EXHIBIT 4.6
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
as Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of ________ ____, _____
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Subordinated Debt Securities
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF _______ ____, _______
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Section of
Trust Indenture Section(s) of
Act of 1939 Indenture
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Section 310 (a)(1) ........................................................... 7.10
(a)(2) ........................................................... 7.10
(a)(3) ........................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4) ........................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(5) ........................................................... 7.10
(b) .............................................................. 7.08, 7.10
Section 311 (a) .............................................................. 7.11
(b) .............................................................. 7.11
(c) .............................................................. Not Applicable
Section 312 (a) .............................................................. 2.07
(b) .............................................................. 11.03
(c) .............................................................. 11.03
Section 313 (a) .............................................................. 7.06
(b) .............................................................. 7.06
(c) .............................................................. 7.06
(d) .............................................................. 7.06
Section 314 (a) .............................................................. 4.03, 4.04
(b) .............................................................. Not Applicable
(c)(1) ........................................................... 11.04
(c)(2) ........................................................... 11.04
(c)(3) ........................................................... Not Applicable
(d) .............................................................. Not Applicable
(e) .............................................................. 11.05
Section 315 (a) .............................................................. 7.01(b)
(b) .............................................................. 7.05
(c) .............................................................. 7.01(a)
(d) .............................................................. 7.01(c)
(d)(1) ........................................................... 7.01(c)(1)
(d)(2) ........................................................... 7.01(c)(2)
(d)(3) ........................................................... 7.01(c)(3)
(e) .............................................................. 6.11
Section 316 (a)(1)(A) ........................................................ 6.05
(a)(1)(B) ........................................................ 6.04
(a)(2) ........................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(last sentence) ............................................... 2.11
(b) .............................................................. 6.07
Section 317 (a)(1) ........................................................... 6.08
(a)(2) ........................................................... 6.09
(b) .............................................................. 2.06
Section 318 (a) .............................................................. 11.01
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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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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions..................................................................................1
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions............................................................................7
SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act............................................7
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction........................................................................8
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.........................................................8
SECTION 2.02 Denominations...............................................................................11
SECTION 2.03 Forms Generally.............................................................................11
SECTION 2.04 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..............................................12
SECTION 2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent..................................................................14
SECTION 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.........................................................14
SECTION 2.07 Holder Lists................................................................................14
SECTION 2.08 Transfer and Exchange.......................................................................15
SECTION 2.09 Replacement Securities......................................................................15
SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Securities......................................................................16
SECTION 2.11 Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury Securities...............16
SECTION 2.12 Temporary Securities........................................................................17
SECTION 2.13 Cancellation................................................................................17
SECTION 2.14 Payments; Defaulted Interest................................................................17
SECTION 2.15 Persons Deemed Owners.......................................................................18
SECTION 2.16 Computation of Interest.....................................................................18
SECTION 2.17 Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions....................................................18
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Applicability of Article....................................................................20
SECTION 3.02 Notice to the Trustee.......................................................................20
SECTION 3.03 Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed......................................................21
SECTION 3.04 Notice of Redemption........................................................................21
SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption..............................................................22
SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.................................................................22
SECTION 3.07 Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part....................................................23
SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities......................................................................23
SECTION 3.09 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds........................................................23
SECTION 3.10 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.......................................23
SECTION 3.11 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...................................................24
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities.......................................................................24
SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................................................25
SECTION 4.03 SEC Reports; Financial Statements...........................................................25
SECTION 4.04 Compliance Certificate......................................................................26
SECTION 4.05 Existence...................................................................................26
SECTION 4.06 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.....................................................26
SECTION 4.07 Additional Amounts..........................................................................27
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01 Limitations on Mergers, Consolidations and Other Transactions...............................27
SECTION 5.02 Successor Person Substituted................................................................27
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default...........................................................................28
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration................................................................................30
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies..............................................................................30
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Defaults..........................................................................31
SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority.........................................................................31
SECTION 6.06 Limitations on Suits........................................................................31
SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.......................................................32
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee..................................................................32
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................................................32
SECTION 6.10 Priorities..................................................................................33
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.......................................................................34
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee...........................................................................34
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee...........................................................................35
SECTION 7.03 May Hold Securities.........................................................................36
SECTION 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer........................................................................36
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults..........................................................................36
SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders...............................................................37
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity..................................................................37
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee......................................................................38
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc............................................................39
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SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification...............................................................40
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.......................................40
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01 Termination of Company's Obligations........................................................40
SECTION 8.02 Application of Trust Money..................................................................44
SECTION 8.03 Repayment to Company........................................................................44
SECTION 8.04 Reinstatement...............................................................................45
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders..................................................................45
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders.....................................................................46
SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust
Indenture Act.........................................................48
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents...........................................................48
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.......................................................49
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.............................................................49
ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt......................................................50
SECTION 10.02 No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances...........................................50
SECTION 10.03 Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Debt on Dissolution, Liquidation
or Reorganization.....................................................................51
SECTION 10.04 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.............................................52
SECTION 10.05 Obligations of the Company Unconditional....................................................53
SECTION 10.06 Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.....................53
SECTION 10.07 Application by Trustee of Amounts Deposited with It.........................................54
SECTION 10.08 Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company or Holders of
Senior Debt...........................................................................54
SECTION 10.09 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination of Securities...........................................54
SECTION 10.10 Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Debt........................................................55
SECTION 10.11 Article X Not to Prevent Events of Default..................................................55
SECTION 10.12 No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to Holders of Senior Debt......................................55
SECTION 10.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agent..........................................................56
SECTION 10.14 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent..............................56
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls................................................................56
SECTION 11.02 Notices.....................................................................................56
SECTION 11.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.................................................58
SECTION 11.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent..........................................58
SECTION 11.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion...............................................58
SECTION 11.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.................................................................59
SECTION 11.07 Legal Holidays..............................................................................59
SECTION 11.08 No Recourse Against Others..................................................................59
SECTION 11.09 Governing Law...............................................................................59
SECTION 11.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements...............................................59
SECTION 11.11 Successors..................................................................................59
SECTION 11.12 Severability................................................................................59
SECTION 11.13 Counterpart Originals.......................................................................60
SECTION 11.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc............................................................60
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INDENTURE dated as of _________ ____, _______ between Lennox
International Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and The Bank of
New
York, a
New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's
unsecured subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the
"Securities") to be issued from time to time in one or more series as provided
in this Indenture:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts required by
the express terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under
circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by the Company
with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed
on certain Holders and that are owing to such Holders.
"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 purposes of this definition,
"control" of a Person shall mean 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" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent" means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the United States Code or
any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any committee thereof duly authorized, with respect to any particular
matter, to act by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any corporation, any
and all shares, interests, rights to purchase (other than convertible or
exchangeable Debt), warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests (however designated) in stock issued by that corporation.
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" of any Person means any
obligation of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of
property, real or personal, that is required to be capitalized for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of such obligation
shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
"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; provided, however, that for purposes
of any provision contained herein which is required by the TIA, "Company" shall
also mean each other obligor (if any) on the Securities of a series.
"Company Order" and "Company Request" mean, respectively, a
written order or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers of
the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" of the Trustee means the office of
the Trustee located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, and as may be located at such other
address as the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
"Debt" of any Person means, without duplication, (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of
the lender is to the whole of the assets of that Person or only to a portion
thereof), (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in
respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (or reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto), other than standby letters of credit, bid or
performance bonds and other similar obligations issued by or for the account of
such Person in the ordinary course of business, to the extent not drawn or, to
the extent drawn, if that drawing is reimbursed not later than 30 Business Days
following demand for reimbursement, (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay
the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, except trade
payables, advances on contracts and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary
course of business, (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi)
all Debt of others secured by a lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not
that Debt is assumed by such Person (provided that if the obligations so secured
have not been assumed in full by such Person or are not otherwise such Person's
legal liability in full, then those obligations shall be deemed to be in an
amount equal to the greater of (a) the lesser of (1) the full amount of those
obligations and (2) the fair market value of those assets, as determined in good
faith by the board of directors or other managing body of such Person and (b)
the amount of obligations as have been assumed by such Person or which are
otherwise such Person's legal liability), and (vii) all guarantees by such
Person of or with respect to Debt of others (other than endorsements in the
ordinary course of business), in each case to the extent of the Debt guaranteed.
"Default" means any event, act or condition that is, or after
notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
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"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person
specified pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof as the initial Depositary with respect
to the Securities of such series, until a successor shall have been appointed
and become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include such successor.
