SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST by and between TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION, as Issuer and BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee Authorizing the Issuance of $__________ aggregate principal amount Series _ Auction Rate Senior Notes Dated...
Exhibit
d.5
by
and
between
as
Issuer
and
BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
as
Trustee
Authorizing
the Issuance of
$__________
aggregate principal amount Series _
Auction
Rate Senior Notes
Dated
as
of _____, 200_
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
AND USE OF PHRASES
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1
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Interpretation
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8
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ARTICLE
II NOTE
DETAILS, FORM OF NOTES, REDEMPTION OF NOTES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
OF
NOTES
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8
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Section
2.01
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General
Terms
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8
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Section
2.02
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Interest
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9
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Section
2.03
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Redemption
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11
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Section
2.04
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Designation
of Rate Period
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15
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Section
2.05
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Restrictions
on Transfer
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16
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Section
2.06
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1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage
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16
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Section
2.07
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Tortoise
Notes Basic Maintenance Amount
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16
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Section
2.08
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Certain
Other Restrictions
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16
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Section
2.09
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Compliance
Procedures for Asset Maintenance Tests
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16
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Section
2.10
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Delivery
of Notes
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17
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Section
2.11
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Trustee’s
Authentication Certificate
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18
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ARTICLE
III GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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18
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Section
3.01
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Trustee
as Paying Agent
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18
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Section
3.02
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The
Issuer to Provide Funds for Interest and Redemptions
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18
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Section
3.03
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Disbursing
Interest and Redemption Price
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18
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Section
3.04
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Original
Issue of Tortoise Note Authentication Certificates
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18
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Section
3.05
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Registration
of Transfer or Exchange of Tortoise Notes
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18
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Section
3.06
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Removal
of Legend
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19
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Section
3.07
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Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Tortoise Note Authentication
Certificates
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19
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Section
3.08
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Disposition
of Canceled Certificates; Record Retention
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19
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Section
3.09
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Register
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20
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Section
3.10
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Return
of Funds
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20
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Section
3.11
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Date
of Execution
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20
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Section
3.12
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Laws
Governing
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20
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Section
3.13
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Severability
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20
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Section
3.14
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Exhibits
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20
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ARTICLE
IV APPLICABILITY
OF INDENTURE
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20
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APPENDIX A
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AUCTION
PROCEDURES
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A-1
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APPENDIX B
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FORM
OF NOTES
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B-1
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APPENDIX
C
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FORM
OF TRUSTEE AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
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C-1
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THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST
(this
“Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of _____, 200_, is by and between
TORTOISE
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION,
a
Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”) and BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
an
Illinois trust company (together with its successors, the “Trustee”), as
successor trustee hereunder (all capitalized terms used in these preambles,
recitals and granting clauses shall have the same meanings assigned thereto
in
Article I hereof);
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the
Issuer has previously entered into an Indenture dated as of July 13, 2004 (the
“Original Indenture,” and together with this Supplemental Indenture, the
“Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Trustee;
WHEREAS,
the
Issuer desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture in order to issue
Tortoise Notes pursuant to the terms of the Original Indenture, including
Section 3.1 thereof;
WHEREAS,
the
Issuer represents that it has been formed and is validly existing as a Maryland
corporation and that by proper action it has duly authorized the issuance of
$__________ of its auction rate senior notes, Series _ (the “Series _
Tortoise Notes” or the “Tortoise Notes”), and it has by proper action authorized
the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS,
the
Tortoise Notes constitute Securities as defined in the Indenture;
and
WHEREAS,
the
Trustee has agreed to accept the trusts herein contained upon the terms herein
set forth;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
it is
mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND USE OF PHRASES
Section
1.01 Definitions.
All
words and phrases defined in Article I of the Indenture shall have the same
meaning in this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise appears in this
Article. In addition, the following terms have the following meanings in this
Supplemental Indenture unless the context clearly requires
otherwise:
“‘AA’
Composite Commercial Paper Rate”
on
any
date means (i) the interest equivalent of the 30-day rate, in the case of a
Rate
Period which is a Standard Rate Period or shorter, or the 180-day rate, in
the
case of all other Rate Periods on financial commercial paper on behalf of
issuers whose corporate bonds are rated “AA” by S&P, or the equivalent of
such rating by another nationally recognized rating agency, as announced by
the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the close of business on the Business
Day
immediately preceding such date; or (ii) if the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York
does not make available such a rate, then the arithmetic average of the interest
equivalent of such rates on financial commercial paper placed on behalf of
such
issuers, as quoted on a discount basis or otherwise by the Commercial Paper
Dealers to the Auction Agent for the close of business on the Business Day
immediately preceding such date (rounded to the next highest .001 of 1%). If
any
Commercial Paper Dealer does not quote a rate required to determine the “AA”
Composite Commercial Paper Rate, such rate shall be determined on the basis
of
the quotations (or quotation) furnished by the remaining Commercial Paper
Dealers (or Dealer), if any, or, if there are no such Commercial Paper
Dealers,
by the Auction Agent. For purposes of this definition, (A) “Commercial Paper
Dealers” shall mean (1) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.,
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated and Xxxxxxx Sachs &
Co.; (2) in lieu of any thereof, its respective Affiliate or successor; and
(3)
in the event that any of the foregoing shall cease to quote rates for financial
commercial paper of issuers of the sort described above, in substitution
therefor, a nationally recognized dealer in financial commercial paper of such
issuers then making such quotations selected by the Corporation, and (B)
“interest equivalent” of a rate stated on a discount basis for financial
commercial paper of a given number of days’ maturity shall mean a number equal
to the quotient (rounded upward to the next higher one-thousandth of 1%) of
(1)
such rate expressed as a decimal, divided by (2) the difference between (x)
1.00
and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the product of such rate
expressed as a decimal, multiplied by the number of days in which such financial
commercial paper shall mature and the denominator of which shall be
360.
“Affiliate”
means
any person controlled by, in control of or under common control with the Issuer;
provided that no Broker-Dealer controlled by, in control of or under common
control with the Issuer shall be deemed to be an Affiliate nor shall any
corporation or any person controlled by, in control of or under common control
with such corporation one of the directors or executive officers of which is
also a Director of the Issuer be deemed to be an Affiliate solely because such
director or executive officer is also a Director of the Issuer.
“Agent
Member”
means
a
member of or participant in the Securities Depository that will act on behalf
of
a Bidder.
“All
Hold Rate”
means
80% of the “AA” Composite Commercial Paper Rate.
“Applicable
Rate”
means,
with respect to each Series of Tortoise Notes for each Rate Period (i) if
Sufficient Clearing Orders exist for the Auction in respect thereof, the Winning
Bid Rate, (ii) if Sufficient Clearing Orders do not exist for the Auction in
respect thereof, the Maximum Rate and (iii) in the case where all the Tortoise
Notes of a series are the subject of Hold Orders for the Auction in respect
thereof, the All Hold Rate, and (iv) if an Auction is not held for any reason
(including the circumstance where there is no Auction Agent or Broker-Dealer),
the Maximum Rate.
“Auction”
means
each periodic operation of the procedures set forth in Appendix A.
“Auction
Agent”
means
The Bank of New York unless and until another commercial bank, trust company,
or
other financial institution appointed by a resolution of the Board of Directors
enters into an agreement with the Issuer to follow the Auction Procedures for
the purpose of determining the Applicable Rate.
“Auction
Date”
means
the first Business Day next preceding the first day of a Rate Period for each
Series of Tortoise Notes.
“Auction
Procedures”
means
the procedures for conducting Auctions set forth in Appendix A
hereto.
“Authorized
Denominations”
means
$25,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
“Beneficial
Owner,”
with
respect to each Series of Tortoise Notes, means a customer of a Broker-Dealer
who is listed on the records of that Broker-Dealer (or, if applicable, the
Auction Agent) as a holder of such Series of Tortoise Notes.
“Bid”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
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“Bidder”
shall
have the meaning in Appendix A hereto; provided, however, that neither the
Issuer nor any affiliate thereof shall be permitted to be a Bidder in an
Auction, except that any Broker-Dealer that is an affiliate of the Issuer may
be
a Bidder in an Auction, but only if the Orders placed by such Broker-Dealer
are
not for its own account.
“Board
of Directors”
or
“Board”
means
the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any duly authorized committee thereof
as
permitted by applicable law.
“Broker-Dealer”
means
any broker-dealer or broker-dealers, or other entity permitted by law to perform
the functions required of a Broker-Dealer by the Auction Procedures, that has
been selected by the Issuer and has entered into a Broker-Dealer Agreement
that
remains effective.
“Broker-Dealer
Agreement”
means
an agreement among the Auction Agent and a Broker-Dealer, pursuant to which
such
Broker-Dealer agrees to follow the Auction Procedures.
“Business
Day”
means
a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and which is not
a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in the City of New York, New York
are authorized or obligated by law to close.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commercial
Paper Dealers”
has
the
meaning set forth in the definition of AA Composite Commercial Paper
Rate.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Default
Rate”
means
the Reference Rate multiplied by three (3).
“Deposit
Securities”
means
cash and any obligations or securities, including short term money market
instruments that are Eligible Assets, rated at least AAA, A-2 or SP-2 by Fitch,
except that, such obligations or securities shall be considered “Deposit
Securities” only if they are also rated at least P-2 by Moody’s.
“Discount
Factor”
means
the Moody’s Discount Factor (if Xxxxx’x is then rating the Tortoise Notes),
Fitch Discount Factor (if Fitch is then rating the Tortoise Notes) or an Other
Rating Agency Discount Factor, whichever is applicable.
“Discounted
Value”
means
the quotient of the Market Value of an Eligible Asset divided by the applicable
Discount Factor, provided that with respect to an Eligible Asset that is
currently callable, Discounted Value will be equal to the quotient as calculated
above or the call price, whichever is lower, and that with respect to an
Eligible Asset that is prepayable, Discounted Value will be equal to the
quotient as calculated above or the par value, whichever is lower.
“Eligible
Assets”
means
Moody’s Eligible Assets or Fitch’s Eligible Assets (if Moody’s or Fitch are then
rating the Tortoise Notes) and/or Other Rating Agency Eligible Assets, whichever
is applicable.
“Existing
Holder,”
with
respect to Tortoise Notes of a series, shall mean a Broker-Dealer (or any such
other Person as may be permitted by the Issuer) that is listed on the records
of
the Auction Agent as a holder of Tortoise Notes of such series.
“Fitch”
means
Fitch Ratings and its successors at law.
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“Fitch
Discount Factor”
means
the discount factors set forth in the Fitch Guidelines for use in calculating
the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in connection with Fitch’s ratings
of Tortoise Notes.
“Fitch
Eligible Asset”
means
assets of the Issuer set forth in the Fitch Guidelines as eligible for inclusion
in calculating the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in connection with
Fitch’s ratings of Tortoise Notes.
“Fitch
Guidelines”
mean
the guidelines provided by Fitch, as may be amended from time to time, in
connection with Fitch’s ratings of Tortoise Notes.
