Dyax Corp. and __________________________, as Trustee INDENTURE Dated as of ______________, _____
Exhibit
4.1
and
__________________________,
as Trustee
_____________
Dated
as of ______________, _____
INDENTURE,
dated as of ________, _____, by and between Dyax Corp., a Massachusetts
corporation, as Issuer (the “Company”), and
________________________, a _____________ organized under the laws of
___________________, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the “Securities”), as herein
provided, up to such principal amount as may from time to time be authorized in
or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors or by
supplemental indenture.
All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company in
accordance with its terms have been done, and the execution and delivery thereof
have been in all respects duly authorized by the parties hereto.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
Each party agrees as follows for the
benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
1.1 Definitions.
“Affiliate” of any specified
Person means any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,”
and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
“Agent” means any Registrar,
Paying Agent, co-registrar or agent for service of notices and
demands.
“Board of Directors” means the
Board of Directors of the Company or any committee authorized to act
therefor.
“Board Resolution” means a
copy of a resolution certified pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and to be in full force
and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Capital Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, any and all shares or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock, partnership interests or any other participation,
right or other interest in the nature of an equity interest in such Person or
any option, warrant or other security convertible into any of the
foregoing.
“Company” means the party
named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor
replaces such party pursuant to Article 5 of this Indenture, and thereafter
means the successor and any other primary obligor on the
Securities.
“Company Order” means a
written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom
must be its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief Financial Officer.
“Company Request” means any
written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chief Executive
Officer, its President, any Vice President, its Chief Financial Officer or its
Treasurer and attested to by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
“Corporate Trust Office” means
the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered.
“Default” means any event that
is, or with the passing of time or giving of notice or both would be, an Event
of Default.
“Depositary” means, with
respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part
in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as
Depositary for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, until a successor Depositary shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Depositary”
shall mean each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, such Persons.
“Dollars” means the currency
of the United States of America.
“ECU” means the European
Currency Unit as determined by the Commission of the European
Union.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Foreign Currency” means any
currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of
the United States of America.
“Foreign Government
Obligations” means with respect to Securities of any Series that are
denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct obligations of the government that
issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations
its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person
controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality of such
government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under
clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied as in effect in the United
States from time to time.
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“Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a
Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.2, evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities issued to the
Depositary for such Series or its nominee, registered in the name of such
Depositary or nominee, and bearing the legend set forth in Section 2.15(c)
(or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 2.2 for such
Securities).
“Holder” or “Securityholder” means the
Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s
books.
“Indebtedness” means (without
duplication), with respect to any Person, any indebtedness at any time
outstanding, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise, which is for
borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the
assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds,
notes, debentures or similar instruments or representing the balance deferred
and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding any balances that
constitute accounts payable or trade payables, and other accrued liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the extent any of the
foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Indenture” means this
Indenture as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.
“Interest Payment Date” means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on Securities of any Series.
“Lien” means, with respect to
any property or assets of any Person, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge,
easement, encumbrance, preference, priority, or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to
such property or assets (including, without limitation, any capitalized lease
obligation, conditional sales, or other title retention agreement having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Maturity Date” when used with
respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect
payment or otherwise.
“Officer” means the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company or any other officer
designated by the Board of Directors, as the case may be.
“Officers’ Certificate” means,
with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer,
the President or any Vice President, and the Chief Financial Officer or any
Treasurer of such Person that shall comply with applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a
written opinion from legal counsel which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
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“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government (including any agency or
political subdivision thereof).
“Redemption Date” when used
with respect to any Security of a Series to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
“Responsible Officer” when
used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer or officers within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the
Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and who are
responsible for compliance with the obligations of the Trustee as set forth in
this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter or obligation required of the Trustee as set forth in this Indenture, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“SEC” means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission as constituted from time to time or any
successor performing substantially the same functions.
“Securities” means the
securities that are issued under this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from
time to time pursuant to this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Series” or “Series of Securities” means
each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company
created pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2 hereof.
“Significant Subsidiary” means
(i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would be a
“significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
the date hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the
Company that, taken together as a group, would be a “significant subsidiary” as
defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
“Stated Maturity” means, when
used with respect to any Security of any Series or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable and, when used with respect to any
other Indebtedness, means the date specified in the instrument governing such
Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the principal of such Indebtedness, or
any installment of interest thereon, is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” of any specified
Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other
business entity, whether now existing or hereafter organized or acquired,
(i) in the case of a corporation, of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors thereof is held, directly
or indirectly by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries; or (ii) in the
case of a partnership, joint venture, association or other business entity, with
respect to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries has the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity by contract
or otherwise or if in accordance with GAAP such entity is consolidated with such
Person for financial statement purposes.
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“TIA” means the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date
of this Indenture (except as provided in Section 8.3 hereof).
“Trustee” means the party
named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
“U.S. Government Obligations”
means direct non-callable obligations of, or non-callable obligations guaranteed
by, the United States of America for the payment of which obligation or
guarantee the full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged.
1.2 Other
Definitions.
The
definitions of the following terms may be found in the sections indicated as
follows:
Term
|
Defined
in Section
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“Bankruptcy
Law”
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6.1 | |||
“Business
Day”
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10.8 | |||
“Covenant
Defeasance”
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9.3 | |||
“Custodian”
|
6.1 | |||
“Event
of Default”
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6.1 | |||
“Journal”
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10.16 | |||
“Judgment
Currency”
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10.17 | |||
“Legal
Defeasance”
|
9.2 | |||
“Legal
Holiday”
|
10.8 | |||
“Market
Exchange Rate”
|
10.16 | |||
“New
York Banking Day”
|
10.17 | |||
“Paying
Agent”
|
2.4 | |||
“Registrar”
|
2.4 | |||
“Required
Currency”
|
10.17 | |||
“Service
Agent”
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2.4 |
1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act.
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion of such provision
required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture to be qualified
under the TIA is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
“Commission” means the
SEC.
“indenture securities” means
the Securities.
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“indenture securityholder”
means a Securityholder.
“indenture to be qualified”
means this Indenture.
“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means
the Trustee.
“obligor on the indenture
securities” means the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities.
All other
terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings therein
assigned to them.
1.4 Rules of
Construction.
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) a
term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or by
reference;
(2) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(3) “or” is not
exclusive;
(4) words
in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(5) words
used herein implying any gender shall apply to each gender; and
(6) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer
to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
sub-division.