"Designated Senior Debt," unless otherwise provided with
respect to the Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, means any
Senior Debt of the Company that (i) in the instrument evidencing the same or the
assumption or guarantee thereof (or related documents to which the Company is a
party) is expressly designated as "Designated Senior Debt" for purposes of this
Indenture and (ii) satisfies such other conditions as may be provided with
respect to the Securities of that series; provided that those instruments or
documents may place limitations and conditions on the right of that Senior Debt
to exercise the rights of Designated Senior Debt.
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means, when used with respect to
the Securities of any series, (i) except as set forth in (ii), with respect to
any Person, Capital Stock of that Person that, by its terms or by the terms of
any security into which it is convertible, exercisable or exchangeable, is, or
on the happening of an event or the passage of time would be, required to be
redeemed or repurchased (including at the option of the holder thereof) by that
Person or any Subsidiary of that Person, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
last Stated Maturity of the Securities of that series, and (ii) with respect to
any Subsidiary of that Person (including with respect to any Subsidiary of the
Company), any Capital Stock other than any common stock with no preference,
privileges, or redemption or repayment provisions.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in
such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debt.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any successor statute.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States as in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other
entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession
of the United States, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination.
"Global Security" of any series means a Security of that
Series that is issued in global form in the name of the Depositary with respect
thereto or its nominee.
"Government Obligations" means, with respect to a series of
Securities, direct obligations of the government that issues the currency in
which the Securities of the series are payable for the payment of which the full
faith and credit of that government is pledged, or obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
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that government, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by that government.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented
from time to time pursuant to the provisions hereof, and includes the terms of a
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 2.01.
"interest" means, with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security that by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any
Security, shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security as
contemplated by Section 2.01.
"Issue Date" means, with respect to Securities of a series,
the date on which the Securities of such series are originally issued under this
Indenture.
"Junior security" of a Person means, when used with respect to
the Securities of any series, any Qualified Capital Stock of that Person or any
Debt of that Person that is subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt of
the Company to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than,
the Securities of that series and has no scheduled installment of principal due,
by redemption, sinking fund payment or otherwise, on or prior to the last Stated
Maturity of the Securities of that series.
"Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in any of The City of
New York,
New York, Dallas, Texas or
a Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive
order to remain closed.
"Maturity" means, with respect to any Security, 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
thereof, or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of a Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
Officers of a Person.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal
counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Such counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company.
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"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.02.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or other agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or
other entity of any kind.
"Place of Payment" means, with respect to the Securities of
any series, the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section
4.02, the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series are payable as specified
in accordance with Section 2.01.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security
plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock of the
Company that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer within the corporate
trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice
president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other
officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those
performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively,
or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
"Rule 144A Securities" means Securities of a series designated
pursuant to Section 2.01 as entitled to the benefits of Section 4.03(b).
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the preamble of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Security Custodian" means, with respect to Securities of a
series issued in global form, the Trustee for Securities of such series, as
custodian with respect to the Securities of such series, or any successor entity
thereto.
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"Senior Debt" of the Company, unless otherwise provided with
respect to the Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, means (i)
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on (including interest
accruing or becoming owing prior to or subsequent to the commencement of any
proceeding against or with respect to the Company under any bankruptcy law) and
other amounts due on or in connection with any Debt of the Company, whether
currently outstanding or hereafter incurred, issued or assumed, unless, by the
terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such Debt, it is provided that
such Debt is not superior in right of payment to the Securities or to other Debt
which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Securities, and (ii) any
modifications, refunding, deferrals, renewals or extensions of any such Debt or
securities, notes or other evidences of Debt issued in exchange for that Debt;
provided that in no event shall "Senior Debt" of the Company include Debt of the
Company for borrowed money owed or owing to any Subsidiary of the Company or any
executive officer or director of the Company.
"Stated Maturity" means, when used with respect to any
Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date
specified in that Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or that installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity of which at
least a majority of the outstanding stock or other beneficial interests having
by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the full Board
of Directors or other governing body of such corporation or other entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other beneficial interests
of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned
by the Company, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or
more Subsidiaries.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15
U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date hereof.
"Trustee" means the Person named as such above until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" means 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 means the Trustee with respect
to Securities of that series.
"United States" means the United States of America (including
the States and the District of Columbia) and its territories and possessions
(including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake
Island and the Northern Mariana Islands).
"United States Alien" means any Person who, for United States
federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien
individual, a nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of an estate or trust, or a
foreign partnership.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means Government Obligations
with respect to Securities payable in Dollars.
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SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions.
DEFINED
TERM IN SECTION
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"Bankruptcy Custodian" .............. 6.01
"Conversion Event" .................. 6.01
"covenant defeasance" ............... 8.01
"Event of Default" .................. 6.01
"Exchange Rate" ..................... 2.11
"Judgment Currency" ................. 6.10
"legal defeasance" .................. 8.01
"mandatory sinking fund payment" .... 3.09
"optional sinking fund payment" ..... 3.09
"Paying Agent" ...................... 2.05
"Payment Default" ................... 10.02
"Payment Blocking Notice" ........... 10.02
"Registrar" ......................... 2.05
"Required Currency".................. 6.10
"Successor" ......................... 5.01
SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture (and
if the Indenture is not qualified under the TIA at that time, as if it were so
qualified unless otherwise provided). The following TIA terms used in this
Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Holder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company or any
other obligor on the Securities.
All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by a TIA reference to another statute or defined by an SEC rule under
the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
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SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
and
(6) all references in this instrument to Articles and Sections
are references to the corresponding Articles and Sections in and of
this instrument.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There
shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate of the Company or
in a Company Order, 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 the Securities of all
other series);
(2) if there is to be a limit, the limit on the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.17, are deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided, however,
that unless otherwise provided in the terms of the series, the
authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased
before or after the issuance of any Securities of the series by a Board
Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board Resolution) to such effect;
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(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable
initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the
series are to be issuable in permanent global form, as Global
Securities or otherwise, and, if so, whether beneficial owners of
interests in any such Global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 2.17, and the
initial Depositary and Security Custodian, if any, for any Global
Security or Securities of such series;
(4) (i) if other than provided herein, the Person to whom any
interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, and (ii) the
manner in which any interest payable on a temporary Global Security on
any Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner
provided in Section 2.14;
(5) the date or dates on which the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) the Securities of the series is payable or the method of
determination thereof;
(6) the rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof,
at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any,
whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts with respect to
such Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest shall be payable and the record date for the interest payable
on any Securities on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 4.02, the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and
any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series
shall be payable;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices
(whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the
terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the
Company is to have that option, and the manner in which the Company may
exercise any such option, if different from those set forth herein;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase
or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices (whether
denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed,
purchased or repaid in whole or in part pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denomination in which any Securities of that
series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies
(including composite currencies) or the form, including equity
securities, other debt securities (including
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Securities), warrants or any other securities or property of the
Company or any other Person, in which payment of the principal of,
premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(12) if the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or
any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series are
to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) other than that
in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or
currencies (including composite currencies) in which payment of the
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to Securities of such series as to which such
election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the
terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium (if
any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to any
commodities, currencies or indices, values, rates or prices or any
other index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.02;
(15) any additional means of satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture and any additional conditions or limitations to
discharge with respect to Securities of the series pursuant to Article
VIII or any modifications of or deletions from those conditions or
limitations;
(16) any deletions or modifications of or additions to the
Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 or covenants of the Company
set forth in Article IV pertaining to the Securities of the series;
(17) any restrictions or other provisions with respect to the
transfer or exchange of Securities of the series, which may amend,
supplement, modify or supersede those contained in this Article II;
(18) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible
into or exchangeable for Capital Stock, other debt securities
(including Securities), warrants, other equity securities or any other
securities or property of the Company or any other Person, at the
option of the Company or the Holder or upon the occurrence of any
condition or event, the terms and conditions for such conversion or
exchange;
(19) if the Securities of the series are to be entitled to the
benefit of Section 4.03(b) (and accordingly constitute Rule 144A
Securities);
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(20) any modifications to, or qualifications contemplated by,
the definition of "Designated Senior Debt," any modifications to the
definition of "Senior Debt" of the Company or any modifications to
Article X or the other provisions regarding subordination with respect
to the Securities of that series; and
(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).
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
2.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers'
Certificate or Company Order referred to above or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto.
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, together with such Board Resolution, shall be set forth in an Officers'
Certificate or 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 or Company Order setting forth the terms of the series.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Debt of the Company as provided in Article X and/or as specified as
contemplated pursuant to this Section 2.01.