“Hold
Order”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
“Holder”
means,
with respect to Tortoise Notes, the registered holder of notes of each series
of
Tortoise Notes as the same appears on the books or records of the
Issuer.
“LIBOR”
means,
for purposes of determining the Reference Rate, (i) the rate for deposits
in U.S. dollars for the designated Rate Period, which appears on display
page 3750 of Moneyline’s Telerate Service (“Telerate Page 3750”) (or
such other page as may replace that page on that service, or such other service
as may be selected by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. or its successors) as of 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the day that is the Business Day on the Auction Date or, if
the
Auction Date is not a Business Day, the Business Day preceding the Auction
Date
(the “LIBOR Determination Date”), or (ii) if such rate does not appear on
Telerate Page 3750 or such other page as may replace such Telerate
Page 3750, (A) Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. shall determine the arithmetic
mean of the offered quotations of the reference banks to leading banks in the
London interbank market for deposits in U.S. dollars for the designated Rate
Period in an amount determined by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. by reference to requests
for quotations as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date made
by
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. to the reference banks, (B) if at least two of the
reference banks provide such quotations, LIBOR shall equal such arithmetic
mean
of such quotations, (C) if only one or none of the reference banks provide
such quotations, LIBOR shall be deemed to be the arithmetic mean of the offered
quotations that leading banks in The City of New York, New York selected by
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. (after obtaining the Issuer’s approval) are quoting on the
relevant LIBOR Determination Date for deposits in U.S. dollars for the
designated Rate Period in an amount determined by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. (after
obtaining the Issuer’s approval) that is representative of a single transaction
in such market at such time by reference to the principal London office of
leading banks in the London interbank market; provided, however, that if Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. is not a Broker-Dealer or does not quote a rate required to
determine LIBOR, LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the quotation or
quotations furnished by any other Broker-Dealer selected by the Issuer to
provide such rate or rates not being supplied by Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.; provided
further, that if Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and/or a substitute Broker-Dealer are
required but unable to determine a rate in accordance with at least one of
the
procedures provided above, LIBOR shall be the most recently determinable LIBOR.
If the number of Rate Period days shall be (i) 7 or more but fewer than
21 days, such rate shall be the seven-day LIBOR rate; (ii) more than
21 but fewer than 49 days, such rate shall be one-month LIBOR rate;
(iii) 49 or more but fewer than 77 days, such rate shall be the
two-month LIBOR rate; (iv) 77 or more but fewer than 112 days, such
rate shall be the three-month LIBOR rate; (v) 112 or more but fewer than
140 days, such rate shall be the four-month LIBOR rate; (vi) 140 or
more but fewer than 168 days, such rate shall be the five-month LIBOR rate;
(vii) 168 or more but fewer 189 days, such rate shall be the six-month
LIBOR rate; (viii) 189 or more but fewer than 217 days, such rate
shall be the seven-month LIBOR rate; (ix) 217 or more but fewer than
252 days, such rate shall be the eight-month LIBOR rate; (x) 252 or
more but fewer than 287 days, such rate shall be the nine-month LIBOR rate;
(xi) 287 or more but fewer than 315 days, such rate shall be the
ten-month LIBOR rate;
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(xii) 315
or more but fewer than 343 days, such rate shall be the eleven-month LIBOR
rate; and (xiii) 343 or more days but fewer than 365 days, such rate
shall be the twelve-month LIBOR rate.
“Market
Value”
means
the market value of an asset of the Issuer determined as follows: For equity
securities, the value obtained from readily available market quotations. If
an
equity security is not traded on an exchange or not available from a
Board-approved pricing service, the value obtained from written broker-dealer
quotations. For fixed-income securities, the value obtained from readily
available market quotations based on the last updated sale price or the value
obtained from a pricing service or the value obtained from a written
broker-dealer quotation from a dealer who has made a market in the security.
“Market Value” for other securities will mean the value obtained pursuant to the
Issuer’s valuation procedures. If the market value of a security cannot be
obtained, or the Issuer’s investment adviser determines that the value of a
security as so obtained does not represent the fair value of a security, fair
value for that security shall be determined pursuant to the methodologies
established by the Board of Directors.
“Maximum
Rate”
means,
on any date on which the Applicable Rate is determined, the rate equal to the
applicable percentage of the Reference Rate, subject to upward but not downward
adjustment in the discretion of the Board of Directors after consultation with
the Broker-Dealers, provided that immediately following any such increase the
Issuer would be in compliance with the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance
Amount.
“Minimum
Rate”
means,
on any Auction Date with respect to a Rate Period of [7] days or fewer, 70%
of
the AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate at the close of business on the Business
Day next preceding such Auction Date. There shall be no Minimum Rate on any
Auction Date with respect to a Rate Period of more than the Standard Rate
Period.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors at
law.
“Moody’s
Discount Factor”
means
the discount factors set forth in the Moody’s Guidelines for use in calculating
the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in connection with Moody’s ratings
of Tortoise Notes.
“Moody’s
Eligible Assets”
means
assets of the Issuer set forth in the Moody’s Guidelines as eligible for
inclusion in calculating the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s assets in
connection with Moody’s ratings of Tortoise Notes.
“Moody’s
Guidelines”
mean
the guidelines provided by Moody’s, as may be amended from time to time, in
connection with Moody’s ratings of Tortoise Notes.
“1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage”
means
asset coverage, as determined in accordance with Section 18(h) of the Investment
Company Act, of at least 300% with respect to all outstanding senior securities
representing indebtedness of the Issuer, including all Outstanding Tortoise
Notes (or such other asset coverage as may in the future be specified in or
under the Investment Company Act as the minimum asset coverage for senior
securities representing indebtedness of a closed-end investment company as
a
condition of declaring dividends on its common shares), determined on the basis
of values calculated as of a time within 48 hours next preceding the time of
such determination.
“Notes”
means
Securities of the Issuer ranking on a parity with the Tortoise Notes that may
be
issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture.
“Order”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
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“Original
Issue Date”
means,
with respect to Series _ Tortoise Notes, _____, 200_.
“Other
Rating Agency”
means
each rating agency, if any, other than Moody’s or Fitch then providing a rating
for the Tortoise Notes pursuant to the request of the Issuer.
“Other
Rating Agency Discount Factor”
means
the discount factors set forth in the Other Rating Agency Guidelines of each
Other Rating Agency for use in calculating the Discounted Value of the Issuer’s
assets in connection with the Other Rating Agency’s rating of Tortoise
Notes.
“Other
Rating Agency Eligible Assets”
means
assets of the Issuer set forth in the Other Rating Agency Guidelines of each
Other Rating Agency as eligible for inclusion in calculating the Discounted
Value of the Issuer’s assets in connection with the Other Rating Agency’s rating
of Tortoise Notes.
“Other
Rating Agency Guidelines”
mean
the guidelines provided by each Other Rating Agency, as may be amended from
time
to time, in connection with the Other Rating Agency’s rating of Tortoise
Notes.
“Outstanding”
or
“outstanding”
means,
as of any date, Tortoise Notes theretofore issued by the Issuer except, without
duplication, (i) any Tortoise Notes theretofore canceled, redeemed or
repurchased by the Issuer, or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or
with
respect to which the Issuer has given notice of redemption and irrevocably
deposited with the Paying Agent sufficient funds to redeem such Tortoise Notes
and (ii) any Tortoise Notes represented by any certificate in lieu of which
a
new certificate has been executed and delivered by the Issuer. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (A) in connection with any Auction, any Series of Tortoise Notes
as to which the Issuer or any person known to the Auction Agent to be an
Affiliate of the Issuer shall be the Existing Holder thereof shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding; and (B) for purposes of
determining the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount, Tortoise Notes held
by
the Issuer shall be disregarded and not deemed Outstanding but Tortoise Notes
held by any Affiliate of the Issuer shall be deemed Outstanding.
“Paying
Agent”
means
BNY Midwest Trust Company unless and until another entity appointed by a
resolution of the Board of Directors enters into an agreement with the Issuer
to
serve as paying agent, transfer agent, registrar, and redemption agent with
respect to the Tortoise Notes, which Paying Agent may be the same as the Trustee
or the Auction Agent.
“Person”
or
“person”
means
and includes an individual, a partnership, a trust, a company, an unincorporated
association, a joint venture or other entity or a government or any agency
or
political subdivision thereof.
“Potential
Beneficial Owner,”
with
respect to a series of Tortoise Notes, shall mean a customer of a Broker-Dealer
that is not a Beneficial Owner of Tortoise Notes of such series but that wishes
to purchase Tortoise Notes of such series, or that is a Beneficial Owner of
Tortoise Notes of such series that wishes to purchase additional Tortoise Notes
of such series.
“Potential
Holder,” with
respect to Tortoise Notes of such series, shall mean a Broker-Dealer (or any
such other person as may be permitted by the Company) that is not an Existing
Holder of Tortoise Notes of such series or that is an Existing Holder of
Tortoise Notes of such series that wishes to become the Existing Holder of
additional Tortoise Notes of such series.
“Rate
Period”
means,
with respect to a Series of Tortoise Notes, the period commencing on the
Original Issue Date thereof and ending on the date specified for such series
on
the Original Issue
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Date
thereof and thereafter, as to such series, the period commencing on the day
following each Rate Period for such series and ending on the day established
for
such series by the Issuer.
“Rating
Agency”
means
each of Fitch (if Fitch is then rating Tortoise Notes), Moody’s (if Xxxxx’x is
then rating Tortoise Notes) and any Other Rating Agency.
“Rating
Agency Guidelines”
mean
Fitch Guidelines (if Fitch is then rating Tortoise Notes), Moody’s Guidelines
(if Xxxxx’x is then rating Tortoise Notes) and any Other Rating Agency
Guidelines.
“Reference
Rate”
means,
with respect to the determination of the Maximum Rate and Default Rate, the
greater of (i) the applicable AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate (for a Rate
Period of fewer than 184 days) or the applicable Treasury Index Rate (for a
Rate
Period of 184 days or more), or (ii) the applicable LIBOR rate.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Securities
Depository”
means
The Depository Trust Company and its successors and assigns or any successor
securities depository selected by the Issuer that agrees to follow the
procedures required to be followed by such securities depository in connection
with the Tortoise Notes Series C.
“Sell
Order”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
“Special
Rate Period”
means
a
Rate Period that is not a Standard Rate Period.
“Specific
Redemption Provisions”
means,
with respect to any Special Rate Period of more than one year, either, or any
combination of a period (a “Non-Call Period”) determined by the Board of
Directors after consultation with the Broker-Dealers, during which the Tortoise
Notes subject to such Special Rate Period are not subject to redemption at
the
option of the Issuer consisting of a number of whole years as determined by
the
Board of Directors after consultation with the Broker-Dealers, during each
year
of which the Tortoise Notes subject to such Special Rate Period shall be
redeemable at the Issuer’s option and/or in connection with any mandatory
redemption at a price equal to the principal amount plus accrued but unpaid
interest plus a premium expressed as a percentage or percentages of $25,000
or
expressed as a formula using specified variables as determined by the Board
of
Directors after consultation with the Broker-Dealers.
