Receipt of Securities (a) Except as provided by Paragraphs 7(c), 8, 27, or 28(g) hereof, and except as otherwise directed by Oral or Written Instructions described in Paragraph 11 hereof, Custodian shall hold and physically segregate in a separate account with respect to each Fund, identifiable from those of any other person, all securities and non-cash property received by it for the Funds. All such securities and non-cash property are to be held or disposed of by Custodian for each Fund pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In the absence of Written Instructions accompanied by a certified vote authorizing the specific transaction by the Trust's Board of Trustees, and subject to Paragraph 25 hereof, Custodian shall have no power or authority to withdraw, deliver, assign, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of any such securities and investments, except in accordance with the express terms provided for in this Agreement. In no case may any Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust withdraw any securities. In connection with its duties under this Paragraph 7(a), Custodian may enter into sub-custodian agreements with other banks or trust companies for the receipt of certain securities and cash to be held by Custodian for the account of a Fund pursuant to this Agreement, provided Custodian obtains the prior written approval of the Trust to any such sub-custody arrangement. Custodian will provide the Trust with a copy of each sub-custodian agreement it executes pursuant to this Paragraph 7(a). Custodian shall be liable for acts or omissions of any such sub-custodian selected by it pursuant to this Paragraph 7(a), under the standards of care provided for herein, except for any such sub-custodian engaged at the specific direction of the Funds. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Paragraph 7(a) shall not apply to Custodian's engagement of foreign sub-custodians, which shall instead be governed by Paragraph 27 hereof.
(b) Promptly after the close of business on each day, Custodian shall furnish the Trust with confirmations and a summary of all transfers to or from the account of each Fund during said day. Where securities are transferred to the account of any Fund established at a Securities Depository or the Book Entry System pursuant to Paragraph 8 herein, Custodian shall also, by book-entry or otherwise, identify as belonging to such Fund the quantity of securities in a fungible bulk of securities registered in the name of Custodian (or its nominee) or shown in Custodian's account on the books of a Securities Depository or the Book-Entry System. At least monthly and from time to time, Custodian shall furnish the Trust with a detailed statement of the Property held for each Fund under this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision elsewhere contained herein, Custodian shall not be required to obtain possession of any instrument or certificate representing any futures contract, any option, or any futures contract option until after it shall have determined, or shall have received an Officer's Certificate from the Trust stating that any such instruments or certificates are available. The Trust shall deliver to Custodian such an Officer's Certificate no later than the business day preceding the availability of any such instrument or certificate. Prior to such availability, Custodian shall comply with the 1940 Act in connection with the purchase, sale, settlement, closing out or writing of futures contracts, options, or futures contract options by making payments or deliveries specified in such Officer's Certificates or Written Instructions received by Custodian in connection with any such purchase, sale, writing, settlement or closing out upon its receipt from a broker, dealer, or futures commission merchant of a statement or confirmation reasonably believed by Custodian to be in the form customarily used by brokers, dealers, or future commission merchants with respect to such futures contracts, options, or futures contract options, as the case may be, confirming that the same is held by such broker, dealer or futures commission merchant, in book-entry form or otherwise, in the name of Custodian (or any nominee of Custodian) as Custodian for the Fund, provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Paragraph 13(b) hereof, payments to or deliveries from any margin account, and payments with respect to future contracts, options, or future contract options to which a margin account relates, shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Trust's relevant margin account agreement. Whenever any such instruments or certificates are available, Custodian shall, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, make payment for any futures contract, option, or futures contract option for which such instruments or such certificates are available against the delivery to Custodian of such instrument or such certificate, and deliver any futures contract, option or futures contract option for which such instruments or such certificates are available only against receipt by Custodian of payment therefor. Any such instrument or certificate delivered to Custodian shall be held by Custodian hereunder in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of this Agreement.
Receipt of Securities; Subcustodians (i) PFPC Trust shall hold all securities received by it for the Account in a separate account that physically segregates such securities from those of any other persons, firms or corporations, except for securities held in a Book-Entry System or through a sub-custodian or depository. All such securities shall be held or disposed of only upon Written Instructions of the Fund pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. PFPC Trust shall have no power or authority to assign, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of any such securities or investment, except upon the express terms of this Agreement or upon Written Instructions authorizing the transaction. In no case may any member of the Fund's board of directors, or any officer, employee or agent of the Fund withdraw any securities. At PFPC Trust's own expense and for its own convenience, PFPC Trust may enter into sub-custodian agreements with other banks or trust companies to perform duties described in this sub-section (c) with respect to domestic assets. Such bank or trust company shall have an aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profits, according to its last published report, of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000), if it is a subsidiary or affiliate of PFPC Trust, or at least twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) if such bank or trust company is not a subsidiary or affiliate of PFPC Trust. In addition, such bank or trust company must be qualified to act as custodian and agree to comply with the relevant provisions of applicable rules and regulations. Any such arrangement will not be entered into without prior written notice to the Fund (or as otherwise provided in the 1940 Act). In addition, PFPC Trust may enter into arrangements with sub-custodians with respect to services regarding foreign assets. Any such arrangement will not be entered into without prior written notice to the Fund (or as otherwise provided in the 1940 Act). PFPC Trust shall remain responsible for the acts and omissions of any sub-custodian chosen by PFPC Trust under the terms of this sub-section (c) to the same extent that PFPC Trust is responsible for its own acts and omissions under this Agreement.
