AIG PROGRAM FUNDING, INC.
Exhibit 4.6
AIG PROGRAM FUNDING, INC.
Issuer
AND
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Guarantor
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
Dated as of , 2007
AIG Program Funding, Inc.
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture | ||||
Act Section | Indenture Section | |||
§ 310(a)(1) |
609 | |||
(a)(2) |
609 | |||
(a)(3) |
Not Applicable | |||
(a)(4) |
Not Applicable | |||
(b) |
608 | |||
610 | ||||
§ 311(a) |
613 | |||
(b) |
613 | |||
§ 312(a) |
701 | |||
702 | ||||
(b) |
702 | |||
(c) |
702 | |||
§ 313(a) |
703 | |||
(b) |
703 | |||
(c) |
703 | |||
(d) |
703 | |||
§ 314(a) |
704 | |||
(a)(4) |
101 | |||
1004 | ||||
(b) |
Not Applicable | |||
(c)(1) |
102 | |||
(c)(2) |
102 | |||
(c)(3) |
Not Applicable | |||
(d) |
Not Applicable | |||
(e) |
102 | |||
§ 315(a) |
601 | |||
(b) |
602 | |||
(c) |
601 | |||
(d) |
601 | |||
(e) |
514 | |||
§ 316(a) |
101 | |||
(a)(1)(A) |
502 | |||
512 | ||||
(a)(1)(B) |
513 | |||
(a)(2) |
Not Applicable | |||
(b) |
508 | |||
(c) |
104 | |||
§ 317(a)(1) |
503 | |||
(a)(2) |
504 | |||
(b) |
1003 | |||
§ 318(a) |
107 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Parties | 1 | |||||
Recitals of the Company | 1 | |||||
Recitals of the Guarantor | 1 | |||||
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 101. | Definitions |
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Section 102. | Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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Section 103. | Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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Section 104. | Acts of Holders; Record Dates |
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Section 105. | Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantor |
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Section 106. | Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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Section 107. | Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 108. | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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Section 109. | Successors and Assigns |
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Section 110. | Separability Clause |
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Section 111. | Benefits of Indenture |
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Section 112. | Governing Law |
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Section 113. | Legal Holidays |
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS |
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Section 201. | Forms Generally |
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Section 202. | Form of Face of Security |
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Section 203. | Form of Reverse of Security |
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Section 204. | Form of Legend for Global Securities |
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Section 205. | Form of Guarantee |
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Section 206. | Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication |
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES |
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Section 301. | Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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Section 302. | Denominations |
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Section 303. | Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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Section 304. | Temporary Securities |
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Section 305. | Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 306. | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
24 | ||||
Section 307. | Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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Section 308. | Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 309. | Cancellation |
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Section 310. | Computation of Interest |
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Section 311. | CUSIP Numbers |
26 | ||||
Section 312. | Original Issue Discount |
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 401. | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 402. | Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES |
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Section 501. | Events of Default |
28 | ||||
Section 502. | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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Section 503. | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
30 | ||||
Section 504. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 505. | Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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Section 506. | Application of Money Collected |
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Section 507. | Limitation on Suits |
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Section 508. | Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 509. | Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Section 510. | Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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Section 511. | Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
32 | ||||
Section 512. | Control by Holders |
32 | ||||
Section 513. | Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 514. | Undertaking for Costs |
33 | ||||
Section 515. | Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws |
33 | ||||
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 601. | Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
33 | ||||
Section 602. | Notice of Defaults |
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Section 603. | Certain Rights of Trustee |
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Section 604. | Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
35 | ||||
Section 605. | May Hold Securities |
35 | ||||
Section 606. | Money Held in Trust |
35 | ||||
Section 607. | Compensation and Reimbursement |
35 | ||||
Section 608. | Conflicting Interests |
36 | ||||
Section 609. | Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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Section 610. | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
37 | ||||
Section 611. | Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
38 | ||||
Section 612. | Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
39 | ||||
Section 613. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
39 | ||||
ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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Section 701. | Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
40 | ||||
Section 702. | Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
40 | ||||
Section 703. | Reports by Trustee |
40 | ||||
Section 704. | Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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Section 801. | Company and Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
41 | ||||
Section 802. | Successor Substituted |
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ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 901. | Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
42 | ||||
Section 902. | Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders |
43 | ||||
Section 903. | Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
44 | ||||
Section 904. | Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 905. | Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
44 | ||||
Section 906. | Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS |
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Section 1001. | Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
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Section 1002. | Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 1003. | Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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Section 1004. | Statement by Officers as to Default |
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Section 1005. | Existence |
46 | ||||
Section 1006. | Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 1101. | Applicability of Article |
47 | ||||
Section 1102. | Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
47 | ||||
Section 1103. | Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
47 | ||||
Section 1104. | Notice of Redemption |
48 | ||||
Section 1105. | Deposit of Redemption Price |
48 | ||||
Section 1106. | Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
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Section 1107. | Securities Redeemed in Part |
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS |
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Section 1201. | Applicability of Article |
49 | ||||
Section 1202. | Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
50 | ||||
Section 1203. | Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
50 | ||||
ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