“Standard
Rate Period”
means
a
Rate Period of [7] days.
“Stated
Maturity”
with
respect to Tortoise Notes Series _, shall mean ________, 20__.
“Submission
Deadline”
means
1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard time, on any Auction Date or such other time on
any
Auction Date by which Broker-Dealers are required to submit Orders to the
Auction Agent as specified by the Auction Agent from time to time.
“Submitted
Bid”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
“Submitted
Hold Order”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
“Submitted
Order”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
“Submitted
Sell Order”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
“Sufficient
Clearing Bids”
shall
have the meaning specified in Appendix A hereto.
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“Tortoise
Notes Basic Maintenance Amount”
as
of
any Valuation Date has the meaning set forth in the Rating Agency
Guidelines.
“Tortoise
Notes Series _”
means
the Series _ Tortoise Notes or any other Notes hereinafter designated as
Series _ Tortoise Notes.
“Treasury
Index Rate”
means
the average yield to maturity for actively traded marketable U.S. Treasury
fixed
interest rate securities having the same number of 30-day periods to maturity
as
the length of the applicable Rate Period, determined, to the extent necessary,
by linear interpolation based upon the yield for such securities having the
next
shorter and next longer number of 30-day periods to maturity treating all Rate
Periods with a length greater than the longest maturity for such securities
as
having a length equal to such longest maturity, in all cases based upon data
set
forth in the most recent weekly statistical release published by the Board
of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (currently in H.15(519)); provided,
however, if the most recent such statistical release shall not have been
published during the 15 days preceding the date of computation, the foregoing
computations shall be based upon the average of comparable data as quoted to
the
Issuer by at least three recognized dealers in U.S. Government securities
selected by the Issuer.
“Trustee”
means
BNY Midwest Trust Company or such other person who is named as a trustee
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
“Valuation
Date”
means
every Friday, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day; provided, however, that the first Valuation Date may occur on any other
date established by the Company; provided, further, however, that such first
Valuation Date shall be not more than one week from the date on which Tortoise
Notes Series _ initially are issued.
Section
1.02 Interpretation.
References to sections, subsections, clauses, sub-clauses, paragraphs and
subparagraphs are to such sections, subsections, clauses, sub-clauses,
paragraphs and subparagraphs contained in this supplemental indenture, as the
case may be, unless specifically identified otherwise.
Words
importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender. Words importing
persons include firms, associations and corporations. Words importing the
singular number include the plural number and vice versa. Additional terms
are
defined in the body of this Supplemental Indenture and the Appendices
hereto.
In
the
event that any term or provision contained herein with respect to the Tortoise
Notes shall conflict with or be inconsistent with any term or provision
contained in the Indenture, the terms and provisions of this Supplemental
Indenture shall govern.
ARTICLE
II
NOTE
DETAILS, FORM OF NOTES, REDEMPTION OF NOTES AND
USE
OF PROCEEDS OF NOTES
Section
2.01 General
Terms.
(a) Designation:
(i) Series
C:
A series of Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $__________, is
designated “Series _ Tortoise Notes” (“Tortoise Notes Series _”). The
principal amount of the Tortoise Notes Series _ shall be due and payable at
the Stated Maturity.
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The
initial Rate Period for Tortoise Notes Series _ shall be the period from
and including the Original Issue Date thereof to and including _____, 200_.
The
Tortoise Notes Series _ shall have an Applicable Rate for the initial Rate
Period equal to ___% per annum and an initial Interest Payment Date of _____,
200_. Thereafter, the Applicable Rate shall be determined in accordance with
the
Auction Procedures set forth in Appendix A hereto, until the Stated Maturity.
The Tortoise Notes Series _ shall have such other terms and conditions as
are set forth herein. The Tortoise Notes Series _ shall constitute a
separate series of Notes of the Issuer.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.03(i) hereof, the Board of Directors of the Issuer may, in the
future, without further consent of the holders of the Tortoise Notes or the
holders of shares of beneficial interest of the Issuer, authorize an increase
in
the aggregate principal amount of an Outstanding series of Tortoise Notes or
the
issuance of additional series of Tortoise Notes, with the same terms and
conditions of the respective series herein described, except that the Applicable
Rate for its initial Rate Period, its initial Interest Payment Date and any
other changes in the terms herein set forth shall be as set forth in a
supplemental indenture.
(c) The
global securities representing Tortoise Notes, as described in paragraph (d)
below, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Appendix B hereto, with
such appropriate insertions, notations, legends and other variations as are
required or permitted by the Indenture or any supplemental indenture. The
Tortoise Notes and the rights and duties of the Issuer, the Trustee, any Paying
Agent, the Holders thereof (and of the Securities of any other series), shall
be
subject to and governed by the Indenture (including as it has been amended
and
supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture and as it may be hereafter amended
or supplemented by any supplemental indenture thereto pursuant to the applicable
provisions thereof) insofar as the Indenture shall be applicable.
(d) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Section, the Tortoise Notes in the form of one global
note for each series shall be registered in the name of the Securities
Depository or its nominee and ownership thereof shall be maintained in
book-entry form by the Securities Depository for the account of the Agent
Members. Initially, each global note shall be registered in the name of
Cede & Co., as the nominee of The Depository Trust Company. The global
notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to the Securities
Depository or a nominee of the Securities Depository or to a successor
Securities Depository selected or approved by the Issuer or to a nominee of
such
successor Securities Depository. Each global note shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, this global note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only
to another nominee of the Securities Depository (as defined in the Indenture)
or
to a successor Securities Depository or to a nominee of a successor Securities
Depository.”
Section
2.02 Interest.
(a) The
Holders of any Series of Tortoise Notes will bear interest on their Tortoise
Notes at the Applicable Rate, determined as set forth in paragraph (c) of this
Section 2.02, and no more, payable on the respective dates determined as set
forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02. Interest on the Outstanding
Tortoise Notes of any series issued on the Original Issue Date shall accrue
from
the Original Issue Date.
(b) (i)Interest
shall be payable, subject to subparagraph (b)(ii) of this Section 2.02, on
each
Series of Tortoise Notes, with respect to any Rate Period on the first Business
Day following the last day of such Rate Period; provided, however, if the Rate
Period is greater than 30 days then on a monthly basis on the first Business
Day
of each month within such Rate Period, not including the initial Rate Period,
and on the Business Day following the last day of such Rate Period.
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(ii) If
a day
for payment of interest resulting from the application of subparagraph (b)(i)
above is not a Business Day, then the Interest Payment Date shall be the first
Business Day following such day for payment of interest in the case of a Series
of Tortoise Notes designated as “Series _.”
(iii) The
Issuer shall pay to the Paying Agent not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the Business Day next preceding each Interest Payment Date for each
Series of Tortoise Notes, an aggregate amount of funds available on the next
Business Day in the City of New York, New York, equal to the interest to be
paid
to all Holders of such Tortoise Notes on such Interest Payment Date. The Issuer
shall not be required to establish any reserves for the payment of
interest.
(iv) All
moneys paid to the Paying Agent for the payment of interest shall be held in
trust for the payment of such interest by the Paying Agent for the benefit
of
the Holders specified in subparagraph (b)(v) of this Section 2.02. Any moneys
paid to the Paying Agent in accordance with the foregoing but not applied by
the
Paying Agent to the payment of interest, including interest earned on such
moneys, will, to the extent permitted by law, be repaid to the Issuer at the
end
of 90 days from the date on which such moneys were to have been so
applied.
(v) Each
interest payment on a Series of Tortoise Notes shall be paid on the Interest
Payment Date therefor to the Holders of that series as their names appear on
the
security ledger or security records of the Issuer on the Business Day next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Interest in arrears for any past Rate
Period may be paid at any time, without reference to any regular Interest
Payment Date, to the Holders as their names appear on the books or records
of
the Issuer on such date, not exceeding 15 days preceding the payment date
thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. No interest will be payable
in respect of any Interest Payment or payments which may be in
arrears.
(c) (i)The
interest rate on Outstanding Tortoise Notes of each Series during the period
from and after the Original Issue Date to and including the last day of the
initial Rate Period therefor shall be equal to the rate per annum set forth
under Section 2.01(a) above. For each subsequent Rate Period with respect to
the
Tortoise Notes Outstanding thereafter, the interest rate shall be equal to
the
rate per annum that results from an Auction; provided, however, that if an
Auction for any subsequent Rate Period of a Series of Tortoise Notes is not
held
for any reason or if Sufficient Clearing Bids have not been made in an Auction
(other than as a result of all Series of Tortoise Notes being the subject of
Submitted Hold Orders), then the interest rate on a Series of Tortoise Notes
for
any such Rate Period shall be the Maximum Rate (except during a Default Period
when the interest rate shall be the Default Rate, as set forth in Section
2.02(c)(ii) below). The All Hold Rate will apply automatically following an
Auction in which all of the Outstanding Series of Tortoise Notes are subject
(or
are deemed to be subject) to Hold Orders. The rate per annum at which interest
is payable on a Series of Tortoise Notes as determined pursuant to this Section
2(c)(i) shall be the “Applicable Rate.”
(ii) Subject
to the cure provisions below, a “Default Period” with respect to a particular
Series will commence on any date the Issuer fails to deposit irrevocably in
trust in same-day funds, with the Paying Agent by 12:00 noon, New York City
time, (A) the full amount of any redemption price (the “Redemption Price”)
payable on the date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption Date”) (a “Redemption
Default,” which shall constitute an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.1(7)
of the Original Indenture) or (B) the full amount of any accrued interest on
that Series payable on the Interest Payment Date (an “Interest Default” and
together with a Redemption Default, hereinafter referred to as “Default”).
Subject to the cure provisions of Section 2(c)(iii) below, a Default Period
with
respect to an Interest Default or a Redemption
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Default
shall end on the Business Day on which, by 12:00 noon, New York City time,
all
unpaid interest and any unpaid Redemption Price shall have been deposited
irrevocably in trust in same-day funds with the Paying Agent. In the case of
an
Interest Default, the Applicable Rate for each Rate Period commencing during
a
Default Period will be equal to the Default Rate, and each subsequent Rate
Period commencing after the beginning of a Default Period shall be a Standard
Rate Period; provided, however, that the commencement of a Default Period will
not by itself cause the commencement of a new Rate Period. No Auction shall
be
held during a Default Period with respect to an Interest Default applicable
to
that Series of Tortoise Notes.
(iii) No
Default Period with respect to an Interest Default or Redemption Default shall
be deemed to commence if the amount of any interest or any Redemption Price
due
(if such default is not solely due to the willful failure of the Issuer) is
deposited irrevocably in trust, in same-day funds with the Paying Agent by
12:00
noon, New York City time within three Business Days after the applicable
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, together with an amount equal to
the
Default Rate applied to the amount of such non-payment based on the actual
number of days comprising such period divided by 360 for each Series. The
Default Rate shall be equal to the Reference Rate multiplied by three
(3).
