EXHIBIT 4.6
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RELIANT RESOURCES, INC.
To
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Trustee
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
Dated as of _____________
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CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION(S)
Section 310(a)(1)............................................................................... 609
(a)(2).................................................................................. 609
(a)(3).................................................................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4).................................................................................. Not Applicable
(b)..................................................................................... 608, 610
Section 311(a).................................................................................. 613
(b)..................................................................................... 613
Section 312(a).................................................................................. 701, 702
(b)..................................................................................... 702
(c)..................................................................................... 702
Section 313(a).................................................................................. 703
(b).................................................................................... 703
(c).................................................................................... 703
(d).................................................................................... 703
Section 314(a).................................................................................. 704
(a)(4).................................................................................. 101, 1004
(b)..................................................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1).................................................................................. 102
(c)(2).................................................................................. 102
(c)(3).................................................................................. Not Applicable
(d)..................................................................................... Not Applicable
(e)..................................................................................... 102
Section 315(a).................................................................................. 601
(b)..................................................................................... 602
(c)..................................................................................... 601
(d)..................................................................................... 601
(e)..................................................................................... 514
Section 316(a).................................................................................. 101
(a)(1)(A)............................................................................... 502, 512
(a)(1)(B)............................................................................... 513
(a)(2).................................................................................. Not Applicable
(b)..................................................................................... 508
(c)..................................................................................... 104
Section 317(a)(1)............................................................................... 503
(a)(2).................................................................................. 504
(b)..................................................................................... 1003
Section 318(a).................................................................................. 107
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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 ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION........................... 1
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS........................................................................... 1
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.................................................. 9
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE................................................ 10
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES......................................................... 10
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY................................................. 12
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER............................................................. 12
SECTION 107. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT..................................................... 13
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.............................................. 13
SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS................................................................ 13
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE................................................................... 13
SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE................................................................. 13
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW......................................................................... 14
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS........................................................................ 14
SECTION 114. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES, ETC.............................................................. 14
ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS.................................................................... 14
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY....................................................................... 14
SECTION 202. FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY.............................................................. 15
SECTION 203. FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY........................................................... 17
SECTION 204. FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.................................................. 22
SECTION 205. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION....................................... 23
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES.................................................................... 23
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.................................................. 23
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS......................................................................... 27
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING........................................ 27
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.................................................................. 29
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE................................... 29
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES...................................... 31
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED; OPTIONAL INTEREST RESET............... 32
SECTION 308. OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF MATURITY........................................................ 35
SECTION 309. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS................................................................. 36
SECTION 310. CANCELLATION.......................................................................... 36
SECTION 311. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST............................................................... 36
SECTION 312. CUSIP NUMBERS......................................................................... 36
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE........................................................ 37
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE............................................... 37
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY............................................................ 38
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES.......................................................................... 38
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT..................................................................... 38
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.................................... 40
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE....................... 41
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM...................................................... 42
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES........................... 42
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED........................................................ 43
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS................................................................... 43
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST............. 44
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.................................................... 44
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE........................................................ 44
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.......................................................... 45
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.................................................................... 45
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS............................................................... 45
SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS................................................................. 45
SECTION 515. WAIVER OF USURY, STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS............................................... 46
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE....................................................................... 46
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES................................................... 46
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.................................................................... 46
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE............................................................. 47
SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES................................ 48
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES................................................................... 48
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST................................................................... 48
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT........................................................ 48
SECTION 608. CONFLICTING INTERESTS................................................................. 49
SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY............................................... 49
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR..................................... 49
SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR................................................ 51
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS........................... 52
SECTION 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY..................................... 52
SECTION 614. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT................................................... 53
