TRUST INDENTURE between BELL CANADA and CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY - COMPAGNIE TRUST CIBC MELLON In respect of Debentures Bearing formal date of November 28, 1997.
Exhibit 7.1
between
XXXX CANADA
and
CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY -
COMPAGNIE TRUST CIBC MELLON
COMPAGNIE TRUST CIBC MELLON
In respect of
Debentures
Debentures
Bearing formal date of November 28, 1997.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article | Title | Page | ||||
ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01.
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Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02.
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Form of Documents to be Delivered | 7 | ||||
Section 1.03.
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Securityholders’ Resolutions | 7 | ||||
Section 1.04.
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Corporation | 8 | ||||
Section 1.05.
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Notices to Securityholders; Waiver | 9 | ||||
Section 1.06.
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 9 | ||||
Section 1.07.
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Successors and Assigns | 9 | ||||
Section 1.08.
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Separability Clause | 9 | ||||
Section 1.09.
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Benefits of Indenture | 9 | ||||
Section 1.10.
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Governing Law | 10 | ||||
Section 1.11.
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Legal Holidays | 10 | ||||
Section 1.12.
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Language of Notices, Etc. | 10 | ||||
Section 1.13.
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Trusts created within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec | 10 | ||||
Section 1.14.
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Conversion Into Canadian Funds | 10 | ||||
TWO SECURITY FORMS | 11 | |||||
Section 2.01.
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Forms Generally | 11 | ||||
THREE THE SECURITIES | 11 | |||||
Section 3.01.
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Title and Terms | 11 | ||||
Section 3.02.
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Issuance, Authentication and Delivery of Securities | 12 | ||||
Section 3.03.
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Form of Securities | 12 | ||||
Section 3.04.
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 13 | ||||
Section 3.05.
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Temporary Securities | 13 | ||||
Section 3.06.
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 14 | ||||
Section 3.07.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities | 15 | ||||
Section 3.08.
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Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved | 16 | ||||
Section 3.09.
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Persons Deemed Owners | 18 | ||||
Section 3.10.
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Cancellation and Disposal of Securities | 18 | ||||
Section 3.11.
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Depository System | 18 | ||||
Section 3.12.
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Transfer under Depository System | 18 | ||||
Section 3.13.
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Termination of Depository System | 19 | ||||
Section 3.14.
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Termination of Depository | 20 | ||||
Section 3.15.
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Dealings with the Depository | 20 | ||||
Section 3.16.
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Payments of Principal and Interest During Depository System | 21 | ||||
FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE | 22 | |||||
Section 4.01.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 22 | ||||
Section 4.02.
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Application of Trust Funds | 23 |
FIVE REMEDIES | 23 | |||||
Section 5.01.
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Events of Default | 23 | ||||
Section 5.02.
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 25 | ||||
Section 5.03.
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee | 26 | ||||
Section 5.04.
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 27 | ||||
Section 5.05.
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 27 | ||||
Section 5.06.
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Application of Money Collected | 28 | ||||
Section 5.07.
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Limitation on Suits | 28 | ||||
Section 5.08.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 29 | ||||
Section 5.09.
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 29 | ||||
Section 5.10.
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 29 | ||||
Section 5.11.
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Control by Securityholders | 29 | ||||
Section 5.12.
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Waiver of Past Defaults | 30 | ||||
Section 5.13.
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Undertaking for Costs | 30 | ||||
SIX THE TRUSTEE | 30 | |||||
Section 6.01.
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 30 | ||||
Section 6.02.
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Certain Rights of Trustee | 31 | ||||
Section 6.03.
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities | 32 | ||||
Section 6.04.
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May Hold Securities | 32 | ||||
Section 6.05.
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Money Held in Trust | 32 | ||||
Section 6.06.
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Compensation and Reimbursement | 33 | ||||
Section 6.07.
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Disqualification; Conflicting Interests | 33 | ||||
Section 6.08.
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 33 | ||||
Section 6.09.
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 34 | ||||
Section 6.10.
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 35 | ||||
Section 6.11.
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Merger or Consolidation | 35 | ||||
Section 6.12.
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Fondé de pouvoir | 35 | ||||
SEVEN CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER | 37 | |||||
Section 7.01.
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Corporation May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms | 37 | ||||
Section 7.02.
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Successor Corporation Substituted | 38 | ||||
EIGHT SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 38 | |||||
Section 8.01.
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 38 | ||||
Section 8.02.
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Rights of Trustee Upon Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 39 | ||||
Section 8.03.
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 40 | ||||
Section 8.04.
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 40 | ||||
NINE MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES | 40 | |||||
Section 9.01.
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Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called | 40 | ||||
Section 9.02.
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Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution | 40 | ||||
Section 9.03.
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Call, Notice and Place of Meetings | 42 | ||||
Section 9.04.
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Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings | 43 | ||||
Section 9.05.
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Quorum; Action | 43 |
Section 9.06.
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Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings | 43 | ||||
Section 9.07.
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Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings | 44 | ||||
Section 9.08.
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Distribution of Proxy Material to Participants | 45 | ||||
Section 9.09.
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Serial Meetings | 45 | ||||
TEN COVENANTS | 47 | |||||
Section 10.01.
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Payment of Principal and Interest | 47 | ||||
Section 10.02.
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Maintenance of Places of Registration | 47 | ||||
Section 10.03.
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Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust | 47 | ||||
Section 10.04.
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Corporate Existence | 48 | ||||
Section 10.05.
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Negative Pledge | 48 | ||||
Section 10.06.
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Additional Permitted Liens | 49 | ||||
Section 10.07.
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Waiver of Certain Covenants | 49 | ||||
Section 10.08.
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Annual Certificate of Compliance | 50 | ||||
ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES | 50 | |||||
Section 11.01.
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Applicability of Article | 50 | ||||
Section 11.02.
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Partial Redemption; Notice to Trustee | 50 | ||||
Section 11.03.
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed | 50 | ||||
Section 11.04.
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Notice of Redemption | 51 | ||||
Section 11.05.
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Deposit of Redemption Price | 51 | ||||
Section 11.06.
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 51 | ||||
Section 11.07.
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Securities Redeemed in Part | 52 | ||||
Section 11.08.
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Purchase | 52 | ||||
Section 11.10.
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Cancellation of Securities | 53 | ||||
TWELVE COUNTERPARTS AND LANGUAGE | 53 | |||||
Section 12.01.
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Counterparts | 53 | ||||
Section 12.02.
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Language | 53 | ||||
TESTIMONIUM | 54 | |||||
SCHEDULE A FORM OF PHYSICAL SECURITIES | 55 | |||||
SCHEDULE B FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE | 61 |
THIS INDENTURE dated as of and bearing formal date of November 28, 0000 xxxxxxx XXXX
XXXXXX, a corporation continued under the Canada Business Corporations Act (herein called the
“Corporation”) having its registered office in the city of Montréal, Province of Québec, and CIBC
MELLON TRUST COMPANY — COMPAGNIE TRUST CIBC MELLON, a company incorporated under the laws of Canada
duly authorized to carry on the business of a trust company (herein called the “Trustee”).
Recitals of the Corporation
The Corporation has duly authorized the creation of Debentures (herein called the “Securities”) for
issuance to be made from time to time and, to provide therefor, has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
It is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General
Application
Definitions and Other Provisions of General
Application
Section 1.01. Definitions
(a) | For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: |
“this Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to
the applicable provisions hereof.
All references in this instrument to designated “Articles”, “Sections” and other subdivisions
are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this instrument. The words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and “herewith” and other words of similar import refer to this
Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
(b) | The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular. |
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
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“Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation in the relevant area, printed
in the English language and, if the relevant area is in the Province of Québec, also in the French
language, and customarily published on each business day, whether or not published on Saturdays,
Sundays or holidays.
“Banking Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or Place of Registration, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment or Place of Registration are authorized or obligated by law
to close for the entire day.
“Beneficial Owner” means any Person holding a beneficial interest in the Securities issued in
book-entry only form.
“Branch Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06.
“Branch Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06.
“Central Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06.
“Certified Resolution” means a copy of a resolution, certificate or other instrument certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or by another Officer of the
Corporation as having been duly adopted by the Directors or an Officer and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification.
“Civil Code” means the Civil Code of Québec, as amended, and any code that may be substituted
therefor, as from time to time amended; and reference to a particular section of the Civil Code
includes reference to a section of similar effect in any such substituted or amended code.
“Corporation” means the Person named as the “Corporation” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Corporation” shall mean such successor corporation.
“Corporation Request” and “Corporation Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order
after having been signed in the name of the Corporation by an Officer.
“Counsel” means a barrister or solicitor or firm of barristers and solicitors, who may be
counsel for or employed by the Corporation, or other counsel acceptable to the Trustee.
“Current Debt” means all Debt other than Funded Debt.
“Debt” means all indebtedness issued, assumed or guaranteed for borrowed money or for the
deferred purchase price of property.
“Defaulted Interest” means any interest on any Security which is payable, but which has not
been punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date.
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“Depository” means with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
book-entry only form, the person designated as Depository by Corporation Order pursuant to Section
3.02 hereof until a successor Depository shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter the term “Depository” shall mean or include each
Person who is then a Depository hereunder and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
the term “Depository” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the
Depository with respect to the Securities of such series.
“Depository System” means the record entry and securities transfer system, which is
administered by the Depository in accordance with the operating rules and procedures of its
depository service for book-entry only securities in force from time to time, or any successor
system.
“Directors” means either the board of directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized
committee or member of the board of directors of the Corporation.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“Extraordinary Resolution” means any Securityholders’ Resolution which has been (a) signed by
or for the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; or
(b) adopted by the favorable votes of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities presented and voted thereon at a meeting of the Holders of Securities
duly called and held pursuant to the provisions of Article Nine.
“Funded Debt” means all Debt maturing by the terms thereof on, or extendible at the option of
the Corporation to, a date more than one year after the date of determination thereof.
“Global Certificates” has the meaning specified in Section 3.12.
“Holder” when used with respect to any Security means a Securityholder.
“Interest Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on the
Securities.
“Maturity” when used with respect to any Security means the date on which the principal of
such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity
or by declaration of acceleration or call for redemption or otherwise.
“Mortgage” includes a mortgage, hypothec, security interest, pledge, lien or privilege,
floating charge or other encumbrance.
“Net Worth of the Corporation” means the amount of shareholders’ equity as shown by the
Corporation’s most recent audited balance sheet prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles as applied in Canada.
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“Officer” means, unless otherwise provided for in this Indenture, the chairman of the board,
the president, a vice-president, the treasurer, the secretary, any assistant treasurer or an
assistant secretary and, whenever duly empowered, any other officer or employee, of the
Corporation.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) | Securities theretofore cancelled by the Registrar or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation; | ||
(ii) | Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Corporation) or held in trust by the Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as a Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; | ||
(iii) | Securities which pursuant to Section 3.07 have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Registrar proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Corporation; and | ||
(iv) | Securities which have been partially redeemed, in which case such Securities shall be deemed to be outstanding only to the extent of the unredeemed part of the principal amount thereof; |
provided, however, that for the purpose of determining a) if the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities have given or taken, or constitute a quorum for any meeting of
Holders of Securities authorizing the giving or taking of, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder or b) if a Holder of Outstanding
Securities is entitled to vote at such meeting, Securities owned by the Corporation or any
Affiliate of the Corporation shall be deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such determination, only Securities
which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction
of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Corporation or any Affiliate of the Corporation.