(iv) The
amount of interest per Tortoise Note payable on each Interest Payment Date
of
each Rate Period of less than one (1) year (or in respect of interest on another
date in connection with a redemption during such Rate Period) shall be computed
by multiplying the Applicable Rate (or the Default Rate) for such Rate Period
(or a portion thereof) by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number
of days in such Rate Period (or portion thereof) that such Tortoise Notes were
outstanding and for which the Applicable Rate or the Default Rate was applicable
and the denominator of which will be 360, multiplying the amount so obtained
by
$25,000, and rounding the amount so obtained to the nearest cent. During any
Rate Period of one (1) year or more, the amount of interest per Tortoise Note
payable on any Interest Payment Date (or in respect of interest on another
date
in connection with a redemption during such Rate Period) shall be computed
as
described in the preceding sentence.
(d) Any
Interest Payment made on any Series of Tortoise Notes shall first be credited
against the earliest accrued but unpaid interest due with respect to such
Series.
Section
2.03 Redemption.
(a) (i)After
the
initial Rate Period, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.03 and to
the
extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, the Issuer may, at its
option, redeem in whole or in part out of funds legally available therefor
a
series of Tortoise Notes herein designated as (A) having a Rate Period of one
year or less, on the Business Day after the last day of such Rate Period by
delivering a notice of redemption not less than 15 days and not more than 40
days prior to the date fixed for such redemption, at a redemption price equal
to
the aggregate principal amount, plus an amount equal to accrued but unpaid
interest thereon (whether or not earned) to the date fixed for redemption
(“Redemption Price”), or (B) having a Rate Period of more than one year, on any
Business Day prior to the end of the relevant Rate Period by delivering a notice
of redemption not less than 15 days and not more than 40 days prior to the
date
fixed for such redemption, at the Redemption Price, plus a redemption premium,
if any, determined by the Board of Directors after consultation with the
Broker-Dealers and set forth in any applicable Specific Redemption Provisions
at
the time of the designation of such Rate Period as set forth in Section 2.04
hereof; provided, however, that during a Rate Period of more than one year
no
series of Tortoise Notes will be subject to optional redemption except in
accordance with any Specific Redemption Provisions approved by the Board of
Directors after consultation with the Broker-Dealers at the time of the
designation of such Rate Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer
shall
not give a
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notice
of
or effect any redemption pursuant to this Section 2.03(a)(i) unless, on the
date
on which the Issuer intends to give such notice and on the date of redemption
(a) the Issuer has available certain Deposit Securities with maturity or tender
dates not later than the day preceding the applicable redemption date and having
a value not less than the amount (including any applicable premium) due to
Holders of a series of Tortoise Notes by reason of the redemption of such
Tortoise Notes on such date fixed for the redemption and (b) the Issuer would
have Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount immediately subsequent to such
redemption, if such redemption were to occur on such date, it being understood
that the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 2.03 shall be applicable
in
such circumstances in the event the Issuer makes the deposit and takes the
other
action required thereby.
(ii) If
the
Issuer fails to maintain, as of any Valuation Date, Eligible Assets with an
aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the Tortoise Notes Basic
Maintenance Amount or, as of the last Business Day of any month, the 1940 Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, and such failure is not cured within ten Business
Days following such Valuation Date in the case of a failure to maintain the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or on the last Business Day of the
following month in the case of a failure to maintain the 1940 Act Tortoise
Notes
Asset Coverage as of such last Business Day (each an “Asset Coverage Cure
Date”), the Tortoise Notes will be subject to mandatory redemption out of funds
legally available therefor. The aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes
to
be redeemed in such circumstances will be equal to the lesser of (A) the minimum
principal amount of Tortoise Notes the redemption of which, if deemed to have
occurred immediately prior to the opening of business on the relevant Asset
Coverage Cure Date, would result in the Issuer having Eligible Assets with
an
aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the Tortoise Notes Basic
Maintenance Amount, or sufficient to satisfy 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset
Coverage, as the case may be, in either case as of the relevant Asset Coverage
Cure Date (provided that, if there is no such minimum principal amount of
Tortoise Notes the redemption of which would have such result, all Tortoise
Notes then Outstanding will be redeemed), and (B) the maximum principal amount
of Tortoise Notes that can be redeemed out of funds expected to be available
therefor on the Mandatory Redemption Date at the Mandatory Redemption Price
set
forth in subparagraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.03.
(iii) In
determining the Tortoise Notes required to be redeemed in accordance with the
foregoing Section 2.03(a)(ii), the Issuer shall allocate the aggregate principal
amount of Tortoise Notes required to be redeemed to satisfy the Tortoise Notes
Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, as
the
case may be, pro rata among the Holders of Tortoise Notes in proportion to
the
aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes they hold, by lot or by such other
method as the Issuer shall deem equitable, subject to the further provisions
of
this subparagraph (iii). The Issuer shall effect any required mandatory
redemption pursuant to subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.03 no later than
40 days after the Asset Coverage Cure Date (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”),
except that if the Issuer does not have funds legally available for the
redemption of, or is not otherwise legally permitted to redeem, the aggregate
principal amount of Tortoise Notes which would be required to be redeemed by
the
Issuer under clause (A) of subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.03 if
sufficient funds were available, or the Issuer otherwise is unable to effect
such redemption on or prior to such Mandatory Redemption Date, the Issuer shall
redeem those Tortoise Notes, and other Notes, on the earliest practicable date
on which the Issuer will have such funds available, upon notice pursuant to
Section 2.03(b) to record owners of the Tortoise Notes to be redeemed and the
Paying Agent. The Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient
to
redeem the specified aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes with respect
to a redemption required under subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.03, by
1:00 p.m., New York City time, of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Mandatory Redemption Date. If fewer than all of the Outstanding Tortoise Notes
are to be
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redeemed
pursuant to this Section 2.03(a)(iii), the aggregate principal amount of
Tortoise Notes to be redeemed shall be redeemed pro rata from the Holders of
such Tortoise Notes in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of such
Tortoise Notes held by such Holders, by lot or by such other method as the
Issuer shall deem fair and equitable, subject, however, to the terms of any
applicable Specific Redemption Provisions. “Mandatory Redemption Price” means
the Redemption Price plus (in the case of a Rate Period of one year or more
only) a redemption premium, if any, determined by the Board of Directors after
consultation with the Broker-Dealers and set forth in any applicable Specific
Redemption Provisions.
(b) In
the
event of a redemption pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Issuer will file a notice
of its intention to redeem with the Commission so as to provide at least the
minimum notice required under Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act or
any
successor provision. In addition, the Issuer shall deliver a notice of
redemption to the Auction Agent and the Trustee (the “Notice of Redemption”)
containing the information set forth below (i) in the case of an optional
redemption pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i) above, one Business Day prior to
the
giving of notice to the Holders and (ii) in the case of a mandatory redemption
pursuant to subparagraph (a)(ii) above, on or prior to the 30th day preceding
the Mandatory Redemption Date. The Trustee will use its reasonable efforts
to
provide notice to each Holder of Tortoise Notes called for redemption by
electronic or other reasonable means not later than the close of business on
the
Business Day immediately following the day on which the Trustee determines
the
Tortoise Notes to be redeemed (or, during a Default Period with respect to
such
Tortoise Notes, not later than the close of business on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which the Trustee receives Notice of Redemption
from the Issuer) The Trustee shall confirm such notice in writing not later
than
the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the date fixed for
redemption by providing the Notice of Redemption to each Holder of Tortoise
Notes called for redemption, the Paying Agent (if different from the Trustee)
and the Securities Depository. Notice of Redemption will be addressed to the
registered owners of each Series of Tortoise Notes at their addresses appearing
on the books or records of the Issuer. Such Notice of Redemption will set forth
(i) the date fixed for redemption, (ii) the principal amount and identity of
Tortoise Notes to be redeemed, (iii) the redemption price (specifying the amount
of accrued interest to be included therein and any redemption premium, if any),
(iv) that interest on the Tortoise Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue
on
such date fixed for redemption, and (v) the provision under which redemption
shall be made. No defect in the Notice of Redemption or in the transmittal
or
mailing thereof will affect the validity of the redemption proceedings, except
as required by applicable law. If fewer than all Tortoise Notes held by any
Holder are to be redeemed, the Notice of Redemption mailed to such Holder shall
also specify the principal amount of Tortoise Notes to be redeemed from such
Holder.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.03, no Tortoise Notes may
be
redeemed unless all interest on the Outstanding Tortoise Notes and all Notes
of
the Issuer ranking on a parity with the Tortoise Notes, have been or are being
contemporaneously paid or set aside for payment; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of all Outstanding
Tortoise Notes pursuant to the successful completion of an otherwise lawful
purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to, and accepted by, Holders
of all Outstanding Tortoise Notes.
(d) Upon
the
deposit of funds sufficient to redeem any Tortoise Notes with the Paying Agent
and the giving of the Notice of Redemption to the Trustee under paragraph (b)
of
this Section 2.03, interest on such Tortoise Notes shall cease to accrue and
such Tortoise Notes shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding for any purpose
(including, without limitation, for purposes of calculating whether the Issuer
has maintained the requisite Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or the
1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage), and all rights of the Holder of the Tortoise
Notes so called for redemption shall cease and terminate, except the right
of
such Holder to receive the redemption price specified herein, but without any
interest or other additional amount. Such redemption price shall be paid
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by
the
Paying Agent to the nominee of the Securities Depository. The Issuer shall
be
entitled to receive from the Paying Agent, promptly after the date fixed for
redemption, any cash deposited with the Paying Agent in excess of (i) the
aggregate redemption price of the Tortoise Notes called for redemption on such
date and (ii) such other amounts, if any, to which Holders of the Tortoise
Notes
called for redemption may be entitled. Any funds so deposited that are unclaimed
at the end of two years from such redemption date shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be paid to the Issuer, after which time the Holders of Tortoise Notes
so
called for redemption may look only to the Issuer for payment of the redemption
price and all other amounts, if any, to which they may be entitled. The Issuer
shall be entitled to receive, from time to time after the date fixed for
redemption, any interest earned on the funds so deposited.
(e) To
the
extent that any redemption for which Notice of Redemption has been given is
not
made by reason of the absence of legally available funds therefor, or is
otherwise prohibited, such redemption shall be made as soon as practicable
to
the extent such funds become legally available or such redemption is no longer
otherwise prohibited. Failure to redeem any Series of Tortoise Notes shall
be
deemed to exist at any time after the date specified for redemption in a Notice
of Redemption when the Issuer shall have failed, for any reason whatsoever,
to
deposit in trust with the Paying Agent the redemption price with respect to
any
Tortoise Notes for which such Notice of Redemption has been given.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Issuer may not have redeemed any Tortoise
Notes for which a Notice of Redemption has been given, interest may be paid
on a
Series of Tortoise Notes and shall include those Tortoise Notes for which Notice
of Redemption has been given but for which deposit of funds has not been
made.