SECTION 2.02 Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.01. In the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of that series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.03 Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in fully registered
form and in substantially such form or forms (including temporary or permanent
global form) established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, securities exchange rule, the Company's
certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other similar governing documents,
agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any
such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). A
copy of the Board Resolution establishing the form or forms of Securities of any
series shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 2.04 for the authentication and delivery
of such Securities.
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The definitive Securities of each series 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 thereof.
The Trustee's certificate 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.
THE BANK OF
NEW YORK, as Trustee
Dated: ___________ By:
--------------------------------------------
Authorized Signatory".
SECTION 2.04 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Securities of each
series on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer of the Company whose signature is on a Security
no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the
Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the
manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee, which signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security has been authenticated
and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company delivers such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 2.13 together with a written statement (which need not comply with
Section 11.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that
such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
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 to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities for original issue upon a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or pursuant to such
procedures reasonably acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to
time by Company Order. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to
be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be
authenticated, the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders and any other
terms of the Securities of that series not otherwise determined. If provided for
in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize (1) authentication and
delivery of Securities of such series for original issue from time to time, with
certain terms (including, without limitation, the Maturity date or dates,
original issue date or
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dates and interest rate or rates) that differ from Security to Security and (2)
may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic
instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which instructions
shall be promptly confirmed in writing.
If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Section 2.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to the Company Order referred
to above and the other documents required by Section 11.04), and (subject to
Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the Board
Resolution and, if applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken
pursuant thereto, as contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 2.01; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) the form of such Securities has been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) the terms of such Securities have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(iii) that such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the
manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion
of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws in
effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors
generally, and the application of general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers' Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each such Security, but such
Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel shall be delivered at or before the
time of issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such
Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture would
affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and
this Indenture or otherwise in a manner not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
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authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION 2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency for each series
of Securities where Securities of such series may be presented for registration
of transfer or exchange ("Registrar") and an office or agency where Securities
of such series may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities of such series and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar, and
the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement
with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement
shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The
Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a
party to this Indenture. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without notice to any Holder. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain
another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The
Company or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and
Paying Agent.
SECTION 2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
With respect to each series of Securities, the Company shall
require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders of Securities of that
series or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to Securities of that series and will notify the Trustee of any default
by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the
Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee
and to account for any funds disbursed. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any
funds disbursed. Upon payment over to the Trustee and upon accounting for any
funds disbursed, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary)
shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary
acts as Paying Agent with respect to a series of Securities, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders of Securities
of that series all money held by it as Paying Agent. Each Paying Agent shall
otherwise comply with TIA Section 317(b).
SECTION 2.07 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Holders of each series of Securities
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and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date with
respect to such series of Securities, and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders of the Securities of
that series, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.08 Transfer and Exchange.
Except as set forth in Section 2.17 or as may be provided
pursuant to Section 2.01:
When Securities of any series are presented to the Registrar
with the request to register the transfer of such Securities or to exchange such
Securities for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same series of
like tenor and of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register
the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements and the
requirements of this Indenture for such transactions are met; provided, however,
that the Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of
transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by the
Holder thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing, on which
instruction the Registrar can rely.
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar's written request and submission of the Securities or Global
Securities. No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than such
transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to
Section 2.12, 3.07 or 9.05). The Trustee shall authenticate Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, the Company shall not be required
to register the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for redemption
in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except the unredeemed portion of
any Security being redeemed in part or (b) any Security during the period
beginning 15 Business Days prior to the mailing of notice of any offer to
repurchase Securities of the series required pursuant to the terms thereof or of
redemption of Securities of a series to be redeemed and ending at the close of
business on the day of mailing.
SECTION 2.09 Replacement Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or if
the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been destroyed, lost or
stolen and the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of such Security, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of the same series if the
Trustee's requirements are met. If 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
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issuing a new Security, pay such Security. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, such Holder must furnish an indemnity bond that is sufficient in the
judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any
Agent or any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a
Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge a Holder for their
expenses in replacing a Security.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the
Company.
SECTION 2.10 Outstanding Securities.
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Security
effected by the Trustee hereunder and those described in this Section 2.10 as
not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases
to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid
under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to
accrue.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
SECTION 2.11 Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and
Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement,
waiver or consent, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security shall be the principal amount thereof that would be due and payable as
of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.02, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in
a foreign currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, as determined by the Company
by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of
New York for cable transfers
for such currency, as such rate is certified for customs purposes by the Federal
Reserve Bank of
New York (the "Exchange Rate") on the date of original issuance
of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent, as determined by the Company by
reference to the Exchange Rate on the date of original issuance of such
Security, of the amount determined as provided in (a) above), of such Security
and (c) 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,
except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or
consent, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
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SECTION 2.12 Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities of any series are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities, but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.13 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment or redemption or for credit against any sinking fund payment.
The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, replacement or cancellation or for
credit against any sinking fund. Unless the Company shall direct in writing that
canceled Securities be returned to it, after written notice to the Company all
canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with
the usual disposal procedures of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall maintain a
record of their disposal. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.14 Payments; Defaulted Interest.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01 with
respect to the Securities of any series, interest (except defaulted interest) on
any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Persons who are registered
Holders of that Security at the close of business on the record date next
preceding such Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are canceled after
such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Holder must
surrender a Security to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. Unless
otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, the Company
will pay the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities in Dollars. Such amounts shall be payable
at the offices of the Trustee or any Paying Agent, provided that at the option
of the Company, the Company may pay such amounts (1) by wire transfer with
respect to Global Securities or (2) by check payable in such money mailed to a
Holder's registered address with respect to any Securities.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the
Securities of any series, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest in any
lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest on the defaulted interest, in
each case at the rate provided in the Securities of such series and in Section
4.01. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders
on a subsequent special record date. At least 15 days before any special record
date selected by the Company, the Company (or the Trustee, in the name of and at
the expense of the Company upon 20 days' prior written notice from the Company
setting forth such special record
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date and the interest amount to be paid) shall mail to Holders of any such
series of Securities a notice that states the special record date, the related
payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.15 Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating
agent may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner
of such Security for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of, premium
(if any) or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security
and for all other purposes. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any
authenticating agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.16 Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01
for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a year comprising twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 2.17 Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions.
If Securities of a series are issuable in global form as a
Global Security, as contemplated by Section 2.01, then, notwithstanding clause
(10) of Section 2.01 and the provisions of Section 2.02, any such Global
Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities of such series as
shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate
amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, transfers or
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any
increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding Securities represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee (i) in such manner and upon instructions
given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified in such Security or in a
Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04 or (ii)
otherwise in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of
instructions as is customary for the Depositary for such Security, from such
Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest
in such Global Security. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04 and, if
applicable, Section 2.12, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security
in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person
or Persons specified in that Security or in the applicable Company Order. With
respect to the Securities of any series that are represented by a Global
Security, the Company authorizes the execution and delivery by the Trustee of a
letter of representations or other similar agreement or instrument in the form
customarily provided for by the Depositary appointed with respect to such Global
Security. Any Global Security may be deposited with the Depositary or its
nominee, or may remain in the custody of the Trustee or the Security Custodian
therefor pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate Agreement or similar agreement
between the Trustee and the Depositary. If a Company Order has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in
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writing but need not comply with Section 11.05 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary ("Agent
Members") shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global
Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee or the Security
Custodian as its custodian, or under such Global Security, and the Depositary
may be treated by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Custodian and any
agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Security Custodian as the absolute
owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) the registered holder of a Global Security of a series may grant
proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons
that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder
of Securities of such series is entitled to take under this Indenture or the
Securities of such series and (ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the
Trustee or the Security Custodian, or any agent of the Company, the Trustee, or
the Security Custodian from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or
other authorization furnished by the Depositary or shall impair, as between the
Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing
the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Security.
Notwithstanding Section 2.08, and except as otherwise provided
pursuant to Section 2.01, transfers of a Global Security shall be limited to
transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary,
its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a
Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures
of the Depositary. Securities of any series shall be transferred to all
beneficial owners of a Global Security of that series in exchange for their
beneficial interests in such Global Security if, and only if, either (1) the
Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security and a successor Depositary is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days of that notice, (2) an Event of Default has
occurred with respect to such series and is continuing and the Registrar has
received a request from the Depositary to issue Securities of that series in
lieu of all or a portion of such Global Security (in which case the Company
shall deliver Securities of that series within 30 days of such request) or (3)
the Company determines not to have the Securities of that series represented by
a Global Security.
