AND
Exhibit 4.1
Core Molding Technologies, Inc.
as Issuer
AND
[_____________]
___________________
Indenture
Dated as of [_________, 20__]
___________________
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ARTICLE I DEFINITION S AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION ........... 1
Section 101. Definitions ............................................................................................................ 1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions ................................................................. 7
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee ............................................................ 8
Section 104. Acts of Holders ..................................................................................................... 8
Section 105. Notices, Etc to Trustee and Company ................................................................... 9
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver .................................................................................. 10
Section 107. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act ...................................................................... 10
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .......................................................... 10
Section 109. Successors and Assigns ...................................................................................... 10
Section 110. Separability Clause ............................................................................................. 10
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture .......................................................................................... 10
Section 112. Governing Law ................................................................................................... 10
Section 113. Waiver of Jury Trial ............................................................................................ 10
Section 114. Legal Holidays .................................................................................................... 10
Section 115. Rules by Trustee and Agents .............................................................................. 11
Section 116. No Recourse Against Others ............................................................................... 11
ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS ..................................................................................................... 11
Section 201. Forms Generally ................................................................................................. 11
Section 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication ................................................. 11
ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES ....................................................................................................... 12
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series ................................................................ 12
Section 302. Denominations .................................................................................................... 16
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating ................................................ 16
Section 304. Temporary Securities .......................................................................................... 17
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange ......................................... 18
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities ............................................... 19
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved ................................................... 19
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners .................................................................................... 21
Section 309. Cancellation ........................................................................................................ 21
Section 310. Computation of Interest ...................................................................................... 22
Section 311. Global Securities; Exchanges; Registration and Registration of Transfer .......... 22
Section 312. Extension of Interest Payment ............................................................................ 23
Section 313. CUSIP Numbers and ISINs ................................................................................ 23
ARTICLE IV SATISFACT ION AND DISCHARGE ......................................................................... 23
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture ............................................................. 23
Section 402. Application of Trust Money ............................................................................... 24
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any Series ................. 25
ARTICLE V REMEDIES ................................................................................................................... 26
Section 501. Events of Default ................................................................................................ 26
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment ........................................ 27
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee ..................... 29
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim ...................................................................... 29
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or
Coupons .............................................................................................................. 30
Section 506. Application of Money Collected ......................................................................... 30
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.............................................................................................. 30
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest ................................................................................................................ 31
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Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies ................................................................... 31
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative ....................................................................... 31
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver .......................................................................... 31
Section 512. Control by Holders.............................................................................................. 31
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults ...................................................................................... 32
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs ......................................................................................... 32
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws ..................................................................... 32
ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE............................................................................................................. 33
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities .................................................................... 33
Section 602. Notice of Defaults ............................................................................................... 34
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee .................................................................................... 34
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities ...................................... 36
Section 605. May Hold Securities ........................................................................................... 36
Section 606. Money Held in Trust ........................................................................................... 36
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement .................................................................... 36
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests ................................................................ 37
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .............................................................. 37
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor ....................................... 37
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor ......................................................... 38
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .......................... 39
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company .......................................... 40
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent................................................................ 40
ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY .................... 42
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders ........................ 42
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders ................................. 42
Section 703. Reports by Trustee .............................................................................................. 43
Section 704. Reports by Company .......................................................................................... 44
ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER .......................... 45
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc Only on Certain Terms ................................... 45
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted ..................................................................... 45
ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMEN TAL INDENTURES .............................................................................. 46
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders....................................... 46
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders ............................................ 47
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures ............................................................... 49
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures...................................................................... 49
Section 905. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act ................................................................ 49
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures........................................... 49
Section 907. Revocation and Effect of Consents ..................................................................... 49
Section 908. Modification Without Supplemental Indenture .................................................. 50
ARTICLE X COVENANTS ............................................................................................................... 50
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest ...................................................... 50
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency....................................................................... 51
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust .......................................... 52
Section 1004. Corporate Existence ............................................................................................ 53
Section 1005. Defeasance of Certain Obligations ..................................................................... 53
Section 1006. Statement by Officers as to Default .................................................................... 54
Section 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants .............................................................................. 55
Section 1008. Maintenance of Properties .................................................................................. 55
ARTICLE XI REDEMPTIO N OF SECURITIES ............................................................................... 56
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Section 1101. Applicability of Article ....................................................................................... 56
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee ............................................................... 56
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed ........................................... 56
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption ......................................................................................... 56
Section 1105. Securities Payable on Redemption Date ............................................................. 58
Section 1106. Securities Redeemed in Part ............................................................................... 58
ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS ........................................................................................................ 58
Section 1201. Applicability of Article ....................................................................................... 58
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities .................................... 58
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund ........................................................ 59
ARTICLE XIII REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS ................................. 59
Section 1301. Applicability of Article ....................................................................................... 59
Section 1302. Notice of Repayment Date .................................................................................. 59
Section 1303. Securities Payable on Repayment Date .............................................................. 60
Section 1304. Securities Repaid in Part ..................................................................................... 61
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................................................................... 61
Section 1401. Trust Indenture Act Controls .............................................................................. 61
Section 1402. Force Majeure ..................................................................................................... 61
Section 1403. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements ................................................ 61
Section 1404. Severability ......................................................................................................... 61
Section 1405. Counterpart Originals ......................................................................................... 61
Section 1406. Table of Contents, Headings, etc ........................................................................ 61
Section 1407. U.S.A. Patriot Act ............................................................................................... 61
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Core Molding Technologies, Inc.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of , 20__
Trust Indenture Act Section
Indenture Sections
§ 310(a)(1)
609
609
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
609
608
610
§ 311(a)
613
613
703(a)(2)
703(b)
§ 312(a)
701
702(a)
702(b)
702(c)
§ 313(a)
703(a)
703(b)
703(a), 703(b)
703(c)
§ 314(a)
704
Not Applicable
102
102
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
102
§ 315(a)
601(a)
602
703(a)(7)
601(b)
601(c)
601(a)(i)
601(c)(ii)
601(c)(iii)
514
§ 316(a)
101
502
512
513
Not Applicable
508
104(g)
§ 317(a)(l)
503
504
1003
§ 318(a)
107
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of [____________, 20__], between CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES,
INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, and
[__________________], having one of its Corporate offices at [____________] (herein called the
“Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (each
herein called a “Security” or collectively the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to
be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with
its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities
or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101.
Definitions
.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires;
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or
by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States
at the date of such computation or, at the election of the Company from time to time, at the date of the
execution and delivery of this Indenture;
(4) the word “or” is not exclusive; and
(5) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article VI, are defined in that Article.
“
Act
”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104
.
“
Affiliate
” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of
this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative
to the foregoing.
“
Authenticating Agent
” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee
to authenticate Securities.
“
Authorized Newspaper
” means a newspaper of general circulation, in an official language of the
country of publication or in the English language, customarily published on a daily basis (including
newspapers published on a daily basis except not published on Legal Holidays, as defined in
Section 113
)
in such country. Whenever successive weekly publications in an Authorized Newspaper are required
hereunder, they may be made (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) on the same or different days of
the week and in the same or different Authorized Newspapers.
“
Authorized Officer
” means the Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman, the President, any
Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, any
Assistant Secretary or any other officer or agent of the Company duly authorized by the Board of Directors
to act in respect of matters relating to this Indenture.
“
Board of Directors
” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
“
Board Resolution
” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on
the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Business Day
”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location
specified in the Securities or this Indenture, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment such other location, or the
city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law to
close, except as may be otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301
.
“
Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“
Commission
” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument
such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“
Company
” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“
Company Request
” or “
Company Order
” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Corporate Trust Office
” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time
its corporate trust business shall be administered and, with respect to the Trustee is located, at the date as
of which this Indenture is dated, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XXX X0000-000, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000.
“
Corporation
” includes corporations, associations, joint stock companies, limited liability
companies and business trusts.
“
Defaulted Interest
” has the meaning specified in
Section 307
.
“
Depository
” means, with respect to any series of Securities issuable or issued in the form of a
Global Security, an entity named as such in the Indenture, or, if no entity is so named, an entity, if any,
named by the Company as such by Board Resolution, or its successor. The Depository is the entity which
holds a Global Security, if any, and operates the computerized book-entry system through which ownership
interests in the Securities are recorded. Such entity shall at all times be a registered clearing agency under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in good standing thereunder or, in the case of an
entity that holds a Global Security issued outside of the United States, such entity shall at all times be in
compliance with any applicable registration requirements and in good standing under application
regulations.
“
Dollar
” or “
$
” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States
as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“
Eligible Obligations
” means:
(a)
with respect to Securities denominated in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations;
or
(b)
with respect to Securities denominated in a currency other than Dollars or in a
composite currency, such other obligations or instruments as shall be specified with respect to such
Securities, as contemplated by
Section 301(24)
.
“
Event of Default
” has the meaning specified in
Section 501
.
“
Global Security
” means a Security, if any, issued to evidence all or a part of a series of Securities
in accordance with
Section 301
.
“
Holder
” or “
Securityholder
” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“
Indenture
” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by
Section 301
.
“
Indexed Security
” means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof
payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
“
Interest
” means, when used with reference to the Securities, any interest payable under the terms
of the Securities, including Defaulted Interest, if any, and additional interest, if any.
“
Interest Payment Date
”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on such Security.
“
Maturity
”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such
Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at
the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, upon call for redemption, exercise of repayment option
or otherwise.
“
Officer’s Certificate
” means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the
Trustee.
“
Opinion of Counsel
” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of, or counsel
for, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company or the Trustee, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
“
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
Section 502
.