“Participant” means a participant in the Depository System.
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“Paying Agent” means any Person, which may be the Corporation, the Trustee or the Registrar,
designated by the Corporation to pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Corporation.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“Physical Securities” means Securities in the form of individual certificates issued pursuant
to Section 3.03(a) and Securities issued to Beneficial Owners in fully registered and certificated
form in accordance with Section 3.14.
“Place of Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.08.
“Places of Registration” means and includes, subject to the provisions of Section 10.02, the
principal office of the Registrar and of the Branch Registrar(s), if any, in each of the cities of
Montréal and Toronto and any other office or agency appointed by the Corporation pursuant to
Section 10.02.
“Predecessor Securities” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same Debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the
purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.07 in lieu of
a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same Debt as the lost,
destroyed or stolen Security.
“Purchase Money Mortgage” means Mortgages on property existing at the time of acquisition
thereof by the Corporation; or Mortgages on any property of the Corporation acquired, constructed
or improved by the Corporation after the date of this Indenture which are created or assumed
contemporaneously with, or within 180 days after, such acquisition, or completion of such
construction or improvement, to secure or provide for the payment of the purchase price thereof or
the cost of construction or improvements thereon incurred after the date of this Indenture
(including the cost of any underlying real property to which the Mortgage is permitted to extend by
the following proviso) provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or
improvement, the Mortgage shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Corporation,
other than, in the case of any such construction or improvement, any real property, theretofore
substantially unimproved for the purposes of the Corporation, on which the property so constructed,
or the improvement, is located and other than any machinery or equipment installed at any time so
as to constitute immovable property or a fixture on the real property on which the property so
constructed, or the improvement, is located.
“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the Terms thereof.
“Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06.
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“Regular Record Date” means in respect of any Interest Payment Date the date specified in
Section 3.01 or otherwise specified in the Terms pertaining to a series of Securities.
“Security” or “Securities” means any debenture or debentures of the Corporation, as the case
may be, issued in fully registered form, authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and
substantially in the forms set forth in Article Two.
“Securityholder” when used with respect to any Security means the Person in whose name such
Security is registered in the Central Security Register.
“Securityholders’ Resolution” when used with respect to any Securityholder has the meaning
specified in Section 1.03.
“Security Registers” has the meaning specified in Section 3.06.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest (as defined in Section 3.08)
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.08.
“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any instalment of interest thereon
means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such instalment of interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation the majority of the shares of the share capital of which at
the time outstanding, having under ordinary circumstances (not dependent upon the happening of a
contingency) voting power to elect a majority of directors of such corporation, is owned directly
or indirectly by the Corporation or by one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by the Corporation
in conjunction with one or more of its other Subsidiaries;
“Terms” means, the specific terms of any series of Securities, including the designation, the
aggregate principal amount, the currency, the dates of issue, interest payment and maturity, the
interest rate (either fixed or floating, and, if floating, the manner of calculation thereof), any
redemption, conversion or exchange provisions, the repayment terms, the form and such other terms
as set forth in a Corporation Order delivered in respect thereof to the Trustee not inconsistent
with the terms of this Indenture.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
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Section 1.02. Form of Documents to be Delivered
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Corporation may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless
such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates
to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers
of the Corporation stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Corporation, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.03. Securityholders’ Resolutions
(a) | Unless otherwise specified herein, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by (1) one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by the Holders, in person or by agents duly appointed in writing, of not less than 50% in principal amount of Outstanding Securities or (2) a resolution duly adopted by the Holders of Securities at a meeting thereof duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or resolution are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Corporation. Such instrument or instruments and resolution (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Securityholders’ Resolution” of the Holders of Securities signing such instrument or instruments or so voting on such resolution. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favour of the Trustee and the Corporation if made in the manner provided in this Section. Proof of the due adoption of any such resolution by the appropriate percentage of Holders of Securities at a meeting thereof shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture if such resolution forms part of and its due adoption by such appropriate percentage is |
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evident from the record of such meeting prepared, signed and verified in the manner provided in Section 9.07. |
(b) | The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgements of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership, on behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. |
(c) | The holding of Securities shall be proved by the Central Security Register. |
(d) | Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Corporation in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. |
Section 1.04. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Corporation
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, Securityholders’
Resolution or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Securityholder or by the Corporation shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee
at its principal office in the City of Montréal in the Province of Québec or at any other
address previously furnished by notice in writing to the Corporation by the Trustee and
notified to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 1.05,
(2) the Registrar by any Securityholders or by the Corporation shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if delivered or transmitted by facsimile transmission at a Place of
Registration; or
(3) the Corporation by the Trustee or by any Securityholder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if in writing and either mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or
telecopied and confirmed by first-class mail postage prepaid, to the Corporation at the
address of its principal office in the city of Montréal in the Province of Québec, to the
attention of its Secretary, or at any other address or to the attention of any other Person
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Corporation and notified to the
Securityholders in accordance with Section 1.05.
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Section 1.05. Notices to Securityholders; Waiver
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to
Securityholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to any Holder of Securities
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such Holder of Securities, at his address
as it appears on the Central Security Register, not later than the latest date and not earlier than
the earliest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to
mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Security
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Securities.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by first-class postage prepaid mail, then such
notification to Holders of Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to any Person in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Securityholders shall
be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 1.06. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.07. Successors and Assigns
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Corporation shall bind its successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.08. Separability Clause
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.09. Benefits of Indenture
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall, except as may be
required by any applicable law, give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture. In the case of Securities registered in “book-entry only”
form under the Depository System, any reference in this Indenture to a “Holder” of a Security or to
a “Securityholder” shall be construed as a reference to the Depository.
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Section 1.10. Governing Law
This Indenture and each of the Securities shall be construed in accordance with and governed
by the laws of the Province of Québec and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
Section 1.11. Legal Holidays
In any case where any Interest Payment Date shall not be a Banking Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment
of interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Banking Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on such
Interest Payment Date, provided that if such payment is duly made on such next succeeding Banking
Day, no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date to and including such next succeeding Banking Day. The foregoing provisions shall also
apply to any payment of principal in any case where any date of Maturity shall not be a Banking Day
at the place where the Security must be surrendered in accordance with Section 3.08.
Section 1.12. Language of Notices, Etc.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or waiver required or
permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English or French language.
Section 1.13. Trusts created within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec
Any trusts created or constituted by the terms hereof (particularly those created and
constituted by Sections 3.08, 4.01, 4.02, 5.06, 10.03 and 11.05) and the administration of any such
trusts shall be governed by and in accordance with the provisions hereof (and, in particular,
Article Six hereof) which, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall supersede any
provisions of applicable law (including, without limitation, those relating to the administration
of property of others), it being the intention of the parties that this Indenture and the
Securities issued pursuant hereto shall constitute the entire agreement of the parties.
Section 1.14. Conversion Into Canadian Funds
For the purpose of any provision of this Indenture entitling Holders or Beneficial Owners of
outstanding Securities to vote, sign consents, requests, requisitions or other instruments or to
take any other action under this Indenture, the principal sum of any Securities payable in a
currency other than the currency of Canada or in a unit of account defined in terms of the
currencies of two or more countries shall be converted into the currency of Canada in the manner,
on the date and at the rate of exchange which the Trustee in its absolute discretion may determine
to be fair and reasonable in the circumstances.
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ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Security Forms
Section 2.01. Forms Generally
The Securities and the Registrar’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
forms set forth in Schedule A or B, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the Corporation may authorize and the Trustee may assent to and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their signing of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set
forth on the reverse thereof. The Securities may also be in any other form permitted under the
Canada Business Corporations Act.
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
The Securities
Section 3.01. Title and Terms
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be issued, authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is unlimited.
Securities may be issued from time to time under this Indenture in one or more series. The
Terms of each such series shall be established in a Corporation Order delivered to the Trustee
prior to the initial issuance thereof, as specified in Section 3.02.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the “Debentures” of the Corporation, unless
otherwise provided in the Corporation Order setting out the Terms of any given series of
Securities. The Securities of any given series will have maturities of not less than one year from
the date of issue, will either be interest bearing Securities or non-interest bearing Securities
issued at a discount or a premium, and will be issued as fully registered Securities in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof in Canadian currency or the approximate
equivalents thereof in other currencies at the time of issue. Interest, if any, on each Security
will be payable as provided in the Corporation Order setting out the Terms of such Security, and at
Maturity, and will be calculated and paid as set forth in the Terms pertaining to such Security and
in Section 3.08 of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise specified in the Corporation Order setting out the Terms of a series of
Securities, the Regular Record Date referred to in Section 3.08 for the payment of the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date in respect of Securities shall be a day no earlier than the
day on which the Registrar shall cease to register the transfer of Securities as provided in
Section 3.06.
The Securities will rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness
for borrowed money of the Corporation.
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Section 3.02. Issuance, Authentication and Delivery of Securities
The Corporation may from time to time request the Registrar to authenticate and deliver
Securities of a series by delivering or transmitting by facsimile transmission to:
(a) | the Trustee (and the Registrar, if other than the Trustee) a Corporation Order requesting the authentication and delivery of such Securities and specifying the Terms of such series; and |
(b) | the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate that the Corporation is not in default under any of the provisions of this Indenture; |
provided that the requirements of this Section 3.02 may also be fulfilled pursuant to such other
procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Corporation Order.
The above-mentioned Corporation Order may determine that Securities having the same Terms as a
previously issued series of Securities (except for the aggregate principal amount thereof) be
authenticated and delivered as part of such existing series of Securities.
Upon the authentication and delivery by the Registrar of Securities in accordance with the
Corporation Order, the Terms specified in each such Corporation Order shall be deemed to be a
schedule to and form part of this Indenture.
Section 3.03. Form of Securities
The Securities may, at the sole discretion of the Corporation, be authenticated, in either the
English and French language versions or in both languages, in the form of individual certificates
as provided in paragraph (a) hereof or in a “book-entry only” form as provided in paragraph (b)
hereof
(a) | Should the Securities be in the form of individual certificates, the Securities shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule A hereto; and |
(b) | Should the Securities be in a “book-entry only” form under the Depository System, the Securities shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule B hereof. |
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Section 3.04. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by any two Officers holding one
or more of the following offices: chairman of the board, president, executive vice-president,
vice-president, treasurer or secretary of the Corporation. Any such signature may be manual or
printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced and may, but need not be, under or accompanied by the
corporate seal of the Corporation or a reproduction thereof.
Securities bearing the printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced signature of any Person
who was at any time the proper Officer of the Corporation shall bind the Corporation,
notwithstanding that such Person has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Corporation may deliver Securities executed by the Corporation to the Registrar, together with a
Corporation Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Registrar in
accordance with such Corporation Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this
Indenture provided and not otherwise.
The date of issue of each Security shall be as specified in the Terms of the relevant series.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein (or in any other form as may be agreed to by the
Trustee and the Corporation) executed by the Registrar by the manual signature of one of its
authorized officers, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
The Securities shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the
Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their signing of such Securities.