(f) All
moneys paid to the Paying Agent for payment of the redemption price of any
Tortoise Notes called for redemption shall be held in trust by the Paying Agent
for the benefit of Holders of Tortoise Notes to be redeemed.
(g) So
long
as any Tortoise Notes are held of record by the nominee of the Securities
Depository, the redemption price for such Tortoise Notes will be paid on the
date fixed for redemption to the nominee of the Securities Depository for
distribution to Agent Members for distribution to the persons for whom they
are
acting as agent.
(h) Except
for the provisions described above, nothing contained herein limits any right
of
the Issuer to purchase or otherwise acquire any Tortoise Notes outside of an
Auction at any price, whether higher or lower than the price that would be
paid
in connection with an optional or mandatory redemption, so long as, at the
time
of any such purchase, there is no arrearage in the payment of interest on,
or
the mandatory or optional redemption price with respect to, any series of
Tortoise Notes for which Notice of Redemption has been given and the Issuer
is
in compliance with the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage and has Eligible
Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the Tortoise Notes
Basic Maintenance Amount after giving effect to such purchase or acquisition
on
the date thereof. If fewer than all the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of any series
are redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Issuer, the Issuer shall give notice
of such transaction to the Trustee, in accordance with the procedures agreed
upon by the Board of Directors.
(i) The
Board
of Directors may, without further consent of the holders of the Tortoise Notes
or the holders of shares of capital stock of the Issuer, authorize, create
or
issue any class or series of Notes, including other series of Tortoise Notes,
ranking prior to or on a parity with the Tortoise Notes to the extent permitted
by the Investment Company Act, if, upon issuance, either (A) the net proceeds
from the sale of such Notes (or such portion thereof needed to redeem or
repurchase the Outstanding Tortoise Notes) are deposited with the Trustee in
accordance with Section 2.03(d), Notice of Redemption as contemplated by Section
2.03(b) has been delivered prior thereto or is sent promptly thereafter, and
such proceeds are used to redeem all Outstanding Tortoise Notes or (B) the
Issuer would
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meet
the
1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance
Amount and the requirements of Section 2.08 hereof.
Section
2.04 Designation
of Rate Period.
(a) The
initial Rate Period for each series of Tortoise Notes is as set forth under
“Designation” above. The Issuer will designate the duration of subsequent Rate
Periods of each series of Tortoise Notes; provided, however, that no such
designation is necessary for a Standard Rate Period and, provided further,
that
any designation of a Special Rate Period shall be effective only if (i) notice
thereof shall have been given as provided herein, (ii) any failure to pay in
a
timely manner to the Trustee the full amount of any interest on, or the
redemption price of, Tortoise Notes shall have been cured as provided above,
(iii) Sufficient Clearing Bids shall have existed in an Auction held on the
Auction Date immediately preceding the first day of such proposed Special Rate
Period, (iv) if the Issuer shall have mailed a Notice of Redemption with respect
to any Tortoise Notes, the redemption price with respect to such Tortoise Notes
shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent, and (v) in the case of the
designation of a Special Rate Period, the Issuer has confirmed that as of the
Auction Date next preceding the first day of such Special Rate Period, it has
Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount, and the Issuer has consulted with
the
Broker-Dealers and has provided notice of such designation and otherwise
complied with the Rating Agency Guidelines.
(b) If
the
Issuer proposes to designate any Special Rate Period, not fewer than 7 (or
two
Business Days in the event the duration of the Rate Period prior to such Special
Rate Period is fewer than 8 days) nor more than 30 Business Days prior to the
first day of such Special Rate Period, notice shall be (i) made by press release
and (ii) communicated by the Issuer by telephonic or other means to the Trustee
and confirmed in writing promptly thereafter. Each such notice shall state
(A)
that the Issuer proposes to exercise its option to designate a succeeding
Special Rate Period, specifying the first and last days thereof and (B) that
the
Issuer will by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day next
preceding the first day of such Special Rate Period, notify the Auction Agent
and the Trustee, who will promptly notify the Broker-Dealers, of either (x)
its
determination, subject to certain conditions, to proceed with such Special
Rate
Period, subject to the terms of any Specific Redemption Provisions, or (y)
its
determination not to proceed with such Special Rate Period, in which latter
event the succeeding Rate Period shall be a Standard Rate Period.
No
later
than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day next preceding
the first day of any proposed Special Rate Period, the Issuer shall deliver
to
the Auction Agent and Trustee, who will promptly deliver to the Broker-Dealers
and Existing Holders, either:
(i) a
notice
stating (A) that the Issuer has determined to designate the next succeeding
Rate
Period as a Special Rate Period, specifying the first and last days thereof
and
(B) the terms of any Specific Redemption Provisions; or
(ii) a
notice
stating that the Issuer has determined not to exercise its option to designate
a
Special Rate Period.
If
the
Issuer fails to deliver either such notice with respect to any designation
of
any proposed Special Rate Period to the Auction Agent or is unable to make
the
confirmation provided in clause (v) of Paragraph (a) of this Section 2.04 by
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day next preceding the
first day of such proposed Special Rate Period, the Issuer shall be deemed
to
have delivered a notice to the Auction Agent with respect to such Rate Period
to
the effect set forth in clause (ii) above, thereby resulting in a Standard
Rate
Period.
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Section
2.05 Restrictions
on Transfer.
Tortoise Notes may be transferred only (a) pursuant to an order placed in an
Auction, (b) to or through a Broker-Dealer or (c) to the Issuer or any
Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transfer other than pursuant to
an
Auction will not be effective unless the selling Existing Holder or the Agent
Member of such Existing Holder, in the case of an Existing Holder whose Tortoise
Notes are listed in its own name on the books of the Auction Agent, or the
Broker-Dealer or Agent Member of such Broker-Dealer, in the case of a transfer
between persons holding Tortoise Notes through different Broker-Dealers, advises
the Auction Agent of such transfer. The certificates representing the Tortoise
Notes issued to the Securities Depository will bear legends with respect to
the
restrictions described above and stop-transfer instructions will be issued
to
the Transfer Agent and/or Registrar.
Section
2.06 1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage.
The
Issuer shall maintain, as of the last Business Day of each month in which any
Tortoise Notes are Outstanding, asset coverage with respect to the Tortoise
Notes which is equal to or greater than the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset
Coverage; provided, however, that Section 2.03(a)(ii) shall be the sole remedy
in the event the Issuer fails to do so.
Section
2.07 Tortoise
Notes Basic Maintenance Amount.
So long
as the Tortoise Notes are Outstanding and any Rating Agency is then rating
the
Tortoise Notes, the Issuer shall maintain, as of each Valuation Date, Eligible
Assets having an aggregate Discounted Value equal to or greater than the
Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount; provided, however, that Section
2.03(a)(ii) shall be the sole remedy in the event the Issuer fails to do
so.
Section
2.08 Certain
Other Restrictions.
(a) For
so
long as any Tortoise Notes are Outstanding and any Rating Agency is then rating
the Tortoise Notes, the Issuer will not engage in certain proscribed
transactions set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines, unless it has received
written confirmation from each such Rating Agency that proscribes the applicable
transaction in its Rating Agency Guidelines that any such action would not
impair the rating then assigned by such Rating Agency to a Series of Tortoise
Notes.
(b) For
so
long as any Tortoise Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer will not declare, pay
or
set apart for payment any dividend or other distribution (other than a dividend
or distribution paid in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe
for or purchase, common shares or other shares of capital stock of the Issuer)
upon any class of shares of capital stock of the Issuer, unless, in every such
case, immediately after such transaction, the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset
Coverage would be achieved after deducting the amount of such dividend,
distribution, or purchase price, as the case may be; provided, however, that
dividends may be declared upon any preferred shares of capital stock of the
Issuer if the Tortoise Notes and any other senior securities representing
indebtedness of the Issuer have an asset coverage of at least 200% at the time
of declaration thereof, after deducting the amount of such
dividend.
(c) A
declaration of a dividend or other distribution on or purchase or redemption
of
any common or preferred shares of capital stock of the Issuer is prohibited
(i)
at any time that an Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is
continuing, (ii) if after giving effect to such declaration, the Issuer would
not have Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal
to
the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes
Asset
Coverage, or (iii) the Issuer has not redeemed the full amount of Tortoise
Notes
required to be redeemed by any provisions for mandatory redemption contained
herein.
Section
2.09 Compliance
Procedures for Asset Maintenance Tests.
For so
long as any Tortoise Notes are Outstanding and any Rating Agency is then rating
such Tortoise Notes:
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(a) As
of
each Valuation Date, the Issuer shall determine in accordance with the
procedures specified herein (i) the Market Value of each Eligible Asset owned
by
the Issuer on that date, (ii) the Discounted Value of each such Eligible Asset
using the Discount Factors, (iii) whether the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance
Amount is met as of that date, (iv) the value of the total assets of the Issuer,
less all liabilities, and (v) whether the 1940 Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage
is met as of that date.
(b) Upon
any
failure to maintain the required Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or
1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage on any Valuation Date, the Issuer may use
reasonable commercial efforts (including, without limitation, altering the
composition of its portfolio, purchasing Tortoise Notes outside of an Auction
or
in the event of a failure to file a Rating Agency Certificate (as defined below)
on a timely basis, submitting the requisite Rating Agency Certificate) to
re-attain (or certify in the case of a failure to file on a timely basis, as
the
case may be) the required Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or 1940 Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage on or prior to the Asset Coverage Cure
Date.
(c) Compliance
with the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount and 1940 Act Tortoise Notes
Asset Coverage tests shall be determined with reference to those Tortoise Notes
which are deemed to be Outstanding hereunder.
(d) The
Issuer shall deliver to each Rating Agency which is then rating Tortoise Notes
and any other party specified in the Rating Agency Guidelines all certificates
that are set forth in the respective Rating Agency Guidelines regarding 1940
Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount and/or
related calculations at such times and containing such information as set forth
in the respective Rating Agency Guidelines (each, a “Rating Agency
Certificate”).
(e) In
the
event that any Rating Agency Certificate is not delivered within the time
periods set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines, the Issuer shall be deemed
to
have failed to maintain the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or the
1940
Act Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, as the case may be, on such Valuation Date
for purposes of Section 2.09(b). In the event that any Rating Agency Certificate
with respect to an applicable Asset Coverage Cure Date is not delivered within
the time periods set forth in the Rating Agency Guidelines, the Issuer shall
be
deemed to have failed to have Eligible Assets with an aggregate Discounted
Value
at least equal to the Tortoise Notes Basic Maintenance Amount or to meet the
1940 Act
Tortoise Notes Asset Coverage, as the case may be, as of the related
Valuation Date, and such failure shall be deemed not to have been cured as
of
such Asset Coverage Cure Date for purposes of the mandatory redemption
provisions.
Section
2.10 Delivery
of Notes.
Upon
the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer shall
execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Trustee shall authenticate the
Tortoise Notes and deliver them to The Depository Trust Company and as
hereinafter in this Section provided.