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY................................. 55
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS............................. 55
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS................................ 55
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.................................................................... 55
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.................................................................... 56
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE.............................. 56
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.................................. 56
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR SUBSTITUTED................................................................. 57
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES........................................................... 58
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.................................... 58
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS....................................... 59
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.................................................. 61
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES..................................................... 61
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT................................................... 61
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.................................... 61
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS......................................................................... 62
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST............................................ 62
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY....................................................... 62
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST..................................... 62
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT................................................... 63
SECTION 1005. EXISTENCE............................................................................. 64
SECTION 1006. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS........................................................... 64
ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES.......................................................... 64
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.............................................................. 64
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE................................................. 64
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED..................................... 64
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.................................................................. 65
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE........................................................... 66
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE................................................. 66
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART........................................................... 67
ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS..................................................................... 67
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.............................................................. 67
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SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES................................. 67
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND............................................. 68
ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS............................................ 68
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.............................................................. 68
SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES............................................................... 68
SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION.................................................................... 69
SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE........................ 69
SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART............................................................. 70
ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE................................................ 70
SECTION 1401. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.......................... 70
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.............................................................. 70
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE................................................................... 71
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE....................................... 71
SECTION 1405. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DISCHARGE BY TRUSTEE................................................ 73
SECTION 1406. DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST;
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS............................................................ 73
SECTION 1407. REINSTATEMENT......................................................................... 74
ARTICLE FIFTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES........ 74
SECTION 1501. EXEMPTION FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY................................................... 74
ARTICLE SIXTEEN SUBORDINATION..................................................................... 75
SECTION 1601. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE.............................................................. 75
SECTION 1602. DEFAULT ON SENIOR DEBT................................................................ 75
SECTION 1603. LIQUIDATION; DISSOLUTION; BANKRUPTCY.................................................. 76
SECTION 1604. SUBROGATION OF SECURITIES............................................................. 77
SECTION 1605. AUTHORIZATION BY HOLDERS.............................................................. 78
SECTION 1606. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE..................................................................... 78
SECTION 1607. TRUSTEE'S RELATION TO SENIOR DEBT..................................................... 79
SECTION 1608. NO IMPAIRMENT TO SUBORDINATION........................................................ 79
SECTION 1609. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS................................................... 80
SECTION 1610. TRUST MONEYS NOT SUBORDINATED......................................................... 80
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, (herein called this "Indenture") dated as of
_____________, between Reliant Resources, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"),
having its principal office at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, and
Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any
series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article One have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article One and include the plural as
well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the
Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and,
except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally
accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles
as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date
of such computation, provided that when two or more principles are so
generally accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent
with those in use by the Company;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference
to an "Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as
the case may be, of this Indenture;
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and
not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(6) words importing any gender include the other genders;
(7) references to statutes are to be construed as
including all statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing
the statute referred to;
(8) references to "writing" include printing, typing,
lithography and other means of reproducing words in a tangible, visible
form;
(9) the words "including," "includes" and "include" shall
be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation"; and
(10) unless otherwise provided, references to agreements
and other instruments shall be deemed to include all amendments and
other modifications to such agreements and instruments, but only to the
extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by
the terms of this Indenture.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the ability of
another Person (whether directly or indirectly and whether by the ownership of
voting securities, contract or otherwise) to appoint and/or remove the majority
of the members of the board of directors or other governing body of that Person;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company to have
been duly adopted
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by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or
officers of the Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of
Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board,
its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its
Senior Vice President - Finance or one of its other duly authorized Vice
Presidents, and by its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, its Corporate
Secretary or one of its Assistant Corporate Secretaries, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
as follows: (a) for payment, registration, transfer and exchange of the
Securities: 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention:
Registered Bond Events; telephone: (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000; telecopier:
(000) 000-0000; and (b) for all other communications relating to the Securities:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, Attention: Institutional
Trust Services; telephone: (000) 000-0000; telecopier: (000) 000-0000.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company, limited
liability company, joint-stock company or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
"Debt" means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination
(without duplication), (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (iii) all obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or bankers' acceptances or other similar
instruments (or reimbursement obligations thereto) issued on the account of such
Person, (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred
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purchase price of property or services, except Trade Payables, (v) all
obligations of such Person as lessee under capitalized leases, (vi) all Debt of
others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt
is assumed by such Person; provided that, for purposes of determining the amount
of any Debt of the type described in this clause (vi), if recourse with respect
to such Debt is limited to such asset, the amount of such Debt shall be limited
to the lesser of the fair market value of such asset or the amount of such Debt,
(vii) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Debt is
Guaranteed by such Person, and (viii) to the extent not otherwise included in
this definition, all obligations of such Person for claims in respect of
derivative products, including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and
commodity prices, forward contracts, options, swaps, collars and similar
arrangements.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307(a).
