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EXHIBIT 4.1
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GLOBAL MARINE INC.
as Issuer
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of September 1, 1997
Debt Securities
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GLOBAL MARINE INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1997
Section of
Trust Indenture Section(s) of
Act of 1939 Indenture
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Section 310 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.08, 7.10
Section 311 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
Section 312 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.07
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.03
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.03
Section 313 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06
Section 314 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.03, 4.04
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.04
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.04
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.05
Section 315 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(b)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.05
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(a)
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(c)
(d)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(c)(1)
(d)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(c)(2)
(d)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01(c)(3)
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
Section 316 (a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.05
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.04
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(last sentence) . . . . . . . . . 2.11
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.07
Section 317 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.08
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.09
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.06
Section 318 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.01
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . 8
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 2.02 Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 2.03 Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 2.04 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating . . 12
SECTION 2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2.07 Holder Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2.08 Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2.09 Replacement Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.11 Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Denominated and
Treasury Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.12 Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.13 Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 2.14 Payments; Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 2.15 Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 2.16 Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 2.17 Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions. . . . . . 18
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 3.02 Notice to the Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 3.03 Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed . . . . . . 21
SECTION 3.04 Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 3.07 Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part . . . . . 23
SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
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XXXXXXX 0.00 Xxxxxxxxx and Optional Sinking Funds. . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 3.10 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments
with Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 3.11 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund . . . . . 24
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 4.03 SEC Reports; Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 4.04 Compliance Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 4.05 Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 4.06 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws . . . . . . 26
SECTION 4.07 Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 4.08 Limitation on Liens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 4.09 Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. . . . . 28
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01 Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations . . . . . 29
SECTION 5.02 Successor Person Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Existing Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 6.06 Limitations on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 6.10 Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 7.03 May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . 41
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01 Termination of Company's Obligations . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 8.02 Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 8.03 Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 8.04 Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. . . . . . . . . . 50
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 10.02 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 10.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders . . . . 52
SECTION 10.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. 52
SECTION 10.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . . . 52
SECTION 10.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 10.07 Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 10.08 No Recourse Against Others . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 10.09 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 10.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . . . 53
SECTION 10.11 Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 10.12 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 10.13 Counterpart Originals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 10.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. . . . . . . . . . 54
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INDENTURE dated as of September 1, 1997 between Global Marine
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Wilmington Trust Company, as
trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the
"Securities") to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided
in this Indenture:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts required by
the express terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under
circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by the Company
with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges
imposed on certain Holders and that are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or
indirect common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, "control" of a Person shall mean 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" shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Agent" means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
"Attributable Indebtedness," when used with respect to any
Sale/Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present
value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease
included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental
payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of taxes,
maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor
costs and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights)
during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback
Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In
the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a
penalty, such net amount shall be the lesser of the net amount determined
assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which
case the net amount shall also include the amount of the penalty, but no rent
shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the
first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the net amount determined
assuming no such termination.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the United States Code or
any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
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"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any committee thereof duly authorized, with respect to any
particular matter, to act by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
"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" means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" of any Person means any
obligation of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of
property, real or personal, that is required to be capitalized for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of such obligation
shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation; provided, however, that for
purposes of any provision contained herein which is required by the TIA,
"Company" shall also mean each other obligor (if any) on the Securities of a
series.
"Company Order" and "Company Request" mean, respectively, a
written order or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers of
the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total amount of
assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after
deducting (1) all current liabilities (excluding the amount of those which are
by their terms extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date
more than 12 months after the date as of which the amount is being determined
and current maturities of long-term debt) and (2) all goodwill, tradenames,
trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like
intangible assets, all as set forth on the most recent quarterly balance sheet
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and determined in accordance
with GAAP.
"Corporate Trust Office" of the Trustee means the office of
the Trustee located at Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and as may be located at such other address as the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Default" means any event, act or condition that is, or after
notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person
specified pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof as the initial Depositary with
respect to the Securities of such series, until a successor shall have been
appointed
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and become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include such successor.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in
such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debt.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any successor statute.
"Funded Indebtedness" means all Indebtedness (including
Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit, letter of credit or working
capital facility) that matures by its terms, or that is renewable at the option
of any obligor thereon to a date more than one year after the date on which
such Indebtedness is originally incurred.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect from
time to time.
"Global Security" means a Security that is issued in global
form in the name of the Depositary with respect thereto or its nominee.
"Government Obligations" means, with respect to a series of
Securities, direct obligations of the government that issues the currency in
which the Securities of the series are payable for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of such government is pledged, or obligations of a person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such
government, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by such government.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (i)
all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse
of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion
thereof), (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in
respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto), other than standby letters of credit,
performance bonds and other obligations issued by or for the account of such
Person in the ordinary course of business, to the extent not drawn or, to the
extent drawn, if such drawing is reimbursed not later than the third Business
Day following demand for reimbursement, (iv) all obligations of such Person to
pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, except
trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business, (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all
Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether
or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person
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(provided that if the obligations so secured have not been assumed in full by
such Person or are not otherwise such Person's legal liability in full, then
such obligations shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the greater of (a)
the lesser of (1) the full amount of such obligations and (2) the fair market
value of such assets, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
such Person, which determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, and
(b) the amount of obligations as have been assumed by such Person or which are
otherwise such Person's legal liability), and (vii) all Indebtedness of others
(other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business) guaranteed by such
Person to the extent of such guarantee.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented
from time to time, and includes the terms of a particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 2.01.
"interest" means, with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security that by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any
Security, shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security as
contemplated by Section 2.01.
"Issue Date" means, with respect to Securities of a series,
the date on which the Securities of such series are originally issued under
this Indenture.
"Joint Venture" means (1) with respect to properties located
in the United States, any partnership, corporation or other entity, in which up
to and including 50% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or
other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or
one or more subsidiaries, and (2) with respect to properties located outside
the United States, any partnership, corporation or other entity, in which up to
and including 60% of the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or
other equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or
one or more Subsidiaries. A Joint Venture shall not be a Subsidiary.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in any of The City of New York, New York, Wilmington,
Delaware, Houston, Texas or a Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by
law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge
or security interest. For purposes of this Indenture, the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset
which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor
under any conditional sale agreement, Capitalized Lease Obligation or other
title retention agreement relating to such asset.
"Maturity" means, with respect to any Security, 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
thereof, or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
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"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board, any Vice President, the chief financial officer,
the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of a Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
Officers of a Person.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal
counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. Such counsel may be an employee of
or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that
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 6.02.
