Exhibit 4.1
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY TO
WACHOVIA BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee
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INDENTURE
Dated as of June 15, 1991
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 15, 1991, between Sonoco Products Company,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of South
Carolina (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at North
Second Street, Hartsville, South Carolina, and Wachovia Bank of North Carolina,
National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the
date of such computation; and
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Attributable Debt", when used in connection with a sale and lease-back
transaction referred to herein shall mean, as of any particular time, the
aggregate of present values (discounted at a rate per annum equal to the average
interest borne by all Outstanding Securities determined on a weighted average
basis and compounded semi-annually) of the obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary for net rental payments during the remaining term of all leases
(including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the
option of the lessor, be extended). The term "net rental payments" under any
lease of any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required
to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including, however, any
amounts required to be paid by such lessee (whether or not designated as rental
or additional rental) on account of maintenance and repairs, reconstruction,
insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be
paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee
thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs,
reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
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"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if
at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, at any date, the total assets
appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of the Company,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, less (a)
all current liabilities as shown on such balance sheet and (b) intangible
assets. "Intangible assets" means the value (net of any applicable reserves), as
shown on or reflected in such balance sheet of: (i) all trade names, trademarks,
licenses, patents, copyrights and goodwill; (ii) organizational costs; and (iii)
deferred charges (other than prepaid items such as insurance, taxes, interest,
commissions, rents and similar items and tangible assets being amortized); but
in no event shall the term "intangible assets" include product development
costs.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be administered.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary for such series by the Company
pursuant to Section 301, which Person shall be a clearing agency registered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and if at any time there
is more than one such Person, `Depositary' as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Securities of such series.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary (a) incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any state, territory or possession thereof, or the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (b) the operations of which are substantially
conducted in the United States or its territories or possessions, or in the
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or (c) a substantial portion of the assets of which
are located in the United States or its territories or possessions, or in the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. A "wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary" is any
Domestic Subsidiary of which all Outstanding Securities having the voting power
to elect the Board of Directors of such Domestic Subsidiary (irrespective of
whether or not at the time securities of any other class or classes of such
Domestic Subsidiary shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) are at the time directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by the Company, or by one or more wholly owned Domestic Subsidiaries,
or by the Company and one or more wholly owned Domestic Subsidiaries.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency or cash issued by the government of
any country other than the United States of America or units based on or
relating to such currencies (including European Currency Units) (such units,
including European Currency Units, being hereinafter referred to as `composite
currencies' or `basket currencies').
"Foreign Government Securities" means, with respect to Securities of
any series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, noncallable (i) direct
obligations of the government that issued such Foreign Currency for the payment
of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of such government, the payment of which obligations is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government.
"Funded Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness maturing by its terms more
than one year from the date of the determination thereof, including any
Indebtedness renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date
later than one year from the date of the determination thereof.
"Global Security" or "Global Securities" means a Security or
Securities, as the case may be, in the form prescribed in Section 204 evidencing
all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series
or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indebtedness" means (i) all obligations for borrowed money, (ii) all
obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
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(iii) all obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances or
similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (iv)
all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services,
except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (v)
all obligations as lessee which are capitalized in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and (vi) all Indebtedness of others guaranteed
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or for which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is otherwise responsible or liable (whether by agreement to
purchase indebtedness of, or to supply funds or to invest in, others).
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"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.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and
by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
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Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to
the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by
a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
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, (i) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the
U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by
Section 301 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal
amount (or, in the case of an original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar
equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount
determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, and (iii) Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only securities which the Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
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particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman
of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any
assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller
or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at least a majority of
Outstanding securities have the voting power to elect a majority of the Board of
Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time
securities of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Company, or by one or more of
the Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries.
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"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations of the United
States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States and the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed by the United States.
