organized and existing under the laws of the United
States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if
other than the Company), or the Person which acquires the Company's properties
and assets assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the Company
under the Securities and this Indenture;
(3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no Default or Event
of Default shall have happened and be continuing; and
(4) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such
conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become
subject to a Lien which would not be an Extended Lien with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may
be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure such
Securities equally and ratably with all indebtedness secured thereby.
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The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed
transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation
of the transaction under this Indenture have been met.
In the event of the assumption by a successor corporation as
provided in clause (2) above, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company hereunder and under the Securities with the same
effect as if it had been named hereunder and thereunder and all such obligations
of the Company, except in the case of a lease, shall terminate.
ARTICLE VIII
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee at any time and from time to time, may enter into indentures
supplemental hereto, in form reasonably 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 and obligations of the
Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of
less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are
expressly included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(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 Global Securities; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided, that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when
there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of
such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
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(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11; or
(9) to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such
action shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series; or
(10) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake, provided such action
shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities
of any series.
Section 8.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the
written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of each series adversely affected by such
supplemental indenture (with the Securities of each series voting as a class),
the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter
into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto to add any provisions to or
to change or eliminate any provisions of this Indenture or of any other
indenture supplemental hereto or to modify the rights of the Holders of such
Securities; provided, however, that without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby, a supplemental indenture under this
Section may not:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, if
any, on, or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the
rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or change the manner in which the amount of any principal thereof
or premium, if any, or interest thereon is determined or reduce the amount
of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the Place of
Payment where or the currency in which any Securities 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);
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities affected thereby, 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 to maintain an office or
agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 9.2; or
(4) make any change in Section 5.7 or this Section 8.2(a) except to
increase any percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of
this Indenture cannot be modified or waived with the consent of the
Holders of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
(5) 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 is not necessary under this Section 8.2 for the Holders to consent to
the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it is sufficient
if they consent to the substance thereof.
Section 8.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to this
Indenture or the Securities of one or more series shall be set forth in a
supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect.
Section 8.4 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 8.5 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 8.6 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 may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
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ARTICLE IX
COVENANTS
Section 9.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, If Any, and Interest. The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, together with additional amounts, if any, on the Securities
of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and
this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall
be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on
that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment.
Section 9.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. 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. Unless otherwise provided in any
supplemental indenture in respect of the Securities of any series, the Company
will maintain, (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office
or agency where any Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered
for payment, where any 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 (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 (including payment of any additional amounts payable
on Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(17)); 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. 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, and the Company
hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations,
surrenders, notice and demands.
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
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of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any
such other office or agency.
Section 9.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed
Money. 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, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of that
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, 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 in writing 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,
premium, if any, or interest 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 written notice of any default by the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities;
and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same terms 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 any principal, premium or interest on
any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid
to the Company on Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
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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 City of New York, or cause to be mailed to such Holder, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall
not be less than 30 Business Days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 9.4 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article VII, the Company will
at all times do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in
full force and effect its corporate existence and its rights and franchises;
provided, that nothing in this Section 9.4 shall prevent the abandonment or
termination of any right or franchise of the Company if, in the opinion of the
Company, such abandonment or termination is in the best interests of the Company
and not prejudicial in any material respect to the Holders of the Securities.
Section 9.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or
imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or
property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (b) all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the
property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any
such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 9.6 Reports by the Company. The Company covenants:
(a) to file with the Trustee, within 30 Business 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 Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections,
then to 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 Exchange Act in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be
prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
the 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 provided for
in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and
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(c) to transmit to all Holders of Securities, within 30 Business
Days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the
extent provided in section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 9.6, as
may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including information
concerning the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to
which the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on Officers' Certificates).
Section 9.7 Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults or Events of
Default. (a) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within
10 Business Days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a certificate
from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with
all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section
9.7, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace
or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within a
reasonable time after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Default
or an Event of Default of the character specified in Section 5.1(4) hereof,
written notice of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default.