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the
Company, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred
or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument
creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding
expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities.
"Permitted Liens" shall mean (i) Liens existing on the Issue
Date of a series of Securities; (ii) Liens on property or assets of, or any
shares of stock of, or other equity interests in, or indebtedness of, any
Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or
at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the
properties of a Person (or a division thereof) as an entirety or substantially
as an entirety to the Company or a Subsidiary; (iii) Liens in favor of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) Liens in favor of governmental bodies
to secure progress or advance payments; (v) Liens securing industrial revenue
or pollution control bonds; (vi) Liens on assets existing at the time of
acquisition thereof, securing all or any portion of the cost of acquiring,
constructing, improving, developing or expanding such assets or securing
Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 24 months after, the
later of the acquisition, the completion of construction, improvement,
development or expansion or the commencement of commercial operation of such
assets, for the purpose of (a) financing all or any part of the purchase price
of such assets or (b) financing all or any part of the cost of construction,
improvement, development or expansion of any such assets; (vii) statutory liens
or landlords', carriers', warehouseman's, mechanics', suppliers',
materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course
of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (viii) Liens on current assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of the Company or such
Subsidiary, respectively; (ix) Liens on the stock, partnership or other equity
interest of the Company or any Subsidiary in any Joint Venture or any
Subsidiary that owns an equity interest in such Joint Venture to secure
Indebtedness, provided the amount of such Indebtedness is contributed and/or
advanced solely to such Joint Venture; and (x) any extensions, substitutions,
replacements or renewals in whole or in part of a Lien enumerated in clauses
(i) through (ix) above.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of
any kind.
"Place of Payment" means, with respect to the Securities of
any series, the place or places where the principal of, premium (if any) on and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified in
accordance with Section 2.01 subject to the provisions of Section 4.02.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security
plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.
"Principal Property" means any drilling rig or drillship, or
integral portion thereof, owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary and
used for drilling offshore oil and gas xxxxx, which, in the opinion of the
Board of Directors, is of material importance to the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, but no such drilling rig or drillship,
or portion thereof, shall be deemed of material importance if its net book
value (after deducting accumulated depreciation) is less than 2% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Rule 144A Securities" means Securities of a series designated
pursuant to Section 2.01 as entitled to the benefits of Section 4.03(b).
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement with any
Person pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary leases any Principal
Property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or the
Subsidiary to such Person, other than (1) temporary leases for a term,
including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than five years,
(2) leases between the Company and a Subsidiary or between Subsidiaries, (3)
leases of Principal Property executed by the time of, or within 12 months after
the latest of, the acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement,
or the commencement of commercial operation of the Principal Property, and (4)
arrangements pursuant to any provision of law with an effect similar to the
former Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the preamble of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
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"Security Custodian" means, with respect to Securities of a
series, the Trustee for Securities of such series, as custodian with respect to
the Securities of such series issued in global form, or any successor entity
thereto.
"Stated Maturity" means, when used with respect to any
Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, 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 a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means
stock that ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether
at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power
by reason of any contingency. A Joint Venture shall not be a Subsidiary.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15
U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date hereof.
"Trust Officer" means any officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"Trustee" means the Person, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee, named as such above until a successor replaces it in
accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" means 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 means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that
series.
"United States" means the United States of America (including
the States and the District of Columbia) and its "possessions," which include
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
"United States Alien" means any Person who, for United States
federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien
individual, a nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of an estate or trust, or
a foreign partnership.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means Government Obligations
with respect to Securities payable in Dollars.
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SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions.
DEFINED
TERM IN SECTION
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"Bankruptcy Custodian" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01
"covenant defeasance" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01
"Conversion Event" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01
"Event of Default" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01
"Exchange Rate" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11
"Judgment Currency" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10
"legal defeasance" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.01
"mandatory sinking fund payment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.09
"optional sinking fund payment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.09
"Paying Agent" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.05
"Registrar" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.05
"Required Currency" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10
"Successor" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.01
SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities.
All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by a TIA reference to another statute or defined by an SEC rule under
the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
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SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and
transactions; and
(6) all references in this Agreement to Articles and
Sections are references to the corresponding Articles
and Sections in and of this Indenture.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that 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 set forth 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 the Securities all
other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 3.07 or
9.05);
(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities
of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form, as Global
Securities or otherwise, and, if so, whether beneficial owners of
interests in any such Global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.17, and the
initial Depositary for any Global Security or Securities of such
series;
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(4) the manner in which any interest payable on a
temporary Global Security on any Interest Payment Date will be paid if
other than in the manner provided in Section 2.14;
(5) the date or dates on which the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) the Securities of the series is payable or the
method of determination thereof;
(6) the rate or rates, or the method of determination
thereof, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts with
respect to such Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from
which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which
such interest shall be payable and the record date for the interest
payable on any Securities on any Interest Payment Date, or if other
than provided herein, the Person to whom any interest on Securities of
the series shall be payable;
(7) the place or places where, subject to the provisions
of Section 4.02, the principal, premium (if any), interest and any
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series shall
be payable;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices (whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) 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, if the
Company is to have that option, and the manner in which the Company
must exercise any such option, if different from those set forth
herein;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem,
purchase or repay 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 (whether
denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed,
purchased or repaid in whole or in part pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denomination in which any Securities of
that series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies
(including composite currencies) in which payment of the principal,
premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts with respect to
the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(12) if the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series
are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof,
in a currency or currencies (including composite currencies) other
than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which
payment of the principal, premium (if any), interest and any
Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series as to
which such election is
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made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal, premium (if
any), interest and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to any
commodities, currencies or indices, values, rates or prices or any
other index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof,
the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
(15) any additional means of satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture and any additional conditions or limitations to
discharge with respect to Securities of the series pursuant to Article
VIII or any modifications of or deletions from such conditions or
limitations;
(16) any deletions or modifications of or additions to the
Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 or covenants of the
Company set forth in Article IV pertaining to the Securities of the
series;
(17) any restrictions or other provisions with respect to
the transfer or exchange of Securities of the series, which may amend,
supplement, modify or supersede those contained in this Article II;
(18) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible
into or exchangeable for capital stock, other debt securities
(including Securities), warrants, other equity securities or any other
securities or property of the Company or any other Person, at the
option of the Company or the Holder or upon the occurrence of any
condition or event, the terms and conditions for such conversion or
exchange;
(19) if the Securities of the series are to be entitled to
the benefit of Section 4.03(b) (and accordingly constitute Rule 144A
Securities); and
(20) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not
be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).
