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HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED, ISSUER
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION),
Trustee
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DEBT SECURITIES
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INDENTURE
Dated as of March 25, 1994
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 1
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 1.1 Definitions 1
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions 8
Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee 8
Section 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates 9
Section 1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company 11
Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver 11
Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act 11
Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents 12
Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns 12
Section 1.10 Separability Clause 12
Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture 12
Section 1.12 Governing Law 12
Section 1.13 Legal Holidays 12
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
Section 2.1 Forms Generally 13
Section 2.2 Form of Legend for Global Securities 13
Section 2.3 Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication 14
ARTICLE III
The Securities
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series 14
Section 3.2 Denominations 17
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating 17
Section 3.4 Temporary Securities 20
Section 3.5 Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange 21
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Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities 23
Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved 24
Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners 25
Section 3.9 Cancellation 26
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest 26
Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers 26
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture 27
Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money 28
ARTICLE V
Remedies
Section 5.1 Events of Default 28
Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment 30
Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee 32
Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 33
Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities 33
Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected 34
Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits 34
Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and Interest 35
Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies 35
Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative 35
Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver 36
Section 5.12 Control by Holders 36
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults 36
Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs 37
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities 37
Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults 38
Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee 38
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Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Securities 39
Section 6.5 May Hold Securities 39
Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust 40
Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement 40
Section 6.8 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests 41
Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility 41
Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor 41
Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor 43
Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business 44
Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company 45
Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent 45
ARTICLE VII
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names
and Addresses of Holders 47
Section 7.2 Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders 47
Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee 48
Section 7.4 Reports by Company 48
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 8.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Only on Certain Terms 48
Section 8.2 Successor Substituted 49
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders 50
Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Holders 51
Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures 52
Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures 53
Section 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act 53
Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures 53
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ARTICLE X
Covenants
Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest 53
Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency 54
Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments
to Be Held in Trust 54
Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default 55
Section 10.5 Existence 56
Section 10.6 Maintenance of Properties 56
Section 10.7 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims 56
Section 10.8 Waiver of Certain Covenants 57
Section 10.9 Calculation of Original Issue Discount 57
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
Section 11.1 Applicability of Article 57
Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee 57
Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed 58
Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption 59
Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price 59
Section 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date 60
Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part 60
ARTICLE XII
Sinking Funds
Section 12.1 Applicability of Article 60
Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities 61
Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund 61
ARTICLE XIII
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 13.1 Applicability of Article; Company's
Option to Effect Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance 62
Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge 62
Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance 63
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Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance 63
Section 13.5 Deposited Money and U.S. Government
Obligations to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions 66
Section 13.6 Reinstatement 66
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HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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Section 310 (a)(1) 6.9
(a)(2) 6.9
(a)(3) Not Applicable
(a)(4) Not Applicable
(b) 6.8
6.10
6.13
Section 311 (a) 6.13
(b) 6.13
Section 312 (a) 7.1
(b) 7.2(a)
(c) 7.2(b)
Section 313 (a) 7.3(a)
(b) 7.3(a)
(c) 7.3(a)
(d) 7.3(b)
Section 314 (a) 7.4
(a)(4) 1.2
10.4
(b) Not Applicable
(c)(1) 1.2
(c)(2) 1.2
(c)(3) Not Applicable
(d) Not Applicable
(e) 1.2
Section 315 (a) 6.1
(b) 6.2
(c) 6.1
(d) 6.1
(d)(1) 6.1
(d)(2) 6.1
(d)(3) 6.1
(e) 5.14
Section 316 (a)(1)(A) 5.2
5.12
(a)(1)(B) 5.13
(a)(2) Not Applicable
(b) 5.8
(c) 1.4(c)
Section 317 (a)(1) 5.3
(a)(2) 5.4
(b) 10.3
Section 318 (a) 1.7
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INDENTURE, dated as of March 25, 1994, between HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES
INCORPORATED, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Maryland (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
Huntington Center, 00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000 and THE CHASE
MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), a national banking association, as
Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture
provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 1.1 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
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principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder
shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of
such computation;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be,
of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 1.4(a).