Section 3.05. Temporary Securities
Pending the preparation of permanent Securities, the Corporation may execute, and upon
Corporation Order the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the permanent Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in fully
registered form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the Officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their signing of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Corporation will cause permanent Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of permanent
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Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for permanent Securities upon
surrender of the temporary Securities at any Place of Registration, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Corporation shall
execute and the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of permanent Securities of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary
Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as permanent
Securities.
Section 3.06. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
Subject to Section 3.13(i), the Corporation shall cause to be kept at the principal office of
the Registrar in the City of Montréal (or at such other Place of Registration in Canada maintained
by the Registrar as may be requested by the Corporation with the approval of the Trustee) a central
Security register (herein referred to as the “Central Security Register”) and at each other Place
of Registration, a branch Security register (herein collectively referred to as the “Branch
Security Registers” and the Branch Security Registers together with the Central Security Register
are herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Registers”) in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Corporation shall provide for the registration
of Securities (including Global Certificates) and the registration of transfers of Securities as
herein provided. A Branch Security Register shall at least contain particulars of the registration
of Securities and the registration of transfers of Securities made at the Place of Registration
where such Branch Security Register is being maintained and the Central Security Register shall
contain particulars of registrations of Securities and registrations of transfers of Securities
made at all Places of Registration.
Subject to Section 10.02, the Trustee is hereby appointed “Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided on the Central Security
Register and “Branch Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided on the Branch Security Register expressly provided for on the date
hereof in the City of Toronto.
Any office or agency appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 after the date hereof shall, by its
appointment as such, also be deemed to have been appointed a “Branch Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided on the Branch Security
Register for which it has been appointed. Each Branch Registrar (if other than the Registrar) shall
provide the Registrar with the particulars of each registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities made on the Branch Security Register for which it has been appointed Branch Registrar
immediately following any such registration.
Each of the Registrar or the Branch Registrar(s) (if other than the Registrar) are sometimes
referred to in this Indenture as the “Registrar”.
Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at any Place of Registration, the Corporation
shall execute, and the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of a like aggregate principal amount, all as
requested by the transferor, provided, however, that no transfer of a Security will be required to
be registered during the ten days immediately preceding any Interest Payment Date relating thereto.
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At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for Securities of any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at any Place of Registration and upon payment, if the Corporation shall so require, of
the charges hereinafter provided.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Corporation shall execute, and
the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Securityholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive as in this Section provided.
Every Security surrendered for transfer shall (if so required by the Corporation or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Corporation and the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
All Securities authenticated upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall
be the valid obligations of the Corporation, evidencing the same Debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
The Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Securities and in
addition a reasonable service charge for the services rendered and expenses incurred on any such
exchange or transfer, except in the case of any transfer or exchange expressly provided in this
Indenture to be made at the Corporation’s own expense or without expense or without charge to
Securityholders.
Section 3.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar, the Corporation shall execute and
the Registrar shall thereupon authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there be delivered to the Corporation and to the Registrar
(i) | evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and | ||
(ii) | such security or indemnity in amount and form satisfactory to them to save each of them and any agent of each of them harmless, |
then, in the absence of notice to the Corporation or the Registrar that such Security has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Corporation shall execute and the Registrar shall
authenticate and deliver in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of
like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Corporation in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security,
pay such Security.
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Upon the authentication of any new Security under this Section, the Corporation may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Registrar)
incurred in connection therewith.
Every new Security authenticated pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Corporation,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities duly authenticated hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 3.08. Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
date of Stated Maturity thereof, shall be paid (less any applicable withholding tax) to the Person
in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Payment of interest, if any, on any Security may be made at the option of the Corporation by
way of transfer of funds or by cheque mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear on the Central Security Register (a “Place of Payment”).
Unless specified in the Terms of any Security, payment of principal on a Security at Maturity
will be made against surrender of the Security to the Registrar at any Place of Registration, or
against surrender of the Security to such other Person(s) and at such other place(s) as may be
notified by the Corporation to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 1.05.
Unless otherwise specified in the Terms of any Security, where interest is payable on any
Security, such Security shall bear interest from the later of its date of issuance and the Interest
Payment Date next preceding the date of authentication of such Security.
Unless otherwise provided in the Terms of any Security, interest shall be payable on all
overdue amounts of interest or principal in respect of any Security at a rate equal to the
prevailing rate of interest under the Terms of such Security, and shall be computed in the same
manner as interest on the original principal from the due date until actual payment.
Any Defaulted Interest on any Security shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
the relevant Regular Record Date and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Corporation, at its
election in each case, either as provided in Clause (A) or in Clause (B) below:
(A) The Corporation may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities (or their respective one or more Predecessor
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Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Corporation
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Corporation
shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days
and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Corporation of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at
the expense of the Corporation, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities not
less than 10 days nor more than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been
so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities
(or their respective one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (B).
(B) The Corporation may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
and upon such notice to the Securityholders if, after notice given by the Corporation to the
Trustee of the proposed payment and the manner and notice thereof, such manner of payment
and such notice shall be deemed appropriate by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
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Section 3.09. Persons Deemed Owners
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Corporation, the
Trustee and the Registrar and any agent thereof may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, and
interest on, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever whether or not such Security be
overdue.
Section 3.10. Cancellation and Disposal of Securities
All Securities surrendered for payment, exchange or transfer shall, if surrendered to the
Corporation or any agent of the Corporation, be delivered to the Registrar and, if not already
cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Corporation may at any time deliver to the
Registrar for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder, which
the Corporation may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall
be promptly cancelled by the Registrar. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by
this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Registrar shall be retained and disposed of as
provided in the second paragraph of Section 11.09.
Section 3.11. Depository System
(1) Subject to Section 3.13, Securities issued in “book-entry only” form under the
Depository System shall be represented by one or more fully registered permanent global
certificates (the “Global Certificates”). The Global Certificates shall be held by, or on
behalf of, the Depository and shall be registered in any name used by the Depository from
time to time of as its nominee for the purposes of the Depository System.
(2) Unless otherwise specified in a Corporation Order, each Global Certificate shall
bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“This Security is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository or
its nominee. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, this Global
Certificate may be transferred in whole but not in part, only to another
nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of
such successor Depository”.
Section 3.12. Transfer under Depository System
(1) Subject to Section 3.13, transfers and registrations of Global Certificates will
only be made to another nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or a nominee
of such successor Depository.
(2) The Corporation and the Trustee understand that transfers of beneficial ownership
in any Security represented by a Global Certificate will be effected only
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(i) with respect to the interest of Participants, through records maintained by the
Depository or its nominee for the Global Certificates, and (ii) with respect to interest of
Persons other than Participants, through records maintained by Participants. Beneficial
Owners who are not Participants but who desire to purchase, sell or otherwise transfer
ownership of or other interest in Securities represented by Global Certificates may do so
only through a Participant.
(3) The rights of Beneficial Owners shall be limited to those established by applicable
law and agreement between the Depository and the Participants and between such Participants
and Beneficial Owners, and must be exercised through a Participant in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the Depository.
(4) Subject to Section 3.13, neither the Corporation nor the Registrar shall be under
any obligation to deliver to Participants or Beneficial Owners, nor shall the Participants
or the Beneficial Owners have any right to require the delivery of, a certificate or other
instrument evidencing an interest in the Securities.
Section 3.13. Termination of Depository System
Upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) | if required by applicable law; | ||
(ii) | if the Depository System ceases to exist; | ||
(iii) | if the Corporation or the Depository advises the Trustee that the Depository is no longer wiling, able or qualified to discharge properly its responsibilities as Holder of the Global Certificates and the Corporation is unable to locate a qualified successor Depository; | ||
(iv) | if the Corporation at its option elects to terminate its present arrangements with the Depository for any reason (including, without limitation, in circumstances where the Corporation considers it impracticable or inefficient to effect any distribution, conversion or exchange in respect of Securities through the facilities of the Depository); or | ||
(v) | if after the occurrence of an Event of Default provided in Section 5.01, the Depository advises the Trustee that it received written notification from Participants, acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners representing, in the aggregate, more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities, that the continuance of the Depository System is no longer in their best interest; |
Physical Securities shall be issued and the Trustee must notify the Depository, for and on behalf
of Participants and Beneficial Owners, of the availability through the Depository of Physical
Securities. The Depository will then surrender the Global Certificates along with written
instructions to the Trustee as to the Participants in whose names the Physical Securities are to be
registered and the authorized denominations of the Physical Securities to be registered in the
Central Security Register in the name of each such Participant.
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Section 3.14. Termination of Depository
Notwithstanding any provision of this Indenture, the Corporation and the Trustee may elect to
terminate the arrangements with the Depository with respect to Securities of any series for any
reason and appoint a successor Depository. Upon such termination and appointment, the Depository
shall surrender the Global Certificates to the Registrar and provide same with written information
on the interests of Participants in the Securities represented by such Global Certificates. Upon
receiving such information, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver replacement Global
Certificates in accordance therewith.
Section 3.15. Dealings with the Depository
(1) The Corporation and the Trustee acknowledge that, subject to and in accordance with
the rules and procedures of the Depository as at the date hereof, each Participant must look
solely to the Depository through its paying agent service, for so long as the Depository is
the registered Holder of Global Certificates, for its share of each payment made by or on
behalf of the Corporation to the registered Holder of the Global Certificates, and each
Beneficial Owner must look solely to Participants for its share of such payments. Provided
that the Corporation has made such payments in respect of the Global Certificates, no
person, including any Participant, shall have any claim against the Corporation in respect
of payments due on such Global Certificates and the obligations of the Corporation shall be
discharged by payment to the Trustee or the Paying Agent in respect of each amount so paid.
(2) The Depository shall be responsible for the creation and maintenance of the book
entries and the accounts of its Participants with an interest in the Securities represented
by Global Certificates. The Corporation and the Trustee understand that, if so requested by
the Trustee or the Corporation, the Depository will deliver to the requesting party a
certified list of Participants (the “Participants List”) as at the date requested by such
party showing the name and address of each Participant together with the aggregate principal
amount of such Participants’ interest in such Securities and that, for so long as interests
in Securities are represented by one or more Global Certificates, the Depository shall, upon
the reasonable request of the Trustee or the Corporation from time to time, deliver to such
requesting party a copy of the then current Participants List and such additional
information as the Trustee or the Corporation may reasonably request. The Corporation and
the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon all such information provided by the Depository
to the Corporation and the Trustee.
(3) The Corporation understands that the Depository acts as the agent and depository
for the Participants and neither the Corporation nor the Trustee assume any liability for:
(a) any aspect of the records relating to the beneficial ownership of or beneficial interest
in the Securities held by the Depository or the payments relating thereto; (b) maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to the Securities held by the Depository; or
(c) any advice or representation made by or with respect to the Depository and those
contained herein and relating to the rules governing the Depository or any action to be
taken by the Depository or at the direction of its Participants.