ARTICLE
2
THE
SECURITIES
2.1 Issuable in
Series.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in
one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical
except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an
Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to
the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of
Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution,
Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by
which specified terms (such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, record date or
date from which interest shall accrue) are to be
determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any
matters, provided that all
Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture.
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2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of
Securities.
At or
prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be
established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2(1) and
either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in
the case of Subsections 2.2(2) through 2.2(25) by a Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, in each case, pursuant to
authority granted under a Board Resolution:
(1) the
title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular
Series from the Securities of any other Series);
(2) the
price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at
which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
(3) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8,
2.11, 3.6 or 8.5);
(4) the
date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is
payable;
(5) the
rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the
method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any
commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which
the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from
which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such
interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for
the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the
place or places where the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the
Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of such payment, if by
wire transfer, mail or other means;
(7) if
applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the
Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of
a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) the
dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the
Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof
and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase
obligations;
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(10) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be
issuable;
(11) the
forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer (if to be issued outside of the
United States of America) or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered
form, whether the Securities will be issuable as Global
Securities);
(12) if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;
(13) the
currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars
or any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited to, the ECU, and if such
currency of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency
or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite
currency;
(14) the
designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of
the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Securities of the
Series will be made;
(15) if
payments of principal of, interest or premium, if any, on the Securities of the
Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than
that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the
exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined;
(16) the
manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of and interest and premium,
if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may
be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by
reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial
index;
(17) the
provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the
Series;
(18) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities
of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and
payable pursuant to Section 6.2;
(19) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles 4 or 5 which
applies to Securities of the Series;
(20) any
other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 8.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture
insofar as it applies to such Series).
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(21) any
depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents
or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those
appointed herein;
(22) the
terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Securities and any guarantees
thereof shall be subordinated in right of payment to other indebtedness of the
Company or any guarantor;
(23) the
form and terms of any guarantee of the Securities;
(24) if
applicable, that the Securities of the Series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be defeasible pursuant to Article 9; and
(25) if
applicable, that the Securities of the Series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be convertible into equity securities of the Company
All Securities of any one Series need
not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent
with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above,
and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to
provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise
provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’
Certificate.
2.3 Execution and
Authentication.
The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the
Company or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary of the Company. Each
such signature may be either manual or facsimile. The Company’s seal
may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities and may be
in facsimile form.
If an
Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time
the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be
valid. A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The
Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for
original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the
Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the
Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be
promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time
may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set
forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in
Section 2.8.
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Prior to
the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and
(subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a)
the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate
establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within
that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities
within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 10.4,
and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.
The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any
Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised in
writing by outside counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be
taken; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or
trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
vice-presidents shall reasonably determine that such action would expose the
Trustee to personal liability, or cause it to have a conflict of interest with
respect to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company
to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Any appointment shall be
evidenced by instrument signed by an authorized officer of the Trustee, a copy
of which shall be furnished to the Company. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
2.4 Registrar and Paying
Agent.
The
Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities of any Series may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”), an office or
agency located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York
where Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”), and an office
or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served (“Service
Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities
and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The Company
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change
in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section
10.2. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company may act as
Paying Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
co-registrar without notice to any Securityholder.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all
such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of
any such other office or agency.
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The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or
Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address
of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or
Paying Agent, or agent for service of notices and demands, or fails to give the
foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent
for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the
case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first
issued. The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee as such office of the Company.
2.5 Paying Agent To Hold Assets in
Trust.
The
Trustee as Paying Agent shall, and the Company shall require each Paying Agent
other than the Trustee to agree in writing that each Paying Agent shall hold in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of any Series of Securities or the Trustee
all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, or interest
or premium (if any) on, such Series of Securities (whether such assets have been
distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on such Series of
Securities), and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee in
writing of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor on such Series of
Securities) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and
account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the
continuance of any payment default with respect to any Series of Securities,
upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute
all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets
distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that
shall have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent
shall have no further liability for such assets.
2.6 Securityholder
Lists.
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the
most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders
of each Series of Securities. If the Trustee is not the Registrar,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee as of each regular record date for the
payment of interest on the Securities of a Series and before each related
Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably
require of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of
Securities.
2.7 Transfer and
Exchange.
When
Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar with a request to register
the transfer thereof, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if
the requirements of applicable law are met, and when such Securities of a Series
are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of other authorized denominations of Securities of the same
Series, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested. To permit
transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar’s request.
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If
Securities are issued as Global Securities, the provisions of Section 2.15 shall
apply.
All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar or a co-Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or a co-Registrar, duly executed
by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Any
exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company may
require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange,
but this provision shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to
Section 2.11, 3.6 or 8.5 hereof. The Trustee shall not be
required to register transfers of Securities of any Series or to exchange
Securities of any Series for a period of 15 days before the record date for
selection for redemption of such Securities. The Trustee shall not be
required to exchange or register transfers of Securities of any Series called or
being called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion
of such Security being redeemed in part.
2.8 Replacement
Securities.
If a
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security
presents evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee that the
Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue
and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of the same Series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding. An indemnity bond may be required by the Company or the
Trustee that is sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company or the
Trustee, as the case may be, to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent
from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is
replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for its reasonable,
out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Security, including the fees and expenses
of counsel. Every replacement Security shall constitute an additional
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionally with any and all other
Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.
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2.9 Outstanding
Securities.
Securities
outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except
for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those
described in this Section 2.9 as not outstanding.
If a
Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8 (other than a mutilated Security
surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding until the Company and
the Trustee receive proof satisfactory to each of them that the replaced
Security is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Security
ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof
pursuant to Section 2.8.
If a
Paying Agent holds on a Redemption Date or Maturity Date of a Series of
Securities money sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued interest on Securities payable on that date and is not prohibited from
paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding
and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Subject
to Section 2.10, a Security does not cease to be outstanding solely because the
Company or an Affiliate holds the Security.
2.10 Treasury
Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of
the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities
of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except
that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver only Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall
be so disregarded.
2.11 Temporary
Securities.
Until
definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the
Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities
shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for
temporary Securities presented to it.
2.12
Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for
transfer, exchange or payment. At the direction of the Trustee, the
Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and at the written
request of the Company, shall dispose of all Securities surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. If the Company shall
acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation
pursuant to this Section 2.12.