50 | |||||
Section 1301. | Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
50 | ||||
Section 1302. | Defeasance and Discharge |
50 | ||||
Section 1303. | Covenant Defeasance |
51 | ||||
Section 1304. | Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
51 | ||||
Section 1305. | Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions |
53 | ||||
Section 1306. | Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES |
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Section 1401. | Guarantee |
54 | ||||
Section 1402. | Execution of Guarantee |
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INDENTURE, dated as of _________, 2007, among AIG Program Funding, Inc., a [corporation
duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware] (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, American
International Group, Inc., a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware (herein called the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein
called the “Trustee”).
Recitals of the Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.
Recitals of the Guarantor
The Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the Guarantee of the Securities provided for herein.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Guarantor, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.
Now, Therefore, This Indenture Witnesseth:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and,
except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted
accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the
date of such computation;
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(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a
“Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
and
(5) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or other subdivision.
“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authorized Officer” means any person (whether designated by name or the persons for the time
being holding a designated office) appointed by or pursuant to a Board Resolution for the purpose,
or a particular purpose, of this Indenture, provided that written notice of such appointment shall
have been given to the Trustee.
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the
context requires, or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company or Guarantor to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a
successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Operating Officer or a Vice
President or any executive officer (or any Person designated by one of them in writing as
authorized to execute and deliver Company Requests and Company Orders), and by its Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or any Person designated by one of
them in writing as authorized to execute and deliver Company Requests and Company Orders), and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in New York, New York at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered.
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“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, any Person that is designated to act as Depositary for
such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities).
“Guarantee” means a guarantee by the Guarantor on the terms set forth in Article Fourteen.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture”
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
“Officers’ Certificate”
means a certificate signed by the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating
Officer or a Vice President or any executive officer, and by the Treasurer, an
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Assistant Treasurer,
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, and in each
case delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant
to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company or
the Guarantor, as applicable.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or
the Guarantor, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount
has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section
1302; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for
or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant
to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall
have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations
of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable
at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more
foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the
manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in
the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided
in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have
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been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect
to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any
assistant vice president, any senior trust officer or assistant trust officer, any trust officer,
or any other officer associated with the corporate trust department of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
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“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock”
means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a
successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if
at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee, means
any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after
the title “vice president”.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’
Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or the Guarantor, or an Opinion of
Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(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 each such individual, such individual
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or the Guarantor may be based, insofar
as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel,
unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates
to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers
of the Company or the Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters
is in the possession of the Company or the Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company or the Guarantor or both.
Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company and the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in
the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been
set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice
of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given
to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set
forth in Section 106.
(d) The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
(e) With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets
such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change
the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective
unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing,
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on
or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder
with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal
amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to
such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
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(g) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(h) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
or the Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or the Guarantor shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company or the Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention Secretary, or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company
or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his or her address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the
earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter
provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act 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.
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Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or the Guarantor shall bind its
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities or the Guarantee shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or the Guarantee, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders,
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any), need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may
be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity; provided,
however, that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the date of such payment.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be
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determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall
be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each
Security of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before
the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
The securities of each series shall bear the Guarantee in substantially the form set forth in
Section 205, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders
or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
AIG Program Funding, Inc.