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
2.03) 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 together with such Board Resolution shall
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be set forth in an Officers' Certificate and delivered to the Trustee at or
prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of
the series.
SECTION 2.02 Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.01. In the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Securities of such series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.03 Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in fully registered
form and in substantially such form or forms (including temporary or permanent
global form) established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, securities exchange rule, the Company's
certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other similar governing documents,
agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any
such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company).
A copy of the Board Resolution establishing the form or forms of Securities of
any series shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 2.04 for the authentication and delivery
of such Securities.
The definitive Securities of each series 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 thereof.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
"This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Trustee
By:
------------------------------------
Authorized Officer".
SECTION 2.04 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Securities on
behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal, if
any, shall be impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities and
may be in facsimile form.
If an Officer of the Company whose signature is on a Security
no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the
Security shall be valid nevertheless.
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A Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the
manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee, which signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under
this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security has been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company delivers such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 2.13 together with a written statement (which need not
comply with Section 10.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of a
series for original issue upon a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the
Trustee as may be specified from time to time by Company Order. Such order
shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the date on
which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated, the name or
names of the initial Holder or Holders and any other terms of the Securities of
such series not otherwise determined. If provided for in such procedures, such
Company Order may authorize (1) authentication and delivery of Securities of
such series for original issue from time to time, with certain terms
(including, without limitation, the Maturity dates or dates, original issue
date or dates and interest rate or rates) that differ from Security to Security
and (2) may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or
electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which
instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing.
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
Section 2.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to the Company Order referred
to above and the other documents required by Section 10.04), and (subject to
Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(a) an Officers' Certificate certifying as to the Board
Resolution and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant
thereto, as contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 2.01; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) if the form of such Securities has been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution, as is
permitted by Section 2.01, that such form has been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) if the terms of such Securities have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution, as is
permitted by Section 2.01, that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
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(iii) 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 binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws in
effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors
generally, and the application of general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the
issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture would affect the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION 2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency for each series
of Securities where Securities of such series may be presented for registration
of transfer or exchange ("Registrar") and an office or agency where Securities
of such series may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities of such series and of their transfer
and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or
more additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar
and the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any
Agent not a party to this Indenture. The Company may change any Paying Agent
or Registrar without notice to any Holder. If the Company fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as
such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and
Paying Agent.
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SECTION 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to Securities and will notify the Trustee of any default
by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues,
the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to
account for any funds disbursed. Upon payment over to the Trustee and upon
accounting for any funds disbursed, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money.
If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all
money held by it as Paying Agent. Each Paying Agent shall otherwise comply
with TIA Section 317(b).
SECTION 2.07 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If
the Trustee is not the Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each
Interest Payment Date with respect to a series of Securities, and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such
date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of
Holders of such series, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section
312(a).
SECTION 2.08 Transfer and Exchange.
Except as set forth in Section 2.17 or as may be provided
pursuant to Section 2.01:
When Securities of any series are presented to the Registrar
with the request to register the transfer of such Securities or to exchange
such Securities for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same series
of like tenor and of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall
register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for
such transactions are met; provided, however, that the Securities presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or by his
attorney, duly authorized in writing, on which instruction the Registrar can
rely.
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar's written request and submission of the Securities or Global
Securities. No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration
of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax
or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than such
transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to
Section 2.12, 3.07 or 9.05). The Trustee shall authenticate Securities in
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accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the Company shall not be required
to register the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for
redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part or (b) any Security during the
period beginning 15 Business Days before the mailing of notice of any offer to
repurchase Securities of the series required pursuant to the terms thereof or
of redemption of Securities of a series to be redeemed and ending at the close
of business on the date of mailing.
SECTION 2.09 Replacement Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or if
the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been destroyed, lost or
stolen and the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security, the Company shall issue and
the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of the same series if the
Trustee's requirements are met. If 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.
If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder must furnish an
indemnity bond that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the
Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating
agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The
Company and the Trustee may charge a Holder for their expenses in replacing a
Security.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the
Company.
SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Securities.
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered
to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Security
effected by the Trustee hereunder and those described in this Section 2.10 as
not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases
to be outstanding unless the Company and the Trustee receive proof that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid
under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to
accrue.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
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SECTION 2.11 Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Denominated and
Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement,
waiver or consent, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security shall be the principal amount thereof that would be due and payable as
of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.02, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in
a foreign currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, as determined by the Company
by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable
transfers for such currency, as such rate is certified for customs purposes by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the "Exchange Rate") on the date of
original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of
an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent, as determined by
the Company by reference to the Exchange Rate on the date of original issuance
of such Security, of the amount determined as provided in (a) above), of such
Security and (c) 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, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such direction, amendment, supplement,
waiver or consent, only Securities that the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.12 Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities of any series are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities, but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.13 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment or redemption or for credit against any sinking fund payment.
The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, replacement or cancellation or for
credit against any sinking fund. Unless the Company shall direct in writing
that canceled Securities be returned to it, after written notice to the Company
all canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance
with the usual disposal procedures of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall
maintain a record of their disposal. The Company may not issue new Securities
to replace Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
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SECTION 2.14 Payments; Defaulted Interest.
The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at
the close of business on the record date next preceding the Interest Payment
Date, even if such Securities are canceled after such record date and on or
before such Interest Payment Date. The Holder must surrender this Security to
a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Unless otherwise provided with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Company will pay the principal of,
premium (if any) on, interest on or any Additional Amounts on the Securities in
Dollars. Such amounts shall be payable at the offices of the Trustee, provided
that at the option of the Company, the Company may, however, pay such amounts
(1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities or (2) by check payable
in such money mailed to a Holder's registered address with respect to any
Securities.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to
the extent lawful, interest on the defaulted interest, in each case at the rate
provided in the Securities and in Section 4.01. The Company may pay the
defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special
record date. At least 15 days before any special record date selected by the
Company, the Company (or the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the
Company upon 20 days' prior written notice from the Company setting forth such
record date and the interest amount to be paid) shall mail to Holders a notice
that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of
such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.15 Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating
agent may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of,
premium (if any) on, interest on or any Additional Amounts on such Security and
for all other purposes. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any
authenticating agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.16 Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01
for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a year comprising twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 2.17 Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions.