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2.13
Payment of
Interest; Defaulted Interest; Computation of Interest.
Except as
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.2 with respect to any
Series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business
on the regular record date for such interest, as provided in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing
the terms of such Series.
With
respect to any Holder with an aggregate principal amount of Securities of any
Series in an amount in excess of $2,000,000, upon receipt by the Trustee of a
written request from such Holder, payments of interest with respect to such
Securities shall be made to such Holder by wire transfer of immediately
available funds. Each other Holder shall receive payments of interest
by check or by transfer to an account maintained by such Holder in the United
States.
If the
Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, it shall pay the
defaulted amounts, plus any interest payable on defaulted amounts pursuant to
Section 4.1 hereof, to the persons who are Securityholders on a subsequent
special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the
date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next
succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least
15 days before the special record date, the Company shall mail or cause to be
mailed to each Securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states
the special record date, the payment date, and the amount of defaulted interest,
and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be
paid.
Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2 for Securities of any
Series, interest on the Securities of each Series shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2.14 CUSIP Number.
The
Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers, and if
so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number(s) in notices of redemption or
exchange as a convenience to Holders, provided that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
number(s) printed in the notice or on the Securities, and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities.
2.15 Provisions for Global
Securities.
(a) A
Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate
shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or
in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, and the Depositary for
such Global Securities or Securities.
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(b) Notwithstanding
any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 and in addition thereto,
if, and only if the Depositary (i) at any time is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security or ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and (ii) a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date the Company is so
informed in writing or becomes aware of the same, the Company promptly will
execute and deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of such
definitive Securities (which the Company will promptly execute and deliver to
the Trustee) and an Officers' Certificate to the effect that such Global
Security shall be so exchangeable, will authenticate and deliver definitive
Securities, without charge, registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary shall direct in writing (pursuant to
instructions from its direct and indirect participants or otherwise) in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security
with like tenor and terms. Upon the exchange of a Global Security for definitive
Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Securities, as provided
in this Section 2.15(b), a Global Security may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of
such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another
nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.
(c) Any
Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
"This
Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter
referred to, and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the
Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name
of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a
successor Depositary."
(d) The
Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants
to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the
Indenture.
(e) Notwithstanding
the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of, and interest and
premium, if any, on, any Global Security shall be made to the Depositary or its
nominee in its capacity as the Holder thereof.
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(f) Except
as provided in Section 2.15(e) above, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent
shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding
Securities of any Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified
in a written statement of the Depositary (which may be in the form of a
participants' list for such Series) with respect to such Global Security, for
purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required
to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, PROVIDED, that until the
Trustee is so provided with a written statement, it may treat the Depositary or
any other Person in whose name a Global Security is registered as the owner of
such Global Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of,
and any premium and (subject to Section 2.13) any interest on, such Global
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Company, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
2.16 Persons Deemed
Owners.
Prior to
due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar and any agent of the Company, the Registrar or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Section 2.13) any interest on such Security and
for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company, the Trustee, the
Registrar nor any agent of the Company, the Registrar or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
ARTICLE
3
REDEMPTION
3.1 Notices of
Trustee.
The
Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to
redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the
Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at
such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities or the related
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate. If
a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company elects to redeem such
Securities of a Series, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date and
the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed at least 35 days (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) but not more than 60 days
before the Redemption Date. Any such notice may be canceled at any
time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall
thereby be void and of no effect.
3.2 Selection by Trustee of Securities to
Be Redeemed.
Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series of Securities by a Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if fewer than all of the
Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the
Securities of a Series to be redeemed pro rata, by lot or by any other method
that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and, if such Securities are
listed on any securities exchange, by a method that complies with the
requirements of such exchange.
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The
Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of a Series outstanding and not
previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company 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. Securities of a Series in denominations of $1,000 may be redeemed only
in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of
Securities of a Series that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of
a Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or, with
respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to
Section 2.2(10), the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral
multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called
for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for
redemption.
3.3
Notice of
Redemption.
Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days, and no more than
60 days, before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail, or cause to be
mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities
to be redeemed at his or her last address as the same appears on the registry
books maintained by the Registrar.
The
notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including the CUSIP
number(s) thereof, if any) and shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date;
(2) the
redemption price;
(3) if
any Security of a Series is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal
amount of such Security of a Series to be redeemed and that, after the
Redemption Date and upon surrender of such Security of a Series, a new Security
or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be
issued;
(4) the
name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that
Securities of a Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent to collect the redemption price, and the place or places where each such
Security is to be surrendered for such payment;
(6) that,
unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on the
Securities of a Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on or after the
Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of such Securities
is to receive payment of the redemption price upon surrender to the Paying Agent
of the Securities redeemed; and
(7) if
fewer than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the identification
of the particular Securities of a Series (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as
well as the aggregate principal amount of Securities of a Series to be redeemed
and the aggregate principal amount of Securities of a Series to be outstanding
after such partial redemption.
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At the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the
Company’s name and at the Company’s sole expense.
3.4 Effect
of Notice of Redemption.
Once the
notice of redemption described in Section 3.3 is mailed, Securities of a Series
called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the
redemption price, plus interest, if any, accrued to (but not including) the
Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such
Securities of a Series shall be paid at the redemption price, plus accrued
interest, if any, to (but not including) the Redemption Date, provided that if the
Redemption Date is after a regular interest payment record date and on or prior
to the next Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the
Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant record date, as
specified by the Company in the notice to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1
hereof.
3.5 Deposit of Redemption
Price.
On or
prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent
money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on
all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions
thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the
Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
On and
after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of
and accrued interest on Securities called for redemption shall have been made
available in accordance with the preceding paragraph and the Company and the
Paying Agent are not prohibited from paying such moneys to Holders, the
Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only
right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of the
redemption price of and, subject to the proviso in Section 3.4, accrued and
unpaid interest on such Securities to the Redemption Date. If any
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid, interest will be paid, from
the Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid
principal of the Security and any interest or premium (if any) not paid on such
unpaid principal, in each case, at the rate and in the manner provided in the
Securities.
3.6 Securities Redeemed in
Part.
Upon
surrender of a Security of a Series that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall
authenticate for a Holder a new Security of the same Series equal in principal
amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
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ARTICLE
4
COVENANTS
4.1 Payment of
Securities.