[Insert title of Securities]
CUSIP No. _________ | ||
No. _________ | $_________ |
AIG Program Funding, Inc., a [corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware] (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to _________, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of
_________ Dollars on
_________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — , and
to pay interest thereon from _________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on _________ and _________ in each
year, commencing _________, at the rate of _____% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment [if applicable, insert — , provided that any principal and premium, and
any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ______% per
annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest
shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the _________ or _________ (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not
so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior
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to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ______% per annum (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable
on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in _________, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert — ;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:
AIG Program Funding, Inc. | ||||||||||
By | ||||||||||
Attest: | ||||||||||
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of _________ (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in
such instrument), among the Company, American International Group, Inc. (the “Guarantor”) and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof [if applicable, insert — , [initially] limited in
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aggregate
principal amount to _________ ][, provided that the Company may, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and
from time to time, increase the initial principal amount].
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less
than 30 days’ notice by mail, [if applicable, insert — (1) on _________ in any year commencing
with the year _________ and ending with the year _________ through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert — on or after
______, _________ ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the
Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If
redeemed [if applicable, insert — on or before _________, ______%, and if redeemed] during the
12-month period beginning _________ of the years indicated,
Year | Redemption Price | Year | Redemption Price | |||||||||
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ______% of the principal amount, together in the case
of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or
otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less
than 30 days’ notice by mail, (1) on _________ in any year commencing with the year _________ and
ending with the year _________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert — on or
after _________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption
Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month
period beginning _________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price For | Redemption Price For Redemption | |||||||
Redemption Through | Otherwise Than Through Operation | |||||||
Year | Operation of the Sinking Fund | of the Sinking Fund | ||||||
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ______% of the principal amount, together in the case
of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
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[If applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
_________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert —
Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation
by the application, directly
or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in
accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than ______% per annum.]
[If
applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on _________ in each year beginning with the year _________ and ending with the year _________ of [if
applicable, insert — not less than $_________ (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than]
$_________ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert — mandatory]
sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert — mandatory]
sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert — , in the inverse order
in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the
entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth
in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the rights of
the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.
The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantor with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation
of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
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As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding
shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have
received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the
time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any
such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement
of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due
dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $___ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security
be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
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THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART
FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED,
IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Section 205. Form of Guarantee.
GUARANTEE OF AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
For value received, American International Group, Inc (the “Guarantor”) unconditionally
guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed (the “Holder”), the
prompt payment when due of all present and future payment obligations of AIG Program Funding, Inc.
(the “Company”) to the Holder arising out of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed
(hereinafter the “Obligations”).
The Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall not be affected by the existence, validity,
enforceability, perfection or extent of any collateral therefor or by any other circumstance
relating to the Obligations that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or
defense to the Guarantor not available to the Company. The Guarantor agrees that the Holder may
resort to the Guarantor for payment of any of the Obligations whether or not the Holder shall have
resorted to any collateral therefor or shall have proceeded against the Company or any other
obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to any of the Obligations. The Holder
shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that the Company
becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the
Holder to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. In the event that any
payment to the Holder in respect of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for
any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to such Obligations
as if such payment had not been made. The Guarantor reserves the right to (a) set-off against any
payment owing hereunder any amounts owing by the Holder to the Company and (b) assert defenses
which the Company may have to payment of any Obligations other than defenses arising from the
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company and other defenses expressly waived hereby.
The Guarantor agrees that the Holder may at any time and from time to time, either before or
after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time
of payment of, exchange or surrender any collateral for, or renew any of the Obligations, and may
also make any agreement with the Company or with any other party to or person liable on any of the
Obligations or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or
release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any
agreement between the Holder and the Company or any such other party or person without in any way
impairing or affecting this Guarantee. The Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this
Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest.
The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all fees and out of pocket expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of the Holder’s counsel) in any way relating to the enforcement or
protection of the rights of the Holder hereunder; provided, that the Guarantor shall not be liable
for any expenses of the Holder if no payment under this Guarantee is due.
