EXHIBIT 4.6
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TRUST INDENTURE
BETWEEN
CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD.
AND
CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY
Made as of
April 28, 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1. - INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions............................................................1
Additional Amounts..............................................2
business day....................................................2
Certificate of the Corporation..................................2
Certified Resolution............................................2
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets................................2
Corporation.....................................................2
Corporation's Auditors..........................................2
Counsel.........................................................2
Current Assets..................................................3
Debt Securities.................................................3
Debt Securities Guarantee.......................................3
Debt Security holders...........................................3
Depositary......................................................3
directors.......................................................4
Equity..........................................................4
Event of Default................................................4
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles........................4
Global Debt Security............................................4
Guarantor.......................................................4
Indebtedness....................................................4
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money.................................4
Indexed Debt Security...........................................4
Original Issue Discount Debt Security...........................5
Paying Agent....................................................5
Periodic Offering...............................................5
Permitted Encumbrances..........................................5
Person..........................................................8
principal.......................................................8
Purchase Money Mortgage.........................................8
Purchase Money Obligation.......................................9
Restricted Subsidiary...........................................9
Security Interest...............................................9
Subsidiary.....................................................10
TIA............................................................10
Trustee........................................................10
this Trust Indenture...........................................10
U.S. Government Obligations....................................10
Written Order of the Corporation...............................10
1.2 Meaning of "outstanding" for Certain Purposes.........................11
1.3 Interpretation not Affected by Headings...............................12
1.4 References............................................................12
1.5 Applicable Law........................................................12
1.6 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process........................12
1.7 Method of Payment.....................................................13
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1.8 Currency..............................................................13
1.9 Reference to Provinces................................................14
ARTICLE 2. - ISSUE OF DEBT SECURITIES
2.1 Issue Unlimited.......................................................14
2.2 Terms of the Debt Securities of any Series............................14
2.3 Form..................................................................16
2.4 Certification and Delivery of Debt Securities.........................16
2.5 Execution of Debt Securities..........................................17
2.6 Certification by Trustee..............................................17
2.7 Interim Debt Securities...............................................18
2.8 Issue of Substitutional Debt Securities...............................19
2.9 Pledge and Re-Issue of Debt Securities................................19
2.10 Commencement of Interest..............................................20
2.11 Debt Securities to Rank Pari Passu....................................20
2.12 Additional Terms......................................................20
2.13 Issue of Global Debt Securities.......................................21
2.14 Registration, Transfer, Exchange and Ownership of Global
Debt Securities.......................................................22
ARTICLE 3. - REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEBT SECURITIES,
OWNERSHIP OF DEBT SECURITIES AND NOTICE TO DEBT SECURITY HOLDERS......24
3.1 Negotiability of Debt Securities and Coupons..........................25
3.2 Registered Debt Securities............................................25
3.3 Transferee entitled to Registration...................................25
3.4 No Notice of Trusts...................................................25
3.5 Registers open for Inspection.........................................25
3.6 Exchanges of Debt Securities..........................................26
3.7 Closing of Registers..................................................26
3.8 Charges for Registration, Transfer and Exchange.......................26
3.9 Ownership of Debt Securities and Coupons..............................27
3.10 Payment Free from Equities............................................27
3.11 Evidence of Ownership.................................................27
3.12 Notice to Debt Security Holders.......................................28
3.13 Notice to Corporation.................................................28
3.14 Notice to Trustee.....................................................29
ARTICLE 4. - REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF DEBT SECURITIES
4.1 Applicability of Article..............................................29
4.2 Partial Redemption....................................................29
4.3 Notice of Redemption..................................................29
4.4 Debt Securities Due on Redemption Dates...............................30
4.5 Deposit of Redemption Moneys..........................................30
4.6 Cancellation of Debt Securities Redeemed..............................31
4.7 Purchase of Debt Securities by the Corporation........................31
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ARTICLE 5. - COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION
5.1 General Covenants.....................................................31
5.2 Not to Accumulate Interest............................................34
5.3 Performance of Covenants by Trustee...................................34
ARTICLE 6. - DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT
6.1 Events of Default.....................................................34
6.2 Acceleration on Default...............................................36
6.3 Waiver of Default.....................................................37
6.4 Right of Trustee to Enforce Payment...................................38
6.5 Application of Moneys by Trustee......................................38
6.6 Notice of Payment by Trustee..........................................39
6.7 Trustee May Demand Production of Debt Securities......................39
6.8 Trustee Appointed Attorney............................................39
6.9 Remedies Cumulative...................................................39
6.10 Judgment Against Corporation..........................................39
6.11 Immunity of Shareholders, etc.........................................40
6.12 Suits by Debt Security Holders........................................40
ARTICLE 7. - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
7.1 Cancellation and Destruction..........................................40
7.2 Non-Presentation of Debt Securities and Coupons.......................40
7.3 Repayment of Unclaimed Moneys to Corporation..........................41
7.4 Satisfaction and Discharge............................................41
7.5 Application of Trust Funds............................................42
ARTICLE 8. - SUCCESSOR CORPORATIONS
8.1 Certain Requirements in Respect to Mergers, etc.......................43
8.2 Vesting of Powers in Successor........................................45
8.3 Additional Amounts....................................................45
ARTICLE 9. - MEETINGS OF DEBT SECURITY HOLDERS
9.1 Right to Convene Meeting..............................................46
9.2 Notice................................................................46
9.3 Chairman..............................................................46
9.4 Quorum................................................................47
9.5 Power to Adjourn......................................................47
9.6 Poll..................................................................47
9.7 Voting................................................................47
9.8 Regulations...........................................................47
9.9 Corporation and Trustee may be Represented............................48
9.10 Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution........................49
9.11 Meaning of "Extraordinary Resolution".................................50
9.12 Powers Cumulative.....................................................51
9.13 Minutes...............................................................51
9.14 Instruments in Writing................................................51
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9.15 Binding Effect of Resolutions.........................................52
9.16 Serial Meetings.......................................................52
9.17 Covenants Applicable to a Particular Series of Debt
Securities............................................................53
ARTICLE 10. - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
10.1 Provisions for Supplemental Indentures for Certain Purposes...........53
ARTICLE 11. - CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
11.1 Conditions Precedent to Trustee's Obligations to Act Hereunder........55
11.2 Evidence..............................................................56
11.3 Experts and Advisers..................................................56
11.4 Documents, Moneys, etc. Held by Trustee...............................56
11.5 Trustee not Required to Give Security.................................57
11.6 Protection of Trustee.................................................57
11.7 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee...........................57
11.8 Replacement of Trustee................................................58
11.9 Power of Trustee to Protect Interest..................................58
11.10 Acceptance of Trust...................................................58
11.11 Duty of Trustee.......................................................59
11.12 Provisions Relieving Liability........................................59
11.13 Material Conflict of Interest.........................................59
11.14 Notice of Events of Default...........................................59
11.15 Certificate of No Default.............................................59
11.16 Trustee May Rely on Certain Documents.................................59
11.17 Evidence of Compliance................................................60
ARTICLE 12. - DEBT SECURITIES GUARANTIES
12.1 Capacity of Trustee Re Debt Securities Guarantees.....................61
12.2 Acceptance of Trust Re Debt Securities Guarantees.....................61
12.3 Proceedings by the Trustee............................................61
12.4 Suits by Debt Securities Holders......................................62
12.5 Application of Guarantee Moneys by Trustee............................62
12.6 Amendments and Waivers................................................62
ARTICLE 13. - DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
13.1 Defeasance............................................................63
13.2 Covenant Defeasance...................................................63
13.3 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.......................64
13.4 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held
in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions..............................66
13.5 Reinstatement.........................................................67
ARTICLE 14. - COUNTERPARTS
14.1 Counterparts and Formal Date..........................................68
THIS TRUST INDENTURE made as of April 28, 1998
BETWEEN:
CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD., a corporation incorporated
under the CANADA BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT and having its head
office in the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta
(hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation")
OF THE FIRST PART
AND:
CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY, a trust corporation incorporated
under the laws of Canada and having an office in the City of
Calgary, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter referred to
as the "Trustee")
OF THE SECOND PART
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS the Corporation deems it necessary for its corporate purposes to create
and issue the Debt Securities to be created and issued in the manner hereinafter
appearing;
AND WHEREAS the Corporation, under the laws relating thereto, is duly authorized
to create and issue the Debt Securities to be issued as herein provided;
AND WHEREAS all things necessary have been done and performed to make the Debt
Securities, when certified by the Trustee and issued as in this Indenture
provided, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Corporation with the
benefits and subject to the terms of this Indenture and to make this Indenture a
valid and binding indenture in accordance with its terms;
NOW THEREFORE it is hereby agreed, covenanted and declared as follows:
ARTICLE 1. - INTERPRETATION
1.1 DEFINITIONS
In this Trust Indenture, unless there is something in the subject matter or
context inconsistent therewith or unless otherwise provided with respect to any
series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.2, the following expressions
shall have the following meanings, namely:
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(a) "Additional Amounts" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1;
(b) "business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, except
that, when used with respect to any place (other than The City of New
York) where the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any
Debt Securities is payable (a "Place of Payment") or any other
particular location (other than The City of New York), such term means
any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location. as the
case may be, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close;
(c) "Certificate of the Corporation" means a certificate in writing signed
in the name of the Corporation by:
(i) any two of the chairman of the board, president, chief
executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial
officer, any senior vice-president and the vice-president,
finance of the Corporation; or
(ii) any one of the foregoing together with the treasurer,
secretary, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or
controller of the Corporation,
and may consist of one or more instruments so executed and may be
combined with a Written Order of the Corporation;
(d) "Certified Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
corporate secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation under
its corporate seal to have been duly passed by the directors and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification;
(e) "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, in respect of the Corporation
or any Subsidiary, the aggregate amount of assets less (i) all current
liabilities (excluding any current portion of long-term debt) and (ii)
all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt
discount and expense, and other intangibles, all as reflected in the
most recent consolidated financial statements of the Corporation or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in each case prepared in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;
(f) "Corporation" means the Party of the First Part and every corporate
successor to or of the Party of the First Part which shall have
complied with any applicable provisions of Article 8;
(g) "Corporation's Auditors" means the auditors of the Corporation at the
date hereof, or any other independent firm of accountants duly
appointed as auditors of the Corporation;
(h) "Counsel" means a general counsel of the Corporation or other legal
counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Corporation (unless
otherwise expressly provided herein or, with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series, pursuant to Section 2.2) and who shall be
acceptable to the Trustee;
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(i) "Current Assets" means current assets as determined in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;
(j) "Debt Securities" means the debt securities, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness of the Corporation issued and certified hereunder and
for the time being outstanding, whether in definitive or interim form,
and without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) "coupon Debt Securities" means Debt Securities which are
issued with coupons attached thereto;
(ii) "coupons" means the interest coupons attached or appertaining
to coupon Debt Securities;
(iii) "fully registered Debt Securities" means Debt Securities
without coupons registered as to both principal and interest;
(iv) "registered Debt Securities" where not qualified by other
words means collectively fully registered Debt Securities,
coupon Debt Securities registered as to principal only and
non-interest bearing Debt Securities registered as to
principal; and
(v) "unregistered Debt Securities" means Debt Securities which are
not registered Debt Securities;
(k) "Debt Securities Guarantee" means any guarantee of any Debt Securities
executed by any Subsidiary of the Corporation or other Person in
accordance with the terms of any executed supplemental indenture,
Certified Resolution, Certificate of the Corporation, Written Order of
the Corporation or otherwise.
(l) "Debt Security holders" or "holders" means, with respect to registered
Debt Securities, the several persons for the time being entered in the
register or registers hereinafter mentioned as holders of any of the
Debt Securities, and, with respect to unregistered Debt Securities, the
bearers thereof for the time being;
(m) "Depositary" means with respect to the Debt Securities of any series
issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities,
the Person designated as Depositary by the Corporation pursuant to
Sections 2.2 and 2.12 hereof, until a successor Depositary shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean each Person who is then a
Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series shall mean each Depositary with respect to the Global Debt
Security of such series;
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(n) "directors" means the board of directors of the Corporation, or
whenever duly empowered the executive committee, if any, of the board
of directors of the Corporation, for the time being, and reference to
action by the directors or by the board of directors shall mean action
by the directors as a board or by the executive committee as such;
(o) "Equity" means, as to any Person, the shareholders' equity (or, if such
Person is not a corporation, the amount corresponding to shareholders'
equity) appearing in such Person's most recent consolidated financial
statements prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles;
(p) "Event of Default" means any of the events described in Section 6.1;
(q) "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" means generally accepted
accounting principles which are in effect from time to time in Canada;
(r) "Global Debt Security" means a Debt Security representing all or part
of any series of Debt Securities, that is issued to and registered in
the name of the Depositary for such series, or its nominee, pursuant to
Section 2.13 hereof,
(s) "Guarantor" means any Subsidiary of the Corporation or other Person who
executes a Debt Securities Guarantee as guarantor.