If Securities of a series are issuable in global form as a
Global Security, as contemplated by Section 2.01, then, notwithstanding clause
(10) of Section 2.01 and the provisions of Section 2.02, any such Global
Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities of such series as
shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon
and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global
Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the
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amount, of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as
shall be specified in such Security or in a Company Order to be delivered to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04. Subject to the provisions of Section
2.04 and, if applicable, Section 2.12, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver
any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given
by the Person or Persons specified in such Security or in the applicable
Company Order. With respect to the Securities of any series that are
represented by a Global Security, the Company authorizes the execution and
delivery by the Trustee of a letter of representations or other similar
agreement or instrument in the form customarily provided for by the Depositary
appointed with respect to such Global Security. Any Global Security may be
deposited with the Depositary or its nominee, or may remain in the custody of
the Trustee pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate Agreement or similar
agreement between the Trustee and the Depositary. If a Company Order has been,
or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect
to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be
in writing but need not comply with Section 10.05 and need not be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent
Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global
Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its
custodian, or under such Global Security and the Depositary may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the registered holder of a Global Security
may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members
and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action
that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities and
(ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or shall impair, as between
the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Security.
Notwithstanding Section 2.08, and except as otherwise provided
pursuant to Section 2.01: Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to
transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary,
its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in
a Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the Depositary. Securities shall be transferred to all
beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global
Security if, and only if, either (1) the Depositary notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Security and
a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such
notice, (2) an Event of Default has occurred with respect to such series and is
continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to
issue Securities in lieu of all or a portion of the Global Security (in which
case the Company shall deliver Securities within 30 days of such request) or
(3) the Company determines not to have the Securities represented by a Global
Security.
In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial
interest in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section
2.17, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount
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equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Security
to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt
of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same series of like
tenor and amount.
In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security
to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Global Security shall
be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each
beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial
interest in the Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Securities of authorized denominations.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or
payments made on account of, Securities by the Depositary, or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to such
Securities. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay
by the related Global Security Holder or the Depositary in identifying the
beneficial owners, and each such Person may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, instructions from such Global Security Holder or the
Depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and
delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Securities to be
issued).
The provisions of the last sentence of the third paragraph of
Section 2.04 shall apply to any Global Security if such Global Security was
never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee
the Global Security together with written instructions (which need not comply
with Section 10.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with
regard to the cancellation or reduction in the principal amount of Securities
represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the
last sentence of the third paragraph of Section 2.04.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.14,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, payment of
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to any Global Security shall be made to the Person or Persons specified
therein.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series that are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this Article III.
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SECTION 3.02 Notice to the Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series
pursuant to this Indenture, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date
and principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. The Company
shall so notify the Trustee at least 45 days before the Redemption Date (unless
a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) by delivering to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with
the provisions of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series. Any
such notice may be canceled at any time prior to the mailing of such notice of
such redemption to any Holder and shall thereupon be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.03 Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, pro rata, by
lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
that 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 or of the principal amount of global Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the
Registrar 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 purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Securities shall relate, in
the case of any of the Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to
the portion of the principal amount thereof which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 3.04 Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at the address of
such Holder appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the
Registrar.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be
redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
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(3) that, unless the Company defaults in making the
redemption payment, interest on Securities called for redemption
ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only
remaining right of the Holders of such Securities is to receive
payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of
the Securities redeemed;
(4) if any Security is to be redeemed in part, the
portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and that on and
after the Redemption Date, upon surrender for cancellation of such
Security to the Paying Agent, a new Security or Securities in the
aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof
will be issued without charge to the Holder;
(5) that Securities called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price and
the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking or analogous
fund, if such is the case; and
(7) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such
Securities.
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
written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption
Price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities called for
redemption shall be paid at the Redemption Price, but interest installments
whose maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable on the
relevant Interest Payment Dates to the Holders of record at the close of
business on the relevant record dates specified pursuant to Section 2.01.
SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.06) an
amount of money in same day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of,
and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities or
portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date, other than Securities
or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, then,
unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest
on the Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the
applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for
payment, and the Holders of such Securities shall have no further rights with
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to such Securities except for the right to receive the Redemption Price upon
surrender of such Securities. If any Security called for redemption shall not
be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, premium, if
any, any Additional Amounts, and, to the extent lawful, accrued interest
thereon shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
specified pursuant to Section 2.01 or, in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, such Securities' yield to maturity.
SECTION 3.07 Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Security to be
redeemed in part, 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 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 that is not redeemed.
SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01,
the Company and any Affiliate of the Company may at any time purchase or
otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or by private agreement. Such
acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a
redemption of the indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any Securities
purchased or acquired by the Company may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon
such delivery, the indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be
satisfied. Section 2.13 shall apply to all Securities so delivered.
SECTION 3.09 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.
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." Unless otherwise provided 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 3.10. 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 and by this Article III.
SECTION 3.10 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities.
The Company may deliver outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemption) and may apply as a credit
Securities of a series that 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 series of Securities; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received
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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 3.11 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee) 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 delivery of or by crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 3.10 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Failure of the Company to timely deliver such Officers' Certificate
and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a
default but shall constitute the election of the Company (i) that the mandatory
sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or
credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Company
will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as
provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional
or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
shall exceed $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof based on the applicable
Exchange Rate on the date of original issue of the applicable Securities) or a
lesser sum if the Company shall so request with respect to the Securities of
any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the
sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed
for redemption. If such amount shall be $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent
thereof as aforesaid) or less and the Issuer makes no such request then it
shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $100,000 (or the Dollar
equivalent thereof as aforesaid) is available. Not less than 30 days before
each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to
be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 3.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name
of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.04.
Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be
made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.05, 3.06 and 3.07.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of each
series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities of such series
and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, interest and any Additional Amounts
shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, other than the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, holds on that date money deposited by
the Company
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designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, interest and any
Additional Amounts then due.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and
premium (if any), at a rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the
Securities to the extent lawful; and it shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
installments of interest and any Additional Amount (without regard to any
applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities an office or agency (which may be an office of the
Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent) where Securities of that series may
be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of that
series may be presented for payment 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.
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 4.03 SEC Reports; Financial Statements.
(a) The Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15
days after it files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the
Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. The Company shall also comply with the provisions of TIA Section
314(a).