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Upon payment of any of the Obligations, the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Holder against the Company with respect to such Obligations, and the Holder agrees to take at the
Guarantor’s expense such steps as the Guarantor may reasonably request to implement such
subrogation.
This Guarantee is absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect and be
binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have been
satisfied in full. If any of the present or future Obligations are guaranteed by persons,
partnerships or corporations in addition to the Guarantor, the death, release or discharge, in
whole or in part, or the bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not
discharge or affect the liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guarantee.
No failure on the part of the Holder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right,
remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise by the Holder of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future
exercise of any right, remedy or power. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to
the Holder or allowed it by law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any
other, and may be exercised by the Holder at any time or from time to time.
The Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this Guarantee, presentment to or demand of
payment from anyone whomsoever liable upon any of the Obligations, notice of dishonor, protest,
notice of any sale of collateral security and all other notices whatsoever.
This Guarantee is issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture, dated ___, 2007 among
AIG Program Funding[, Inc.], American International Group, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, and each Holder, by accepting the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed, agrees
to and shall be bound by such provisions.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by
the Trustee under the Indenture by manual signature.
This Guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of
New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. | ||||||
By | ||||||
By | ||||||
Section 206. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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The Bank of New York, | ||||||
As Trustee | ||||||
By | ||||||
Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) 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 304,
305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1203 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section
303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on
any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which (including the notice period, if different from the
notice period set forth in Section 1104) any Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole
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or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a
Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the
Securities shall be evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option
of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof,
the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of the series may be determined with reference to a financial or economic measure or
pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(11) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose,
including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in
one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such
Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in
which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which
such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the
manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities
of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the
Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such
Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including
the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other
than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date
prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount
deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(15) if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by
the Company to defease any Securities of the series pursuant to Section 1302 or
Section 1303 shall be evidenced; whether any Securities of the series other than
Securities denominated in U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a fixed rate are to
be subject to Section 1302 or Section 1303; or, in the case of Securities
denominated in U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a fixed rate, if applicable,
that the Securities of the series, in whole
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or any specified part, shall not be
defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the
respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or
legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu
of that set forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of
those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and
any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the
name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof;
(17) 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 502;
(18) any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in
Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and
(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any
one series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the
Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities, additional Securities of a series may
be issued, at the option of the Company, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from
time to time.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of
the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities and the Guarantee to be endorsed thereon shall be executed (i) on behalf of the
Company, by its Chairman, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice
Presidents and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries and (ii) on behalf of
the
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Guarantor, by its President or one of its Vice Presidents and attested by its Secretary or one
of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or the
Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
Securities or a Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were
at any time the proper officers of the Company or the Guarantor shall bind the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such
offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company and having the Guarantee
endorsed thereon, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the
series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of
Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities and the Guarantee, when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities, the Guarantee and this Indenture
or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, including in the event that the
size of a series of Outstanding Securities is increased as contemplated by Section 301, it shall
not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or
the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at
or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at
or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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No Security or Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee
by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security and the
Guarantee endorsed thereon have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to
the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such
Security and the Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and having endorsed thereon the Guarantee substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Guarantee in lieu of which it is issued duly executed by the Guarantor and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities
or Guarantee may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or Guarantee, as the
case may be.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount and having endorsed thereon the Guarantee executed by the Guarantor.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as
herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount
and
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having endorsed thereon the Guarantee executed by the Guarantor, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive and having endorsed thereon the Guarantee executed
by the Guarantor.
All Securities and the Guarantee endorsed thereon issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantor,
respectively, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange and the Guarantee
thereof.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1203 not involving any
transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered
in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor,
and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of
this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a
Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person
other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A)
such Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable or no longer
permitted under applicable law to continue as Depositary for such Global Security,
(B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to
such Global Security, (C) the Company so directs the Trustee by a Company Order or
(D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the
foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange
for a
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Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as
the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof,
whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906, 1107 or 1203 or otherwise,
shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and
of like tenor and principal amount having the Guarantee endorsed thereon and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount having the Guarantee endorsed thereon and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and the Guarantee endorsed thereon, shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company and the Guarantor, whether or not the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall
be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 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 (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest.