(t) "Indebtedness", as to any Person, means, without duplication, all items
of indebtedness or liability which in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles would be considered to be indebtedness
or liabilities of such Person as at the date as of which indebtedness
is to be determined, including Indebtedness for Borrowed Money;
(u) "Indebtedness for Borrowed Money", as to any Person, means, without
duplication, the full amount of all liabilities of such Person for the
repayment, either in money or in property, of borrowed money, and the
full amount of liabilities of others for the repayment, either in money
or in property, of borrowed money, that is guaranteed or endorsed
(otherwise than for purposes of collection) by such Person, or which
such Person is obligated, contingently or otherwise, to purchase, or on
which such Person is otherwise contingently liable, provided that a
contingent liability for borrowed money shall only constitute
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money where the amount thereof is recorded as
a liability in the most recent consolidated financial statements of
such Person prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles;
(v) "Indexed Debt Security" means a Debt Security the terms of which
provide that the principal amount thereof payable at final maturity may
be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original
issuance;
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(w) "Original Issue Discount Debt Security" means any Debt Security which
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.2;
(x) "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Corporation to pay
the principal of or any premium or interest on any Debt Securities on
behalf of the Corporation and includes the Corporation acting as a
Paying Agent provided that the Corporation may not act as the only
Paying Agent at any time and may not as a Paying Agent with respect to
moneys deposited or paid pursuant to Sections 7.4 or 7.5 or Article 13;
(y) "Periodic Offering" means an offering of Debt Securities of a series
from time to time, the specific terms of which Debt Securities,
including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any,
thereon, the stated maturity or maturities thereof and the redemption
provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the
Corporation subject to the terms hereof, upon the issuance of such Debt
Securities from time to time;
(z) "Permitted Encumbrances" means any of the following:
(i) liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges which are
not due or delinquent, or the validity of which the
Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be contesting
in good faith;
(ii) the liens of any judgments rendered, or claims filed, against
the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary which the
Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary shall be contesting
in good faith;
(iii) liens, privileges or other charges imposed or permitted by law
such as carriers' liens, builders' liens, materialmen's liens
and other liens, privileges or other charges of a similar
nature which relate to obligations which are not due or
delinquent, or the validity of which the Corporation or any
Restricted Subsidiary shall be contesting in good faith;
(iv) undetermined or inchoate liens arising in the ordinary course
of and incidental to construction or current operations of the
Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary which relate to
obligations which are not due or delinquent, or the validity
of which the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary shall
be contesting in good faith;
(v) easements, rights-of-way, servitudes, zoning or other similar
rights or restrictions in respect of land held by the
Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary (including, without
limitation, rights-of-way and servitudes for railways, sewers,
drains, pipe lines, gas and water mains, electric light and
power and telephone or telegraph or cable television conduits,
poles, wires and cables) which:
(A) are in existence on the date of execution of this
Indenture; or
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(B) do not, either alone or in the aggregate, materially
detract from the value of such land or materially
impair its use in the operation of the business of
the Corporation or of any such Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) security arising under partnership agreements, oil and gas
leases, overriding royalty agreements, net profits agreements,
production payment agreements, royalty trust agreements,
master limited partnership agreements, farm-out agreements,
division orders, contracts for the sale, purchase, exchange,
transportation, gathering or processing of oil, gas or other
hydrocarbons, unitizations and pooling designations,
declarations, orders and agreements, development agreements,
operating agreements, production sales contracts (including
security in respect of take or pay or similar obligations
thereunder), area of mutual interest agreements, gas balancing
or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and
recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements,
seismic or geophysical permits or agreements, which in each of
the foregoing cases is customary in the oil and gas business,
and other agreements which are customary in the oil and gas
business, provided in all instances that such security is
limited to the assets that are the subject of the relevant
agreement, and such security does not secure Indebtedness for
Borrowed Money;
(vii) security arising under partnership agreements, production
payment agreements, contracts for the sale, purchase,
exchange, transportation or processing of industrial
chemicals, operating agreements, production sales contracts
(including security in respect of take or pay or similar
obligations thereunder) and shared facilities and services
agreements which in each of the foregoing cases is entered
into in the ordinary course of the industrial chemical
business, and other agreements which are customary in the
industrial chemical business, provided in all instances that
such security is limited to the assets that are the subject of
the relevant agreement, and such security does not secure
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money;
(viii) security on property not situated in Canada, the United
Kingdom or the United States;
(ix) security on any specific property or any interest therein,
construction thereon or improvement thereto to secure all or
any part of the costs incurred for acquisition, surveying,
exploration, drilling, extraction, mining, development,
operation, production, construction, alteration, repair or
improvement of, in, under or on such property and the plugging
and abandonment of xxxxx located thereon (it being understood
that costs incurred for "development" shall include costs
incurred for all facilities relating to such properties
including power plants and utilities or to projects, ventures
or other arrangements of which such properties form a part or
which relate to such properties or interests), or for
acquiring ownership of any Person which owns any such property
or interest therein, provided in all instances that such
security is limited to such property or any such interest
therein, construction thereon or improvement thereto
(including any such related facilities);
(x) security in respect of securities or Indebtedness of a
Subsidiary other than a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(xi) security given to a public utility or any municipality or
governmental or other public authority when required by such
utility, municipality or authority in connection with the
operations of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary, to
the extent such security does not materially detract from the
value of any material part of the property of the Corporation
or any such Restricted Subsidiary;
(xii) cash or marketable securities deposited in connection with
bids or tenders, or deposited with a court as security for
costs in any litigation, or to secure workmen's compensation
or unemployment insurance liabilities;
(xiii) liens on cash or marketable securities of the Corporation or
any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of
business in connection with:
(A) any currency swap agreements, forward exchange rate
agreements, foreign currency futures or options,
exchange rate insurance and other similar agreements
or arrangements;
(B) any interest rate swap agreements, forward rate
agreements, interest rate cap or collar agreements or
other similar financial agreements or arrangements;
or
(C) any agreements or arrangements entered into for the
purpose of hedging product prices;
(xiv) pre-existing encumbrances on assets when acquired or when the
owner thereof becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or encumbrances
given by such Restricted Subsidiary on other assets of such
Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with obligations under
trust deeds or other instruments entered into prior to its
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, or pre-existing encumbrances
existing on assets of a Person at the time such Person is
merged, amalgamated, liquidated or consolidated with or into
the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(xv) Purchase Money Mortgages;
(xvi) security on Current Assets given in the ordinary course of
business to any financial institution to secure any
Indebtedness payable on demand or maturing (including any
right of extension or renewal) 18 months or less after the
date such Indebtedness is incurred or the date of any renewal
or extension thereof;
(xvii) security given by the Corporation in favour of a Restricted
Subsidiary or by a Restricted Subsidiary in favour of the
Corporation or another Restricted Subsidiary;
(xviii) security in respect of transactions such as the sale
(including any forward sale) or other transfer, in the
ordinary course of business, of:
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(A) oil, gas or other minerals, whether in place or when
produced, for a period of time until, or in an amount
such that, the purchaser will realize therefrom a
specified amount of money (however determined) or a
specified amount of such minerals; or
(B) any other interests in property of a character
commonly referred to as a "production payment";
(xix) rights of set off;
(xx) security existing as of the date of this Indenture;
(xxi) extensions, renewals or replacements of all or part of any
security permitted under paragraphs (i) to (xx) hereof or
successive extensions, renewals or replacements thereof
provided that such security relates to the same property plus
improvements, if any, and provided that the amount of
Indebtedness secured thereby will not exceed the principal
amount of such Indebtedness immediately prior to such
extension, renewal or replacement plus an amount necessary to
pay any fees or expenses, including premiums, related to such
extension, renewal or replacement; and
(xxii) security that would otherwise be prohibited (including any
extensions, renewals or replacements thereof or successive
extensions, renewals or replacements thereof), provided that
the aggregate Indebtedness outstanding and secured under this
paragraph (xxii) does not (calculated at the time of giving of
security on the Indebtedness and not at the time of any
extension, renewal or replacement thereof) exceed an amount
equal to 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the
Corporation;
(aa) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other business entity;
(bb) "principal", as used herein with respect to any Debt Security, shall be
deemed to include a reference to "and premium, if any" unless otherwise
expressly stated, unless the context otherwise requires, or where such
reference is to the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which
shall constitute a particular series;
(cc) "Purchase Money Mortgage" means a mortgage, charge or other lien on or
against any property securing any Purchase Money Obligation for such
property, provided that such mortgage, charge or lien is created or
assumed within 12 months after such property is acquired;
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(dd) "Purchase Money Obligation" means any Indebtedness created or assumed
as part of the purchase price of real or personal property, whether or
not secured, and any extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings
of any such Indebtedness, provided that the principal amount of such
Indebtedness outstanding on the date of such extension, renewal,
refinancing or refunding is not increased other than by an amount
necessary to pay any fees or expenses, including premiums, related to
such extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding and further provided
that any security given in respect of such Indebtedness shall not
extend to any property other than the property acquired in connection
with which such Indebtedness was created or assumed and fixed
improvements, if any, erected or constructed thereon;
(ee) "Restricted Subsidiary" means:
(i) any Subsidiary of the Corporation which owns oil or natural
gas properties, or interests therein, in Canada, the United
Kingdom or the United States, or refining, production or
manufacturing facilities, or interests therein, in Canada, the
United Kingdom or the United States, related to the refining,
production or manufacture of petroleum hydrocarbons,
industrial chemicals, the constituents thereof or the
derivatives therefrom, which assets represent not less than
the greater of 5% of the Corporation's Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets and $50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in
any other currency), excluding however any such Subsidiary if
the amount of the Corporation's share of the Equity therein
does not at the time exceed 2% of the Equity of the
Corporation, and
(ii) any Subsidiary of the Corporation designated as a Restricted
Subsidiary from time to time in any designation in
substantially the form set forth in Schedule A to this
Indenture (a "Designation"),
provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (A) a
Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary when it
ceases to be a Subsidiary for any reason, (B) any Subsidiary to which
assets held by a Restricted Subsidiary, which assets have a value equal
to or greater than 5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of such
Restricted Subsidiary, are, directly or indirectly, transferred, other
than for fair value, shall itself be deemed to be a Restricted
Subsidiary, and (C) a Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be a
Restricted Subsidiary when the assets thereof represent less than the
greater of 5% of the Corporation's Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and
$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency) unless
such Restricted Subsidiary has been designated under paragraph (ii)
above;
(ff) "Security Interest" means any security by way of an assignment,
mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, encumbrance, title retention agreement
or other security interest whatsoever, howsoever created or arising,
whether absolute or contingent, fixed or floating, perfected or not;
provided, however, for greater certainty, "Security Interest" shall not
include any security interest referred to in Section 1(1)(qq)(ii) of
the PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY ACT (Alberta);
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(gg) "Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any corporation of which such Person
or one or more of its Subsidiaries or a combination thereof own
securities having ordinary voting power which in the aggregate
represent more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of all
outstanding securities of such corporation having ordinary voting power
and (ii) any Person (other than a joint venture or similar business
arrangement to the extent not consolidated in the financial statements
of such Person in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles) of which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or
a combination thereof own more than 50% of the outstanding ownership
interests, in either case having the power to direct the policies,
management and affairs of such Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "securities having ordinary voting power" means securities
or other equity interests that ordinarily have voting power for the
election of directors, or Persons having management power with respect
to the Person, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class
of securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency;
(hh) "TIA" means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as may
be amended from time to time;
(ii) "Trustee" means the Party of the Second Part and includes any new
Trustee under Article 11;
(jj) "this Trust Indenture", "this Indenture", "these presents", "herein",
"hereof", "hereby", "hereto", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer
to this Indenture and not to any particular Article, Section or other
provision hereof, and include any and every instrument supplemental or
ancillary hereto or in implementation hereof (including, without
limitation, any amendments or supplemental indentures hereto) and the
form and terms of any particular series of Debt Securities established
hereunder;
(kk) "U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States
of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary
receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to
any U.S. Government Obligation set forth in (i) or (ii) above or a
specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S.
Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of a depositary receipt, provided that (except as required by
law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of any such U.S. Government
Obligations set forth in (i) or (ii) above or the specific payment of
interest on or principal of such U.S. Government Obligation evidenced
by such depositary receipt;
(ll) "Written Order of the Corporation" means an order, statement or request
in writing signed in the name of the Corporation by:
(i) any two of the chairman of the board, president, chief
executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial
officer, any senior vice-president and vice-president, finance
of the Corporation; or
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(ii) any one of the foregoing together with the treasurer,
secretary, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or
controller of the Corporation;
and may consist of one or more instruments so executed and may be
combined with a Certificate of the Corporation; and
(mm) words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice
versa and words importing gender shall include all genders.
1.2 MEANING OF "OUTSTANDING" FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES
Every Debt Security certified and delivered by the Trustee hereunder shall be
deemed to be outstanding except:
(i) Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Debt Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment at
maturity or upon redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited (other than pursuant to Article 13
hereof) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Corporation) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the holders of such Debt Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Debt
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Debt Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections
13.1 and 13.2, with respect to which the Corporation has
effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in
Article 13; and
(iv) Debt Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture;
provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the
requisite principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of holders for quorum
purposes, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Debt
Security that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purpose
shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2, (ii) the principal amount of any Debt
Security denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars that may be
counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be
deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the U.S. dollar
equivalent, determined by the directors as of the date such Debt
Security is originally issued by the Corporation, of the principal
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amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Debt Security,
the U.S. dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the
amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Debt
Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Debt Security that
may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that
shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
principal face amount of such Indexed Debt Security at original
issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Debt Security
pursuant to Section 2.2, and (iv) Debt Securities owned by the
Corporation or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any
affiliate of the Corporation or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such
calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Debt Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities
so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Debt
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Corporation or any other
obligor upon the Debt Securities or any affiliate of the Corporation or
of such other obligor.
1.3 INTERPRETATION NOT AFFECTED BY HEADINGS
The division of this Indenture into Articles and Sections, the provision of the
table of contents hereto and the insertion of headings are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
Indenture.
1.4 REFERENCES
All references herein to Articles, Sections and other subdivisions refer to the
corresponding Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this Indenture.
1.5 APPLICABLE LAW
This Indenture and the Debt Securities and coupons, if any, shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the
federal laws of Canada applicable therein and shall be treated in all respects
as Alberta contracts. This Indenture is also subject to and governed by certain
provisions of the TIA that apply to indentures qualifying for certain exemptions
from the provisions of the TIA (a) pursuant to section 304(d) of the TIA and
rule 4d-9 promulgated thereunder and (b) which meet the Trustee eligibility
requirements of section 310(a) of the TIA and rule 10a-5 promulgated thereunder,
and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. If and to
the extent that any provision hereof conflicts with the duties imposed by any
such provisions, such imposed duties shall control.
1.6 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
The Corporation irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New
York State or Federal court sitting in The City of New York over any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or any Debt
Security. The Corporation irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any objection which it may have to the laying of the venue of any such
suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such
suit, action or proceeding
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brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The
Corporation agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding
brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Corporation and
may be enforced in the courts of Canada or any province or territory of Canada
(or any other courts of the jurisdiction to which the Corporation is subject) by
a suit upon such judgment, provided that service of process is effected upon the
Corporation in the manner specified in this Section 1.6 or as otherwise
permitted by law.
As long as any of the Debt Securities remain outstanding and until the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all of the outstanding Debt
Securities has been paid in full or such payment duly provided for, the
Corporation will at all times have an authorized agent in the United States,
upon whom process may be served in any legal action or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Indenture or any Debt Security. Service of process upon such
agent and written notice of such service mailed, delivered or sent by facsimile
to the Corporation in the manner and at the address provided in or pursuant to
Section 3.13 shall to the extent permitted by law be deemed in every respect
effective service of process upon the Corporation in any such legal action or
proceeding. The Corporation hereby appoints Corporation Service Company as its
agent for such purpose, and covenants and agrees that service of process in any
such legal action or proceeding may be made upon it at the office of such agent
at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or at such other address
as the Corporation may designate by written notice to the Trustee).
The Corporation hereby consents to process being served in any suit, action or
proceeding of the nature referred to in the preceding paragraphs by service upon
such agent together with the mailing of a copy thereof or the delivery or
sending by facsimile of a copy thereof to the address of the Corporation
specified in or pursuant to Section 3.13 of this Indenture. The Corporation
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all claim of error
by reason of any such service (but does not waive any right to assert lack of
subject matter jurisdiction) and agrees that such service (i) shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon the Corporation, in any such
suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery
to the Corporation.
Nothing in this Section 1.6 shall affect the right of the Trustee or any Debt
Security holder to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the
right of the Trustee or any Debt Security holder to bring proceedings against
the Corporation in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
1.7 METHOD OF PAYMENT
Payments pursuant to this Indenture, including payments stated herein to be made
by cheque, may be made by wire transfer or other electronic means on the due
date.
1.8 CURRENCY
Unless otherwise denoted or the context otherwise requires, any reference to
dollars or $ herein are references to Canadian dollars.
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1.9 REFERENCE TO PROVINCES
As used in this Indenture, references to "provinces" of Canada shall include
both provinces and territories of Canada.
ARTICLE 2. - ISSUE OF DEBT SECURITIES
2.1 ISSUE UNLIMITED
The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be certified and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
2.2 TERMS OF THE DEBT SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES
The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. The Debt Securities of
each such series shall rank equally and PARI PASSU with all existing and future
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Corporation. There shall be
established herein or in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the directors
(and, to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a
resolution of directors, set forth in a Certificate of the Corporation detailing
such establishment or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto), prior to
the initial issuance of Debt Securities of any particular series,
(a) the designation of the Debt Securities of the series (which need not
include the term "Debt Securities"), which shall distinguish the Debt
Securities of the series from the Debt Securities of all other series;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of
the series that may be certified and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Debt Securities certified and delivered upon registration
of, transfer of, amendment of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Debt Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.14 and
4.2 and Article 3) (provided that, unless otherwise provided pursuant
to this Section 2.2, the Corporation may at any time or from time to
time increase the principal amount of any series of Debt Securities
previously issued (in whole or in part) and issue such increased
principal amount (or any portion thereof)), and whether such Debt
Securities shall be issuable as coupon Debt Securities, fully
registered Debt Securities, unregistered Debt Securities or any
combination of the foregoing;
(c) the date or dates on which the principal of the Debt Securities of the
series is payable;
(d) the rate or rates at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, on which such interest shall be payable and on which a record,
if any, shall be taken for the determination of holders to whom such
interest shall be payable and/or the method or methods by which such
rate or rates or date or dates shall be determined, and, if other than
as provided in Section 2.10(c), the method by which interest on the
Debt Securities of the series shall be calculated;
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(e) the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Debt
Securities of the series shall be payable or where any Debt Securities
of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange;
(f) the right, if any, of the Corporation to redeem Debt Securities of the
series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and any terms and conditions
upon which, Debt Securities of the series may be so redeemed;
(g) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem, purchase or repay
Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a holder
thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within
which, the date or dates on which, and any terms and conditions upon
which, Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or
repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations;
(h) if other than denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Debt Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
(i) any authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or
any other agents with respect to the Debt Securities of the series;
(j) any other Events of Default or covenants with respect to the Debt
Securities of the series;
(k) whether and under what circumstances the Debt Securities of the series
will be convertible into or exchangeable for securities of any Person;
(l) whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or
in part as Global Debt Securities and the other matters contemplated by
Section 2.12;
(m) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency in which the Debt Securities
of the series are denominated and payable;
(n) whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be entitled to the
benefit of any Debt Securities Guarantees (including any Debt
Securities Guarantees which may arise upon the occurrence of certain
events or conditions), and any provisions for the delivery of legal
opinions, representations or other modifications to this Indenture
relating to such Debt Securities Guarantees; and
(o) any other terms of the Debt Securities of the series, including,
without limitation, any changes in or deletions to the Events of
Default, covenants or other provisions of this Indenture with respect
to the Debt Securities of the series, whether or not inconsistent with
the other provisions of this Indenture.
All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except
as may otherwise be established herein or by or pursuant to a resolution of the
directors (including a Certificate of the Corporation) or in an indenture
supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at
the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of
this
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Indenture, by or pursuant to a resolution of the directors (including a
Certificate of the Corporation) or in an indenture supplemental hereto.
2.3 FORM
The Debt Securities of each series shall be substantially in such form as shall
be established by or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the directors (as
set forth in a resolution of the directors or to the extent established pursuant
to rather than set forth in a resolution of the directors, in a Certificate of
the Corporation detailing such establishment) or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or
legends or endorsements as may be required to comply with any law or with any
rules or regulations pursuant thereto or with any rules or regulations of any
securities exchange or securities regulatory authority or as may be required by
any Depositary or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the
officers executing such Debt Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution of such Debt Securities.
2.4 CERTIFICATION AND DELIVERY OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Corporation may from time to time request the Trustee to certify and deliver
Debt Securities of any series by delivering to the Trustee the documents
referred to below in this Section 2.4 whereupon the Trustee shall certify such
Debt Securities and cause the same to be delivered in accordance with the
Written Order of the Corporation referred to below or pursuant to such
procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a
Written Order of the Corporation. In certifying such Debt Securities the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon,
unless and until such documents have been superseded or revoked:
(a) a Certified Resolution, Certificate of the Corporation and/or executed
supplemental indenture by or pursuant to which the form and terms of
such Debt Securities were established;
(b) a Written Order of the Corporation requesting certification and
delivery of such Debt Securities and setting forth delivery
instructions, provided that, with respect to Debt Securities of a
series subject to a Periodic Offering,
(i) such Written Order of the Corporation may be delivered by the
Corporation to the Trustee prior to the delivery to the
Trustee of such Debt Securities of such series for
certification and delivery,
(ii) the Trustee shall certify and deliver Debt Securities of such
series for original issue from time to time, in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount,
if any, established for such series, pursuant to a Written
Order of the Corporation or pursuant to procedures acceptable
to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a
Written Order of the Corporation,
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(iii) the maturity date or dates, issue date or dates, interest rate
or rates and any other terms of Debt Securities of such series
shall be determined by a Written Order of the Corporation or
pursuant to such procedures, and
(iv) if provided for in such procedures, such Written Order of the
Corporation may authorize certification and delivery pursuant
to electronic instructions from the Corporation;
(c) an opinion of Counsel that all requirements imposed by this Indenture
or by law in connection with the proposed issue of Debt Securities have
been complied with, subject to the delivery of certain documents or
instruments specified in such opinion, and that the holders of the Debt
Securities shall be entitled to all applicable rights hereunder as
modified by any applicable Certificate of the Corporation, Written
Order of the Corporation or supplemental indenture; and
(d) a Certificate of the Corporation certifying that the Corporation is not
in default under this Indenture, that the terms and conditions for the
certification and delivery of the Debt Securities have been complied
with subject to the delivery of any documents or instruments specified
in such Certificate and that no default will exist upon such
certification and delivery under the provisions of Article 6.
2.5 EXECUTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Debt Securities shall be under the corporate seal of the Corporation or a
facsimile thereof (which shall be deemed to be the corporate seal of the
Corporation) and shall be signed by any two of the chairman of the board,
president, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial
officer, any senior vice-president and vice-president, finance or any one of the
foregoing together with the treasurer, secretary, assistant treasurer, assistant
secretary or controller of the Corporation and the coupons shall be signed by
any one of the chairman of the board, president, chief executive officer, chief
operating officer, chief financial officer, any senior vice-president or
vice-president, finance. The signatures of any of such officers may be
mechanically reproduced in facsimile and Debt Securities and coupons bearing
such facsimile signatures shall be binding upon the Corporation as if they had
been manually signed by such officers. Notwithstanding that any of the Persons
whose manual or facsimile signature appears on any Debt Security or coupon as
one of such officers may no longer hold the official capacity in which he signed
at the date of this Indenture or at the date of such Debt Security or coupon or
at the date of certification and delivery thereof, any Debt Security or coupon
signed as aforesaid shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation.