“
Outstanding
”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a)
Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b)
Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption (a) money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall
act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities or (b) Eligible Obligations as
contemplated by
Sections 401
403
with the Trustee, in trust, for the Holders of such Securities (whether or not the Company’s
indebtedness in respect thereof shall be satisfied and discharged for purposes of this Indenture or
otherwise), provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made; and
(c)
Securities that have been paid pursuant to
Section 306
of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other
than any such Securities in respect of which there have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it and the Company that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose
hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided
,
however
, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder,
(d)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor (unless the Company, such Affiliate or such
obligor owns (i) all Securities Outstanding under this Indenture or (ii) except for the purposes of
actions to be taken by Holders of more than one series or Tranche voting as a class, all Outstanding
Securities of each such series and each such Tranche, as the case may be, determined without regard
to this clause) shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor;
(e)
in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities
of any series or Tranche have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, the principal amount
of Original Issue Discount Securities that shall be deemed to be outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502
;
(f)
in the case of any Security the principal of which is payable from time to time
without presentment or surrender, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding at any time for all purposes of this Indenture shall be the original principal amount
thereof less the aggregate amount of principal thereof theretofore paid; and
(g)
the principal amount of any Security which is denominated in a currency other than
Dollars or in a composite currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be the amount of Dollars that could have been purchased by the principal amount (or, in the case
of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent on the date determined as set forth
below of the amount determined as provided in (x) above) of such currency or composite currency
evidenced by such Security, in each such case certified to the Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate
based (i) on the average of the mean of the buying and selling spot rates quoted by three banks
preceding any such determination or (ii) if on such fifteenth Business Day it is not possible or
practicable to obtain such quotations from such three banks, on such other quotations or alternative
methods of determination that shall be as consistent as practicable with the method set forth in (i)
above.
“
Paying Agent
” means any Person, including the Company, authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“
Periodic Offering
” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time any or all of 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 Company or its agents from time to time subsequent to the initial request for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee, all as contemplated in
Section 301
(2) of
Section 303
.
“
Person
” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
“
Place of Payment
”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof,
means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities
of that series or Tranche are payable as specified as contemplated by
Section 301
.
“
Predecessor Security
” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or
a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security, and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 306
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“
Redemption Date
”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to
Section 301
“
Redemption Price
”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture, exclusive of accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
“
Registered Security
” means any Security issued hereunder and registered by the Security Registrar
or any recorded interest in a Global Security issued hereunder.
“
Regular Record Date
” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of
any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by
Section 301
.
“
Repayment Date
”, when used with respect to any Security of any series to be repaid or
repurchased, means the date, if any, fixed for such repayment or for such repurchase (whether at the option
of the Holders or otherwise) pursuant to
Section 301
“
Repayment Price
”, when used with respect to any Security of any series to be repaid, means the
price, if any, at which it is to be repaid pursuant to
Section 301
.
“
Responsible Officer
”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer or authorized
representative of the Trustee within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for
the administration of this Indenture and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer of the
Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“
Security
” or “
Securities
” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Security or Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
“
Security Register
” and “
Security Registrar
” have the respective meanings specified in
Section
305
.
“
Senior Securities
” means Securities other than Subordinated Securities.
“
series
” or “
series of Securities
” means a series of Securities issued under this Indenture as
determined by Board Resolution or as otherwise determined under this Indenture, and except as otherwise
provided in
Section 608
.
“
Special Record Date
” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to
Section 307
.
“
Stated Maturity
”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof
or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of
such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“
Subordinated Securities
” means Securities that by the terms established pursuant to Subsection
301(10) are subordinate to any specified debt of the Company.
“
Subsidiary
” means (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than
50% of the outstanding total voting stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries or (ii) any partnership the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or the only general partners of which are the Company or of one
or more Subsidiaries of the Company (or any combination thereof). For the purposes of this definition,
“voting stock” means, in the case of a corporation, stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election
of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of capital stock has such voting power
by reason of any contingency, in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited),
and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and
losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“
Tranche
” means a group of Securities which (a) are of the same series and (b) have identical terms
except as to principal amount or date of issuance.
“
Trustee
” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a
successor Trustee shall have been appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is
then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“
Trust Indenture Act
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this
instrument was executed, except as provided in
Section 905
.
“
U.S. Government Obligations
” means (a) direct obligations of the United States for the payment
of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States and the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
by the United States and (b) certificates, depositary receipts or other instruments which evidence a direct
ownership interest in obligations described in clause (a) above or in any specific interest or principal
payments due in respect thereof; provided, however, that the custodian of such obligations or specific
interest or principal payments shall be a bank or trust company (which may include the Trustee or any
Paying Agent) subject to federal or state supervision or examination with a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000; and
provided
,
further
, that except as may be otherwise required by law, such
custodian shall be obligated to pay to the holders of such certificates, depositary receipts or other
instruments the full amount received by such custodian in respect of such obligations or specific payments
and shall not be permitted to make any deduction therefrom.
“
U.S. Person
” means a citizen, national or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or
any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust whose income from sources without the United States
is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection
with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
“
Unregistered Security
” means any Security issued hereunder which is not a Registered Security.
“
Vice President
”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president,
whether or not 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, calculated by the Company at the time of issuance
of a series of Securities or, if applicable, at the most recent determination of interest on such series in
accordance with accepted financial practice.
Section 102.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Indenture upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, 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, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to
which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to
Section 704(4))
1.
a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
2.
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
3.
a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
4.
a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
Section 103.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are
required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified
or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some
matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the
Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel. Any such
Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such
factual matters is in the possession of the Company.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104.
Acts of Holders.
(a)
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act”
of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument
or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of Unregistered
Securities, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 601
)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b)
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public
or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of
any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be
proved in any other manner acceptable to the Trustee.
(c)
The amount of Unregistered Securities held by any Person executing any such
instrument or writings as the Holder thereof, and the numbers of such Unregistered Securities, and
the date of his holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Unregistered Securities
or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or member of a
national securities exchange (wherever situated), if such certificate is in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such
depositary, or exhibited to it, the Unregistered Securities therein described; or such facts may be
proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person executing such instrument or writing as the
Holder thereof, if such certificate or affidavit is in form satisfactory to the Trustee. The Trustee and
the Company may assume that such ownership of any Unregistered Securities continues until (1)
another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Unregistered Securities is
produced, or (2) such Unregistered Securities are produced by some other Person, or (3) such
Unregistered Securities are registered as to principal or are surrendered in exchange for
Unregistered Securities, or (4) such Unregistered Securities are no longer Outstanding.
(d)
The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing and the amount
and number of Unregistered Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing
may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in
any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.
(e)
The principal amount (except as otherwise contemplated in clause (x) of the
proviso to the definition of “Outstanding”) and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person,
and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(f)
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the
Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or
in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(g)
The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of
Holders of any Securities of any series entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent
authorized or permitted by
Section 512
513
. Such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior
to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders of such
Securities furnished to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 701
(h)
If the Company solicits from Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, fix in advance a
record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.
If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the
close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining
whether Holders of the requisite proportion of the Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed
or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of the record date.
Section 105.
Notices, Etc to Trustee and Company
. Except as otherwise provided herein, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
1.
the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, Attention: Core Molding Technologies, Inc. Account Manager, or
2.
the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee
by the Company.
Section 106.
Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where
this Indenture provides for notice of any event or reports to Holders, such notice or report shall be
sufficiently given if in writing and mailed, first- class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered
Securities affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register and to
addresses filed with the Trustee or preserved on the Trustee’s list pursuant to
Section 702(a)
Holders (and to such other addressees as may be required in the case of such notice or report under
Section
313(c)
prescribed for the giving of such notice or report.
In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor
any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by
the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall
not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107.
Conflict With Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of subsection (c) of
Section 318
the imposed duties shall control.
Section 108.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
. The Article and Section headings herein
and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109.
Successors and Assigns
. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the
Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110.
Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities is
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111.
Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto (including any Paying Agent appointed
pursuant to
Section 1002
Section 614
provided herein) and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112.
Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
principles thereof.
Section 113.
Waiver of Jury Trial.
THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY
AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 114.
Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date,
Repayment Date or Stated Maturity of any Security is not a Business Day at any Place of Payment or the
city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, then (notwithstanding any other provision
of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, or in the Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate that establishes the terms of such Securities or
Tranche, that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if
made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, Repayment Date, or at the Stated Maturity,
provided
Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 115.
Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action
by or at a meeting of Holders of one or more series. The Paying Agent or Security Registrar may make
reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 116.
No Recourse Against Others.
No past, present or future director, officer,
stockholder or employee, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall have any liability for
any obligation of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect
of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the execution of this
Indenture and the issue of the Securities.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201.
Forms Generally
. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form
as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. When the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section
303
If required or appropriate under applicable law, Unregistered Securities must have the following
statement on their face: “Any United States person who holds this obligation will be subject to limitations
under the United States income tax laws, including the limitations provided in Sections 165(j) and 1287(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code”. If required or appropriate under applicable law, Unregistered Securities and
their coupons must have the following statement on their face: “By accepting this obligation, the Holder
represents and warrants that it is not a U.S. Person (other than an exempt recipient described in section
6049(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder) and that it is not acting for or on
behalf of a U.S. Person (other than an exempt recipient described in section 6049(b)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder).”