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Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided
in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date
of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not
more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of
the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set
forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of
any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor 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 307) any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none
of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company or the
Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the
Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has
not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities
held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 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.
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers
The Company in issuing any series of the Securities may use CUSIP numbers, if then generally
in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice
of redemption with respect to such series, provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities of
that series or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities of that series, and any such redemption
shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
Section 312. Original Issue Discount
If any of the Securities is an Original Issue Discount Security, the Company shall file with
the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of
original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on such Outstanding
Original Issue Discount Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific
information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
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(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Securities which have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Company or the Guarantor and
thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date
of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee
may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for
whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
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ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series or the
Guarantee thereof, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of
Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series
when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security
of that series at its Maturity, and continuance of such default for a period of five
days; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the
terms of a Security of that series, and the continuance of such default for a period
of five days; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the
Company or the Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture
solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, by the Trustee or to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and
the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or the Guarantor in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company
or the Guarantor bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
the Company or the Guarantor under any applicable Federal or State law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or the Guarantor or of any substantial part of
their respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such
other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company or the Guarantor of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
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reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Company or the Guarantor in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or
State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment
of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or the Guarantor or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company
or the Guarantor in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that
series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs
and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of
all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the
terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the
Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
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(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than
the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due
solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such
interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security at the Maturity thereof and such default continues for a period of
five days,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the Guarantor (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized
under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any
such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys
or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on
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behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official
and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or the Guarantee may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the
production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
607; and
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium 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.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee
hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
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it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or
date for repayment, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and
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(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is
not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess reasonable costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be
deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any
suit instituted by the Company or the Guarantor.
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each
of the Company and the Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that
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repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture
relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall
be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of
the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively
rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and
in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
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shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by
agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(8) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the
Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended
to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Guarantee. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or the
Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company and, failing which, after reasonable demand, the Guarantor agree
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be
agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered
by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee
upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including
the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
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(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, 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.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the
manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest
by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one
series or a trustee under the Indenture, dated as of April 15, 1983, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 9, 1986, between the Guarantor and the Trustee; the
Indenture, dated as of July 15, 1989, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as
of May 15, 2003, between the Guarantor and the Trustee; the Indenture, dated as of October 12,
2006, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2006, the
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 18, 2007, the Third Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of March 23, 2007, and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 18, 2007,
between the Guarantor and the Trustee, and the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of
March 13, 2007, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2007,
the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2007, the Third Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of March 15, 2007, and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2007,
between the Guarantor and the Trustee, as amended or supplemented.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
as such, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust
Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If any such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture
Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
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Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed, at the expense of the Company, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt
or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and
that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after
such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent
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supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and
accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such
Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the
Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates.
