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EXHIBIT 4.2
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YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
AS TRUSTEE
SENIOR INDENTURE
DATED AS OF _______ __, 200_
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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*
Provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture to be dated as of
_________ __, 200_ between YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, as Trustee:
Section of the Act Section of Indenture
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310(a)(1), (2) and (5).............. 6.9
310(a)(3) and (4)................... Inapplicable
310(b).............................. 6.8 and 6.10(a), (b) and (d)
310(c).............................. Inapplicable
311(a).............................. 6.13
311(b).............................. 6.13
311(c).............................. Inapplicable
312(a).............................. 4.1 and 4.2(a)
312(b).............................. 4.2(a) and (b)(i) and (ii)
312(c).............................. 4.2(c)
313(a).............................. 4.4(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii)
313(a)(5)........................... Inapplicable
313(b)(1)........................... Inapplicable
313(b)(2)........................... 4.4(b)
313(c).............................. 4.4(c)
313(d).............................. 4.4(d)
314(a).............................. 4.3
314(b).............................. Inapplicable
314(c)(1) and (2)................... 11.5
314(c)(3)........................... Inapplicable
314(d).............................. Inapplicable
314(e).............................. 11.5
314(f).............................. Inapplicable
315(a), (c) and (d)................. 6.1
315(b).............................. 5.8
315(e).............................. 5.9
316(a)(1)........................... 5.7
316(a)(2)........................... Not required
316(a) (last sentence).............. 7.4
316(b).............................. 5.4
317(a).............................. 5.2
317(b).............................. 3.5(a)
318(a).............................. 11.7
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*This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions...................................................1
Affiliate..................................................................2
Attributable Debt..........................................................2
Authenticating Agent.......................................................2
Bankruptcy Law.............................................................2
Board of Directors.........................................................2
Board Resolution...........................................................2
Business Day...............................................................2
Commission.................................................................2
Corporate Trust Office.....................................................3
Debt.......................................................................3
Default....................................................................3
Depositary.................................................................3
Dollars....................................................................3
$..........................................................................3
Exchange Act...............................................................3
Event of Default...........................................................3
Funded Debt................................................................3
GAAP.......................................................................3
Global Security............................................................3
Holder.....................................................................3
Holder of Securities.......................................................3
Securityholder.............................................................3
Indenture..................................................................3
interest...................................................................4
Issuer.....................................................................4
Issuer Order...............................................................4
Lien.......................................................................4
Officers' Certificate......................................................4
Opinion of Counsel.........................................................4
original issue date........................................................4
original issue discount....................................................4
Original Issue Discount Security...........................................5
Outstanding................................................................5
Periodic Offering..........................................................5
Person.....................................................................5
Place of Payment...........................................................6
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principal..................................................................6
principal amount...........................................................6
Principal Property.........................................................6
Receivable Financing Transaction...........................................6
record date................................................................6
Responsible Officer........................................................6
Restricted Subsidiary......................................................6
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction............................................6
Securities Act.............................................................7
Security...................................................................7
Securities.................................................................7
Shareholders' Equity in the Issuer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.......7
Stated Maturity............................................................7
Subsidiary.................................................................7
Trust Indenture Act of 1939................................................7
Trustee....................................................................7
U.S. Government Obligations................................................7
vice president.............................................................7
Yield to Maturity..........................................................7
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally...............................................8
SECTION 2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...............8
SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited, Issuable in Series..........................9
SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities....................11
SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities......................................14
SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication................................14
SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest....15
SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange..........................15
SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities....17
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Disposition Thereof..............18
SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities.........................................19
SECTION 2.12 CUSIP Numbers................................................19
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest............................19
SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency for Notices and Demands......20
SECTION 3.3 Officers' Annual Compliance Certificate Filed with the
Trustee...................................................20
SECTION 3.4 Corporate Existence..........................................20
SECTION 3.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims............................20
SECTION 3.6 Limitation on Liens..........................................20
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SECTION 3.7 Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions...............22
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and
Addresses of Securityholders..............................23
SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders Lists.........23
SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer........................................25
SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee.......................................25
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1 Events of Default............................................27
SECTION 5.2 Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor..............29
SECTION 5.3 Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee...................30
SECTION 5.4 Proceedings by Securityholders...............................31
SECTION 5.5 Proceedings by Trustee.......................................32
SECTION 5.6 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing...........................32
SECTION 5.7 Direction of Proceedings; Waiver of Defaults by Majority
of Securityholders........................................32
SECTION 5.8 Notice of Defaults...........................................33
SECTION 5.9 Undertaking to Pay Costs.....................................33
ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default.................................33
SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee................................35
SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof.............36
SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc.....36
SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee.......................................36
SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its
Prior Claim...............................................36
SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate, etc.......37
SECTION 6.8 Qualification of Trustee; Conflicting Interests..............37
SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee; Different
Trustees for Different Series.............................37
SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee....38
SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee...............39
SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business of Trustee.......................................40
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SECTION 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer.........41
SECTION 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent..........................41
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders..................42
SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Securities................................................42
SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners..............................42
SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding............43
SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken..........................43
SECTION 7.6 Record Date for Consents and Waivers.........................43
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders...........................................44
SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders......46
SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture.............................47
SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee.............................47
SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures................................................47
ARTICLE NINE
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 9.1 When Issuer May Merge, etc...................................48
SECTION 9.2 Successor Corporation Substituted............................48
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
COVENANT DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Covenant
Defeasance................................................48
SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of
Securities................................................52
SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.....................52
SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Two Years...................................52
SECTION 10.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations....................52
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Partners, Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability......53
SECTION 11.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties
and Holders of Securities.................................53
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SECTION 11.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture..........53
SECTION 11.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of
Securities................................................53
SECTION 11.5 Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein........................54
SECTION 11.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays..............55
SECTION 11.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act of 1939.....................................55
SECTION 11.8 GOVERNING LAW................................................55
SECTION 11.9 Counterparts.................................................55
SECTION 11.10 Effect of Headings...........................................55
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article.....................................55
SECTION 12.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions....................55
SECTION 12.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption..................57
SECTION 12.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for
Selection for Redemption..................................57
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.........................58
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THIS SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of _______ __, 200_ between YORK
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance from time to time of
its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued
in one or more series (the "Securities") up to such principal amount or amounts
as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and
administration of the Securities; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and
agreement according to its terms have been undertaken and completed;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by
the Holders (as hereinafter defined) thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee
mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective Holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture and of any
indenture supplemental hereto the following terms shall have the respective
meanings specified in this Section 1.1 (except as otherwise expressly provided
herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto or unless the context otherwise
clearly requires). All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as hereinafter defined), including terms
defined therein by reference to the Securities Act (as hereinafter defined),
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act of
1939 and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture
(except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any indenture supplemental
hereto or unless the context otherwise clearly requires).
All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with GAAP (as hereinafter
defined).
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. The expressions "date of this Indenture", "date
hereof", "date as of which this Indenture is dated" and "date of execution and
delivery of this Indenture" and other expressions of similar import refer to
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the effective date of the original execution and delivery of this Indenture,
viz., as of _______ __, 200_.
The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the singular.
"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.
"Attributable Debt" means, with respect to any particular series of
Securities and as of any particular time, the present value, discounted at a
rate per annum equal to the interest rate borne by the Securities of such series
(or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the Yield to Maturity),
of the obligation of a lessee for rental payments (not including amounts payable
by the lessee for maintenance, property taxes and insurance) during the
remaining term of any lease (including any period for which such lease has been
extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended).
"Authenticating Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.14.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code or any similar Federal
or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Issuer.
"Board Resolution" means one or more resolutions, certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have been duly adopted or
consented to by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Security, unless otherwise
specified in a Board Resolution and an Officers' Certificate with respect to a
particular series of Securities, a day that (a) in the Place of Payment (or in
any of the Places of Payment, if more than one) in which amounts are payable, as
specified in the form of such Security, and (b) in the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located, is not a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law or regulation 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 and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
then the body performing such duties on such date.
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"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which this
Indenture is dated, located in New York, New York.
"Debt" means indebtedness for borrowed money.
"Default" means any event which is, or after the giving of notice or
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable
or issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as
Depositary by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 until a successor Depositary
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a
Depositary hereunder, and, if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Depositary" as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall
mean the Depositary with respect to the Global Securities of such series.
"Dollars" and the sign "$" means the coin and currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as such in
Section 5.1.
"Funded Debt" means Debt which by its terms matures at, or is extendible
or renewable at the option of the obligor to, a date more than twelve months
after the date of the creation of such Debt, including but not limited to,
outstanding revolving credit loans.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, consistently applied, which are applicable to the circumstances as
of the date of determination.
"Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of
Securities issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section
2.3 and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.4.