The
Company shall pay the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on each
Series of Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities
and this Indenture.
An
installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is
due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and
sufficient to pay such installment and is not prohibited from paying such money
to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or
otherwise.
The
Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and overdue interest, to the
extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Series of Securities.
4.2 SEC Reports.
The
Company will deliver to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities within 15 days
after the filing of the same with the SEC, copies of the quarterly and annual
report and of the information documents and other reports, if any, which the
Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the SEC, to the extent permitted, and provide the Trustee, Holders of each Series of Securities and prospective holders of each Series of Securities with such quarterly and annual reports and such information, documents and other reports specified in Section 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company will also comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
15(d) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the SEC, to the extent permitted, and provide the Trustee, Holders of each Series of Securities and prospective holders of each Series of Securities with such quarterly and annual reports and such information, documents and other reports specified in Section 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company will also comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
4.3 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury
Laws.
The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that they will not
at any time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension law,
usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying
all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on the
Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) the Company hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
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4.4 Compliance
Certificate.
(a) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate which complies with TIA
Section 314(a)(4) stating that a review of the activities of the Company
and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year has been made under the supervision
of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether each has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and
further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the
best of his or her knowledge each has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled
each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the
performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof
(or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such
Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what
action each is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the
best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by
reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest or premium,
if any, on the Securities is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a
description of the event and what action each is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
(b) (i)
If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
(ii) if any Holder seeks to exercise any remedy hereunder with respect to a
claimed Default under this Indenture or the Securities, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying such event, notice or
other action within five Business Days of its becoming aware of such occurrence
and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
4.5 Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims.
The
Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the
same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties, interest and additions
to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or
properties of it or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and (ii) all lawful
claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a
Lien upon the property of it or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that neither
the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or
claim if the amount, applicability or validity thereof is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and an adequate reserve has been
established therefor to the extent required by GAAP.
4.6 Corporate
Existence.
Subject
to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence,
and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant
Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the
same may be amended from time to time) of the Company and of each Significant
Subsidiary, and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise,
or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Significant
Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and
its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
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4.7 Maintenance of
Properties.
The
Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business
or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition,
repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will
cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 4.7 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation
or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the
judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
ARTICLE
5
SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
5.1 Limitation on Consolidation, Merger
and Sale of Assets.
(a) The
Company will not, in any transaction or series of transactions, merge or
consolidate with or into, or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets (as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety in one transaction or a series of related
transactions), to any Person or Persons, and the Company will not permit any of
its Significant Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of
transactions if such transaction or series of transactions, in the aggregate,
would result in a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company or the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
any other Person or Persons, unless at the time of and after giving effect
thereto (i) either (A) if the transaction or series of transactions is
a merger or consolidation, the Company shall be the surviving Person of such
merger or consolidation, or (B) the Person formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company or such Significant Subsidiary is merged or to which the
properties and assets of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, as the case
may be, are transferred (any such surviving person or transferee Person being
the “Surviving Entity”)
shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of
the Company (including, without limitation, the obligation to pay the principal
of, and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities and the performance of
the other covenants) under the Securities of each Series and this Indenture, and
in each case, this Indenture shall remain in full force and effect; and (ii)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on
a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Indebtedness incurred or
anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction
or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing.
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(b) In
connection with any consolidation, merger or transfer of assets contemplated by
this Section 5.1, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger or transfer and the supplemental indenture in respect
thereto comply with this Section 5.1 and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction or transactions have been complied
with.
5.2 Successor Person
Substituted.
Upon any
consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in accordance with Section
5.1 above, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been
named as the Company herein, and thereafter (except with respect to any such
transfer which is a lease) the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE
6
DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
6.1 Events of
Default.
“Events of Default,” wherever
used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the
following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture or Officers’ Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not
have the benefit of said Event of Default:
(1) there
is a default in the payment of any principal of, or premium, if any, on the
Securities when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration,
redemption or otherwise;
(2) there
is a default in the payment of any interest on any Security of a Series when the
same becomes due and payable and the Default continues for a period of 45
days;
(3) the
Company defaults in the observance or performance of any other covenant in the
Securities of a Series or this Indenture for 45 days after written notice from
the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding;
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(4) there
is a default or are defaults under one or more agreements, instruments,
mortgages, bonds, debentures or other evidences of Indebtedness under which the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company then has outstanding
Indebtedness in excess of $4 million, individually or in the aggregate, and
either (a) such Indebtedness is already due and payable in full or
(b) such default or defaults have resulted in the acceleration of the
maturity of such Indebtedness;
(5) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters a final judgment or judgments which can
no longer be appealed for the payment of money in excess of $4 million (not
covered by insurance) against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and such
judgment remains undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which a
stay of enforcement of such judgment shall not be in effect;
(6) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences
a voluntary case,
(B) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,
(C) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property,
(D) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E)
generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(7) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:
(A) is
for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case;
(B) appoints
a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or
substantially all of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;
or
(C) orders
the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and the order or
decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(8) any
other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which
is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2(18).
The term
“Bankruptcy Law” means
Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of
debtors. The term “Custodian” means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law.
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The
Trustee may withhold notice of any Default (except in payment of principal or
premium, if any, or interest on the Securities) to the Holders of the Securities
of any Series in accordance with Section 7.5.
6.2 Acceleration.
If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time
outstanding (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 6.1(6) or (7))
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by written notice to the Company, or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that Series then outstanding may by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee declare that the entire principal amount of all the Securities of that
Series then outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of
acceleration are immediately due and payable, in which case such amounts shall
become immediately due and payable; provided, however, that after
such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on such acceleration is
obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of that Series may rescind and annul such
acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other
than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, premium, if any, or interest that
has become due solely because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived,
(ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on
overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid and
(iii) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or
impair any right consequent thereto. In case an Event of Default
specified in Section 6.1(6) or (7) with respect to the Company occurs, such
principal, premium, if any, and interest amount with respect to all of the
Securities of that Series shall be due and payable immediately without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities of that Series.
6.3 Other Remedies.
If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time
outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of,
or premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that Series or to enforce
the performance of any provision of the Securities of that Series or this
Indenture.
The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the
Securities of that Series or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder
in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not
impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the
Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other
remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted
by law.
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6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of
Default.
