Satisfaction Discharge and Covenant Defeasance
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Satisfaction and Discharge Defeasance 31 Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................................... 31 Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification................................. 32 Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series................................ 32 Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance......................................................... 34 Section 8.5. Repayment to Company........................................................ 35 ARTICLE IX.
SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............................................55
Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of the Notes (a) Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.2(b) below, the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Notes Outstanding, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such Notes, shall no longer be in effect (and the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to: (i) the rights of the Noteholders to receive, from the trust funds described in Section 4.2(b)(i), payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes Outstanding at maturity of such principal or interest; (ii) the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Notes under Section 2.5, Section 2.6, Section 3.2 and Section 3.3; (iii) the obligations of the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee under Section 6.7; and (iv) the rights, powers, trusts and immunities of the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the duties of the Indenture Trustee hereunder. (b) The satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.2(a) is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions: (i) the Issuer has deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably (except as provided in Section 4.4) with the Indenture Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, which, through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day prior to the due date of any payment referred to below, money in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Indenture Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes Outstanding, for principal thereof and interest thereon to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes that have become due and payable) or to the maturity of such principal and interest, as the case may be; (ii) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute an event of default under, any Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is bound; (iii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or on the ninety-first (91st) day after such date; (iv) the Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.2 will not cause any Noteholder to be treated as having sold or exchanged any of its Notes for purposes of Section 1001 of the Code; and (v) the Issuer has delivered to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee an Issuer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section 4.2 have been complied with.
Covenant Defeasance Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.20 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(a)(3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance (a) The Issuer may, at its option by Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, at any time, elect to have either subsection (b) or (c) of this Section 8.02 be applied to all outstanding Securities upon compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 8.03. (b) Upon the Issuer’s exercise under subsection (a) hereof of the option applicable to this subsection (b), the Issuer and each Guarantor shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.04 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), and Holders of the Securities and any amounts deposited under Section 8.03 shall cease to be subject to any other obligations, except for the following provisions, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (ii) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 4.02, (iii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture and (iv) this Article 8. Subject to compliance with this Section 8.02, the Issuer may exercise its option under this subsection (b) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under subsection (c) hereof. (c) Upon the Issuer’s exercise under subsection (a) hereof of the option applicable to this subsection (c), the Issuer and the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, be released from their Obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04 and 4.12 through 4.18 and Article 5 with respect to the outstanding Securities on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes) and Holders of the Securities and any amounts deposited under Section 8.03 shall cease to be subject to any other obligations. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities, the Issuer and the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01(c), but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under subsection (a) hereof of the option applicable to this subsection (c), subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e) and 6.01(h) shall not constitute Events of Default.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance (a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Recovery Bonds and the Indenture Trustee, on reasonable written demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Recovery Bonds, when: (i) either (A) all Recovery Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (I) Recovery Bonds that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06 and (II) Recovery Bonds for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or (B) either (I) the Scheduled Final Payment Date has occurred with respect to all Recovery Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation or (II) the Recovery Bonds will be due and payable on their respective Scheduled Final Payment Dates within one year, and in any such case, the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited in trust with the Indenture Trustee (1) cash and/or (2) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms are in an amount sufficient to pay principal, interest and premium, if any, on the Recovery Bonds not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation and all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer with respect to the Recovery Bonds when scheduled to be paid and to discharge the entire indebtedness on the Recovery Bonds when due; (ii) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and (iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of registered public accountants, each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 10.01(a) and each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Recovery Bonds have been complied with. (b) Subject to Sections 4.01(e) and 4.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all its obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Recovery Bonds (“Legal Defeasance Option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18 and 3.19 and the operation of Section 5.01(a)(iii) (“Covenant Defeasance Option”) with respect to Recovery Bonds. The Issuer may exercise the Legal Defeasance Option with respect to Recovery Bonds notwithstanding its prior exercise of the Covenant Defeasance Option.
Discharge and Defeasance Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE SECTION 1301.
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302 or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance: (1) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the date of fixed maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to the date of fixed maturity or to a particular redemption date; (2) in the case of an election under Section 7.02, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: (a) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or (b) since the Issue 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 Legal 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 Legal Defeasance had not occurred; provided, however, that such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on a certificate or certificates of Officers of the General Partner; (3) in the case of an election under Section 7.03, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant 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 Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; provided, however, that such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on a certificate or certificates of Officers of the General Partner; (4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness or other borrowing of funds, or the grant of Liens securing such Indebtedness or other borrowing, all or a portion of which are to be applied to such deposit); (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture (as it relates to the Notes)) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; (6) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Issuers or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Issuers or others; and (7) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; provided, however, that such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, on a certificate or certificates of Officers of the General Partner.