The definitive Securities shall be produced in such manner or combination of manners, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 202.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein, referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
[________________________]
as Trustee
By
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 301.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of
Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There may be Registered Securities and
Unregistered Securities within a series. Registered and Unregistered Securities may be in temporary or
permanent global form. Unregistered Securities may be issued only to Holders or in markets outside of the
United States. Unregistered Securities may be subject to such restrictions, and contain such legends, as may
be required by United States laws and regulations. Subject to the last paragraph of this Section, there shall
be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
1.
the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the
series from all other Securities);
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 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305
pursuant to
Section 303
, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
3.
the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at
which the securities will be issued and the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if
any) of the Securities of the series, or any Tranche thereof, is payable;
4.
the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, is payable or any formula or other method or other means by which such date or
dates shall be determined, by reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of
this Indenture or otherwise (without regard to any provisions for redemption, prepayment,
acceleration, purchase or extension);
5.
the rate or rates at which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, shall
bear interest, if any (including the rate or rates at which overdue principal shall bear interest, if
different from the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest prior to Maturity, and, if
applicable, the rate or rates at which overdue premium or interest shall bear interest, if any), or any
formula or other method or other means by which such rate or rates shall be determined, by
reference to an index or other fact or event ascertainable outside of this Indenture or otherwise; the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue; the Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on such
Securities on any Interest Payment Date; the right of the Company, if any, to extend the interest
payment periods and the duration of any such extension as contemplated by
Section 312
; and the
basis of computation of interest, if other than as provided in
Section 310
;
6.
the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
on Securities of the series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, any Registered Securities of
the series, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the
series, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for exchange, and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series, or any Tranche thereof, and this
Indenture may be served and notices to Holders pursuant to
Section 10
6 will be published; the
Security Registrar and any Paying Agent or Agents for such series or Tranche; and if such is the
case, that the principal of such Securities shall be payable without presentment or surrender thereof;
7.
if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series, or any Tranche thereof, may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
8.
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series,
or any Tranche thereof, pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
9.
the obligation, if any, of the Company to offer to repay or repurchase Securities of
the series, or any Tranche thereof, in circumstances described therein, and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series, or any Tranche thereof, shall be repaid or repurchased, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Holders;
10.
the terms, if any, on which the Securities of such series will be subordinate in right
and priority of payment to other debt of the Company;
11.
the right, if any, of the Company to execute and deliver to the Trustee, and to direct
the Trustee to authenticate and deliver in accordance with a Company Order, a Security of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, cancelled upon redemption or repayment;
12.
the denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series, or any Tranche
thereof, shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;
13.
if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series, or any Tranche thereof, that shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502
;
14.
whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities,
Unregistered Securities, or both, whether Securities of the series are to be issuable with or without
coupons, whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form
(and, if so, the identity of the depositary for such Securities) and the circumstances under which
such Securities in temporary global form may be exchanged for definitive Securities, and whether
any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form (and, if so, the identity of
the depositary for such Securities) with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners
of interests in any such permanent Global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of
such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under
which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section 311
;
15.
whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts on
the Securities of that series held by a person who is not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes or similar
charges withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Securities rather than pay such additional amounts;
16.
the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series, or any Tranche
thereof, shall be payable (if other than the currency of the United States of America) and the formula
or other method or other means by which the equivalent of any such amount in Dollars is to be
determined for any purpose, including for the purpose of determining the principal amount of such
Securities deemed to be Outstanding at any time;
17.
if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof,
in a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or
periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
18.
if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of such
series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be payable, or are to be payable at the election of the Company
or a Holder thereof, in securities or other property, the type and amount of such securities or other
property, or the formula or other method or other means by which such amount shall be determined,
and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, any such election
may be made;
19.
if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or other fact or event
ascertainable outside of this Indenture, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined to
the extent not established pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section;
20.
the form or forms of the Securities, including such legends as may be required by
United States laws or regulations, the form of any coupons or temporary Global Security, if any,
which may be issued and the forms of any certificates which may be required hereunder or under
United States laws or regulations in connection with the offering, sale, delivery or exchange of
Unregistered Securities, if any;
21.
the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series, or any
Tranche thereof, shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, and the manner in which, or
the Person to whom, any interest on any Unregistered Security of the series, or any Tranche thereof,
shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest
payable on a temporary or permanent Global Security on an interest payment date will be paid;
22.
any Events of Default, in addition to those specified in
Section 501
, with respect to
the Securities of such series, and any covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of
the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, in addition to those set forth in
Article X
;
23.
the terms, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of such series, or any Tranche
thereof, may be converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock or other securities of the
Company or any other Person;
24.
the obligations or instruments, if any, that shall be considered to be Eligible
Obligations in respect of the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, denominated in a
currency other than Dollars or in a composite currency, and any additional or alternative provisions
for the reinstatement of the Company’s indebtedness in respect of such Securities after the
satisfaction and discharge thereof as provided in
Section 401
;
25.
any exceptions to
Section 113
, or variation in the definition of Business Day, with
respect to the Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof;
26.
any collateral security, assurance or guarantee for the Securities of such series;
27.
the non-applicability of
Section 608
or modifications of
Section 608
28.
any rights or duties of another Person to assume the obligations of the Company with
respect to the Securities of such series (whether as joint obligor, primary obligor, secondary obligor
or substitute obligor) and any rights or duties to discharge and release any obligor with respect to
the Securities of such series or this Indenture to the extent related to such series;
29.
if a service charge will be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series, or any Tranche thereof, the amount or terms thereof; and
30.
any other terms, conditions and rights of the series (which terms, conditions and
rights shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section
901(5))
.
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Unregistered Securities of such
series shall be substantially identical except in the case of Registered Securities as to denomination and
except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officer’s
Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto and as reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Securities of different series may differ in any respect.
If the terms and form or forms of any series of Securities are established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, the Company shall deliver a copy of such Board Resolution to the Trustee at or prior to the
issuance of such series; provided that if such Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers to
approve the terms or form or forms of the Securities, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the
terms and form or forms of Security. Such Board Resolution or certificate may provide general terms or
parameters for Securities of any series and may provide that the specific terms of particular Securities of a
series may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to the Company Order referred to in
Section 30
3
hereof.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the indenture supplemental
hereto or the Board Resolution that establishes such series, or the Officer’s Certificate pursuant to such
supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, as the case may be, may provide general terms or parameters
for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of Securities of such series, or any
Tranche thereof, shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the
Company or its agents in accordance with procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by
the third paragraph of
Section 303
.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
Section, any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities may be increased without
the consent of any Holders and additional Securities of such series may be authenticated and delivered up
to the limit upon the aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such series as so increased.
Section 302.
Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered or
unregistered form with or without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 301
. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Registered Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof and the Unregistered Securities of the series shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000 and any
integral multiple thereof.
Section 303.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed
on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, its President, its
Senior Vice President, Finance, or its Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
may be manual or facsimile. The coupons, if any, of Unregistered Securities shall bear the manual or
facsimile signature of any one of the officers or assistant officers referred to in the first sentence of this
Section.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have
ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such
offices at the date of such Securities.
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in
the principal amount provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors, supplemental indenture or Officer’s
Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. The Company Order may provide that the
Securities that are the subject thereof shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the written
order of Persons designated in the Company Order, and that such Persons are authorized to specify the
terms and conditions of such Securities, to the extent permitted by the Board Resolutions, Officers’
Certificate and/or supplemental indenture (if any) relating thereto.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 601
) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a)
that such form of Securities has been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture;
(b)
that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(c)
that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued
by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel,
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and each Unregistered
Security shall be dated the date of its original issuance.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature and no coupon shall be valid until the
Security to which it appertains has been so authenticated, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Company has delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the
Trustee and the Security Registrar stating that, as a result of the action described, the Company would not
suffer adverse consequences under the provisions of United States law or regulations in effect at the time
of the delivery of Unregistered Securities, the Trustee or the Security Registrar will (i) deliver Unregistered
Securities only outside the United States and its possessions and (ii) release Unregistered Securities in
definitive form to the person entitled to physical delivery thereof only upon presentation of a certificate in
the form prescribed by the Company.
Section 304.
Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities
of any series (including Global Securities), the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Registered Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Every temporary Registered Security shall
be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, and registered by the Security Registrar,
upon the same conditions, and with like effect, as a definitive Registered Security.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Registered
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Registered Securities of such series, the temporary Registered Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Registered Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Registered
Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Registered
Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Registered Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Registered Securities of any series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Registered Securities of such
series.
Until definitive Unregistered Securities of any series (including Global Securities) are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate one or more temporary
Unregistered Securities, which may have coupons attached or which may be in the form of one or more
temporary Global Unregistered Securities of that series without coupons. The temporary Unregistered
Security or Securities of any series shall be substantially in the form approved by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution and shall be delivered to one of the Paying Agents located outside the United States and its
possessions or to such other person or persons as the Company shall direct against such certification as the
Company may from time to time prescribe by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. The temporary
Unregistered Security or Securities of a series shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the
Trustee upon the same conditions, and with like effect, as a definitive Unregistered Security of such series,
except as provided herein or in the Board Resolution or supplemental Indenture relating thereto. A
temporary Unregistered Security or Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Unregistered Securities
at the time and on the conditions, if any, specified in the temporary Security.
Upon any exchange of a part of a temporary Unregistered Security of a series for definitive
Unregistered Securities of such series, the temporary Unregistered Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee
or Paying Agent to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the definitive Unregistered Securities of such series so exchanged and endorsed.
Section 305.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause
to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and
in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively
referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is
hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities
as herein provided.
Except in the case of Securities issued in the form of a Global Security, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
If both Registered and Unregistered Securities are authorized for a series of Securities and the terms
of such Securities permit, (i) Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for an equal principal amount of
Registered or Unregistered Securities of the same series and date of maturity in any authorized
denominations upon delivery to the Security Registrar (or a Paying Agent (as herein defined), if the
exchange is for Unregistered Securities) of the Unregistered Security with all unmatured coupons and all
matured coupons in default appertaining thereto and if all other requirements of the Security Registrar (or
such Paying Agent) and such Securities for such exchange are met, and (ii) Registered Securities, other
than Securities issued in the form of a Global Security (except as provided in
Section 311
), may be
exchanged for an equal principal amount of Unregistered Securities of the same series and date of maturity
in any authorized denominations (except that any coupons appertaining to such Unregistered Securities
which have matured and have been paid shall be detached) upon delivery to the Security Registrar of the
Registered Securities and if all other requirements of the Security Registrar and such Securities for such
exchange are met.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Unregistered Securities for Registered Securities
or Registered Securities for Unregistered Securities will be subject to the satisfaction of the provisions of
United States law and regulations in effect at the time of such exchange, and no exchange of Registered
Securities for Unregistered Securities will be made until the Company has notified the Trustee in an
Officer’s Certificate and the Security Registrar that, as a result of such exchange, the Company would not
suffer adverse consequences under such law or regulations.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so
required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or in an indenture supplemental hereto, with respect to Securities of any series, or any Tranche
thereof, no service charge shall be made to the Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to
Section 304, 906
1106
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of
any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under
Section 1103
the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security
so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being
redeemed in part. Unregistered Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto shall be transferable by
delivery thereof.