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Section 3.16. Payments of Principal and Interest During Depository System
(1) As payments in respect of principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
the Securities represented by the Global Certificate(s) become due, the Corporation shall
(except in cases of payments at Maturity which may, at the option of
the Corporation, be made only upon presentation and surrender of the Global
Certificate(s)), on the applicable Interest Payment Date or at Maturity, as the case may be,
at the option of the Corporation:
(a) | deliver or cause to be delivered to the principal office of the Trustee or the Paying Agent in the City of Montréal, a cheque for the amount of such payment (less any tax required to be deducted, if any) payable on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, to the order of the Trustee or the Paying Agent and negotiable at par; or | ||
(b) | provide to the Trustee or the Paying Agent such payment by electronic funds transfer (less any tax required to be deducted, if any), on or before 10:00 a.m. on the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity; or | ||
(c) | deliver or cause to be delivered to the principal office of the Depository in the City of Montréal, a cheque for the amount of such payment (less any tax required to be deducted, if any) payable on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, to the order of the Depository and negotiable at par; or | ||
(d) | provide to the Depository such payment by electronic funds transfer (less any tax required to be deducted, if any), on or before 11:00 a.m. on the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity; |
provided that the Corporation and the Trustee or Depository, as the case may be, may agree to an
alternate method of payment by the Corporation to the Trustee or the Paying Agent or to the
Depository, as the case may be.
(2) For so long as the Depository is the registered holder of the Global
Certificate(s), the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall, upon receipt of any payment from the
Corporation on the applicable Interest Payment Date or Maturity pursuant to paragraph (1) of
this Section:
(a) | forthwith deliver to the Depository, as the registered holder of Global Certificate(s), a cheque payable on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity; or | ||
(b) | provide payment to the Depository, as the registered holder of Global Certificate(s), by electronic funds transfer on or before 11:00 a.m. on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity; |
for all amounts due in respect of such principal and interest on the Securities represented by the
Global Certificate(s) for credit by the Depository to Participants’ accounts, provided that the
Trustee or the Paying Agent and the Depository may agree to an alternate method of payment by the
Trustee or the Paying Agent to the Depository (including, without limitation, payment through the
facilities of the Depository).
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ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
Subject as hereinafter in this Section provided, this Indenture shall cease to be of further
effect and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Corporation, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 3.07 and (ii) Securities money for whose payment has
theretofore been deposited in trust or held in trust by the Corporation and
thereafter repaid to the Corporation or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Registrar cancelled or for cancellation;
or
(B) the Corporation has deposited, or caused to be deposited, or made due
provision as hereinafter provided for the payment of, an amount (in cash or, in the
case of due provision, by way of securities or instruments as hereinafter in this
Section provided) sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on the Securities (other
than Securities referred to in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of Clause (A)) not
theretofore delivered to the Registrar cancelled or for cancellation, whether or not
the same has become due and payable, for principal and interest, if any, to the date
of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable), or to
the Stated Maturity, as the case may be, any such amount to be deposited with the
Trustee or the Paying Agent as trust funds in trust for the purpose of such payment
and discharge;
(2) the Corporation has paid or caused to be paid, or made due provision as hereinafter
provided for the payment of, all other sums payable hereunder by the Corporation; and
(3) the Corporation has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Corporation to the Trustee under Section 6.06 shall survive.
For the purposes of clause (B) in paragraph 1 and notwithstanding the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, the rights of registration, registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture until the earlier of a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than as referred to in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (A) in paragraph 1) have been
delivered to the Registrar cancelled or for cancellation and b) all such Securities not
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delivered to the Registrar cancelled or for cancellation have become due and payable
and for whose payment moneys in the necessary amount have been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or the Paying Agent as provided in clause (B) of paragraph 1.
For the purposes of this Section 4.01, the Corporation shall be deemed to have made such due
provision for payment if it shall have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or the
Paying Agent securities issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or by any Province of
Canada or any other securities or instruments acceptable to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, the
proceeds from which will provide moneys which will be sufficient to pay the indebtedness referred
to in clause (B) of paragraph 1, and all other moneys, if any, payable hereunder by the
Corporation.
Section 4.02. Application of Trust Funds
All securities, instruments or moneys deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent pursuant
to Section 4.01 shall, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, to the payment to the
Holders of the Securities for whose payment or redemption such securities, instruments or moneys
have been deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, of all sums due and to become due thereon
for principal and interest, if any; but such securities, instruments or moneys need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or by the Corporation.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Remedies
Section 5.01. Events of Default
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein means any one of the following events:
(1) default in the payment of the principal of or premium (if any) on any Security at
its Maturity or otherwise and any such default shall have continued for a period of five
days;
(2) default in the payment of any instalment of interest upon any Security at its
Maturity and any such default shall have continued for a period of 90 days;
(3) default in the payment of any purchase or sinking fund, amortization fund or
analogous fund instalment on any Security as and when the same shall become due and payable,
and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days;
(4) default shall be made by the Corporation in the performance or observance of any
other of the covenants, agreements or conditions on its part in this Indenture or any
indenture supplemental hereto or in the Securities contained and such default shall have
continued for a period of 90 days after written notice to the Corporation by the Trustee
specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such a notice is a
“Notice of Default” hereunder or after written notice to the
Corporation and to the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
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of the Outstanding Securities (excluding Securities of any series not entitled to the
benefits of such covenant, agreement or condition);
(5) the Corporation shall make an assignment for the general benefit of creditors or
shall be adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt, or shall petition or shall apply to any court
having jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or sequestrator
of, or for, the Corporation or any substantial portion of the property of the Corporation;
or the Corporation shall commence any proceeding relating to the Corporation or any
substantial portion of the property of the Corporation under any insolvency reorganization,
arrangement, or readjustment of Debt, dissolution, winding-up, adjustment, composition or
liquidation law or statute of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect
(hereinafter in this Subsection (5) called “Proceeding”); or if there shall be commenced
against the Corporation any Proceeding and an order approving such Proceeding shall be
rendered, or such Proceeding shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 days; or a
receiver, trustee, liquidator or sequestrator of, or for, the Corporation or any substantial
portion of the property of the Corporation shall be appointed; or the Corporation by any act
shall indicate consent to or approval of or acquiescence in any Proceeding or the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or sequestrator of, or for, the Corporation
or any substantial portion of the property of the Corporation, provided that a resolution or
order for winding-up the Corporation with a view to its consolidation, amalgamation or
merger with another corporation or the transfer of its assets as a whole, or substantially
as a whole, to such other corporation as provided in Section 7.01 shall not make the rights
and remedies herein enforceable under this Subsection (5) if such last-mentioned corporation
shall, as a part of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer, and within 60 days
from the passing of the resolution or the date of the order, comply with the conditions to
that end stated in Section 7.01; or
(6) an event or events of default, as defined in any one or more indentures or
instruments evidencing, or under which the Corporation has at the time outstanding, in the
aggregate indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of 5% of the aggregate principal amount
of all outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation, shall happen and be
continuing and (i) shall consist of a failure to make any payment of principal at maturity
or (ii) shall have resulted in the acceleration of such indebtedness so that the same shall
be or become due and payable prior to the date on which the same would otherwise have become
due and payable; provided, however, that if such event or events of default under such
indentures or instruments shall be remedied or cured by the Corporation or waived by the
holders of such indebtedness, then the event of default hereunder by reason thereof shall be
deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon
the part of either the Trustee or any of the Securityholders and any acceleration of
maturity hereunder consequent thereon shall be deemed rescinded and annulled unless any
judgment or decree for the payment of moneys due hereunder shall have theretofore been
obtained or entered; and provided, further, that, subject to the provisions of Section 5.03
and Section 6.02, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any such event of
default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Corporation, by the holder or an agent of the holder of any such indebtedness, by
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the
Trustee then acting under any indenture or other instrument under which such event of
default shall have occurred, or by the Holders of not less than 25% in the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding.
Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee may,
in its discretion and shall, if so requested by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities, declare the principal of all the Securities to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Corporation, and upon any such declaration such
principal shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or
decree for payment of the moneys due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
may, by instrument in writing delivered to the Corporation and the Trustee, rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences (provided that if the Event of Default in respect of which
acceleration has been declared pursuant to this Section 5.02 relates to a covenant applicable to
one or more particular series of Securities, the declaration of acceleration may be rescinded and
annulled by the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series), if:
(1) the Corporation has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue instalments of interest, if any, on all Securities,
(B) the principal of any Securities which have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne, if any, by
the Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue instalments of interest, if any, at the rate borne by the Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities
which have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.12.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.02 and to the provisions of any
Extraordinary Resolution that may be passed by the Securityholders, in case the Corporation
shall fail to pay to the Trustee on demand following a declaration made by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.02, the principal of and premium, if any, as aforesaid and interest,
if any, on all the Securities then Outstanding, together with any other amounts due under
this Indenture, the Trustee may in its discretion and shall, upon the request in writing of
the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities and upon
being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction against all costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred, proceed to enforce the rights of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities
by any action, suit, remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted by law or by equity
(either by legal proceeding or otherwise).
(2) Upon the exercising or taking by the Trustee of any such remedies, whether or not a
declaration and demand have been made pursuant to Section 5.02, the principal of, premium
on, if any, and interest on, if any, all Securities then Outstanding and the other moneys
payable under Section 5.02 shall forthwith become due and payable to the Trustee as though
such a declaration and a demand therefor had actually been made.
(3) Except as provided by applicable law, no delay or omission of the Trustee or of the
Holders of Securities to exercise any remedy referred to in paragraph (1) of this Section
shall impair any such remedy or shall be construed to be a waiver of any default under this
Indenture or acquiescence therein.
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Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Corporation or the property of the Corporation, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal
of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise
and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Corporation for the
payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(i) | to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of the Securities allowed in such judicial proceeding, and | ||
(ii) | to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; |
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments to the
Trustee, and if the Trustee shall so consent, to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders of the Securities and to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06.
Subject to Article Seven, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of
any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any such Holder
in any such proceeding.
Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name on behalf of the Holders of Securities, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the rateable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
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Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.06; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amount then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal and
interest, if any, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
rateably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on
such Securities, for principal and interest, if any, respectively.
Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits
No Holder of any Security shall have any right to institute against the Corporation any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or any Security, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder shall
have previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by an Extraordinary Resolution;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Securities shall have any right in
any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any
Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Securities, or to obtain
or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other such Holder or to enforce any right
under this Indenture or any Security, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and
rateable benefit of all the Holders of the Securities.
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Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right
or remedy under this Indenture or under any Security and such proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder then
and in every such case the Corporation, the Trustee and the Holders of such Securities shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their
former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and such Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.07, no right or remedy herein conferred
upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities is intended to be exclusive of any
other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities, as
the case may be.
Section 5.11. Control by Securityholders
The Securityholders shall have the right, by way of Securityholders’ Resolution, to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would be unjustly
prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction, and
(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
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Section 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults
The Securityholders, by way of Extraordinary Resolution, may on behalf of the Holders of all
the Securities waive any past default hereunder or under the Securities and its consequences
(provided that if such default relates to a covenant applicable to one or more particular series of
Securities, the Holders of such Securities may waive such default by an Extraordinary Resolution
made by the Securityholders of such series).