"Holder", "Holder of Securities", "Securityholder" or other similar terms
mean, in the case of any Security, the Person in whose name such Security is
registered in the security register kept by the Issuer for that purpose in
accordance with the terms hereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and delivered or,
if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented or
both, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplement,
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
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of 1939 that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such
supplement, respectively, and shall include the forms and terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"interest" means, when used with respect to non-interest bearing
Securities (including, without limitation, any Original Issue Discount Security
that by its terms bears interest only after maturity or upon default in any
other payment due on such Security), interest payable after maturity (whether at
stated maturity, upon acceleration or redemption or otherwise) or after the
date, if any, on which the Issuer becomes obligated to acquire a Security,
whether upon conversion, by purchase or otherwise.
"Issuer" means York International Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and, subject to Article Nine, its successors and assigns.
"Issuer Order" means a written statement, request or order of the Issuer
which is signed in its name by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the
president or any vice president of the Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Lien" means any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or other security interest or
encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any security interest).
"Officers' Certificate", when used with respect to the Issuer, means a
certificate signed by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president, or
any vice president and by the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
controller, any assistant controller, the secretary or any assistant secretary
of the Issuer. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for
in Section 11.5 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section
11.5. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to
Section 4.3 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of
the Issuer.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by the chief
counsel of the Issuer or by such other legal counsel who may be an employee of
or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section
11.5, if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section 11.5.
"original issue date" of any Security (or portion thereof) means the
earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or
portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on
registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
"original issue discount" of any debt security, including any Original
Issue Discount Security, means the difference between the principal amount of
such debt security and the initial issue price of such debt security (as set
forth in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security on the face of such
Security).
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"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that 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 Article Five.
"Outstanding", when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to
the provisions of Section 7.4, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities (other than Securities of any series as to which the
provisions of Article Ten hereof shall not be applicable), or portions
thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys or U.S.
Government Obligations (as provided for in Section 10.1) in the
necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or
with any paying agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been set
aside, segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the Holders of
such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent),
provided that, if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be
redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall
have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the
Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities which shall have been paid or in substitution for which
other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect to any such Security as to
which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security
is held by a Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Issuer).
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to
be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the portion of the principal amount
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination (as
certified by the Issuer to the Trustee) upon a declaration of acceleration of
the maturity thereof pursuant to Article Five.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a 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 or
maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto,
are to be determined by the Issuer or its agents upon the issuance of such
Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
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"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any,
on the Securities of such series are payable as determined in accordance with
Section 2.3.
"principal" of a debt security, including any Security, means the amount
(including, without limitation, if and to the extent applicable, any premium
and, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, any accrued original
issue discount, but excluding interest) that is payable with respect to such
debt security as of any date and for any purpose (including, without limitation,
in connection with any sinking fund, if any, upon any redemption at the option
of the Issuer, upon any purchase or exchange at the option of the Issuer or the
holder of such debt security and upon any acceleration of the maturity of such
debt security).
"principal amount" of a debt security, including any Security, means the
principal amount as set forth on the face of such debt security.
"Principal Property" means all property and assets of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries considered as Property, Plan and Equipment for purposes
of the Issuer's consolidated balance sheet.
"Receivable Financing Transaction" means any transaction or series of
transactions involving a sale for cash or notes of accounts receivable, without
recourse based upon the collectibility of the receivables sold, by the Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary to a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary created solely
for the purpose of facilitating the transaction, and a subsequent sale or pledge
of those accounts receivable by that Restricted Subsidiary, in each case without
any guarantee of the collectibility of such receivables or any indebtedness
secured thereby or payable therefrom by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
other than such Restricted Subsidiary.
"record date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America or Canada, including any branch of any
such Subsidiary whether such branch is located in the United States of America
or Canada, or any other country.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" means an arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of any
Principal Property, title to which property has been or is to be sold or
transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person;
provided, however, that the term Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall not
include any arrangement with the United States of America, any of its
territories or possessions, or any State thereof, or the District of Columbia,
or any department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of any
thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality of any such political
subdivision, entered into for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price or the cost of constructing or improving the Principal Property
subject to such arrangement.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Security" or "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture or, as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture.
"Shareholders' Equity in the Issuer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries"
means the consolidated capital stock, capital surplus, if any, and retained
earnings of the Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries, after deducting the
cost of shares of the Issuer held in its treasury.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such Security
as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other
entity of which a majority of the total voting power of the voting stock
outstanding is, or other ownership interests having voting power under ordinary
circumstances with the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or
other Persons performing similar functions are, at the time directly or
indirectly owned by such Person. Unless otherwise indicated, "Subsidiary" shall
refer only to Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" (except as otherwise provided in Sections
8.1 and 8.2) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at
the date as of which this Indenture is originally executed.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first paragraph
hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall also include any
successor trustee. "Trustee" shall also 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 the Securities of such series.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.1(B).
"vice president", when used with respect to the Issuer or the Trustee,
means any vice president, regardless of whether designated by a number or a word
or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of Securities,
calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if applicable, at the
most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and calculated in
accordance with generally accepted financial practice or as otherwise provided
in the terms of such series of Securities.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be
substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be
established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (as set forth in a
Board Resolution or, to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth
in a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate detailing such establishment) or
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any
securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by
the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities 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 Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's
certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be substantially as
follows:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to
in the within mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent appointed with
respect to any series of Securities, then the Securities of such series shall
bear, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
Certificate of Authentication which shall be substantially as follows:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to
in the within mentioned Indenture.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 2.3 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 the Securities of
each such series shall rank equally and pari passu with the Securities of each
other series and with all other unsecured and unsubordinated Debt of the Issuer.
There shall be established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (and,
to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a Board
Resolution, in an Officers' Certificate detailing such establishment) or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial
issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the designation of the Securities of the series, which shall
distinguish the Securities of such series from the Securities of all
other series;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that 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 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 8.5 or 12.3);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of
the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, on which any such interest shall be payable and on which a
record shall be taken for the determination of Holders to whom any such
interest is payable or the method by which such rate or rates or date or
dates shall be determined or both;
(5) the place or places where and the manner in which the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the
series shall be payable (if other than as provided in Section 3.2) and the
office or agency for the Securities of the series maintained by the Issuer
pursuant to Section 3.2;
(6) the right, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay
Securities of the series, in whole or in part, at its option and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices (or the method by
which such price or prices shall be determined or both) at which, the form
or method of payment therefor if other than in cash and any terms and
conditions upon which, and the manner in which (if different from the
provisions of
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Article Twelve), Securities of the series may be so redeemed, purchased or
repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or
repay Securities of the series in whole or in part pursuant to any
mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the
option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which the
price or prices (or the method by which such price or prices shall be
determined or both) at which, the form or method of payment therefor if
other than in cash and any terms and conditions upon which, and the manner
in which (if different from the provisions of Article Twelve), Securities
of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(10) whether Securities of the series will be issuable as Global
Securities;
(11) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in
definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a
temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the
form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(12) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying agents,
transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the
Securities of such series;
(13) any deleted, modified or additional events of default or
remedies or any additional covenants with respect to the Securities of
such series;
(14) whether the provisions of Section 10.1(C) will be applicable
to Securities of such series;
(15) any provision relating to the issuance of Securities of such
series at an original issue discount (including, without limitation, the
issue price thereof, the rate or rates at which such original issue
discount shall accrete, if any, and the date or dates from or to which or
period or periods during which such original issue discount shall accrete
at such rate or rates);
(16) if other than Dollars, the foreign currency in which payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities
of such series shall be payable;
(17) if any entity other than The Bank of New York is to act as
Trustee for the Securities of such series, the name and Corporate Trust
Office of such Trustee;
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(18) if the amounts of payments of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, on the Securities of such series are to be
determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts
shall be determined; and
(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical, except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided by or pursuant to the
Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate referred to above or as set forth in
any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need
not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent
with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to such Board
Resolution, such Officers' Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
Any such Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate referred to above with
respect to Securities of any series filed with the Trustee on or before the
initial issuance of the Securities of such series shall be incorporated herein
by reference with respect to Securities of such series and shall thereafter be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture for all purposes relating to Securities of
such series as fully as if such Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate were
set forth herein in full.
SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. The Issuer may
deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for
authentication together with the applicable documents referred to below in this
Section 2.4, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such
Securities to, or upon the order of, the Issuer (contained in the Issuer Order
referred to below in this Section 2.4) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable
to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time to time by
an Issuer Order. The maturity date, original issue date, interest rate, if any,
and any other terms of the Securities of such series shall be determined by or
pursuant to such Issuer Order and procedures. If provided for in such procedures
and agreed to by the Trustee, such Issuer Order may authorize authentication and
delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the Issuer or its duly authorized
agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. In
authenticating the Securities of such series and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in the case of subparagraphs (2), (3) and
(4) below only at or before the time of the first request of the Issuer to the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series) and (subject to Section 6.1)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, unless and until such documents have
been superseded or revoked:
(1) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting forth
delivery instructions if the Securities of such series are not to be
delivered to the Issuer, provided that, with respect to Securities of a
series subject to a Periodic Offering, (a) such Issuer Order may be
delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee prior to the delivery to the Trustee
of such Securities for authentication and delivery, (b) the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver 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
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series, pursuant to an Issuer Order or pursuant to procedures acceptable to
the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by an Issuer Order, (c)
the maturity date or dates, original issue date or dates, interest rate or
rates, if any, and any other terms of Securities of such series shall be
determined by an Issuer Order or pursuant to such procedures, (d) if
provided for in such procedures, such Issuer Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from
the Issuer or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions
shall be promptly confirmed in writing and (e) after the original issuance
of the first Security of such series to be issued, any separate request by
the Issuer that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for
original issuance will be deemed to be a certification by the Issuer that it
is in compliance with all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of such Securities;
(2) the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed supplemental
indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 2.3 by or pursuant to which the
forms and terms of the Securities of such series were established;
(3) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms
of the Securities, stating that the form or forms and terms of the
Securities have been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and comply
with this Indenture and covering such other matters as the Trustee may
reasonably request; and
(4) at the option of the Issuer, either an Opinion of Counsel, or a
letter from legal counsel addressed to the Trustee permitting it to rely on
an Opinion of Counsel, substantially to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms of the Securities of such series have
been duly authorized and established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(b) in the case of an underwritten offering, the terms of the
Securities of such series have been duly authorized and established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, and, in the
case of an offering that is not underwritten, certain terms of the
Securities of such series have been established pursuant to a Board
Resolution, an Officers' Certificate or a supplemental indenture in
accordance with this Indenture, and when such other terms as are to
be established pursuant to procedures set forth in an Issuer Order
shall have been established, all such terms will have been duly
authorized by the Issuer and will have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) when the Securities of such series have been executed by
the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for by
the purchasers thereof, they will have been duly issued under this
Indenture and will be valid and legally binding obligations of the
Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, and
will be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture; and
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(d) the execution and delivery by the Issuer of, and the
performance by the Issuer of its obligations under, the Securities
of such series will not contravene any provision of applicable law
or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Issuer or any
agreement or other instrument binding upon the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries that is material to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise, or, to such counsel's knowledge after
the inquiry indicated therein, any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental agency or any court having jurisdiction over the Issuer
or any Subsidiary, and no consent, approval or authorization of any
governmental body or agency is required for the performance by the
Issuer of its obligations under the Securities, except such as are
specified and have been obtained and such as may be required by the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states in connection with
the offer and sale of the Securities.
In addition, if the authentication and delivery relates to a new series of
Securities created by an indenture supplemental hereto, such Opinion of Counsel
shall also state that all laws and requirements with respect to the form and
execution by the Issuer of the supplemental indenture with respect to the series
of Securities have been complied with, the Issuer has corporate power to execute
and deliver any such supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary
corporate action for those purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been
executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to
enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or other laws and legal principles affecting creditors' rights
generally from time to time in effect and to general equitable principles
whether applied in an action at law or in equity).
In rendering such opinions, such counsel may qualify any opinions as to
enforceability by stating that such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law). Such counsel may rely, as to all matters
governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware and the
federal law of the United States, upon opinions of other counsel (copies of
which shall be delivered to the Trustee), who shall be counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, in which case the opinion shall state that such
counsel believes that both such counsel and the Trustee are entitled so to rely.
Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual
matters, such counsel has relied, to the extent such counsel deems proper, upon
certificates of officers of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and certificates of
public officials.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Securities of any series under this Section 2.4 if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the
Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of
trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors or trustees or
Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee
to personal liability to existing Holders or would adversely affect the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities, this Indenture
or otherwise.
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If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the Securities
of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, then
the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section
2.4 and the Issuer Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver
one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated
in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of
such series to be issued in the form of Global Securities and not yet cancelled,
(ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security
or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the
Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instructions, and
(iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: "Unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to
the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary."
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 must, at the time of
its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing
agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
other applicable statute or regulation.
SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed on
behalf of the Issuer by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president,
any vice president or the treasurer of the Issuer, under its corporate seal
which may, but need not, be attested by its secretary or one of its assistant
secretaries. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the
present or any future such officers. The seal of the Issuer may be in the form
of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in
any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the
Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Security so signed shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Issuer, such
Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as
though the person who signed such Security had not ceased to be such officer of
the Issuer; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such
persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the
proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date of the execution and
delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.
SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall
bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of
its authorized signatories, or its Authenticating Agent, shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. The
execution of such certificate by the Trustee or its Authenticating Agent upon
any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this
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Indenture. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by an agent appointed pursuant to Section 6.14.
SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form in
denominations established as contemplated by Section 2.3 or, with respect to the
Securities of any series, if not so established, in denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof. The Securities of each series shall be numbered,
lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such
plan as the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine with the
approval of the Trustee, as evidenced by the execution and authentication
thereof.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any, from the date of its
authentication, and such interest, if any, shall be payable on the dates,
established as contemplated by Section 2.3.
The Person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at the
close of business on any record date applicable to a particular series with
respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be entitled to
receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment date
notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the
record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent
the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest
payment date for such series, in which case such defaulted interest shall be
paid to the Persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such series are
registered (a) at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall
be not less than five Business Days prior to the date of payment of such
defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the
Issuer to the Holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such
subsequent record date or (b) as determined by such other procedure as is
mutually acceptable to the Issuer and the Trustee. The term "record date" as
used with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for payment of
defaulted interest) for the Securities of any series shall mean the date
specified as such in the terms of the Securities of such series established as
contemplated by Section 2.3, or, if no such date is so established, if such
interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day of
the next preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the
fifteenth day of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar month, whether
or not such record date is a Business Day.
SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer will keep at
each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section
3.2 for each series of Securities a register or registers in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will provide for the
registration of Securities of each series and the registration of transfer of
Securities of such series. Each such register shall be in written form in the
English language or in any other form capable of being converted into such form
within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times such register or registers
shall be open for inspection and available for copying by the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at any such office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided
in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall
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execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series,
maturity date, interest rate, if any, and original issue date in authorized
denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.
All Securities presented for registration of transfer shall (if so
required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by
a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
At the option of the Holder thereof, Securities of any series (other than
a Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for a Security or
Securities of such series having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the
agency of the Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance
with Section 3.2. All Securities surrendered upon any exchange or registration
of transfer provided for in this Indenture shall be promptly cancelled and
returned to the Issuer.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any
such transaction or for any exchange of Securities of any series as contemplated
by the immediately preceding paragraph.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a)
any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the first
mailing or publication of notice of redemption of Securities of such series to
be redeemed, (b) any Securities selected, called or being called for redemption,
in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part,
the portion thereof not so to be redeemed or (c) any Security if the Holder
thereof has exercised his right, if any, to require the Issuer to repurchase
such Security in whole or in part, except the portion of such Security not
required to be repurchased.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8, unless and until
it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered
form, a Global Security representing all or a part of the Securities of a series
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a
nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary
or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for any Securities of a series represented
by one or more Global Securities notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Securities or if at any time the
Depositary for such Securities shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.4,
the Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Securities.
If a successor Depositary for such Securities is not appointed by the Issuer
within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Issuer's election pursuant to Section 2.3 that such
Securities be represented by one or more Global Securities shall no longer be
effective and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of
such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in
definitive registered form, in any authorized
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denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the Global Security or Securities representing such Securities in exchange for
such Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the
Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities
shall no longer be represented by a Global Security or Securities. In such event
the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for
the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, shall
authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered
form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such
Securities, in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect to
Securities represented by a Global Security, the Depositary for such Global
Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for
Securities of the same series in definitive registered form on such terms as are
acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary, a new Security or
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations as requested
by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to
the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered
Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities
authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive
registered form in authorized denominations, such Global Security shall be
cancelled by the Trustee or an agent of the Issuer or the Trustee. Securities in
definitive registered form issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to
this Section 2.8 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Trustee or the Issuer or an agent of the
Issuer. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver at its office such Securities to
or as directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In
case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon
the written request of any officer of the Issuer,
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the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series,
maturity date, interest rate, if any, and original issue date, bearing a number
or other distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange
and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and in
substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the
applicant for a substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as
may be required by the Trustee or the Issuer or any such agent to indemnify and
defend and to save each of the Trustee and the Issuer and any such agent
harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof and in the case of mutilation or defacement, shall surrender
the Security to the Trustee or such agent.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer 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 or its agent) connected therewith. In case any
Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for
redemption in full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case
of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall
furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to hold each of
them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant
shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee evidence to the Trustee's satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions
of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed, lost
or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer,
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 (but shall be
subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned
upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any
and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or
hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Disposition Thereof. All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange, or for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking or analogous
fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee or
any agent of the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee or its agent for
cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no
Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any
of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall return all cancelled
Securities to the Company. If the Issuer or its
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agent shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as
a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee or its agent for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed,
lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be
issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the
definitive Securities of such series but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be
determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the Trustee as evidenced by the
execution and authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may contain such
references to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every
temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the
Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with
like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the Issuer
shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such series and
thereupon temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange
therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer
for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2 and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such series an equal
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series having
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any
series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series, unless otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.3.
SECTION 2.12 CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer 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.