Prior
to
the delivery by the Trustee of any of the Tortoise Notes, there shall have
been
filed with or delivered to the Trustee the following:
(a) A
resolution duly adopted by the Issuer, certified by the Secretary or other
Authorized Officer thereof, authorizing the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Tortoise Notes.
(b) Duly
executed copies of this Supplemental Indenture and a copy of the
Indenture.
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(c) Rating
letters from each Rating Agency rating the Tortoise Notes.
(d) An
opinion of Counsel pursuant to Sections 3.03 and 9.03 of the Original
Indenture.
Section
2.11 Trustee’s
Authentication Certificate.
The
Trustee’s authentication certificate upon the Tortoise Notes shall be
substantially in the forms provided in Appendix C hereto. No Tortoise Note
shall
be secured hereby or entitled to the benefit hereof, or shall be valid or
obligatory for any purpose, unless a certificate of authentication,
substantially in such form, has been duly executed by the Trustee; and such
certificate of the Trustee upon any Tortoise Note shall be conclusive evidence
and the only competent evidence that such Bond has been authenticated and
delivered hereunder. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be deemed
to have been duly executed by it if manually signed by an authorized officer
of
the Trustee, but it shall not be necessary that the same person sign the
certificate of authentication on all of the Tortoise Notes issued
hereunder.
ARTICLE
III
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section
3.01 Trustee
as Paying Agent.
The
Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar unless and
until another entity appointed by a resolution of the Board of Directors enters
into an agreement with the Issuer to serve as Paying Agent, Transfer Agent
and
Registrar.
Section
3.02 The
Issuer to Provide Funds for Interest and Redemptions.
Not
later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day preceding each Interest Payment Date,
the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent an aggregate amount of federal
funds or similar same-day funds equal to the declared interest to be paid to
Holders on such Interest Payment Date and shall give the Paying Agent
irrevocable instructions to apply such funds to the payment of such interest
on
such Interest Payment Date.
If
the
Issuer shall give a Notice of Redemption, then by 12:00 noon on the date fixed
for redemption, the Issuer shall deposit in trust with the Paying Agent an
aggregate amount of federal funds or similar same-day funds sufficient to redeem
such Tortoise Notes called for redemption and shall give the Paying Agent
irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the redemption price to the
Holders of Tortoise Notes called for redemption upon surrender of the
certificate or certificates therefor.
Section
3.03 Disbursing
Interest and Redemption Price.
After
receipt of the federal funds or similar same-day funds and instructions from
the
Issuer, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Holders (or former Holders) entitled
thereto (i) on each corresponding Interest Payment Date, interest on the
Tortoise Notes, and (ii) on any date fixed for redemption, the redemption price
of any Tortoise Notes called for redemption. The amount of interest for any
Rate
Period to be paid by the Paying Agent to Holders will be determined by the
Issuer as set forth in this Supplemental Indenture. The redemption price to
be
paid by the Paying Agent to the Holders of any Tortoise Notes called for
redemption will be determined as set forth in this Supplemental Indenture.
The
Paying Agent shall have no duty to determine the redemption price and may rely
conclusively on the amount thereof set forth in the Notice of
Redemption.
Section
3.04 Original
Issue of Tortoise Note Authentication Certificates.
On the
Original Issue Date for any Tortoise Note, one certificate for Tortoise Notes
shall be issued by the Issuer and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee of the Securities Depository, and countersigned by the Paying
Agent.
Section
3.05 Registration
of Transfer or Exchange of Tortoise Notes.
The
Tortoise Notes shall be registered solely in the name of the Securities
Depository or its nominee. If the Securities
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Depository
shall give notice of its intention to resign as such, and if the Issuer shall
not have selected a substitute Securities Depository acceptable to the Paying
Agent prior to such resignation, then, upon such resignation of the Securities
Depository, the Tortoise Notes, at the Issuer’s request and expense, may be
registered for transfer or exchange, and new certificates thereupon shall be
issued in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, upon surrender
of the old certificate in form deemed by the Paying Agent to be endorsed
properly for transfer with (a) all necessary endorsers’ signatures guaranteed in
such manner and form and by such guarantor as the Paying Agent may reasonably
require, (b) such assurances as the Paying Agent shall deem necessary or
appropriate to evidence the genuineness and effectiveness of each necessary
endorsement and (c) satisfactory evidence of compliance with all applicable
laws
relating to the collection of taxes in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange or funds necessary for the payment of such taxes. If there
is no Securities Depository, at the Issuer’s option and upon its receipt of such
documents as it deems appropriate, any Tortoise Notes may be registered in
the
note register in the name of the Beneficial Owner thereof, and such Beneficial
Owner thereupon will be entitled to receive certificates therefor and required
to deliver certificates thereof upon transfer or exchange thereof at the
Issuer’s expense.
Section
3.06 Removal
of Legend.
Any
request for removal of a legend indicating a restriction on transfer from a
certificate evidencing Tortoise Notes shall be accompanied by an opinion of
counsel stating that such legend may be removed and such Tortoise Notes may
be
transferred free of the restriction described in such legend, said opinion
to be
delivered under cover of a letter from an officer of the Issuer authorizing
the
Paying Agent to remove the legend on the basis of said opinion.
Section
3.07 Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Tortoise Note Authentication
Certificates.
The
Paying Agent shall, at the Holder’s expense, issue and register replacement
certificates for certificates represented to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the fulfillment of such requirements as shall be deemed
appropriate by the Issuer and by the Paying Agent, subject at all times to
provisions of law, this Supplemental Indenture governing such matters and
resolutions adopted by the Issuer with respect to lost, stolen or destroyed
securities. The Paying Agent may issue new certificates in exchange for and
upon
the cancellation of mutilated certificates. Any request by the Issuer to the
Paying Agent to issue a replacement or new certificate pursuant to this section
shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Issuer to the Paying
Agent that such issuance will comply with provisions of applicable law and
this
Supplemental Indenture and resolutions of the Issuer.
Section
3.08 Disposition
of Canceled Certificates; Record Retention.
The
Paying Agent shall retain certificates which have been canceled and any
accompanying documentation thereto in accordance with applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission for at least six calendar years from the date
of
such cancellation. The Paying Agent, upon written request by the Issuer, shall
afford to the Issuer, its agents and counsel access at reasonable times during
normal business hours to review and make extracts or copies (at the Issuer’s
sole cost and expense) of such certificates and accompanying documentation.
Upon
the expiration of this six-year period, the Paying Agent, upon written request
by the Issuer, shall deliver to the Issuer the canceled certificates and any
accompanying documentation. In the event that the Commission requests that
any
or all such records be furnished to it, the Paying Agent shall provide the
Issuer with prompt written notice of such request so that the Issuer may appeal
such request and the Paying Agent shall cooperate with the Issuer in any such
appeal. In the event that such appeal is unsuccessful, the Paying Agent shall
be
permitted to furnish to the Commission, either at its principal office or at
any
regional office, complete, correct and current hard copies of any and all
records that were requested by the Commission provided that the Paying Agent
shall exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that confidential
treatment will be accorded to such records. Thereafter, such records shall
not
be destroyed by the Issuer without the approval of the Paying Agent, which
approval shall not be withheld unreasonably, but will be safely stored for
possible future reference.
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Section
3.09 Register.
The
Paying Agent shall maintain the register, which shall contain a list of the
Holders, the number of Tortoise Notes held by each Holder and the address of
each Holder. The Paying Agent shall record in the register any change of address
of a Holder upon notice by such Holder. In case of any written request or demand
for the inspection of the register or any other books of the Issuer in the
possession of the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent will notify the Issuer and
secure instructions as to permitting or refusing such inspection. The Paying
Agent reserves the right, however, to exhibit the register or other records
to
any person in case it is (a) ordered to do so by a court of competent
jurisdiction or a regulatory body, judicial or quasi-judicial agency or
authority having the authority to compel such disclosure or (b) advised by
its
counsel that its failure to do so would be unlawful.
Section
3.10 Return
of Funds.
Any
funds paid to the Paying Agent for the paying of interest but not applied to
the
payment of interest, including interest earned on such moneys, will, to the
extent permitted by law, be repaid to the Issuer at the end of 90 days from
the
date on which such moneys were to have been so applied. Upon written request,
the Issuer shall be entitled to receive from the Paying Agent, promptly after
the date fixed for redemption, any cash deposited with the Paying Agent in
excess of (i) the aggregate redemption price of the Tortoise Notes called for
redemption on such date and (ii) such other amounts, if any, to which Holders
of
Tortoise Notes called for redemption may be entitled. Any funds so deposited
that are unclaimed at the end of two years from such redemption date shall,
to
the extent permitted by law, be paid to the Issuer upon its written request
whereupon the Issuer shall assume all responsibility and liability for
compliance with any abandoned or unclaimed property law or regulation. Funds,
while deposited with the Auction Agent, will be held in trust for the payment
of
the applicable interest, redemption price or, as may be applicable under this
Supplemental Indenture, other charges.
Section
3.11 Date
of Execution.
This
Supplemental Indenture for convenience and for the purpose of reference is
dated
as of _____, 200_.
Section
3.12 Laws
Governing.
It is
the intent of the parties hereto that this Supplemental Indenture shall in
all
respects be governed by the laws of the State of New York. The parties agree
that all actions and proceedings arising out of this Indenture or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the County of New York
and,
in connection with any such action or proceeding, submit to the jurisdiction
of,
and venue in, such County. Each of the parties hereto also irrevocably waives
all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising
out
of this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
3.13 Severability.
Of any
covenant, agreement, waiver, or part thereof in this Supplemental Indenture
contained be forbidden by any pertinent law or under any pertinent law be
effective to render this Supplemental Indenture invalid or unenforceable or
to
impair the lien hereof, then each such covenant, agreement, waiver, or part
thereof shall itself be and is hereby declared to be wholly ineffective, and
this Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as if the same were not included
herein.
Section
3.14 Exhibits.
The
terms of the Exhibits attached to this Supplemental Indenture are
incorporated herein in all particulars.
ARTICLE
IV
APPLICABILITY
OF INDENTURE
The
provisions of the Indenture are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed, except
as otherwise expressly modified by this Supplemental Indenture. The
representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Indenture (except
as
expressly modified herein) are hereby reaffirmed with the same force and effect
as if fully set forth herein and made again as of the date hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
Issuer has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed in its corporate
name and behalf by the Secretary, and the Trustee, to evidence its acceptance
of
the trusts hereby created, has caused this Supplemental Indenture to be executed
in its corporate name and behalf, all in multiple counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, and the Issuer and the Trustee have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of the date herein above first shown,
although actually executed on the dates shown in the acknowledgments hereafter
appearing. The Issuer’s Articles of Incorporation are on file with the Secretary
of State of the State of Maryland, and said officers of the Issuer have executed
this Supplemental Indenture as officers and not individually, and the
obligations and rights set forth in this Supplemental Indenture are not binding
upon any such officers, or the Board of Directors or stockholders of the
Company, individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of
the
Issuer.