In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial
interests in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this Section
2.17, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to
the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Global Security to be
transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same series of like
tenor and amount.
In connection with the transfer of all the beneficial
interests in a Global Security of any series to beneficial owners pursuant to
this Section 2.17, the Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary
in
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exchange for its beneficial interests in the Global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Securities of that series of authorized denominations.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or
payments made on account of, Securities by the Depositary, or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to such
Securities. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay by
the related Global Security Holder or the Depositary in identifying the
beneficial owners, and each such Person may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, instructions from such Global Security Holder or the
Depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and
delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Securities to be issued).
The provisions of the last sentence of the third paragraph of
Section 2.04 shall apply to any Global Security if such Global Security was
never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the
Global Security together with written instructions (which need not comply with
Section 11.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard
to the cancellation or reduction in the principal amount of Securities
represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the
last sentence of the third paragraph of Section 2.04.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.14,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 with respect to
Securities of any series, payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Global Security shall be made
to the Person or Persons specified therein.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series that are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this Article III.
SECTION 3.02 Notice to the Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series
pursuant to this Indenture, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date
and the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. The
Company shall so notify the Trustee at least 45 days before the Redemption Date
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) by delivering to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such redemption will comply
with the provisions of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series. Any
such notice may be canceled at any time prior to the mailing of such notice of
redemption to any Holder of the Securities of that series and shall thereupon be
void and of no effect.
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SECTION 3.03 Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series of a specified tenor are
to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
outstanding Securities of such series (and tenor) not previously called for
redemption, either pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate and that redemption may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal
amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of such series or of the principal amount
of Global Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the
Registrar in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case
of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed.
For purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Securities of any series
shall relate, in the case of any of the Securities redeemed or to be redeemed
only in part, to the portion of the principal amount thereof which has been or
is to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.04 Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities of a series to be redeemed, at the
address of such Holder appearing in the register of Securities for that series
maintained by the Registrar.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be
redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption
payment, interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue
on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the
Holders of such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption
Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities redeemed;
(4) if any Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion of
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and that on and after the
Redemption Date, upon surrender for cancellation of such Security to
the Paying Agent, a new Security or Securities in the aggregate
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued
without charge to the Holder;
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(5) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price and the name and
address of the Paying Agent;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking or analogous fund, if
that is the case; and
(7) the CUSIP number, if any, relating to such Securities.
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
written request delivered at least five Business Days prior to the date such
notice is to be given (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the
Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption
Price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities called for redemption
shall be paid at the Redemption Price, but interest installments whose maturity
is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable on the relevant Interest
Payment Dates to the Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant
record dates specified pursuant to Section 2.01.
SECTION 3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on any
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or the Paying Agent
(or, if the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust
as provided in Section 2.06) an amount of money in same day funds sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an
Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to, the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that
date, other than Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that
date which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, then,
unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on
the Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable
Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment, and
the Holders of such Securities shall have no further rights with respect to such
Securities except for the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender
of those Securities. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal of, premium, if any, any
Additional Amounts, and, to the extent lawful, accrued interest thereon shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate specified
pursuant to Section 2.01 or provided in the Securities or, in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities, such Securities' yield to maturity.
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SECTION 3.07 Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Security to be
redeemed in part, 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 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 that
is not redeemed.
SECTION 3.08 Purchase of Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01,
the Company and any Affiliate of the Company may, subject to applicable law, at
any time purchase or otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or by
private agreement. Any such acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for
any purpose to be a redemption of the indebtedness represented by such
Securities. Any Securities purchased or acquired by the Company may be delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation and, upon that cancellation, the indebtedness
represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. Section 2.13 shall apply to
all Securities so delivered.
SECTION 3.09 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided
for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
"optional sinking fund payment." Unless otherwise provided by the terms of
Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.10. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for
by the terms of Securities of such series and by this Article III.
SECTION 3.10 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company may deliver outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemption) and may apply as a credit
Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such series of Securities; provided that such
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund, and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
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SECTION 3.11 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee) to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate of
the Company specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by delivery of or by crediting Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 3.10 and will also deliver or caused to be delivered
to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Failure of the Company to
timely deliver or caused to be delivered such Officers' Certificate and
Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default
but shall constitute the election of the Company (i) that the mandatory sinking
fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment
date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit
Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Company will make
no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this
Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional
or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
shall exceed $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof based on the applicable
Exchange Rate on the date of original issue of the applicable Securities) or a
lesser sum if the Company shall so request with respect to the Securities of any
particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking
fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking
fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption. If such amount shall be $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof
as aforesaid) or less and the Company makes no such request, then it shall be
carried over until a sum in excess of $100,000 (or the Dollar equivalent thereof
as aforesaid) is available. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund
payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed on such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.03 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 3.04. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made on the terms and in
the manner stated in Sections 3.05, 3.06 and 3.07.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities.
The Company shall pay the principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of each
series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities of such series
and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, interest and any Additional Amounts
shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, other than the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, holds on that date money deposited by
the Company designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium (if
any), interest and any Additional Amounts then due.
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The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal of and
premium (if any) on Securities of any series, at a rate equal to the then
applicable interest rate on the Securities of that series to the extent lawful;
and it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest on and any overdue
payments of Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of that series
(without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent
lawful.
SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee,
the Registrar or the Paying Agent) where Securities of that series may be
presented for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of that
series may be presented for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be
served. Unless otherwise designated by the Company by written notice to the
Trustee, such office or agency shall be the office of the Trustee in The City of
New York, which on the date hereof is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0X,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. 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.
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 4.03 SEC Reports; Financial Statements.
(a) If the Company is subject to the requirements of Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the Trustee, within
15 days after it files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and
the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any
of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the
Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. If this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, but not otherwise,
the Company shall also comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee shall be for
informational purposes only, and the Trustee's receipt thereof 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 rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates or certificates delivered
pursuant to Section 4.04).
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(b) If the Company is not subject to the requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to all
Holders of Rule 144A Securities and prospective purchasers of Rule 144A
Securities designated by the Holders of Rule 144A Securities, promptly upon
their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SECTION 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a statement signed by an
Officer of the Company, which need not constitute an Officers' Certificate,
complying with TIA Section 314(a)(4) and stating that, in the course of
performance by the signing Officer of the Company of his or her duties as such
Officer of the Company, he or she would normally obtain knowledge of the
keeping, observing, performing and fulfilling by the Company of its obligations
under this Indenture, and further stating that, to the best of his or her
knowledge, the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and
every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the
performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof
(or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such
Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).
(b) The Company shall, so long as Securities of any series are
outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, promptly upon any Officer of the Company
becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, an
Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.05 Existence.
Subject to Article V, the Company shall do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence.
SECTION 4.06 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from
paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all
benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
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SECTION 4.07 Additional Amounts.
If the Securities of a series expressly provide for the
payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will pay to the Holder of any
Security of such series Additional Amounts as expressly provided therein.
Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of
the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security
of any series or the net proceeds received from the sale or exchange of any
Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the
payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 4.07 to the extent
that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.07 and express
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions
hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those
provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01 Limitations on Mergers, Consolidations and Other Transactions.
The Company shall not, in any transaction or series of related
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any Person, or sell, lease, convey,
transfer or otherwise dispose of its assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, unless:
(1) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged, or to which such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition shall be made (collectively, the "Successor"),
expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and
Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the
performance of the Company's covenants and obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or
series of related transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the
transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 5.02 Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company or any sale,
lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 5.01, any Successor
formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to
which such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of
the Company under this Indenture and the Securities with the same effect as if
such Successor had been named as the Company herein and the predecessor Company,
in the case of a sale,
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conveyance, transfer or other disposition, shall be released from all
obligations under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default.
Unless either inapplicable to a particular series or
specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or
Board Resolution establishing that series of Securities or in the form of
Security for that series, an "Event of Default," wherever used herein with
respect to Securities of any series, occurs if:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of that series when the
same becomes due and payable and that default continues for a period of
30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of (A) the principal
of any Security of that series at its Maturity or (B) premium (if any)
on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable,
regardless of whether such payment became due because of maturity,
redemption, acceleration or otherwise, or is required by any sinking
fund established with respect to such series;
(3) the Company fails to comply with any of its other
covenants or agreements in, or provisions of, the Securities of that
series or this Indenture (other than an agreement, covenant or
provision that has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than that series)
which shall not have been remedied within the specified period after
written notice, as specified in the last paragraph of this Section
6.01;
(4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy
Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors;
(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that remains unstayed and in effect for
90 days and that:
(A) is for relief against the Company as debtor in an
involuntary case,
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(B) appoints a Bankruptcy Custodian of the Company or
a Bankruptcy Custodian for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company;
(6) the Company defaults with respect to its Debt (other than
the Securities for that series) in an aggregate principal amount in
excess of that dollar amount specified in the supplemental indenture
for the Securities, which
(A) consists of the failure to make any payment at
maturity, or
(B) results in acceleration of the maturity of such
Debt; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series occurs.