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
Subject to the provisions of Article Ten, the Company covenants for the
benefit of the Securityholders that:
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. (a) The Issuer will
punctually pay the principal and interest, if any, to become due in respect of
the Securities according to the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Payments of principal and interest shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office.
(b) The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and interest on
overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate per annum
set forth in the Securities.
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SECTION 3.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency for Notices and Demands. The
Issuer will maintain in The City of New York an office or agency where the
Securities may be presented for payment, an office or agency where the
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as
provided in this Indenture and an office or agency where notices and demands to
or upon the Issuer in respect of such Securities or of this Indenture may be
served. Until otherwise designated by the Issuer in a written notice to the
Trustee, such office or agency in The City of New York shall be
___________________, an Affiliate of the Trustee, located at ________________.
If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office, such
presentations and demands may also be made and notices may also be served at the
Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 3.3 Officers' Annual Compliance Certificate Filed with the
Trustee. Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Issuer
ending after the date hereof, the Issuer will file with the Trustee a
certificate signed by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief
executive officer, the president or any vice president and by the chief
financial officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer or the secretary or any
assistant secretary of the Issuer (provided that one of such signatories shall
be the Issuer's principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer), as to such officers' knowledge of the Issuer's
compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and
in the event any Default of the Issuer exists, such officers shall specify the
nature of such Default.
SECTION 3.4 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Nine, the Issuer will
do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and effect its corporate existence and its material rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be
required to preserve any such material right or franchise if the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or
the loss thereof is not materially adverse to the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 3.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Issuer will pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before any penalty accrues thereon,
(a) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed
upon the Issuer or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the
Issuer or any Subsidiary, and (b) all material lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the
property of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the
Issuer 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.
SECTION 3.6 Limitation on Liens. (a) The Issuer will not, nor will it
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, (i) issue or assume any Debt which is
secured by a Lien upon, or enter into a guarantee of any Debt, which guarantee
is secured by a Lien upon, or (ii) directly or indirectly secure any outstanding
Debt of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary by a Lien upon, any Principal
Property now owned or hereafter acquired, without in any such case effectively
providing, concurrently with the issuance or assumption of any such Debt or
the entry of any
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such guarantee, or the granting of security with respect to any such
outstanding Debt or guarantee, that the Securities (together with, if the
Issuer shall so determine, any other Debt or guarantee of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary ranking equally with the Securities then existing or
thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to)
such Debt or such guarantee; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction
shall not apply to:
(1) Liens on any Principal Property acquired after the date of
this Indenture which are created or assumed contemporaneously with, or
within 90 days after, such acquisition solely for the purpose of securing
Debt (including, but not limited to, deferred purchase price obligations)
representing, or incurred to finance, refinance or refund, the purchase
price or acquisition cost of the Principal Property subject thereto,
provided that (A) the principal amount of the Debt secured by such Lien
does not exceed 100% of such purchase price or acquisition cost and (B)
such Lien does not extend to or cover any Principal Property other than
such Principal Property and any improvements on or rights appurtenant
thereto acquired in such transaction;
(2) Liens on any Principal Property acquired after the date of
this Indenture existing at the time such Principal Property is acquired;
(3) Liens on any Principal Property or shares of stock or Debt
acquired from or through a corporation which is merged with or into the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on receivables subject to a Receivable Financing
Transaction;
(5) Liens to secure Debt of a Subsidiary to the Issuer or to
another Subsidiary;
(6) Liens on any Principal Property in existence on the date of
this Indenture;
(7) Liens on any Principal Property constituting real property
constructed or improved by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after
the date of this Indenture which are created or assumed contemporaneously
with, or within 90 days after, such construction or improvement solely for
the purpose of securing Debt (including, but not limited to, deferred
purchase price obligations) representing, or incurred to finance, refinance
or refund, the cost of such construction or improvement, provided that (A)
the principal amount of the Debt secured by such Lien does not exceed 100%
of such cost and (B) such Lien does not extend to or cover any Principal
Property other than such real property and any improvements on or rights
appurtenant thereto constructed or improved in such transaction;
(8) Liens in favor of the United States of America, any of its
territories or possessions, or any State thereof, or any department,
agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of any thereof, or any
department, agency or instrumentality of any such political subdivision, to
secure partial progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract
or statute or to secure any Debt incurred for the purpose of financing all
or
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any part of the purchase price or the cost of constructing or improving the
Principal Property subject to such Lien;
(9) pledges or deposits securing Debt incurred in connection with
workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation and deposits securing Debt to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements;
(10) Liens securing Debt incurred in connection with taxes not yet
due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity
with GAAP (or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, generally accepted
accounting principles in effect from time to time in their respective
jurisdictions of incorporation);
(11) Liens securing any extension, renewal, substitution or
replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or
replacements) of Debt of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which is
outstanding on December 31, 2000; provided, however, that the principal
amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of
Debt so secured at December 31, 2000; and
(12) any extension, renewal, substitution or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals, substitutions or replacements), in whole
or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) through
(11), inclusive; provided, however, that such extension, renewal,
substitution or replacement shall be limited to all or part of the
Principal Property which secured the Lien so extended, renewed, substituted
or replaced (plus improvements on such Principal Property).
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.6(a), the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary may (without equally and ratably securing the Securities)
issue or assume secured Debt, or enter into a secured guarantee, which would
otherwise be subject to the foregoing Lien restrictions in an aggregate amount
which, together with all other such secured Debt and guarantees of the Issuer
and its Restricted Subsidiaries (that is, not including secured Debt and
guarantees of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted in accordance
with Section 3.6(a)) and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back
Transactions existing at such time (other than Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
permitted in accordance with Section 3.7(a)), does not at the time exceed 15% of
Shareholders' Equity in the Issuer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding
accumulated other comprehensive losses), as shown on the audited consolidated
balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to shareholders of the
Issuer.
SECTION 3.7 Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. (a) The Issuer
will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction of any Principal Property unless the proceeds of such
sale or transfer are at least equal to the fair value (as determined by the
Board of Directors) of the Principal Property to be leased pursuant to such Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction and either (i) the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Debt secured by a Lien on such Principal
Property without equally and
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ratably securing the Securities pursuant to Section 3.6, (ii) such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction is entered into between or among the Issuer and a
Subsidiary or between or among Subsidiaries, (iii) the lease in such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in
excess of three years, and the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary that is a
party to such lease intends that its use of such Principal Property will be
discontinued on or before the expiration of such period, or (iv) the Issuer
covenants that it will apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, an
amount equal to the fair value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the
Principal Property sold to (1) the retirement (other than any mandatory
retirement), within 60 days of the effective date of any such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction, of Funded Debt of the Issuer or of such Restricted
Subsidiary or (2) the purchase of property that will constitute Principal
Property.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.7(a), the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary may enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction which
would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions if the amount of the
Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, together
with all secured Debt and guarantees of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than secured Debt and guarantees of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries permitted in accordance with Section 3.6(a)) and all
other Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions existing
at such time (other than Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted in
accordance with Section 3.7(a)), does not at the time exceed 15% of
Shareholders' Equity in the Issuer and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding
accumulated other comprehensive losses), as shown on the audited consolidated
balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to shareholders of the
Issuer.
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and
Addresses of Securityholders. The Issuer and any other obligor on the Securities
covenant and agree that they will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names
and addresses of the Holders of the Securities of each series:
(a) semiannually and not more than 15 days after each January 1 and
July 1, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request,
provided that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the registrar for such
series, such list shall not be required to be furnished.
SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders Lists. (a) The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of each series of
Securities (i) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in
Section 4.1, and (ii) received by it in the capacity of registrar or
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paying agent for such series, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) In case three or more Holders of Securities (hereinafter referred to
as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee
reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of
at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application
states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of
Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must all hold
Securities of such series) or with Holders of all Securities with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under such Securities and such application
is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such
applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business
Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford to such applicants access to the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a)
of this Section 4.2, or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders
of Securities of such series or of all Securities, as the case may be, whose
names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section
4.2, and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the
form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford to such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants,
mail to each Securityholder of such series or all Holders of Securities, as the
case may be, whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section 4.2, a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is
specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the
Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the
payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after
such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the
Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written
statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would
be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or
of all Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable
law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the
Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the
written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such
objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such
objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing,
that all the objections so sustained have been met, and shall enter an order so
declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such
Securityholders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the
renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any
obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.
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(c) Each and every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the
Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses
of the Holders of Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b)
of this Section 4.2, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing
any material pursuant to a request made under such subsection (b).
SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer covenants:
(a) to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required
to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of
the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Issuer is not
required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such
Sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of
the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, in respect of a debt
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be
prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional
information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer with
the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations;
(c) to transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities within 30 days after
the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in
Section 4.4(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section 4.3 as may be required to be transmitted to such Holders by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after May 15 of
each year commencing with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, as provided in
subsection (c) of this Section 4.4, a brief report dated as of such May 15 with
respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the last
12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period, no report need
be transmitted):
(i) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.9 and its
qualification under Section 6.8;
(ii) the creation of, or any material change to, a relationship
specified in paragraph (1) through (10) of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939;
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(iii) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee
elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof)
made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such
report and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien
or charge, prior to that of the Securities of any series, on any property
or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee
shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such
advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the
principal amount of all Securities Outstanding on the date of such
report;
(iv) the amount, interest rate, if any, and maturity date of all
other indebtedness owing by the Issuer (or by any other obligor on the
Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity on the date of such
report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral
security therefor, except any indebtedness based upon a creditor
relationship arising in any manner described in Section 6.13;
(v) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in
the possession of the Trustee (as such) on the date of such report;
(vi) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has
not previously reported; and
(vii) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its
duties under this Indenture which it has not previously reported and
which in its opinion materially affects the Securities, except action in
respect of a Default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by it
in accordance with the provisions of Article Five.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit to the Securityholders of each series, as
provided in subsection (c) of this Section 4.4, a brief report with respect to
the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state,
the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee, as such,
since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to the provisions of
subsection (a) of this Section 4.4 (or if no such report has yet been so
transmitted, since the date of this Indenture) for the reimbursement of which it
claims or may claim a lien or charge prior to that of the Securities of such
series on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee and which it has
not previously reported pursuant to this subsection (b), except that the Trustee
shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances
remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of
all Securities Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90
days after such time.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by mail:
(i) to all Holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of
such Holders appear upon the registry books of the Issuer; and
(ii) to all other Persons to whom such reports are required to be
transmitted pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
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(d) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Securityholders, be furnished to the Issuer and be filed by the Trustee with
each stock exchange upon which the Securities of any applicable series are
listed and also with the Commission. The Issuer agrees to promptly notify the
Trustee with respect to any series when and as the Securities of such series
become admitted to trading on any national securities exchange.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1 Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used herein
with respect to Securities of any series, means any one or more of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default), unless it is either
inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental
indenture establishing such series of Securities or in the form of Security, for
such series:
(a) Failure to pay any installment of interest on any of the
Securities of such series, when and as the same shall become due and
payable as therein expressed, and such failure shall continue for a period
of 30 days (it being understood that if the entire amount of such payment
of interest is irrevocably deposited by the Issuer with the Trustee, or
with another paying agent duly appointed hereunder, before the
expiration of such period of 30 days, such default shall no longer be
considered to be continuing under this Indenture); or
(b) Failure to pay the principal of the Securities of such
series when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
Stated Maturity thereof or otherwise; or
(c) Failure to perform or observe any other of the covenants,
conditions or agreements on the part of the Issuer in this Indenture
(other than a covenant, condition or agreement a Default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with) or in the Securities of such series, and such failure shall
continue for a period of 60 days after written notice specifying the
failure and that the same is a Default and requiring the Issuer to remedy
such failure shall have been given to the Issuer from the Trustee or to
the Issuer and to the Trustee from the Holders of not less than 25% of the
principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding; or
(d) If the Issuer or any Subsidiary shall file a petition
commencing a voluntary case under any provision of Bankruptcy Law; or the
Issuer or any Subsidiary shall file a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition under any
Bankruptcy Law, or shall consent to the filing of any such petition,
answer, or consent; or the Issuer or any Subsidiary shall appoint, or
consent to the appointment of, a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
trustee, assignee, sequestrator or other similar official in bankruptcy
or insolvency of the Issuer or any Subsidiary or of any substantial
part of its property; or shall make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or
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(e) If any order for relief against the Issuer or any
Subsidiary shall have been entered by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises under any provision of Bankruptcy Law and such order shall have
continued undischarged or unstayed for a period of 120 days; or a decree
or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been
entered approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, or composition of the Issuer under any Bankruptcy
Law, and such decree or order shall have continued undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 120 days; or a decree or order of a court having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, trustee, assignee, sequestrator, or other similar official in
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Issuer or any Subsidiary or of any
substantial part of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation of
its affairs, shall have been entered, and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 120 days.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(a), 5.1(b) or 5.1(c) with
respect to Securities of any series then Outstanding occurs and is continuing,
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 such series then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer
(and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the principal (or,
if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series)
of all the Securities of such series and the interest, if any, accrued thereon
to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall
become and shall be immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series. This
provision, however, is subject to the condition that, if at any time after the
unpaid principal amount (or such specified amount) of the Securities of such
series shall have been so declared due and payable and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest, if any, upon all of
the Securities of such series and the principal of any and all Securities of
such series which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with
interest on overdue installments of interest, if any, to the extent that payment
of such interest is enforceable under applicable law and on such principal at
the rate borne by the Securities of such series to the date of such payment or
deposit) and the reasonable compensation, disbursements, expenses and advances
of the Trustee and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.6, and any
and all Defaults under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of such portion
of the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, on Securities of such
series which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured or
shall have been waived in accordance with Section 5.7 or provision deemed by the
Trustee to be adequate shall have been made therefor, then and in every such
case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of such series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences; but no
such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent
Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. If any Event of Default
specified in Section 5.1(d) or 5.1(e) occurs, all unpaid principal amount (or,
if the Securities of any series then Outstanding are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in
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the terms of each such series) and accrued interest on all Securities of each
series then Outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and
payable without any declaration or other act by the Trustee or any
Securityholder.
If the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this
Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because
of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been
determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Trustee and the Securityholders shall be restored respectively to their several
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been taken.
Except with respect to an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or
(b), the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of Default
unless written notice thereof shall have been given to a Responsible Officer by
the Issuer, a paying agent or any Securityholder.
SECTION 5.2 Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor. The Issuer
covenants that (a) if Default shall be made in the payment of any installment of
interest upon any of the Securities of any series then Outstanding as and when
the same shall become due and payable, and such Default shall have continued for
a period of 30 days, or (b) if Default shall be made in the payment of the
principal of any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall
have become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity of the Securities of
such series or upon redemption or by declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand
of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and
payable on all such Securities of such series for principal or interest, if any,
or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law)
upon the overdue installments of interest, if any, at the rate borne by the
Securities of such series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including a
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and
any expenses or liabilities incurred by the Trustee hereunder other than through
its negligence or bad faith.
If the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be
entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in
equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any
such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Issuer or any other obligor on the
Securities of such series and collect in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities of such series,
wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
If there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the
reorganization of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities of any
series then Outstanding under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or if a receiver or trustee or similar official
shall have been appointed for the property of the Issuer or such other obligor,
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or in the case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer
or other obligor upon the Securities of such series, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities of such series shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 5.2, shall be entitled and empowered by intervention in such
proceedings or otherwise to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole
amount of principal and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities of such series, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file
such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Securityholders
allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor
on the Securities of such series, its or their creditors, or its or their
property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction
of its charges and expenses, and any receiver, assignee or trustee or similar
official in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the
Securityholders to make such payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay
to the Trustee any amount due it for compensation and expenses or otherwise
pursuant to Section 6.6, including counsel fees and expenses incurred by it up
to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable
compensation, expenses and counsel fees and expenses out of the estate in any
such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be
secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions,
dividends, moneys, securities and other property which the Holders of the
Securities of such series may be entitled to receive in such proceedings,
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or
otherwise.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or
other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by
the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and
any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of the series in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.3 Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys
collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.2 with respect to Securities of
any series then Outstanding shall be applied in the order following, at the date
or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon
presentation of the several Securities of such series, and stamping thereon the
payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel,
and of all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made,
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6 except as a result of its negligence
or bad faith;
SECOND: If the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest, if
any, on the Securities
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of such series, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such
interest, if any, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been
collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest, if
any, at the rate borne by the Securities of such series, such payment to be
made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;
THIRD: If the principal of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the
whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Securities of such series for
principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and
(to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon
overdue installments of interest, if any, at the rate borne by the
Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to
pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such
series, then to the payment of such principal and interest, if any, without
preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over
principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of
interest, or of any Security over any other Security, ratably to the
aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest; and
FOURTH: To the payment of any surplus then remaining to the Issuer,
its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive the same.
No claim for interest which in any manner at or after maturity shall have
been transferred or pledged separate or apart from the Securities to which it
relates, or which in any manner shall have been kept alive after maturity by an
extension (otherwise than pursuant to an extension made pursuant to a plan
proposed by the Issuer to the Holders of all Securities of any series then
Outstanding), purchase, funding or otherwise by or on behalf or with the consent
or approval of the Issuer shall be entitled, in case of a Default hereunder, to
any benefit of this Indenture, except after prior payment in full of the
principal of all Securities of any series then Outstanding and of all claims for
interest not so transferred, pledged, kept alive, extended, purchased or funded.
SECTION 5.4 Proceedings by Securityholders. No Holder of any Securities of
any series then Outstanding shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of
any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or similar official, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own
name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to
institute any such action, suit or proceeding, it being understood and intended,
and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Security of such series
with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders
of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
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any other Holder of such Securities of such series, or to obtain or seek to
obtain priority over or preference as to any other such Holder, or to enforce
any right under this Indenture or the Securities, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of
Securities of such series.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the right
of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on such Security, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such Security, or to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such respective dates shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.5 Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default
hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the
rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings
as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such
rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceedings in
bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right
vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.6 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. All powers and remedies
given by this Article Five to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any
thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the
Securityholders, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the
performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this
Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Securityholder to
exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default occurring and continuing
as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a
waiver of any such Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.4, every power and remedy given by this Article Five or
by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Securityholders.