By:
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BNY
MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
By:
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APPENDIX
A
AUCTION
PROCEDURES
1. Orders.
(a) Prior
to
the Submission Deadline on each Auction Date for a series of Tortoise
Notes:
(i) each
Beneficial Owner of Tortoise Notes of such series may submit to its
Broker-Dealer information as to:
(A) the
principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes, if any, of such series held
by
such Beneficial Owner which such Beneficial Owner desires to continue to hold
without regard to the Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series for
the
next succeeding Rate Period of such series;
(B) the
principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes, if any, of such series held
by
such Beneficial Owner which such Beneficial Owner offers to sell if the
Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series for the next succeeding Rate
Period of Tortoise Notes of such series shall be less than the rate per annum
specified by such Beneficial Owner; and/or
(C) the
principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes, if any, of such series held
by
such Beneficial Owner which such Beneficial Owner offers to sell without regard
to the Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series for the next succeeding
Rate Period of Tortoise Notes of such series;
and
(ii) one
or
more Broker-Dealers, using lists of Potential Beneficial Owners, shall in good
faith for the purpose of conducting a competitive Auction in a commercially
reasonable manner, contact Potential Beneficial Owners (by telephone or
otherwise), including Persons that are not Beneficial Owners, on such lists
to
determine the principal amount of Tortoise Notes, if any, of such series which
each such Potential Beneficial Owner offers to purchase if the Applicable Rate
for Tortoise Notes of such series for the next succeeding Rate Period of
Tortoise Notes of such series shall not be less than the rate per annum
specified by such Potential Beneficial Owner.
For
the
purposes hereof, the communication by a Beneficial Owner or Potential Beneficial
Owner to a Broker-Dealer, or by a Broker-Dealer to the Auction Agent, of
information referred to in clause (i) (A), (i) (B), (i) (C) or (ii) of this
paragraph (a) is hereinafter referred to as an “Order” and collectively as
“Orders” and each Beneficial Owner and each Potential Beneficial Owner placing
an Order with a Broker-Dealer, and such Broker-Dealer placing an Order with
the
Auction Agent, is hereinafter referred to as a “Bidder” and collectively as
“Bidders”; an Order containing the information referred to in clause (i)(A) of
this paragraph (a) is hereinafter referred to as a “Hold Order” and collectively
as “Hold Orders”; an Order containing the information referred to in clause
(i)(B) or (ii) of this paragraph (a) is hereinafter referred to as a “Bid” and
collectively as “Bids”; and an Order containing the information referred to in
clause (i)(C) of this paragraph (a) is hereinafter referred to as a “Sell Order”
and collectively as “Sell Orders.”
(b) (i) A
Bid by
a Beneficial Owner or an Existing Holder of Tortoise Notes of a series subject
to an Auction on any Auction Date shall constitute an irrevocable offer to
sell:
A-1
(A) the
principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series specified in
such
Bid if the Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series determined on
such
Auction Date shall be less than the rate specified therein;
(B) such
principal amount or a lesser principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
such series to be determined as set forth in clause (iv) of paragraph (a) of
Section 4 of this Appendix A if the Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes of such
series determined on such Auction Date shall be equal to the rate specified
therein; or
(C) the
principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series specified in
such
Bid if the rate specified therein shall be higher than the Maximum Rate for
Tortoise Notes of such series, or such principal amount or a lesser principal
amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series to be determined as set
forth in clause (iii) of paragraph (b) of Section 4 of this Appendix A if the
rate specified therein shall be higher than the Maximum Rate for Tortoise Notes
of such series and Sufficient Clearing Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series
do
not exist.
(ii) A
Sell
Order by a Beneficial Owner or an Existing Holder of Tortoise Notes of a series
of Tortoise Notes subject to an Auction on any Auction Date shall constitute
an
irrevocable offer to sell:
(A) the
principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series specified in
such
Sell Order; or
(B) such
principal amount or a lesser principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
such series as set forth in clause (iii) of paragraph (b) of Section 4 of this
Appendix A if Sufficient Clearing Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series do
not
exist;
provided,
however,
that a
Broker-Dealer that is an Existing Holder with respect to a series of Tortoise
Notes shall not be liable to any Person for failing to sell such Tortoise Notes
pursuant to a Sell Order described in the proviso to paragraph (c) of Section
2
of this Appendix A if (1) such Tortoise Notes were transferred by the Beneficial
Owner thereof without compliance by such Beneficial Owner or its transferee
Broker-Dealer (or other transferee person, if permitted by the Issuer) with
the
provisions of the Indenture or (2) such Broker-Dealer has informed the Auction
Agent pursuant to the terms of its Broker-Dealer Agreement that, according
to
such Broker-Dealer’s records, such Broker-Dealer believes it is not the Existing
Holder of such Tortoise Notes.
(iii) A
Bid by
a Potential Beneficial Owner or a Potential Beneficial Owner of Tortoise Notes
of a series subject to an Auction on any Auction Date shall constitute an
irrevocable offer to purchase:
(A) the
principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series specified in
such
Bid if the Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series determined on
such
Auction Date shall be higher than the rate specified therein; or
(B) such
principal amount or a lesser principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
such series as set forth in clause (v) of paragraph (a) of Section 4 of this
Appendix A if the Applicable Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series determined
on such Auction Date shall be equal to the rate specified therein.
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2. Submission
of Orders by Broker-Dealers to Auction Agent.
(a) Each
Broker-Dealer shall submit in writing to the Auction Agent prior to the
Submission Deadline on each Auction Date all Orders for Tortoise Notes of a
series subject to an Auction on such Auction Date obtained by such
Broker-Dealer, designating itself (unless otherwise permitted by the Issuer)
as
an Existing Holder in respect of Tortoise Notes subject to Orders submitted
or
deemed submitted to it by Beneficial Owners and as a Potential Holder in respect
of Tortoise Notes subject to Orders submitted to it by Potential Beneficial
Owners, and shall specify with respect to each such Order:
(i) the
name
of the Bidder placing such Order (which shall be the Broker-Dealer unless
otherwise permitted by the Issuer);
(ii) the
aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes of such series that are the subject
of such Order;
(iii) to
the
extent that such Bidder is an Existing Holder of Tortoise Notes of such
series:
(A) the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes, if any, of such series subject to any Hold
Order of such Existing Holder;
(B) the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes, if any, of such series subject to any Bid
of
such Existing Holder and the rate specified in such Bid; and
(C) the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes, if any, of such series subject to any Sell
Order of such Existing Holder; and
(iv) to
the
extent such Bidder is a Potential Holder of Tortoise Notes of such series,
the
rate and principal amount of Tortoise Notes of such series specified in such
Potential Holder’s Bid.
(b) If
any
rate specified in any Bid contains more than three figures to the right of
the
decimal point, the Auction Agent shall round such rate up to the next highest
one thousandth (.001) of 1%.
(c) If
an
Order or Orders covering all of the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of a series
held
by any Existing Holder is not submitted to the Auction Agent prior to the
Submission Deadline, the Auction Agent shall deem a Hold Order to have been
submitted by or on behalf of such Existing Holder covering the principal amount
of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series held by such Existing Holder and
not subject to Orders submitted to the Auction Agent; provided, however, that
if
an Order or Orders covering all of the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series
held by any Existing Holder is not submitted to the Auction Agent prior to
the
Submission Deadline for an Auction relating to a Special Rate Period consisting
of more than 28 Rate Period Days, the Auction Agent shall deem a Sell Order
to
have been submitted by or on behalf of such Existing Holder covering the
principal amount of outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series held by such
Existing Holder and not subject to Orders submitted to the Auction
Agent.
(d) If
one or
more Orders of an Existing Holder is submitted to the Auction Agent covering
in
the aggregate more than the principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes
of a
series subject to an Auction held by such Existing Holder, such Orders shall
be
considered valid in the following order of priority:
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(i) all
Hold
Orders for Tortoise Notes of such series shall be considered valid, but only
up
to and including in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise
Notes
of such series held by such Existing Holder, and if the aggregate principal
amount of Tortoise Notes of such series subject to such Hold Orders exceeds
the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series held
by
such Existing Holder, the principal amount of Tortoise Notes subject to each
such Hold Order shall be reduced pro rata to cover the principal amount of
Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series held by such Existing
Holder;
(ii) (A) any
Bid
for Tortoise Notes of such series shall be considered valid up to and including
the excess of the principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series
subject to any Hold Orders referred to in clause (i) above;
(B) subject
to subclause (A), if more than one Bid of an Existing Holder for Tortoise Notes
of such series is submitted to the Auction Agent with the same rate and the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series subject
to such Bids is greater than such excess, such Bids shall be considered valid
up
to and including the amount of such excess, and the principal amount of Tortoise
Notes of such series subject to each Bid with the same rate shall be reduced
pro
rata to cover the principal amount of Tortoise Notes of such series equal to
such excess;
(C) subject
to subclauses (A) and (B), if more than one Bid of an Existing Holder for
Tortoise Notes of such series is submitted to the Auction Agent with different
rates, such Bids shall be considered valid in the ascending order of their
respective rates up to and including the amount of such excess; and
(D) in
any
such event, the principal amount, if any, of such Outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
such series subject to any portion of Bids considered not valid in whole or
in
part under this clause (ii) shall be treated as the subject of a Bid for
Tortoise Notes of such series by or on behalf of a Potential Holder at the
rate
therein specified; and
(iii) all
Sell
Orders for Tortoise Notes of such series shall be considered valid up to and
including the excess of the principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes
of
such series held by such Existing Holder over the aggregate principal amount
of
Tortoise Notes of such series subject to valid Hold Orders referred to in clause
(i) above and valid Bids referred to in clause (ii) above.
(e) If
more
than one Bid for one or more Tortoise Note of a series is submitted to the
Auction Agent by or on behalf of any Potential Holder, each such Bid submitted
shall be a separate Bid with the rate and principal amount therein
specified.
(f) Any
Order
submitted by a Beneficial Owner or a Potential Beneficial Owner to its
Broker-Dealer, or by a Broker-Dealer to the Auction Agent, prior to the
Submission Deadline on any Auction Date, shall be irrevocable.
3. Determination
of Sufficient Clearing Bids, Winning Bid Rate and Applicable
Rate.