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Officer" means any officer of the Company designated by or
pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors to take certain actions as
specified in this Indenture.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors, or by action of an Authorized Officer designated as
such pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on
which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after
the execution of this instrument
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such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it
under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall
mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice
President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an
Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office as of the date hereof is located at 4 Chase XxxxxXxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary for such series by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.1, which Person shall be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended now
or in the future and any successor statute thereto.
"Global Security" means a Security bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, authenticated and
delivered to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in
the name of such Depositary or nominee.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
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"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial
Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an
Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be the principal
executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any 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 5.2.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the
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Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such 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) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations
of the Company;
(iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.2
hereof; and
(v) Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to Section 11.3.;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to
be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due
and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) if, as of such date, the
principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by
Section 3.1, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company 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 relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. 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 Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
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"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of any series from
time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated Maturity
thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto are to be
determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, any
assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any
senior trust officer, trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller
or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred
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because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.5.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of
any contingency.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of
that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that
in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 13.4.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president (but shall not include any assistant vice president),
whether or not designated by a number
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or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary all of whose outstanding
voting stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) shall at the time be
owned by the Company or one or more of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of
an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion (other than the Officers' Certificate
delivered under Section 10.4 hereof) with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
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Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or
more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or
give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee
and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a
proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or
proxies to the beneficial owners of interest in any such Global Security.
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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining
the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or
to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders
of Securities of such series. If not set by the Company prior to the first
solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such series made by any Person in
respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such
vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if
later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided
pursuant to Section 7.1) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case
may be. With regard to any record date for action to be taken by the Holders
of one or more series of Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such
series on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to
give or take, or vote on, the relevant action.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to
give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do
so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or
by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.
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Section 1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders
is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in
any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person
entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under
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such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall
control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be
excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10 Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
Section 1.12 Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to the conflicts
of law rules of such State.
Section 1.13 Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities, other than a provision of the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)
payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment
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with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall
accrue with respect to the payment due on such date for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the
case may be.
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
Section 2.1 Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially such form (not
inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one
or more Board Resolutions 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 such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Section 2.2 Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
"This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a
Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be transferred
to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of,
any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof or a successor
of such Depositary or a nominee of such successor
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and no such transfer may be registered, except in the limited
circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Security authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in
lieu of, this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the
foregoing, except in such limited circumstances."
Section 2.3 Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:_____________________ THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
As Trustee
By
-------------------------
Authorized Representative
ARTICLE III
The Securities
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series, and each such series
shall rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of the
Company. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and,
subject to Section 3.3, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, or 11.7
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
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(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if
any) of the Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places in addition to the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, where the principal of and any premium and
interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and,
if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by
the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase
or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall
be determined;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2;
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(12) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of
any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be
deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date
for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount
thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the
Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any
date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in
which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
(13) the application, if any, of either or both of Section 13.2
and Section 13.3 to the Securities of the series (including, in the case
of Section 13.3, the covenants and any Events of Default not specified
therein that are subject thereto) and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election pursuant to such Sections
by the Company shall be evidenced;
(14) whether the Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in
such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or
Global Securities (if other than The Depository Trust Company), and
any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any
such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged
for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which
any such transfer may be registered;
(15) any Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, or any other
agents with respect to the Securities of the series.
(16) any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of
Securities of the series in addition to (and not inconsistent with)
those included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all
series, or any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of
Securities of the series in lieu of any covenant or warranty included in
this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series (including
any covenant contained in Article X hereof), or any provision that any
covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of
Securities of all series (including any covenant contained in Article X
hereof) shall not be for the benefit of Securities of such series, or
any change to or combination of the provisions of any such covenant or
warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all
series (including any covenants contained in Article X hereof) which
applies to the Securities of such series;
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(17) any addition to, deletion from or change in the Events of
Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in
the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to
declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section
5.2;
(18) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted
by Section 9.1(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to
the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth,
or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate referred to
above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series,
at the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that
bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 3.2 Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form
without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples thereof.