"United States" means the United States of America excluding its
territories and possessions, but including the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
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 covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
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(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by 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 (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
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(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 Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to
vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series. If not set by the Company prior to the first
solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such series made by any Person in
respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such
vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if
later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided
pursuant to Section 701) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case
may be. With regard to any record date for action to be taken by the Holders of
one or more series of Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such series
on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to give or
take, or vote on, the relevant action.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Security.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Officer, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
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the company addressed to it at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
that 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.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
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Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their Successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of the Securities of any series which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of
Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no
interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set
forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
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Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
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.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[If applicable, insert the following legend, or such other legend as may be
required by the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder:
FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS
SECURITY IS ____% OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE ISSUE
DATE IS _______________, 19[_,] [AND] THE YIELD TO
MATURITY IS ____%[, THE METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE
YIELD IS ___________ AND THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT APPLICABLE TO THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD OF
_________, 19__ TO _________, 19_ IS ____% OF THE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SECURITY.]
No............... $...............
Sonoco Products Company, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of South Carolina (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 to bear
interest prior to Maturity, insert -- , and to pay interest thereon from
......................... or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ............ and
........... in each year, commencing ............., at the rate of ....% per
annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if
applicable, insert -- , and (to the extent that the Payment of such
----------------------- interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of
....% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue
installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the ............ or ............ (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may
either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
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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, insert --
The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such
default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any
such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear
interest at the rate of ......% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of
such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or
duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ............., in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert -- ;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register, or by wire transfer to the Person
entitled thereto].
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:
..............................................................
By:.........................................................
Attest:
..................................................
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of .................. (herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and ..............., as Trustee (herein called
the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture),
to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof[, limited in aggregate principal amount to $..............].
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are not subject
to redemption.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' ........................ notice by mail,
[if applicable, insert -- (1) on .................in any year commencing with
the year ............... and ....................... ending with the year
........... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption
Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after
............, 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,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ----- ---- -----
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
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[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ..................
in any year commencing with the year ..... and ending with the year
............... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [on or after ...............], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning ............ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the than Through Operation
Year 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
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to ........,
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [Clause (2) of] the
preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation
by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an
interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted
financial practice) of less than .....% per annum.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
.............. in each year beginning with the year ........ and ending with the
year ........ of [not less than $............. ("mandatory sinking fund") and
not more than] $........ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this
series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise
than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against
subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in
the inverse order in which they become due].]
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[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 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 applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b)
certain restrictive covenants upon compliance by the Company with certain
conditions, set forth therein, which provisions apply to the Securities of this
series.]
[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 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof 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 any premium and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series 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 $............ 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.
Section 204. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.
Any Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the
provisions contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
`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 registered in the name
of a person other than the Depositary or its
nominee only in the limited circumstances described
in the Indenture, and 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.'
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Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Wachovia Bank of North Carolina,
National Association,
As Trustee
By................................................
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or
1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
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(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall
be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of
the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the
series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United
States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof
in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of the
definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(11) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
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(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than
that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series
as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods
within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is
to be made;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502; and
(14) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or
in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such
case, the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities;
(15) whether Sections 403 or 1010 shall apply to the Securities of
such series; and
(16) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form
without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice 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 signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any Series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the
form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301,
in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 201, that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; and
(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company
in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of
the Company enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time
of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are
delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and 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 and tenor.
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Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the securities to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Security shall be
exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 for Securities registered in the names
of Persons other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if
(i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security of if at any time such
Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or
(iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to
the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such
names as the Depositary shall direct.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect
to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona tide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
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entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names
the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close
of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be
fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Security of such series and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
of Securities of such series at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not less than 10
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days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such
series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by
the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium
and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to
the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery
to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
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in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company
Order.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year,
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company, or
(iv) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 403,
as applicable,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become
due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the
case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have
been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to sub clause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, or if money or obligations shall have been deposited with or
received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 403, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money; Indemnification.
(a) Subject to provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401, all money and U.S.
Government Obligations or Foreign Government Securities deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 403 or 1010 and all money received by the Trustee in
respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Securities
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 403 or 1010, shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and
this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee or to
make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by
Section 403 or 1010.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government
Obligations or Foreign Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 403
or 1010, or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations,
other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time
upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Securities or money held by it as provided in Section 403 or 1010 which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been
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required to be deposited for the purpose for which such Obligations or Foreign
Government Securities or money were deposited or received. This provision shall
not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or
Foreign Government Securities held under this Indenture.