The term "Bankruptcy Custodian" means any receiver, trustee,
assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to know or have notice of any
Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact
such a Default or Event of Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture.
When a Default is cured, it ceases.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01,
if the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional Amounts with
respect to any Security is payable in a currency or currencies (including a
composite currency) other than Dollars and such currency or currencies are not
available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the imposition of
exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company (a
"Conversion Event"), the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to
Holders of the Securities by making such payment in Dollars in an amount equal
to the Dollar equivalent of the amount payable in such other currency, as
determined by the Company by reference to the Exchange Rate on the date of such
payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of the most
recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 6.01, any payment made under such circumstances in Dollars where
the required payment is in a currency other than Dollars will not constitute an
Event of Default under this Indenture.
Promptly after the occurrence of a Conversion Event, the
Company shall give written notice thereof to the Trustee; and the Trustee,
promptly after receipt of such notice, shall give notice thereof in the manner
provided in Section 11.02 to the Holders. Promptly after the making of any
payment in Dollars as a result of a Conversion Event, the Company shall give
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notice in the manner provided in Section 11.02 to the Holders, setting forth the
applicable Exchange Rate and describing the calculation of those payments.
A Default under clause (3) of this Section 6.01 is not an
Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the series
affected by that Default, or, if outstanding Securities of other series are
affected by that Default, then at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities so affected, notify the Company and the Trustee, of the
Default, and the Company fails to cure the Default within the period of days
specified in the applicable indenture supplement after receipt of the notice.
The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that
the notice is a "Notice of Default."
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any
series at the time outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in
clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by
notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of Default (or,
in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (3) of Section 6.01, if
outstanding Securities of other series are affected by such Event of Default,
then at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities so
affected) by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of
(or, if any such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and all
accrued and unpaid interest on all then outstanding Securities of such series or
of all series, as the case may be, to be due and payable. Upon any such
declaration, the amounts due and payable on those Securities shall be due and
payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or (5) of
Section 6.01 hereof occurs, such amounts shall ipso facto become and be
immediately due and payable without any declaration, notice or other act on the
part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the then outstanding Securities of the series affected by such Event of
Default or all series, as the case may be, by written notice to the Trustee may
rescind an acceleration and its consequences (other than nonpayment of principal
of or premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and
if all existing Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or
of all series, as the case may be) have been cured or waived, except nonpayment
of principal, premium, interest or any Additional Amounts that has become due
solely because of the acceleration.
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to
collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of such series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the
Securities of such series or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding with respect to
Securities of any series even if it does not possess any of the Securities of
such series or does not produce any of them in
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the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising
any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All
remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Defaults.
Subject to Sections 6.07 and 9.02, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series or of all
series (acting as one class) by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing or
past Default or Event of Default with respect to such series or all series, as
the case may be, and its consequences (including waivers obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such series or all
series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series or
all series, provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all
Holders of then outstanding Securities of such series or all series (but the
terms of such offer or solicitation may vary from series to series)), except (1)
a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Security or (2) a continued Default in respect of a provision that under Section
9.02 cannot be amended or supplemented without the consent of each Holder
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 6.05 Control by Majority.
With respect to Securities of any series, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series
may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
conferred on it relating to or arising under an Event of Default described in
clause (1), (2) or (7) of Section 6.01, and with respect to all Securities, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of all the then outstanding Securities
affected may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on it not relating to or arising under such an Event of Default.
However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with
applicable law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders, or that may involve the Trustee in
personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled
to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion from Holders
directing the Trustee against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not
taking such action.
SECTION 6.06 Limitations on Suits.
Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, a Holder of a Security of any
series may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of
such series only if:
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(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to such series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities of such series make a written request to
the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60
days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the
Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.
A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the
right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected
without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (1) or (2) of
Section 6.01 hereof occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any
series, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust against the Company for the amount of principal,
premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts remaining unpaid on the
Securities of the series affected by the Event of Default, and interest on
overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest on
overdue interest, and 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.
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and
other papers or documents and to take such actions, including participating as a
member, voting or otherwise, of any committee of creditors, as may be necessary
or advisable to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings
relative
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to the Company or its creditors or properties and shall be entitled and
empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and any Bankruptcy Custodian 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 to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such
proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured
by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends,
money, securities and other properties which the Holders of the Securities may
be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any
plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or
adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VI
it shall, subject to Article X, pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;
Second: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, for principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional Amounts
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on those Securities for principal, premium (if any), interest
and any Additional Amounts, respectively; and
Third: to the Company.
The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix
record dates and payment dates for any payment to Holders pursuant to this
Article VI.
To the fullest extent allowed under applicable law, if for the
purpose of obtaining a judgment against the Company in any court it is necessary
to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, premium (if any) or
interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of any series
(the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered
(the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which
in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The
City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the
Business Day in the City of New York next preceding that on which final judgment
is given. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be liable for any shortfall
nor shall it benefit from any windfall in payments to Holders of Securities
under this Section 6.10 caused by a change in exchange rates between the
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time the amount of a judgment against it is calculated as above and the time the
Trustee converts the Judgment Currency into the Required Currency to make
payments under this Section 6.10 to Holders of Securities, but payment of such
judgment shall discharge all amounts owed by the Company on the claim or claims
underlying such judgment.
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as a trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by
any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party
litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a
Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by a Holder or Holders of more than
10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any series.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of that series, and use the same degree of care and skill in such
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series:
(1) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee shall examine such certificates
and opinions to determine whether, on their face, they appear to
conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section
7.01(b);
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(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
the provisions of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee may refuse
to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. All money received by the Trustee with
respect to Securities of any series shall, until applied as herein provided, be
held in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium (if any) and interest
on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series.
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person.
The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require instruction, an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both
to be provided. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith in reliance on such instruction, Officers' Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult at the Company's expense with
counsel of its selection and the advice of that 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.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due
care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers conferred on it by this Indenture.
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(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture,
any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee shall not be obligated 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.
(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and
benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each
of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed
to act hereunder.
(h) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of
officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this
Indenture, which Officers' Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to
sign an Officers' Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized
in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
SECTION 7.03 May Hold Securities.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or
any of its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. However, the Trustee is
subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities; it shall not be accountable for
the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities or any money paid to the
Company or upon the Company's direction under any provision hereof; it shall not
be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying
Agent other than the Trustee; and it shall not be responsible for any statement
or recital herein or any statement in the Securities other than its certificate
of authentication.
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series occurs and is continuing and it is known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Securities of such series a notice
of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the
case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium (if
any) and interest on and Additional Amounts or any sinking fund installment with
respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if
and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines
that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of such
series.
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SECTION 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after each May 15 of each year after the
execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of a series and
the Company a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with
TIA Section 313(a); provided, however, that if no event described in TIA Section
313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date with
respect to a series, no report need be transmitted to Holders of such series.
The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). The Trustee shall also
transmit by mail all reports if and as required by TIA Sections 313(c) and
313(d).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders of
a series of Securities shall be filed by the Company with the SEC and each
securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities of such series are listed.
The Company shall notify the Trustee if and when any series of Securities is
listed on any securities exchange or any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company agrees to pay to the Trustee for its acceptance of
this Indenture and services hereunder such compensation as the Company and the
Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee's compensation
shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express
trust. The Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee upon request for all
reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred by it. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the
Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company hereby indemnifies the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including
taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of
the Trustee), incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance
or administration of its duties under this Indenture, except as set forth in the
next following paragraph. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any
claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and
the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate
counsel, and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent.
The Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any expense or
indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the
Trustee's negligence or bad faith.