(b) If the Company is not subject to the requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to all
Holders of Rule 144A Securities and prospective purchasers of Rule 144A
Securities designated by the Holders of Rule 144A Securities, promptly upon
their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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SECTION 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a statement signed by
two Officers of the Company, which need not constitute an Officers'
Certificate, complying with TIA Section 314(a)(4) and stating that in the
course of performance by the signing Officers of the Company of their duties as
such Officers of the Company they would normally obtain knowledge of the
keeping, observing, performing and fulfilling by the Company of its obligations
under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such
statement, that to the best of his knowledge the Company has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and
is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such
Officer may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto).
(b) The Company shall, so long as Securities of any
series are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer of
the Company becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default under this
Indenture, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default
and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.05 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article V hereof, the Company shall do or cause to
be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence and the corporate, partnership and other existence of each
of its Subsidiaries and all rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, provided that the Company shall not be
required to preserve the corporate existence of any Subsidiary of the Company
or 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 its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof
would not have a material adverse effect on the business, prospects, assets or
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and
would not have any material adverse effect on the payment and performance of
the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 4.06 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury 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
or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from
paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
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SECTION 4.07 Additional Amounts.
If the Securities of a series expressly provide for the
payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any
Security of such series Additional Amounts as expressly provided therein.
Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of
the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security
of any series or the net proceeds received from the sale or exchange of any
Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the
payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 4.07 to the extent
that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.07 and express
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions
hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.01 with
respect to Securities of any series: If the Securities of a series provide for
the payment of Additional Amounts, at least ten days prior to the first
Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the
Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first
day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least ten
days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest if
there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the
below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company shall furnish the Trustee
and the Company's principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the
Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying
Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or
interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of
Securities of that series who are United States Aliens without withholding for
or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in
the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then
such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any,
required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities and the
Company will pay to such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by this
Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent
for and to hold them harmless against any loss, liability or expense reasonably
incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in
connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any
Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 4.07.
SECTION 4.08 Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness for borrowed money
secured by any Lien upon any Principal Property or any shares of stock or
indebtedness of any Subsidiary that owns or leases a Principal Property
(whether such Principal Property, shares of stock or indebtedness are now owned
or hereafter acquired) without making effective provision whereby the
Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other
Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company) shall be secured equally and
ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to) the Indebtedness so
secured for so long as such Indebtedness is so secured. The foregoing
restrictions will not, however, apply to Indebtedness secured by Permitted
Liens.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its
Subsidiaries may, without securing the Securities, issue, assume or guarantee
Indebtedness that would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in
an aggregate principal amount that, together with all other such Indebtedness
of the Company and its Subsidiaries that would otherwise be subject to the
foregoing restrictions (not including Indebtedness permitted to be secured
under the definition of Permitted Liens) and the aggregate amount of
Attributable Indebtedness deemed outstanding with respect to Sale/Leaseback
Transactions (other than those in connection with which the Company has
voluntarily retired any of the Securities, any Pari Passu Indebtedness or any
Funded Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(c)) does not at any one time
exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.09 Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to,
enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with any person (other than the
Company or a Subsidiary) unless:
(a) the Company or such Subsidiary would
be entitled to incur Indebtedness in a principal amount equal to the
Attributable Indebtedness with respect to such Sale/Leaseback
Transaction secured by a Lien on the property subject to such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 4.08 without equally
and ratably securing the Securities pursuant to such covenant;
(b) after the Issue Date of the first
series of Securities issued and within a period commencing nine months
prior to the consummation of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction and
ending nine months after the consummation thereof, the Company or such
Subsidiary shall have expended for property used or to be used in the
ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries an
amount equal to all or a portion of the net proceeds of such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction and the Company shall have elected to
designate such amount as a credit against such Sale/Leaseback
Transaction (with any such amount not being so designated to be
applied as set forth in clause (c) below or as otherwise permitted);
or
(c) the Company, during the nine-month
period after the effective date of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction,
shall have applied to either (i) the voluntary defeasance or
retirement of any Securities, any Pari Passu Indebtedness or any
Funded Indebtedness or (ii) the acquisition of one or more Principal
Properties at fair value, an amount equal to the greater of the net
proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased in such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction and the fair value, as determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company and evidenced by a Board Resolution,
of such property at the time of entering into such Sale/Leaseback
Transaction (in either case adjusted to reflect the remaining term of
the lease and any amount expended by the Company as set forth in
clause (b) above), less an amount equal to the sum of the principal
amount of Securities, Pari Passu Indebtedness and Funded Indebtedness
voluntarily defeased or retired by the Company plus any amount
expended to acquire any Principal Properties at fair value, within
such nine-month period and not designated as a credit against any
other Sale/Leaseback Transaction entered into by the Company or any
Subsidiary during such period.
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ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01 Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations.
The Company shall not, in any transaction or series of
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any Person, or sell, lease,
convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets
to any Person, unless:
(1) either (a) the Company shall be the continuing
corporation or (b) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by
such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, or to which
such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition shall be
made (collectively, the "Successor"), is organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States, any political
subdivision thereof or any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and
Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the
performance of the Company's covenants and obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction
or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; and
(3) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the
transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Indenture.
SECTION 5.02 Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company or any sale,
lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the Successor formed
by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which
such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of
the Company under this Indenture and the Securities with the same effect as if
such Successor had been named as the Company herein and the predecessor
Company, in the case of a sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition,
shall be released from all obligations under this Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default.
Unless either inapplicable to a particular series or
specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture
or Board Resolution establishing such series of Securities or in the form of
Security for such series, an "Event of Default," wherever used herein with
respect to Securities of any series, occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of
that series when the same becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of (A)
the principal of any Security of that series at its Maturity or (B)
premium (if any) on any Security of that series when the same becomes
due and payable;
(3) the Company defaults in the deposit of any
sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of
that series, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(4) the Company fails to comply with any of its
other covenants or agreements in, or provisions of, the Securities of
such series or this Indenture (other than an agreement, covenant or
provision that has expressly been included in this Indenture solely
for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than that
series) which shall not have been remedied within the specified period
after written notice, as specified in the last paragraph of this
Section 6.01;
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning
of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy
Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors;
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an
order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that remains unstayed and in
effect for 90 days and that:
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(A) is for relief against the Company as debtor
in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Bankruptcy Custodian of the
Company or a Bankruptcy Custodian for all or substantially all
of the property of the Company, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with
respect to Securities of that series occurs.
The term "Bankruptcy Custodian" means any receiver, trustee,
assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to know or have notice of a
Default unless a Trust Officer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
receives written notice at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee of such
Default with specific reference to such Default.