Section 306.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a
Security with a mutilated coupon or coupons appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a replacement Registered
Security, if such surrendered security was a Registered Security, or a replacement Unregistered Security
with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the surrendered Security, if such surrendered
Security was an Unregistered Security, of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security or any coupon or coupons appertaining thereto, and (ii) such bond,
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them
harmless, then, in the absence of actual notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or any
coupon or coupons appertaining thereto has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall
execute and upon a Company Order request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a replacement
Registered Security, if such Holder’s claim pertains to a Registered Security, or a replacement Unregistered
Security with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the destroyed, lost or stolen
Unregistered Security or the Unregistered Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon or
coupons appertains, if such Holder’s claim pertains to an Unregistered Security, of the same series and of
like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or any coupon or coupons appertaining
thereto has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of
issuing a new Security, pay such Security or any coupon or coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section or any coupon or coupons appertaining
thereto, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security or any coupon or coupons appertaining thereto of any series issued pursuant to
this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or any coupon or coupons appertaining thereto
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security or any coupon or coupons appertaining thereto is at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities or any coupon or coupons appertaining thereto of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights
and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities
or any coupon or coupons appertaining thereto.
Section 307.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, interest
on any Registered Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Registered Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
In case an Unregistered Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such
series after the close of business (at an office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such
series) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Unregistered Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Unregistered Security, but will be payable
only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with provisions of this Indenture.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease
to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1)
or (2) below:
1.
The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of such
series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior
to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the
Company shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and
not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Company shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at
the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be sent electronically or mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of Registered Securities of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in
the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
sent, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities
of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In
case an Unregistered Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency of the Company
in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the
close of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
such Unregistered Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date
of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect
of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Unregistered Security, but will be payable
only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
2.
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed
payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Registered Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Registered Security shall
carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Registered
Security.
Subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 1002
, the Holder of any coupon appertaining to an
Unregistered Security shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such coupon upon presentation and
surrender of such coupon on or after the Interest Payment Date of such coupon at an office or agency
maintained for such purpose pursuant to
Section 1002
.
Xxxxxxx 000.
Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 301
and
Section 307
) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Ownership of Registered Securities of a series shall be proved by the computerized book-entry
system of the Depository in the case of Registered Securities issued in the form of a Global Security.
Ownership of Unregistered Securities may be proved by the production of such Unregistered Securities or
by a certificate or affidavit executed by the person holding such Unregistered Securities or by a depository
with whom such Unregistered Securities were deposited, if the certificate or affidavit is satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Company. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company may treat the bearer
of any Unregistered Security or coupon and the person in whose name a Registered Security is registered
as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating
to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 309.
Cancellation.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301
Securities of any series, all Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not theretofore cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled
by it. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Company upon
request. The Trustee shall retain all canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures (subject
to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act). Except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by
Section 301
cancellation any Securities or coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever or that the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities
or coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Securities or coupons cancelled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture.
Section 310.
Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301
basis of a year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 311.
Global Securities; Exchanges; Registration and Registration of Transfer.
If
specified as contemplated by
Section 301
, the Securities may be issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities, which shall be deposited with the Depository, and, unless otherwise specified in the form of
Global Security adopted pursuant to
Section 301
, be registered in the name of the Depository’s nominee.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301
, any permanent Global Security
shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a permanent
Global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for Securities of such series of like tenor and
principal amount of another authorized form, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301
, then without
unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of that series in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such permanent Global Security, executed by the
Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent Global
Security shall be surrendered from time to time in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the
Depository (which instructions shall be in writing but need not comply with
Section 102
by an Opinion of Counsel) by the Depository or such other depository as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in
whole or in part, for definitive Securities of the same series without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent Global Security, a like aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the
portion of such permanent Global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are
not issuable both as Unregistered Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301
, shall be in the form of Unregistered Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination
thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that no such exchanges
may occur during the periods specified by
Section 305
; and provided, further, that no Unregistered Security
delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent Global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered
to any location in the United States unless the Company has complied with the fourth paragraph of
Section
305
. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such permanent Global Security shall be returned by
the Trustee, to the Depository or such other depository referred to above, in accordance with the instructions
of the Company referred to above.
The Global Security may be transferred to another nominee of the Depository, or to a successor
Depository selected by the Company, and upon surrender for registration of transfer of the Global Security
to the Trustee, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee, a new Global Security in the same aggregate principal amount. If at any time the
Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository and a successor
Depository satisfactory to the Company is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such
notice, the Company will execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order will authenticate and
deliver, Securities in definitive form to the Depository in exchange for the Global Security. In addition, if
at any time the Company determines that it is not in the best interest of the Company or the beneficial
owners of Securities to continue to have a Global Security representing all of the Securities held by a
Depository, the Company may, at its option, execute, and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver,
Securities in definitive form to the Depository in exchange for all or a portion of the Global Security.
Promptly after any such exchange of Securities in definitive form for all or a portion of the Global Security
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall promulgate regulations governing registration of transfers
and exchanges of Securities in definitive form, which regulations shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee and shall thereafter bind every Holder of such Securities.
Section 312.
Extension of Interest Payment.
The Company shall have the right at any time, so
long as the Company is not in default in the payment of interest on the Securities of any series hereunder,
to extend interest payment periods on all Securities of one or more series, if so specified as contemplated
by
Section 301
by
Section 301
period, the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing.
Section 313.
CUSIP Numbers and ISINs
. The Company in issuing any Series of Securities may
use “CUSIP” numbers and ISINs (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers
and ISINs in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, 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 (including a notice of redemption or exchange) and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such notice or notice of
redemption or exchange shall not be affected by any defect in or omission
of such numbers. The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP and/or ISIN or other similar
number.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
(a)
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except
as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly
provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when either
(i)
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in
Section 306
to
Section 403
) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii)
all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(1)
have become due and payable, or
(2)
will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(3)
are to be called for redemption pursuant to Article XI hereof under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by
the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or
(4)
are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to
Section 403
, as
applicable,
and the Company, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount of (a) money,
or (b) (I) Eligible Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide on or before the Stated Maturity
or Redemption Date, as the case may be, money in an amount, or (II) a combination of
money or Eligible Obligations as provided in clause (I) above, in each case sufficient, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities that have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(iii)
The Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(iv)
upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon written
request of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel complying with
Section 1.02
, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the
discharge the Company’s obligations under the Securities of such Series and this Indenture
other than the surviving obligations.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company
to the Trustee under
Section 607
, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under
Section
614
of clause (1) of this Section or if money or Eligible Obligations shall have been deposited with or received
by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 403
, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 402
paragraph of
Section 1003
(b)
Upon satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in this
Section 401
,
the Trustee shall assign, transfer and turn over to the Company, subject to the lien provided by
Section 607
, any and all money, securities and other property then held by the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities other than money and Eligible Obligations held by the
Trustee pursuant to
Section 402
.
Section 402.
Application of Trust Money.
(a)
Neither the Eligible Obligations nor the money deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to
Section 403(e)
, nor the principal or interest payments on any such Eligible Obligations, shall be
withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for, the payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities or portions of principal
amount thereof in respect of which such deposit was made, all subject, however, to the provisions
of
Section 1003
; provided, however, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing
an Event of Default, any cash received from such principal or interest payments on such Eligible
Obligations deposited with the Trustee, if not then needed for such purpose, shall, to the extent
practicable, be invested at the written direction of the Company in Eligible Obligations of the type
described in
Section 403(e)(2)(A)
to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, due and to become due
on such Securities or portions thereof on and prior to the Maturity thereof, and interest earned from
such reinvestment shall be paid over to the Company as received by the Trustee, free and clear of
any trust, lien or pledge under this Indenture except the lien provided by
Section 607
; and provided,
further, that, so long as there shall not have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, any
moneys held by the Trustee in accordance with this Section on the Maturity of all such Securities
in excess of the amount required to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any,
then due on such Securities shall be paid over to the Company free and clear of any trust, lien or
pledge under this Indenture except the lien provided by
Section 607
.
(b)
The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against Eligible Obligations deposited pursuant to
Section
401, 403
or
payable by or on behalf of Holders.
Section 403.
Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of Any Series.
The Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities of
any series or Tranche, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in subparagraph (e) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such
Outstanding Securities of such series, shall be satisfied and discharged and shall no longer be in effect (and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall at Company Request execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except as to:
(a)
the rights of Holders of Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust
funds described in subparagraph (e) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Outstanding
Securities of such series, or portions thereof, on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment
of principal or interest or to and including the Redemption Date irrevocably designated by the
Company pursuant to subparagraph (k) hereof and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund
payments applicable to the Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such series;
(b)
the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to such Securities of
such series under
Sections 304, 305, 306, 614, 1002, 1003
1203
have irrevocably designated a Redemption Date pursuant to subparagraph (k) hereof,
Sections 1104
and
1106
; and
(c)
the Company’s obligations with respect to the Trustee under
Section 607
; provided
that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(d)
the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as
provided in
Section 402
) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, (i) money in
an amount, or (ii) (A) Eligible Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide on or before the due date of any payment
referred to in clause (x) or (y) of this subparagraph (e) money in an amount or (B) a combination
thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge (x) the principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment
of principal or interest or to and including the Redemption Date irrevocably designated by the
Company pursuant to subparagraph (k) hereof and (y) any mandatory sinking fund payments
applicable to the Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series;
(e)
such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound;
(f)
such provision would not cause any Outstanding Securities of such series then
listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other securities exchange to be delisted as a result
thereof;
(g)
no Event of Default or event that with notice or lapse of time would become an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing on the
date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(h)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by,
the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) there has been a change in law or regulation occurring
after the date hereof, to the effect that 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;
(i)
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section have been complied with; and
(j)
if the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited money or Eligible
Obligations to pay or discharge the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Outstanding Securities of a series to and including a Redemption Date pursuant to subparagraph
(e) hereof, such Redemption Date shall be irrevocably designated by a Board Resolution delivered
to the Trustee on or prior to the date of deposit of such money or Eligible Obligations, and such
Board Resolution shall be accompanied by an irrevocable Company Request that the Trustee give
notice of such redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to such Redemption Date in accordance with
Section 1104
.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
Section 501.
Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to
Securities of any series, means any one of the following events:
1.
default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; provided,
however, that a valid extension of the interest payment period by the Company as contemplated in
Section 312
2.
default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of
that series at its Maturity; or
3.
default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of
a Security of that series; or
4.
default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach
is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than that series), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
5.
the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal
or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any
applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or
6.
the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any
other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of
a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state
law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession
by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such
action; or
7.
any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of such series as
contemplated by
Sections 301
901(3)
.
Section 502.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with
respect to any series or Tranche of Senior Securities at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then,
unless the principal of and interest on such series or Tranche of Senior Securities has already become due
and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series or
Tranche of Senior Securities then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if
given by such Holders), may declare the principal of and interest on all the Senior Securities of such series
or Tranche (or if any of the Senior Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities,
such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) to be due
and payable immediately and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and
payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Senior Securities of such series or Tranche contained to the
contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
with respect to more than one series or Tranche of Senior Securities, the Trustee or the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Securities (or if any of the Senior Securities are
Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all such series or Tranches (voting as one class) may
make such declaration of acceleration, and not the Holders of the Senior Securities of any one of such series
or Tranches.
If an Event of Default with respect to any series or Tranche of Subordinated Securities at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, unless the principal of and interest on such series or Tranche of
Subordinated Securities has already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Securities of such series or Tranche then outstanding,
by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Holders), may declare the principal
of and interest on all the Subordinated Securities of such series or Tranche (or if any of the Subordinated
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount
of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately and upon
any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in
the Subordinated Securities of such series contained to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however,
that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to more than one series or Tranche
of Subordinated Securities, the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Subordinated Securities (or if any of the Subordinated Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified
in the terms thereof) of all such series or Tranche (voting as one class) may make such declaration of
acceleration, and not the Holders of the Subordinated Securities of any one of such series or Tranches.
In the case of any declaration of acceleration of the Stated Maturity of any Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed Securities of a series, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s
Certificate stating the amount of principal to be paid to a Holder of $1,000 principal amount of such
Securities.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article provided, the Event or Events of Default giving rise to such declaration of
acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such declaration and its
consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if
(i)
the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay
(1)
all overdue interest on all Securities of any such series,
(2)
the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of such
series that have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(3)
overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(4)
all amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 607
; and
all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the
principal of Securities of that series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in
Section 513
.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 503.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
If an Event of
Default described in clause (1) or (2) of
Section 501
upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the series with
respect to which such Event of Default has occurred, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any
overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 607
.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so
due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed
to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon
such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee
may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee deems most effectual to protect and
enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture
or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership,
insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company
or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
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 on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest)
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i)
to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 607
the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii)
to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable
on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, if the
Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount
due it under
Section 607
.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of
the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 505.
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.
All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced
by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of
the amounts due to the Trustee under
Section 607
, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506.
Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee, and, in case of
the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon
presentation of the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money shall have been
collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607
;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due
and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date (with respect to Registered Securities) and payment date for any such
payment to Holders of Securities.
Section 507.
Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right
to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
1.
such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
2.
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series of Senior Securities in respect of which an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, considered as one class, shall have made written request to the Trustee
to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder if
such holder is a Holder of Senior Securities or the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series of Subordinated Securities in respect of
which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, considered as one class, shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder if such Holder is a Holder of Subordinated Securities;
3.
such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity against the reasonable
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
4.
the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
5.
no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series;
it being understood and intended that (subject to
Section 508
) no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 508.
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which
is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 307
) interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date, or, in the case of repayment at the option
of the Holder, on the Repayment Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and
such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted
any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such
Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the
Trustee and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and such Holder shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section
306
, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any
Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section 512.
Control by Holders.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
in respect of a series of Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series or Tranche; provided, however, that if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to more than one series of Senior Securities, the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series, considered as
one class, shall have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Senior Securities of any
one of such series, and if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to more than one
series of Subordinated Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all such series,
considered as one class, shall have the right to make such direction, and not the Holders of the Subordinated
Securities of any one of such series; provided, further that
1.
such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and
2.
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513.
Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences;
provided that if any such past default has occurred with respect to more than one series of Senior Securities,
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such series,
considered as one class, may make such waiver, and not the Holders of any one of such series; provided
further that if any such past default has occurred with respect to more than one series of Subordinated
Securities, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all such
series, considered as one class, may make such waiver, and not the Holders of any one of such series, in
each case except a default
1.
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Security of such series, or
2.
in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under
Section 902
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series
affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom
shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514.
Undertaking for 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, 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
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit
instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series in respect of which such suit may be brought,
considered as one class, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, or,
in the case of repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Repayment Date).
Section 515.
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
. The Company covenants (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter
in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and
covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee,
but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a)
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
any series,
(i)
the Trustee undertakes to perform, with respect to Securities of such series,
such duties and only such duties 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 its part, the Trustee may, with respect to
Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or
(iii)
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)
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise, with respect to Securities of such series, 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.
(c)
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
(i)
this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of sub-section (a)
of this Section;
(ii)
the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith
by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii)
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 of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any one or more series, as
provided herein, 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 with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(iv)
no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it has reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d)
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602.
Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall send electronically or by mail to all Holders of
Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 704(3
) (and, if Unregistered
Securities of that series are outstanding, shall cause to be published at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in The City of New York and, if Securities of that series are listed on any stock exchange outside
of the United States, in the city in which such stock exchange is located) notice of such default hereunder
known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except
in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such
series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as it in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series. For the
purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603.
Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of
Section 601
applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
:
(a)
the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party
or parties;
(b)
any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, or as otherwise expressly provided herein,
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c)
whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate or a certificate of an officer or officers delivered
pursuant to
Section 301
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;
(d)
the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e)
the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory
to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(f)
the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall (subject to applicable legal requirements) be entitled to examine,
during normal business hours, the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by
agent or attorney;
(g)
in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive
or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit)
irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and
regardless of the form of action;
(h)
the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee had actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice
of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and the Indenture;
(i)
the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable
by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person
employed to act hereunder;
(j)
the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder; no Depository or Paying Agent shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee
and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any of them.
(k)
the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as
duties;
(l)
the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting
forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture; and
(m)
the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
Section 604.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained
herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their
correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of
the Securities of any series or any coupons. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee
shall not be responsible for and makes no representations as to the Company’s ability or authority to issue
the Unregistered Securities or the lawfulness thereof.
Section 605.
May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608
613
, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating
Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606.
Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee or by any Paying Agent (other
than the Company if the Company shall act as Paying Agent) in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be
liable for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as expressly provided herein or otherwise
agreed with the Company.
Section 607.
Compensation and Reimbursement.
1.
to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard
to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
2.
except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee
in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may be attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
3.
to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense reasonably incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder or
performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee
shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the
Trustee as such. The obligation of the Company under this Section shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture.
When the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services
after an Event of Default with respect to the Company occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the
services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws.
Section 608.
Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or acquires any
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of any
series, it shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or resign to the extent, in the manner and with the
effect, and subject to the conditions, provided in the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For purposes
of
Section 310(b)(1)
capacity as trustee in respect of the equally ranked and unsecured Securities of any series, shall not be
deemed to have a conflicting interest arising from its capacity as trustee in respect of the equally ranked
and unsecured Securities of any other series under this Indenture or any securities issued under the Indenture
dated as of [ ] between the Company and the Trustee [specifically describe other outstanding indentures
with the Trustee].
Section 609.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder that shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (or such other Person as may be permitted to act as
Trustee by the Commission), authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state authority and qualified and eligible under this Article, provided that, neither the Company nor any
Affiliate of the Company may serve as
Trustee of any Securities. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined 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. If at any time the Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a)
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 611
.
(b)
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more
series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a
successor Trustee required by
Section 611
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series.
(c)
The Company may at any time by a Board Resolution remove the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any or all series.
(d)
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series
by Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(e)
If at any time:
(i)
the Trustee fails to comply with
Section 608
of any series, after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months, or
(ii)
the Trustee ceases to be eligible under
Section 609
written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(iii)
the Trustee becomes incapable of acting or becomes adjudged a bankrupt
or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property is appointed or any public officer
takes charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
(iv)
then, in any such case, subject to
Section 514
, any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or
Trustees.
(f)
If the Trustee resigns, is removed or becomes incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that
at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series)
and shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section 611
. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series is appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 611
, become the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor
Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series has been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by
Section 611
, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, subject to
Section 514
, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(g)
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section
704(3)
on any stock exchange outside of the United States, in the city in which such stock exchange is
located. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
(h)
All provisions of this Section except subparagraph (d) and
Section 611(b)
for the last clause, after omitting the words “after deducting all amounts owed to the retiring Trustee
pursuant to
Section 607
,” which shall apply) shall apply also to any Paying Agent located outside
the United States and its possessions.
Section 611.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a)
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of all series, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in
Section 607
.