Subject
to Sections 6.2, 6.7 and 8.2 hereof, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities of any Series then outstanding have the right to waive
any existing Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series or
compliance with any provision of this Indenture (with respect to such Series) or
the Securities of such Series. Upon any such waiver, such Default
with respect to such Series shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with
respect to such Series arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
6.5 Control by
Majority.
The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series then
outstanding may 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 by this Indenture with respect to such
Series. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Securityholder or that may involve
the Trustee in personal liability; provided that the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
6.6 Limitation on
Suits.
Subject
to Section 6.7 below, a Securityholder may not institute any proceeding or
pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of a Series
unless:
(1) the
Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of that Series;
(2) the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such
Series then outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(3) such
Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be incurred in compliance with
such request;
(4) the
Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of indemnity; and
(5) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding.
A
Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another
Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Securityholder.
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6.7 Rights of Holders To Receive
Payment.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security of
a Series to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest of
the Security of such Series on or after the respective due dates expressed in
the Security of such Series, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the
Holder.
6.8 Collection Suit by
Trustee.
If an
Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified in
Section 6.1(1) or (2) hereof with respect to Securities of any Series at the
time outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company (or any
other obligor on the Securities of that Series) for the whole amount of unpaid
principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on
overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate then
borne by the Securities of that Series, and such further amounts as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim.
The
Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Securityholders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities), any of their respective creditors or any of their respective
property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies
or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute
the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent that any such
charges and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any such proceedings and
any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Securityholder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Securityholders, 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 7.7
hereof.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan or
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
of a Series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such
proceedings.
6.10 Priorities.
If the
Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the
money in the following order:
FIRST: to
the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7 hereof;
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SECOND: to
Securityholders for amounts then due and unpaid for principal, premium, if any,
and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which
such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal
and any premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to
the Company.
The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
6.11 Undertaking for
Costs.
In any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a
court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion
may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any
party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of
the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11
does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section
6.7 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the
Securities of a Series then outstanding.
ARTICLE
7
TRUSTEE
7.1 Duties of
Trustee.
(a) If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same
degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or
use under the same circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) The
Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Indenture
against the Trustee.
(2) In
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture but, in the case of any such certificates
or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
(c) The
Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
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(1) This
paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section
7.1.
(2) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(3) The
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Sections
6.2 and 6.5 hereof.
(d) 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 rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this
Section 7.1 shall govern every provision of this Indenture that in any way
relates to the Trustee.
(f) The
Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as
the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by the law.
(g) The
Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to
the protections, immunities and standard of care set forth in paragraphs (a),
(b), (c), and (d) of this Section 7.1 and in Section 7.2 with respect to the
Trustee.
7.2 Rights of
Trustee.
(a) Subject
to Section 7.1 hereof:
(1) The
Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(2) Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel, or both, which shall conform to the
provisions of Section 10.5 hereof. The Trustee shall be protected and
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(3) The
Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct
or negligence of any agent appointed by it with due care.
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(4) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers.
(5) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of
such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and
protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by
it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel.
(6) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the
Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
(7) The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any fact or matter unless such
fact or matter is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee.
7.3 Individual Rights of
Trustee.
The
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for
or otherwise deal with the Company, or any Affiliate thereof, with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the
same with like rights. The Trustee, however, shall be subject to
Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
7.4 Trustee’s
Disclaimer.
The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture
or the Securities (except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized
to execute and deliver this Indenture and authenticate the Securities and
perform its obligations hereunder), it shall not be accountable for the
Company’s use of the proceeds from the sale of Securities or any money paid to
the Company pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificates of
authentication.
7.5 Notice of
Default.
If a
Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the
Securities of any Series and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall
mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series notice of the
Default or the Event of Default, as the case may be, within 30 days after it
occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in
payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of
any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the Board of
Directors of the Trustee, the executive committee or any trust committee of such
board and/or its Responsible Officers in good faith determine(s) that
withholding the notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of that
Series.
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7.6 Reports by Trustee to
Holders.
If and to
the extent required by the TIA, within 60 days after May 15 of each year,
commencing the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall
mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies
with TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA
Sections 313(b) and 313(c).
A copy of
each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with
the SEC and any stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are
listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the
Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange, and the Trustee shall
comply with TIA Section 313(d).
7.7 Compensation and
Indemnity.
The
Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for
its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all
reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it in
connection with its duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable
compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and
counsel.
The
Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless against, any and
all loss or liability incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or
performance of its duties under this Indenture including the reasonable costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim
asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek
indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee to so notify the
Company shall not relieve the Company of its
obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company need not
reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or
liability incurred by the Trustee through its negligence or bad
faith.
To secure
the payment obligations of the Company in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall
have a Lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held
or collected by the Trustee, except such money or property held in trust to pay
principal of and interest and premium (if any) on particular Securities of that
Series.
When the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified
in Section 6.1(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for
the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
Bankruptcy Law.
For
purposes of this Section 7.7, the term “Trustee” shall include any
trustee appointed pursuant to Article 9.
7.8 Replacement of
Trustee.
The
Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so
notifying the Company in writing at least 90 days in advance of such
resignation.
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The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any
Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by notifying the
removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to
that Series with the written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Company may remove the Trustee with
respect to that Series at its election if:
(1) the
Trustee fails to comply with, or ceases to be eligible under, Section 7.10
hereof;
(2) the
Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered
with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a
Custodian or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;
or
(4) the
Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the
Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee
with respect to any Series of Securities for any reason, the Company shall
promptly notify each Holder of such event and shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
If a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series does not
take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the
retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series fails to comply
with Section 7.10 hereof, any Securityholder of the applicable Series may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A
successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the
retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately following such
delivery (i) the retiring Trustee with respect to one or more Series shall,
subject to its rights under Section 7.7 hereof, transfer all property held by it
as Trustee with respect to such Series to the successor Trustee, (ii) the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and
(iii) the successor Trustee with respect to such Series shall have all the
rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series shall
mail notice of its succession to each Securityholder of such
Series.
7.9 Successor Trustee by Consolidation,
Merger or Conversion.
If the
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another corporation, subject
to Section 7.10 hereof, the successor corporation without any further act shall
be the successor Trustee.
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7.10 Eligibility;
Disqualification.
This
Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA
Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The Trustee shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
TIA Section 310(b), including the provision in Section 310(b)(1). If
at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 7.10, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect specified in this Article 7.
7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company.
The
Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated therein.