When a Default is cured, it ceases.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01,
if the principal of, premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect
to any Security is payable in a currency or currencies (including a composite
currency) other than Dollars and such currency or currencies are not available
to the Company for making payment thereof due to the imposition of exchange
controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company (a
"Conversion Event"), the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to
Holders of the Securities by making such payment in Dollars in an amount equal
to the Dollar equivalent of the amount payable in such other currency, as
determined by the Company by reference to the Exchange Rate on the date of such
payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most
recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 6.01, any payment made under such circumstances in Dollars where
the required payment is in a currency other than Dollars will not constitute an
Event of Default under this Indenture.
Promptly after the occurrence of a Conversion Event, the
Company shall give written notice thereof in the manner provided in Section
10.02 to the Holders. Promptly after the making of any payment in Dollars as a
result of a Conversion Event, the Company shall give notice in the manner
provided in Section 10.02 to the Holders, setting forth the applicable Exchange
Rate and describing the calculation of such payments.
A Default under clause (4) or (7) of this Section 6.01 is not
an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the
series affected by such Default (or, in the case of a Default under clause (4)
of this Section 6.01, if outstanding Securities of other series are affected by
such Default, then at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities so affected) notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default, and
the Company fails to cure the Default within 90 days after
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receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be
remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default."
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any
series at the time outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (5) or (6) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by
notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such default (or, in
the case of an Event of Default described in clause (4) of Section 6.01, if
outstanding Securities of other series are affected by such Default, then at
least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities so affected)
by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of (or, if
any such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and accrued
and unpaid interest on all then outstanding Securities of such series or of all
series, as the case may be, to be due and payable. Upon any such declaration
the amounts due and payable on the Securities shall be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section
6.01 hereof occurs, such amounts shall ipso facto become and be immediately due
and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such default or all
series, as the case may be, by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an
acceleration and its consequences (other than nonpayment of principal of or
premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree
and if all existing Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series
(or of all series, as the case may be) have been cured or waived, except
nonpayment of principal, premium, interest or any Additional Amounts that has
become due solely because of the acceleration.
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of
any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not
possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any
right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All
remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Existing Defaults.
Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series or of all
series (acting as one class) by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing or
past Default or Event of Default with respect to such series or all series, as
the case may be, and its consequences (including waivers obtained in connection
with a
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tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such series or all series or a
solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series or all series,
provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of
then outstanding Securities of such series or all series (but the terms of such
offer or solicitation may vary from series to series)), except (1) a continuing
Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if
any, or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or
(2) a continued Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02
cannot be amended or supplemented without the consent of each Holder affected.
Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority.
With respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series
may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it relating to or arising under an Event of Default described in
clause (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Section 6.01, and with respect to all
Securities, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all the then
outstanding Securities affected may direct in writing the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on it not relating to or arising under
such an Event of Default. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any
direction that conflicts with applicable law or this Indenture, that the
Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders, or
that may involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that (i)
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not
inconsistent with such direction and (ii) the Trustee shall have no obligation
to make such a determination. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the
Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion from Holders directing the Trustee against all losses and expenses
caused by taking or not taking such action.
SECTION 6.06 Limitations on Suits.
Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, a Holder of a Security of any
series may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of
such series only if:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities of such series make a written request
to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with respect to the
request within 60 days after receipt of the notice and the offer of
indemnity; and
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(5) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and
premium, if any, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (1) or (2) of
Section 6.01 hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the
Company for the amount of principal, premium (if any), interest and any
Additional Amounts remaining unpaid on the Securities of the series affected by
the Event of Default, and interest on overdue principal and premium, if any,
and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue interest, and 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.
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents and to take such actions, including participating as
a member, voting or otherwise, of any committee of creditors, as may be
necessary or advisable 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 the Holders allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Company or its creditors or properties and shall be
entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any Bankruptcy Custodian
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 to 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 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of
the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties which the
Holders of the Securities may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether
in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
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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 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VI,
it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
has been collected, for principal, premium (if any), interest and any
Additional Amounts ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts,
respectively; and
Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of
competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix
record dates and payment dates for any payment to Holders pursuant to this
Article VI.
To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the
purpose of obtaining a judgment against the Company in any court it is
necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, premium (if
any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of any
series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be
rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate
at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could
purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment
Currency on the New York Business Day next preceding that on which final
judgment is given. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
shortfall nor shall it benefit from any windfall in payments to Holders of
Securities under this Section 6.10 caused by a change in exchange rates between
the time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as above and the
time the Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency to
make payments under this Section to Holders of Securities, but payment of such
judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company on the claim or claims
underlying such judgment.
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by
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Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than
10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If 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 such
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of any series:
(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, unless
expressly provided herein, the Trustee shall not be responsible for
tax filings, other filings or reports, 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. However, the Trustee shall examine such
certificates and opinions to determine whether, on their face, they
appear to conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for
its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section
7.01(b);
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject
to the provisions of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee
may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right
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or power unless it receives indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any
loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on or
loss on investments in connection with any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the
Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. All money received by the Trustee shall, until applied as herein
provided, be held in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium (if
any) and interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities.
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may rely on any document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it
may require instruction, an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or
both to be provided. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such instruction, Officers'
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult at the Company's
expense 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.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this
Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be
sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
SECTION 7.03 May Hold Securities.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or
any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest (within the meaning of TIA Section 310(b)), it must eliminate such
conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee
or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. However,
the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
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SECTION 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for
the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities or any money paid to the
Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision hereof, it shall
not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any
Paying Agent other than the Trustee and it shall not be responsible for any
statement or recital herein or any statement in the Securities other than its
certificate of authentication.
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and it is actually known to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Securities of such series a
notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs.
Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of,
premium (if any) and interest on and Additional Amounts or any sinking fund
installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee may
withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of
Securities of such series.
SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 1998,
the Trustee shall mail to Holders of a series and the Company a brief report
dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA Section 313(a);
provided, however, that if no event described in TIA Section 313(a) has
occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date with respect to
a series, no report need be transmitted to Holders of such series. The Trustee
also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). The Trustee shall also transmit by
mail all reports if and as required by TIA Sections 313(c) and 313(d).
A copy of each report shall be filed by the Company with the
SEC and each securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of such
series are listed. The Company shall notify the Trustee if and when any series
of Securities is listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company agrees to pay to the Person acting as Trustee
hereunder compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services
hereunder as agreed upon in a separate fee agreement. The Trustee's
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an
express trust. The Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee upon request for
all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred by it. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses
of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee (including in its
individual capacity) against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its
duties under this Indenture, except as set forth in the next
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paragraph. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for
which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the
Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel
and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.