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Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments
for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion, consolidation or sale to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as
if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually either (i) not later than March 31 and September 30 in each
year in the case of any series of Securities consisting solely of Original Issue
Discount Securities which by their terms do not bear interest prior to Maturity, or
(ii) not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date in the case of Securities
of any other series, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the
preceding March 16 or September 15 or as of such Regular Record Date, as the case
may be; and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days
after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held
accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
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Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such
information, documents and other reports as may be required by the Trust Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and shall not constitute a representation or warranty as to the accuracy or
completeness of the reports, information or documents. The Trustee’s receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants
hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely exclusively on Officers’
Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company and Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person,
unless:
(1) in case the Company or the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into
another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company or the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor
substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of, in the case of the
Company, all the obligations on all the Securities and in the case of the Guarantor,
all obligations under the Guarantee, and the performance or observance of every
covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default,
and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has delivered to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company or the Guarantor with, or merger of the Company or the
Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of the Company or the Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the
successor
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Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor is merged or to
which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities or the Guarantee, as the case may be.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the
Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the
Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
or the Guarantor herein and in the Securities or the Guarantee; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of
some or all of the Holders of all or any series of Securities or of particular
Securities within a series as may be specified in the Board Resolutions (and if such
covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating
that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series or such particular Securities) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of some or all of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities or of particular Securities within a
series as may be specified in the Board Resolutions (and if such additional Events
of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating
that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series or such particular Securities); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent
as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer
form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest
coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in
respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change
or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created
prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of
such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with
respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no
Security described in clause (i) Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
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(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to
or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which
may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture,
provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, the Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that if the Board Resolutions and supplemental indenture shall expressly provide that any
provisions to be changed or eliminated shall apply to fewer than all the Outstanding Securities
hereunder or under a particular series under this Indenture, then, to the extent not inconsistent
with the Trust Indenture Act, any such consent may be given by Holders of not less than a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities hereunder or under such series to which such
change or elimination shall apply; provided, further, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby (whether or not
such affected Securities comprise all Securities under this Indenture or under a particular
series),
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or
the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any
other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where,
or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date); or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance
with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1006,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions
of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of
each
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Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause
shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in
the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section
1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of
Sections 611 and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more identified series
of Securities or particular Securities within an identified series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, or Holder of particular Securities within a
series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed to affect only the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of the identified series or of particular
Securities within the identified series, and shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of any other Securities.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
After a supplemental indenture under this Section 902 becomes effective, the Company shall
mail to the Trustee a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture or a copy of such
supplemental indenture and the Trustee shall mail such notice or supplemental indenture to Holders
affected thereby. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, or any
failure of the Company to mail such supplemental indenture, shall not in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities
under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company and the Guarantor shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to
conform, in the
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opinion of the Trustee and the Company and the Guarantor, to any such supplemental indenture
may be prepared and executed by the Company, the Guarantee endorsed thereon may be executed by the
Guarantor and such Securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee
of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and each of the Company and the Guarantor
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held
as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
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The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series)
in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before
being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30
days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company and the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating
whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder) and, if the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series,
the Company and the Guarantor may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant
provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
series or in Section 1005, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the
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Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition,
but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent
so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company
and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition
shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of any series (including any such
redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the
case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as
aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 5 Business Days nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing
in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of
more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case
of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding
Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the
principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and
(7) if applicable, the CUSIP numbers of the Securities of that series.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company and, unless otherwise specified or contemplated by Section 301, shall be irrevocable.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the
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Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date or the Securities of the series provide
otherwise) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together, if applicable, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on
the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor with the Guarantee endorsed thereon, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any series of
Securities is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess
of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an
“optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any series of Securities, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each
sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of the series as provided for
by the terms of such Securities.
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Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through
the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with
respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as
specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company
will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing
sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which
is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and will also
deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such
sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in
Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 1301. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, Sections 1302 and 1303 shall apply
to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, in either case, denominated in
U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a fixed rate, in accordance with any applicable requirements
provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article; and the Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Sections 1302 and 1303
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to
Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any
applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article. Any such election to have or not to have Sections 1302 and 1303
apply, as the case may be, shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if this Section shall otherwise
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, each of the Company and
the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such
Securities and the corresponding Guarantees, as applicable, as provided in this Section on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called
“Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means
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that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by such Securities 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 execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the
following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of
Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as
more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and
interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to
such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this
Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to the
Securities of any series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section
1303 applied to such Securities.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if this Section shall otherwise
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company and the
Guarantor shall be released from each of their obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (2) the
occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to any such covenants provided
pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7)) and 501(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an
Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant
Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, the Company and the Guarantor 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 (to the extent
so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to
any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or Section 1303 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by
Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to
it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the
Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government
Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before
the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in
each case 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 any
such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein,
“U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct
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obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full
faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either
case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof,
and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation
which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the
holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of
principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and
held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities or
any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the
date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income
tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and
discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as
would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities or
any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities
will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not
to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to
the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series,
if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such
deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall
have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any
such event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th
day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall
not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have
a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all
Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
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(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to
which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust
arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or
exempt from registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect
to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with (in each case,
subject to the satisfaction of the condition in clause (5)).