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1402.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary
for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto.
"Exchange Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Extension Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 308.
"Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 308.
"Final Maturity" has the meaning specified in Section 308.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any
other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Debt or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets,
goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring
in any
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other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof
or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in
part); provided that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee"
used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
any statute successor thereto.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
property. For purposes of this Indenture, the Company shall be deemed to own
subject to a Lien any property which it has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or other title retention agreement relating to such property.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal or premium,
if any, becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
"Maximum Interest Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 311.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Senior Vice President - Finance or other duly authorized Vice
President of the Company, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company (and who may be an employee of the Company).
"Optional Reset Date" has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Original Stated Maturity" has the meaning specified in Section 308.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for which payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
irrevocably segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall
act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 1402; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section
306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or
taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date
upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502,
(B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of
a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined
as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be
deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of
such date in the manner provided as
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contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in
the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount
determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company. The Company initially authorizes and appoints the Trustee as the Paying
Agent for the Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Repayment Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Reset Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
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"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means an
officer of the Institutional Trust Services department of the Trustee having
direct responsibility for administration of this Indenture.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case, as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Debt" means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
and all other amounts due, if any, in connection with all Debt of the Company
whether created, incurred or assumed before, on or after the date of this
Indenture; provided that such Senior Debt shall not include (i) Debt of the
Company to any Subsidiary, (ii) any series of Securities, (iii) Debt of the
Company that, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section
1111(b) of Title 11, U.S. Code, was without recourse to the Company, and (iv)
any other Debt of the Company which by the terms of the instrument creating or
evidencing the same is specifically designated as being subordinated to or pari
passu with the Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307(a).
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon, means
the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of
or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable.
"Subsequent Interest Period" has the meaning specified in Section
307(b).
"Subsidiary" means a corporation, partnership or other entity of which
more than 50% of the outstanding shares of stock or other ownership interests
having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests
having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect
directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are
at the time owned, directly or indirectly, through one or more Subsidiaries of
the Company, by the Company.
"Trade Payables" means, with respect to any Person, any accounts
payable or any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors
created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising
in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods
or services.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to
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the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so
amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1404.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time
of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination
of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance
with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion, other than an opinion given in connection
with the authentication of a Security or a certificate provided for in Section
1004, with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
individual, the individual has made or caused to be made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such individual
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, in the opinion of each
such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons may certify or give an opinion as to other matters,
and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or
several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such officer's certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than
his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any
such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same,
may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person
be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the
Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to
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render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is
taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the
Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Institutional Trust Services, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to the attention of either the
Treasurer or Corporate Secretary of the Company at the address of the
Company's principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to
the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address
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as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any),
and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of
such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which
is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter
provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded,
the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified
or to be excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
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SECTION 112. 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 REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, and no additional interest shall
accrue as the result of such delayed payment.
SECTION 114. Language of Notices, Etc.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article Two,
or in such other form (including temporary or permanent global form) as shall be
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply
with applicable tax laws or the rules of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Securities of such series may be listed or traded
or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If
the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
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The definitive Securities of each series shall be typewritten, printed,
lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, if
required by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Securities of such series may be listed or traded, on steel engraved borders or
may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series
may be listed or traded, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security.
[INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND
THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.]
RELIANT RESOURCES, INC.
(Title of Security)
No. __________ $ __________
CUSIP No. ______
RELIANT RESOURCES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, or registered
assigns, the principal sum of ____________________ Dollars on
____________________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert --, and to pay interest thereon from _______________ or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually on __________ and __________ in each year, commencing
__________, at the rate of _____% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment] [if applicable, insert --, provided that any
principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue
shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent permitted by
applicable law), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made
available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. [If
applicable, insert -- The amount of interest payable for any period shall be
computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. The amount of
interest payable for any partial period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the days elapsed in any partial month.