To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this
Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money
or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities of any series. Such lien and the Company's obligations
under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5) occurs, the expenses and
the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
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SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
The Trustee may resign and be discharged at any time with
respect to the Securities of one or more series by so notifying the Company. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of
any series may remove the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee
if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an
order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a Bankruptcy Custodian or public officer takes charge of
the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to the Securities of one or
more series, the Company 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). Within one
year after the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of
such series then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring or removed Trustee
resigns or is removed, the retiring or removed Trustee (at the expense of the
Company), the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
then outstanding Securities of such series may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of a series
fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of Securities of such series may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
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In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, each such successor Trustee shall deliver a written
acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.
Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and
duties of the retiring Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall
mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly
transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to
the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
In case of the appointment 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
(but not all) series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
in which each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and that (1) shall
confer to each successor Trustee all the rights, powers 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 confirm that all the
rights, powers 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.
Nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust, and 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. 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
shall have all the rights, powers 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. On the request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall transfer to such successor Trustee all
property held by such retiring Trustee as Trustee with respect to the Securities
of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates. Such retiring Trustee shall, however, have the right to deduct its
unpaid fees and expenses, including attorneys' fees.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee or Trustees
pursuant to this Section 7.08, the obligations of the Company under Section 7.07
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee or Trustees.
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
Subject to Section 7.10, if the Trustee consolidates, merges
or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust
business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further
act shall be the successor Trustee; provided, however, that in the case of a
transfer of all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to another
corporation, the transferee corporation expressly assumes all of the Trustee's
liabilities hereunder.
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In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the
Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may
authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or
in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or
in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
a corporation or banking association organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust power, shall be subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or State (or the District of Columbia)
authority and shall have, or be a subsidiary of a bank or bank holding company
having, a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in
its most recent published annual report of condition.
The Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5). The Trustee is
subject to and shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) during the
period of time required by this Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture shall
prevent the Trustee from filing with the SEC the application referred to in the
penultimate paragraph of TIA Section 310(b).
SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
The Trustee is subject to and shall comply with the provisions
of TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section
311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA
Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
SECTION 8.01 Termination of Company's Obligations.
(a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with
respect to the Securities of a series (except as to any surviving rights of
conversion or of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities expressly
provided for herein and except that the Company's obligations under Section
7.07, the Trustee's and Paying Agent's obligations under Section 8.03 and the
rights, powers, protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article
VII shall survive), and the Trustee, on demand of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, when:
(1) either
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(A) all outstanding Securities of such series
theretofore authenticated and issued (other than destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities that have been replaced or paid)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all outstanding Securities of such series 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, in the case of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the
Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as funds (immediately available to the
Holders in the case of clause (i)) in trust for such purpose
(x) cash in an amount, or (y) Government Obligations, maturing
as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts
as will ensure the availability of cash in an amount or (z) a
combination thereof, which will be sufficient, in the opinion
(in the case of clauses (y) and (z)) of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in
a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Securities of
such series for principal and any interest and any Additional
Amounts to the date of that deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable) or for principal, premium,
if any, interest and any Additional Amounts to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; or
(C) the Company has properly fulfilled such other
means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as
contemplated by Section 2.01, to be applicable to the
Securities of such series;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable by it hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series;
and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to
the same effect.
(b) Unless this Section 8.01(b) is specified as not being
applicable to Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the
Company may, at its option, terminate
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certain of its obligations under this Indenture ("covenant defeasance") with
respect to the Securities of a series if:
(1) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of such series, (i) money in the currency in which payment
of the Securities of such series is to be made in an amount, or (ii)
Government Obligations with respect to such series, maturing as to
principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will ensure
the availability of money in the currency in which payment of the
Securities of such series is to be made in an amount or (iii) a
combination thereof, that is sufficient, in the opinion (in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay, without consideration of the
reinvestment of any such amounts and after payment of all taxes or
other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee,
the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series on
each date that such principal, premium (if any), interest or Additional
Amounts are due and payable and (at the Stated Maturity thereof or upon
redemption as provided in Section 8.01(e)) to pay all other sums
payable by it hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall have been
irrevocably instructed to apply that money and/or the proceeds of such
Government Obligations to the payment of said principal, premium (if
any), interest and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of
such series as the same shall become due;
(2) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same
effect;
(3) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit;
(4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel from counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or a tax
ruling to the effect that the Holders of Securities of that series will
not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes
as a result of the Company's exercise of its option under this Section
8.01(b) and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same
amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such option had not been exercised;
(5) the Company has complied with any additional conditions
specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the discharge of
Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 8.01; and
(6) such deposit and discharge shall not cause the Trustee to
have a conflicting interest as defined in TIA Section 310(b).
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In such event, this Indenture shall cease to be of further
effect (except as set forth in this paragraph), and the Trustee, on demand of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge under this Indenture. However, the Company's obligations in Sections
2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 7.07, 7.08 and 8.04, the
Trustee's and Paying Agent's obligations in Section 8.03 and the rights, powers,
protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article VII shall survive
until all Securities of such series are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only
the Company's obligations in Section 7.07 and the Trustee's and Paying Agent's
obligations in Section 8.03 shall survive with respect to Securities of such
series.
After making the irrevocable deposit pursuant to this Section
8.01(b) and following satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the
Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company's
obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series,
except for those surviving obligations specified above.
In order to have money available on a payment date to pay
principal of or premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities, the Government Obligations shall be payable as to
principal or interest on or before such payment date in such amounts as will
provide the necessary money. Any such Government Obligations shall not be
callable at the issuer's option.
(c) If the Company has previously complied or is concurrently
complying with Section 8.01(b) (other than any additional conditions specified
pursuant to Section 2.01 that are expressly applicable only to covenant
defeasance) with respect to Securities of a series, then, unless this Section
8.01(c) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of such series as
contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may elect to be discharged ("legal
defeasance") from its obligations to make payments with respect to Securities of
such series, if:
(1) no Default or Event of Default under clauses (4) and (5)
of Section 6.01 hereof shall have occurred at any time during the
period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit contemplated by
Section 8.01(b) (it being understood that this condition shall not be
deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
(2) unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of
that series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company has delivered
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from counsel reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee to the effect referred to in Section 8.01(b)(4) with
respect to such legal defeasance, which opinion is based on (i) a
private ruling of the Internal Revenue Service addressed to the
Company, (ii) a published ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or
(iii) a change in the applicable federal income tax law (including
regulations) after the date of this Indenture;
(3) the Company has complied with any other conditions
specified pursuant to Section 2.01 to be applicable to the legal
defeasance of Securities of that series pursuant to this Section
8.01(c); and
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(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company Request
requesting legal defeasance of the Securities of such series and an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent with
respect to legal defeasance of the Securities of such series have been
complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect.
In such event, the Company will be discharged from its
obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series to pay
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with
respect to, Securities of such series, the Company's obligations under Sections
4.01, 4.02 and 5.01 shall terminate with respect to such Securities, and the
entire indebtedness of the Company evidenced by such Securities shall be deemed
paid and discharged.
(d) If and to the extent additional or alternative means of
satisfaction, discharge or defeasance of Securities of a series are specified to
be applicable to such series as contemplated by Section 2.01, the Company may
terminate any or all of its obligations under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of a series and any or all of its obligations under the Securities of
such series if it fulfills such other means of satisfaction and discharge as may
be so specified, as contemplated by Section 2.01, to be applicable to the
Securities of such series.
(e) If Securities of any series subject to subsections (a),
(b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8.01 are to be redeemed prior to their Stated
Maturity, whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in
accordance with any mandatory or optional sinking fund provisions, the terms of
the applicable trust arrangement shall provide for such redemption, and the
Company shall make such arrangements as are reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company.
SECTION 8.02 Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee or a trustee reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Company shall hold in trust money or Government Obligations
deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof. It shall apply the deposited
money and the money from Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in
accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, premium (if any)
and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the
series with respect to which the deposit was made. Money and securities held in
trust are not subject to Article X.
SECTION 8.03 Repayment to Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the
Company any excess money or Government Obligations (or proceeds therefrom) held
by them at any time on the written request of the Company.
Subject to the requirements of any applicable abandoned
property laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon
written request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium (if
any), interest or any Additional Amounts that remain unclaimed for two years
after the date on which such payment shall have become due.
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After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the
Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property
law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying
Agent with respect to that money shall cease.