Section 1305. | Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. |
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are
referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any 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 such Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own 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 and any
premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.
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 deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the
principal 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 Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities 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 the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such
Securities.
Section 1306. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect
to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Guarantee of Securities
Section 1401. Guarantee.
The Guarantor unconditionally guarantees to the Trustee and each Holder of the Securities, the
prompt payment when due of all present and future payment obligations of the Company to the Holder
arising out of the Securities (for the purposes of this Section 1401, the “Obligations”).
The Guarantor’s obligations with respect to any Obligation shall not be affected by the
existence, validity, enforceability, perfection or extent of any collateral therefor or by any
other circumstance relating to the Obligations that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of or defense to the Guarantor not available to the Company. The Guarantor agrees that
the Holder may resort to the Guarantor for payment of any of the Obligations whether or not the
Holder shall have resorted to any collateral therefor or shall have proceeded against the Company
or any other obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to any of the Obligations.
The Holder shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that
the Company becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure
of the Holder to so file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. In the event that
any payment to the Holder in respect of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned
for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder with respect to such
Obligations as if such payment had not been made. The Guarantor reserves the right to (a) set-off
against any payment owing hereunder any amounts owing by the Holder to the Company and (b) assert
defenses which the Company may have to payment of any Obligations other than defenses arising from
the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company and other defenses expressly waived hereby.
The Guarantor agrees that the Holder may at any time and from time to time, either before or
after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time
of payment of, exchange or surrender any collateral for, or renew any of the Obligations, and may
also make any agreement with the Company or with any other party to or person liable on any of the
Obligations or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or
release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof or of any
agreement between the Holder and the Company or any such other party or person without in any way
impairing or affecting this Guarantee. The Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this
Guarantee and of the Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest.
The Guarantor agrees to pay on demand all fees and out of pocket expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of the Holder’s counsel) in any way relating to the enforcement or
protection of the rights of the Holder hereunder; provided, that the Guarantor shall not be liable
for any expenses of the Holder if no payment under this Guarantee is due.
Upon payment of any of the Obligations, the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the
Holder against the Company with respect to such Obligations, and the Holder agrees to take at the
Guarantor’s expense such steps as the Guarantor may reasonably request to implement such
subrogation.
This Guarantee is absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect and be
binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have been
satisfied in full. If any of the present or future Obligations are guaranteed by persons,
partnerships or corporations in addition to the Guarantor, the death, release or discharge, in
whole or in part, or the bankruptcy,
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liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not discharge or affect the
liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guarantee.
No failure on the part of the Holder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right,
remedy or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise by the Holder of any right, remedy or power hereunder preclude any other or future
exercise of any right, remedy or power. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to
the Holder or allowed it by law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any
other, and may be exercised by the Holder at any time or from time to time.
The Guarantor waives notice of the acceptance of this Guarantee, presentment to or demand of
payment from anyone whomsoever liable upon any of the Obligations, notice of dishonor, protest,
notice of any sale of collateral security and all other notices whatsoever.
Section 1402. Execution of Guarantee.
To evidence its guarantee to the Holders specified in Section 1401, the Guarantor hereby
agrees to execute the Guarantee in substantially the form set forth in Section 205 to be endorsed
on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its
Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each
Security such Guarantee. Each such Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of the Guarantor, by any two
Authorized Officers, prior to the authentication of the Security on which it is endorsed, and the
delivery of such Security by the Trustee, after the due authentication thereof by the Trustee
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee on behalf of the Guarantor. Any such
signature upon the Guarantee may be a manual or facsimile signature of any present, past or future
such Authorized Officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced below the Guarantee, and in
case any such Authorized Officer who shall have signed the Guarantee shall cease to be such
Authorized Officer before the Security on which such Guarantor is endorsed shall have been
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Security
nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed the
Guarantee had not ceased to be such Authorized Officer of the Guarantor.
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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, all as of the day and year first above written.
AIG PROGRAM FUNDING, INC. | ||||||
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. as Guarantor |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK |
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