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of any
Series.
If this Section 403 is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be
applicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid
and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities of any
such series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to
such Outstanding Securities of any such series, shall no longer be in effect
(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall at Company Request
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive,
from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Outstanding Securities of such
series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal
or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments
applicable to the Securities of such series on the day on which such
payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
and the Securities of such series;
(b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities of such
series under Sections 305, 306, 1002, 1003 and 1107; and
(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder
and the duties of the Trustee under Section 402 and the duty of the Trustee
to authenticate Securities of such series issued on registration of
transfer or exchange;
provided, however, that the following conditions have been satisfied:
(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee as the trust funds in trust for the purpose of
making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and
dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in
the case of Securities of such series denominated in U.S. dollars, cash in
U.S. dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal
tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in
the case of Securities of such series denominated in a Foreign Currency
(other than a basket currency), money and/or Foreign Government Securities
in the same Foreign Currency, which through the payment of interest and
principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide
(and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on
such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of
money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a
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written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge each installment of principal (and premium, if any) (including
mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of any interest on all the
Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or
principal are due;
(e) the trust arising from such deposit shall not constitute a
regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or such trust shall be so qualified;
(f) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(g) such provision would not cause any Outstanding Securities of such
series then listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other securities
exchange to be delisted as a result thereof;
(h) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time
would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or
during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(i) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Company has received from,
or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or
that since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in tax law,
in either case to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such Series
will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as
a result of such deposits, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the
same times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred; and
(j) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have
been complied with.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
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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) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company
by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
or
(5) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of the
Indebtedness of the Company (including a default with respect to Securities
of any series other than that series) or under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured
or evidenced any Indebtedness of the Company (including this Indenture),
whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which
default shall constitute a failure to pay such Indebtedness in a principal
amount in excess of $10 million when due and payable at final maturity,
after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto or
shall have resulted in such Indebtedness in a principal amount in excess of
$10 million becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such
Indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been
rescinded or annulled, within a period of 15 days after there shall have
been given, by overnight mail or other same day or overnight delivery
service which can provide evidence of delivery, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written
notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such
Indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or
annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
or
(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
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reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the
Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial
part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any
such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(7) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of
any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing
by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property,
or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any Notice of Default pursuant to this
Section 501 with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is
represented by a Global Security, the Trustee shall establish a record date for
determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in
such Notice of Default, which record date shall be at the close of business on
the day the Trustee receives such Notice of Default. The Holders on such record
date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled
to join in such Notice of Default, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided, that unless Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, or their proxies,
shall have joined in such Notice of Default prior to the day which is 90 days
after such record date, such Notice of Default shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in
this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving,
after expiration of such 90-day period, a new Notice of Default identical to a
Notice of Default which has been cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the
preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 501.
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Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms
thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
At anytime after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment thereof, with respect to Securities of a series all or
part of which is represented by a Global Security, the Trustee shall establish a
record date for determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series
entitled to join in such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
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annulment, as the case may be, which record date shall be at the close of
business on the day the Trustee receives such declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be. The Holders on such record date,
or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
join in such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the
case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided, that unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the
requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the day which is 90 days
after such record date, such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without further action by
any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph
shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of
such 90-day period, a new declaration of acceleration, or rescission or
annulment thereof, as the case may be, that is identical to a declaration of
acceleration, or rescission or annulment thereof, which has been cancelled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 502.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any 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 and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium 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 the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
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enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
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ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the
Trustee under Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid for principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities in respect of which or
for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority
of any kind, according to the amounts due and
payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest, respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee
hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to
the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such
written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
any interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. 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 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
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an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in
conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action
deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any such direction with respect to
Securities of a series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security,
the Trustee shall establish a record date for determining Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series entitled to join in such direction, which record date
shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such
direction. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies,
and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless
such majority in principal amount shall have been obtained prior to the day
which 90 days after such record date, such direction shall automatically and
without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from
giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new direction identical to a
direction which has been cancelled pursuant to the provisions to the preceding
sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 512.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Security of such
series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified
or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
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Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any past default
hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their
duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any
default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided, that unless such majority in principal amount shall have been
obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such
waiver previously given shall automatically and without further action by any
Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by
this acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any Suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by
any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date).