2.6 CERTIFICATION BY TRUSTEE
(a) No Debt Security shall be issued or shall be obligatory or entitle the
holder to the benefit hereof until it has been certified by the Trustee
substantially in the following form:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
This is one of the [name of or defined term for Debt Security]
referred to in the Indenture within mentioned.
CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY, Trustee
by:
-----------------------------------------
Authorized Officer
Date of Certification:
or in some other form approved by the Trustee. The certification by the
Trustee upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence that the
Debt Security so certified has been duly issued hereunder and is a
valid obligation of the Corporation.
(b) The certificate of the Trustee on Debt Securities issued hereunder
shall not be construed as a representation or warranty by the Trustee
as to the validity of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities (except
the due certification thereof) and the Trustee shall in no respect be
liable or answerable for the use made of the Debt Securities or any of
them or of the proceeds thereof.
2.7 INTERIM DEBT SECURITIES
Pending the delivery of definitive Debt Securities of any series to the Trustee,
the Corporation may issue and the Trustee certify in lieu thereof interim Debt
Securities, with or without coupons, in such forms and in such denominations and
signed in such manner as provided herein, entitling the holders thereof to
definitive Debt Securities of the said series when the same are ready for
delivery, or the Corporation may execute and the Trustee certify an interim Debt
Security for the whole principal amount of Debt Securities of the said series
then authorized to be issued hereunder and deliver the same to the Trustee and
thereupon the Trustee shall, when the same are ready for delivery, certify
definitive Debt Securities in such form and in such amounts, not exceeding in
the aggregate the principal amount of the interim Debt Security so delivered to
it, as the Corporation and the Trustee may approve. When so issued and
certified, such interim Debt Securities shall, for all purposes but without
duplication, rank in respect of this Indenture equally with Debt Securities duly
issued hereunder and, pending the exchange thereof for definitive Debt
Securities, the holders of the said interim Debt Securities shall be deemed
without duplication to be Debt Security holders and entitled to the benefit of
this Indenture to the same extent and in the same manner as though the said
exchange had actually been made. Forthwith after the Corporation shall have
delivered the definitive Debt Securities to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
cancel such interim Debt Securities, if any, and shall call in for exchange all
interim Debt Securities that shall have been issued and forthwith after such
exchange shall cancel the same together with all unmatured coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto. No charge shall be made by the Corporation or the Trustee
or any transfer agent to the holders of such interim Debt Securities for the
exchange thereof. All interest paid upon interim Debt Securities without coupons
shall be noted on the definitive Debt Securities as a condition precedent to
delivery of definitive Debt Securities unless paid by cheque to the registered
holders thereof.
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2.8 ISSUE OF SUBSTITUTIONAL DEBT SECURITIES
In case any of the Debt Securities issued and certified hereunder or coupons
appertaining thereto shall become mutilated or be lost, destroyed or stolen, the
Corporation in its discretion may issue, and thereupon the Trustee shall certify
and deliver, a new Debt Security or coupon of like date and tenor as the one
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and in place of and upon
cancellation of such mutilated Debt Security or coupon or in lieu of and in
substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or coupon and the
substituted Debt Security or coupon shall be in a form approved by the Trustee
and shall be entitled to the benefit hereof and rank equally in accordance with
its terms with all other Debt Securities or coupons issued or to be issued
hereunder. The applicant for a new Debt Security or coupon shall bear the cost
of the issue thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft shall, as a
condition precedent to the issue thereof, furnish to the Corporation and to the
Trustee such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the
Debt Security or coupon so lost, destroyed or stolen as shall be satisfactory to
the Corporation and to the Trustee in their discretion and such applicant may
also be required to furnish an indemnity in amount and form satisfactory to the
Corporation and the Trustee in their discretion, and shall pay the reasonable
charges of the Corporation and the Trustee in connection therewith.
2.9 PLEDGE AND RE-ISSUE OF DEBT SECURITIES
Provided that the Corporation is not at the time in default hereunder, all or
any of the Debt Securities may be pledged, hypothecated or charged from time to
time by the Corporation as security for advances or loans to or for Indebtedness
or other obligations of the Corporation, provided that the principal amount of
the advances, loans, Indebtedness or other obligations so secured is initially
not less than 100% of the principal amount of Debt Securities so pledged,
hypothecated or charged in respect thereof. When such Debt Securities are
redelivered to the Corporation or its nominees on or without payment,
satisfaction, release or discharge in whole or in part of any such advances,
loans, Indebtedness or obligations, pursuant to any provision of the Debt
Securities, such Debt Securities may be held by the Corporation for such period
or periods as it deems expedient and shall (except when acquired pursuant to any
provision of the Debt Securities or of this Indenture or pursuant to a
resolution of the directors of the Corporation which provision or resolution
requires cancellation and retirement of such Debt Securities so acquired) while
the Corporation remains in possession thereof be treated as unissued Debt
Securities and accordingly may be issued or re-issued, pledged or charged, sold
or otherwise disposed of as and when the Corporation may think fit, and all such
Debt Securities so issued, re-issued or pledged or charged, sold or otherwise
disposed of before but not after the respective dates of maturity thereof shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 1.2, continue to be entitled, as upon their
original issue, to the benefit of all the terms, conditions, rights, priorities
and privileges hereby attached to or conferred on Debt Securities issued
hereunder.
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2.10 COMMENCEMENT OF INTEREST
(a) The coupons, if any, matured at the date of delivery by the Trustee of
any coupon Debt Securities shall be detached therefrom and cancelled
before delivery, unless such Debt Security is being issued in exchange
or in substitution for another Debt Security (whether in interim or
definitive form) other than pursuant to Section 2.8, whereupon such
matured coupons shall represent unpaid interest to which the holder of
such exchanged or substituted Debt Security is entitled.
(b) Each fully registered Debt Security issued hereunder, whether
originally or upon exchange or in substitution for previously issued
Debt Securities, shall, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section
2.2, bear interest from its date of original issue or from the last
interest payment date to which interest shall have been paid or made
available for payment on such Debt Security, whichever shall be the
later;
(c) Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.2, interest on Debt
Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year comprised
of 12 30-day months.
(d) For the purposes only of the disclosure required by the INTEREST ACT
(Canada), and without affecting the amount of interest payable to any
holder of a Debt Security or the calculation of interest on any Debt
Security, if any rate of interest on any Debt Security is calculated on
the basis of a year (the "deemed year") which contains fewer days than
the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such
rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for the purposes
of the INTEREST ACT (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by
the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and
dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year.
2.11 DEBT SECURITIES TO RANK PARI PASSU
All Debt Securities shall rank PARI PASSU without discrimination, preference or
priority, whatever may be the actual date or terms of the issue of the same
respectively, save only as to sinking fund provisions (if any) applicable to one
or more series.
2.12 ADDITIONAL TERMS
(a) As provided in Section 2.2, there may also be established, in the
manner described in Section 2.2, with respect to any particular series
of Debt Securities, if applicable, that the Debt Securities of the
series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Debt Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or
Depositaries for such Global Debt Securities in whose name the Global
Debt Securities will be registered, and any circumstances other than or
in addition to those set forth in Section 2.8 or Section 2.14 hereof or
those applicable with respect to any specific series of Debt
Securities, as the case may be, in which any such Global Debt Security
may be exchanged for coupon Debt Securities or fully registered Debt
Securities, or transferred to and registered in the name of a Person
other than the Depositary for such Global Debt Securities or a nominee
thereof or a successor Depositary or nominee thereof.
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(b) Each Depositary designated for a Global Debt Security must, at the time
of its designation and at all times while it serves as such Depositary,
be a clearing agency registered or designated under the securities
legislation of the jurisdiction applicable to the issue of such Debt
Securities, and under any other applicable legislation. Without
limitation to the foregoing, if the Depositary designated for a Global
Debt Security is The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), it must, at the
time of its designation and at all times while it serves as such
Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the U.S. SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (or any successor thereto) if so required by
applicable law or regulation.
2.13 ISSUE OF GLOBAL DEBT SECURITIES
If the Corporation shall establish that the Debt Securities of a series are to
be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities,
the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee shall certify and deliver one or
more Global Debt Securities that shall:
(a) represent an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by
one or more Global Debt Securities;
(b) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Debt
Security or Global Debt Securities or a nominee of such Depositary;
(c) be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary's instructions; and
(d) bear a legend substantially to the following effect (or to such other
effect as may be required by the relevant Depositary from time to
time):
"This Debt Security is a Global Debt Security within the
meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is
registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.
This Debt Security may not be transferred to, or registered or
exchanged for Debt Securities registered in the name of, any
Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof, except
in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture and,
unless and until it is exchanged for Debt Securities in
definitive certificated form as aforesaid, may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee
of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or its nominee to a successor Depositary or its
nominee."
Any Global Debt Security may bear such additional legends as may be
required by the applicable Depositary.
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2.14 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE AND OWNERSHIP OF GLOBAL DEBT
SECURITIES
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture but except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 2.2, unless and until it is
wholly exchanged for fully registered Debt Securities or coupon Debt
Securities in definitive form in accordance with the terms hereof or
the particular terms applicable to the series of Debt Securities it
represents, a Global Debt Security representing all or a portion of the
Debt Securities of any series may not be transferred except as a whole
by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by
a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or to another nominee
of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(b) If at any time the Depositary of a Global Debt Security representing
all or a portion of the Debt Securities of a series notifies the
Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary of
such Global Debt Security, or ceases to be eligible to be a Depositary
under subsection 2.12(b) hereof, the Corporation shall appoint a
successor Depositary with respect to such Global Debt Security. If a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days
after the Corporation receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Corporation's determination that the Debt Securities
represented by such Global Debt Security be held as a Global Debt
Security shall no longer be effective with respect to the Debt
Securities represented by such Global Debt Security, and the
Corporation will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Written
Order of the Corporation for the certification and delivery of
individual Debt Securities of such series, will certify and deliver, in
exchange for such Global Debt Security, individual Debt Securities of
such series, in accordance with subsections 2.14(e) and (f), in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of, and with
the same terms as, such Global Debt Security.
(c) The Corporation may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that Debt Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more
Global Debt Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global
Debt Securities, in which event the Corporation will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Written Order of the Corporation for the
certification and delivery of individual Debt Securities of such
series, will certify and deliver, in exchange for such Global Debt
Securities, individual Debt Securities of such series, in accordance
with subsections 2.14(e) and (f), in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of, and with the same terms as, such
Global Debt Securities.
(d) A Global Debt Security shall be exchanged for individual Debt
Securities of a series upon the Trustee notifying the Depositary in
writing that the Trustee has determined that an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing with respect to the Debt Securities of the
series represented by such Global Debt Security in which event the
Corporation will execute, and the Trustee will certify and deliver, in
exchange for such Global Debt Security, individual Debt Securities of
such series in accordance with subsections 2.14(e) and (f), in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of, and with
the same terms as, such Global Debt Security.
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(e) In any exchange provided for in any of subsections 2.14(b), (c) and
(d), or in the terms applicable to any particular series of Debt
Securities, the Corporation will execute and the Trustee will certify
and deliver individual Debt Securities in definitive certificated form:
(i) as fully registered Debt Securities in authorized denominations if
the Debt Securities of such series are issuable as fully registered
Debt Securities; (ii) as coupon Debt Securities, registrable as to
principal only, in authorized denominations with coupons attached if
the Debt Securities of such series are issuable as coupon Debt
Securities registrable to the principal only; (iii) as coupon Debt
Securities not registrable as to principal if the Debt Securities of
such series are issuable as coupon Debt Securities not registrable as
to principal; or (iv) in any combination of the foregoing Debt
Securities, if issuable as such; all according to instructions from the
Depositary to the Trustee in that regard, as contemplated by subsection
2.14(f), and all in the denominations applicable to such series.
(f) Upon the exchange of a Global Debt Security for individual Debt
Securities in definitive form, pursuant to any of subsections 2.14(b),
(c) and (d), or pursuant to the terms applicable to any particular
series of Debt Securities, such Global Debt Security shall be cancelled
by the Trustee. Individual registered Debt Securities exchanged for
portions of a Global Debt Security shall be registered in such names
and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global
Debt Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct and indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver any such registered Debt Securities to the Persons in
whose names such Debt Securities are so registered. The Trustee shall
deliver individual coupon Debt Securities exchanged for a Global Debt
Security to the Persons, as the Depositary for such Global Debt
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.
(g) If authorized by the Corporation pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect
to a series of Debt Securities issued in the form of one or more Global
Debt Securities, the Depositary registered as holder of a Global Debt
Security representing such series of Debt Securities may surrender the
Global Debt Security for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in
whole or in part for definitive certificated Debt Securities of such
series on such terms as are acceptable to the Corporation and such
Depositary. Thereupon, the Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee
shall certify and deliver: (i) to each Person specified by such
Depositary, one or more new definitive certificated Debt Securities of
the same series in any authorized denomination as requested by such
Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such
Person's beneficial interest in the Global Debt Security; and (ii) to
such Depositary a new Global Debt Security in the principal amount of
the surrendered Global Debt Security less the aggregate principal
amount of new individual Debt Securities delivered to Persons under
clause (i) of this subsection 2.14(g).
(h) All Debt Securities executed for delivery upon any transfer or exchange
of a Global Debt Security shall be valid obligations of the
Corporation, evidencing the same debt and entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as the Global Debt Security surrendered for such
transfer or exchange.
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(i) Participants in the Depositary ("Participants") holding beneficial
interest in a Global Debt Security held on their behalf by the
Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depositary shall
not be deemed holders of such Global Debt Securities and the Depositary
may be treated by the Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the
Corporation or the Trustee as the sole and absolute owner of a Global
Debt Security for all purposes. Except as otherwise provided pursuant
to Section 2.2 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,
payments of principal of and interest on Debt Securities represented by
a Global Debt Security shall be made by the Corporation to the
Depositary or its nominee as the registered owner of such Debt
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent
the Corporation, the Trustee or any agent of the Corporation or the
Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and its Participants, the operation of customary practices
of such Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of
a beneficial interest in any Global Debt Security.
(j) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, but except as may be
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series, (i) payments on the Global Debt Securities of
any series registered in the name of DTC (or any successor Depositary)
or its nominee shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds unless otherwise required by such Depositary; (ii) if definitive
certificated Debt Securities of any series are issued in exchange for
interests in any Global Debt Securities of such series, the Corporation
will pay the principal of and interest, if any, on such definitive
certificated Debt Securities by wire transfer of immediately available
funds (provided that the holders thereof shall have provided
appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Corporation); and (iii)
if definitive certificated Debt Securities of any series are issued in
exchange for interests in any Global Debt Securities of such series, or
if the Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series shall so
require, the Corporation will maintain a Paying Agent, registrar and
transfer agent for the Debt Securities of such series in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York.
ARTICLE 3. - REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF DEBT SECURITIES, OWNERSHIP
OF DEBT SECURITIES AND NOTICE TO DEBT SECURITY HOLDERS
3.1 NEGOTIABILITY OF DEBT SECURITIES AND COUPONS
Unregistered Debt Securities and coupons issued hereunder shall be negotiable
and ownership thereof shall pass by delivery. Notwithstanding registration of
coupon Debt Securities as to principal, the coupons when detached shall continue
to be payable to bearer and ownership thereof shall pass by delivery.
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3.2 REGISTERED DEBT SECURITIES
(a) With respect to each series of Debt Securities issuable as registered
Debt Securities, the Corporation shall cause to be kept by and at the
principal office of the Trustee in Calgary and by the Trustee or such
other registrar as the Corporation, with the approval of the Trustee,
may appoint at such other place or places, if any, as may be specified
in the Debt Securities of such series or as the Corporation may
designate with the approval of the Trustee, a register in which shall
be entered the names and addresses of the holders of registered Debt
Securities and particulars of the Debt Securities held by them
respectively and of all transfers of registered Debt Securities. Such
registration shall be noted on the Debt Securities by the Trustee or
other registrar unless a new Debt Security shall be issued upon such
transfer.
(b) No transfer of a registered Debt Security shall be valid unless made on
such register by the registered holder or his executors, administrators
or other legal representatives or his or their attorney duly appointed
by an instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the
Trustee or other registrar upon compliance with such reasonable
requirements as the Trustee and/or other registrar may prescribe, nor,
except in the case where a new Debt Security is issued upon such
transfer, unless the transfer shall have been noted on the Debt
Security by the Trustee or other registrar.
3.3 TRANSFEREE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION
The transferee of a registered Debt Security shall be entitled, after the
appropriate form of transfer is lodged with the Trustee or other registrar and
upon compliance with all other conditions in that behalf required by this
Indenture or by law, to be entered on the register as the owner of such Debt
Security free from all equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the
Corporation and the transferor or any previous holder of such Debt Security,
save in respect of equities of which the Corporation is required to take notice
by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
3.4 NO NOTICE OF TRUSTS
Neither the Corporation nor the Trustee nor any registrar shall be bound to take
notice of or see to the execution of any trust, whether express, implied or
constructive, in respect of any Debt Security, and may transfer the same on the
direction of the Person registered as the holder thereof, whether named as
trustee or otherwise, as though that Person were the beneficial owner thereof.
3.5 REGISTERS OPEN FOR INSPECTION
The registers hereinbefore referred to shall at all reasonable times be open for
inspection by the Corporation, the Trustee or any Debt Security holder. The
Trustee and every registrar shall from time to time when requested so to do by
the Corporation or by the Trustee furnish the Corporation or the Trustee, as the
case may be, with a list of names and addresses of holders of registered Debt
Securities entered on the register kept by them and showing the principal amount
and serial numbers of the Debt Securities held by each such holder.
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3.6 EXCHANGES OF DEBT SECURITIES
(a) Debt Securities in any authorized form or denomination may be exchanged
for Debt Securities in any other authorized form or denomination, of
the same series, date of maturity and other terms, bearing the same
interest rate, the same aggregate principal amount and the same
redemption and other provisions as the Debt Securities so exchanged.
(b) Debt Securities of any series may be exchanged only at the principal
office of the Trustee in the City of Calgary or at such other place or
places, if any, as may be specified in the Debt Securities of such
series or pursuant to Section 2.2 or required pursuant to Section 2.14
(j) and at such other place or places as may from time to time be
designated by the Corporation with the approval of the Trustee. Any
coupon Debt Securities tendered for exchange shall be surrendered to
the Trustee together with all unmatured coupons, if any, and all
matured coupons, if any, in default pertaining thereto. The Corporation
shall execute and the Trustee shall certify all Debt Securities
necessary to carry out exchanges as aforesaid. All Debt Securities and
coupons surrendered for exchange shall be cancelled.
