Amendments Without Consent of Noteholders (a) Without the consent of the Noteholders and with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, as evidenced in writing to the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, when authorized by an Issuer Order, at any time and from time to time, the parties hereto may enter into one or more amendments hereto, in form satisfactory to the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of the Indenture as supplemented by this Series Supplement, or better to assure, convey and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee, if any, any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of the Indenture as supplemented by this Series Supplement, or subject to the lien of the Indenture as supplemented by this Series Supplement additional property;
(ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Notes contained;
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;
(iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee, if any;
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture, the Trust Agreement or in this Series Supplement; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders;
(vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder and under the Indenture by a successor indenture trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture or of this Series Supplement as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one indenture trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article V of the Indenture; or
(vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of the Indenture or of this Series Supplement to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to the Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA. Each of the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of any amendment and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, when authorized by an Issuer Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Noteholders and with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, as evidenced in writing to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator, enter into an amendment hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture or of this Series Supplement of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders under the Indenture or under this Series Supplement; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder; provided, further, that with respect to tax matters, such action shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder if, for federal income tax purposes, the action does not cause the issuing entity to be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, or the Notes that were characterized as debt at the time of issuance to fail to qualify as debt.
Amendments Without Consent of Holders (a) Without the consent of any Holders, Parent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another person to Parent and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of Parent herein; provided that such succession and assumption is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(ii) to evidence the succession of another Person as a successor Rights Agent and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Rights Agent herein; provided that such succession and assumption is in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(iii) to add to the covenants of Parent such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as Parent shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders;
(iv) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in the Merger Agreement, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement; provided that, in each case, such provisions do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders;
(v) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the CVRs are not subject to registration under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided that, such provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders;
(vi) to evidence the assignment of this Agreement by Parent as provided in Section 7.3; or
(vii) as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that the Company complies with applicable law. In addition to the foregoing, upon the request of Parent, the Rights Agent hereby agrees to enter into one or more amendments hereto to evidence the succession of another person as a successor Rights Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the assumption by any successor of the covenants and obligations of such Rights Agent herein, without modification of such covenants or obligations other than as permitted by this Section 5.1.
(b) Without the consent of any Holders, Parent and the Rights Agent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments hereto to reduce the number of CVRs, in the event any Holder agrees to renounce such Holder’s rights under this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.4 or to transfer CVRs to Parent pursuant to Section 2.10.
(c) Promptly after the execution by Parent and the Rights Agent of any amendment pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.1, Parent shall mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) a notice thereof through the facilities of DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures and/or by first class mail to the Holders at their addresses as they appear on the CVR Register, setting forth such amendment.
Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Agent, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Agent, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Certificates; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Agent; or
(4) to make provision with respect to the rights of Holders pursuant to the requirements of Section 5.6(b); or
(5) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to such matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.
Without Consent of the Holders Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuers, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to permit a Successor Issuer to assume the Issuers’ covenants and obligations under this Indenture and in the Securities in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(ii) to add to the Issuers’ covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities;
(iii) to surrender any of the Issuers’ rights or powers conferred in this Indenture;
(iv) to add any additional Events of Default;
(v) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to the extent needed to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities in a manner that will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any material respect;
(vi) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as is necessary to provide for the administration of the trust by more than one trustee;
(vii) to cure any ambiguity;
(viii) to provide for the issuance of Additional Securities and Exchange Securities in accordance with the terms hereof, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Initial Securities, as a single issue of securities;
(ix) to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein;
(x) to add additional Guarantees or to release any Subsidiary Guarantors from Guarantees as provided by the terms of this Indenture;
(xi) to (A) secure the Securities with collateral and (B) release collateral (if any) from the Lien when permitted or required by the terms of the applicable security documents (if any have been entered into), the intercreditor agreement (if one has been entered into) or this Indenture;
(xii) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Securities to the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum;
(xiii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture as long as the new provisions do not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the Securities; or
(xiv) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA. Upon the request of the Issuers, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.07, the Trustee shall join with the Issuers and, if applicable, the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture. After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuers shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
Amendments with Consent of Holders (a) Amendments of the Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document may be made by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Shared Security Agent with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may waive future compliance by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the JV Subsidiary Guarantors with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreement; provided, however, that no such modification, amendment or waiver may, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby:
(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;
(ii) reduce the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;
(iii) change the place, currency or time of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note;
(iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity (or, in the case of a redemption, on or after the redemption date) of any Note;
(v) reduce the above-stated percentage of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary to modify or amend this Indenture;
(vi) waive a default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;
(vii) release any Subsidiary Guarantor or JV Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee or JV Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, except as provided in this Indenture;
(viii) release any Collateral, except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, the Indenture and the Security Documents;
(ix) reduce the percentage or aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is necessary for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or for waiver of certain defaults;
(x) amend, change or modify any Subsidiary Guarantee or JV Subsidiary Guarantee in a manner that adversely affects the Holders;
(xi) amend, change or modify any provision of any Security Document, or any provision of this Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement relating to the Collateral, in a manner that adversely affects the Holders, except in accordance with the other provisions of this Indenture;
(xii) reduce the amount payable upon a Change of Control Offer or an Offer to Purchase with the Excess Proceeds from any Asset Sale or change the time or manner by which a Change of Control Offer or an Offer to Purchase with the Excess Proceeds or other proceeds from any Asset Sale may be made or by which the Notes must be repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or an Offer to Purchase with the Excess Proceeds or other proceeds from any Asset Sale;
(xiii) change the redemption date or the redemption price of the Notes from that stated in Section 3.01 or Section 3.02;
(xiv) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any JV Subsidiary Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts; or
(xv) amend, change or modify any provision of this Indenture or the related definition affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee or JV Subsidiary Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders.
Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Applicable Certificateholders Without limitation of Section 9.01 of the Basic Agreement, under the terms of, and subject to the limitations contained in, Section 9.01 of the Basic Agreement, the Company may (but will not be required to), and the Trustee (subject to Section 9.03 of the Basic Agreement) shall, at the Company’s request, at any time and from time to time:
(i) Enter into one or more agreements supplemental to the Escrow Agreement, the NPA or the Deposit Agreement for any of the purposes set forth in clauses (1) through (9) of such Section 9.01, and (without limitation of the foregoing or Section 9.01 of the Basic Agreement) (a) clauses (2) and (3) of such Section 9.01 shall also be deemed to include the Company’s obligations under (in the case of clause (2)), and the Company’s rights and powers conferred by (in the case of clause (3)), the NPA, and (b) references in clauses (4), (6) and (7) of such Section 9.01 to “any Intercreditor Agreement or any Liquidity Facility” shall also be deemed to refer to “the Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facility, the Escrow Agreement, the NPA or the Deposit Agreement”,
(ii) Enter into one or more agreements supplemental to the Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or the NPA to provide for the formation of one or more Additional Trusts, the issuance of Additional Certificates, the purchase by an Additional Trust (if any) of applicable Additional Equipment Notes and other matters incidental thereto or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.01(b) of the Basic Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 4(a)(vi) of the NPA and Section 9.1(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, and
(iii) Enter into one or more agreements supplemental to the Agreement to provide for the formation of one or more Refinancing Trusts, the issuance of Refinancing Certificates, the purchase by any Refinancing Trust of applicable Refinancing Equipment Notes and other matters incidental thereto or as otherwise contemplated by Section 2.01(b) of the Basic Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 4(a)(vi) of the NPA and Section 9.1(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Certificateholders Without the consent of the Certificateholders, the Guarantor and the Company may, and the Trustee (subject to Section 9.03) shall, at any time and from time to time, enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto or, if applicable, to the Intercreditor Agreement or a Note Purchase Agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to provide for the formation of a Trust, the issuance of a series of certificates and the other matters contemplated by Section 2.01(b); or
(2) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company or the Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor herein contained; or
(3) to add to the covenants of the Guarantor or the Company for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any series, or to surrender any right or power in this Agreement conferred upon the Guarantor or the Company; or
(4) to correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any Trust Supplement or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders of any series; or to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake; or
(5) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to continue the qualification of this Agreement (including any supplemental agreement) under the Trust Indenture Act, or under any similar Federal statute hereafter enacted, and to add to this Agreement such other provisions as may be expressly permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at the date as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any similar Federal statute hereafter enacted; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Agreement by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more Trusts and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Agreement as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the Trusts hereunder and thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.09; or
(7) to make any other amendments or modifications hereto, provided such amendments or modifications shall only apply to Certificates of one or more series to be thereafter issued.
Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding Purchase Contracts voting together as one Class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Agent, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Agent may enter into an agreement or agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of modifying in any manner the terms of the Purchase Contracts, or the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in respect of the Securities; provided, however, that, except as contemplated herein, no such supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change any Payment Date;
(2) change the amount or the type of Collateral required to be Pledged to secure a Holder's Obligations under the Purchase Contract, impair the right of the Holder of any Purchase Contract to receive distributions on the related Collateral (except for the rights of Holders of Income PRIDES to substitute the Treasury Securities for the Pledge Preferred Securities or the rights of holders of Growth PRIDES to substitute Preferred Securities for the Pledged Treasury Securities) or otherwise adversely affect the Holder's rights in or to such Collateral or adversely alter the rights in or to such Collateral;
(3) reduce any Contract Adjustment Payments or any Deferred Contract Adjustment Payment, or change any place where, or the coin or currency in which, any Contract Adjustment Payments is payable;
(4) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any Purchase Contract;
(5) reduce the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to any Purchase Contract, increase the price to purchase shares of Common Stock upon settlement of any Purchase Contract, change the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or otherwise adversely affect the Holder's rights under any Purchase Contract; or
(6) reduce the percentage of the outstanding Purchase Contracts the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental agreement; provided, that if any amendment or proposal referred to above would adversely affect only the Income PRIDES or the Growth PRIDES, then only the affected class of Holder as of the record date for the Holders entitled to vote thereon will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal, and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the consent of Holders of not less than a majority of such class. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental agreement, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
With Consent of the Holders (a) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents with the written consent of the Required Holders. However, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, an amendment may not:
(i) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
(ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note,
(iii) reduce the principal of or change the Maturity Date of any Note,
(iv) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in accordance with Article 3,
(v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note,
(vi) expressly subordinate the Notes to any other Indebtedness of the Issuer,
(vii) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of or premium, if any, and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes,
(viii) make any change in this Section 8.02, or
(ix) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture and the Security Documents, except as otherwise provided in this Indenture or the Security Documents. It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
(b) After an amendment under this Section 8.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 8.02.
Amendment Without Consent of Holders Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, at any time and from time to time, may amend this Agreement, in form satisfactory to the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Purchase Contract Agent, to:
(1) evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company;
(2) evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or Purchase Contract Agent;
(3) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company, provided such covenants or such surrender do not adversely affect the validity, perfection or priority of the Pledge created hereunder; or
(4) cure any ambiguity (or formal defect), correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other such provisions herein, or make any other provisions with respect to such matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders.