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its
part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed
to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this
Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for
any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of any series,
determined as provided in Section 512, relating to
the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
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or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to
all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding
of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series;
and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
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(b) any request or direction of the
company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or company Order and
any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this
Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel
and the written advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if
the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents
or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the
part of any agent or attorney appointed with due
care by it hereunder.
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Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee
or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to
time reasonable Compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall
not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture
(including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its negligence or
bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on
its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any
of its powers or duties hereunder.
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Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
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 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person
that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person 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.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to
the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with
Section 608 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 609 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or by any
such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of
acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property
or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any Series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, 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 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders
of Securities of such series in the manner provided in section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee With
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to Which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being Understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
Indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
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(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then In office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
(a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or
shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the
Company within four months prior to a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of
this Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such
default shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special
account for the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the
Securities and the holders of other indenture securities, as defined in
Subsection (c) of this Section:
(1) an amount equal to any and all
reductions in the amount due and owing upon any
claim as such creditor in respect of principal or
interest, effected after the beginning of such
three months' period and valid as against the
Company and its other creditors, except any such
reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition
of any property described in paragraph (2) of this
Subsection, or from the exercise of any right of
set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a
petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or against
the Company upon the date of such default; and
(2) all property received by the Trustee
in respect of any claims as such creditor, either
as security therefor, or in satisfaction or
composition thereof, or otherwise, after the
beginning of such three months' period, or an
amount equal to the proceeds of any such property,
if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if
any, of the Company and its other creditors in such
property or such proceeds.
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Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (i)
payments made on account of any such claim by any
Person (other than the Company) who is liable
thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide
sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third
Person, and (iii) distributions made in cash,
securities or other property in respect of claims
filed against the Company in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization
pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or
applicable State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon
any property held by it as security for any such
claim, if such property was so held prior to the
beginning of such four months' period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but
only to the extent of the claim hereinafter
mentioned, upon any property held by its as
security for any such claim, if such claim was
created after the beginning of such three months'
period and such property was received as security
therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof,
and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of
proving that at the time such property was so
received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to
believe that a default, as defined in Subsection
(c) of this Section, would occur within three
months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim
referred to in paragraph (B) or (C), against the
release of any property held as security for such
claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the
case may be, to the extent of the fair value of
such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted
after the beginning of such three months' period for property held as security
at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the
property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the
extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in
renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding
any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have
the same status as such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property
held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned among
the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities in such
manner that the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture
securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account and
payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal
Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, the same percentage of their respective
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claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account
of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special
account and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee and the
Holders and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed
against the company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law,
but after crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented
by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and
form the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this
paragraph, with respect to any claim the term "dividends" shall include any
distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or
proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or
applicable State law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities or
other property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the
secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy,
receivership or proceedings for reorganization is pending shall have
jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of
other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph,
the funds and property held in such special account and proceeds thereof, or
(ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to the
provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of
the distributions to be made to the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of
other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims, in which
event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any
securities or other property held in such special account or as security for any
such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between
the secured and unsecured portions of such claims, or otherwise to apply the
provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula.
Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of
such three months' period shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection
as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has
resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such three months' period, it
shall be subject to the provision of this Subsection if and only if the
following conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction
of claim, which would have given rise to the
obligation to account, if such Trustee had
continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning
of such three months' period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction
of claim occurred within three months after such
resignation or removal.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection (a) of
this Section a creditor relationship arising from:
(1) the ownership or acquisition of
securities issued under any indenture, or any
security or securities having a maturity of one
year or more at the time of acquisition by the
Trustee;
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(2) advances authorized by a receivership
or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by
this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving any
property which shall at any time be subject to the
lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens
or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if
notice of such advances and of the circumstances
surrounding the making thereof is given to the
Holders at the time and in the manner provided in
this Indenture;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary
course of business in the capacity of trustee under
an indenture, transfer agent, registrar, custodian,
paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other
similar capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of
services rendered or premises rented; or an
indebtedness created as a result of goods or
securities sold in a cash transaction, as defined
in Subsection (c) of this Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other
securities of a corporation organized under the
provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve
Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a
creditor of the Company; and
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance
or negotiation of any drafts, bills of exchange,
acceptances or obligations which fall within the
classification of self-liquidating paper, as
defined in Subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(1) the term "default" means any failure
to make payment in full of the principal of or
interest on any of the Securities or upon the other
indenture securities when and as such principal or
interest becomes due and payable;
(2) the term "other indenture securities"
means securities upon which the Company is an
obligor outstanding under any other indenture (i)
under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which
contains provisions substantially similar to the
provisions of this Section, and (iii) under which a
default exists at the time of the apportionment of
the funds and property held in such special
account;
(3) the term "cash transaction" means any
transaction in which full payment for goods or
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securities sold is made within seven days after
delivery of the goods or securities in currency or
in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or
bankers and payable upon demand;
(4) the term "self-liquidating paper"
means any draft, ▇▇▇▇ of exchange, acceptance or
obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or
incurred by the Company for the purpose of
financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing,
shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or
merchandise and which is secured by documents
evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon,
the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables
or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods,
wares or merchandise previously constituting the
security, provided the security is received by the
Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the
creditor relationship with the Company arising from
the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of
the draft, ▇▇▇▇ of exchange, acceptance or
obligation;
(5) the term "Company" means any obligor
upon the Securities; and
(6) the term "Federal Bankruptcy Act"
means the Bankruptcy Act or Title 11 of the United
States Code.
Section 614. 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 and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof
or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
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Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the Corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of
such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will
serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Wachovia Bank of North Carolina,
National Association,
As Trustee
By ,
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) semi-annually, not later than May 15
and November 15 in each year, a list, in such form
as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Holders as of the preceding
May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list
of similar form and content as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as "applicants") apply in
writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each
such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months
preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the
applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the
form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit,
then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such
application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders
whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), and as to the approximate
cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication,
if any, specified in such application.
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If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants,
mail to each Holder whose name and address appear in the information preserved
at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a) a copy of the form
of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed
and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of
mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to
such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the
material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of
the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders
or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify
the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing
upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an
order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an
order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find,
after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained
have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail
copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the
entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall
be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders
in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the year 1992,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such May 15 with
respect to:
(1) its eligibility under Section 609 and
its qualifications under Section 608, or in lieu
thereof, if to the best of its knowledge it has
continued to be eligible and qualified under said
Sections, a written statement to such effect;
(2) the character and amount of any
advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state,
the circumstances surrounding the making thereof)
made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid
on the date of such report, and for the
reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a
lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities, on
any property or funds held or collected by it as
Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be
required (but may elect) to report such advances if
such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not
more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the
Securities Outstanding on the date of such report;
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(3) the amount, interest rate and maturity
date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company
(or by any other obligor on the Securities) to the
Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of
such report, with a brief description of any
property held as collateral security therefor,
except an indebtedness based upon a creditor
relationship arising in any manner described in
Section 613(b)(2), (3), (4) or (6);
(4) the property and funds, if any,
physically in the possession of the Trustee as such
on the date of such report;
(5) any additional issue of Securities
which the Trustee has not previously reported; and
(6) any action taken by the Trustee in the
performance of its duties hereunder which it has
not previously reported and which in its opinion
materially affects the Securities, except action in
respect of a default, notice of which has been or
is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with
Section 602.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report with respect to the
character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the
circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such)
since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to Subsection (a) of this
Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of
execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may
claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities, on property or funds
held or collected by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported
pursuant to this Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but
may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time
aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding at
such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
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Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days
after the Company is required to file the same with
the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of
the information, documents and other reports (or
copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not
required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall
file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents
and reports which may be required pursuant to
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed
from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such additional information, documents
and reports with respect to compliance by the