7.12 Paying Agents.
The
Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and
deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12:
(1) that
it will hold all sums held by it as agent for the payment of principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities (whether such sums have been
paid to it by the Company or by any obligor on the Securities) in trust for the
benefit of Holders of the Securities or the Trustee;
(2) that
it will at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon written
request from the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by it
together with a full accounting thereof; and
(3) that
it will give the Trustee written notice within three (3) Business Days of any
failure of the Company (or by any obligor on the Securities) in the payment of
any installment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the
Securities when the same shall be due and payable.
ARTICLE
8
AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
8.1 Without Consent of
Holders.
The
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without notice
to or consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to
comply with Section 5.1 hereof;
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(2) to
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to certificated
Securities;
(3) to
comply with any requirements of the SEC under the TIA;
(4) to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that
does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder;
(5) to
provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of
Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture; or
(6) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to
join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized
or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained, but the Trustee
shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which
adversely affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture.
8.2 With Consent of
Holders.
(a) The
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series with the
written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series affected by such
amendment or supplement without notice to any Securityholder. The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of each such Series affected by such amendment or
supplement may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any
provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such Series without notice to
any Securityholder. Subject to Section 8.4, without the consent of
each Securityholder affected, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver,
including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.4, may not:
(1) reduce
the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement
or waiver to this Indenture or the Securities;
(2) reduce
the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any
Security;
(3) reduce
the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount
of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous
obligation;
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(4) make
any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security;
(5) change
the amount or time of any payment required by the Securities or reduce the
premium payable upon any redemption of the Securities, or change the time before
which no such redemption may be made;
(6) waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the
Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration);
(7) waive
a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the
provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities;
(8) make
any changes in Sections 6.4 or 6.7 hereof or this Section 8.2, except to
increase any percentage of Securities the Holders of which must consent to any
matter; or
(9) take
any other action otherwise prohibited by this Indenture to be taken without the
consent of each holder affected thereby.
(b) Upon
the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the receipt by the
Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the
Securityholders as aforesaid and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
described in Section 8.6 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in
which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into such supplemental indenture.
(c) It
shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this section to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance
thereof.
8.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act.
Every
amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with
the TIA as then in effect.
8.4 Revocation and Effect of
Consents.
Until an
amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, a consent to it
by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon
such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Security or portion thereof,
and of any Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or
in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such
Security. Any such Holder or subsequent Holder, however, may revoke
the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security, if the Trustee receives
the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement, waiver or
other action becomes effective.
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The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or
waiver which record date shall be at least 30 days prior to the first
solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, then,
notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such
record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any
consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders
after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective
for more than 90 days after such record date without the applicable amendment,
supplement or waiver becoming effective.
After an
amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, it shall bind
every Securityholder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1)
through (9) of Section 8.2 hereof. In that case the amendment,
supplement, waiver or other action shall bind each Holder of a Security who has
consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a
Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security; provided that any
such waiver shall not impair or affect the right of any Holder to receive
payment of principal of and interest and premium (if any) on a Security, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates without
the consent of such Holder.
8.5 Notation on or Exchange of
Securities.
If an
amendment, supplement, or waiver changes the terms of a Security of any Series,
the Trustee may request the Holder of such Security to deliver it to the
Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate
notation on such Security about the changed terms and return it to the
Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines,
the Company in exchange for such Security shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a new security that reflects the changed terms. Failure
to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the
validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
8.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments,
Etc.
The
Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to
this Article 8 if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect
the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it
does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing
to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive and, subject to Section 7.1 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying
upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such
amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplement until
the Board of Directors of the Company approves it.
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ARTICLE
9
DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
9.1 Discharge of
Indenture.
The
Company may terminate its obligations under the Securities of any Series and
this Indenture with respect to such Series, except the obligations referred to
in the last paragraph of this Section 9.1, if there shall have been canceled by
the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of such
Series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than any Securities of
such Series that are asserted to have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
shall have been replaced as provided in Section 2.8 hereof) and the Company has
paid all sums payable by it hereunder or deposited all required sums with the
Trustee.
After
such delivery the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the
discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Securities of such Series and
this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified
below.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company
in Sections 7.7, 9.5 and 9.6 hereof shall survive.
9.2 Legal Defeasance.
The
Company may at its option, by Board Resolution, be discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Securities of any Series on the date the
conditions set forth in Section 9.4 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal
Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means
that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by the Securities of such Series and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall, subject to Section 9.6 hereof, execute proper instruments acknowledging
the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of
outstanding Securities of such Series to receive solely from the trust funds
described in Section 9.4 hereof and as more fully set forth in such section,
payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities of such Series when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s
obligations with respect to the Securities of such Series under Sections 2.4,
2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof) and (D) this Article
9. Subject to compliance with this Article 9, the Company may
exercise its option under this Section 9.2 with respect to the Securities of any
Series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 9.3 below
with respect to the Securities of such Series.
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9.3 Covenant
Defeasance.
At the
option of the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company shall be
released from its obligations under Sections 4.2 through 4.7 hereof, inclusive,
and Section 5.1 hereof, with respect to the outstanding Securities of any
Series, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 9.4 hereof are
satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant
Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means
that the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect
of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified section or
portion thereof, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such specified Section or portion thereof or by reason
of any reference in any such specified section or portion thereof to any other
provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture
and the Securities of any Series shall be unaffected thereby.
9.4 Conditions to Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance.
The
following shall be the conditions to application of Section 9.2 or Section 9.3
hereof to the outstanding Securities of a Series:
(1) the
Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10
hereof who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article 9
applicable to it) as funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of the Securities, (A) money in an amount, or
(B) U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government
Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the
due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, premium, if
any, and accrued interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series at the
Stated Maturity of such principal, premium, if any, or interest, or on dates for
payment and redemption of such principal, premium, if any, and interest selected
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Securities of such
Series;
(2) no
Event of Default or Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit, or shall have
occurred and be continuing at any time during the period ending on the 91st day
after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the
expiration of the longest preference period under any Bankruptcy Law applicable
to the Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood that this
condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such
period);
(3) such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest for purposes of the TIA with respect to any securities of
the Company;
(4) such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute default under any other agreement or instrument to
which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
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(5) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that,
as a result of such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, neither the trust
nor the Trustee will be required to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(6) in
the case of an election under Section 9.2 above, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling to the effect that or (ii) there has been a change in any applicable
Federal income tax law with the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm
that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series or persons in
their positions will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes solely as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner, including as a
result of prepayment, and at the same times as would have been the case if such
Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(7) in
the case of an election under Section 9.3 hereof, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of
the outstanding Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance
had not occurred;
(8) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in
this Article 9 relating to either the Legal Defeasance under Section 9.2 above
or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 9.3 hereof (as the case may be) have
been complied with;
(9) the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that the deposit under clause (1) was not made by the Company with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or
others; and
(10) the
Company shall have paid or duly provided for payment under terms mutually
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee all amounts then due to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.