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising from
such default shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.13. Undertaking for Costs
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Security, or in any suit against the
Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion
assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defences made by such party
litigant.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
The Trustee
Section 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
(a) | The Trustee shall in the exercise of such of the rights and powers vested in it by, and in the performance of its duties under, this Indenture, act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Holders of the Securities and shall exercise the care, diligence and skill of a reasonably prudent trustee. | |
(b) | The Trustee shall not be liable for any act, or omission or failure in the exercise of such rights or powers or in the performance of such duties if in doing so it has relied in good faith upon statements contained in any Certified Resolution, Corporation Request, Corporation Order, Officer’s Certificate, opinion of Counsel or in any other statutory declaration, certificate, opinion or report that complies with this Indenture or with applicable law. | |
(c) | No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that, subject to any applicable provision of law, |
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(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsections (a) and
(b) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the directions set forth in an Extraordinary
Resolution relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising or refraining from the exercise of any trust
or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and
(3) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) | Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. |
Section 6.02. Certain Rights of Trustee
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01 or as may be required by applicable law:
(a) | the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; | |
(b) | any request or direction of the Corporation mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Corporation Request or Corporation Order and any resolution of the Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Certified Resolution; | |
(c) | whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate; | |
(d) | the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; | |
(e) | the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; |
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(f) | the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Corporation, personally or by agent or attorney; and | |
(g) | the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. |
Section 6.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (other than the description of the
Trustee, the Registrar’s certificate of authentication (if the Trustee acts as Registrar) and all
references to and descriptions of the Depository and the Depository System) shall be taken as the
statements of the Corporation, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or as to the accuracy of the descriptions of the Depository and the Depository System.
The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Corporation of Securities or
the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.04. May Hold Securities
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Registrar or any other agent of the Corporation may, in its
own right or in any other capacity, become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may, subject to
the provision of any law which may at the time be applicable, otherwise deal with the Corporation
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or such other
agent.
Subject to the provisions of any law which may at the time be applicable, the Trustee may act
as trustee under or as any other party to any indenture or agreement to which the Corporation may
be a party or in which the Corporation may have an interest in the same manner as if it were not
Trustee hereunder.
Section 6.05. Money Held in Trust
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law or by the Corporation. The Trustee shall be under no liability for
interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Corporation.
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Section 6.06. Compensation and Reimbursement
The Corporation agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents, consultants and counsel),
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or
bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and
expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
Section 6.07. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests
(a) | The Trustee represents and warrants that it is not aware of any material conflict of interest between its role as Trustee hereunder and its role in any other capacity. | |
(b) | The Trustee shall, within 90 days after it becomes aware that any material conflict exists between its role as Trustee hereunder and its role in any other capacity, either eliminate such conflict of interest or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article. |
Section 6.08. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation incorporated
under the laws of Canada or a Province thereof and authorized to carry on the business of a trust
company in the Provinces of Québec and Ontario and having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $5,000,000, and having an office in the City of Montréal and in the City of Toronto. If such
corporation publishes financial statements at least annually, for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent financial statements so published. If at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article.
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Section 6.09. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
(a) | No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.10. | |
(b) | The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Corporation. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 90 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. | |
(c) | The Trustee may be removed at any time by an Extraordinary Resolution delivered to the Trustee and to the Corporation. | |
(d) | If at any time: |
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.07(b) after written request
therefor by the Corporation (in the form of a Corporation Request) or by any Securityholder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.08 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Corporation (in the form of a Corporation Request) or
by any such Securityholder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Corporation by a Certified Resolution may remove the Trustee, or
(ii) subject to Section 5.13, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(e) | If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Corporation, by a Certified Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee who shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 6.10. If, within 12 months after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by an Extraordinary Resolution delivered to the Corporation and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 6.10, become the successor Trustee and supersede any successor Trustee appointed by the Corporation. If no successor Trustee shall have been appointed by the Corporation or the Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.10, any |
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Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of the successor Trustee. | ||
(f) | The Corporation shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 1.05 and each such notice shall include the name and address of the offices of the successor Trustee in the City of Montréal and in the City of Toronto. |
Section 6.10. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Corporation and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Corporation (in the form of a
Corporation Request) or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its
charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights,
powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of
any such successor Trustee, the Corporation shall execute any and all instruments for more fully
and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 6.11. Merger or Consolidation
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be amalgamated, or any corporation resulting from
any amalgamation to which the Trustee shall be a party, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by amalgamation, merger or consolidation to such authenticating
Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.12. Fondé de pouvoir
To the extent the Trustee acts as the fondé de pouvoir (holder of the power of attorney) for
the Holders of the Securities and to the extent necessary or desirable for the purposes of this
Indenture, each Holder of Securities by receiving and holding same accepts and confirms the
appointment of the Trustee as fondé de pouvoir (holder of the power of attorney) of such Holder to
the extent necessary for the purposes hereof and in accordance with and subject to the provisions
hereof.
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To the extent necessary and for greater certainty (but without in any way detracting from
custom and usage applicable with regards to the relationship between the Corporation, the Trustee
and the Securityholders hereunder) and subject to any applicable law of public order, it is hereby
agreed as follows with regards to the Trustee so acting as fondé de pouvoir (holder of the power of
attorney) for the Securityholders hereunder and each Holder of Securities by receiving and holding
same agrees with the Corporation and the Trustee that:
(a) | notwithstanding any other provision hereof and except as may be otherwise set forth in an Extraordinary Resolution or other Securityholders’ Resolution, resolution, written instrument, request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, relating thereto, no Securityholder shall be liable to third parties for acts performed by the Trustee (or any other person appointed by the Trustee to perform all or any of its rights, powers, duties, trusts, obligations or responsibilities hereunder) during the exercise of its rights, powers and trusts and the performance of its duties, obligations and responsibilities under this Indenture or for injury caused to such parties by the fault of the Trustee (or any such person), or for contracts entered into in favour of such parties, during such performance and the Trustee (or any such person) alone shall be so liable subject to any rights or recourses which the Trustee (or any such person) may have hereunder or under any applicable law against the Corporation or any other person (other than a Securityholder) in connection with any such liability; | ||
(b) | except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in an Extraordinary Resolution or other Securityholders’ Resolution, resolution, written instrument, request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, relating thereto, the Trustee shall not be entitled to receive from the Securityholders any remuneration or compensation for any services rendered by the Trustee hereunder or reimbursement of any costs, expenses, liabilities, disbursements or advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or interest thereon; | ||
(c) | notwithstanding any other provision hereof and except as may be otherwise set forth in an Extraordinary Resolution or other Securityholders’ Resolution, resolution, written instrument, request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, relating thereto, no Securityholder shall be liable to compensate the Trustee for any injury suffered by it by reason of the performance of its rights, powers, duties, trusts, obligations or responsibilities hereunder subject to any rights or recourses which the Trustee may have hereunder or under any applicable law against the Corporation or any other person (other than a Securityholder) in connection with such injury; | ||
(d) | neither the death nor bankruptcy of a Securityholder shall terminate the Trustee’s rights, powers, duties, trusts, obligations or responsibilities hereunder with respect to the Securities held by such Securityholder which shall continue to apply in favour of the Holder or Holders who have acquired such Securities from such deceased or bankrupt Securityholder; |
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(e) | the bankruptcy of the Trustee shall not terminate its rights, powers, duties, trusts, obligations or responsibilities hereunder provided that such rights, powers, duties, trusts, obligations and responsibilities are assumed by a successor Trustee appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.09; | ||
(f) | so long as any Securities remain Outstanding, (i) each Securityholder hereby renounces to its right to revoke any mandate relationship created between such Holder and the Trustee hereunder and (ii) the Trustee hereby agrees that it will not revoke any such mandate relationship except through a resignation pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.09; and | ||
(g) | except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in a Extraordinary Resolution or other Securityholders’ Resolution, resolution, written instrument, request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, relating thereto, the Trustee shall not be obliged to render any account to the Securityholders nor return to the Securityholders any amounts which it has received in the performance of its rights, powers, duties, trusts, obligations and responsibilities hereunder nor pay any interest to the Securityholders on such amounts. |
ARTICLE SEVEN
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 7.01. Corporation May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms
The Corporation shall not consolidate with, amalgamate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole
to any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the
Corporation is merged or the Person which acquires by operation of law or by conveyance or
transfer the properties and assets of the Corporation as a whole or substantially as a whole
shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada or any Province or
Territory thereof, and shall (except in any case where such assumption is deemed to have
occurred by the sole operation of law), expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due
and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all the Securities and the
performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Corporation to be
performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Corporation shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an
opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, conveyance or
transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this
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Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
Section 7.02. Successor Corporation Substituted
Upon any consolidation or merger or amalgamation or any conveyance or transfer of the
properties and assets of the Corporation substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section
7.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the
Corporation is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Corporation under this Indenture
with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Corporation herein;
provided, however, that no such conveyance or transfer shall have the effect of releasing the
Person named as the “Corporation” in the first paragraph of this instrument or any successor
corporation which shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article from
its liability as obligor on any of the Securities unless such conveyance or transfer is followed by
the complete liquidation of the Corporation.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Supplemental Indentures
Supplemental Indentures
Section 8.01. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
The Corporation, when authorized by a Certified Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and
from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities to provide for any additional
covenants, events of default or other obligations of the Corporation or any security for or
guarantee of the Securities or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Corporation; or
(2) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, provided such action pursuant to this paragraph (2) shall
not, in the opinion of the Trustee, adversely affect the rights of the Holders of the
Securities in any material respect; or
(3) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as
shall be necessary to effect the qualification of this Indenture under any applicable law of
Canada or of any Province or Territory thereof heretofore or hereafter enacted; or
(4) making any additions to, deletions from or alterations of the provisions of this
Indenture which the Corporation may deem necessary or advisable in order to facilitate the
sale of the Securities and which, in the opinion of the Trustee, do not adversely affect the
rights of the Holders of the Securities, or any series thereof then Outstanding in any
material respect, including, without limiting the generality of the
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foregoing, such additions, deletions and alterations, including provision for the
appointment of an additional Trustee or a co-Trustee in any jurisdiction, as would be
required to comply with the provisions relating to trust indentures contained in the Canada
Business Corporations Act, securities acts or similar legislation in any jurisdiction in
which the Corporation may desire to sell the Securities; or
(5) as required by the provisions of Section 7.01(1); or
(6) to give effect to any Extraordinary Resolution; or
(7) adding to or altering the provisions hereof in respect of the registration and
transfer of Securities, making provision for the issue of Securities in forms or
denominations other than those herein provided for and for the exchange of Securities of
different forms and denominations, and making any modifications in the forms of the
Securities which, in the opinion of the Trustee, do not affect the substance thereof; or
(8) for any other purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, provided
that, in the opinion of the Trustee, the rights of the Trustee or of the Holders of the
Securities are not adversely affected in any material respects.
Section 8.02. Rights of Trustee Upon Execution of Supplemental Indentures
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts and obligations created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts and obligations
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not
be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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Section 8.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 8.04. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Corporation shall so determine by Certified Resolution, new Securities so modified as to conform,
in the opinion of the Trustee, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Corporation and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 9.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called
A meeting of Holders of Securities may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to
this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action authorized by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of
Securities, including for the passing of a resolution as a Securityholders’ Resolution or an
Extraordinary Resolution.