Company with the conditions and covenants of this
Indenture as may be required from time to time by
such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to all Holders, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof
with the Trustee, such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be
filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and
(2) of this Section as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the company shall not permit any Person to
Consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate
with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or the Person which acquires
by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the
properties and assets of the Company substantially
as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership
or trust, shall be organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any
premium and interest on all the Securities and the
performance or observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to
such transaction and treating any indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Company or a
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as
having been incurred by the Company or such
Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event which, after notice
or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) 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 mortgage, pledge,
lien, security interest or other encumbrance which
would not be permitted by this Indenture, the
Company or such successor Person, as the case may
be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary
effectively to secure the Securities equally and
ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured
thereby; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture
comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
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Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another
Person to the Company and the assumption by any
such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company
for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series
of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for
the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series) or
to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of
Default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture to such extent as
shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable
or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons, or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form; or
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(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of
the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one
or more series of Securities, provided that any
such addition, change or elimination (i) shall
neither (A) apply to any Security of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental
indenture and entitled to the benefit of such
provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder
of any such Security with respect to such provision
or (ii) shall become effective only when there is
no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to
the requirements of Section 1008 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of
Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
201 and 301; 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 611(b); or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Indenture, provided
that such action pursuant to this clause (9) shall
not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material
respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the
principal of, or any installment of principal of or
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interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or
any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original
Issue Discount Security that would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency
in which, any Security or any premium or interest
thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series,
the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
whose Holders is required for any waiver (of
compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this
Section, Section 513 or Section 1011, except to
increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot
be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall
not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder
with respect to changes in the references to "the
Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section
and Section 1011, or the deletion of this proviso,
in accordance with the requirements of Sections
611(b) and 901(8).
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.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture
supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date
or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have
become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained
prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent
previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be
cancelled and of no further effect.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
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Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices 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 each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium 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 and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or any premium or interest so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent
is the Trustee) the company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the
payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on Securities of that series in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until
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such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default
by the company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal or any premium or interest on
the Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of
any such default, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.
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Section 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
Section 1007. 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, (1) 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 (2)
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 1008. Limitations on Liens.
After the date hereof and so long as any Securities are Outstanding,
the Company will not issue, assume or guarantee, and will not permit any
Domestic Subsidiary to issue, assume or guarantee, any Indebtedness which is
secured by a mortgage, pledge, security interests, lien or encumbrance (any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or encumbrance being hereinafter in
this Article referred as a "lien" or "liens") of or upon any assets, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, of the Company or any such Domestic Subsidiary
without effectively providing that the Securities (together with, if the Company
shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equally with
the Securities) shall be equally and ratably secured by a lien ranking ratably
with and equal to (or at the Company's option prior to) such secured
Indebtedness; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply
to:
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(a) liens on any assets of any corporation existing at the time such
corporation becomes a Domestic Subsidiary;
(b) liens on any assets existing at the time of acquisition of such
assets by the Issuer or a Domestic Subsidiary, or liens to secure the
payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such assets upon the
acquisition of such assets by the Company or a Domestic Subsidiary or to
secure any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company or a
Domestic Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within 180 days after such
acquisition (or in the case of real property, the completion of
construction (including any improvements on an existing asset) or
commencement of full operation of such asset, whichever is later) which
Indebtedness is incurred, assumed or guaranteed for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or, in the case of
real property, construction or improvements thereon; provided, however,
that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the
lien shall not apply to any assets theretofore owned by the Company or a
Domestic Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or
improvement, any real property on which the property so constructed, or the
improvement, is located;
(c) liens on any assets to secure Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to the
Company or to any wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary;
(d) liens on any assets of a corporation existing at the time such
corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Domestic
Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other acquisition of the
assets of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety by the Company or a Domestic Subsidiary;
(e) liens on any assets of the Company or a Domestic Subsidiary in
favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the
United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other
country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress,
advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure
any Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or
any part of the purchase price (or, in the case of real property, the cost
of construction) of the assets subject to such liens (including, but not
limited to, liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial
revenue or similar financings);
(f) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any lien referred to in
the foregoing clauses (a) to (e), inclusive; provided, however, that the
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principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension,
renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement
shall be limited to all or a part of the assets which secured the lien so
extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on real
property);
(g) liens not permitted by clauses (a) through (f) above if at the
time of, and after giving effect to, the creation or assumption of any such
lien, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its
Domestic Subsidiaries secured by all such liens not so permitted by clauses
(a) through (f) above together with the Attributable Debt in respect of
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by paragraph (a) of Section 1009
do not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 1009. Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back.