9.5 Deposited Money and U.S. and Foreign
Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.
All
money, U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign Government Obligations (including
the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.4
hereof in respect of the outstanding Securities shall be held in trust and
applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and
this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as
the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due
and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and accrued
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
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The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof or the
principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than
any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders
of the outstanding Securities.
Anything
in this Article 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money, U.S.
Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held by it as provided
in Section 9.4 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
9.6 Reinstatement.
If the
Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, U.S. Government
Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.1,
9.2, 9.3 or 9.4 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 9 until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money, U.S. Government
Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations, as the case may be, in accordance
with Section 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 or 9.4 hereof; provided, however, that if the
Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or accrued
interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of their obligations,
the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities
to receive such payment from the money, U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
9.7 Moneys Held by Paying
Agent.
In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys
then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon
demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys have been
deposited pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof, to the Company, and thereupon such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys.
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9.8 Moneys Held by
Trustee.
Any
moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the
Company in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on any Security that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holder
of such Security for two years after the date upon which the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on such Security shall have respectively become due
and payable shall be repaid to the Company upon Company Request, or if such
moneys are then held by the Company in trust, such moneys shall be released from
such trust; and the Holder of such Security entitled to receive such payment
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
the payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the
Trustee or any such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may, at the expense of the Company, either mail to each
Securityholder affected, at the address shown in the register of the Securities
maintained by the Registrar or cause to be published once a week for two
successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York,
New York, a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will
be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company or the release
of any money held in trust by the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money
must look only to the Company for payment as general creditors unless applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
ARTICLE
10
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Trust Indenture Act
Controls.
If any
provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the
required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
10.2 Notices.
Any
notice or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person, sent
by facsimile, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the
Company:
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
Copy
to:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Dodge LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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If to the
Trustee:
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
The
Company or the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. Any
notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and five
(5) calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have
been given until actually received by the addressee).
Any
notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to him by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the register kept by
the Registrar. In addition, notices or communications to
Securityholders shall be given by release made to Reuters Economic Services and
Bloomberg Business News.
Failure
to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall
not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If
a notice or communication to a Securityholder is mailed in the manner provided
above, it shall be deemed duly given five (5) calendar days after mailing,
whether or not the addressee receives it.
In case
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other
cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required by this Indenture,
then such method of notification as shall be made with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such notice.
In the
case of Global Securities, notices or communications to be given to
Securityholders shall be given to the Depositary, in accordance with its
applicable policies as in effect from time to time.
10.3 Communications by Holders with Other
Holders.
Securityholders
of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other
Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or any other
Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall
have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
10.4
Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent.
Upon any
request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
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(1) an
Officers’ Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section
10.5 below) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed
action have been complied with; and
(2) an
Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 10.5
below) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions
precedent have been complied with.
10.5 Statement Required in Certificate and
Opinion.
Each
certificate and opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a
statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;
(2) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion
are based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, it or he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such covenant or
condition has been complied with.
10.6 Rules by Trustee and
Agents.
The
Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at meetings of
Securityholders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable
rules for their functions.
10.7 Business Days; Legal
Holidays.
A “Business Day” is a day that
is not a Legal Holiday. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday,
a Sunday, a federally recognized holiday or a day on which banking institutions
are not required to be open in the State of New York.
If a
payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at
that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no
interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
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10.8 Governing
Law.
THIS
INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND
PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER
JURISDICTION). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE
SECURITIES.
10.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements.
This
Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan, security or debt
agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. No such
indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this
Indenture.
10.10 No Recourse Against
Others.
A
director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of the
Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under
the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creations. Each Securityholder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.
10.11 Successors and
Assigns.
All
agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements
of the Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this Indenture
shall bind their respective successors and assigns.
10.12 Multiple
Counterparts.
The
parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed
counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent one
and the same agreement.
10.13 Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc.
The table
of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to
be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms or provisions hereof.
10.14 Separabilty.
Each
provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if for any reason
any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the basic purpose of
this Indenture or 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.
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10.15 Securities in a Foreign Currency or
in ECU.
Unless
otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with
respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this
Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by
a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are
outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in a coin or currency
other than Dollars (including ECU), then the principal amount of Securities of
such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking
such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this
Section 10.16, “Market
Exchange Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City
for cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York; provided, however, in the case
of ECUs, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined by the
Commission of the European Union (or any successor thereto) as published in the
Official Journal of the European Union (such publication or any successor
publication, the “Journal”). If such
Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such
currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on
its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case
of ECUs, the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as of the most recent
available date, or quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange from
one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of
the currency in question or, in the case of ECUs, in Luxembourg or such other
quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange as the Trustee, upon
consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions
of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in
respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in
connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture.
All
decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate
or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall
be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and irrevocably
binding upon the Company and all Holders.
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10.16 Judgment
Currency.
The
Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under
applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court
it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or
interest or premium (if any) or other amount on the Securities of any Series
(the “Required
Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the
“Judgment Currency”),
the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final
unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day,
then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with
normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day
preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i)
shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any
judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender
or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which
such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency
so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of
the foregoing, “New York
Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday
in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required
by law, regulation or executive order to close.