In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not
a Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if
made on the date the payment was originally payable. A "Business Day" shall
mean, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions
in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order
to close.] The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
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registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the __________ or __________ (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Securities of this series may be listed or traded,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert --
The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in __________, in such
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert -- ;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be
designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the
Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: _______________ RELIANT RESOURCES, INC.
By: _____________________
Attest:
_______________________
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SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under a Subordinated Indenture, dated as of ________, 200_ (herein called
the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert --, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $__________; provided, however, that the authorized
aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased above such amount
by a Board Resolution to such effect].
[If applicable, insert-- The interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on this Security
may be reset by the Company on ____________ (each an "Optional Reset Date"). The
Company may exercise such option with respect to this Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an
Optional Reset Date for this Security. Not later than 40 days prior to each
Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in
Section 106 of the Indenture, to the Holder of this Security a notice (the
"Reset Notice") indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest
rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate,
if applicable), and if so (i) such new interest rate (or such new spread or
spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for
redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional
Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated
Maturity of this Security (each such period a "Subsequent Interest Period"),
including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and
the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent
Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the
Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate
(or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an interest rate (or
a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent
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Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for
in Section 106 of the Indenture, notice of such higher interest rate (or such
higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of this
Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities of this series with
respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date,
and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered such
Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to
the next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such
higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of this Security will have the option to elect repayment by
the Company of the principal of this Security on each Optional Reset Date at a
price equal to the principal amount hereof plus interest accrued to such
Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the
Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture
for repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or
notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior
to such Optional Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered this
Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written
notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Stated Maturity of this Security may be
extended at the option of the Company for _______________ (each an "Extension
Period") up to but not beyond ____________ (the "Final Maturity"). The Company
may exercise such option with respect to this Security by notifying the Trustee
of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated
Maturity of this Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the
"Original Stated Maturity"). If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee
shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, to
the Holder of this Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated
Maturity a notice (the "Extension Notice") indicating (i) the election of the
Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest
rate applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for
redemption during such Extension Period. Upon the Trustee's transmittal of the
Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of this Security shall be extended
automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described
in the next paragraph, this Security will have the same terms as prior to the
transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the
Original Stated Maturity of this Security, the Company may, at its option,
revoke the interest rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a
higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, notice of
such higher interest rate to the Holder of this Security. Such notice shall be
irrevocable. All Securities of this series with respect to which the Stated
Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of this Security, the Holder will
have the option to elect repayment of this Security by the Company on the
Original Stated
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Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount hereof, plus interest accrued
to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the Original Stated Maturity once
the Company has extended the Maturity hereof, the Holder hereof must follow the
procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture for repayment at the
option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered this Security for
repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to
the Trustee, revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the
tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert --
(1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year _____ and ending with the
year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption
Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert -- on or after __________, 20__], as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert -- on
or before __________, _____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period
beginning __________ of the years indicated,
Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ---------- ---- -----
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but in the event the Stated Maturity is on or prior to such
Redemption Date such interest installments will be payable to the Holders of
such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close
of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on __________ in any
year commencing with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if
applicable, insert -- on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning __________ of the years indicated,
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Redemption Price For Redemption Price For
Redemption Through Redemption Otherwise
Operation of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- --------------------- ----------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but in
the event the Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date such
interest installments will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one
or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
may not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [if applicable, insert -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the
Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of
less than _____% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert -- The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on __________ in each year beginning with the year _____ and
ending with the year _____ of [if applicable, insert -- not less than
$__________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $__________ aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable,
insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[if applicable, insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [if applicable, insert --, in the inverse order in which they become
due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are not subject
to redemption by the Company prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be
entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.]
