Option to Effect Defeasance. The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Certificate, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding Notes, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Notes when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 hereof; (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith; and (iv) this Article 8. In order to exercise Defeasance: (a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the Notes, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust, U.S. dollars sufficient, or U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes; (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred; (c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company); (d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; (e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law; (f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over any other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; (g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant to (a) above being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (h) Holders of the Notes will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and (i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied with.
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Samples: Indenture (NTL Communications Corp)
Option to Effect Defeasance. The Company Each of the Issuer or the Guarantor, may, at the its option of its by Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's CertificateResolution, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied the Issuer and the Guarantor discharged from their respective obligations with respect to all outstanding Outstanding Notes upon compliance with on the date the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding Notes, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCEdefeasance"). For this purpose, Defeasance such defeasance means that the Company Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations indebtedness represented by the outstanding Outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstandingOutstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof 10.03 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses clause (a), (b), (c) and (be) below, and the Issuer and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have satisfied all its their other obligations under such Notes Notes, the Guarantee and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the CompanyIssuer and the Guarantor, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: :
(ia) the rights of Holders of outstanding Outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraphSection 10.03 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Notes (and any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof) when such payments are due; , or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(iib) the CompanyIssuer's and the Guarantor's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 hereof; Section 2.02, Section 2.04, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 2.08, Section 2.09, Section 2.12, Section 2.13, Section 2.14 and Section 2.15;
(iiic) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the CompanyIssuer's and the Guarantor's obligations in connection therewith; and (iv) this Article 8. In order to exercise Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the Notes, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust, U.S. dollars sufficient, or U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes;
(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company);
(d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;Article 10; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over any other creditors obligations of the Company with Issuer and the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant Guarantor to (a) above being subject to regulation pay any Additional Amounts under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Holders of the Notes will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied withSection 7.06.
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Samples: Indenture (Cnooc LTD)
Option to Effect Defeasance. The Subject to the first sentence of Section 3.07, the Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon Subject to the first sentence of Section 3.07, upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding Notes, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCEDefeasance"). For this purpose, Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Notes when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 II hereof; (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith; and (iv) this Article 8VIII. In order to exercise Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the NotesTrustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds money in trust, U.S. dollars sufficient, sufficient or U.S. Government Obligations, Obligations the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, sufficient or a combination thereof sufficient, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment -51- 174 thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes;
(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Loan Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company);
(d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over any other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant to (a) above being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Holders of the Notes will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied with.
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Samples: Bridge Loan Agreement (NTL Inc /De/)
Option to Effect Defeasance. The Company may, at the --------------------------- option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Notes Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding NotesSecurities, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes Securities on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCEDefeasance"). For this purpose, Defeasance means that the Company shall be ---------- deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations represented by the outstanding NotesSecurities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes Securities and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (ia) the rights of Holders holders of outstanding Notes Securities to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes Securities when such payments are due; , (iib) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes Securities under Article 2 II hereof; , (iiic) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith; , and (ivd) this Article 8VIII. In order to exercise Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the NotesTrustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holdersholders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust, U.S. dollars sufficient, money or U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, Obligations or a combination thereof thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, interest on the outstanding Notes Securities on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, interest on the outstanding NotesSecurities;
(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders holders of the outstanding Notes Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g6.01 (g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company);
(d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders holders of Notes Securities over any other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant to (a) above being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Holders holders of the Notes Securities will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied with.
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Samples: Indenture (NTL Inc /De/)
Option to Effect Defeasance. The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Certificate, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding Notes, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Notes when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 II hereof; (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith; and (iv) this Article 8VIII. In order to exercise Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the Notes, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust, U.S. dollars legal tender in the countries constituting the European Monetary Union sufficient, or U.S. EEA Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes;
(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company);
(d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over any other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant to (a) above being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Holders of the Notes will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied with.
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Samples: Indenture (NTL Communications Corp)
Option to Effect Defeasance. The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Officers' Certificate, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding Notes, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCEDefeasance"). For this purpose, Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 II hereof; (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith; and (iv) this Article 8VIII. In order to exercise Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the NotesTrustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds money in trust, U.S. dollars sufficient, pounds sterling sufficient or U.S. U.K. Government Obligations, Obligations the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, sufficient or a combination thereof sufficient, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, interest on the outstanding Notes;
(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company);
(d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over any other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant to (a) above being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Holders of the Notes will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied with.
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Samples: Indenture (NTL Inc /De/)
Option to Effect Defeasance. The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Certificate, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding Notes, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Notes when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 hereof; (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith; and (iv) this Article 8. In order to exercise Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the Notes, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust, U.S. dollars sufficientlegal tender in the countries constituting the European Monetary Union, or U.S. EEA Government Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes;
(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company);
(d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over any other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant to (a) above being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Holders of the Notes will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied with.. - 57 - 64
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Samples: Indenture (NTL Communications Corp)
Option to Effect Defeasance. The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Certificate, at any time, elect to have this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section. Upon the Company's election to have this Section 8.02 apply to all the outstanding Notes, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the next paragraph, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations 49 with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date such conditions are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). For this purpose, Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Obligations represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.03 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in the following paragraph, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Notes when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 II hereof; (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company's obligations in connection therewith; and (iv) this Article 8VIII. In order to exercise Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, at any time prior to the maturity date of the Notes, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust funds in trust, U.S. dollars legal tender in the countries constituting the European Monetary Union sufficient, or U.S. EEA Government Obligations, the principal of and an interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, expressed in a written certification thereof (in form satisfactory to the Trustee) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal or installment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the outstanding Notes;
(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (which counsel may be an employee of the Company) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the Issuance Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Defeasance (other than an Event of Default resulting from or related to the incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections 6.01(g) and (h) hereof are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit (or greater period of time in which any such deposit of trust funds may remain subject to the effect of any Bankruptcy Law insofar as those apply to the deposit by the Company);
(d) such Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
; 56 (e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit (or such greater period referred to in (c) above), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over any other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
(g) the deposit shall not result in the Company, the Trustee or the trust fund established pursuant to (a) above being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) Holders of the Notes will have a valid, perfected and unavoidable (under applicable Bankruptcy Law), subject to the passage of time referred to clause (e) above, first priority security interest in the trust funds; and
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (subject to customary exceptions), each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Defeasance have been complied with.
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Samples: Indenture (NTL Communications Corp)