SECTION 8.04 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money or Government Obligations deposited with respect to Securities of any
series in accordance with Section 8.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by
reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series and under the Securities of that series shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such
time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or
Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.01; provided, however, that
if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of
the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the
rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money
or Government Obligations held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Securities or waive any provision hereof or thereof without the
consent of any Holder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Section 5.01;
(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Securities, or to provide for the issuance of
bearer Securities (with or without coupons);
(4) to provide any security for, or to add any guarantees of
or additional obligors on, any series of Securities;
(5) to comply with any requirement in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities (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
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the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company;
(7) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to
all or any series of the Securities (and, if any Event of Default is
applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying the series
to which such Event of Default is applicable);
(8) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no outstanding Security of any series
created prior to the execution of such amendment or supplemental
indenture that is adversely affected in any material respect by such
change in or elimination of such provision;
(9) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Section 2.01;
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to
Section 8.01; provided, however, that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of such
series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(11) 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 7.08.
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in
Section 9.06, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.06, join with the Company
in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the
terms of this Indenture and make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained.
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and
the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture with the written consent
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for Securities of any one or more series or all series or a solicitation of
consents in respect of Securities of any one or more series or all series,
provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of
then outstanding Securities of each such series (but the terms of such offer or
solicitation may vary from series to series)) of the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of all series
affected by such amendment or supplement (acting as one class).
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Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of
the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents
described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.06, join with
the Company in the execution of such amendment or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under
this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the
substance thereof.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of one or more series or of all series may waive
compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this
Indenture with respect to Securities of such series (including waivers obtained
in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Securities of such
series or a solicitation of consents in respect of Securities of such series,
provided that in each case such offer or solicitation is made to all Holders of
then outstanding Securities of such series (but the terms of such offer or
solicitation may vary from series to series)).
However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent
to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest, including default interest, on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of, any premium on or any mandatory
sinking fund payment with respect to, or change the Stated Maturity of,
any Security or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
(4) reduce the premium, if any, payable on the redemption of
any Security or change the time at which any Security may or shall be
redeemed;
(5) change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security;
(6) change the coin or currency or currencies (including
composite currencies) in which any Security or any premium, interest or
Additional Amounts with respect thereto are payable;
(7) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Security pursuant to Sections
6.07 and 6.08, except as limited by Section 6.06;
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(8) make any change in the percentage of principal amount of
Securities necessary to waive compliance with certain provisions of
this Indenture pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.07 or make any change in
this sentence of Section 9.02;
(9) modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to
the subordination of any Security in a manner adverse to the Holder
thereof; or
(10) waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities.
An amendment under this Section 9.02 may not make any change
that adversely affects the rights under Article X of any holder of an issue of
Senior Debt of the Company unless the holders of the issue pursuant to its terms
consent to the change.
A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any
covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included
solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
The right of any Holder to participate in any consent required
or sought pursuant to any provision of this Indenture (and the obligation of the
Company to obtain any such consent otherwise required from such Holder) may be
subject to the requirement that such Holder shall have been the Holder of record
of any Securities with respect to which such consent is required or sought as of
a date identified by the Company in a notice furnished to Holders in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section
9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of each Security
affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or
waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such
amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the
Securities shall comply in form and substance with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a
consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke
the consent as to his or her Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee
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receives written notice of revocation before a date and time therefor identified
by the Company in a notice furnished to such Holder in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture or, if no such date and time shall be identified, the date the
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or
waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every
Holder.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date (which need not comply with Section 316(c) of the TIA) for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or
waiver or to take any other action under this Indenture. If a record date is
fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding
paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly
designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to consent to
such amendment, supplement or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given,
whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No
consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date
unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities required
hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also been
given and not revoked within such 90-day period.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it
shall bind every Holder, unless it is of the type described in any of clauses
(1) through (9) of Section 9.02 hereof. In such case, the amendment, supplement
or waiver shall bind each Holder who has consented to it and every subsequent
Holder that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
If an amendment or supplement changes the terms of an
outstanding Security, the Company may require the Holder of the Security to
deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the
Security at the request of the Company regarding the changed terms and return it
to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the Company in
exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new
Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate
notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such
amendment or supplement.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any amendment or supplement 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 amendment or supplement.
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplement authorized
pursuant to this Article if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does,
the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such
amendment or supplement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and, subject
to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel provided at the expense of the Company as
conclusive evidence that such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted
by this Indenture, that it is not
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inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company in
accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 10.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt.
The Company and each Holder of a Security, by his or her
acceptance thereof, agree that (a) the payment of the principal of, premium (if
any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to each and all the
Securities and (b) any other payment in respect of the Securities, including on
account of the acquisition or redemption of Securities by the Company, is
subordinated, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article X, to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Debt of the Company, whether outstanding at
the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed, and that these subordination provisions are for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Debt of the Company.
Each Holder of a Security, by his or her acceptance thereof,
acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Article X are, and are
intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to all Persons who, in
reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior
Debt of the Company, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the holders
of Senior Debt of the Company, and such holders are made obligees hereunder, and
any one or more of them may enforce such provisions.
SECTION 10.02 No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances.
(a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of a
series as contemplated by Section 2.01, no payment shall be made by or on behalf
of the Company on account of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of any series or to
acquire any Securities of such series (including any repurchases of those
Securities pursuant to the provisions thereof at the option of the Holder
thereof) for cash or property (other than Junior securities of the Company), or
on account of any redemption provisions of Securities of such series, in the
event of default in payment of any principal of, premium (if any) or interest on
any Senior Debt of the Company when the same becomes due and payable, whether at
maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by acceleration of maturity or
otherwise (a "Payment Default"), unless and until that Payment Default has been
cured or waived or otherwise has ceased to exist.
(b) Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of a
series as contemplated by Section 2.01, no payment shall be made by or on behalf
of the Company on account of the principal of, premium (if any) or interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of any series or to
acquire any Securities of such series (including any repurchases of those
Securities pursuant to the provisions thereof at the option of the Holder
thereof) for cash or property (other than Junior securities of the Company), or
on account of the redemption provisions of Securities of such series, in the
event of any event of default (other than a Payment Default) with respect to any
Designated Senior Debt permitting the holders of
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such Designated Senior Debt (or a trustee or other representative on behalf of
the holders thereof) to declare such Designated Senior Debt due and payable
prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, on
written notice thereof to the Company and the Trustee by any holders of
Designated Senior Debt (or a trustee or other representative on behalf of the
holders thereof) (the "Payment Blocking Notice"), unless and until that event of
default shall have been cured or waived or otherwise has ceased to exist;
provided, that such payments may not be prevented pursuant to this Section
10.02(b) for more than 180 days after an applicable Payment Blocking Notice has
been received by the Trustee unless the Designated Senior Debt in respect of
which such event of default exists has been declared due and payable in its
entirety, in which case no such payment may be made until such acceleration has
been rescinded or annulled or such Designated Senior Debt has been paid in full.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of a series as
contemplated by Section 2.01, no event of default that existed or was continuing
on the date of any Payment Blocking Notice (whether or not that event of default
is on the same issue of Designated Senior Debt) may be made the basis for the
giving of a second Payment Blocking Notice, and only one such Payment Blocking
Notice may be given in any period of 365 consecutive days.
(c) In furtherance of the provisions of Section 10.01, in the
event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.02, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company (other than Junior securities
of the Company) shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities of any series or any Paying Agent with respect thereto at a time when
such payment or distribution was prohibited by the provisions of this Section
10.02, then, unless such payment or distribution is no longer prohibited by this
Section 10.02, such payment or distribution (subject to the provisions of
Section 10.07) shall be received and held in trust by the Trustee or such
Holders or Paying Agent for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt of the
Company, and shall be paid or delivered by the Trustee or such Holders or Paying
Agent, as the case may be, to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company
remaining unpaid or unprovided for or their representative or representatives,
or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any
instruments evidencing such Senior Debt of the Company may have been issued,
ratably, according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of such
Senior Debt of the Company held or represented by each, for application to the
payment of all Senior Debt of the Company in full after giving effect to all
concurrent payments and distributions to or for the holders of such Senior Debt.