(b)
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which
the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall
add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood
that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees 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; and upon the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, after
deducting all amounts owed to the retiring Trustee pursuant to
Section 607
, all property and money
held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c)
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and
all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d)
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 612.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation
into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible
under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then
in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. In case any Securities shall not have been authenticated by
such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities, in either
its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides
for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.
Section 613.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply
with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
Section 614.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities
remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may include any
Person that owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock of the Trustee or a corporation that is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trustee or of such other Person) with respect to one or more series of
Securities, or any Tranche thereof, that shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series or Tranche issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of transfer or
partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section 306
, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee hereunder. The Trustee shall send written notice of such appointment electronically or by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series or Tranche with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent will serve, and which are entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 704(3)
if any Unregistered Securities are outstanding, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized
Newspaper in The City of New York and, if any Unregistered Securities are listed on any stock exchange
outside of the United States, in the city in which such stock exchange is located. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf
of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the
Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and
shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $1,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for
the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at
any time an Authenticating Agent ceases to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign with respect to one or more series of Securities at any time
by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent with respect to one or more series of Securities by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent ceases to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent that is acceptable to the Company and shall provide notice of such appointment to all
Holders of Securities of the series or Tranche with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve,
as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating
Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. An Authenticating Agent
appointed pursuant to this Section shall be entitled to rely on
Sections 111, 308, 604
605
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to the Securities of one or more series, or any Tranche thereof, is
made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series or Tranche may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated pursuant to and issued under the within-
mentioned Indenture.
[________________] As Trustee
By
As Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Trustee
By
Authorized Officer of Authenticating Agent
Dated:
If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does
not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment
where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the
Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with
Section 102
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint, in accordance with this Section and in
accordance with such procedures as shall be acceptable to the Trustee, an Authenticating Agent (which, if
so requested by the Company, may be an Affiliate of the Company) having an office in a Place of Payment
designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701.
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a)
semi-annually, not later than the 15th day after each Regular Record Date for each
series of Registered Securities at the time Outstanding or on June 30 and December 31 of each year
with respect to each series of Securities for which there are no Regular Record Dates, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the information in the possession or
control of the Company, or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of Registered Securities of such series, including Holders of interests in
Global Securities, as of such preceding Regular Record Date or on June 15 or December 15, as the
case may be, or, in the case of a series of non-interest bearing Securities, on a date to be determined
as contemplated pursuant to
Section 301
, and
(b)
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished.
Section 702.
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a)
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the
names and addresses of Holders of Registered Securities contained in the most recent list furnished
to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701
Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar or Paying Agent. The Trustee
may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701
furnished.
(b)
If three or more Holders (herein 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 with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication that 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 such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by
the Trustee in accordance with
Section 702(a)
, or
(ii)
inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose
names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with
Section 702(a
), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders
the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee elects not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon
the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with
Section 702(a)
proxy or other communication that is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender
to the Trustee by the applicants 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 interest
of the Holders 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, enters 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 finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing,
that all the objections so sustained have been met and enters an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail
copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the
renewal of such tender by such applicants; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty
to such applicants respecting their application.
(c)
Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either
of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the
names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Section 702(b)
, 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
Section 702(b)
.
Section 703.
Reports by Trustee
. At any time Securities are outstanding, (a) within 60 days after
May 15 of each year commencing with the year 2012, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Registered Securities of any series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and to all
other Holders who are entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 704(3), a brief report dated as of such
May 15 with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months
(but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):
1.
any change to its eligibility under
Section 609
Section
608
;
2.
the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in paragraphs (1)
through (10) of
Section 310(b
) of the Trust Indenture Act;
3.
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 such series or any related coupons, 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 one-half of
1% of the principal amount of the Securities of such series Outstanding on the date of such report;
4.
the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the
Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) 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 an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner
described in paragraphs (2), (3), (4) or (6) of
Section 311(b)
5.
any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the
Trustee as such on the date of such report;
6.
any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and
7.
any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it
has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Securities of such series,
except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in
accordance with
Section 602
.
(b)
The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Registered Securities of any
series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and to all Holders who are
entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 704(3)
, 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 subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the
date of execution of this instrument) 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, 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 the Securities of such series
Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.
(c)
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be
filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the
Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing when any
Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704.
Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
1.
file with the Trustee, within 45 days after the Company 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) that the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if
the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said
Sections, then it shall 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 that may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
2.
file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to
compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
3.
transmit electronically or by mail to all Holders of Registered Securities, as their
names and addresses appear in the Security Register, to such Holders of Unregistered Securities as
have, within the two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the
Trustee for that purpose and to each Holder whose name and address is then preserved on the
Trustee’s list pursuant to the first sentence of
Section 702(a)
, within 30 days after the filing thereof
with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee hereunder is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such does not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers’ Certificates or certificates delivered pursuant to
Section 1006
).
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
Section 801.
Company May Consolidate, Etc Only on Certain Terms.
consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any Person, unless:
1.
the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged
or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume,
by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, on all the Outstanding Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
2.
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event
that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred
and be continuing;
3.
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been met.
Section 802.
Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger or any
conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company in
accordance with
Section 801
, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein and thereafter, in the case
of a conveyance, transfer or lease of properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety, such
conveyance, transfer or lease shall have the effect of releasing the Person named as the “Company” in the
first paragraph of this instrument or any successor corporation which shall theretofore have become such
in the manner prescribed in this Article from its liability as obligor and maker on any of the Securities.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any
Holders, the Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
1.
to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or
2.
to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any
series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less
than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
3.
to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities
Outstanding hereunder; or
4.
to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or
5.
to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, or to add any new
provision to this Indenture, in respect of one or more series or Tranches of Securities; provided,
however, that any such change, elimination or addition (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security
Outstanding on the date of such indenture supplemental hereto nor (ii) modify the rights of the
Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision in effect prior to the date of such
indenture supplemental hereto or (B) shall become effective only when no Security of such series
or Tranche remains Outstanding; or
6.
to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of any covenant on liens in
respect of such series of Securities or otherwise; or
7.
to establish for the issuance of and establish the form or terms and conditions of
Securities of any series or Tranche as permitted by Section 301, and to establish the form of any
certificates required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of
Securities; or
8.
to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of all, or any series
or Tranche of, certificated Securities; or
9.
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a separate
or successor Trustee or co-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 611(b)
; or
10.
to change any place or places where (a) the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, shall be payable, (b) all
or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for registration or transfer,
(c) all or any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, may be surrendered for exchange and (d)
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of all or any series of Securities, or any
Tranche thereof, and this Indenture may be served;
11.
to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, provided such action shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche in any material respect; or
12.
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any
Securities of any series or Tranche Outstanding on the date of such indenture supplemental hereto.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Trust Indenture Act as in effect at the date
of the execution and delivery of this Indenture or at any time thereafter becomes amended and
(x) if any such amendment requires one or more changes to any provisions hereof or the
inclusion herein of any additional provisions, or by operation of law is deemed to effect such changes or
incorporate such provisions by reference or otherwise, this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended
so as to conform to such amendment to the Trust Indenture Act, and the Company and the Trustee may,
without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to effect or evidence such
changes or additional provisions; or
(y) if any such amendment permits one or more changes to, or the elimination of, any
provisions hereof that, at the date hereof or at any time thereafter, are required by the Trust Indenture Act
to be contained herein (or if it is no longer required by the TIA for the Indenture to contain one or more
provisions), this Indenture shall be deemed to have been amended to effect such changes or elimination,
and the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders, enter into an indenture
supplemental hereto to evidence such amendment hereof; or
(z) if, by reason of any such amendment, it shall be no longer necessary for this Indenture to
contain one or more provisions that, at the date of the execution and delivery hereof, are required by the
Trust Indenture Act to be contained herein, the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any
Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental hereto to effect the elimination of such provisions.
Section 902.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
(a)
Except as set forth in paragraph (c) below, with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Securities of all series then
Outstanding (considered as one class), the Company, when authorized by a resolution of its 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
a Company Order), and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series or Tranche
or of the Coupons appertaining to such Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series or Tranche under this Indenture; provided, however, that if
there are Senior Securities of more than one series Outstanding hereunder and if a proposed
supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Senior Securities of one or
more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected, considered as one
class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Securities of any series have been issued
in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights
of the Holders of Senior Securities of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the
consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required.
(b)
Except as set forth in paragraph (c) below, with the consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Securities of all series then
Outstanding (considered as one class), the Company, when authorized by a resolution of its 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
a Company Order), and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series or of the
Coupons appertaining to such Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of Securities of such series or Tranche under this Indenture; provided, however, that if there are
Subordinated Securities of more than one series Outstanding hereunder and if a proposed
supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Subordinated Securities of
one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series so directly affected,
considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that if the Securities of any series
have been issued in more than one Tranche and if the proposed supplemental indenture shall
directly affect the rights of the Holders of Subordinated Securities of one or more, but less than all,
of such Tranches, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be
required.
(c)
No such supplemental indenture or waiver shall, without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(i)
change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate
of interest thereon (or the amount of any installment of interest thereon) or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the method of calculating the rate of
interest thereon, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change the coin or currency (or other property) in which,
any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, or, in the case of
repayment at the option of the Holders, on or after the Repayment Date), or modify any
provisions of this Indenture with respect to the conversion or exchange of the Securities
into Securities of another series or into any other debt or equity securities in a manner
adverse to the Holders, or
(ii)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series, or any Tranche thereof, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences provided for in this indenture, or
(iii)
modify any of the provisions of this Section,
Section 513
Section 1007
,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be
deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to
“the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 1007
, or the deletion of
this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of
Sections 611(b)
901(9).
A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture that has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of
Securities, or one or more Tranches thereof, or that modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series or Tranches with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series or Tranche.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form
of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance
thereof. A waiver by a Holder of such Holder’s rights to consent under this Section shall be deemed to be
a consent of such Holder.