(c) Debt Securities issued in exchange for Debt Securities which at the
time of such issue have been selected or called for redemption at a
later date shall be deemed to have been selected or called for
redemption in the same manner and shall have noted thereon a statement
to that effect.
3.7 CLOSING OF REGISTERS
Neither the Corporation nor the Trustee nor any registrar shall be required:
(a) to make exchanges of any Debt Securities on the day of or during the 15
business days next preceding any selection by the Trustee of Debt
Securities to be redeemed; or
(b) to make exchanges of any Debt Securities which have been selected or
called for redemption, unless upon due presentation thereof for
redemption such Debt Securities shall not be redeemed and except for
the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security to be redeemed in part.
3.8 CHARGES FOR REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series, no service charge may be made for any exchange,
registration, transfer or discharge from registration of any Debt Security,
although the Corporation and the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
Subject to Section 2.14(j) and without limitation to the right of the
Corporation to appoint additional Paying Agents, transfer agents and registrars,
unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Debt Securities pursuant
to Section 2.2, the Trustee, acting through its principal office in Calgary,
Alberta, shall be the initial Paying Agent, transfer agent and registrar for the
Debt Securities of each series unless and until replaced by the Corporation;
provided, however, if the Corporation shall act
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as a Paying Agent with respect to a series of Debt Securities, the Corporation
shall maintain an additional Paying Agent, transfer agent and registrar for such
series of Debt Securities (other than the Corporation) in Calgary, Alberta and,
if required with respect to a series of Debt Securities, the Corporation shall
maintain an additional Paying Agent, transfer agent and registrar for such
series of Debt Securities in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or
such other location as may be required by such series of Debt Securities.
3.9 OWNERSHIP OF DEBT SECURITIES AND COUPONS
The Person in whose name any registered Debt Security is registered shall for
all the purposes of this Indenture be and be deemed to be the owner thereof and
payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, on such Debt
Security and, in the case of a fully registered Debt Security, interest thereon
shall be made to such registered holder. The Corporation and the Trustee may
deem and treat the bearer of any unregistered Debt Security and the bearer of
any coupon, whether or not the Debt Security from which it has been detached
shall be registered as to principal, as the absolute owner of such Debt Security
or coupon, as the case may be, for all purposes and the Corporation and the
Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
3.10 PAYMENT FREE FROM EQUITIES
The registered holder for the time being of any registered Debt Security and the
bearer of any unregistered Debt Security and the bearer of any coupon (except
any coupon which shall be void by reason of redemption pursuant to Section 4.4,
or the acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2, of the coupon Debt Security to
which it was annexed) shall be entitled to the principal, premium, if any,
and/or interest evidenced by such instruments respectively free from all
equities or rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Corporation and the
original or any intermediate holder thereof and all Persons may act accordingly
and the receipt of any such registered holder or bearer, as the case may be, for
any such principal, premium or interest shall be a good discharge to the
Corporation and/or the Trustee for the same and neither the Corporation nor the
Trustee shall be bound to inquire into the title of any such registered holder
or bearer.
3.11 EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP
Upon receipt of a certificate of any bank, trust company or other depositary
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that the unregistered Debt Securities and
coupons specified therein have been deposited by a named Person with such bank,
trust company or other depositary and will remain so deposited until the expiry
of the period specified therein, the Corporation and the Trustee may treat the
Person so named as the owner, and such certificate as sufficient evidence of the
ownership by such Person during such period, of such Debt Securities and
coupons, for the purpose of any requisition, direction, consent, instrument,
proxy or other document to be made, signed or given by the holder of the Debt
Securities so deposited.
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3.12 NOTICE TO DEBT SECURITY HOLDERS
Unless herein otherwise expressly provided, any notice to be given hereunder to
Debt Security holders shall be deemed to be validly given:
(a) to the holders of registered Debt Securities if such notice is
delivered in person or by facsimile or is sent by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to such holders at their respective
addresses appearing on the register above mentioned, and if in the case
of joint holders of any Debt Security more than one address appears in
the register in respect of such joint holding, such notice shall be
addressed only to the first address so appearing; and
(b) to the holders of unregistered Debt Securities if such notice is
published once in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation in the United States, as approved by the Trustee;
provided that in the case of notice convening a meeting of Debt Security
holders, the Trustee may require such additional publications of such notice as
it may deem necessary for the reasonable protection of the Debt Security
holders.
Any notice delivered in person or by facsimile shall be deemed to have been
given on the day of delivery. Any notice so given by mail shall be deemed to
have been given five business days after it has been mailed, provided however
that in the event of actual or anticipated postal disruption any notice by mail
shall not be deemed to have been effectively given until actual delivery
thereof. Any notice so given by publication shall be deemed to have been given
on the day on which publication shall have been first effected in one of the
newspapers in which publication was required, publication having been effected
at least once contemporaneously or previously in all other of such newspapers.
In determining under any provision hereof the date when notice of any meeting,
redemption or other event must be given, the date of giving the notice shall be
included and the date of the meeting, redemption or other event shall be
excluded. Accidental error or omission in giving notice or accidental failure to
mail notice to any Debt Security holder shall not invalidate any action or
proceeding founded thereon.
3.13 NOTICE TO CORPORATION
Any notice to the Corporation under the provisions of this Indenture shall be
valid and effective if given by registered or certified letter, postage prepaid,
addressed to the Corporation, by delivery by courier, air courier or in person
or by facsimile to its principal office at 000 - 0xx Xxxxxx X.X., Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0, (facsimile number (000) 000-0000) (Attention: General Counsel)
and shall be deemed to have been effectively given five business days after
mailing, or on the date of delivery by courier, air courier or in person or by
facsimile, provided however that in the event of actual or anticipated postal
disruption any notice by mail shall not be deemed to have been effectively given
until actual delivery thereof. The Corporation may from time to time notify the
Trustee in writing of a change of address which thereafter, until changed by
like notice, shall be the address of the Corporation for all purposes of this
Indenture.
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3.14 NOTICE TO TRUSTEE
Any notice to the Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture shall be valid
and effective if given by registered or certified letter, postage prepaid,
addressed to the Trustee by delivery by courier, air courier or in person or by
facsimile at its principal office at 000, 000 - 0xx Xxxxxx X.X., Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0 (facsimile number (000) 000-0000) (Attention: Manager Corporate
Services) and shall be deemed to have been effectively given five business days
after mailing or on the date of delivery by courier, air courier or in person or
by facsimile, provided however that in the event of actual or anticipated postal
disruption any notice by mail shall not be deemed to have been effectively given
until actual delivery thereof. The Trustee may from time to time notify the
Corporation in writing of a change of address which thereafter, until changed by
like notice, shall be the address of the Trustee for all purposes of this
Indenture.
ARTICLE 4. - REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF DEBT SECURITIES
4.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE
The Corporation shall have the right at its option to redeem any Debt Securities
issued hereunder of any series which by their terms are made so redeemable
(subject, however, to any applicable restriction on the redemption of Debt
Securities of such series) at such rate or rates of premium, if any, and on such
date or dates and in accordance with such other provisions as shall have been
established pursuant to Section 2.2 at the time of issue of such Debt
Securities.
4.2 PARTIAL REDEMPTION
In the event that less than all the Debt Securities of any series for the time
being outstanding are at any time to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in
such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, the Debt Securities to be
redeemed in whole or in part. For this purpose, the Trustee may make, and from
time to time vary, regulations with respect to the manner in which such Debt
Securities may be selected for redemption and regulations so made shall be valid
and binding upon all holders of such Debt Securities notwithstanding the fact
that as a result thereof one or more of such Debt Securities may become subject
to redemption in part only. In the event that one or more of such Debt
Securities becomes subject to redemption in part only, upon surrender of any
such Debt Securities for payment of the redemption price, the Corporation shall
execute and the Trustee shall certify and deliver without charge to the holder
thereof or upon his order one or more new Debt Securities of the same series and
terms for the unredeemed part of the principal amount of the Debt Security or
Debt Securities so surrendered. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms
"Debt Security" or "Debt Securities" as used in this Article 4 shall be deemed
to mean or include any part of the principal amount of any Debt Security which
in accordance with the foregoing provisions has become subject to redemption.
4.3 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
Notice of redemption of any series of Debt Securities shall be given to the
holders of the Debt Securities so to be redeemed not more than 60 days nor less
than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, in the manner provided in
Article 3. The Corporation shall give the Trustee notice of such redemption at
least 45 days prior to the date of the proposed notice of redemption to the
holders
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of the Debt Securities (or such shorter notice period as is satisfactory to the
Trustee), specifying the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and
their redemption date. Every notice of redemption to the holders of the Debt
Securities so to be redeemed shall specify the aggregate principal amount of
Debt Securities held by such holders which are being called for redemption, the
redemption date, the redemption price and the places of payment and shall state
that interest upon the principal amount of Debt Securities called for redemption
shall cease to be payable from and after the redemption date. In addition,
unless all the outstanding Debt Securities are to be redeemed, the notice of
redemption shall specify:
(a) in the case of a published notice the distinguishing letters and
numbers of the Debt Securities which are to be redeemed; and
(b) in the case of a notice mailed to a registered Debt Security holder,
the distinguishing letters and numbers of the registered Debt
Securities which are to be redeemed (or of such thereof as are
registered in the name of such Debt Security holder) and the principal
amounts of such Debt Securities or, if any such Debt Security is to be
redeemed in part only, the principal amount of such part.
In the event that all Debt Securities to be redeemed are registered Debt
Securities, publication shall not be required.
4.4 DEBT SECURITIES DUE ON REDEMPTION DATES
Notice having been given as aforesaid, all the Debt Securities so called for
redemption shall thereupon be and become due and payable at the redemption price
together with, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 and subject to
Section 4.5, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on the redemption date
specified in such notice, in the same manner and with the same effect as if it
were the date of maturity specified in such Debt Securities, anything therein or
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, and from and after such redemption date,
if the moneys necessary to redeem such Debt Securities shall have been deposited
as provided in Section 4.5 and affidavits or other proof satisfactory to the
Trustee as to the publication and/or mailing of such notices shall have been
lodged with it, the said Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest on the
date fixed for such redemption specified in such notices and coupons for
interest to accrue after the said date upon the said Debt Securities shall
become and be void and the only right of holders of such Debt Securities will be
to receive payment of the redemption price plus accrued interest, if any. In the
case any question shall arise as to whether any notice has been given as above
provided and such deposit made, such question shall be decided by the Trustee
whose decision shall be final and binding upon all parties in interest.
4.5 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION MONEYS
Redemption of Debt Securities shall be provided for by the Corporation
depositing with the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the order of the Trustee, on
or before the redemption date specified in such notice, such sums as may be
sufficient to pay the redemption price of the Debt Securities so called for
redemption, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption. From the
sums so deposited the Trustee shall pay or cause to be paid to the holders of
such Debt Securities so called for redemption, upon surrender of such Debt
Securities with the unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining
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thereto, the principal, premium, if any, and interest to which they are
respectively entitled on redemption, provided that, in the case of coupon Debt
Securities, the accrued interest as represented by coupons matured prior to, or
on, the redemption date shall continue to be payable (but without interest
thereon, unless the Corporation shall make default in the payment thereof upon
demand) to the respective bearers of the coupons therefor upon presentation and
surrender thereof, and provided, further, that unless otherwise provided
pursuant to Section 2.2 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,
installments of interest on Debt Securities which are due and payable on any
date on or prior to the relevant redemption date will be payable to the holders
of such Debt Securities (or one or more predecessor Debt Securities) registered
as such at the close of business on the relevant record dates.
4.6 CANCELLATION OF DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED
All Debt Securities redeemed and paid under this Article 4 together with all
unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto shall forthwith be delivered to
the Trustee and cancelled and no Debt Securities shall be issued in substitution
therefor.
4.7 PURCHASE OF DEBT SECURITIES BY THE CORPORATION
Unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to a particular series of
Debt Securities, the Corporation may if it is not at the time in default
hereunder, at any time and from time to time, purchase Debt Securities in the
market (which shall include purchase from or through an investment dealer or a
firm holding membership on a recognized stock exchange) or by tender or by
contract. All Debt Securities so purchased, together with any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto, may, at the option of the Corporation, be delivered to the
Trustee whereupon they shall be cancelled and no Debt Securities shall be issued
in substitution therefor. Alternatively, the Corporation may, subject to any
mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions, hold and re-issue
the Debt Securities so purchased, and the provisions of Section 2.9 shall apply
MUTATIS MUTANDIS.
ARTICLE 5 - COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION
5.1 GENERAL COVENANTS
The Corporation covenants with the Trustee that so long as any Debt Securities
remain outstanding:
(a) The Corporation shall well, duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
to every holder of every Debt Security issued hereunder the principal
thereof, premium, if any, and interest accrued thereon, if any
(including, in the case of default, interest at the rate specified
therein on the amount in default or, if no such interest rate is
specified therein, at the same rate of interest as is borne by such
Debt Securities) at the dates and places, in the currencies and in the
manner mentioned herein and in such Debt Securities and in the coupons,
if any, appertaining thereto. Subject to Sections 1.7 and 2.14, as
interest becomes due on each fully registered Debt Security (except at
maturity or on redemption, when interest may at the option of the
Corporation be paid upon surrender of such Debt Security) the
Corporation, either directly or through the Trustee, shall send, at
least five days prior to each date on which interest becomes due, by
prepaid ordinary mail, a cheque for such interest (less any tax
required to be withheld therefrom) payable to the order of the then
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such Debt Security at the close of business on the relevant record
dates and addressed to him at his last address appearing on the
register, unless such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint
holders, cheques for principal and interest shall, unless such joint
holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of all of such
joint holders and the receipt or deemed receipt by any one of such
holders therefor shall be a valid discharge to the Trustee and any Debt
Security registrar and to the Corporation. If, in the case of fully
registered Debt Securities, more than one address appears on the
register in respect of a joint holding any cheque for interest shall be
mailed to the first address so appearing. The mailing of any cheque
shall, to the extent of the sum represented thereby, plus the amount of
any tax withheld as aforesaid, satisfy and discharge all liability for
interest on a Debt Security, unless such cheque be not paid at par on
presentation at any one of the places where such interest is, by the
terms of such Debt Security and the coupons, if any, pertaining
thereto, made payable. In the event of non-receipt of any cheque for
interest by the Person to whom it is so sent as aforesaid, the
Corporation or the Trustee will issue to such Person a replacement
cheque for a like amount upon being furnished with such evidence of
non-receipt as it shall reasonably require.
(b) The Corporation shall (subject to the provisions of Article 8) at all
times maintain its corporate existence. The Corporation will, and will
cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, carry on and conduct their
respective businesses in a proper, efficient and business-like manner
and in accordance with good business practice, and diligently maintain,
use and operate its and their respective properties and plants so as to
preserve and protect the earnings, incomes, rents, issues and profits
thereof (provided however that the foregoing shall not prevent the
discontinuance of any business of a Restricted Subsidiary if, at the
time of such discontinuance, the Corporation shall determine that such
discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Corporation and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
holders of the Debt Securities), will keep or cause to be kept proper
books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting
practice, will file with the Trustee copies of all consolidated
financial statements of the Corporation furnished to its shareholders
after the date hereof and any reports of the Corporation's Auditors
thereon and at all reasonable times will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Trustee or its agents or attorneys such information
relating to its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary
as the Trustee may reasonably require.
(c) The Corporation shall from time to time pay or cause to be paid all
taxes, rates, levies, assessments, ordinary or extraordinary,
government fees or dues lawfully levied, assessed or imposed upon or in
respect of its property or any part thereof or upon the income and
profits of the Corporation and of its Restricted Subsidiaries as and
when the same become due and payable, and it will exhibit or cause to
be exhibited to the Trustee, when required, the receipts and vouchers
establishing such payment and will duly observe and conform to all
applicable requirements of any governmental authority relative to any
of the property or rights of the Corporation and of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and all covenants, terms and conditions upon or under
which any such property or rights are held, except where the failure to
comply with any of the foregoing requirements would not, individually
or in the aggregate, be disadvantageous in any material respect to the
holders of the Debt Securities and further provided that the
Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have the right
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to contest by legal proceedings any taxes, rates, levies, assessments,
government fees or dues, and upon such contest, may delay or defer
payment or discharge thereof.
(d) The Corporation shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to
have in full force and effect such policies of insurance in such
amounts issued by insurers of recognized standing covering the
properties and operations of the Corporation and the Restricted
Subsidiaries as are customarily held by similar corporations engaged in
the same or similar business in the localities where its properties and
operations are located, provided however that the Corporation shall be
entitled to self-insure any portion of its properties or operations if
in its reasonable opinion it is prudent to do so.
(e) Except for Permitted Encumbrances, (i) the Corporation shall not
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, nor shall it allow or permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist,
any Security Interest upon or with respect to any of its properties or
assets or any income or profits therefrom, whether owned on the date of
this Indenture or hereafter acquired, and (ii) without limitation to
the provisions of clause (i) of this sentence, the Corporation shall
not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, nor shall it allow or
permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any
Security Interest upon or with respect to any shares of capital stock,
Indebtedness or other securities of, or other ownership interests in,
any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on the date of this Indenture
or hereafter acquired, unless, in any case described in (i) or (ii) of
this sentence, the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary or
Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall secure or cause to be secured the
Debt Securities equally and rateably with the Indebtedness secured by
such Security Interest.
(f) The Corporation shall observe and perform all of its obligations as
provided in this Indenture except any such obligations which may have
been terminated pursuant to Sections 13.1 or 13.2.
(g) The Corporation shall and shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to
observe and comply, in all material respects, with all applicable laws
and regulations except where the failure to so comply would not,
individually or in the aggregate, be disadvantageous in any material
respect to the holders of the Debt Securities.
(h) The Corporation shall give notice in writing to the Trustee of the
occurrence of any Event of Default or any event which would, with
notification or with the lapse of time or otherwise, constitute an
Event of Default forthwith upon becoming aware thereof and without
waiting for the Trustee to take any further action, and specifying the
nature of such default and the steps taken or proposed to be taken to
remedy the same.
(i) In addition to its obligations under Section 2.14(j)(iii), the
Corporation shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,
maintain in Calgary, Alberta and in each other place, if any, specified
pursuant to Section 2.2 with respect to the Debt Securities of such
series, a Paying Agent where Debt Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment and a transfer agent where Debt
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange.