SECTION 5.7 Direction of Proceedings; Waiver of Defaults by Majority of
Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of any series then Outstanding 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 Securities of such series; provided, however, that (subject to the
provisions of Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow
any such direction if the Trustee shall determine upon advice of counsel that
the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee
in good faith by its board of directors, its executive committee, or a trust
committee of directors or Responsible Officers or both shall determine that the
action or proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability
unless such Holders provide the Trustee with indemnity satisfactory to it. The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any
series then Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of
such series waive any past Default or Event of
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Default hereunder and its consequences except a Default in the payment of
interest, if any, on, or the principal of, the Securities of such series. Upon
any such waiver the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of
such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever
any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted
by this Section 5.7, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of
the Securities and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not
continuing.
SECTION 5.8 Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after
the occurrence of a Default, with respect to Securities of any series then
Outstanding, mail to all Holders of Securities of such series, as the names and
the addresses of such Holders appear upon the Securities register, notice of all
Defaults known to the Trustee with respect to such series, unless such Defaults
shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term "Defaults" for
the purpose of this Section 5.8 being hereby defined to be the events specified
in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 5.1, not including periods of
grace, if any, provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of the
written notice specified in said clause (c) but in the case of any Default of
the character specified in said clause (c) no such notice to Securityholders
shall be given until at least 60 days after the giving of written notice thereof
to the Issuer pursuant to said clause (c)); provided, however, that, except in
the case of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on any of the Securities, or in the payment or satisfaction of
any sinking fund or other purchase obligation, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers or both of
the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in
the best interests of the Securityholders.
SECTION 5.9 Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree,
and each Holder of any Security 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the cost 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 5.9 shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than
10% in principal amount of the Securities of any series then Outstanding, or to
any suit instituted by any Securityholders for the enforcement of the payment of
the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security against the Issuer on or
after the due date expressed in such Security.
ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default;
Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of Securities issued
hereunder, the Trustee,
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prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
a particular series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default
which may have occurred with respect to such series, undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In
case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred
(which has not been cured or waived) the Trustee shall exercise with respect to
such series of Securities such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or
its own willful misconduct, except that
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such
Events of Default with respect to such series which may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against
the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders pursuant to Article Five relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for
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believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee. Subject to Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, coupon, security 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, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate or Issuer Order
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed);
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by
a Board Resolution;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice
of such counsel promptly confirmed in writing shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon in accordance
with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trust
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of
any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture
(including, without limitation, pursuant to Article Five) unless such
Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
therein or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it
in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion,
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default, 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, consent,
order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other
paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all
series affected then Outstanding; provided that, if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to
be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the
Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by
the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the
reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Issuer or,
if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer
upon demand;
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(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 not regularly in its employ and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default with respect to a series of Securities unless either (i) a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have
actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii) written notice of
such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Issuer or any other obligor on such series of Securities or by any Holder of
Securities of such series.
SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein and
in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be
taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility
for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, of the Securities or of any
prospectus used to sell the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities or of the proceeds
thereof.
SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc. The
Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent and, subject to
Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect,
hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it would have
if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section
10.4 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as
herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received,
but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by
it hereunder.
SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior
Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time,
and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in
writing between the Issuer and the Trustee (which shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust)
and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of
the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons
not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as
may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to
indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any and all loss,
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liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on
the income of the Trustee), incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or
liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 6.6
to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to pay
or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder
and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the
resignation or removal of the Trustee. Such additional indebtedness shall be a
senior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of
the Holders of particular Securities, and the Securities are hereby subordinated
to such senior claim. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(d) or (e) or in
connection with Article Five hereof, the expenses (including the reasonable fees
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the service in connection
therewith are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
bankruptcy law without any need to demonstrate substantial contribution under
any bankruptcy law. The provisions of this Section 6.6 shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate, etc.
Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the trusts of
this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an
Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the
absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 6.8 Qualification of Trustee; Conflicting Interests. This
Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Section
310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The Trustee shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent
published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 regarding disqualification of a
trustee upon acquiring a conflicting interest.
SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee; Different
Trustees for Different Series. The Trustee for each series of Securities
hereunder shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under
the laws of the United States of America or of any state or the District of
Columbia having a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000, and
which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is
subject to supervision or examination by federal, state or District of Columbia
authority, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the
Commission. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
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capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. No obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of such obligor
shall serve as trustee upon the Securities. In case at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6.9, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 6.10.
A different Trustee may be appointed by the Issuer for any series of
Securities prior to the issuance of such Securities. If the initial Trustee for
any series of Securities is to be a trustee other than The Bank of New York, the
Issuer and such Trustee shall, prior to the issuance of such Securities, execute
and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto, which shall provide for the
appointment of such Trustee as Trustee for the Securities of such series and
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 co-trustees 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.
SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time
resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by giving written
notice of resignation to the Issuer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation,
the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect
to the applicable series by written instrument in duplicate, executed by
authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning trustee and one copy to the successor trustee or
trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with respect to
any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of
such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of
the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of
Article Five, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section
6.8 with respect to any series of Securities after written request
therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months;
or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Issuer or by any such Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any
series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver or liquidator of the
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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, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the
applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such series
by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and
one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Article
Five, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or
Securities 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 removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with
respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as
it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series then Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee
with respect to Securities of such series and appoint a successor trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to the Trustee so
removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer the evidence
provided for in Section 7.1 of the action in that regard taken by the
Securityholders. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with
respect to any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
delivery of such evidence of removal, the Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of
the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of
Section 5.9, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
appoint a successor trustee.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any series
and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series pursuant
to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become effective upon
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any successor
trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and deliver to the
Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment
hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee
with respect to all or any applicable series shall become effective and such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such
series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written request of
the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid,
the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 10.4, pay over to the
successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute
and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such
rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon request of any such successor
trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in
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writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor
trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. Any trustee ceasing to
act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or
collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6.6.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the Securities of one
or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor Trustee and each
successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any applicable series shall
execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series as to which the predecessor Trustee is not retiring
shall continue to be vested in the predecessor Trustee, and 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 co-trustees of the same trust and that
each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts under separate
indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept
appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of
Section 6.8 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in
this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall give notice thereof to the Holders of
Securities of each series affected, by mailing such notice to such Holders at
their addresses as they shall appear on the registry books. If the Issuer fails
to give such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at
the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
of Trustee. 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 of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of
Section 6.8 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.9, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the
trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of any series shall have
been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may
adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee and deliver
such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the
Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the
Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor
hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificate shall have the full force which it is granted anywhere in the
Securities of such series or in this Indenture; provided that the right to
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adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to
authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor Trustee
shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation.
SECTION 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The
Trustee shall comply with Section 31l(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 31l(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to the extent
indicated therein.
SECTION 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. As long as any
Securities of a series remain Outstanding, the Trustee may, by an instrument in
writing, appoint with the approval of the Issuer an authenticating agent (the
"Authenticating Agent") which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities, including Securities issued upon exchange,
registration of transfer, partial redemption or pursuant to Section 2.9.
Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory
for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee. Whenever reference is made
in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities of any series
by the Trustee or to 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 for such series and a Certificate of Authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by such Authenticating Agent. Such
Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000
(determined as provided in Section 6.9 with respect to the Trustee) and subject
to supervision or examination by federal or state authority.
Any corporation into which any 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 any Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business
of any Authenticating Agent, shall, subject to meeting the eligibility
requirements for an Authenticating Agent set forth above, continue to be the
Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Securities for which it
served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent. Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible
shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the
Issuer. 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
Issuer.
Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or
in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more
series of Securities, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent
which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and the Issuer shall provide notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and
to the extent
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provided in Section 11.4. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of
its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties
and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as Authenticating Agent. The Issuer agrees to pay to the
Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation.
The Authenticating Agent for the Securities of any series shall have no
responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction
of the Trustee.
Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 7.3 shall be applicable to any Authenticating
Agent.
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified percentage in
principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed
by such specified percentage of Securityholders 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. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing appointing
any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Article Seven.
SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Securities. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution of any instrument by
a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any Holder of any
instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other
officer of any jurisdiction authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds or
administer oaths that the person executing such instruments acknowledged
to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such
execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where
such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an
individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient
proof of the authority of the person executing the same.
(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
register or by a certificate of the Security registrar.
SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee and
any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose
name any Security shall be registered upon the Security register for such series
as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be
overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon)
for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and,
subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest, if any, on such Security
and for all other
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purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding. In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any or all series have concurred in any direction,
consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Issuer
or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination
is being made or by any Affiliate of the Issuer or by any other obligor on the
Securities with respect to which such determination is being made shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are 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 Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case of a
dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in
respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance with such advice. Upon
request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an
Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by
the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the
above-described Persons; and, subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall
be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of the
facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein
are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to (but
not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.1, of the
taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, specified in
this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security the
serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial
numbers of the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action
may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of
holding as provided in this Article Seven, revoke such action so far as concerns
such Security; provided that such revocation shall not become effective until
three Business Days after such filing. Except as aforesaid, any such action
taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any
Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of
transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto
is made upon any such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series,
as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action
shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of
all the Securities affected by such action.
SECTION 7.6 Record Date for Consents and Waivers. The Issuer may, but
shall not be obligated to, establish a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons entitled to (a) waive any past Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of such series in accordance with
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Section 5.7 of the Indenture, (b) consent to any supplemental indenture in
accordance with Section 8.2 of the Indenture or (c) waive compliance with any
term, condition or provision of any covenant hereunder. If a record date is
fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and
any such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any such past default, consent to
any such supplemental indenture or waive compliance with any such term,
condition or provision, whether or not such Holder remains a Holder after such
record date; provided, however, that unless such waiver or consent is obtained
from the Holders, or duly designated proxies, of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of such series prior to the date which is the 180th
day after such record date, any such waiver or consent previously given shall
automatically, and without further action by any Holder, be cancelled and of no
further effect.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders.
The Issuer, when authorized by a Board Resolution (which resolution may provide
general terms or parameters for such action and may provide that the specific
terms of such action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an
Issuer Order), and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of the
execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee
as security for the Securities of one or more series any property or
assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer, or
successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the
covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer pursuant to Article
Nine;
(c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions as the Issuer and the Trustee
shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of all or any
series of Securities (and if such covenants, restrictions, conditions
or provisions are to be for the protection of less than all series of
Securities, stating that the same are expressly being included solely
for the protection of such series) and to make the occurrence, or the
occurrence and continuance, of a Default in any such additional
covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default
permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies
provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that
in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or
provision such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular
period of grace after Default (which period may be shorter or longer
than that allowed in the case of other Defaults) or may provide for an
immediate enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the
remedies available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may
limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such series to waive such an Event of
Default;
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(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in
any supplemental indenture, or to make any other provisions as the Issuer
may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such action
shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the
Securities;
(e) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.3;
(f) to provide for the issuance of Securities of any series in
coupon form (including Securities registrable as to principal only) and to
provide for exchangeability of such Securities for the Securities issued
hereunder in fully registered form and to make all appropriate changes for
such purpose;
(g) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification
of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or under any
similar federal statute hereafter enacted, and to add to this Indenture
such other provisions as may be expressly permitted by the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in Section
316(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect at the date
as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding provision
provided for in any similar federal statute hereafter enacted;
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder of a Trustee other than The Bank of New York as Trustee for a
series of Securities 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 6.9 hereof;
(i) subject to Section 8.2 hereof, to add to or modify the
provisions hereof as may be necessary or desirable to provide for the
denomination of Securities in foreign currencies which shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any material
respect;
(j) to modify the covenants or Events of Default of the Issuer
solely in respect of, or add new covenants or Events of Default of the
Issuer that apply solely to, Securities not Outstanding on the date of
such supplemental indenture; and
(k) 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.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the execution
of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations which may
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be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment,
mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee 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.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities then
Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.2.
SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders. With
the consent (evidenced as provided in Article Seven) of the Holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding
of any series affected by such supplemental indenture, the Issuer, when
authorized by a Board Resolution (which resolution may provide general terms or
parameters for such action and may provide that the specific terms of such
action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order), and
the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of execution thereof) for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such
series; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall (a) extend the stated
final maturity of the principal of any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest, if any,
thereon (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, reduce the rate
of accretion of original issue discount thereon), or reduce or alter the method
of computation of any amount payable on redemption, repayment or purchase by the
Issuer thereof (or the time at which any such redemption, repayment or purchase
may be made), or make the principal thereof (including any amount in respect of
original issue discount), or interest, if any, thereon payable in any coin or
currency other than that provided in the Securities or in accordance with the
terms of the Securities, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original
Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of
the maturity thereof or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy in each case
pursuant to Section Article Five, or impair or affect the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for the payment thereof or, if the Securities
provide therefor, any right of repayment or purchase at the option of the
Securityholder, in each case without the consent of the Holder of each Security
so affected, or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series,
the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so affected. No
consent of any Holder of any Security shall be necessary under this Section 8.2
to permit the Trustee and the Issuer to execute supplemental indentures pursuant
to Sections 8.1 and 9.2.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant, Event
of Default 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 Holders of Securities of such series, with
respect to such covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
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Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a resolution of
the Board of Directors (which resolution may provide general terms or parameters
for such action and may provide that the specific terms of such action may be
determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order) certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of
evidence of the consent of the Holders of the Securities as aforesaid and other
documents, if any, required by Section 7.1, the Trustee shall join with the
Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental
indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may at its discretion, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under
this Section 8.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8.2, the
Issuer (or the Trustee at the request and expense of the Issuer) shall give
notice thereof to the Holders of then Outstanding Securities of each series
affected thereby, as provided in Section 11.4. Any failure of the Issuer to give
such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall
be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of Securities of
each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and
enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments,
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and
shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any
and all purposes.
SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, shall be entitled to receive an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Eight complies with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture have been satisfied.
SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eight may bear
a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as to any matter
provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action taken by
Securityholders. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities
of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Issuer, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared by
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the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the
Securities of such series then Outstanding.
ARTICLE NINE
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 9.1 When Issuer May Merge, etc. The Issuer may not consolidate or
merge with any other Person or sell, convey, assign, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its properties and assets as an
entirety in one transaction or a series of transactions to any Person, unless:
(a) either (i) the Issuer shall be the continuing corporation or
(ii) such Person shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or trust organized and validly existing under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall
expressly assume by a supplemental indenture all the Issuer's obligations
under the Securities and this Indenture; and
(b) immediately before and after such transaction or each element
of such series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the
proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 9.2 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation or
merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or any assignment of its
obligations under this Indenture or the Securities in accordance with Section
9.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with
which the Issuer is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition or assignment is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise, every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Issuer
herein; and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
COVENANT DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Covenant Defeasance.
(A) If at any time (a) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all the Securities
Outstanding (other than
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Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) as and when the same shall have
become due and payable, or (b) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.9); and if, in any such case, the Issuer shall also pay
or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer (including
all amounts payable, to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6), then this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, on demand of the
Issuer accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge
contemplated by this provision have been complied with, and at the cost and
expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such
satisfaction and discharging this Indenture. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the
Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred,
and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and
properly rendered, by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Securities.
(B) If at any time (a) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all the Securities of
any series Outstanding (other than Securities of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.9) as and when the same shall have become due and payable, or (b) the
Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of
any series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities of such series
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.9), or (c) in the case of any series of Securities with
respect to which the exact amount described in clause (ii) below can be
determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in such clause (ii),
(i) all the Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or by their terms are to
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption, and (ii) the Issuer shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee as funds in trust, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Securities
of such series, cash in an amount (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or
any paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.4) or non-callable,
non-prepayable bonds, notes, bills or other similar obligations issued or
guaranteed by the United States government or any agency thereof the full and
timely payment of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States ("U.S. Government Obligations"), maturing as to principal and interest,
if any, at such times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of
cash, or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (1) the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all Securities of such series on each
date that such principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, is due and
payable, and (2) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such
payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and
the Securities of such series; then the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Securities of such series on the
date of the deposit referred to in clause (ii) above and the provisions of this
Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series shall no longer be in
effect (except, in the case of clause (c) of this Section 10.1(B), as to (i)
rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series,
(ii) rights of substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities of such series, (iii) rights of Holders of Securities of such series
to receive payments of principal thereof and premium, if any, and
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interest, if any, thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not
upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series to receive mandatory sinking fund payments thereon, if any, when due,
(iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder,
(v) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all
or any of them and (vi) the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.2 with
respect to Securities of such series) and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent contemplated by this provision have been complied
with, and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same.
(C) The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each series
unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 2.3.
In addition to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to the next preceding
paragraph, in the case of any series of Securities with respect to which the
exact amount described in subparagraph (a) below can be determined at the time
of making the deposit referred to in such subparagraph (a), the Issuer shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Securities
of such a series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
subparagraph (a) below, and the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series shall no longer be in effect (except as to (i) rights
of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities of such series, (ii)
substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities of such
series, (iii) rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive payments
of principal thereof, premium, if any, and interest, if any, thereon upon the
original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and remaining
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series to receive mandatory sinking
fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of
the Trustee hereunder, (v) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with
the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (vi) the obligations of the Issuer
under Section 3.2 with respect to Securities of such series) and the Trustee, on
demand of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent contemplated by this
provision have been complied with, and at the cost and expense of the Issuer,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, if
(a) with reference to this provision the Issuer has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as funds
in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series (i) cash in an
amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and
interest, if any, at such times and in such amounts as will insure the
availability of cash, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to
pay (A) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all
Securities of such series on each date that such principal or interest, if
any, is due and payable, and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on
the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series;
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(b) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the
Issuer is a party or by which it is bound; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
based on the fact that (x) the Issuer has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y), since the date
hereof, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that and such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same
times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred.