Section 9.02. Powers Exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution
A meeting of the Securityholders shall, in addition to all other powers conferred upon them by
any other provisions of this Indenture or by law, have the following powers, exercisable from time
to time by resolution passed as an Extraordinary Resolution:
(1) power to sanction any scheme for the reconstruction or reorganization of the
Corporation or for the consolidation, amalgamation or merger of the Corporation with any
other entity or for the transfer of the undertaking and assets of the Corporation as a whole
or substantially as a whole, provided that no such sanction shall be necessary for a
reconstruction, reorganization, consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer under the
provisions of Article Seven;
(2) power to require or authorize the Trustee to exercise or refrain from exercising
any trust or power conferred upon it by this Indenture or to waive any default, other than
that provided in Section 5.02, on the part of the Corporation, upon such terms as may be
decided upon;
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(3) power to remove the Trustee from office and to appoint a new Trustee or Trustees;
(4) power to sanction any change whatsoever of any provision of the Securities or of
this Indenture and any modification, alteration, abrogation, compromise, or arrangement of
or in respect of the rights of the Securityholders against the Corporation, whether such
rights shall arise under the provisions of this Indenture or otherwise;
(5) power to sanction the exchange of the Securities for or the conversion of such
Securities into shares, bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation or of any
corporation or proposed corporation;
(6) power to assent to any compromise or arrangement by the Corporation with any
creditor, creditors or class or classes of creditors or with the holders of any shares or
other securities of the Corporation, provided that no such assent shall be required in
respect of any compromise or arrangement made by the Corporation in the ordinary course of
its business;
(7) power to authorize the Trustee, in the event of a curator or a liquidator being
appointed, for and on behalf of the Securityholders, and in addition to any claim or Debt
proved or made for its own account as Trustee under this Indenture, to file and prove a
claim or Debt against the Corporation and its property for an amount equivalent to the
aggregate amount which may be payable in respect of the Securities and to vote such claim or
Debt at meetings of creditors and generally to act for an on behalf of the Securityholders
in such proceedings as such resolution passed as an Extraordinary Resolution may provide;
(8) power to restrain any Holder of any Securities from taking or instituting any suit,
action or proceeding against the Corporation for the purpose of enforcing payment of the
principal of and premium on, if any, or interest on, if any, such Securities or for the
execution of any trust or power under this Indenture or for the appointment of a liquidator,
receiver or receiver and manager, or trustee in bankruptcy, or to have the Corporation wound
up or for any other remedy under this Indenture and to direct such Holder of any Securities
to waive any default by the Corporation on which any suit or proceeding is founded;
(9) power to direct any Person bringing any action, suit or proceeding and the Trustee
to waive the default in respect of which such action, suit or other proceeding shall have
been brought;
(10) power to appoint a committee with power and authority (subject to such
limitations, if any, as may be prescribed in the resolution), to exercise, and to direct the
Trustee to exercise, on behalf of the Securityholders, such of the powers of the
Securityholders which are exercisable by Extraordinary Resolution or Securityholders’
Resolution by the Holders of Securities as shall be included in the resolution appointing
the committee; and
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(11) power to amend, alter or repeal any Extraordinary Resolution previously passed or
sanctioned by the Securityholders.
Section 9.03. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings
(a) | At any time and from time to time, the Trustee may, and the Trustee shall on being served with a requisition as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section signed on behalf of the Corporation or by Holders of Securities representing not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Corporation or by the Holders of Securities signing such requisition against the costs which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, call a meeting of Holders of Securities for any purpose specified in Section 9.01 or 9.02. Such meeting shall be held at such time and at such place in the City of Montréal or the City of Toronto as the Trustee (or, as provided in Subsection 9.03(b) hereof, in case of its failure to act, the Corporation or the Securityholders calling the meeting), shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to each Holder of Outstanding Securities in the manner provided in this Indenture not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. A copy of such notice shall also be given, within the same time period in the manner provided in this Indenture, to the Trustee (unless the meeting has been called by it), and to the Corporation (unless the meeting has been called by it). It shall not be necessary to specify in the notice of any adjournment of a meeting the nature of the business to be transacted at the adjourned meeting. The accidental omission to give such notice to or non-receipt of any such notice by a Securityholder shall not invalidate any resolution passed at such meeting. | |
(b) | In case at any time the Corporation, pursuant to a Certified Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders of Securities for any purpose specified in Section 9.01 or 9.02, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee, upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Corporation or by the Holders of Securities signing such request against the costs which may be incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, shall not have either given the notice of such meeting or made the publication of the notice of such meeting within thirty (30) days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Corporation, or the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of Montréal or the City of Toronto for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. |
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Section 9.04. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities, a Person shall be (1) a Holder
of one or more Outstanding Securities, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as
proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities by such Holder or Holders.
Subject to Section 9.09, the only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any
meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any
representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Corporation and its
counsel.
Section 9.05. Quorum; Action
The Persons entitled to vote at least 25% (50% for the purpose of an Extraordinary Resolution)
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a
quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened
at the request of Holders of Securities, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be
adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior
to the adjournment of such meeting. Notice of the reconvening of such adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 9.03(a), except that such notice may be given not less than five days
prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. The quorum at such adjourned
meeting shall be the Persons then present and entitled to vote thereat and such quorum shall be
expressly stated in such Notice of the reconvening of such adjourned meeting.
At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except where, pursuant to this Indenture, an
Extraordinary Resolution is required) shall be effectively passed and decided if passed or decided
by the Persons entitled to vote at least 50% in principal amount of Outstanding Securities
represented and voting at such meeting.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities duly held in
accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities, whether or not
present or represented at the meeting.
Section 9.06. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings
(a) | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee and the Person nominated by the Trustee to act as chairman of the meeting, or either of them, may make such reasonable regulations as it or he may deem advisable for any meeting or adjourned meeting of Holders of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of scrutineers, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it or he shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of any Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in |
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Section 1.03 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in said Section 1.03 or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank, banker or other Person, wherever situated, acceptable to the Trustee. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in said Section 1.03 or other proof. |
(b) | The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, nominate a chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Corporation or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 9.03(b), in which case the Corporation, or the Holders of Securities calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner nominate a chairman. |
(c) | At any meeting each Holder of a Security, whether present in person or represented by proxy, shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security or as the proxy of a Holder of a Security. |
(d) | Any meeting of Holders of Securities duly called pursuant to Section 9.03 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by a resolution passed at such meeting and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. |
Section 9.07. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be by
written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities or of
their representatives by proxy and such other information as may be required by the regulations
made for the meeting, provided however, that the vote upon any resolution involving matters of a
purely procedural nature may, if required by the regulations made for the meeting, be by way of
show of hands. The chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary and may appoint a scrutineer
or scrutineers to act at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each
meeting of Holders of Securities shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall
be attached to said record the original reports of the scrutineers and affidavits by one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing
that said notice was given as provided in Section 9.03 and, if applicable, Section 9.05. Each copy
shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the chairman and secretary of the meeting and one
such copy shall be delivered to the Corporation and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the
Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed
and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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Section 9.08. Distribution of Proxy Material to Participants
(1) For purposes of holding a meeting of Securityholders where the Depository System is
in effect, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Depository and obtain therefrom a current
Participants List.
(2) Within five business days of receipt of such information by the Trustee, or within
any shorter delay which might be imposed by a competent regulatory authority, the Trustee
shall contact each Participant on the Participants List by mail to confirm the required
number of copies (the “Required Number”) of proxy material or other documents relating to
the meeting (the “Proxy Material”) which the Participant requires for the benefit of
Beneficial Owners. Within ten (10) business days of confirmation by the Participant of the
Required Number, the Trustee shall arrange to have delivered to such Participant the
Required Number of copies of the Proxy Material. It shall be the responsibility of each
Participant on the Participants List to arrange for distribution of the Proxy Material to
the Beneficial Owners. Neither the Corporation nor the Trustee shall assume any liability
for failure by a Participant to distribute the Proxy Material.
(3) The Corporation and the Trustee understand that the Proxy Material will be sent to
the Beneficial Owners not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than fifty (50) days, or such
longer delay as may be prescribed by a competent regulatory authority, before the date of
the meeting.
(4) Failure by a Participant to distribute the Proxy Material to Beneficial Owners
shall not affect the validity of the proceedings to be held at the meeting if notice of the
meeting has been published by the Trustee at least twenty-one (21) days before the holding
of such meeting in an Authorized Newspaper in each of the City of Montréal and the City of
Toronto or if at least 50% in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities is
represented at the meeting by Holders of Securities or their proxies.
(5) To the extent that an omnibus proxy in form satisfactory to the Corporation has
been delivered by the Depository to the Corporation with respect to the matters to be voted
on at a meeting of Securityholders delegating to Beneficial Owners the right of the
Depository as sole registered Holder of the Global Certificate(s) to vote on the matters
before the meeting, the Corporation will recognize as votes of the registered Holder, votes
expressed in person at the meeting by identified Beneficial Owners and votes expressed by
proxy by identified Beneficial Owners.
Section 9.09. Serial Meetings
(1) If the Corporation wishes to modify or eliminate any provisions of the Terms of any
series of Securities, whether at a meeting or pursuant to any action to be taken or power to
be exercised by instrument in writing, by resolution, or otherwise, or if, in the opinion of
the Trustee, the business to be transacted at any meeting especially affects the rights of
the Holders of any series of Securities in a manner or to an extent
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substantially differing from that in or to which the rights of the Holders of any other
series thereof are affected (as to which an opinion of Counsel shall be binding on all
Securityholders, the Trustee and the Corporation for all purposes of this Indenture), then:
(A) reference to such fact, indicating each series so especially affected, shall be made in
the notice of the meeting and the meeting shall be and is herein called a “Serial Meeting”;
and
(B) the Holders of Securities of a series so especially affected shall not be bound by any
action taken at a Serial Meeting or by instrument in writing unless in addition to
compliance with the other provisions of this Article:
(i) | at such Serial Meeting: |
(I) | there are present in person or by proxy Holders of at least 25% (50% for the purpose of an Extraordinary Resolution) in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, subject to the provisions of this Article as to adjourned meetings; and | ||
(II) | the resolution is passed by the favourable votes of the Holders of at least 50% (66 2/3% in the case of an Extraordinary Resolution) in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series voted on the resolution; or |
(ii) | in the case of action taken or power exercised by instrument in writing, such instrument is signed in one or more counterparts by the Holders of at least 50% (or such other percentage as may otherwise be required in this Indenture) in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series. |
(2) If in the opinion of Counsel any business to be transacted at any meeting, or any
action to be taken or power to be exercised by instrument in writing, does not adversely
affect the rights of the holders of Securities of one or more particular series in any
material respect, or the provisions of the Terms of a series of Securities are not proposed
to be modified or eliminated, the provisions of this Section shall apply as if the
Securities of such series were not Outstanding and no notice of any such meeting need to be
given to the Holders of Securities of such series. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, a proposal to modify or terminate any covenant or agreement which by its terms is
effective only so long as Securities of a particular series are Outstanding shall be deemed
not to adversely affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
(3) A proposal (i) to extend the Maturity of Securities of any particular series or
reduce the principal amount of such Securities or the rate of interest or redemption premium
on such Securities, (ii) to modify or terminate any covenant or agreement which by its terms
is effective only so long as Securities of a particular series are Outstanding, (iii) to
reduce with respect to Holders of Securities of any particular series
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any percentage stated in Sections 9.04 and 9.05, in this Section 9.09, or in the
definitions of Securityholders’ Resolution or Extraordinary Resolution or (iv) to change the
currency in which the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, if any, Securities
of a particular series is payable to another currency or a unit account defined in terms of
the currency of two or more countries, shall be deemed to especially affect the rights of
the Holders of Securities of such series in a manner substantially differing from that in
which it affects the rights of Holders of Securities of any other series, whether or not a
similar extension, reduction, modification or termination is proposed with respect to
Securities of any or all other series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Covenants
Section 10.01. Payment of Principal and Interest
The Corporation will duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium (if any), and interest
on the Securities in accordance with the Terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 10.02. Maintenance of Places of Registration
The Corporation will cause the Central Security Register to be maintained by the Registrar at
its principal office in the City of Montréal (or at such other Place of Registration in Canada
maintained by the Registrar as may be requested by the Corporation with the approval of the
Trustee) and, subject as hereinafter in this Section provided, will cause Branch Security Registers
to be maintained by one or more Branch Registrar(s) at each of the other Places of Registration.