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5.2 NOT TO ACCUMULATE INTEREST
In order to prevent any accumulation after maturity of unpaid coupons or of
unpaid interest or of unpaid Debt Securities, the Corporation covenants with the
Trustee that it will not, directly or indirectly, extend or assent to the
extension of time for payment of any interest on any Debt Security or be a party
to or approve any such arrangement by purchasing or funding any of said coupons
or interest or in any other manner. In case the time for payment of any such
coupons or interest shall be so extended, whether for a definite period or
otherwise, such coupons or interest shall not be entitled, in case of default
hereunder, to the benefit of these presents except subject to the prior payment
in full of the principal of all Debt Securities issued hereunder and then
outstanding and of all matured coupons and interest of such Debt Securities, the
payment of which has not been so extended, and of all other moneys payable
hereunder.
5.3 PERFORMANCE OF COVENANTS BY TRUSTEE
If the Corporation shall fail to perform any of its covenants contained in this
Indenture, the Trustee may notify the Debt Security holders of such failure on
the part of the Corporation or may itself perform any of the said covenants
capable of being performed by it, but shall be under no obligation to do so or
to notify the Debt Security holders. All sums so expended or advanced by the
Trustee shall be repayable as provided in Section 11.7. No such performance,
expenditure or advance by the Trustee shall be deemed to relieve the Corporation
of any default hereunder.
ARTICLE 6. - DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT
6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The events following are hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Events of
Default":
(a) if the Corporation defaults in payment of the principal of or premium,
if any, on or any sinking fund payment with respect to, any Debt
Security when the same becomes due and payable, and if the default in
payment continues for a period of four days after written notice
thereof has been provided to the Corporation by the Trustee or any
holder of outstanding Debt Securities; or
(b) if the Corporation defaults in payment of any interest on any Debt
Security or on any sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt
Security, in each case when the same becomes due and payable, and if
the default in payment continues for a period of 30 days after written
notice thereof has been provided to the Corporation by the Trustee or
any holder of outstanding Debt Securities; or
(c) if an order or decree shall be made, or if an effective resolution of
the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be passed,
for (i) the winding-up or liquidation of the Corporation, except in the
course of carrying out the provisions of Article 8 or pursuant to a
transaction in respect of which the conditions of Article 8 are duly
observed and performed, or (ii) the winding-up or liquidation of any
Restricted Subsidiary except a voluntary windingup or liquidation of a
Restricted Subsidiary which is not undertaken in connection with the
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar proceedings
with respect to such
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Restricted Subsidiary, and in the case of any such order or decree (but
not resolution) described in (i) or (ii) above such order or decree, as
the case may be, continues in effect unstayed for a period of 60 days
after the date of entry of such order or decree, except where such
order or decree, as the case may be, is made by, at the request or with
the consent of or pursuant to proceedings initiated by the Corporation
or a Restricted Subsidiary in which case such 60 day period shall not
apply; or
(d) if (i) the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary shall make a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or shall commence
proceedings under any statute or regulation to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent or seeking reorganization, proposal, arrangement,
moratorium, compromise, readjustment of debt, stay of creditor
proceedings or other relief with respect to its debts or that may
reasonably have the effect of compromising the rights of creditors
without such creditors' consent, or (ii) the Corporation or any
Restricted Subsidiary consents to the institution of bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceedings against it or to the filing of any
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition
or other relief or benefit under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or (iii) an order or decree shall
be made adjudicating the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary a
bankrupt or insolvent or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other relief or
benefit under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law of or in respect of the Corporation or any Restricted
Subsidiary, or (iv) a custodian or a sequestrator or a receiver and
manager or any other officer with similar powers shall be appointed in
respect of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary or the property
of the Corporation or of any Restricted Subsidiary or any part thereof
which is, in the opinion of the Trustee, a substantial part thereof and
solely in the case of any such order, decree or appointment described
in (iii) or (iv) above, such order, decree or appointment continues in
effect unstayed for a period of 60 days, except where such order,
decree or appointment is made by, at the request or with the consent
of, or pursuant to proceedings initiated by, the Corporation or a
Restricted Subsidiary in which case such 60 day period shall not apply;
or
(e) if any process of execution is enforced or levied upon any of the
property of the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary and such
property has a net book value in excess of the greater of $75,000,000
and 7.5% of the Equity of the Corporation, or the equivalent thereof in
any other currency, and such process remains unsatisfied for a period
of 60 days, as to movable or personal property, or 90 days, as to
immovable or real property, provided that such process is not in good
faith disputed by the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary, or, if
so disputed, the Corporation shall not have given evidence satisfactory
to the Trustee that it has or such Restricted Subsidiary has available
a sum sufficient to pay in full the amount claimed in the event that it
shall be held to be a valid claim; or
(f) if the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary fails to make any payment
at maturity, including any applicable grace period, in respect of any
one or more issues of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money in an aggregate
amount in excess of the greater of $75,000,000 and 7.5% of the Equity
of the Corporation, or the equivalent thereof in any other currency,
and such failure shall have continued for a period of 30 days after
written notice thereof shall have been given to the Corporation by the
Trustee, or to the Corporation and the Trustee by
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the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Debt Securities; or
(g) if a default or defaults with respect to any one or more issues of
Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the Corporation or any Restricted
Subsidiary occur, which default or defaults, as the case may be, result
in the acceleration of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the
Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount in
excess of the greater of $75,000,000 and 7.5% of the Equity of the
Corporation, or the equivalent thereof in any other currency, without
such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money having been discharged or such
acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled for a
period of 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to
the Corporation by the Trustee, or to the Corporation and the Trustee
by the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Debt Securities; or
(h) default by the Corporation in the performance or observance of any
other covenant or condition contained in this Indenture or any Debt
Security on its part to be observed and performed and after notice in
writing has been given to the Corporation by the Trustee, or to the
Corporation and the Trustee by holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities (or, in
the case of any covenant or condition included solely for the benefit
of one or more series of Debt Securities, by the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities of such series), specifying such default and requiring the
Corporation to remedy the same and the Corporation shall fail to make
good such default within a period of 60 days or such shorter period as
the Trustee determines would at any time, if continued, render any
material property of the Corporation or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries liable to forfeiture, unless the Trustee (having regard to
the subject matter of the neglect or non-observance) shall have agreed
to a longer period, and in such event, within the period agreed to by
the Trustee (provided that the Trustee shall not be entitled to agree
to any such longer period if notice of default pursuant to this
subparagraph (h) shall have been given to the Corporation and the
Trustee by holders of Debt Securities as aforesaid).
In addition to the events hereinabove set forth the Corporation may by indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered pursuant to the provisions of
Article 10, provide for additional Events of Default.
6.2 ACCELERATION ON DEFAULT
Subject to the absolute and unconditional right of each holder of a Debt
Security to receive payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon on or
after the respective due dates therefor as provided in Section 6.12, in case an
Event of Default has occurred, the Trustee may in its discretion and shall upon
the requisition in writing of the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding (or, if the Event of
Default has occurred with respect only to one or more series of Debt Securities,
25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such
series), subject to the provisions of Section 6.3, by notice in writing to the
Corporation declare the principal of and interest on all Debt Securities then
outstanding (or the Debt Securities of such series, as the case may be) and
other moneys payable hereunder to be due and payable and the same shall become
immediately due and payable to the Trustee on demand, anything
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therein or herein to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Corporation shall on
such demand forthwith pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Debt Security
holders the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on and interest on
amounts in default on such Debt Securities (and, where such a declaration is
based upon a voluntary winding-up or liquidation of the Corporation, the
premium, if any, on the Debt Securities then outstanding which would have been
payable upon the redemption thereof by the Corporation on the date of such
declaration) and all other moneys secured hereby, together with subsequent
interest (to the extent permitted by law) on all such amounts at the rates
specified by the Debt Securities or, in the case of any Debt Securities which do
not specify a rate of interest for amounts in default, at the rate of interest
borne by such Debt Securities or in the case of any Debt Securities which do not
bear interest at an annual rate equivalent to the annual rate of interest
announced from time to time by Citibank N.A. in The City of New York as being
its reference or base rate then in effect for determining interest rates on U.S.
dollar commercial loans, from the date of the said declaration until payment is
received by the Trustee, such subsequent interest to be payable at the times and
places and in the moneys mentioned in and according to the tenor of the Debt
Securities and coupons (provided that, if no time for the payment of such
subsequent interest is specified, such subsequent interest shall be payable on
demand). Such payment when made shall be deemed to have been made in discharge
of the Corporation's obligations hereunder and any moneys so received by the
Trustee shall be applied as provided in Section 6.5.
6.3 WAIVER OF DEFAULT
In case an Event of Default has occurred otherwise than by default in payment of
any principal moneys at maturity:
(a) except with regard to defaults in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
holder of each Debt Security affected (in which case only those holders
whose consent is actually given shall be bound by such consent), the
holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the aggregate principal amount of
Debt Securities then outstanding (or, if the default has occurred with
respect only to one or more series of Debt Securities, 66 2/3% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such
series) shall have power (in addition to and subject to the powers
exercisable by extraordinary resolution as hereinafter provided) by
requisition in writing to instruct the Trustee to waive the default
and/or to cancel or annul any declaration made by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.2 and the Trustee shall thereupon waive the default and/or
cancel or annul such declaration upon such terms and conditions as such
Debt Security holders shall prescribe; and
(b) the Trustee, so long as it has not become bound to institute any
proceedings hereunder, shall have power to waive the default if, in the
Trustee's opinion, the same shall have been cured or adequate
satisfaction made therefor, and in such event to cancel or annul any
such declaration theretofore made by the Trustee in the exercise of its
discretion, upon such terms and conditions as to the Trustee may seem
advisable;
provided that no act or omission either of the Trustee or of the Debt Security
holders in the premises shall extend to or be taken in any manner whatsoever to
affect any subsequent default or the rights resulting therefrom.
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6.4 RIGHT OF TRUSTEE TO ENFORCE PAYMENT
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.3, in case the Corporation shall fail to
pay to the Trustee, on demand, and when due, the principal of and premium (if
any) and interest on all or any Debt Securities then outstanding (including,
without limitation, amounts due and payable as the result of a declaration
pursuant to Section 6.2), together with any other amounts due hereunder, the
Trustee may in its discretion and shall upon the request in writing of the
holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities then outstanding (or, if such failure to pay relates to an Event of
Default that has occurred with respect to only one or more series of Debt
Securities, 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities
of such series), and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction
against all costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred, proceed in its name
as Trustee hereunder to obtain or enforce payment of the said principal of and
premium (if any) and interest (without possession of any of the Debt Securities
or coupons or the production thereof at any trial or proceeding) together with
any other amounts due hereunder, by any remedy provided hereunder or by law or
equity. Except in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.4
and Section 6.12, no holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any
right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute
any action or proceeding against the Corporation at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a trustee, receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder. If the
written request and indemnity referred to in this Section 6.4 has been tendered
to the Trustee and the Trustee has failed to act within a reasonable time
thereafter, any Debt Security holder acting on behalf of himself and all other
Debt Security holders shall be entitled to take proceedings in any court of
competent jurisdiction such as the Trustee might have taken under this Section
6.4.
6.5 APPLICATION OF MONEYS BY TRUSTEE
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, any moneys received by the
Trustee from the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing Sections of this Article
6, or as a result of legal or other proceedings or from any trustee in
bankruptcy or liquidator of the Corporation, shall be applied, together with any
other moneys in the hands of the Trustee available for such purposes, as
follows:
FIRST: to the payment or reimbursement to the Trustee of its
compensation, costs, charges, expenses, borrowings, advances, or other
moneys furnished or provided by or at the instance of the Trustee in or
about the execution of its trust or otherwise in relation to this
Indenture, with interest thereon as herein provided;
SECOND: subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 and as hereinafter in
this Section 6.5 provided, in payment of the principal of and premium
(if any) and accrued and unpaid interest and interest on amounts in
default on the Debt Securities and coupons which shall then be
outstanding rateably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the aggregate amount of principal, premium, if any, and
interest due and payable unless otherwise directed by extraordinary
resolution passed as hereinafter provided and in that case in such
order of priority as between principal, premium and interest as may be
directed by such resolution; and
THIRD: the surplus (if any) of such moneys shall be paid to the
Corporation or its assigns;
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provided, however, that no payment shall be made in respect of the principal,
premium or interest of any Debt Security or coupon held, directly or indirectly,
by or for the benefit of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (other than any Debt
Security pledged for value and in good faith to a Person other than the
Corporation or any Subsidiary, but only to the extent of such Person's interest
therein) except subject to the prior payment in full of the principal, premium
(if any) and interest of all Debt Securities which are not so held.
6.6 NOTICE OF PAYMENT BY TRUSTEE
Not less than 21 days notice shall be given by the Trustee of any payment to be
made under this Article 6 to the Debt Security holders. Such notice shall state
the time when and place where such payment is to be made and also the liability
under this Indenture upon which it is to be applied. After the day so fixed,
unless payment shall have been duly demanded and have been refused, the Debt
Security holders will be entitled to interest only on the balance (if any) of
the principal moneys, premium (if any) and interest due to them, respectively,
on the Debt Securities, after deduction of the respective amounts payable in
respect thereof on the day so fixed.
6.7 TRUSTEE MAY DEMAND PRODUCTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Trustee shall have the right to demand production of the Debt Securities
and/or coupons in respect of which any payment of principal, interest or premium
required by this Article 6 is made and may cause to be endorsed on the same a
memorandum of the amount so paid and the date of payment, but the Trustee may,
in its discretion, dispense with such production and endorsement in any special
case, upon such indemnity being given to it and to the Corporation as the
Trustee shall deem sufficient.
6.8 TRUSTEE APPOINTED ATTORNEY
After an Event of Default and until such Event of Default shall have been
rectified, the Trustee shall be the attorney of the Corporation for and in the
name and on behalf of the Corporation to execute any instrument and do any acts
and things which the Corporation ought to sign, execute and do hereunder and
generally to use the name of the Corporation in the exercise of all or any of
the powers hereby conferred on the Trustee, with full powers of substitution and
revocation.
6.9 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE
Each and every remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee, or upon
or reserved to the holders of the Debt Securities, shall be cumulative and shall
be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now existing or
hereafter to exist by law or by statute.
6.10 JUDGMENT AGAINST CORPORATION
The Corporation covenants and agrees with the Trustee that, in case of any
proceedings to obtain judgment for the principal of or interest or premium on
the Debt Securities, judgment may be rendered against it in favour of the Debt
Security holders hereunder, or in favour of the Trustee, as trustee of an
express trust for the Debt Security holders, for any amount which may remain due
in respect of the Debt Securities and premium (if any) and interest thereon.
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6.11 IMMUNITY OF SHAREHOLDERS, ETC.
Each holder of Debt Securities outstanding from time to time under this
Indenture and the Trustee hereby waive and release any right, cause of action or
remedy now or hereafter existing in any jurisdiction against any past, present
or future incorporator, shareholder, director, officer or employee of the
Corporation, as such, but not against the Corporation or any successor
corporation for the payment of the principal of or premium or interest on any of
the Debt Securities or on any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty by
the Corporation herein or in the Debt Securities contained.
6.12 SUITS BY DEBT SECURITY HOLDERS
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Indenture and any provision of
any Debt Security, each holder of any Debt Security shall have the right, which
is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and
interest on such Debt Security in the amounts, at the rates and on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Debt Security, and to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, which
rights shall not be impaired or affected (whether by modification of this
Indenture or of the rights of holders of Debt Securities pursuant to Article 9
hereof, waiver of an Event of Default in payment of principal or interest
pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof, or otherwise) without the consent of such Debt
Security holder. Without limitation to the foregoing, no modification, amendment
or waiver to this Indenture or the Debt Securities of any series shall, without
the prior consent of the holder of each Debt Security affected, reduce the
principal of or premium, if any, on any Debt Security or the amount payable upon
redemption or repurchase thereof, or reduce the rate of interest on any Debt
Securities, or extend the time for payment (whether at stated maturity, upon
redemption or repurchase, acceleration or otherwise) of any principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on any Debt Security or change the coin or currency
in which any Debt Security is payable or alter the provisions of this sentence.
ARTICLE 7. - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
7.1 CANCELLATION AND DESTRUCTION
All matured coupons and Debt Securities shall forthwith after payment thereof be
delivered to the Trustee and cancelled by it. All Debt Securities and coupons
cancelled or required to be cancelled under this or any other provisions of this
Indenture may be destroyed by or under the direction of the Trustee by
incineration or otherwise (in the presence of a representative of the
Corporation if the Corporation shall so require) and the Trustee shall retain a
certificate of such destruction and deliver a duplicate thereof to the
Corporation.
7.2 NON-PRESENTATION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND COUPONS
Subject to the redemption provisions applicable to any Debt Securities, in case
the holder of any Debt Security or coupon shall fail to present the same for
payment on the date on which the principal thereof, the premium, if any, thereon
and/or the interest thereon or represented thereby becomes payable either at
maturity, on redemption or otherwise or shall not accept payment on account
thereof and give such receipt therefor, if any, as the Trustee may require:
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(a) the Corporation shall be entitled to pay to the Trustee and direct it
to set aside; or
(b) in respect of moneys in the hands of the Trustee which may or should be
applied to the payment or redemption of the Debt Securities, the
Corporation shall be entitled to direct the Trustee to set aside; or
(c) if the redemption was pursuant to notice given by the Trustee, the
Trustee may itself set aside;
the principal moneys and the premium, if any, and/or the interest, as the case
may be, in trust to be paid to the holder of such Debt Security or coupon upon
due presentation or surrender thereof in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, and from and after such setting aside all such amounts shall be
deemed to have been paid by the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture and such Debt Security or coupon shall be deemed not to be
outstanding hereunder and no further interest shall accrue thereon to the
holder, and the holder of such Debt Security or coupon shall, subject to Section
7.3, have no rights in respect thereof except that of receiving payment of the
moneys so set aside, without interest, upon due presentation and surrender
thereof.
7.3 REPAYMENT OF UNCLAIMED MONEYS TO CORPORATION
Any moneys set aside under Section 7.2 and not claimed by and paid to holders of
Debt Securities or coupons as provided in said Section 7.2 within six years
after the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be, shall, subject to
any applicable laws and regulations, become the property of the Corporation free
of any beneficial claim by the holders of the Debt Securities or coupons, and
shall be repaid to the Corporation by the Trustee together with any interest
accrued thereon and thereupon the Trustee shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys.