(D) The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of each series
unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 2.3.
In addition to the foregoing, in the case of any series of Securities with
respect to which the exact amount described in subparagraph (a) below can be
determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in such subparagraph
(a), the Issuer shall be deemed to be, and shall be, released from its
obligations under Sections 3.6 and 3.7 hereof on the 91st day after the date of
the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) below, and the Issuer's obligations
under all Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect to Sections
3.6 and 3.7 hereof shall thereafter be deemed to be discharged for the purposes
of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection therewith but shall continue in full force and effect for
all other purposes hereunder, and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent contemplated by this provision have been complied
with, and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same, if
(a) with reference to this provision the Issuer has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as funds
in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series (i) cash in an
amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations, maturing as to principal and
interest, if any, at such times and in such amounts as will insure the
availability of cash, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to
pay (A) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all
Securities of such series on each date that such principal or interest, if
any, is due and payable, and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on
the dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series; and
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(b) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the
Issuer is a party or by which it is bound; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and
in the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if
such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred.
SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of
Securities. Subject to Section 10.4, all moneys and U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 shall be held in trust, and
such moneys and all moneys from such U.S. Government Obligations shall be
applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent
(including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the
particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such
moneys and U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee, of
all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, if any, but
such moneys and U.S. Government Obligations need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of
any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent under the provisions of
this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities shall, upon demand of
the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying
agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed
for Two Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying
agent for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two
years after the date upon which such principal, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of the
Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the
Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Securities
of such series shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only
to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and
all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such moneys
shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 10.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuer shall
pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or
assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
10.1 or the principal or interest received in respect of such obligations.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Partners, Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any
Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against
any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future stockholder,
officer or director, as such, of the Issuer, or any partner of the Issuer or of
any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any
rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any
assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the
Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue
of the Securities.
SECTION 11.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and
Holders of Securities. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed
or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities, any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant
or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the
sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of
the Securities.
SECTION 11.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture. All the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by
or on behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION 11.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of
Securities. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is
required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of
Securities to or on the Issuer, or as required pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid,
first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed
(until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to
York International Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel. Any notice,
direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Holder of Securities to or
upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or served by
being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise
specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address of the Trustee is
filed by the Trustee with the Issuer) to The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled
thereto, at his last address as it appears in the Security register. 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
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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 or irregularities in regular mail
service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer when such notice
is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
shall be deemed to be sufficient notice.
SECTION 11.5 Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to
Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the
Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, or as
required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Issuer shall furnish
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in
the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture (other than a
certificate provided pursuant to Section 3.3) and delivered to the Trustee with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the person making such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) 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, (c) a statement
that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with, and (d) a statement as
to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of
or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in
the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any
certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates
to factual matters, on information with respect to which is in the possession of
the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or representations by
an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the
certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters
upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are
erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are
erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or of
counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such
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officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his
certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in
the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants
filed with and directed to the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm
is independent.
SECTION 11.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the date
of maturity of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series
or the date fixed for redemption, purchase or repayment of any such Security
shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest, if any, premium, if any,
or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of
maturity or the date fixed for redemption, purchase or repayment, and, in the
case of payment, no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.
SECTION 11.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture
Act of 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture which
is required to be included herein by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, or
is deemed applicable to this Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 11.8 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL
PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH
STATE.
SECTION 11.9 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein
and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before
their maturity or are subject to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified, as contemplated by Section
2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of
redemption to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole
or in part at the option of the Issuer or as required by any mandatory sinking
fund provision herein shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption by
first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than
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60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities of
such series at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security
register. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the notice
to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole
or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption
of any other Security of such series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify (i) the
principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be
redeemed, (ii) the date fixed for redemption, (iii) the redemption price, (iv)
the place or places of payment, (v) the CUSIP number relating to such
Securities, (vi) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of
such Securities, unless otherwise specified by the terms of such Securities,
(vii) whether such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking
fund, or both, if such be the case, and that the redemption is subject to
receipt by the Trustee of sufficient funds, (viii) whether interest, if any,
(or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, original issue discount)
accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such
notice and (ix) whether on and after said date interest, if any, (or, in the
case of Original Issue Discount Securities, original issue discount) thereon or
on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. In case any
Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall
state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the
option of the Issuer or as required by any mandatory sinking fund provision
shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer.
On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption
given as provided in this Section 12.2, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee
or with one or more paying agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the
redemption date all the Securities of such series so called for redemption at
the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the
date fixed for redemption. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 60
days prior to the date fixed for redemption (unless a shorter notice period
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) an Officers' Certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In case of a redemption
at the election of the Issuer prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any
notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this Section, an Officers'
Certificate stating that such restriction has been complied with.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair,
Securities of such series to be redeemed, Securities may be redeemed in part in
multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such
series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in
writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Securities of such series selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount thereof to be
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redeemed. So long as Securities of a series are represented by a Global Security
registered in the name of a nominee of the Depositary, the particular Securities
or portions thereof to be redeemed shall be selected by the Depositary in such
manner as it shall determine. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of
Securities of any series shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or
to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such
Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 12.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of
redemption has been given as provided by this Article Twelve, the Securities or
portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on
the date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest, if any accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the
payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest, if
any, accrued to said date) interest, if any (or, in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities, original issue discount), on the Securities or portions of
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and such Securities
shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption (unless an earlier date
shall be specified in a Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 2.3 by or pursuant to
which the form and terms of the Securities of such series were established)
except as provided in Sections 6.5 and 10.4, to be entitled to any benefit or
security under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in
respect of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price
thereof and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in
said notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and
redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption price, together with
interest, if any, accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided
that payment of interest, if any, becoming due on or prior to the date fixed for
redemption shall be payable to the Holders of Securities registered as such on
the relevant record date subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.3 and
2.7 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the redemption price shall, until paid or duly provided
for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security) borne by
such Security.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the
Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security or Securities of
such series, and of like tenor, of authorized denominations, in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION 12.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for
Selection for Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for
selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate
number in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least 45 days
prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned
of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the
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Issuer, or (b) a Person specifically identified in such written statement as an
Affiliate of the Issuer.
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of
any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the 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 the
Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment." The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein
referred to as the "sinking fund payment date."
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment
with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at its option
(a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore purchased or
otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the mandatory sinking
fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such series (not
previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as
aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant
to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional sinking fund payments (not
previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section 12.5, or (c) receive
credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) redeemed by
the Issuer through any optional redemption provision contained in the terms of
such series. Securities so delivered or credited shall be received or credited
by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price specified in such
Securities.
On or before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund payment date
for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
(a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be satisfied
by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of
such series and the basis for such credit, (b) stating that none of the
Securities of such series to be so credited has theretofore been so credited,
(c) stating that no Defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default
with respect to such series have occurred and are continuing, and (d) stating
whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an optional
sinking fund payment with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the
amount of such optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer intends to pay on
or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such
series to be credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for
the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have not
theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation
pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such Officers' Certificate (or
reasonably promptly thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officers'
Certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer
shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments or payments
therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such 60th day, to deliver
such Officers' Certificate and Securities (subject to the parenthetical clause
in the second preceding sentence) specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not
constitute a Default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the
irrevocable election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment
for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be
paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of such
series in respect thereof,
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and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect
to such series as provided in this Section 12.5.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to
be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus any unused
balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall exceed
$50,000, or a lesser sum if the Issuer shall so request with respect to the
Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such
series at the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest, if
any, to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 or less
and the Issuer makes no such request, then it shall be carried over until a sum
in excess of $50,000 is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner
provided in Section 12.2, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a
sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as
nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the
Issuer of the serial numbers of the Securities of such series (or portions
thereof) so selected. The Issuer, or the Trustee, in the name and at the expense
of the Issuer (if the Issuer shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall
cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series to be given in
substantially the manner provided in Section 12.2 (and with the effect provided
in Section 12.3) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the
option of the Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or
allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the
next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment,
shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.5. Any and
all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of
any particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are
not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series
shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the
purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest, if any, on, the
Securities of such series at maturity.
On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay to the
Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest, if
any, accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on
such sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of a
series with sinking fund moneys or give any notice of redemption of Securities
for such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a
Default in payment of interest on such Securities or of any Event of Default
with respect to such series except that, where the giving of notice of
redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall
redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have
received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as
aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any
such Default or Event of Default known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during
the continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be deemed to have been
collected under Article Five and held for the payment of all such Securities. In
case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in Article Five or
the Default cured on or before the 60th day preceding the sinking fund payment
date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next
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succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section to the
redemption of such Securities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed as of ______________ ___, 200_.
YORK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By:
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Title:
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Attest:
By:
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Title:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as
Trustee
By:
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Title:
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