The Corporation may at any time and from time to time vary or terminate the appointment of the
Registrar and of any Branch Registrar or appoint other offices or agencies as Branch Security
Registers where Securities may be presented or surrendered for registration, registration of
transfer or exchange; provided however that the Corporation will maintain an office or agency for
all such purposes in each of the Cities of Montréal and Toronto. The Corporation will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location of, or of any change in the location of, any such
office or agency.
The Corporation may appoint a registrar and branch registrars for the purposes of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities, incorporated or organized under the laws of a foreign
jurisdiction, in addition to or in lieu of the Registrar and Branch Registrars appointed pursuant
to this Indenture.
Section 10.03. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust
If the Corporation shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will hold in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
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Whenever the Corporation shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, on or prior to each
due date of the principal of or interest on, any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay the principal or interest, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Corporation will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or interest on
Securities in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities until such sums shall
be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Corporation in the making of any
payment of principal or interest; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Corporation may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Corporation Order direct any Paying Agent to
pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Corporation or such Paying Agent, such sums to be
held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Corporation
or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
Subject to any applicable law with respect to the deposit of unclaimed moneys with any public
authority, any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the
Corporation, in trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, and
remaining unclaimed for three years after the date when such principal or interest has become due
and payable, shall be paid to the Corporation on Corporation Request, or (if then held by the
Corporation) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Corporation for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust moneys, and all liability
of the Corporation as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
Section 10.04. Corporate Existence
Subject to Article Seven, the Corporation will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
Section 10.05. Negative Pledge
Subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 10.06, the Corporation will not issue, assume
or guarantee by Debt secured by, and will not after the date of this Indenture secure any
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Debt by, a Mortgage upon any property of the Corporation (whether now owned or hereafter
acquired), without in any such case effectively providing concurrently therewith that the
Securities (together with any other Debt of the Corporation which may then be outstanding and
entitled to the benefit of a covenant similar in effect to this covenant) shall be secured equally
and rateably with such Debt; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to
Debt secured by:
(1) Purchase Money Mortgages;
(2) Mortgages on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is
merged into or consolidated with the Corporation or at the time of a sale, lease or other
disposition to the Corporation of the properties of a corporation as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety;
(3) Mortgages on current assets of the Corporation securing Current Debt of the
Corporation; or
(4) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements) in whole or in part of any Mortgage referred to in paragraphs (1) or (2) above
or any Mortgage existing at the date of this Indenture, provided, however, that the
principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so
secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension,
renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the
Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).
Section 10.06. Additional Permitted Liens
In addition to Mortgages permitted by Section 10.05, the Corporation may issue, assume or
guarantee any Debt secured by or secure after the date of this Indenture any Debt by, a Mortgage
upon any property of the Corporation (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) if, after giving
effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Debt secured by Mortgages of the Corporation
permitted only by this Section 10.06 does not at such time exceed 5% of the Net Worth of the
Corporation.
Section 10.07. Waiver of Certain Covenants
The Corporation may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition
set forth in this Article Ten, if before or after the time for such compliance the Securityholders
shall, by Extraordinary Resolution, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Corporation and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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Section 10.08. Annual Certificate of Compliance
Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation, and at any other time if
requested by the Trustee, the Corporation shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate
stating that, in the course of the performance by the signer of his/her duties as officer of the
Corporation, he/she would normally have knowledge of any default by the Corporation in the
performance of its covenants under this Indenture or of any Event of Default under Article Five and
certifying that the Corporation has complied with all covenants, conditions or other requirements
contained in this Indenture non-compliance with which would, with notification or with the lapse of
time or otherwise, constitute an Event of Default hereunder, or, if such is not the case, setting
forth with reasonable particulars the circumstances of any failure to comply.
In addition, on becoming aware at any time of any Event of Default of the nature specified in
Section 5.01(6), the Corporation will promptly notify the Trustee.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Redemption of Securities
Section 11.01. Applicability of Article
Redemption and purchase of Securities at the election of the Corporation or otherwise, as
permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture or of the Securities, shall be made in
accordance with such provision and this Article unless otherwise specified in the Corporation Order
setting out the Terms of the Securities to be redeemed.
Section 11.02. Partial Redemption; Notice to Trustee
In case of any redemption at the election of the Corporation of less than all the Securities
of any series, the Corporation shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the
Corporation (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in
advance of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed.
Section 11.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption by such method
as it shall deem equitable and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to $1,000 or a multiple thereof) of the principal of Securities of a denomination larger
than $1,000.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security which has been
or is to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal of such Security which has been
or is to be redeemed.
Section 11.04. Notice of Redemption
Notice of the proposed redemption shall be given in the manner provided in this Indenture to
each Holder of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of
the Securities of such series to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after
said date, and
(5) the place where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption
Price.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Corporation shall be
given by the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, by the Trustee in the name of and at the
expense of the Corporation.
Section 11.05. Deposit of Redemption Price
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Corporation shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Corporation is acting as its own Paying Agent, hold in trust as provided
in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on such Redemption Date.
Section 11.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified and on and
after such date (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest, if any. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption
in accordance with such notice, such Security shall be paid by the Corporation at the Redemption
Price, provided, however, that instalments of interest, if any, on Securities whose Stated Maturity
is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one
or more Predecessor Securities,
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registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Date according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.08. Interest maturing on or prior to the Redemption Date shall continue to
be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Corporation shall default in the due payment
or provision for payment thereof) to the Holders thereof according to their terms in the customary
manner.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the
prevailing rate, if any, borne by such Security.
Section 11.07. Securities Redeemed in Part
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part may, at the option of the Corporation,
(1) be presented to the Registrar or Paying Agent for notation thereon of the payment
as of the Redemption Date of the redeemed portion of the principal thereof, or
(2) be surrendered (with, if the Corporation or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation
and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing) and the Corporation shall execute and the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver
to the Holder of such Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any
authorized denomination or denominations as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
Section 11.08. Purchase
At any time and from time to time, the Corporation may, at its option, purchase Securities
(or, while the Depository System is in effect, beneficial interests therein) in the market or by
tender or by private contract at such price or prices and upon such terms and conditions as the
Corporation in its absolute discretion may determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary
of the Corporation may purchase Securities at any time in the ordinary course of its business in
dealing with securities, subject to applicable law.
In the event of a purchase of beneficial interests in Securities while the Depository System
is in effect, the amount of the decrease in value of the Global Certificate(s), and the new
principal amount of the Global Certificate(s) shall be evidenced in one of the manners set forth in
Section 11.07, which such adaptations as are necessary, or in such other manner as may be agreed
upon by the Corporation and the Depository.
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Section 11.09. Cancellation of Securities
Subject to Section 11.07, all Securities redeemed or purchased under the provisions of this
Article shall be forthwith delivered to and cancelled by the Registrar and shall not be reissued.
Upon being cancelled, such Securities shall be retained by the Trustee or the Register for 6
years or such other period determined by the Corporation, after which they shall be disposed of as
directed by the Corporation.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Counterparts and Language
Counterparts and Language
Section 12.01. Counterparts
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 12.02. Language
The parties hereto have expressly requested and agreed that this Trust Indenture be in the
English language. Les parties aux présentes ont expressément requis et convenu que la présente
convention de fiducie soit rédigée en anglais.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as
of the day and year first above written.
XXXX CANADA |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY - COMPAGNIE TRUST CIBC MELLON |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
and: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
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SCHEDULE A
FORM OF PHYSICAL SECURITIES
FORM OF PHYSICAL SECURITIES
[English Language Version]
Certificate No. •
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XXXX CANADA | Principal amount/Currency | ||
(incorporated under the laws of Canada) | CUSIP No. • | |||
Date of issue:
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Maturity date: | |||
• % DEBENTURE, SERIES •, DUE • |
XXXX CANADA, for value received, promises to pay to the order of (Registered Holder) at maturity
(or on such earlier date as the principal sum of this Debenture may become payable in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture) the principal sum of (amount/currency) (together with such further
sum, if any, as may be payable by way of premium) upon presentation and surrender of this Debenture
at the principal office of the Registrar in any of the cities of Montréal and Toronto, or at any
other place as may be designated from time to time by Xxxx Canada, and, if applicable, to pay
interest (less any tax required to be deducted) on the principal amount of this Debenture in
accordance with and subject to the following terms:
Interest rate per annum (if applicable):
Interest payment dates (if applicable):
Other features:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Xxxx Canada has caused this Debenture to be executed by its duly authorized
officers and dated as of its date of issue.
XXXX CANADA
Authorized Officer | Authorized Officer |
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(Reverse)
This Debenture is subject to a trust indenture dated as of November 28, 1997 (which indenture,
together with all indentures supplemental thereto, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”) made
between Xxxx Canada and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to
which Indenture reference is expressly made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of
the holders of Debentures, the Trustee and Xxxx Canada and of the terms and conditions upon which
the Debentures are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, all to the same effect as if the
provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth, to all of which provisions the holder of
Debentures by acceptance hereof assents.
Xxxx Canada may, at any time, purchase for cancellation all or any Debentures in the market or
by tender or by private contract, at any price.
Xxxx Canada, the Trustee and any agent of Xxxx Canada or the Trustee may treat the person in
whose name this Debenture is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes whether or not this
Debenture be overdue.
This Debenture shall not become valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been
authenticated by or on behalf of the Registrar appointed pursuant to the Indenture.