(a) Not
earlier than the Submission Deadline on each Auction Date for a series of
Tortoise Notes, the Auction Agent shall assemble all valid Orders submitted
or
deemed submitted to it by the Broker-Dealers in respect of Tortoise Notes of
such series (each such Order as submitted or deemed submitted by a Broker-Dealer
being hereinafter referred to individually as a “Submitted Hold Order,” a
“Submitted Bid” or a “Submitted Sell Order,” as the case may be, or as a
“Submitted Order” and collectively as “Submitted Hold Orders,” “Submitted Bids”
or “Submitted Sell Orders,” as the case may be, or as “Submitted Orders”) and
shall determine for such series:
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(i) the
excess of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such
series over the principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series
subject to Submitted Hold Orders (such excess being hereinafter referred to
as
the “Available Tortoise Notes” of such series);
(ii) from
the
Submitted Orders for Tortoise Notes of such series whether:
(A) the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series subject
to Submitted Bids of Potential Holders specifying one or more rates between
the
Minimum Rate (for Standard Rate Periods or less, only) and the Maximum Rate
(for
all Rate Periods) for Tortoise Notes of such series;
exceeds
or is equal to the sum of:
(B) the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series subject
to Submitted Bids of Existing Holders specifying one or more rates between
the
Minimum Rate (for Standard Rate Periods or less, only) and the Maximum Rate
(for
all Rate Periods) for Tortoise Notes of such series; and
(C) the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series subject
to Submitted Sell Orders
(in
the
event such excess or such equality exists (other than because all of the
Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series are subject to Submitted Hold Orders),
such Submitted Bids in subclause (A) above being hereinafter referred to
collectively as “Sufficient Clearing Bids” for Tortoise Notes of such series);
and
(iii) if
Sufficient Clearing Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series exist, the lowest
rate specified in such Submitted Bids (the “Winning Bid Rate” for Tortoise Notes
of such series) which if:
(A) (I)
each
such Submitted Bid of Existing Holders specifying such lowest rate and (II)
all
other such Submitted Bids of Existing Holders specifying lower rates were
rejected, thus entitling such Existing Holders to continue to hold the Tortoise
Notes of such series that are subject to such Submitted Bids; and
(B) (I)
each
such Submitted Bid of Potential Holders specifying such lowest rate and (II)
all
other such Submitted Bids of Potential Holders specifying lower rates were
accepted;
would
result in such Existing Holders described in subclause (A) above continuing
to
hold an aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series
which, when added to the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise
Notes of such series to be purchased by such Potential Holders described in
subclause (B) above, would equal not less than the Available Tortoise Notes
of
such series.
(b) Promptly
after the Auction Agent has made the determinations pursuant to paragraph (a)
of
this Section 3, the Auction Agent shall advise the Issuer of the Minimum Rate
and Maximum Rate for the series of Tortoise Notes for which an Auction is being
held on the Auction Date and, based on such determination, the Applicable Rate
for Tortoise Notes of such series for the next succeeding Rate Period thereof
as
follows:
(i) if
Sufficient Clearing Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series exist, that the
Applicable Rate for all Tortoise Notes of such series for the next succeeding
Rate Period thereof shall be equal to the Winning Bid Rate for Tortoise Notes
of
such series so determined;
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(ii) if
Sufficient Clearing Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series do not exist (other
than because all of the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series are subject
to
Submitted Hold Orders), that the Applicable Rate for all Tortoise Notes of
such
series for the next succeeding Rate Period thereof shall be equal to the Maximum
Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series; or
(iii) if
all of
the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series are subject to Submitted Hold
Orders, that the Applicable Rate for all Tortoise Notes of such series for
the
next succeeding Rate Period thereof shall be All Hold Rate.
4. Acceptance
and Rejection of Submitted Bids and Submitted Sell Orders and Allocation of
Tortoise
Notes. Existing Holders shall continue to hold the Tortoise Notes that are
subject to Submitted Hold Orders, and, based on the determinations made pursuant
to paragraph (a) of Section 3 of this Appendix A, the Submitted Bids and
Submitted Sell Orders shall be accepted or rejected by the Auction Agent and
the
Auction Agent shall take such other action as set forth below:
(a) If
Sufficient Clearing Bids for a series of Tortoise Notes have been made, all
Submitted Sell Orders with respect to Tortoise Notes of such series shall be
accepted and, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of this
Section 4, Submitted Bids with respect to Tortoise Notes of such series shall
be
accepted or rejected as follows in the following order of priority and all
other
Submitted Bids with respect to Tortoise Notes of such series shall be
rejected:
(i) Existing
Holders’ Submitted Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series specifying any rate
that is higher than the Winning Bid Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series
shall
be accepted, thus requiring each such Existing Holder to sell the Tortoise
Notes
subject to such Submitted Bids;
(ii) Existing
Holders’ Submitted Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series specifying any rate
that is lower than the Winning Bid Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series shall
be rejected, thus entitling each such Existing Holder to continue to hold the
Tortoise Notes subject to such Submitted Bids;
(iii) Potential
Holders’ Submitted Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series specifying any rate
that is lower than the Winning Bid Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series shall
be accepted;
(iv) each
Existing Holder’s Submitted Bid for Tortoise Notes of such series specifying a
rate that is equal to the Winning Bid Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series
shall be rejected, thus entitling such Existing Holder to continue to hold
the
Tortoise Notes subject to such Submitted Bid, unless the aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes subject to all such Submitted Bids shall
be
greater than the principal amount of Tortoise Notes (“remaining Tortoise Notes”)
in the excess of the Available Tortoise Notes of such series over the principal
amount of Tortoise Notes subject to Submitted Bids described in clauses (ii)
and
(iii) of this paragraph (a), in which event such Submitted Bid of such Existing
Holder shall be rejected in part, and such Existing Holder shall be entitled
to
continue to hold Tortoise Notes subject to such Submitted Bid, but only in
an
amount equal to the principal amount of Tortoise Notes of such series obtained
by multiplying the remaining principal amount by a fraction, the numerator
of
which shall be the principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes held by such
Existing Holder subject to such Submitted Bid and the denominator of which
shall
be the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes subject to
such
Submitted Bids made by all such Existing Holders that specified a rate equal
to
the Winning Bid Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series; and
(v) each
Potential Holder’s Submitted Bid for aggregate principal amount of such series
specifying a rate that is equal to the Winning Bid Rate for aggregate principal
amount of such series shall be accepted but only in an amount equal to the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes of such series obtained by multiplying the
principal amount of Tortoise Notes in the excess of the Available Tortoise
Notes
of such series over the principal amount of Tortoise Notes subject to Submitted
Bids described in
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clauses
(ii) through (iv) of this paragraph (a) by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes subject to such
Submitted Bid and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes subject to such Submitted Bids made by
all
such Potential Holders that specified a rate equal to the Winning Bid Rate
for
Tortoise Notes of such series.
(b) If
Sufficient Clearing Bids for a series of Tortoise Notes have not been made
(other than because all of the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series are
subject to Submitted Hold Orders), subject to the provisions of paragraph (d)
of
this Section 4, Submitted Orders for Tortoise Notes of such series shall be
accepted or rejected as follows in the following order of priority and all
other
Submitted Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series shall be rejected:
(i) Existing
Holders’ Submitted Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series specifying any rate
that is equal to or lower than the Maximum Rate for Tortoise Notes of such
series shall be rejected, thus entitling such Existing Holders to continue
to
hold the Tortoise Notes subject to such Submitted Bids;
(ii) Potential
Holders’ Submitted Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series specifying any rate
that is equal to or lower than the Maximum Rate for Tortoise Notes of such
series shall be accepted; and
(iii) Each
Existing Holder’s Submitted Bid for Tortoise Notes of such series specifying any
rate that is higher than the Maximum Rate for Tortoise Notes of such series
and
the Submitted Sell Orders for Tortoise Notes of such series of each Existing
Holder shall be accepted, thus entitling each Existing Holder that submitted
or
on whose behalf was submitted any such Submitted Bid or Submitted Sell Order
to
sell the Tortoise Notes of such series subject to such Submitted Bid or
Submitted Sell Order, but in both cases only in an amount equal to the principal
amount of Tortoise Notes of such series obtained by multiplying the principal
amount of Tortoise Notes of such series subject to Submitted Bids described
in
clause (ii) of this paragraph (b) by a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be
the principal amount of Outstanding Tortoise Notes of such series held by such
Existing Holder subject to such Submitted Bid or Submitted Sell Order and the
denominator of which shall be the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding
Tortoise Notes of such series subject to all such Submitted Bids and Submitted
Sell Orders.
(c) If
all of
the Outstanding Tortoise Notes of a series are subject to Submitted Hold Orders,
all Submitted Bids for Tortoise Notes of such series shall be
rejected.
(d) If,
as a
result of the procedures described in clause (iv) or (v) of paragraph (a) or
clause (iii) of paragraph (b) of this Section 4, any Existing Holder would
be
entitled or required to sell, or any Potential Holder would be entitled or
required to purchase, less than an Authorized Denomination of Tortoise Notes
on
any Auction Date, the Auction Agent shall, in such manner as it shall determine
in its sole discretion, round up or down the principal amount of Tortoise Notes
of such series to be purchased or sold by any Existing Holder or Potential
Holder on such Auction Date as a result of such procedures so that the principal
amount of Tortoise Notes so purchased or sold by each Existing Holder or
Potential Holder on such Auction Date shall be equal to an Authorized
Denomination.
(e) If,
as a
result of the procedures described in clause (v) of paragraph (a) of this
Section 4, any Potential Holder would be entitled or required to purchase less
than an Authorized Denomination of Tortoise Notes on any Auction Date, the
Auction Agent shall, in such manner as it shall determine in its sole
discretion, allocate Tortoise Notes of such series or purchase among Potential
Holders so that only Tortoise Notes of such series in Authorized Denominations
are purchased on such Auction Date as a
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result
of
such procedures by any Potential Holder, even if such allocation results in
one
or more Potential Holders not purchasing Tortoise Notes of such series on such
Auction Date.
(f) Based
on
the results of each Auction for a series of Tortoise Notes, the Auction Agent
shall determine the aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes of such series
to be purchased and the aggregate principal amount of Tortoise Notes of such
series to be sold by Potential Holders and Existing Holders and, with respect
to
each Potential Holder and Existing Holder, to the extent that such aggregate
principal amount of Tortoise Notes and such aggregate principal amount of
Tortoise Notes to be sold differ, determine to which other Potential Holder(s)
or Existing Holder(s) they shall deliver, or from which other Potential
Holder(s) or Existing Holder(s) they shall receive, as the case may be, Tortoise
Notes of such series. Notwithstanding any provision of the Auction Procedures
or
the Settlement Procedures to the contrary, in the event an Existing Holder
or
Beneficial Owner of Tortoise Notes of a series with respect to whom a
Broker-Dealer submitted a Bid to the Auction Agent for such Tortoise Notes
that
was accepted in whole or in part, or submitted or is deemed to have submitted
a
Sell Order for such Tortoise Notes that was accepted in whole or in part, fails
to instruct its Agent Member to deliver such Tortoise Notes against payment
therefor, partial deliveries of Tortoise Notes that have been made in respect
of
Potential Holders’ or Potential Beneficial Owners’ Submitted Bids for Tortoise
Notes of such series that have been accepted in whole or in part shall
constitute good delivery to such Potential Holders and Potential Beneficial
Owners.
(g) Neither
the Issuer nor the Auction Agent nor any affiliate of either shall have any
responsibility or liability with respect to the failure of an Existing Holder,
or a Potential Holder to deliver Tortoise Notes of any series or to pay for
Tortoise Notes of any series sold or purchased pursuant to the Auction
Procedures or otherwise.
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