The Company agrees that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, enter into any arrangement with any person providing for the leasing by the
Company or a Domestic Subsidiary of any property or assets, other than any such
arrangement involving a lease for a term, including renewal rights, for not more
than 3 years, whereby such property or asset has been or is to be sold or
transferred by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary to such person (herein
referred to as a "Sale and Lease-Back Transaction"), unless:
(a) the Company or such Domestic Subsidiary would, at the time of
entering into a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, be entitled to incur
Indebtedness secured by a lien on the property or asset to be leased in an
amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities
pursuant to Section 1008; or
(b) the proceeds of the sale of the property or assets to be leased
are at least equal to the fair value of such property or assets (as
determined by Board of Directors of the Company) and an amount equal to the
net proceeds from the sale of the property or assets so leased are applied,
within 180 days of the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction to the purchase or acquisition (or, in the case of property,
the construction) of property or assets or to the retirement (other than at
maturity or pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or redemption provision)
of Securities or of Funded Indebtedness of the Company or a consolidated
Domestic Subsidiary ranking on a parity with or senior to the Securities.
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Section 1010. Defeasance of Certain Obligations.
If this Section is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, to be
applicable to Securities of any series, the Company may omit to comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1008 and 1009 with respect to
the Securities of such series, provided that the following conditions shall have
been satisfied:
(1) with reference to this Section 1010, the Company has deposited or
caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 403) with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such (i) in the case of
Securities of such series denominated in U.S. dollars, cash in U.S. dollars (or
such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United
States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of
such series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a basket currency),
money and/or Foreign Government Securities in the same Foreign Currency, which
through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance
with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax
liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the
due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, 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 each installment of principal (and premium, if any) (including
mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and any interest on all the
Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or
principal are due.
(2) such deposit shall not, in the Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as
defined in Section 608 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect
to the Securities of such series;
(3) the trust arising from such deposit shall not constitute a regulated
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or such
trust shall be so qualified;
(4) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute
a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(5) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would
become an Event of Default with respect to the securities of such series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
(6) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit and defeasance of certain obligations and will be
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subject to Federal income tax on same amount and in the same manner and at the
same times, as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not
occurred; and
(7) the Company has delivered to the Trustee and Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been
complied with.
Section 1011. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to Comply with any
term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1008 or 1009, with respect to
the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders
of at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition,
but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition
except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and
effect.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive compliance with any
covenant or condition hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such
record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to waive any such compliance, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided, that unless the Holders of at least 66
2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have
waived such compliance prior to the date which is 90 days after such record
date, any such waiver previously given shall automatically and without further
action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
Section 1012. Applicability of Covenants.
Any series of Securities may provide, as contemplated by Section 301,
that any one or more of the covenants set forth in Sections 1008, 1009, 1010 and
1011 shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
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Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company
of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the company (unless a shorter notice
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption
Date, of the 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 prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of
the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If less than
all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the outstanding
Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for
redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the Context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
Portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in
the security Register.
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All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
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contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered. If a Global Security is so surrendered, such new
Security so issued shall be a new Global Security.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". 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 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
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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 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series
pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to
be so delivered. Not less than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SIGNATURES OMITTED]
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STATE OF South Carolina )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF Darlington )
On the 8th day of August, 1991, before me personally came ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇,
III, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
Executive Vice President of Sonoco Products Company, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal
of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
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My Commission Expires 11/12/96
STATE OF __________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF _________ )
On the ____ day of ____________, 1991, before me personally came
___________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he is_________________ of ___________________________________________,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto
by like authority.
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STATE OF __________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF _________ )
On the ____ day of ___________, 1991, before me personally came
___________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is of ______________________________, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
STATE OF North Carolina )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ )
On the 8th day of August, 1991, before me personally came ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
Vice President of Wachovia Bank of North Carolina, N. A., one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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