Execution, Dating, Certificate of Authentication. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer, and may have the corporate seal of the Company affixed thereto or reproduced thereon and attested by any other Authorized Officer. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at the time of execution Authorized Officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, no Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual signature of an authorized officer thereof, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (a) any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder to the Company, or any Person acting on its behalf, but shall never have been issued and sold by the Company, (b) the Company shall deliver such Security to the Security Registrar for cancellation or shall cancel such Security and deliver evidence of such cancellation to the Trustee, in each case as provided in Section 3.9, and (c) the Company, at its election, shall deliver to the Trustee a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.5 and need not be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, then, for all purposes of this Indenture, such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and sh...
Execution, Dating, Certificate of Authentication. (a) The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Executive Officer, and may (but shall not be required to) have the corporate seal of the Company affixed thereto or reproduced thereon and attested by any other Authorized Executive Officer. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Bonds may be manual or facsimile.