Section 9.8 Books of Record and Account. The Company will keep appropriate
books of record and account, either on a consolidated or individual basis. The
Company shall cause its books of record and account to be examined either on a
consolidated or individual basis, by one or more firms of independent public
accountants not less frequently than annually. The Company shall prepare its
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Section 9.9 Limitations on Liens. Except as provided below, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company may incur, issue, assume or guarantee
any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any property or assets of the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company, or any shares of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary
of the Company, without effectively providing that the Securities of any series
(together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness which
is not subordinated to the Securities of any series) shall be secured equally
and ratably with (or prior to) such Indebtedness, so long as such Indebtedness
shall be so secured; provided, however, that this covenant shall not apply to
Indebtedness secured by (i) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture; (ii)
Liens on property or assets of, or on any shares of stock of, any entity
existing at the time such entity becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or merges
into or consolidates with the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; (iii)
Liens on property or assets or on shares of stock existing at the time of
acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary
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of the Company (including acquisition through acquisition or merger or
consolidation or by a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of a
corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or a
Subsidiary); (iv) Liens to secure the financing of the acquisition, construction
or improvement of property, or the acquisition of shares of stock by the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company, provided, that such Liens cover only the
property or shares so acquired, constructed or improved and are created not
later than one year after such acquisition or, in the case of property, not
later than one year after completion of construction, improvement or
commencement of commercial operation, whichever is later; (v) Liens in favor of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (vi) Liens in favor of, or
required by, governmental authorities; (vii) Liens in favor of the Trustee for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities; (viii) Liens securing Indebtedness
in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of 10% of the Company's Total
Capitalization; and (ix) any extension, renewal or replacement as a whole or in
part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (viii) inclusive;
provided, however, that (a) such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be
limited to the same property, assets or shares of stock that secured the Lien
extended, renewed or replaced and (b) in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii)
and (iv), the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not so increased
(other than an increase in such Indebtedness equal to the amount of any premium
required to be paid in connection with, or reasonably determined by the Company
to be necessary to accomplish, any extension, renewal or replacement of such
Indebtedness and the expenses of the Company and its Subsidiaries incurred in
any such extension, renewal or replacement of such Indebtedness) and in the case
of clause (viii), any increases shall be subject to the limit contained therein
(the Liens permitted by clauses (i) through (ix) being referred to,
collectively, as the "Excluded Liens").
Section 9.10 Limitation on Disposition of Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries. So long as any Securities are Outstanding, the Company shall not,
and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, issue, sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Capital Stock (other than
preferred stock having no voting rights of any kind) of any Restricted
Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any
Restricted Subsidiary) except for, subject to Article VII, (i) directors'
qualifying shares, (ii) any issuance, sale, transfer or other disposition of any
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Subsidiary having direct
or indirect control of any Restricted Subsidiary) to the Company or to a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company or (iii) any issuance, sale, transfer or
other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (or of any
Subsidiary having direct or indirect control of any Restricted Subsidiary) made
for at least a fair value consideration as determined by the Board of Directors
of the Company pursuant to a Board Resolution adopted in good faith.
ARTICLE X
REDEMPTION
Section 10.1 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
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otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
Section 10.2 Election to Redeem Notice to Trustee. The election of the
Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution. In the case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less
than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 Business
Days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such
Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In
the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which
is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company
shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction or condition.
Section 10.3 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if less than all the Securities of a
series with the same terms are to be redeemed, the Trustee, not more than 45
Business Days prior to the redemption date, shall select the Securities of the
series to be redeemed in such manner as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion
of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided, that the
unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security. The Trustee shall make the selection from
Securities of the series that are Outstanding and that have not previously been
called for redemption and 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 by the Trustee for redemption and, in the
case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in
the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be
included in the Securities selected for redemption. If less than all the
Securities of any series with differing issue dates, interest rates and stated
maturities are to be redeemed, the Company in its sole discretion shall select
the particular Securities to be redeemed and shall notify the Trustee in writing
thereof at least 45 Business Days prior to the relevant redemption date.
For 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 10.4 Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 1.6 not less
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than 30 Business Days nor more than 60 Business Days prior to the Redemption
Date to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of a series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amounts) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive, without a charge, a new
Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount
thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities maturing after
the Redemption Date are to be surrendered for payment for the Redemption Price;
(6) that Securities of the series called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(7) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(8) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and
(9) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's written request, by the Trustee in the name and at
the expense of the Company.
Section 10.5 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case
of a sinking fund payment under Article XI, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 9.3) an amount of money in the currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 for the
Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the
Redemption Price of, and (unless the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) interest accrued to the Redemption Date on, all Securities or
portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
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Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment
obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
(including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the
Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such
payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this
Indenture.
Section 10.6 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. Except as provided in the next succeeding paragraph,
upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said
notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price,
together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of
interest on 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
3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
Section 10.7 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security
that is redeemed in part at any 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), the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
that Security, without service charge a new Security or Securities of the same
series, having the same form, terms and Stated Maturity, in any authorized
denomination equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the principal amount of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE XI
SINKING FUNDS
Section 11.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 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
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referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. 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 11.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The
Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 11.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60
Business 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 11.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 30 Business 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 10.3 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Company in the manner provided in Section 10.4. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 10.6 and 10.7.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but
one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
EXECUTIVE RISK INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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