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REGISTRAR’S AUTHENTICATION
Authenticated for and on behalf of Xxxx Canada
Date of authentication:
[Name of Registrar]
REGISTRAR
By | ||||
Authorized Officer | ||||
FORM OF TRANSFER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
hereby assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
the within Debenture, together with the principal
thereof and all accrued interest thereon, if any, by irrevocably constituting and appointing to
transfer such Debenture on the securities register of Xxxx Canada, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated |
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In the presence of |
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Signature | ||
Transferee’s social insurance number (if applicable):
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(French Language Version)
Certificat n° •
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XXXX CANADA | Capital/monnaie : | ||
(constituée en vertu des xxxx du Canada) | CUSIP no° • | |||
Date d’émission :
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Date d’échéance : | |||
DÉBENTURES À • %, SÉRIE •, ÉCHÉANT EN • |
XXXX CANADA, contre valeur reçue, promet de payer à l’ordre de (nom du porteur inscrit), à
l’échéance (ou à toute date antérieure à laquelle le capital de la présente débenture pourra
devenir payable conformément aux modalités de la convention), la somme en capital de
(montant/monnaie) (ainsi que toute autre somme, s’il en est, qui serait payable sous forme de
prime), sur présentation et remise de la présente débenture au bureau principal de l’agent chargé
de la tenue des registres dans les villes de Montréal et Toronto, ou à tout autre endroit désigné
de temps à autre par Xxxx Canada, et, s’il y a lieu, de payer les intérêts (moins toute taxe devant
être prélevée, le cas échéant) sur le capital de la présente débenture conformément aux modalités
suivantes et sous réserve de celles-ci :
Taux d’intérêt annuel (le cas échéant) :
Dates de paiement des intérêts (le cas échéant) :
Autres caractéristiques :
EN FOI DE XXXX Xxxx Canada a fait signer la présente débenture par ses dirigeants dûment
autorisés et daté celle-ci en date de son émission.
XXXX CANADA
Dirigeant autorisé | Dirigeant autorisé |
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(Verso)
La présente débenture est assujettie à une convention de fiducie datée du 28 novembre 1997
(laquelle convention, ainsi que toutes les conventions supplémentaires s’y rattachant, sont
ci-après désignées la “convention”) intervenue entre Xxxx Canada et Compagnie Trust CIBC Mellon, à
titre de fiduciaire (appelée dans les présentes le “fiduciaire”). Référence est expressément faite
à la convention pour obtenir un énoncé des droits respectifs en vertu de celle-ci des porteurs de
débentures, du fiduciaire et de Bell Canada et des conditions auxquelles les débentures sont et
doivent être authentifiées et livrées, le tout comme si les dispositions de la convention
figuraient dans les présentes, dispositions auxquelles le porteur de débentures consent par
l’acceptation des présentes.
Xxxx Canada peut en tout temps acheter la totalité ou une partie des débentures à des fins
d’annulation sur le marché, par xxxxx d’offres ou de gré à gré, et ce, à n’importe quel prix.
Xxxx Canada, le fiduciaire et tout mandataire de Bell Canada ou du fiduciaire peuvent traiter
la personne au nom de laquelle la présente débenture est inscrite comme le propriétaire de celle-ci
à toutes fins, que la présente débenture soit échue ou non.
La présente débenture ne devient pas valide ou obligatoire à quelque fin que ce soit tant
qu’elle n’a pas été authentifiée par l’agent chargé de la tenue des registres nommé aux termes de
la convention, ou pour son compte.
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AUTHENTIFICATION DE L’AGENT CHARGÉ DE
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
Authentifiée pour le compte de Bell Canada
Date d’authentification:
[Nom de l’agent chargé de la tenue des registres]
AGENT CHARGÉ DE
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
Par | ||||
Dirigeant autorisé | ||||
FORMULAIRE DE TRANSFERT
CONTRE VALEUR REÇUE,
vend(ent), cède(ent) et transfère(ent) par les présentes
à la présente débenture, de même que le
capital de celle-ci et tous les intérêts courus sur celle-ci, s’il en est, et constitue(ent) et
nomme(ent) irrévocablement aux fins du transfert de cette débenture dans le registre des valeurs
mobilières de Bell Canada, avec pleins pouvoirs de substitution à cet égard.
Date |
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En présence de
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Signature |
Numéro d’assurance sociale du cessionnaire (s’il en est):
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SCHEDULE B
FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
[English Language Version]
Certificate No. •
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XXXX CANADA | Principal amount/Currency | ||
(incorporated under the laws of Canada) | CUSIP No. • | |||
Date of issue:
|
Maturity date: | |||
• % DEBENTURE, SERIES •, DUE • |
Unless this Global Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of [Name of Depository]
(the “Depository”), or its lawful successor, to Xxxx Canada or the Registrar for registration of
transfer or exchange or for payment, and any Global Certificate issued is registered in any name
used by the Depository from time to time as its nominee for purposes of the depository system (and
any payment is made to the Depository, or to such other entity as requested by an authorized
representative of the Depository), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise
by or to any person is wrongful since the registered owner hereof, the nominee of the Depository,
has an interest herein.
This Debenture is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository. Except as otherwise provided in the
Indenture, this Global Certificate may be transferred in whole but not in part, only to another
nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor
Depository.
XXXX CANADA, for value received, promises to pay to the order of (Registered Holder) at maturity
(or on such earlier date as the principal sum of this Debenture may become payable in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture) the principal sum of (amount/currency) (together with such further
sum, if any, as may be payable by way of premium) upon presentation and surrender of this Debenture
at the principal office of the Registrar in any of the cities of Montréal and Toronto, or at any
other place as may be designated from time to time by Xxxx Canada, and, if applicable, to pay
interest (less any tax required to be deducted) on the principal amount of this Debenture in
accordance with and subject to the following terms:
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Interest rate per annum (if applicable):
Interest payment dates (if applicable):
Other features:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Xxxx Canada has caused this Debenture to be executed by its duly authorized
officers and dated as of its date of issue.
XXXX CANADA
Authorized Officer | Authorized Officer |
(Reverse)
This Debenture is subject to a trust indenture dated as of November 28, 1997 (which indenture,
together with all indentures supplemental thereto, is herein referred to as the “Indenture”) made
between Xxxx Canada and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), to
which Indenture reference is expressly made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of
the holders of Debentures, the Trustee and Xxxx Canada and of the terms and conditions upon which
the Debentures are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered, all to the same effect as if the
provisions of the Indenture were herein set forth, to all of which provisions the holders of
Debentures by acceptance hereof assents.
Xxxx Canada, the Trustee and any agent of Xxxx Canada or the Trustee may treat the person in
whose name this Debenture is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes whether or not this
Debenture be overdue.
This Debenture shall not become valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been
authenticated by or on behalf of the Registrar appointed pursuant to the Indenture.
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REGISTRAR’S AUTHENTICATION
Authenticated for and on behalf of Xxxx Canada
Date of authentication:
[Name of Registrar]
REGISTRAR
By | ||||
Authorized Officer | ||||
FORM OF TRANSFER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
hereby assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
the within Debenture, together with the principal
thereof and all accrued interest thereon, if any, by irrevocably constituting and appointing to
transfer such Debenture on the securities register of Xxxx Canada, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated |
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In the presence of |
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Signature |
Transferee’s social insurance number (if applicable):
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(French Language Version)
Certificat n° •
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XXXX CANADA | Capital/monnaie : | ||
(constituée en vertu des xxxx du Canada) | CUSIP no° • | |||
Date d’émission :
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Date d’échéance : | |||
DÉBENTURES À • %, SÉRIE •, ÉCHÉANT EN • |
À moins que ce certificat global ne soit présenté par un représentant autorisé de [Nom du
dépositaire] (le «dépositaire»), ou de son successeur légitime, à Xxxx Canada ou à l’agent chargé
de la tenue des registres aux fins de l’inscription de son transfert ou de son échange ou à des
fins de paiement, et à moins que tout certificat global émis ne soit inscrit à un nom utilisé par
le dépositaire de temps à autre à titre xx xxxxx-nom aux fins du système de dépositaire (ou qu’un
paiement ne soit effectué au dépositaire, ou à toute autre personne désignée par un représentant
autorisé du dépositaire), tout transfert, mise en gage ou autre utilisation du présent certificat
contre valeur ou autrement par ou en faveur de toute personne est illicite puisque le porteur
inscrit du présent certificat, xx xxxxx-nom du dépositaire, a un intérêt dans celui-ci.
La présente débenture est un certificat global au sens de la convention mentionnée ci-dessous et
est inscrite au nom du xxxxx-nom du dépositaire. Sous réserve de toute disposition contraire
contenue dans la convention, ce certificat global peut être transféré en totalité mais non en
partie, uniquement à un autre xxxxx-nom du dépositaire, à un successeur du dépositaire ou à un
xxxxx-nom de ce successeur du dépositaire.
XXXX CANADA, contre valeur reçue, promet de payer à l’ordre de (nom du porteur inscrit), à
l’échéance (ou à toute date antérieure à laquelle le capital de la présente débenture pourra
devenir payable conformément aux modalités de la convention), la somme en capital de
(montant/monnaie) (ainsi que toute autre somme, s’il en est, qui serait payable sous forme de
prime), sur présentation et remise de la présente débenture au bureau principal de l’agent chargé
de la tenue des registres dans les villes de Montréal et Toronto, ou à tout autre endroit désigné
de temps à autre par Xxxx Canada, et, s’il y a lieu, de payer les intérêts (moins toute taxe devant
être prélevée, le cas échéant) sur le capital de la présente débenture conformément aux modalités
suivantes et sous réserve de celles-ci :
Taux d’intérêt annuel (le cas échéant) :
Dates de paiement des intérêts (le cas échéant) :
Autres caractéristiques :
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XX XXX XX XXXX Xxxx Xxxxxx a fait signer la présente débenture par ses dirigeants dûment
autorisés et daté celle-ci en date de son émission.
XXXX CANADA
Dirigeant autorisé | Dirigeant autorisé |
(Verso)
La présente débenture est assujettie à une convention de fiducie datée du 28 novembre 1997
(laquelle convention, ainsi que toutes les conventions supplémentaires s’y rattachant, sont
ci-après désignées la «convention») intervenue entre Xxxx Canada et Compagnie Trust CIBC Mellon, à
titre de fiduciaire (appelée dans les présentes le «fiduciaire»). Référence est expressément faite
à la convention pour obtenir un énoncé des droits respectifs en vertu de celle-ci des porteurs de
débentures, du fiduciaire et de Bell Canada et des conditions auxquelles les débentures sont et
doivent être authentifiées et livrées, le tout comme si les dispositions de la convention
figuraient dans les présentes, dispositions auxquelles le porteur de débentures consent par
l’acceptation des présentes.
Xxxx Canada, le fiduciaire et tout mandataire de Bell Canada ou du fiduciaire peuvent traiter
la personne au nom de laquelle la présente débenture est inscrite comme le propriétaire de celle-ci
à toutes fins, que la présente débenture soit échue ou non.
La présente débenture ne devient pas valide ou obligatoire à quelque fin que ce soit tant
qu’elle n’a pas été authentifiée par l’agent chargé de la tenue des registres nommé aux termes de
la convention, ou pour son compte.
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AUTHENTIFICATION DE L’AGENT CHARGÉ DE
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
Authentifiée pour le compte de Bell Canada
Date d’authentification:
[Nom de l’agent chargé de la tenue des registres]
AGENT CHARGÉ DE
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
LA TENUE DES REGISTRES
Par | ||||
Dirigeant autorisé | ||||
FORMULAIRE DE TRANSFERT
CONTRE VALEUR REÇUE,
vend(ent), cède(ent) et transfère(ent) par les présentes
à
la présente débenture, de même que le
capital de celle-ci et tous les intérêts courus sur celle-ci, s’il en est, et constitue(ent) et
nomme(ent) irrévocablement aux fins du transfert de cette débenture dans le registre des valeurs
mobilières de Bell Canada, avec pleins pouvoirs de substitution à cet égard.
Date |
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En présence de
|
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Signature |
Numéro d’assurance sociale du cessionnaire (s’il en est):