Section 903.
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
. In executing, or accepting the additional
trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the
trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to Section 601
) shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such
amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation the Company, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions
hereof (including
Section 905
). The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Section 904.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article may restate this Indenture in its entirety, and, upon the execution and
delivery thereof, any such restatement shall supersede this Indenture as theretofore in effect for all purposes.
Section 905.
Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 906.
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series, or
any Tranche thereof, authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant
to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company so determines, new Securities
of any series, or any Tranche thereof, and any appertaining coupons so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed
by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of
such series or Tranche and any appertaining coupons.
Section 907.
Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment or waiver becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting
Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder
or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee
receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate
certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have consented to the amendment
or waiver. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of each series of
Securities affected by such amendment or waiver.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining
the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding
the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date
(or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment
or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders
after such record date.
After an amendment or waiver becomes effective it shall bind every Holder, unless it is of the type
described in any of clauses (1) through (3) of
Section 902(c)
. In such case, the amendment or waiver shall
bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.
Section 908.
Modification Without Supplemental Indenture.
If the terms of any particular series
of Securities have been established in a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate as contemplated by
Section 301
, and not in an indenture supplemental hereto, additions to, changes in or the elimination of any
of such terms may be effected by means of a supplemental Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate, as the
case may be, delivered to, and accepted by, the Trustee; provided, however, that such supplemental Board
Resolution or Officer’s Certificate shall not be accepted by the Trustee or otherwise be effective unless all
conditions set forth in this Indenture that would be required to be satisfied if such additions, changes or
elimination were contained in a supplemental indenture shall have been appropriately satisfied. Upon the
acceptance thereof by the Trustee, any such supplemental Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate shall
be deemed to be a “supplemental indenture” for purposes of
Sections 904
906
.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
Section 1001.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
. Subject to the following provisions,
the Company will pay to the Trustee the amounts, in such coin or currency as is at the time legal tender for
the payment of public or private debt, in the manner, at the times and for the purposes set forth herein and
in the text of the Securities for each series, and the Company hereby authorizes and directs the Trustee from
funds so paid to it to make or cause to be made payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on the Securities and coupons of each series as set forth herein and in the text of such Securities and
coupons. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities of a series, the Trustee will arrange directly with any
Paying Agents for the payment, or the Trustee will make payment, from funds furnished by the Company,
of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities and coupons of each series by
check or draft. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment may be made on the next succeeding date
that is a Business Day.
Unless otherwise provided in the Securities of a series, interest, if any, on Registered Securities of
a series shall be paid by check or draft on each Interest Payment Date for such series to the Holder thereof
at the close of business on the relevant record dates specified in the Securities of such series. The Company
may pay such interest by check or draft mailed to such Holder’s address as it appears on the register for
Securities of such series. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities of a series, principal of Registered
Securities shall be payable by check or draft and only against presentation and surrender of such Registered
Securities at the office of the Paying Agent, unless the Company shall have otherwise instructed the Trustee
in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Securities of a series, (i) interest, if any, on Unregistered
Securities shall be paid by check or draft and only against presentation and surrender of the coupons for
such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they mature and (ii) original issue discount (as defined
in Section 1273 of the Code), if any, on Unregistered Securities shall be paid by check or draft and only
against presentation and surrender of such Securities, in either case at the office of a Paying Agent located
outside of the United States and its possessions, unless the Company has otherwise instructed the Trustee
in an Officer’s Certificate. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities of a series, principal of and premium,
if any, of Unregistered Securities shall be paid by check or draft and only against presentation and surrender
of such Securities as provided in the Securities of a series. If at the time a payment of principal of and
premium, if any, or interest, if any, or original issue discount, if any, on an Unregistered Security or coupon
becomes due and the payment of the full amount so payable at the office or offices of all the Paying Agents
outside the United States and its possessions is illegal or effectively precluded because of the imposition of
exchange controls or other similar restrictions on the payment of such amount in United States currency,
then the Company may instruct the Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate to make such payments at the office
of a Paying Agent located in the United States. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not
so instruct the Trustee with respect to payment in the United States if such payment would cause such
Unregistered Security to be treated as a “registration -required obligation” under United States law and
regulations.
At the election of the Company, any payments by the Company provided for in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities may be made by electronic funds transfer.
Section 1002.
Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of
Payment for any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, an office or agency where Registered
Securities, or any Tranche thereof, of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
and a Place of Payment where (subject to
Sections 305
307
) Securities may be presented for payment
or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be served. With respect to any series of Securities issued in whole or in part
as Unregistered Securities, the Company shall maintain one or more Paying
Agents located outside the United States and its possessions and shall maintain such Paying Agents
for a period of one year after the principal of such Unregistered Securities has become due and payable.
During any period thereafter for which it is necessary in order to conform to United States tax law or
regulations, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent outside the United States and its possessions to
which the Unregistered Securities or coupons appertaining thereto may be presented for payment and will
provide the necessary funds therefor to such Paying Agent upon reasonable notice. The Security Registrar
shall keep a register with respect to each series of Securities issued in whole or in part as Registered
Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-Security Registrars
acceptable to the Trustee and one or more additional Paying Agents for each series of Securities, and the
Company may terminate the appointment of any co-Security Registrar or Paying Agent at any time upon
written notice. The term “Security Registrar” includes any co-Security Registrar. The term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional Paying Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of
any Agent not a party to this Indenture. Subject to
Section 305
, if the Company fails to maintain a Security
Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the
Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may
from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall
in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of
Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office
or agency.
In the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of a series, the Company shall, prior to any
Redemption Date or any Repayment Date applicable thereto, furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s
Certificate stating the amount of principal to be paid to a Holder of $1,000 principal amount of such
Securities.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any office or agency required by this Section may
be maintained at any office of the Company in which event the Company shall perform all functions to be
performed at such office or agency.
Section 1003.
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company at any time
acts as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any of such Securities,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums are paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company has one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or
prior to (and if on, then before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time)) each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient (in
immediately available funds, if payment is made on the due date) to pay the principal (and premium, if any)
or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof,
other than the Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall
agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
1.
hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on Securities of such series or Tranche in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums are paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
2.
give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Securities of such series or Tranche) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series or Tranche; and
3.
at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee
all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon
such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or received by the Trustee in respect
of Eligible Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 401, 403
0
7, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years (or such shorter period for the return of such
moneys to the Company under applicable abandoned property laws) after such principal (and premium, if
any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in
a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004.
Corporate Existence
. Subject to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter
and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any
such right or franchise if, in the judgment of the Company, the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company and the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche in any material respect.
Section 1005.
Defeasance of Certain Obligations
. The Company may omit to comply with its
obligations under the covenants contained in
Sections 1002, 1004
corporate existence),
1006
,
1008
Article VIII
or Tranche or any portion of the principal amount thereof (and in respect of any term, provision or condition
set forth in the covenants or restrictions specified for such Securities pursuant to
Section 301
, in any
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate establishing such Security), provided that
the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
1.
With reference to this Section, the Company has deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited (except as provided in
Section 402
) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities or portions thereof, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) if Securities of such series are not
subject to repayment at the option of Holders, (A) Eligible Obligations which through the payment
of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide not later than
one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (x) or (y) of this subparagraph (1)
money in an amount, or (B) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge (x) the principal of (and premium, if any) and
each installment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Outstanding
Securities of such series or portions thereof on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment
of principal or premium or interest or to and including the Redemption Date irrevocably designated
by the Company pursuant to subparagraph (7) of this Section and (y) any mandatory sinking fund
payments applicable to the Securities of such series or portions thereof on the day on which such
payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and of such Securities
or portions thereof;
2.
Such deposit shall not, as specified in an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as defined in
Section 608
for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of such series;
3.
Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound;
4.
No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing
on the date of such deposit and no Event of Default specified in
Section 501(6)
(7)
occurred at any time from the date of such deposit to the 91st calendar day thereafter (it being
understood that this condition to defeasance may not be satisfied until such 91st calendar day after
the date of deposit);
5.
The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that Holders of the Securities of such series will not realize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance of certain obligations 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 and defeasance had not occurred;
6.
The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section have been met; and
7.
If the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited money or Eligible
Obligations to pay or discharge the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Outstanding Securities of such series or portion thereof to and including a Redemption Date
pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this Section, such Redemption Date shall be irrevocably designated
by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee on or prior to the date of deposit of such money or
Eligible Obligations, and such Board Resolution shall be accompanied by an irrevocable Company
Request that the Trustee give notice of such redemption in the name and at the expense of the
Company not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to such Redemption Date in accordance with
Section 1104
.
Section 1006.
Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee,
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, a written
statement, which need not comply with
Section 102
, signed by the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company stating, as to each signer thereof, that
1.
a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of performance under
this Indenture has been made under his supervision, and
2.
to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, the Company has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and
status thereof.
Section 1007.
Waiver of Certain Covenants.
(a)
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in (i) any additional covenants or restrictions specified with respect
to the Senior Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, as contemplated by
Section 301
before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount (or such larger proportion as may be required in respect of waiving a past default of any
such additional covenant or restriction) of the Outstanding Securities of all series and Tranches
with respect to which such covenant or restriction was so specified, considered as one class, by Act
of such Holders, either waives such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance
with such term, provision or condition and (ii)
Sections 1002, 1004, 1006
1008
Article
VIII
of Senior Securities Outstanding under this Indenture by Act of such Holders, either waives such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition;
but, in the case of (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (a), no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term,
provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver becomes
effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term,
provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
(b)
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in (i) any additional covenants or restrictions specified with respect
to the Subordinated Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, as contemplated by Section
301 if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount (or such larger proportion as may be required in respect of waiving a past default
of any such additional covenant or restriction) of the Outstanding Securities of all series and
Tranches with respect to which such covenant or restriction was so specified, considered as one
class, by Act of such Holders, either waives such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such term, provision or condition and (ii)
Sections 1002, 1004, 1006
1008
and
Article VIII
if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of Subordinated Securities Outstanding under this Indenture by Act of such
Holders, either waives such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
term, provision or condition; but, in the case of (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (b), no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and,
until such waiver becomes effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee
in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1008.