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of
its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by
its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by
the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with the documents
referred to below in this Section 3.3, for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities
to or upon the order of the Company (contained in the Company Order) or
pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as
may be specified from time to time by a Company Order. If so provided in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing the
Securities of any series, the maturity date, original issue date, interest rate
and any other terms of any or all of the Securities of such series may be
determined by or pursuant to such Company Order and procedures. If provided
for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize authentication and
delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its
duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in
writing. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, unless and until such documents have been
superseded or revoked:
(a) a Company Order requesting such authentication and setting forth
delivery instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered to
the Company, provided that, with respect to Securities of a series
subject to a Periodic Offering, (i) such Company Order may be
delivered by the Company to the Trustee at any time prior to the
delivery to the Trustee of the Securities of such series for
authentication and delivery, (ii) the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver the Securities of such series for original issue from
time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the
aggregate principal amount established for such series, pursuant
to a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to
the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Company
Order, and (iii) if so provided in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing the Securities
of such series, the maturity date, original issue date, interest
rate and any other terms of any or all of the Securities of
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such series may be determined by a Company Order or pursuant to
such procedures;
(b) any Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate and/or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 3.1 by or
pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities of such
series were established;
(c) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form or forms and the
terms of the Securities of such series, stating that such form or
forms and terms have been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and
3.1 and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other
matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel, substantially to the effect that:
(i) the form of the Securities of such series has been duly
authorized and established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(ii) the terms of the Securities of such series (or the manner
of determining such terms) have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution, duly authorized and an Officers' Certificate or
a supplemental indenture in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(iii) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to
any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors, rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be
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originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the above
specified documents at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security
of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the
authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to
be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and
such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 3.9, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall
be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall
never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.4 Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of
such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal
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amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 3.5 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is
hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities
and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities
to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange
is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other
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governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of
or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise specified or
contemplated by Section 3.1, if at any time the Depositary for the Securities
of a series represented by a Global Security or Global Securities notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for Securities of a
series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act
or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a
successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a
successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware
of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon Company
Request, will authenticate and deliver, securities of such series in definitive
form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security or Global Securities representing Securities of such series in
exchange for such Global Security or Global Securities.
In the event that (i) the Company at any time and in its sole discretion
determines that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more
Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or
Global Securities or (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event
of Default or an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon Company Request,
will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form and
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security or Global Securities representing such series in exchange for such
Global Security or Global Securities.
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Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global Security of any series of
any one or more of the conditions specified in the preceding two paragraphs or
such other conditions as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
such series, such Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in
the names of, and the transfer of such Global Security may be registered to,
such Persons (including Persons other than the Depositary with respect to such
series and its nominees) as such Depositary shall direct. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture, any Security authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global
Security shall also be a Global Security and shall bear the legend specified in
section 2.2 except for any Security authenticated and delivered in exchange
for, or upon registration of transfer of, a Global Security pursuant to the
preceding sentence.
Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the
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Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that
series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 3.7 Payment of Interest;
Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be
paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to
be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than
15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the
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Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense
of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series
at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 3.7) any interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security registered
in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof shall have any rights under
this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary or
nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for
all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
from giving effect to any
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written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary
or a nominee thereof pursuant hereto. Further, none of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee will
have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to
or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in any such
Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 3.9 Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, conversion, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be promptly
disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its ordinary procedures.
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
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ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either:
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost
or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
3.6), for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or
to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate 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 Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations
(if any) of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of
Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2
and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the
Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to
Securities of all series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions
thereto are met. In the event there are two or more Trustees hereunder, then
the effectiveness of any such instrument shall be conditioned upon receipt of
such instruments from all Trustees hereunder.
Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium
and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
Section 5.1 Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default, whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court
or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any
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Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal
of (or premium, if any, on) the Securities of that series at its
Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund or analogous
payment, when and as due by the terms of the Securities of that series;
or
(4) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court or a governmental authority having
jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of the Company, under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing
a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or substantially all of its
assets, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Company, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or
any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding
to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against
it, or the filing by
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it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it to the filing
of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or substantially all of its
assets, or to an order for the winding up or liquidation of the affairs
of the Company; or
(7) any other Event of Default as provided in Section 3.1 with
respect to Securities of that series.
Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(1), (2) or (3), shall
have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding, then and in each every such case, unless the principal of
all of the Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable,
either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding, by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Holders), may declare the
entire principal of all the Securities of such series then Outstanding and the
interest accrued thereon to become due and payable immediately, and upon any
such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(4) or 5.1(7) (if the
Event of Default under either clause is with respect to less than all series of
the Securities then Outstanding) shall have occurred and be continuing with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, then, and in each and every
such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series shall
have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series
effected thereby then Outstanding (voting as one class), by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Holders), may declare the
entire principal of all the Securities of all such effected series then
Outstanding and the interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately,
and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and
payable.
If an Event of Default described in Sections 5.1(4) or 5.1(7) (if the
Event of Default under either Section is with respect to all series of
Securities then Outstanding) shall have occurred and be continuing, then, in
each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities of all
series
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shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then
Outstanding (voting as one class), by notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by such Holders), may declare the entire principal of all
the Securities then Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due
and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.1(5) or 5.1(6) with
respect to Securities of any series then Outstanding shall have occurred and be
continuing, then, in each and every such case, the principal amount and
interest, if any, on all of the Securities of all series then Outstanding shall
become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the
part of the Trustee or any Holders.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of one or more series has been made and before a judgment or decree
for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in
this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby (voting as one class,
except in the case of Events of Default described in subsections (1), (2) and
(3) of Section 5.1, as to which each series so affected will vote as a separate
class), by written notice to the Company and the Trustee may waive all defaults
with respect to all series affected thereby, and may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of all series
affected thereby, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
of all series affected thereby which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and (D) all sums paid or advanced by
the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of all series
affected thereby other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
the series affected thereby which has become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of
any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared
due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and after such
declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled as
provided above, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities
shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the
principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration,
and the payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and
payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any,
thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in
full of such Original Issue Discount Securities.
Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund
or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of any
Security,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such
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proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to
take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to
have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In
particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys
or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute
the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.7.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided,
however, the Trustee may vote on behalf of the Holders for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of a creditors,
or other similar committee.
Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee
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without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in
any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and
any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any
premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if
fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
6.7; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest, respectively.
Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
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(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that
series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) any
interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date), and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders
shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to
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the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by
law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section 5.12 Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in
good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee,
determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or (2)
in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
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which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Securities
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys, fees
and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant;
but the provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted
by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on or after the Stated
Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Securities (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
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affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default known to it as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified
in Section 5.1(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to
Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof;
and, provided, further, that except in the case of default in the payment of
the principal of or the interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in
the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous payment on such
series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Securityholders of such series. For the purpose of this
Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.
Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of
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any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by
this Indenture.
Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.5 May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in
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its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the
Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall
be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of
this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith;
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for,
and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of its powers or duties hereunder;
(4) to secure the Company's obligations under this Section, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all money or property
held or collected by the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee, except for such
money and property which is held in trust to pay principal (and premium, if
any) or interest on particular Securities;
(5) when the Trustee incurs any expenses or renders any services after
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified
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in Section 5.1(5) or (6), such expenses and the compensation for such services
are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States
Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) or any similar Federal or
State law for the relief of debtors; and
(6) the provisions of this Section 6.7 shall survive the termination
of this Indenture.
Section 6.8 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of more than one series.
Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person
that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section (and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act), the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
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(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee
and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation or removal, the Trustee resigning or
being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause,
with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with
the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the
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occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(g) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section
1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)
shall contain such provisions as shall
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be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is
not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of
that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change
any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee,
it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees cotrustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the
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Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any
Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims
against the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may be an
affiliate of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption or conversion thereof or
pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state
authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent
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shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of
such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will
serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
Unless the Authenticating Agent has been appointed by the Trustee at the
request of the Company, the Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent
from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject
to the provisions of Section 6.7.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), As Trustee
By:
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As Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Representative
ARTICLE VII
Holder's Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of
Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year, a
list for each series, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the
preceding June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30
days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished;
provided, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar
for such series, such lists shall not be required to be furnished.