7.4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
This Indenture shall upon Written Order of the Corporation be discharged and
cease to be of further effect with respect to the outstanding Debt Securities
(except as hereinafter provided in this Section 7.4), and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Written Order of the Corporation, and at the expense of the
Corporation, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to the outstanding Debt Securities when
(a) either
(i) all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (A)
Debt Securities and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced as provided in Section
2.8, and (B) Debt Securities and coupons for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust and set aside by
the Trustee as provided in Section 7.2 and thereafter repaid
to the Corporation as provided in Section 7.3) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all Debt Securities and, in the case of (A) below, any coupons
appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation (A) have become due and
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payable or (B) in the case of Debt Securities which are
subject to redemption at the option of the Corporation, have
been duly called for redemption in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and such Debt Securities and, in
the case of either (A) or (B) above, the Corporation has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee, and directed the Trustee to set aside, as trust funds
in trust for the purpose cash in U.S. dollars in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the
outstanding Debt Securities and such coupons not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, and any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the
relevant redemption date, as the case may be, together with
irrevocable instructions from the Corporation directing the
Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity
or redemption, as the case may be;
(b) the Corporation has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
under this Indenture and the Debt Securities by the Corporation;
(c) there shall have occurred and be continuing no Event of Default or
event which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute
an Event of Default; and
(d) the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee a Certificate of the
Corporation and an opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Corporation to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under
Section 11.7, the obligation of the Corporation to pay Additional Amounts in
respect of the Debt Securities pursuant to Section 8.1, the provision of
Sections 1.5, 1.6 and 8.3, and if money shall have been deposited with and is
held by the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section,
the provisions of Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.14, 5.1(i), 7.4, 7.5 and 11.4 and of
Article 3 shall survive any such satisfaction and discharge and remain in full
force and effect.
7.5 APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.3, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 7.4 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Debt Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to
the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the
Corporation acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any), and interest,
if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, for whose payment such money has been
deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
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ARTICLE 8. - SUCCESSOR CORPORATIONS
8.1 CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN RESPECT TO MERGERS, ETC.
The Corporation will not merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other
Person, or sell, assign, lease, convey or otherwise transfer all or
substantially all of its property and assets to any other Person, or change the
jurisdiction under whose laws the Corporation is organized and existing (a
"Reincorporation"), unless, in any such case: (a) either (i) the Corporation
shall be the surviving corporation in the case of a merger (which term, as used
in this Section 8.1, shall not include an amalgamation or consolidation) and,
immediately after such merger, shall remain a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of the same jurisdiction in which it was organized and
existing immediately prior to such merger or (ii) the Person formed by such
amalgamation or consolidation, or into which the Corporation is merged, or to
which the Corporation has sold, assigned, leased, conveyed or otherwise
transferred all or substantially all of its property and assets, or resulting
from such Reincorporation is a corporation (the "successor corporation")
organized and validly existing under the laws of its applicable jurisdiction and
shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture executed by such successor
corporation and delivered by it to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts
(including, without limitation, Additional Amounts), if any, and sinking fund
payments, if any) payable in respect of, the Debt Securities and the due and
punctual performance and observance of all other covenants and conditions
contained in this Trust Indenture and the Debt Securities to be performed or
observed by the Corporation (including, without limitation, the appointment of
an agent for service of process in the United States of America); provided that
no such supplemental indenture shall be required pursuant to the provisions of
this clause (a) if (1) the transaction in question is an amalgamation of the
Corporation with any one or more other corporations, which amalgamation is
governed by the statutes of Canada or any province thereof, as applicable, (2)
the successor corporation is and, immediately prior to such amalgamation, the
Corporation was organized and existing under the laws of Canada or any province
thereof, (3) upon the effectiveness of such amalgamation, the successor
corporation shall have become or shall continue to be (as the case may be), by
operation of law and as expressly provided by the statutes of Canada or any
province thereof (as the case may be) applicable to such amalgamation, liable
for the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on, and all other amounts (including, without limitation, Additional
Amounts, if any, and sinking fund payments, if any) payable in respect of, the
Debt Securities and the due and punctual performance and observance of all other
covenants and conditions contained in this Indenture and the Debt Securities to
be performed or observed by the Corporation (including, without limitation, the
appointment of an agent for service of process in the United States of America),
and (4) the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
outside counsel experienced in such matters to the effect set forth in clauses
(1) through (3) above; (b) the Trustee is satisfied, and Counsel is of the
opinion (which opinion shall be delivered to the Trustee), that such transaction
is upon such terms as substantially to preserve and not to prejudice any of the
rights and powers of the Trustee or of the holders of Debt Securities
(including, in respect of any Debt Securities that may be convertible, the
conversion rights of holders thereof); (c) there shall exist no condition or
event either at the time of or immediately following such transaction, as to
either the Corporation or the successor corporation, which constitutes or would
with the passage of time or giving of notice or both constitute an Event of
Default under this Indenture; (d) the Corporation shall have delivered to the
Trustee an opinion of outside counsel of nationally recognized standing with
respect to matters of Canadian federal
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income taxation to the effect that (i) the holders of the Debt Securities will
not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal income tax purposes as a
result of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, sale, assignment, lease,
conveyance, transfer or Reincorporation, (ii) after such transaction, any
payment or credit by the Corporation or the successor corporation, as
applicable, of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, or any
other amount payable under or in respect of, the Debt Securities to any holder
thereof will be exempt from Canadian withholding tax if the holder, for purposes
of the INCOME TAX ACT (Canada) (or any successor law) is or is deemed to be a
non-resident of Canada and deals at arms-length with the Corporation at the time
of such payment or credit, as applicable, and (iii) after such transaction,
holders of the Debt Securities will be subject to Canadian federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such transaction had not occurred; and (e) the Corporation shall
have delivered to the Trustee a Certificate of the Corporation and an opinion of
Counsel each stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, sale,
assignment, lease, conveyance, transfer or Reincorporation and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied
with; provided that, if the successor corporation is not organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or
the District of Columbia or Canada or any province of Canada, such successor
corporation shall expressly agree, in a supplemental indenture executed by such
successor corporation, (i) to indemnify and hold harmless each holder of any
Debt Securities from and against (x) any and all present and future taxes,
duties, levies, imposts, fees, assessments or other governmental charges
(including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto)
(collectively "Taxes") of whatever nature which may be imposed on such holder or
required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such holder as a
consequence of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, sale, assignment,
lease, conveyance, transfer or Reincorporation and (y) any and all costs and
expenses arising out of or relating to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation,
sale, assignment, lease, conveyance, transfer or Reincorporation, and (ii) that
the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, and any and all other
amounts payable under or in respect of, the Debt Securities will be paid without
withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future Taxes of
whatever nature imposed, levied, withheld, assessed or collected by or on behalf
of the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which such successor corporation is
organized, is resident or is deemed for tax purposes to be resident (each such
jurisdiction being hereinafter called an "Applicable Jurisdiction") or any
political subdivision or taxing authority of or in any Applicable Jurisdiction
unless such Taxes are required by any Applicable Jurisdiction or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein to be withheld or deducted,
in which case such successor corporation will pay such additional amounts
("Additional Amounts") as may be necessary in order that the net amount paid to
each holder of any Debt Securities, after such deduction or withholding, will
not be less than the amount which such holder would have received in accordance
with the terms of the Debt Securities and this Indenture if no such deduction or
withholding had been required. Whenever there is mentioned herein or in any Debt
Securities, in any context, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any,
or interest on, or in respect of, any Debt Security, such mention shall be
deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent
that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to this Indenture, and express mention of the payment
of Additional Amounts in any instance shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those instances where such express mention is not made.
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8.2 VESTING OF POWERS IN SUCCESSOR
In the event of any merger of the Corporation into, consolidation or
amalgamation of the Corporation with, or sale, assignment, lease, conveyance or
other transfer of all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets to,
another Person, the successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted
for and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation under the Debt
Securities and this Indenture as if it had been named as the Corporation herein
and therein, and the predecessor corporation, except in the case of a
consolidation, an amalgamation or a lease, shall be released from any further
obligation under the Debt Securities and this Indenture and holders of Debt
Securities will thereafter be required to look solely to such successor
corporation for the payment of all amounts which may become due and payable
under the Debt Securities and this Indenture.
8.3 ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
(a) The Corporation covenants and agrees that, if the Corporation becomes
obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Debt Securities
of any series, the Corporation will (i) at least 10 days prior to each
date on which any payment under or with respect to the Debt Securities
of such series is due and payable, deliver to the Trustee a Certificate
of the Corporation specifying the amount required to be withheld or
deducted in respect of the relevant Taxes, specifying the amount of
Additional Amounts that will be so payable, and setting forth such
other information as is necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such
Additional Amounts to the holders of the Debt Securities of such series
on the relevant payment date; (ii) pay such Taxes on or prior to the
date for payment thereof; and (iii) within 15 days after paying the
amount referred to in clause (ii) of this sentence, deliver to the
Trustee evidence of such payment and remittance thereof to the relevant
Applicable Jurisdiction or political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein. The Corporation also covenants and agrees to
furnish to each holder of any Debt Securities and, in the case of
Global Debt Securities, each beneficial owner of any interest therein
(by mail sent to its registered address or, in the case of any such
beneficial owner, to the address provided by such beneficial owner to
the Trustee or the Corporation for such purpose) a receipt for any
Taxes deducted within 30 days after the date the same are due pursuant
to applicable law or regulation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if no such
time is prescribed by applicable law or regulation, the Corporation has
agreed to furnish such information as soon as practicable but in any
event prior to the last day of February in the calendar year subsequent
to the calendar year of payment.
(b) The Corporation covenants and agrees to indemnify the Trustee and each
Paying Agent for, and to hold each of them harmless from and against,
any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense incurred without
negligence or willful misconduct on such Person's part and arising out
of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in
reliance on any Certificate of the Corporation furnished pursuant to
the foregoing paragraph Section 8.3(a) or the failure of the Trustee or
any Paying Agent for any reason (other than its own negligence or
willful misconduct) to receive on a timely basis such Certificate of
the Corporation or any information or documentation requested by it or
otherwise required by applicable law or regulation to be obtained,
furnished or filed in respect of any Taxes.
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(c) The obligations of the Corporation under this Section 8.3 shall survive
the payment of the Debt Securities, the resignation or removal of the
Trustee or any Paying Agent and the defeasance, covenant defeasance,
discharge, satisfaction or other termination of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 9. - MEETINGS OF DEBT SECURITY HOLDERS
9.1 RIGHT TO CONVENE MEETING
The Trustee may at any time and from time to time and shall on requisition in
writing made by the Corporation or by the holders of at least ten percent of the
principal amount of Debt Securities then outstanding and upon being indemnified
to its reasonable satisfaction by the Corporation or by the Debt Security
holders making such requisition against the costs which may be incurred in
connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, convene a meeting of
the Debt Security holders. In the event of the Trustee failing within 30 days
after such a requisition is made and indemnity given as aforesaid to give notice
convening a meeting, the Corporation or such Debt Security holders, as the case
may be, may convene such meeting. Every such meeting shall be held in the City
of Calgary or at such other place as may be approved or determined by the
Trustee. The record date for determining the holders of Debt Securities entitled
to attend and vote at a meeting of the Debt Security holders shall be the close
of business on that day which is 20 days prior to the scheduled date of such
meeting and if that day is not a business day, the close of business on the
latest business day preceding such day.
9.2 NOTICE
At least 30 days notice of any meeting shall be given to the Debt Security
holders in the manner provided in Section 3.12 and a copy thereof shall be sent
by post to the Trustee unless the meeting has been called by it and to the
Corporation unless the meeting has been called by it. Such notice shall state
the time when and the place where the meeting is to be held and shall state
briefly the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat and it shall
not be necessary for any such notice to set out the terms of any resolution to
be proposed or any of the provisions of this Article.
9.3 CHAIRMAN
Any Person, who need not be a Debt Security holder, nominated in writing by the
Trustee shall be chairman of the meeting and if no Person is nominated, or if
the Person so nominated is not present within fifteen minutes from the time
fixed for the holding of the meeting, the Debt Security holders present in
person or by proxy shall choose any Person present to be chairman.
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9.4 QUORUM
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.11, at any meeting of the Debt Security
holders a quorum shall consist of Debt Security holders present in person or by
proxy and representing at least 25% of the principal amount of the outstanding
Debt Securities. If a quorum of the Debt Security holders shall not be present
within half-an-hour from the time fixed for holding any meeting, the meeting, if
summoned by or on the requisition of Debt Security holders, shall be dissolved,
but in any other case the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next
week (unless such day is a non-business day in which case it shall be adjourned
to the next following business day thereafter) at the same time and place.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9.11, at the adjourned meeting the Debt
Security holders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum and may
transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened
notwithstanding that they may not represent 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Debt Securities.
9.5 POWER TO ADJOURN
The chairman of any meeting at which a quorum of the Debt Security holders is
present may with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Debt Securities represented thereat adjourn any such meeting and no notice
of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may
prescribe.
9.6 POLL
On every resolution (including, without limitation, every extraordinary
resolution) and on any other question submitted to a meeting a poll shall be
taken in such manner as the chairman shall direct and the result of the poll
shall be and be deemed to be the decision of the meeting. Questions other than
extraordinary resolutions and except as otherwise provided in this Indenture or
with respect to the Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 2.2 shall
be decided by the votes of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Debt Securities voted on the poll.
9.7 VOTING
On a poll each Debt Security holder present in person or represented by a proxy
duly appointed by instrument in writing shall be entitled to one vote in respect
of each U.S. $1,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other currency determined
as provided in the definition of the term "outstanding") principal amount of
Debt Securities of which he shall then be holder. A proxy need not be a Debt
Security holder. In the case of joint registered holders of a Debt Security, any
one of them present in person or by proxy at the meeting may vote in the absence
of the other Persons, but in case more than one of them be present in person or
by proxy, they shall vote together in respect of the Debt Securities of which
they are joint registered holders.
9.8 REGULATIONS
The Trustee or the Corporation with the approval of the Trustee may from time to
time make and from time to time vary such regulations as it shall from time to
time think fit:
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(a) for the issue of voting certificates:
(i) by any bank, trust company or other depositary approved by the
Trustee certifying that specified unregistered Debt Securities
have been deposited with it by a named holder and will remain
on deposit until after the meeting and any adjournment
thereof; and
(ii) by any bank, trust company, insurance company, governmental
department or agency approved by the Trustee certifying that
it is the holder of specified unregistered Debt Securities and
will continue to hold the same until after the meeting and any
adjournment thereof;
which voting certificates shall entitle the holders named therein to be
present and vote at any such meeting and at any adjournment thereof or
to appoint a proxy or proxies to represent them and vote for them at
any such meeting and at any adjournment thereof, in the same manner and
with the same effect as though the holders so named in such voting
certificates were the actual bearers of the Debt Securities specified
therein;
(b) for the deposit of voting certificates and/or instruments appointing
proxies at such place as the Trustee, the Corporation or the Debt
Security holders convening the meeting, as the case may be, may in the
notice convening the meeting direct; and
(c) for the deposit of voting certificates and/or instruments appointing
proxies at some approved place or places other than the place at which
the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such voting
certificates and/or instruments appointing proxies to be mailed,
telecopied or sent by other means of recorded communication before the
meeting to the Corporation or to the Trustee at the place where the
same is to be held and for the voting of proxies so deposited as though
the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting.
Any regulations so made shall be binding and effective and the votes given in
accordance therewith shall be valid and shall be counted. Save as such
regulations may provide, the only Persons who shall be recognized at any meeting
as the holders of any Debt Securities, or as entitled to vote or be present at
the meeting in respect thereof, shall be Persons who produce unregistered Debt
Securities at the meeting and the registered Debt Security holders and Persons
whom registered Debt Security holders have by instrument in writing duly
appointed as their proxies.
9.9 CORPORATION AND TRUSTEE MAY BE REPRESENTED
The Corporation and the Trustee, by their respective officers, employees and
directors, and the legal advisers of the Corporation and the Trustee may attend
any meeting of the Debt Security holders, but shall have no vote as such.
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9.10 POWERS EXERCISABLE BY EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION
Subject to the limitations in Section 6.12, in addition to all other powers
conferred upon them by Section 9.7 or any other provisions of this Indenture or
by law, a meeting of the Debt Security holders shall have the following powers
exercisable from time to time by extraordinary resolution:
(a) power to agree to any modification, abrogation, alteration, compromise
or arrangement of the rights of the Debt Security holders and/or the
Trustee against the Corporation or against its undertaking, property
and assets or any part thereof whether such rights arise under this
Indenture or the Debt Securities or otherwise;
(b) power to direct or authorize the Trustee to exercise any power, right,
remedy or authority given to it by this Indenture or the Debt
Securities in any manner specified in such extraordinary resolution or
to refrain from exercising any such power, right, remedy or authority;
(c) power to waive or direct the Trustee to waive any default on the part
of the Corporation in complying with any provision of this Indenture or
the Debt Securities either unconditionally or upon any conditions
specified in such extraordinary resolution, and in case any Debt
Security holder shall have commenced any proceeding to enforce any
remedy hereunder by reason of such default, subject to Section 6.4, to
restrain such Debt Security holder from continuing such proceeding and
to stay or discontinue the same, upon payment of the reasonable and
necessary costs, charges or expenses incurred by such Debt Security
holder in connection therewith;
(d) power to assent to any modification of or change in or omission from
the provisions contained herein which shall be agreed to by the
Corporation and to authorize the Trustee to concur in and execute any
instrument supplemental hereto embodying such modification, change or
omission;
(e) power to authorize the distribution in specie of any shares or
securities received upon the realization of any security created
pursuant hereto or the use or disposal of the whole or any part of such
shares or securities or any cash received thereon in such manner and
for such purpose or purposes as may be specified in or authorized or
approved in the resolution authorizing the same;
(f) power to sanction any scheme for the reorganization of the Corporation
and/or any Subsidiary or for the consolidation, amalgamation or merger
of the Corporation and/or any Subsidiary with any other company and for
the selling or leasing of the undertaking, property and assets of the
Corporation and/or any Subsidiary or any part thereof, provided no such
sanction shall be necessary for a reorganization, consolidation,
amalgamation, merger, sale or lease under the provisions of Article 8;
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(g) power to appoint and remove a committee to consult with the Trustee and
to delegate to such committee (subject to such limitations, if any, as
may be prescribed in such extraordinary resolution) the power to give
to the Trustee any or all of the directions or authorizations which the
Debt Security holders could give by extraordinary resolution under the
foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f); the extraordinary
resolution making such appointment may provide for payment of the
expenses and disbursement of and compensation to such committee; such
committee shall consist of such number of Persons as shall be
prescribed in the extraordinary resolution appointing it, and the
members need not be themselves Debt Security holders; subject to the
extraordinary resolution appointing it, every such committee may elect
its chairman and may make regulations respecting its quorum, the
calling of its meetings, the filling of vacancies occurring in its
number, the manner in which it may act and its procedure generally and
such regulations may provide that the committee may act at a meeting at
which a quorum is present or may act by minutes signed by the number of
members thereof necessary to constitute a quorum; all acts of any such
committee within the authority delegated to it shall be binding upon
all Debt Security holders; neither the committee nor any member thereof
shall be liable for any loss arising from or in connection with any
action taken or omitted to be taken by them in good faith; all costs of
such committees shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Corporation,
be for the account of the Debt Security holders;
(h) power to amend, alter or repeal any extraordinary resolution previously
passed or sanctioned by the Debt Security holders; and
(i) power to remove the Trustee from office and to appoint a new Trustee or
Trustees.