Segregation of Securities The Bank shall identify on its books as belonging to the Fund the Foreign Portfolio Securities held by each foreign sub-custodian (each an "Eligible Foreign Custodian") selected by the Foreign Custody Manager, subject to receipt by the Bank of the necessary information from such Eligible Foreign Custodian if the Foreign Custody Manager is not the Bank.
Delivery of Securities from Fund Custody Account Upon receipt of Proper Instructions, the Custodian shall release and deliver, or cause the Sub-Custodian to release and deliver, Securities from the Fund Custody Account but only in the following cases:
(a) Upon the sale of Securities for the account of the Fund but only against receipt of payment therefor in cash, by certified or cashiers check or bank credit;
(b) In the case of a sale effected through a Book-Entry System or Securities Depository, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.05 above;
(c) To an offeror’s depository agent in connection with tender or other similar offers for Securities of the Fund; provided that, in any such case, the cash or other consideration is to be delivered to the Custodian;
(d) To the issuer thereof or its agent (i) for transfer into the name of the Fund, the Custodian or any Sub-Custodian, or any nominee or nominees of any of the foregoing, or (ii) for exchange for a different number of certificates or other evidence representing the same aggregate face amount or number of units; provided that, in any such case, the new Securities are to be delivered to the Custodian;
(e) To the broker selling the Securities, for examination in accordance with the “street delivery” custom;
(f) For exchange or conversion pursuant to any plan of merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reorganization or readjustment of the issuer of such Securities, or pursuant to provisions for conversion contained in such Securities, or pursuant to any deposit agreement, including surrender or receipt of underlying Securities in connection with the issuance or cancellation of depository receipts; provided that, in any such case, the new Securities and cash, if any, are to be delivered to the Custodian;
(g) Upon receipt of payment therefor pursuant to any repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement entered into by the Fund;
(h) In the case of warrants, rights or similar Securities, upon the exercise thereof, provided that, in any such case, the new Securities and cash, if any, are to be delivered to the Custodian;
(i) For delivery in connection with any loans of Securities of the Fund, but only against receipt of such collateral as the Trust shall have specified to the Custodian in Proper Instructions;
(j) For delivery as security in connection with any borrowings by the Fund requiring a pledge of assets by the Trust, but only against receipt by the Custodian of the amounts borrowed;
(k) Pursuant to any authorized plan of liquidation, reorganization, merger, consolidation or recapitalization of the Trust;
(l) For delivery in accordance with the provisions of any agreement among the Trust, the Custodian and a broker-dealer registered under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, relating to compliance with the rules of the Options Clearing Corporation and of any registered national securities exchange (or of any similar organization or organizations) regarding escrow or other arrangements in connection with transactions by the Fund;
(m) For delivery in accordance with the provisions of any agreement among the Trust, the Custodian and a futures commission merchant registered under the Commodity Exchange Act, relating to compliance with the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or any contract market (or any similar organization or organizations) regarding account deposits in connection with transactions by the Fund;
(n) For any other proper corporate purpose, but only upon receipt of Proper Instructions, specifying the Securities to be delivered, setting forth the purpose for which such delivery is to be made, declaring such purpose to be a proper corporate purpose, and naming the person or persons to whom delivery of such Securities shall be made; or
(o) To brokers, clearing banks or other clearing agents for examination or trade execution in accordance with market custom; provided that in any such case the Custodian shall have no responsibility or liability for any loss arising from the delivery of such securities prior to receiving payment for such securities except as may arise from the Custodian’s own negligence or willful misconduct.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES SECTION 1101.
Conversion of Securities At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the following securities:
(a) Each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation;
(b) Each share (a “Share”) of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) held in the treasury of the Company and each Share owned by Parent or Merger Sub or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time automatically shall be canceled and retired without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto; and
(c) Each Share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.1(b) and any Dissenting Shares (as defined below)) shall be converted into the right to receive (a) the Effective Date Per Share Merger Consideration, payable to the holder thereof, without interest, upon surrender of such Share in the manner provided in Section 2.4, less any required withholding Taxes, and (b) payment by the Stockholders’ Representative of an amount (if any) payable out of the Holdback Funds pursuant to Section 9.5, any Collected Landlord Receivables pursuant to Section 2.4 and Section 9.5 hereof and any Unused Retention Amount pursuant to Section 6.12 and Section 9.5. Upon such conversion, such shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each certificate or book entry previously evidencing any such shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.1(b) and any Dissenting Shares (as defined below)) shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration, without interest, less any required withholding, payable in the manner set forth in this Agreement. The holders of certificates or book entries previously evidencing any such shares shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Common Stock except as otherwise provided herein or by law.
Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, etc In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change covered by Section 4.1 or 4.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Warrant holders shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the Warrant holder would have received if such Warrant holder had exercised his, her or its Warrant(s) immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by Section 4.1 or 4.2, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and this Section 4.4. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers.
Evaluation of Securities The Trustee shall determine separately and promptly furnish to the Depositor upon request the value of each issue of the Securities in the Trust as of the Evaluation Time on each of the days on which the Trustee shall make the Trust Evaluation required by Section 5.1. The value of each issue of Securities shall be determined in good faith by the Trustee in accordance with the following procedures: If the Securities are listed on a national or foreign securities exchange, such valuation shall be based on the closing sale price on such exchange which is the principal market thereof, deemed to be the New York Stock Exchange if the Securities are listed thereon (unless the Trustee deems such price inappropriate as a basis for valuation). If the Securities are not so listed, or, if so listed and the principal market therefor is other than such exchange or there is no closing sale price on such exchange, such valuation shall be based on the closing sale price in the over-the-counter market (unless the Trustee deems such price inappropriate as a basis for valuation) or if there is no such closing sale price, then the Trustee may utilize, at the Trust’s expense, an independent evaluation service or services approved by the Depositor to ascertain the values of the Securities. The independent evaluation service shall use any of the following methods, or a combination thereof, which it deems appropriate: (a) on the basis of current bid prices of such Securities as obtained from investment dealers or brokers (including the Depositor) who customarily deal in securities comparable to those held by the Trust, or (b) if bid prices are not available for any of such Securities, on the basis of bid prices for comparable securities, or (c) by appraisal of the value of the Securities on the bid side of the market or by such other appraisal as is deemed appropriate, or (d) by any combination of the above. As used herein, the closing sale price is deemed to mean the most recent closing sale price on the relevant securities exchange prior to the Evaluation Time. The Trustee shall be permitted to rely on these evaluations when determining the Unit Value. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the valuations supplied to it by the independent evaluation service. The Trustee shall also make an evaluation of the Securities deposited in the Trust as of the time said Securities are deposited under this Indenture pursuant to Section 2.1. Such evaluation shall be made on the same basis as set forth above and shall be included in the Schedules attached to the Reference Trust Agreement. If the Trust holds Securities denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the evaluation of such Security shall be converted to U.S. dollars based on current offering side exchange rates (unless the Trustee deems such prices inappropriate as a basis for valuation).”
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness..................68 SECTION 13.2. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.........................69 SECTION 13.3. Payment Permitted If No Default................................70 SECTION 13.4. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness........70 SECTION 13.5. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights....................71 SECTION 13.6.
Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his or her agent or proxy may be, proved in the following manner:
(1) The fact and date of the execution by any Holder of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer of any jurisdiction authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds or administer oaths that the person executing such instruments acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of the authority of the person executing the same.
(2) The fact of the holding by any Holder of an Unregistered Security of any series, and the identifying number of such Security and the date of his or her holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Security or by a certificate executed by any trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities dealer wherever situated satisfactory to the Trustee, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. Each such certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Security of such series bearing a specified identifying number was deposited with or exhibited to such trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities dealer by the person named in such certificate. Any such certificate may be issued in respect of one or more Unregistered Securities of one or more series specified therein. The holding by the person named in any such certificate of any Unregistered Securities of any series specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year from the date of such certificate unless at the time of any determination of such holding (a) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Securities shall be produced, or (b) the Securities of such series specified in such certificate shall be produced by some other person, or (c) the Securities of such series specified in such certificate shall have ceased to be Outstanding. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the fact and date of the execution of any such instrument and the amount and numbers of Securities of any series held by the person so executing such instrument and the amount and numbers of any Security or Securities for such series may also be proven in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee for such series or in any other manner which the Trustee for such series may deem sufficient.
(3) In the case of Registered Securities, the ownership of such Securities shall be proved by the Security register or by a certificate of the Security registrar. The Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of Registered Securities of any series entitled to vote or consent to any action referred to in Section 7.1, which record date may be set at any time or from time to time by notice to the Trustee, for any date or dates (in the case of any adjournment or reconsideration) not more than 60 days nor less than five days prior to the proposed date of such vote or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, with respect to Registered Securities of any series, only Holders of Registered Securities of such series of record on such record date shall be entitled to so vote or give such consent or revoke such vote or consent.