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This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
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ARTICLE
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DEFINITIONS
AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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1.1
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Definitions
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1.2
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Other
Definitions
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1.3
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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1.4
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Rules
of Construction
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ARTICLE
2
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THE
SECURITIES
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2.1
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Issuable
in Series
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2.2
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Establishment
of Terms of Series of Securities
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2.3
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Execution
and Authentication
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2.4
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Registrar
and Paying Agent
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2.5
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Paying
Agent To Hold Assets in Trust
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2.6
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Securityholder
Lists
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2.7
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Transfer
and Exchange
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2.8
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Replacement
Securities
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2.9
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Outstanding
Securities
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2.10
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Treasury
Securities
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2.11
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Temporary
Securities
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2.12
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Cancellation
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2.13
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Payment
of Interest; Defaulted Interest; Computation of Interest
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2.14
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CUSIP
Number
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2.15
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Provisions
for Global Securities
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2.16
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Persons
Deemed Owners
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ARTICLE
3
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REDEMPTION
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3.1
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Notices
of Trustee
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3.2
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Selection
by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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3.3
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Notice
of Redemption
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3.4
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Effect
of Notice of Redemption
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Deposit
of Redemption Price
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3.6
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Securities
Redeemed in Part
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COVENANTS
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4.1
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Payment
of Securities
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4.2
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SEC
Reports
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19
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4.3
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Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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19
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4.4
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Compliance
Certificate
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20
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4.5
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Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims
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20
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4.6
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Corporate
Existence
|
20
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4.7
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Maintenance
of Properties
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21
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ARTICLE
5
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SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
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21
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5.1
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Limitation
on Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
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21
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5.2
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Successor
Person Substituted
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22
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ARTICLE
6
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DEFAULTS
AND REMEDIES
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22
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6.1
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Events
of Default
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22
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6.2
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Acceleration
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24
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6.3
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Other
Remedies
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24
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6.4
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Waiver
of Past Defaults and Events of Default
|
25
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6.5
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Control
by Majority
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25
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6.6
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Limitation
on Suits
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25
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6.7
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Rights
of Holders To Receive Payment
|
26
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6.8
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Collection
Suit by Trustee
|
26
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6.9
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
|
26
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6.10
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Priorities
|
26
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6.11
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Undertaking
for Costs
|
27
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ARTICLE
7
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TRUSTEE
|
27
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7.1
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Duties
of Trustee
|
27
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7.2
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Rights
of Trustee
|
28
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7.3
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
|
29
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7.4
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
|
29
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7.5
|
Notice
of Default
|
29
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7.6
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Reports
by Trustee to Holders
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30
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7.7
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Compensation
and Indemnity
|
30
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7.8
|
Replacement
of Trustee
|
30
|
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7.9
|
Successor
Trustee by Consolidation, Merger or Conversion
|
31
|
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7.10
|
Eligibility;
Disqualification
|
32
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7.11
|
Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
|
32
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7.12
|
Paying
Agents
|
32
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ARTICLE
8
|
AMENDMENTS,
SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
|
32
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8.1
|
Without
Consent of Holders
|
32
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8.2
|
With
Consent of Holders
|
33
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8.3
|
Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act
|
34
|
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8.4
|
Revocation
and Effect of Consents
|
34
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8.5
|
Notation
on or Exchange of Securities
|
35
|
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8.6
|
Trustee
to Sign Amendments, Etc
|
35
|
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ARTICLE
9
|
DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
|
36
|
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9.1
|
Discharge
of Indenture
|
36
|
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9.2
|
Legal
Defeasance
|
36
|
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9.3
|
Covenant
Defeasance
|
37
|
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9.4
|
Conditions
to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
|
37
|
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9.5
|
Deposited
Money and U.S. and Foreign Government Obligations to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
|
38
|
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9.6
|
Reinstatement
|
39
|
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9.7
|
Moneys
Held by Paying Agent
|
39
|
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9.8
|
Moneys
Held by Trustee
|
40
|
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ARTICLE
10
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
40
|
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10.1
|
Trust
Indenture Act Controls
|
40
|
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10.2
|
Notices
|
40
|
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10.3
|
Communications
by Holders with Other Holders
|
41
|
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10.4
|
Certificate
and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
|
41
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OF CONTENTS
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10.5
|
Statement
Required in Certificate and Opinion
|
42
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10.6
|
Rules
by Trustee and Agents
|
42
|
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10.7
|
Business
Days; Legal Holidays
|
42
|
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10.8
|
Governing
Law
|
43
|
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10.9
|
No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
|
43
|
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10.10
|
No
Recourse Against Others
|
43
|
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10.11
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
43
|
|
10.12
|
Multiple
Counterparts
|
43
|
|
10.13
|
Table
of Contents, Headings, Etc
|
43
|
|
10.14
|
Separabilty
|
43
|
|
10.15
|
Securities
in a Foreign Currency or in ECU
|
44
|
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10.16
|
Judgment
Currency
|
45
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE
TIA SECTION
|
INDENTURE SECTION
|
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310(a)(1)
|
7.10
|
|
(a)(2)
|
7.10
|
|
(a)(3)
|
N/A
|
|
(a)(4)
|
N/A
|
|
(a)(5)
|
7.10
|
|
(b)
|
7.8;
7.10; 10.2
|
|
(b)(1)
|
7.10
|
|
(b)(9)
|
7.10
|
|
(c)
|
N/A
|
|
311(a)
|
7.11
|
|
(b)
|
7.11
|
|
(c)
|
N/A
|
|
312(a)
|
2.6
|
|
(b)
|
10.3
|
|
(c)
|
10.3
|
|
313(a)
|
7.6
|
|
(b)(1)
|
7.6
|
|
(b)(2)
|
7.6
|
|
(c)
|
7.6;
10.2
|
|
(d)
|
7.6
|
|
314(a)
|
4.2;
4.4; 10.2
|
|
(b)
|
N/A
|
|
(c)(1)
|
10.4;
10.5
|
|
(c)(2)
|
10.4;
10.5
|
|
(c)(3)
|
N/A
|
|
(d)
|
N/A
|
|
(e)
|
10.5
|
|
(f)
|
N/A
|
|
315(a)
|
7.1,
7.2
|
|
(b)
|
7.5;
10.2
|
|
(c)
|
7.1
|
|
(d)
|
6.5;
7.1; 7.2
|
|
(e)
|
6.11
|
|
316(a)(last
sentence)
|
2.10
|
|
(a)(1)(A)
|
6.5
|
|
(a)(1)(B)
|
6.4
|
|
(a)(2)
|
8.2
|
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
(b)
|
6.7
|
|
(c)
|
8.4
|
|
317(a)(1)
|
6.8
|
|
(a)(2)
|
6.9
|
|
(b)
|
2.5;
7.12
|
|
318(a)
|
10.1
|
N/A means
not applicable
Note:
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This
Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Indenture.
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