9.11 MEANING OF "EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION"
(a) The expression "extraordinary resolution" when used in the Indenture
means, subject as hereinafter in this Section 9.11 and in Sections
9.14, 9.16 and 9.17 provided, a resolution proposed to be passed as an
extraordinary resolution at a meeting of Debt Security holders duly
convened for such purpose and held in accordance with the provisions in
this Article contained at which the holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding are present in
person or by proxy and passed by the favourable votes of the holders of
not less than 66 2/3% of the principal amount of Debt Securities
represented at the meeting and voted on a poll upon such resolution.
(b) If at any such meeting called for the purpose of passing an
extraordinary resolution, the holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Debt Securities outstanding are not present in person or by
proxy within half-an-hour after the time appointed for the meeting,
then the meeting, if convened by or on the requisition of Debt Security
holders, shall be dissolved; but in any other case it shall stand
adjourned to such date, being not less than 21 nor more than 60 days
later, and to such place and time as may be appointed by the chairman.
Not less than ten days notice shall be given of the time and place of
such adjourned meeting in the manner provided in Section 3.12. Such
notice shall state that at the adjourned meeting the Debt Security
holders present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum but it shall
not be necessary to set forth the purposes for which the meeting was
originally called or any other particulars. At the adjourned meeting
the Debt Security holders present in person or by
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proxy shall form a quorum and may transact the business for which the
meeting was originally convened and a resolution proposed at such
adjourned meeting and passed by the requisite vote as provided in this
Section 9.11 shall be an extraordinary resolution within the meaning of
this Indenture notwithstanding that the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Debt Securities then outstanding are not
present in person or by proxy at such adjourned meeting.
(c) Votes on an extraordinary resolution shall always be given on a poll
and no demand for a poll on an extraordinary resolution shall be
necessary.
9.12 POWERS CUMULATIVE
It is hereby declared and agreed that any one or more of the powers and/or any
combination of the powers in this Indenture stated to be exercisable by the Debt
Security holders by extraordinary resolution or otherwise may be exercised from
time to time and the exercise of any one or more of such powers or any
combination of powers from time to time shall not be deemed to exhaust the right
of the Debt Security holders to exercise such power or powers or combination of
power or any power or powers or combination of powers thereafter from time to
time.
9.13 MINUTES
Minutes of all resolutions and proceedings at every such meeting as aforesaid
shall be made and duly entered in books to be from time to time provided for
that purpose by the Trustee at the expense of the Corporation, and any such
minutes as aforesaid, if signed by the chairman of the meeting at which such
resolutions were passed or proceedings had, or by the chairman of the next
succeeding meeting of the Debt Security holders, shall be prima facie evidence
of the matters therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such
meeting, in respect of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made,
shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened, and all resolutions passed
thereat or proceedings had, to have been duly passed and had.
9.14 INSTRUMENTS IN WRITING
Subject to Section 9.16, all actions which may be taken and all powers that may
be exercised by the Debt Security holders at a meeting held as hereinbefore in
this Article provided may also be taken and exercised by the holders of 66 2/3%
of the principal amount of all the outstanding Debt Securities by an instrument
in writing signed in one or more counterparts and the expression "extraordinary
resolution" when used in this Indenture shall include an instrument so signed.
The record date for determining the holders of Debt Securities entitled to sign
such instrument in writing shall be the close of business on the day prior to
the date upon which the instrument in writing is proposed to be effective, and
if that day is not a business day, the close of business on the latest day
preceding such day. Proof of the execution of an instrument in writing by any
Debt Security holder may be made by the certificate of any notary public, or
other officer with similar powers, that the Person signing such instrument
acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to
such execution or in any other manner which the Trustee may consider adequate.
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Any instrument in writing signed as herein provided shall bind all future
holders of the same Debt Security or any Debt Security or Debt Securities issued
in exchange therefor in respect of anything done or suffered by the Corporation
or the Trustee in pursuance thereof.
9.15 BINDING EFFECT OF RESOLUTIONS
Every resolution and every extraordinary resolution passed in accordance with
the provisions of this Article at a meeting of Debt Security holders shall be
binding upon all the Debt Security holders, whether present at or absent from
such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by Debt Security holders in
accordance with Section 9.14 shall be binding upon all the Debt Security
holders, whether signatories thereto or not, and each and every Debt Security
holder and the Trustee (subject to the provisions for its indemnity herein
contained) shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every such resolution,
extraordinary resolution and instrument in writing.
9.16 SERIAL MEETINGS
(a) If any business to be transacted at a meeting of Debt Security holders,
or any action to be taken or power to be exercised by instrument in
writing under Section 9.14, especially affects the rights of the
holders of Debt Securities of one or more series in a manner or to an
extent substantially differing from that in which it affects the rights
of the holders of Debt Securities of any other series (as to which an
opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee shall be binding on all
Debt Security holders, the Trustee and the Corporation for the purposes
hereof), then:
(i) reference to such fact, indicating each series so especially
affected, shall be made in the notice of such meeting and the
meeting shall be and is herein called a "serial meeting";
(ii) the holders of Debt Securities of a series so especially
affected shall not be bound by any action taken at a serial
meeting unless in addition to compliance with the other
provisions of this Article:
(A) there are present in person or by proxy at the said
meeting holders of at least 25% (or, for the purpose
of passing any extraordinary resolution, a majority)
in principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities of such series, subject to the provisions
of this Article as to adjourned meetings;
(B) the resolution is passed by the favourable votes of
the holders of at least a majority (or, in the case
of an extraordinary resolution, not less than 66
2/3%) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of
such series voted on the resolution; and
(iii) the holders of Debt Securities of a series so especially
affected shall not be bound by any action taken or power
exercised by instrument in writing under Section 9.14
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unless such instrument is signed in one or more counterparts
by the holders of 66 2/3% of the principal amount of
outstanding Debt Securities of such series.
(b) If in the opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee any business to
be transacted at any meeting or any action to be taken or power to be
exercised by instrument in writing under Section 9.14 does not
adversely affect the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of one or
more particular series, the provisions of this Article 9 shall apply as
if the Debt Securities of such series were not outstanding and no
notice of any such meeting need be given to the holders of the Debt
Security of such series.
9.17 COVENANTS APPLICABLE TO A PARTICULAR SERIES OF DEBT SECURITIES
Notwithstanding anything herein contained, if any business to be transacted at
any meeting or any action to be taken or power to be exercised by any instrument
in writing under Section 9.14 relates only to the waiver, amendment, alteration,
modification or cancellation of a covenant or provision hereof which by its
terms is applicable and has effect only so long as one or more particular series
of Debt Securities remains outstanding or the benefit of which is restricted to
any one or more particular series of Debt Securities, the provisions of this
Article 9 shall be read and construed and shall apply as if the Debt Securities
of such one or more particular series of Debt Securities were the only Debt
Securities outstanding hereunder. A proposal:
(a) to extend the maturity or maturities of Debt Securities of any series
or any date on which any principal thereof, or premium, if any, or
interest thereon is payable, or change the coin or currency in which
any of the foregoing is payable, or reduce the principal amount thereof
or the amount of any premium thereon or the rate of interest thereon,
(b) to modify or terminate any covenant or agreement which by its terms is
effective only so long as Debt Securities or a particular series are
outstanding or the benefit of which is restricted to a particular
series of Debt Securities, or
(c) to reduce with respect to holders of Debt Securities of any series any
percentage required for a quorum stated in Sections 9.5, 9.6, 9.11,
9.14 or 9.16,
shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of that series and shall be deemed to
especially affect the rights of the holders of Debt Securities of such series in
a manner substantially differing from that in which it affects the rights of
holders of Debt Securities of any other series or maturity whether or not a
similar extension, reduction, modification or termination is proposed with
respect to Debt Securities of any or all other series or maturities.
ARTICLE 10. - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
10.1 PROVISIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES
From time to time the Corporation when authorized by a resolution of its
directors (which resolution may provide general terms or parameters for such
action and may provide that the specific terms of such action may be determined
in accordance with or pursuant to a Certificate or Written Order of the
Corporation) and the Trustee may, subject to the provisions of these presents,
and they shall,
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when so directed by these presents, execute and deliver by their proper
officers, indentures or instruments supplemental hereto which thereafter shall
form part hereof, for any one or more or all of the following purposes:
(a) creating and establishing the terms of any series of Debt Securities as
permitted hereby and the forms and denominations in which they may be
issued as provided in Article 2;
(b) mortgaging, pledging, transferring, assuring and confirming to or
vesting in the Trustee, or charging in favour of the Trustee, any
property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Corporation;
(c) evidencing the succession of successor corporations to the Corporation
and the covenants of and obligations assumed by such successor
corporations in accordance with the provisions of Article 8;
(d) giving effect to any extraordinary resolution passed as provided in
Article 9;
(e) making such provisions not inconsistent with this Indenture as may be
necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising
hereunder or for the purpose of obtaining a listing or quotation of the
Debt Securities or any series thereof or to facilitate their sale on
any stock exchange provided that such provisions are not, in the
opinion of the Trustee, prejudicial to the interest of the Debt
Security holders;
(f) adding to or altering the provisions hereof in respect of the
registration and transfer of Debt Securities including provision for
the issue of Debt Securities of different denominations, the exchange
of Debt Securities of different denominations and making any
modification in the form of the Debt Securities and coupons which does
not affect the substance thereof and which, in the opinion of the
Trustee, is not prejudicial to the interest of the Debt Security
holders;
(g) adding limitations or restrictions, thereafter to be observed, upon the
amount, dates of maturity, issue or the purposes of the issue of Debt
Securities hereunder or upon the dealing with the property of the
Corporation, provided that the Trustee shall be of the opinion that
such further limitations or restrictions shall not be prejudicial to
the interest of the Debt Security holders;
(h) adding to the covenants of the Corporation herein contained for the
protection of the holders of the Debt Securities and/or providing for
Events of Default in addition to those herein specified;
(i) making such amendments, deletions or alterations to Sections 11.10 to
11.16, inclusive, without the consent of the Debt Security holders, as
may be considered necessary or desirable by the Corporation and the
Trustee to give effect to any applicable legislation or regulation;
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(j) providing that the terms of any covenant or other provision is
applicable and has effect only so long as any one or more particular
series of Debt Securities remains outstanding or restricting the
benefit of any covenant or other provision to one or more particular
series of Debt Securities, provided that the Trustee shall be of the
opinion that the interest of holders of Debt Securities outstanding on
the date of the supplemental indenture for any such purpose shall not
be prejudiced thereby, and provided, further, that no supplemental
indenture pursuant to this subparagraph (j) shall deprive any then
outstanding Debt Security of the benefit of any covenant or other
provision to which it is entitled;
(k) for any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms hereof, including
the correction or rectification of any errors, ambiguities, defective
provisions or omissions in this Indenture, provided that such
corrections or rectifications shall in the opinion of the Trustee not
prejudice the rights of the Trustee or of the Debt Security holders
hereunder pursuant to Section 6.12 or otherwise; and
(l) for the purpose of adding any Debt Securities Guarantee which may be
authorized from time to time pursuant to Section 2.2 and to add such
provisions to this Indenture as may, in connection with such Debt
Securities Guarantee, be required pursuant to such Section 2.2 or in
the opinion of the Trustee be appropriate in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. - CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
11.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO TRUSTEE'S OBLIGATIONS TO ACT HEREUNDER
(a) The Trustee shall not be bound to give any notice or do or take any
act, action or proceeding by virtue of the powers conferred on it
hereby unless and until it shall have been required so to do under the
terms hereof, nor shall the Trustee be required to take notice of any
default hereunder, other than in payment of any moneys required by any
provision hereof to be paid to it, unless and until notified in writing
of such default, which notice shall distinctly specify the default
desired to be brought to the attention of the Trustee and in the
absence of any such notice the Trustee may for all purposes of this
Indenture conclusively assume that the Corporation is not in default
hereunder and that no default has been made with respect to the payment
of principal, premium, if any, interest or sinking fund on the Debt
Securities or in the observance or performance of any of the covenants,
agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such notice or
requisition shall in no way limit any discretion herein given to the
Trustee to determine whether or not the Trustee shall take action with
respect to any default or take action without any such notice or
requisition.
(b) The obligation of the Trustee to commence or continue any act, action
or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing any rights of the Trustee or
the Debt Security holders hereunder shall be conditional upon the Debt
Security holders furnishing, when required by notice in writing by the
Trustee, sufficient funds to commence or continue such act, action or
proceeding and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to
protect and hold harmless the Trustee against the costs, charges and
expenses and liabilities to be incurred thereby and any loss and damage
it may suffer by reason thereof.
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(c) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of
any of its rights or powers unless indemnified as aforesaid.
(d) The Trustee may, before commencing or at any time during the
continuance of any such act, action or proceeding require the Debt
Security holders at whose instance it is acting to deposit with the
Trustee the Debt Securities held by them, for which Debt Securities the
Trustee shall issue receipts.
11.2 EVIDENCE
The Trustee may accept a Certificate of the Corporation as conclusive evidence
of any action taken, decision made, opinion held, resolution passed or by-law
enacted by the Corporation or the directors or shareholders thereof and of the
truth of any statement of fact made therein relating to the Corporation, but the
Trustee may in its discretion require further evidence or information before
acting or relying on any such Certificate.
The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, letter, telegram, cablegram or other paper or document believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by or on behalf of the
proper party or parties.
11.3 EXPERTS AND ADVISERS
(a) The Trustee may employ or retain such counsel, accountants, engineers,
appraisers or other experts or advisers as it may reasonably require
for the purpose of discharging its duties hereunder, may pay their fees
and expenses and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct on the part of any of them.
(b) The Trustee may act and shall be protected in acting in good faith on
the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any counsel,
accountant, engineer, appraiser or other expert or adviser, whether
retained or employed by the Corporation or by the Trustee, in relation
to any matter arising in the administration of the trusts hereof.
11.4 DOCUMENTS, MONEYS, ETC. HELD BY TRUSTEE
Any securities, documents of title or other instruments that may at any time be
held by the Trustee subject to the trusts hereof may be placed in the deposit
vaults of the Trustee or of any chartered bank of Canada or deposited for
safekeeping with any such bank, and any moneys so held, pending the application,
investment or withdrawal thereof under any provisions of this Indenture may be
deposited in the name of the Trustee in any chartered bank of Canada or, with
the consent of the Corporation, may be deposited in the deposit department of
the Trustee or any other loan or trust company authorized to accept deposits
under the laws of Canada or any province thereof, at the rate of interest, if
any, then current on similar deposits or invested in obligations issued or
guaranteed by the government of Canada.
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11.5 TRUSTEE NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE SECURITY
The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the
execution of the trusts and powers of this Indenture or otherwise in respect of
the premises.
11.6 PROTECTION OF TRUSTEE
By way of supplement to the provisions of any law for the time being relating to
trustees, it is expressly declared and agreed as follows:
(a) The Trustee shall not be liable for or by reason of any statements of
fact or recitals in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities (except in
the certificate of the Trustee thereon) or required to verify the same,
but all such statements or recitals are and shall be deemed to be made
by the Corporation.
(b) The Trustee shall not be bound to give notice to any Person or Persons
of the execution hereof.
(c) The Trustee, in its personal or any other capacity, may buy, lend upon
and deal in shares in the capital stock of the Corporation and in the
Debt Securities and generally may contract and enter into financial
transactions with the Corporation or any Subsidiary without being
liable to account for any profit made thereby.
11.7 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
The Corporation covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust) and the Corporation covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the
provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other Persons
not regularly in its employ) and as set out in certain letter agreements made
from time to time between the Corporation and Trustee, as the same may be
amended from time to time, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as
may arise from its gross negligence or bad faith. The Corporation also covenants
to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this
Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including liability
which the Trustee may incur as a result of failure to withhold, pay or report
any tax, assessment or other governmental charge, and the costs and expenses of
defending itself against or investigating any claim of liability in the
premises. The obligations of the Corporation under this Section 11.7 to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
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11.8 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE
The Trustee may resign its trust and be discharged from all further duties and
liabilities hereunder by giving to the Corporation three months notice in
writing or such shorter notice as the Corporation may accept as sufficient. The
Debt Security holders by extraordinary resolution shall have power at any time
to remove the Trustee and to appoint a new Trustee. In the event of the Trustee
resigning or being removed as aforesaid or being dissolved, becoming bankrupt,
going into liquidation or otherwise becoming incapable of acting hereunder, the
Corporation shall forthwith appoint a new Trustee unless a new Trustee has
already been appointed by the Debt Security holders, and failing such
appointment by the Corporation the retiring Trustee or any Debt Security holder
may apply to a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, on such notice as
such Judge may direct, for the appointment of a new Trustee, but any new Trustee
so appointed by the Corporation or by the Court shall be subject to removal as
aforesaid by the Debt Security holders. The Trustee and any new Trustee
appointed under any provision of this Section 11.8 shall be a corporation
authorized to carry on the business of a trust company in Alberta and shall meet
the requirements of sections 310(a)(2) of the TIA (assuming, however, that the
combined capital and surplus required by such section is Cdn. $10,000,000) and
310(a)(5) of the TIA and rules 4d-9 and 10a-5 under the TIA (or in each case any
successor provisions thereto). If at any time the Trustee or any successor
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 11.8, such Trustee shall be deemed to have resigned immediately without
the necessity of notice, with effect as heretofore provided in this Section
11.8. On any new appointment the new Trustee shall be vested with the same
powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named
herein as Trustee, without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed, but
there shall be immediately executed, at the expense of the Corporation, all such
conveyances or other instruments as may, in the opinion of Counsel, be necessary
or advisable for the purpose of assuring the same to the new Trustee. Any
company into which the Trustee may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated or amalgamated, or any company resulting from any merger,
consolidation or amalgamation to which the Trustee shall be a party, shall be
the successor Trustee under this Indenture without the execution of any
instrument or further act.