The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.
The Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any expense or
indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through
negligence or bad faith.
To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this
Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all
money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust
to pay principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to Securities of series. Such lien and the indemnity
obligation under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6) occurs, the expenses and
the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
The Trustee may resign and be discharged at any time with
respect to the Securities of one or more series by so notifying the Company.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may
remove the Trustee if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or
an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a Bankruptcy Custodian or public officer takes charge
of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to the Securities of one or
more series, the Company 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
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Securities of any particular series). Within one year after the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series may appoint
a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10%
in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of a series
fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of Securities of such series may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, each such successor Trustee shall deliver a written
acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.
Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and
duties of the retiring Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall
promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee,
subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
In case of the appointment 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 (but not all) series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto in which each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and that (1) shall confer to each successor Trustee all the rights,
powers 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 confirm that all the rights, powers 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. Nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust, and 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. 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 shall have all the
rights, powers 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. On request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall transfer to such successor Trustee all property held by
such retiring Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
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Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee or Trustees
pursuant to this Section 7.08, the obligations of the Company under Section
7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee or Trustees.
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
Subject to Section 7.10, if the Trustee consolidates, merges
or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further
act shall be the successor Trustee; provided, however, that in the case of a
transfer of all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to another
corporation, the transferee corporation expressly assumes all of the Trustee's
liabilities hereunder.
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; and in case at that time any of
the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee
may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor
hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases
such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the
Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee
shall have.
SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States,
any State thereof or the District of Columbia and authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust power, shall be subject to supervision or examination
by Federal or State (or the District of Columbia) authority and shall have, or
be a Subsidiary of a bank or bank holding company having, a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
The Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5). The Trustee
is subject to and shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b)
during the period of time required by this Indenture.
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to and shall comply with the provisions
of TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA
Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject
to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
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ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01 Termination of Company's Obligations.
(a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect
with respect to the Securities of a series (except that the Company's
obligations under Section 7.07, the Trustee's and Paying Agent's obligations
under Section 8.03 and the rights, powers, protections and privileges accorded
the Trustee under Article VII shall survive), and the Trustee, on demand of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series,
when:
(1) either
(A) all outstanding Securities of such series
theretofore authenticated and issued (other than destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities that have been replaced or paid)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all outstanding Securities of such series 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, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the
giving of notice of redemption by
the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company,
and, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the
Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as funds (immediately available to the
Holders in the case of clause (i)) in trust for such purpose
(x) cash in an amount, or (y) U.S. Government Obligations,
maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in
such amounts as will insure the availability of cash in an
amount or (z) a combination thereof, which will be sufficient,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on the Securities of such series for
principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities which have become due and payable) or for
principal, premium, if any, and interest to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; or
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(C) the Company has properly fulfilled such other
means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as
contemplated by Section 2.01, to be applicable to the
Securities of such series;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable by it hereunder with respect to the Securities of such
series; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to
the same effect.
(b) Unless this Section 8.01(b) is specified as not being
applicable to Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the
Company may terminate certain of its obligations under this Indenture
("covenant defeasance") with respect to the Securities of a series if:
(1) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of such series, (i) money in the currency in which payment
of the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount, or (ii)
Government Obligations with respect to such series, maturing as to
principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will
insure the availability of money in the currency in which payment of
the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount or (iii) a
combination thereof, that is sufficient, in the opinion (in the case
of (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay, without consideration of the
reinvestment of any such amounts and after payment of all taxes or
other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the
Trustee, the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on
Securities of such series on each date that such principal, premium
(if any) or interest is due and payable and (at the Stated Maturity
thereof or upon redemption as provided in Section 8.01(e)) to pay all
other sums payable by it hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall
have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money and/or the
proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said
principal, premium (if any) and interest with respect to the
Securities of such series as the same shall become due;
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same
effect;
(3) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit;
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(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel from a nationally recognized counsel acceptable to
the Trustee or a tax ruling to the effect that the Holders will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of the Company's exercise of its option under this Section
8.01(b) 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 option had not been exercised;
(5) the Company has complied with any additional
conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the
discharge of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 8.01;
and
(6) such deposit and discharge shall not cause the
Trustee to have a conflicting interest as defined in TIA Section
310(b).
In such event, this Indenture shall cease to be of further
effect (except as set forth in this paragraph), and the Trustee, on demand of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge under this Indenture. However, the Company's obligations in Sections
2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 7.07, 7.08 and 8.04, the
Trustee's and Paying Agent's obligations in Section 8.03 and the rights,
powers, protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article VII shall
survive until all Securities of such series are no longer outstanding.
Thereafter, only the Company's obligations in Section 7.07 and the Trustee's
and Paying Agent's obligations in Section 8.03 shall survive with respect to
Securities of such series.
After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section
8.01(b) and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee
upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's
obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series
except for those surviving obligations specified above.
In order to have money available on a payment date to pay
principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Securities, the Government
Obligations shall be payable as to principal or interest on or before such
payment date in such amounts as will provide the necessary money. Government
Obligations shall not be callable at the issuer's option.
(c) If the Company has previously complied or is
concurrently complying with Section 8.01(b) (other than any additional
conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.01 that are expressly applicable
only to covenant defeasance) with respect to Securities of a series, then,
unless this Section 8.01(c) is specified as not being applicable to Securities
of such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may elect to be
discharged ("legal defeasance") from its obligations to make payments with
respect to Securities of such series, if:
(1) no Default or Event of Default under clauses (5) and
(6) of Section 6.01 hereof shall have occurred at any time during the
period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit contemplated
by Section 8.01(b) (it being understood that this condition shall not
be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
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(2) unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities
of such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a nationally
recognized counsel acceptable to the Trustee to the effect referred to
in Section 8.01(b)(4) with respect to such legal defeasance, which
opinion is based on (i) a private ruling of the Internal Revenue
Service addressed to the Company, (ii) a published ruling of the
Internal Revenue Service or (iii) a change in the applicable federal
income tax law (including regulations) after the date of this
Indenture;
(3) the Company has complied with any other conditions
specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the legal
defeasance of Securities of such series pursuant to this Section
8.01(c); and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company
Request requesting such legal defeasance of the Securities of such
series and an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent to with respect to such legal defeasance of the Securities
of such series have been complied with, together with an Opinion of
Counsel to the same effect.