Section 7.2 Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect
to their rights under this Indenture or
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under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the
Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
To the extent that any such report is required by the Trust Indenture Act with
respect to any 12-month period, such report shall cover the 12 month period
ending January 15 and shall be transmitted (in accordance with the Trust
Indenture Act) by the next succeeding March 15.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 7.4 Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit
to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries
thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 8.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and
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assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not
permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the
Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, shall be organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or
observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary as a
result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such
Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event
which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default,
shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in
connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with;
provided, however, the Company may, without the consent of the Holder or
Holders of any series of Securities, convey or transfer its assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person in connection with a transfer that
is assisted or sponsored by a federal bank regulatory authority, and in such
case the Company's obligations under the Indenture need not be assumed by the
entity acquiring such assets.
Section 8.2 Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into,
any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company substantially
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as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by
such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such
conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for,
and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture
with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company
herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person
shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities.
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in
the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of
Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities
in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities
in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities,
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provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A)
apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B)
modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such
provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no such Security
Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section
6.11(b); or
(9) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with
qualifying this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (10) shall
not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series
in any material respect.
Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to this Section 9.2
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
principal of or interest on, any Security, or
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reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the
principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security that
would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or adversely affect any right of repayment at
the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where
any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver of compliance with the provisions of this Indenture or defaults
hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section
10.8, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent
of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, however,
that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with
respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes
in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.1(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to
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Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to
any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
Covenants
Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
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Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall
in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to
Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act.
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The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, and upon the written request of the Trustee,
forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall
not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate (one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive
officer, principal
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financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company), stating
whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in
default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in
default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge. The Company will deliver to the Trustee written
notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default within ten Business Days of
the Company becoming aware of any such Event of Default.
Section 10.5 Existence.
Subject to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 10.6 Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all material properties used or useful in the
conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and
kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all
necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such
discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any
material respect to the Holders.
Section 10.7 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the Company
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shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any
such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate provision is made.
Section 10.8 Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth
in Sections 10.5 to 10.7, inclusive, or in any covenant provided pursuant to
Section 3.1(16) or 9.1(2) for the benefit of the Holders of such series, if
before the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such
Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 10.9 Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
If the Company has Outstanding any Original Issue Discount Securities, and
upon written request of the Trustee, the Company shall file with the Trustee
within a reasonable time after the end of each calendar year a written notice
specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and
accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year.
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
Section 11.1 Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in
accordance with this Article.
Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by
a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section
3.1 for such Securities.
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In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at
least 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the
Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be
redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration
of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such securities
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or such series is comprised of a single Security), the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that
series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series. If less than all of the Securities
of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such series
is comprised of a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the
Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not
previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The provisions of the
preceding paragraph and this paragraph shall not apply with respect to the
redemption of a series of Securities comprised of a single Security, whether
such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) of such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed
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or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such
Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the
Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
and that on or after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in authorized
denominations for an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be
redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and
after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(7) the CUSIP numbers, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
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an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to
be redeemed on that date.
Section 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to
be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security
shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms
and the provisions of Section 3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like
tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE XII
Sinking Funds
Section 12.1 Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series.
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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series.
Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a
series which theretofore have been redeemed by the Company either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms
of such Securities, or have been otherwise acquired by the Company as permitted
by such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to
be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms
of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund
payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities
for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 90 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series
pursuant to Section 12.2 and the basis for such credit and will also deliver to
the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before
each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to
be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name
of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4.
Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
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shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and
11.7.
ARTICLE XIII
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 13.1 Applicability of Article;
Company's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
If, pursuant to Section 3.1, provision is made for either or both of (a)
Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.2 or (b) Covenant
Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.3, then the
provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the
other provisions of this Article XIII, shall be applicable to the Securities of
such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution or in any
other manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, at any time, with
respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 13.2 (if
applicable) or Section 13.3 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding
Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article XIII.
Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and
after the date the conditions precedent set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture, insofar as
such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series
to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.4 as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 10.2
and 10.3 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties, immunities and other provisions in respect of the
Trustee hereunder, and (D) this Article XIII. Subject to compliance with this
Article XIII, the Company may
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exercise its option under this Section 13.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise
of its option under Section 13.3 with respect to the Securities of such series.
Following a Defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section
and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied ("Covenant
Defeasance"), (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any
covenant applicable to such Securities that is determined pursuant to Section
3.1 to be subject to this provision, and (2) the occurrence of an event
specified in Section 5.1(4) (with respect to any Section applicable to such
Securities that are specified pursuant to Section 3.1 as being subject to this
provision), Section 5.1(5) or (6) or determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be
subject to this provision shall not be deemed to be or result in an Event of
Default. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect
to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply
with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such Section or Article whether directly or
indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other
provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture
and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions precedent to application of either
Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 to the Outstanding Securities of such series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements
contemplated by Section 6.9 and agrees to comply with the provisions of the
Indenture applicable to it as if it were the Trustee hereunder), 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
Securities, (A) money in an amount, 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, not later than one day before the due
date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each
case sufficient, without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants
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expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other
qualifying trustee as hereinbefore provided) to pay and discharge, the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities
of such series on the Maturity of such principal, any premium or interest
and any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the
Outstanding Securities of such series on the due dates thereof. Before such a
deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the
redemption of Securities at a future date or dates in accordance with Article
XI, which shall be given effect in applying the foregoing. For this purpose,
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (x) direct obligations
of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged, or (y) 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 depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such
U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on
any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of
the holder of such depository 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 depository receipt from any amount received by
the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt.
(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series shall have occurred and be continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or
(B) insofar as subsections 5.1(5) and (6) are concerned, at any time during the
period ending on the 120th day after the date of such deposit or, if longer,
ending on the day following the expiration of the longest preference period
applicable to the Company under federal or state law in respect of such deposit
(it being understood that the condition in this Clause (B) shall not be deemed
satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(3) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not (A) cause the
Trustee for the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as
defined in Section 6.8 or for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect
to any securities of
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the Company or (B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute,
unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(4) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound.
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause any Securities
of such series then listed on any registered national securities exchange under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted.
(6) In the case of an election under Section 13.2, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred.
(7) In the case of an election under Section 13.3, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders
of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance
and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in
compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be
imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.1.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to either the Defeasance under Section 13.2 or
the Covenant Defeasance under Section 13.3 (as the case may be) have been
complied with.
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Section 13.5 Deposited Money and
U.S. Government Obligations
to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money
and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with
the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section
and Section 13.6, the Trustee and any such other qualifying trustee are
referred to collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 13.4 in respect
of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be held in trust and applied
by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (but not
including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due
thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.
The Company 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 deposited pursuant to Section 13.4 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 Outstanding Securities.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver
or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 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 an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 13.6 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.5 by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company's obligations under
the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XIII until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money and U.S.
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.5; provided, however, that
if the Company makes any payment of principal of (and
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premium, if any) or interest on any such Security following the reinstatement
of its obligations, the Company shall be entitled, at its election, (a) to
receive from the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, that portion of such
money or U.S. Government Obligations equal to the amount of such payment, or
(b) to be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive
such payment from the money and U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee
or the Paying Agent.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
By /s/ ZUHEIR SOFIA
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Zuheir Sofia, President,
Chief Operating Officer
and Treasurer
Attest:
By /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx,
Secretary
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
(NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
As Trustee
By /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXX, XX.
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Title: Second Vice President
Attest:
By /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Title: Second Vice President
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STATE OF OHIO )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN )
On the 25th day of March 1994, before me personally came Zuheir Sofia, to
me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is President,
Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, one
of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument;
that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said
instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the
Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by
like authority.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Notary Public, State of Ohio
My Commission Expires July 5, 1995
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XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 25th day of March 1994, before me personally came Xxxxxx X. Xxxx,
Xx., to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
Second Vice President of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), one of
the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that
he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument
is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
/s/ XXXXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 00-0000000
Qualified in King's County
Commission Expires April 22, 1995
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