SECTION 10.03 Securities Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Debt on
Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company or upon any
dissolution, winding up, total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding or upon assignment for the benefit of
creditors:
(a) the holders of all Senior Debt of the Company shall first
be entitled to receive payments in full before the Holders of Securities of any
series are entitled to receive any payment (other than in the form of Junior
securities of the Company) on account of the principal
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of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to
Securities of such series;
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of
any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (other than
Junior securities of the Company), to which the Holders of Securities of any
series or the Trustee on behalf of such Holders would be entitled, except for
the provisions of this Article X, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or
agent or other Person making such a payment or distribution directly to the
holders of such Senior Debt or their representative, ratably according to the
respective amounts of Senior Debt held or represented by each, to the extent
necessary to make payment in full of all such Senior Debt remaining unpaid after
giving effect to all concurrent payments and distributions to the holders of
such Senior Debt; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities (other than Junior securities of the
Company), shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of Securities of any
series or any Paying Agent with respect thereto (or, if the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such
payment or distribution shall be segregated or held in trust) on account of the
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities of such series before all Senior Debt of the Company
is paid in full, such payment or distribution (subject to the provisions of
Section 10.07) shall be received and held in trust by the Trustee or such Holder
or Paying Agent for the benefit of the holders of such Senior Debt, or their
respective representatives, ratably according to the respective amounts of such
Senior Debt held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment
as provided herein of all such Senior Debt remaining unpaid after giving effect
to all concurrent payments and distributions and all provisions therefor to or
for the holders of such Senior Debt, but only to the extent that as to any
holder of that Senior Debt, as promptly as practical following notice from the
Trustee to the holders of such Senior Debt that such prohibited payment has been
received by the Trustee, Holder(s) or Paying Agent (or has been segregated as
provided above), such holder (or a representative therefor) notifies the Trustee
of the amounts then due and owing on such Senior Debt, if any, held by such
holder, and only the amounts specified in such notices to the Trustee shall be
paid to the holders of such Senior Debt.
SECTION 10.04 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt of the
Company as provided herein, the Holders of the Securities of any series shall be
subrogated (to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders
of such Senior Debt pursuant to the provisions of this Article X) to the rights
of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of
assets of the Company applicable to the Senior Debt until all amounts owing on
the Securities of such series shall be paid in full. For the purpose of such
subrogation, no such payments or distributions to the holders of that Senior
Debt by the Company, or by or on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of such
series by virtue of this Article X, which otherwise would have been made to such
Holders shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of
Senior Debt of the Company and such Holders, be deemed to be payment by the
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Company or on account of such Senior Debt, it being understood that the
provisions of this Article X are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities of a series, on
the one hand, and the holders of such Senior Debt, on the other hand.
If any payment or distribution to which the Holders of the
Securities would otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this
Article X shall have been applied, pursuant to the provisions of this Article X,
to the payment of amounts payable under Senior Debt of the Company, then such
Holders shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Senior Debt any
payments or distributions received by such holders of Senior Debt of the Company
in excess of the amount sufficient to pay all amounts payable under or in
respect of such Senior Debt in full.
SECTION 10.05 Obligations of the Company Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article X or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company and the Holders of the Securities of any series, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders the
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due
and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect
the relative rights of such Holders and creditors of the Company other than the
holders of Senior Debt of the Company, nor shall anything herein or therein
prevent the Trustee or any Holder from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the
rights, if any, under this Article X, of the holders of Senior Debt of the
Company in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon
the exercise of any such remedy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Article X or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities, upon any
distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article X, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, and the Holders of
the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any
court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the
Trustee or to such Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Debt of the Company
and other Debt of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article X so long as such court has been apprised of the provisions of,
or the order, decree or certificate makes reference to, the provisions of this
Article X.
SECTION 10.06 Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence
of Notice.
The Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment to or
by the Trustee unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or any
Paying Agent shall have received, no later than two Business Days prior to such
payment, written notice thereof from the Company or from one or more holders of
Senior Debt of the Company or from any representative thereof and, prior to the
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receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Sections 7.01 and 7.02, shall be entitled in all respects conclusively to assume
that no such fact exists.
SECTION 10.07 Application by Trustee of Amounts Deposited with It.
Amounts deposited in trust with the Trustee pursuant to and in
accordance with Article VIII shall be for the sole benefit of Holders of the
Securities of the series for the benefit of which such amounts were deposited,
and, to the extent allocated for the payment of Securities of such series, shall
not be subject to the subordination provisions of this Article X. Otherwise, any
deposit of assets with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (whether or not in trust)
for the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of any series shall be subject
to the provisions of Sections 10.01, 10.02, 10.03 and 10.04; provided that if
prior to two Business Days preceding the date on which by the terms of this
Indenture any such assets may become distributable for any purpose (including,
without limitation, the payment of either principal of, premium (if any) or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security), a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall not have received
with respect to such assets the written notice provided for in Section 10.06,
then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to
receive such assets and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were
received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be
received by it on or after such date; and provided further that nothing
contained in this Article X shall prevent the Company from making, or the
Trustee from receiving or applying, any payment in connection with the
redemption of Securities of a series if the first publication of notice of such
redemption (whether by mail or otherwise in accordance with this Indenture) has
been made, and the Trustee has received such payment from the Company, prior to
the occurrence of any of the contingencies specified in Section 10.02 or 10.03.
SECTION 10.08 Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the
Company or Holders of Senior Debt.
No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Debt
of the Company to enforce the subordination provisions contained in this Article
X shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure
to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good
faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms
of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may
have or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Debt of the Company may
extend, renew, modify or amend the terms of the Senior Debt or any security
therefor and release, sell or exchange such security and otherwise deal freely
with the Company, all without affecting the liabilities and obligations of the
parties to this Indenture or the Holders of the Securities of any series.
SECTION 10.09 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination of Securities.
Each Holder of a Security of any series by his acceptance
thereof authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
provisions contained in this Article X and to protect the rights of
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the Holders of the Securities of such series pursuant to this Indenture, and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for such purpose, including, in the
event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the
Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon
an assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company), the filing of a
claim for the unpaid balance of his Securities in the form required in said
proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the Trustee does not file a
proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such proceeding prior to
30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then the
holders of Senior Debt of the Company or their representative is hereby
authorized to have the right to file and is hereby authorized to file an
appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of Securities of such series.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee or the holders
of Senior Debt of the Company or their representative to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of Securities of any series any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize
the Trustee or the holders of Senior Debt of the Company or their representative
to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of the Securities of such series
in any such proceeding.
SECTION 10.10 Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Debt.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to
all of the rights set forth in this Article X in respect of any Senior Debt of
the Company at any time held by it to the same extent as any other holder of
Senior Debt of the Company, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to
deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
SECTION 10.11 Article X Not to Prevent Events of Default.
The failure to make a payment on account of principal of or
premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of any series by reason of any provision of this Article X shall not
be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default
under Section 6.01 with respect to Securities of such series or in any way
prevent the Holders of the Securities of such series from exercising any right
hereunder other than the right to receive payment on the Securities of such
series.
SECTION 10.12 No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee to Holders of Senior Debt.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to
the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, and shall not be liable to any such
holders (other than for its willful misconduct or gross negligence) if it shall
in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to the Holders of the Securities
of any series or the Company or any other Person, cash, property or securities
to which any holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be entitled by virtue
of this Article X or otherwise. Nothing in this Section 10.12 shall affect the
obligation of any other such Person to hold such payment for the benefit of, and
to pay such payment over to, the holders of Senior Debt of the Company or their
representative. With respect to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, the
Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article X and no implied
covenants
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or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Debt of the Company shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 10.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agent.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee
shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term
"Trustee" as used in this Article X shall in such case (unless the context shall
otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent
within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent
were named in this Article X in addition to or in place of the Trustee;
provided, however, that this Section 10.13 shall not apply to the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company if it or that Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
SECTION 10.14 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article X, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
7.01, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely
upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a
certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian,
receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Debt and other
indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article X.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of TIA Section 318(c), the
imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 11.02 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to
the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by
first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex,
facsimile or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the
other's address:
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If to the Company:
Lennox International Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0X
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if by facsimile; and
the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight
air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holder's address shown on the register
kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided
above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it, except in the case of notice to the Trustee, it is duly given only
when received.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
All notices or communications, including without limitation
notices to the Trustee or the Company by Holders, shall be in writing, except as
otherwise set forth herein.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service,
or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice
required by this Indenture, then such
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method of notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient mailing of such notice.
SECTION 11.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 11.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the
Trustee, furnish to the Trustee at the expense of the Company:
(1) an Officers' Certificate (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements
set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied
with.
SECTION 11.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of
TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she
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
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
Person, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
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SECTION 11.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a
meeting of Holders. The Registrar or the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules
and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 11.07 Legal Holidays.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal
Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
SECTION 11.08 No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder, partner or other
owner of the Company or the Trustee, as such, shall not have any liability for
any obligations of the Company under the Securities or for any obligations of
the Company or the Trustee under this Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.
SECTION 11.09 Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
SECTION 11.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 11.11 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 11.12 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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SECTION 11.13 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement.
SECTION 11.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The table of contents, cross-reference table and headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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