In such event, the Company will be discharged from its
obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series to pay
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on, and Additional Amounts with
respect to, Securities of such series, the Company's obligations under Sections
4.01, 4.02 and 5.01 shall terminate with respect to such Securities, and the
entire indebtedness of the Company evidenced by such Securities shall be deemed
paid and discharged.
(d) If and to the extent additional or alternative means
of satisfaction, discharge or defeasance of Securities of a series are
specified to be applicable to such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the
Company may terminate any or all of its obligations under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of a series and any or all of its obligations under the
Securities of such series if it fulfills such other means of satisfaction and
discharge as may be so specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, to be
applicable to the Securities of such series.
(e) If Securities of any series subject to subsections
(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8.01 are to be redeemed prior to their
Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in
accordance with any mandatory or optional sinking fund provisions, the terms of
the applicable trust arrangement shall provide for such redemption, and the
Company shall make such arrangements as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company.
SECTION 8.02 Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Company shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with
it pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof. It shall apply the deposited money and the
money from U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in
accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium (if any)
and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of
the series with respect to which the deposit was made.
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SECTION 8.03 Repayment to Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the
Company upon written request any excess money or U.S. Government Obligations
(or proceeds therefrom) held by them at any time upon the written request of
the Company.
Subject to the requirements of any applicable abandoned
property laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon
written request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium
(if any), interest or any Additional Amounts that remains unclaimed for two
years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due. After
payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company
for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law
designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying
Agent with respect to such money shall cease.
SECTION 8.04 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with respect to Securities of
any series in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or
by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series and under the Securities of such series shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof
until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all
such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01;
provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of principal of,
premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall
be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such
payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or
the Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision hereof or thereof without
the consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or
inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Section 5.01;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition
to or in place of certificated Securities, or to provide for the
issuance of bearer Securities (with or without coupons);
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(4) to provide any security for any series of Securities
or to add guarantees of any series of Securities;
(5) to comply with any requirement in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(6) 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;
(7) to add any additional Events of Default with respect
to all or any series of the Securities (and, if such Event of Default
is applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying the
series to which such Event of Default is applicable);
(8) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no outstanding Security of any series
created prior to the execution of such amendment or supplemental
indenture that is adversely affected in any material respect by such
change in or elimination of such provision;
(9) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Section 2.01;
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture
to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to
Section 8.01; provided, however, that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of such
series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(11) 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 7.08.
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in
Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any
supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture
and make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be
therein contained.
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SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and
the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture with the written consent
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for Securities of any one or more series or all series or a solicitation
of consents in respect of Securities of any one or more series or all series,
provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of
then outstanding Securities of each such series (but the terms of such offer or
solicitation may vary from series to series)) of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of all series
affected by such amendment or supplement (acting as one class).
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of one or more series or of all series may waive
compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture with respect to Securities of such series (including waivers obtained
in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such
series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series,
provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of
then outstanding Securities of such series (but the terms of such offer or
solicitation may vary from series to series)).
However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest, including default interest, on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of or premium on, or change the
Stated Maturity of, any Security;
(4) reduce the premium, if any, payable upon the
redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security
may or shall be redeemed;
(5) change any obligation of the Company to pay
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security;
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(6) change the coin or currency or currencies (including
composite currencies) in which any Security or any premium, interest
or Additional Amounts with respect thereto are payable;
(7) impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security
pursuant to Sections 6.07 and 6.08, except as limited by Section 6.06;
(8) make any change in the percentage of principal amount
of Securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of
this Indenture pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.07 or make any change in
this sentence of Section 9.02; or
(9) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities.
A supplemental indenture that 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 right of any Holder to participate in any consent required
or sought pursuant to any provision of this Indenture (and the obligation of
the Company to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such Holder) may
be subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the Holder of
record of any Securities with respect to which such consent is required or
sought as of a date identified by the Company in a notice furnished to Holders
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of each Security
affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or
waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the
Securities shall comply in form and substance with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the
same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of
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the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his or her Security or portion
of a Security if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the
date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment,
supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and
thereafter binds every Holder.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date (which need not comply with Section 316(c) of the TIA) for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or
waiver or to take any other action under this Indenture. If a record date is
fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding
paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly
designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to consent to
such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given,
whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No
consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record
date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities
required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also
been given and not revoked within such 90-day period.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it
shall bind every Holder, unless it is of the type described in any of clauses
(1) through (9) of Section 9.02 hereof. In such case, the amendment,
supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every
subsequent Holder that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's
Security.
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment or supplement changes the terms of an
outstanding Security, the Company may require the Holder of the Security to
deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on
the Security at the request of the Company regarding the changed terms and
return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the
Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make
the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the
validity of such amendment or supplement.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any amendment or supplement 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 amendment or supplement.
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplement authorized
pursuant to this Article if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it
does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign
such amendment or supplement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and,
subject to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel provided at the expense of the Company as conclusive
evidence that such amendment or supplement is authorized
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or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that
it will be valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of TIA Section 318(c), the
imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 10.2 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to
the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by
first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex,
facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
other's address:
If to the Company:
Global Marine Inc.
000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
If to the Trustee:
Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if by facsimile; and
the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by
overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holder's address shown on the
register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a
Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to
other Holders.
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If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the
addressee receives it, except in the case of notice to the Trustee, it is duly
given only when received.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
All notices or communications, including without limitation
notices to the Trustee or the Company by Holders, shall be in writing, except
as otherwise set forth herein.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service,
or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice
required by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such
notice.
SECTION 10.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 10.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the
Trustee, furnish to the Trustee at the expense of the Company:
(1) an Officers' Certificate (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 10.05) stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 10.05 hereof) stating that, in the
opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants
have been complied with.
SECTION 10.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions
of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
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(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he
or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not
such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of
such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 10.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or the Paying Agent may make reasonable
rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 10.07 Legal Holidays.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a
Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 10.08 No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other
owner of the Company or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for
any obligations of the Company under the Securities or for any obligations of
the Company or the Trustee under this Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.
SECTION 10.09 Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 10.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or any other Subsidiary. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
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SECTION 10.11 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 10.12 Severability.
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, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.13 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 10.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The table of contents, cross-reference table and headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
GLOBAL MARINE INC.
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and
General Counsel
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee
By: /s/ XXXXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Financial Services Officer
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