11.9 POWER OF TRUSTEE TO PROTECT INTEREST
The Trustee shall have power to institute and to maintain such actions and
proceedings as it may consider necessary or expedient to preserve, protect or
enforce its interest and the interest of the Debt Security holders.
11.10 ACCEPTANCE OF TRUST
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided
for and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions hereinbefore
set forth in trust for the various Persons who shall from time to time be Debt
Security holders or holders of coupons subject to all the terms and conditions
herein set forth.
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11.11 DUTY OF TRUSTEE
In the exercise of the rights and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of
this Indenture, the Trustee shall act honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of the Debt Security holders and shall exercise that degree
of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent trustee would exercise in
comparable circumstances.
11.12 PROVISIONS RELIEVING LIABILITY
The provisions of Section 11.11 shall apply notwithstanding any provision in
this Indenture, including any provision relieving or purporting to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action or failure to act or its own
wilful misconduct.
11.13 MATERIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
If a material conflict of interest in the role of the Trustee as a fiduciary
hereunder exists or shall arise, the Trustee shall within 90 days after
ascertaining that it has such a material conflict of interest either eliminate
such material conflict of interest or resign from office by giving notice in
writing to the Corporation at least 21 days prior to such resignation within
such period of 90 days and a new Trustee shall be appointed in accordance with
the provisions of Section 11.8.
11.14 NOTICE OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Trustee shall give to the Debt Security holders, within a reasonable time
but not exceeding 30 days after the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence
thereof, notice in the manner provided in Section 3.12 of every Event of Default
arising under this Indenture and continuing at the time such notice is given,
unless the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice
is in the best interest of the Debt Security holders and so advises the
Corporation in writing.
11.15 CERTIFICATE OF NO DEFAULT
The Corporation shall furnish the Trustee annually within 120 days after the end
of its fiscal year, and at any other reasonable time if the Trustee so requires,
a Certificate of the Corporation stating that the Corporation has complied with
all covenants, conditions or other requirements contained in this Indenture and
the Debt Securities, the non-compliance with which would, with the giving of
notice or the lapse of time, or both, or otherwise, constitute an Event of
Default hereunder or, if such is not the case, specifying the covenant,
condition or other requirement which has not been complied with and giving
particulars of such non-compliance.
11.16 TRUSTEE MAY RELY ON CERTAIN DOCUMENTS
In the exercise of its rights and duties hereunder, the Trustee may, if it is
acting in good faith, rely, as to the truth of the statements and the accuracy
of the opinions expressed therein, upon statutory declarations, opinions,
reports or certificates furnished to the Trustee under Section 11.17 or pursuant
to any other provision of this Indenture or at the request of the Trustee where,
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(a) in the case of a statutory declaration, opinion, report or certificate
furnished under Section 11.17, the Trustee examines the same and
determines that it complies with the applicable requirements, if any,
of Section 11.17; or
(b) in the case of a statutory declaration, opinion, report or certificate
furnished pursuant to any other provision of this Indenture or at the
request of the Trustee, the Trustee examines the same and determines
that it complies with the applicable requirements, if any, of this
Indenture.
11.17 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE
(a) The Corporation shall furnish to the Trustee evidence of compliance by
the Corporation with the conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture to be fulfilled by the Corporation relating to,
(i) the certification and delivery of Debt Securities hereunder on
the original issue thereof;
(ii) the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture; and
(iii) the taking of any other action to be taken by the Trustee at
the request of or on the application of the Corporation;
forthwith if and when such evidence is required to be furnished to the
Trustee by this Indenture.
(b) The evidence of compliance required under paragraph (a) of this Section
11.17 shall consist of,
(i) a statutory declaration or a certificate of a director or
officer of the Corporation stating that such conditions
precedent have been complied with in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture; and
(ii) in the case of conditions precedent compliance with which are,
by this Indenture, made subject to review or examination by
Counsel, an opinion of Counsel that such conditions precedent
have been complied with in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
(c) The evidence of compliance required under paragraph (a) of this Section
11.17 shall comply with any legislation relating to trust indentures
applicable to this Indenture.
(d) The Corporation shall, whenever the Trustee so requires by written
notice, furnish the Trustee with evidence by way of statutory
declaration, opinion, report or certificate as specified by the Trustee
as to any action or step required or permitted to be taken by the
Corporation under this Indenture or as a result of any obligation
imposed by this Indenture.
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ARTICLE 12. - DEBT SECURITIES GUARANTIES
12.1 CAPACITY OF TRUSTEE RE DEBT SECURITIES GUARANTEES
Each Debt Securities Guarantee shall be granted to the Trustee in its capacity
as trustee for and on behalf of the Debt Securities holders (or, if the Debt
Securities Guarantee is only for the benefit of one or more series of Debt
Securities, the holders of such series of Debt Securities) and on behalf of the
Trustee and all covenants, representations, warranties, rights, benefits and
protections made or given in favour of the Trustee thereunder shall be for the
benefit of such Debt Securities holders entitled to the benefit thereof.
12.2 ACCEPTANCE OF TRUST RE DEBT SECURITIES GUARANTEES
The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts declared and provided for in regard to any
Debt Securities Guarantees and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and
conditions in this Indenture and any Debt Securities Guarantee set forth and in
trust for the various Persons who shall from time to time be Debt Securities
holders entitled to the benefit thereof, subject to all the terms and conditions
set forth herein or in any Debt Securities Guarantee. The provisions of Article
11 shall apply, MUTATIS MUTANDIS, in regard to the Debt Securities Guarantees,
the Guarantors thereunder and the Trustee's right and responsibilities in regard
thereto.
12.3 PROCEEDINGS BY THE TRUSTEE
Whenever any demand for payment has been made under a Debt Securities Guarantee,
or if a Guarantor shall fail to pay when due (whether or not any demand for
payment has been made) any amount which is payable under a Debt Securities
Guarantee, but in each case subject to the provisions of Section 6.12 and any
extraordinary resolution:
(a) the Trustee, in the exercise of its discretion, may proceed to enforce
the rights thereunder of the Trustee and of the Debt Securities holders
entitled to the benefit thereof by any action, suit, remedy or
proceeding authorized or permitted by law or by equity, and may file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Debt
Securities holders entitled to the benefit thereof lodged in any
bankruptcy, winding-up or other judicial proceedings relative to the
any Guarantor; and
(b) upon receipt of a request in writing signed by the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then
outstanding (or, if the Debt Securities Guarantee is only for the
benefit of one or more series of Debt Securities, 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities of such
series) and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction
against all costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred, the Trustee
shall proceed in its name as Trustee hereunder to obtain or enforce
payment of the amount due under such Debt Securities Guarantee
(together with any other amounts due thereunder) and shall exercise or
take such one or more of the said remedies as the Trustee in such
requests shall have been directed to take or, if such request contains
no direction, as the Trustee may deem expedient.
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12.4 SUITS BY DEBT SECURITIES HOLDERS
Except in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.12, 12.3 and this 12.4,
no holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or
by availing of any provision of any Debt Securities Guarantee to institute any
action or proceeding against any Guarantor at law or in equity or in bankruptcy
or otherwise upon or under or with respect to such Debt Securities Guarantee or
for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, receiver and manager, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy with respect to such
Debt Securities Guarantee. If the written request and indemnity referred to in
Section 12.3(b) have been tendered to the Trustee and the Trustee has failed to
act within a reasonable time thereafter, any Debt Security holder acting on
behalf of himself and all other Debt Security holders entitled to the benefit of
the relevant Debt Securities Guarantee shall be entitled to take proceedings in
any court of competent jurisdiction such as the Trustee might have taken under
Section 12.3, it being understood and intended that no one or more of the Debt
Securities holders shall have any right in any manner whatsoever to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights created under any Debt Securities Guarantee by
his or their action, or to enforce any right thereunder except subject to the
conditions and in the manner herein provided, and that all powers and trusts
under any Debt Securities Guarantee shall be exercised and all proceedings at
law in respect of any Debt Securities Guarantee shall be instituted, had and
maintained by the Trustee, except only as herein provided, and in any event for
the benefit of all Debt Securities holders entitled to the benefit thereof in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
12.5 APPLICATION OF GUARANTEE MONEYS BY TRUSTEE
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, any moneys received by the
Trustee from any Guarantor pursuant to any Debt Securities Guarantee, pursuant
to the foregoing Sections of this Article 12, or as a result of legal or other
proceedings or from any trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator of any Guarantor,
shall be applied, together with any other moneys in the hands of the Trustee
available for such purpose, in the manner provided in Section 6.5 of this
Indenture.
12.6 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
The Trustee may agree to an amendment to any provision of a Debt Securities
Guarantee only if Debt Securities holders holding in the aggregate more than 50%
in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities entitled to the benefit
of such Debt Securities Guarantee so agree in writing and the Trustee may waive
any provision of a Debt Securities Guarantee only if the Debt Securities holders
holding in the aggregate more than 50% in principal amount of the outstanding
Debt Securities entitled to the benefit of such Debt Securities Guarantee so
agree in writing; provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may agree
to any amendment to or may provide any waiver of any provision of a Debt
Securities Guarantee where the Trustee is of the opinion that the amendment or
waiver will not be prejudicial to the interests of the Debt Securities holders
entitled to the benefit of such Debt Securities Guarantee. Any such agreement or
waiver shall be binding on the Trustee and all of the Debt Securities holders
entitled to the benefit of the relevant Debt Securities Guarantee.
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ARTICLE 13. - DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
13.1 DEFEASANCE
The Corporation may, at its option and at any time, upon delivery to the Trustee
of a Certified Resolution authorizing such action, terminate the obligations
(subject to the exceptions set forth below) of the Corporation with respect to
all outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and any
Debt Securities Guarantee which may have been given in respect of any series of
outstanding Debt Securities and the Corporation shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to the outstanding Debt Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto, and any such Debt Securities Guarantee
shall terminate, on the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.3 are
satisfied (hereinafter "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Corporation shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by all then outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only
for the purposes of the provisions of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1)
through (4) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such
Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar
as such Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned and
also means that any such Debt Securities Guarantee which may have been given in
respect of the outstanding Debt Securities shall be terminated (and the Trustee,
at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of holders of such
outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive,
solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.3 and as more fully set forth
in such Section and Section 13.4, payments in respect of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any,
payable with respect to, such Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto when such payments are due, (2) the obligation of the Corporation to pay
Additional Amounts in respect of the Debt Securities pursuant to Section 8.1,
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder,
and (4) the provisions of Sections 1.5, 1.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.14, 5.1(i), 7.4, 7.5,
8.3 and 11.4 and of this Article 13. Subject to compliance with this Article 13,
the Corporation may exercise its option under this Section 13.1 notwithstanding
the prior exercise of its option under Section 13.2 with respect to such Debt
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
13.2 COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The Corporation may, at its option and at any time, upon delivery to the Trustee
of a Certified Resolution authorizing such action, be released from its
obligations with respect to (and only with respect to) the outstanding Debt
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto under (i) paragraphs (b) (other
than the first sentence thereof), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of Section 5.1, (ii)
under any covenant to provide a Debt Securities Guarantee with respect to the
outstanding Debt Securities, and (iii) to the extent specified pursuant to
Section 2.2, its obligations under any other covenant applicable to the
outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, on and after
the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.3 are satisfied (hereinafter,
"covenant defeasance"), and such Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "outstanding" for the purposes of
any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Debt Securities holders
(and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with paragraphs (b) (other
than the first sentence thereof), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of Section 5.1, or any
such other covenant, but shall continue to be
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deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. In connection with any
covenant defeasance, the Corporation may at its option, by written notice given
to the Trustee prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the legal opinion
referred to in Section 13.3(e), elect (which election shall be irrevocable) that
any Debt Securities Guarantees which may have been given in respect of the
outstanding Debt Securities will be terminated on the date the obligations set
forth in Section 13.3 are satisfied; if no such notice is given to the Trustee,
such Debt Securities Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect following
such covenant defeasance. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that,
with respect to such outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto, the Corporation may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such paragraphs of
Section 5.1 (other than its obligations under the first sentence of paragraph
(b)) or any such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of
any reference elsewhere herein to any such paragraph or any such other covenant
or by reason of reference in any such paragraph or such other covenant to any
provision herein or any other document, and such omission to comply shall not
constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1 or otherwise, as
the case may be, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Debt Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby and if the
Corporation shall have elected to terminate any Debt Securities Guarantee which
may have been given in respect of the outstanding Debt Securities in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 13.2, such Debt Securities Guarantee shall
terminate.
13.3 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 13.1 or Section
13.2 to the outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Corporation shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the
requirements of this Indenture who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article 13 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust
for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of
such Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, (A) an
amount in U.S. dollars, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which
through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, no later than one
day before the due date of any payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, or (C) a combination thereof, in any case, in an
amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such
principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall
be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and
discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, on all outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance
with their terms and the terms of this Indenture and (ii) any mandatory
sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such
outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the
day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and of such Debt and any coupons appertaining
thereto.
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(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is a
party or by which it is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would constitute an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 6.1(c)
or (d) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the day
which is the later of (A) three months and one day after the date of
such deposit and (B) 91 days after the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of defeasance under Section 13.1, the Corporation shall
have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of outside counsel of
nationally recognized standing in the United States with respect to
U.S. federal income tax matters stating that subsequent to the date of
this Indenture, (A) the Corporation has received from, or there has
been published by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B)
there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Debt Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss
for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and
will be subject to U.S. 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.
(e) In the case of covenant defeasance under Section 13.2, the Corporation
shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of outside counsel of
nationally recognized standing in the United States with respect to
U.S. federal income tax matters to the effect that the holders of the
outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will
not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes
as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S.
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 (if Debt Securities Guarantees are terminated in
connection with such covenant defeasance, such opinion shall expressly
indicate that such counsel has considered such termination in rendering
such opinion).
(f) The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
outside Canadian counsel of recognized standing with respect to
Canadian federal income tax matters to the effect that (A) the holders
of the outstanding Debt Securities and coupons will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Canadian federal income tax purposes as a
result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, (B) after such
defeasance or covenant defeasance, any payment or credit by the
Corporation of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the
Debt Securities or coupons to a holder thereof will be exempt from
Canadian withholding tax if the holder thereof, for the purposes of the
INCOME TAX ACT (Canada) (or any successor law) is or is deemed to be a
non-resident of Canada and deals at arms' length with the Corporation
at the time of such payment or credit, and (C) after such defeasance or
covenant defeasance, holders of the Debt Securities and coupons will be
subject to Canadian 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 or covenant defeasance had not occurred.
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(g) The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee a Certificate of
the Corporation stating that the deposit with the Trustee was not made
by the Corporation with the intent of preferring the holders of the
Debt Securities or coupons over the other creditors of the Corporation
or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding
creditors of the Corporation or otherwise;
(h) The Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee a Certificate of
the Corporation and an opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent to the defeasance under Section 13.1 or the
covenant defeasance under Section 13.2 (as the case may be) have been
complied with and an opinion of U.S. Counsel to the effect that either
(A) as a result of a deposit pursuant to clause (1) above and the
related exercise of the Corporation's rights under Section 13.1 or 13.2
(as the case may be), registration is not required under the United
States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Corporation,
with respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the
trustee for such trust funds or (B) all necessary registrations under
said Act have been effected.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 13.3, such defeasance or
covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or
substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the
Corporation in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.2.
Any deposits with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) referred to in
paragraph (1) above shall be made under the terms of an escrow trust agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee.
13.4 DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.3, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 2.2)
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 13.4, the "Trustee") pursuant
to Section 13.3 in respect of the outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Debt Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (other than the Corporation) as the Trustee may
determine, to the holders of such Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Corporation shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S. Government
Obligations or other property deposited pursuant to Section 13.3 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the holders of such
outstanding Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
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Anything in this Article 13 to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Section
11.7, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Corporation from time to time upon
Written Order of the Corporation any money or U.S. Government Obligations (or
other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section
13.3 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in
accordance with this Article 13.
13.5 REINSTATEMENT
If the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee appointed pursuant to Section 13.4)
or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or U.S. Government Obligations
(or other property or any proceeds therefrom) deposited pursuant to Sections
13.3 or 13.4 in accordance with this Indenture or the Debt Securities by reason
of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Corporation's obligations under this Indenture and the
Debt Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Sections 13.3 or 13.4
until such time as the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) or any Paying Agent
is permitted to apply such money in accordance with this Indenture and the Debt
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided, however, that if the
Corporation makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Debt Security and any coupons appertaining thereto following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the
rights of the holders of such Debt Securities to receive such payment from the
cash and U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 14. - COUNTERPARTS
14.1 COUNTERPARTS AND FORMAL DATE
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall
constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding their date of
execution shall be deemed to bear a date as of the date first above written.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed these presents under their
respective corporate seals and the hands of their proper officers in that behalf
as of the date first above written.
CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD.
Per: (signed) /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
[Seal]
Per: (signed) /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice-President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY
Per: (signed) /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Account Manager
[Seal]
Per: (signed) /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice-President,
Alberta Region
SCHEDULE A
to the Trust Indenture dated as of April 28, 1998 made between Canadian
Occidental Petroleum Ltd. and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as Trustee.
DESIGNATION
Pursuant to a Trust Indenture dated as of April 28, 1998 between Canadian
Occidental Petroleum Ltd. (the "Corporation") and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as
amended and supplemented from time to time, the Corporation hereby designates
each of the following as a "Restricted Subsidiary" pursuant to paragraph (ii) of
the definition thereof:
[LIST ALL RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES TO BE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (II) OF
THE DEFINITION OF RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY]
DATED effective this __ day of ____________, ____.
CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD.
Per:
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Per:
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