Maintenance of Properties.
The Company shall cause (or, with respect to property
owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) all its properties used or useful in the
conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and shall
cause (or, with respect to property owned in common with others, make reasonable effort to cause) to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as, in the
judgment of the Company, may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may
be properly conducted; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing, or causing the discontinuance of, the operation and maintenance of any of its properties if,
in the judgment of the Company, such discontinuance (i) is desirable in the conduct of its business and (ii)
will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or Tranche in any material
respect.
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101.
Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, that are
redeemable before their Stated Maturity (or, if the principal of the Securities of any series is payable in
installments, the Stated Maturity of the final installment of the principal thereof) shall be redeemable in
accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301
Securities of any series or Tranche) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem
any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall,
at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice is satisfactory
to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of
Securities of such series or Tranche to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to
the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere
in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company that is subject to a condition specified in
the terms of such Securities the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103.
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities
of any series, or any Tranche thereof, are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected by the Trustee not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series or Tranche not previously called for redemption, by such method as
is provided for any particular series, or, in the absence of any such provision, by such method as the Trustee
deems fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or Tranche or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series or Tranche of a denomination larger than the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or Tranche; provided, however, that if, as
indicated in an Officer’s Certificate, the Company has offered to purchase all or any principal amount of
the Securities then Outstanding of any series, or any Tranche thereof, and less than all of such Securities as
to which such offer was made have been tendered to the Company for such purchase, the Trustee, if so
directed by Company Order, shall select for redemption all or any principal amount of such Securities that
have not been so tendered.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to
the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities that has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104.
Notice of Redemption
. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301
with respect to any series of Securities, notice of redemption shall be given electronically or by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
If Unregistered Securities are to be redeemed, notice of redemption shall be published in an
Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities to be redeemed are listed on any
stock exchange outside of the United States, in the city in which such stock exchange is located, or in such
other city or cities as may be specified in the Securities, once in each of two different calendar weeks, the
first publication to be not less than 30 nor more than 90 days before the redemption date.
All notices of redemption shall state:
1.
the Redemption Date,
2.
the Redemption Price, or the formula pursuant to which the Redemption Price is to
be determined if the Redemption Price cannot be determined at the time of notice is given,
3.
if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series or Tranche are to be redeemed,
the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular
Securities to be redeemed, and the portion of the principal amount of any Security to be redeemed
in part and, in the case of any such Security of such series to be redeemed in part, that, on and after
the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series
in principal amount equal to the remaining unpaid principal amount thereof will be issued as
provided in
Section 1106
,
4.
that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable
upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue
on and after said date,
5.
the place or places where such Securities and all unmatured coupons are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
6.
that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
7.
the CUSIP numbers, if any, assigned to such Securities; provided however, that such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of CUSIP numbers, and the
redemption of such Securities shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such number,
and
8.
such other matters as the Company shall deem desirable or appropriate.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities in accordance with
Section 301
, with
respect to any notice of redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, unless, upon the giving of
such notice, such Securities are deemed to have been paid in accordance with
Section 401
, such notice may
state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Paying Agent or Agents for such
Securities, on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and that if such money has not been so received
such notice shall be of no force or effect and the Company shall not be required to redeem such Securities.
In the event that such notice of redemption contains such a condition and such money is not so received,
the redemption shall not be made and within a reasonable time thereafter notice shall be given, in the manner
in which the notice of redemption was given, that such money was not so received and such redemption
was not required to be made, and the Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities otherwise to have been
redeemed shall promptly return to the Holders thereof any of such Securities that had been surrendered for
payment upon such redemption.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company, and any notice
of non-satisfaction of a condition for redemption as aforesaid, shall be given by the Company or, at the
Company’s request, by the Security Registrar in the name and at the expense of the Company. Notice of
mandatory redemption of Securities shall be given by the Security Registrar in the name and at the expense
of the Company.
Section 1105.
Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given
as aforesaid, and the conditions, if any, set forth in such notice having been satisfied, the Securities or
portions thereof so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company defaults in the
payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities, or portions thereof, if
interest-bearing, shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in
accordance with said notice, such Security or portion thereof together with all unmatured coupons, if any,
shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date but in the case of Unregistered Securities installments of interest due on or prior to the
Redemption Date will be payable to the bearers of the coupons for such interest by check or draft upon
surrender of such coupons; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to
their terms and the provisions of
Section 307
.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption,
the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1106.
Securities Redeemed in Part
. Any Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall
be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee
duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by
such Holder, and of like tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201.
Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by
Section 301
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, or any Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any
payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, or any
Tranche thereof, is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series, or any Tranche thereof, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in
Section 1202
. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of the series or Tranche in respect of which it was made as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
Section 1202.
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Securities.
The Company (1) may
deliver Outstanding Securities of a series or Tranche (other than any previously called for redemption)
together, in the case of Unregistered Securities, with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, in respect
of which a mandatory sinking fund payment is to be made and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of such
series or Tranche that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of
such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms
of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect
to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for
by the terms of such series, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified
in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking
fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203.
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each
sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, or any Tranche thereof, the Company will deliver
to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series or Tranche pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied
by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting
Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202
so delivered. If the Company has not delivered such Officer’s Certificate and, to the extent applicable, all
such Securities, the next succeeding sinking fund payment for such series or Tranche shall be made entirely
in cash in the amount of the mandatory sinking fund payment. Not less than 30 days before each such
sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in
Section 1103
given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in
Section 1104
. Such
notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the
manner stated in
Sections 1105
1106
.
ARTICLE XIII
REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1301.
Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series or Tranche that are repayable
before their Stated Maturity at the option of the Holders shall be repayable in accordance with their terms
and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301
accordance with this Article.
Section 1302.
Notice of Repayment Date.
Notice of any Repayment Date with respect to
Securities of any series or Tranche thereof shall be given by the Company not less than 45 nor more than
60 days prior to such Repayment Date (or at such other times as may be specified for such repayment or
repurchase pursuant to
Section 301
accordance with
Section 106
.
The notice as to the Repayment Date shall state (unless otherwise specified for such repayment or
repurchase pursuant to
Section 301
1.
the Repayment Date, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60
days from the date on which such notice is mailed;
2.
the principal amount of the Securities required to be repaid or repurchased and the
Repayment Price (or the formula pursuant to which the Repayment Price is to be determined if the
Repayment Price cannot be determined at the time the notice is given);
3.
the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Repayment Price, and accrued interest, if any, and the date by which Securities must be so
surrendered in order to be repaid or repurchased;
4.
that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue
interest;
5.
that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment or the Paying Agent is
prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, Securities accepted for payment pursuant to any such offer of repayment or repurchase
shall cease to accrue interest after the Repayment Date;
6.
that Holders electing to have a Security repaid or purchased pursuant to such offer
may elect to have all or any portion of such Security purchased;
7.
that Holders electing to have a Security repaid or repurchased pursuant to any such
offer shall be required to surrender the Security, with such customary documents of surrender and
transfer as the Company may xxxxxxx xxx request, duly completed, or transfer by book-entry
transfer, to the Company or the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least two
Business Days prior to the Repayment Date;
8.
that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company or the Paying
Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the offer to repay or repurchase,
a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is
withdrawing its election to have such Security purchased;
9.
that, in the case of a repayment or repurchase of less than all Outstanding Securities
of a series or Tranche thereof, the method of selection of Securities to be repaid or repurchased to
be applied by the Trustee if the principal amount of properly tendered Securities exceeds the
principal amount of the Securities to be repaid or repurchased;
10.
that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new
Securities of the same series or Tranche thereof equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Securities surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer); and
11.
the CUSIP or other identification number, if any, printed on the Securities being
repurchased and that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or
other identification number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
Section 1303.
Securities Payable on Repayment Date.
The form of option to elect repurchase or
repayment having been delivered as specified in the form of Security for such series, the Securities of such
series or Tranche so to be repaid (after application of the method of selection described pursuant to clause
(9) of
Section 1302
, if the principal amount of properly tendered Securities exceeds the principal amount
of the Securities to be repaid or repurchased) shall, on the Repayment Date, become due and payable at the
Repayment Price applicable thereto and from and after such date (unless the Company defaults in the
payment of the Repayment Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by
the Company at the Repayment Price together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date;
provided, however, that if a Security is repaid or repurchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to
the Stated Maturity of any installments of interest, then any accrued and unpaid interest due on such Stated
Maturity shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered
as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 307
.
If any Security is not paid upon surrender thereof for repayment, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate prescribed therefor in such Security.
Section 1304.
Securities Repaid in Part.
Any Security that by its terms may be repaid in part at
the option of the Holder and that is to be repaid only in part shall be surrendered at any office or agency of
the Company designated for that purpose pursuant to
Section 1002
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing), and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, as provided in
Section 305
, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unrepaid portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1401.
Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies
or conflicts with the duties imposed by Trust Indenture Act
Section 318(c)
, the imposed duties shall control.
Section 1402.
Force Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure
or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages,
accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or
hardware) services.
Section 1403.
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used
to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or of any other Person. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 1404.
Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1405.
Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Indenture which, when taken together, shall constitute one instrument. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture
and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery
of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes.
Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original
signatures for all purposes.
Section 1406.
Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table
and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms
or provisions hereof.
Section 1407.
U.S.A. Patriot Act
. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with
Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight
the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee.
The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request
in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and
their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By
[__________________]
[_______________], as Trustee
By
[__________________]