The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the
entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
[If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or]
[certain restrictive covenants and
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Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon
compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert --
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless (i) such Holder shall have previously
given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect
to the Securities of this series, (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of
such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity,
(iii) the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such request, and (iv) the Trustee shall have failed
to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal
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hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the currency,
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $__________ and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
The Securities of this series are subordinated in right of payment to
Senior Debt as provided in Article Sixteen of the Indenture.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
SECTION 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall, in
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addition to the provisions contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY.
SECTION 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication: ____________ ______________________
As Trustee
By:________________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or
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 Securities of any
other series);
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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
provided, however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of
such series may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to
such effect;
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of any
Securities of the series is payable, or the method by which such date
or dates shall be determined or extended;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or
rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable
on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates
shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be
calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months, the right, if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the
duration of such extension or deferral;
(5) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable,
the place or places where the Securities of such series may be
presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or
places where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of such series may be made;
(6) the period or periods within or the date or dates on
which, the price or prices at which and the term and conditions upon
which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem
the Securities shall be evidenced;
(7) if applicable, the Person or Persons to whom interest
on any Securities of the series shall be payable, if other than the
Person in whose name the security is registered on the record date for
such interest, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any
interest payable on a temporary Global Security will be paid if other
than the manner provided in this Indenture;
(8) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company
to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any
sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions or at the option of
the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or
units) in which and the other terms and conditions
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upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased,
in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of
the series shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which
such amounts shall be determined;
(11) if other than the currency of the United States of
America, the currency, currencies or currency units, including
composite currencies, in which the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the
manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the
Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to
be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the
principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which
such election is made shall be payable, the period or periods within or
the date or dates on which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in
which such amount shall be determined);
(13) the percentage of the principal amount at which such
Securities will be issued and, if other than the 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 502 or the method by which such
portion shall be determined;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated
Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of
any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which
shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any
such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the
principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any
Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal
amount shall be determined);
(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in
whole or any specified part, shall not be defeasible or shall be
defeasible in a manner varying from Section 1402 and Section 1403 and,
if other than by a Board Resolution, the
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manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities
shall be evidenced;
(16) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion
thereof, shall initially be issuable in the form of a temporary Global
Security representing all or such portion of the Securities of such
series and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global
Security for definitive Securities of such series;
(17) if applicable, that any Securities of the series, or
any portion thereof, shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form
of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective
Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or
legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to
or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in
addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last
paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered,
in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(18) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in
whole or any specified part, shall be subject to the optional interest
reset provisions of Section 307(b);
(19) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in
whole or any specified part, shall be subject to the optional extension
of maturity provisions of Section 308;
(20) any addition to or change in the Events of Default
which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the
right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to
declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 502;
(21) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth
in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;
(22) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to
permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in
bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with
or without interest coupons;
(23) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the
Securities of such series, if other than the Trustee;
(24) the terms of any right to convert or exchange
Securities of such series into any other securities or property of the
Company, including common stock, preferred stock or other securities,
and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion
or exchange;
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(25) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which
the Securities of the series are secured;
(26) any restriction or condition on the transferability
of the Securities of such series;
(27) any other terms of the Securities of such series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).
(28) provisions, if any, granting special rights to
Holders upon the occurrence of specified events; and
(29) if the amount of principal and interest on the
Securities of the series may be determined by reference to an index,
the manner in which such amount shall be determined.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section
303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers'
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant
Corporate 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
as provided in Article Sixteen.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive
Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Senior Vice President -
Finance or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced or
impressed thereon and attested by its Corporate Secretary or one of its
Assistant Corporate Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the
form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301,
in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that
such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that
such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate or Company
Order otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or
prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents
are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the
first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 310, 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.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of such series in lieu
of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided. If any indenture supplemental hereto
refers to any transfer agents (in addition to the Security Registrar) initially
designated by the Company with respect to any series of Securities, the Company
may at any time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a
change in the
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location through which any such transfer agent acts, provided that the Company
maintains a transfer agent in each Place of Payment for such series. The Company
may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series
of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities.
Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall be required, pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 305, (A) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor, as
the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities
selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business
on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion not to be redeemed.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only
to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this
Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or
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custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a
single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or
in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A)
such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a
time when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as
depositary, in each case, unless the Company has approved a successor
Depositary within 90 days, (B) the Company in its sole discretion
determines that such Global Security will be so exchangeable or
transferable or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in
addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global
Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such
Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global
Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section 305,
Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such
Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with
such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to
save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series
and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding and shall cancel and destroy such mutilated
Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
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In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Company and the fees
and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 306 in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306 are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional
Interest Reset.
(a) Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security
of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities
of such series, except that, unless otherwise provided in the Securities of such
series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the principal of a Security
shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment of
interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular Record
Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such
Security or in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the
related series of Securities. Except in the case of a Global Security, at the
option of the Company, interest on any series of Securities may be paid (i) by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it shall appear on
the Security Register of such series or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately
available funds at such place and to such account as designated in writing by
the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register of such
series.
Any Paying Agents will be identified in a supplemental indenture
hereto. The Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or
rescind the designation of any Paying Agent; however, the Company at all times
will be required to maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for each
series of Securities.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, any interest on any Security of any series which is
payable, but is not
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timely paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of
such series (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue
of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such
series in respect of which interest is in default (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be
paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided
in this Clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more
than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the
manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or
automated quotation system on which such Securities may be listed or
traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or
automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to
the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Security delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
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(a) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable
to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications,
additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301).
The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such
interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the
Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an
"Optional Reset Date"). The Company may exercise such option with respect to
such Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more
than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Security. Not later than
40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the
manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice
(the "Reset Notice") indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the
interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such
interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i) such new interest rate (or such new
spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for
redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional
Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated
Maturity of such Security (each such period a "Subsequent Interest Period"),
including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and
the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent
Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the
Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate
(or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an interest rate (or
a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent
Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for
in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or
spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such notice
shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or
the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the
Holders of such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or
have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph,
will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier,
if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment
by the Company of the principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at
a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such
Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the
Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at
the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional
Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for
repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the
Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the
tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 and Section
305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer
of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Maturity.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series
of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or
substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated
Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option of the
Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each
an "Extension Period") up to but not beyond the date (the "Final Maturity") set
forth on the face of such Security. The Company may exercise such option with
respect to any Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50
but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in
effect prior to the exercise of such option (the "Original Stated Maturity"). If
the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40
days prior to the Original Stated Maturity a notice (the "Extension Notice")
indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new
Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the Extension Period and
(iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon
the Trustee's transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such
Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the
Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have
the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the
Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option,
revoke the interest rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a
higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher
interest rate to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable.
All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear
such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will
have the option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company on the
Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus
interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the Original
Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder
must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the
option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for
repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to
the Trustee, revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the
tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.
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SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Security is registered on the applicable record
date as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 310. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may
deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 310, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and interest on
the Securities of each series for any partial period shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the number of days elapsed
in any partial month.
SECTION 312. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee in writing of any change in "CUSIP" numbers.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for and as otherwise provided in this
Section 401), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture, when:
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated
and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for which
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at
their Stated Maturity within one year of the date of
deposit, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption
within one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by
the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii)
above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose
money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness on such Securities not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal and any premium and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case
may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with; and
(4) no event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to
the provisions of Section 1602 or 1603, would prevent the Company from
making payments of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
the Securities of such series on the date of such deposit.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for which payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. Money
and securities held in trust are not subject to Article Sixteen.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to the Securities
of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any
Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any
premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity and (if so
established or contemplated by Section 301 in respect of that series),
in the case of technical or administrative difficulties, only if such
default persists for a period of five days;
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(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment,
when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, in any
material respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this
Indenture with respect to a Security of that series (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in the performance of which or the
breach of which is specifically covered elsewhere in this Section 501
or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the
benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company
by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring
it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
under this Indenture; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company
in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or
state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
(B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company
under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other
decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive
days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case
or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or
proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by
it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case
or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable
federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such
petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
the making by it of an assignment of a substantial part of its property
for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking
of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action;
or
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(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series;
provided, however, that no event described in Clause (4), (5), (6) or (7) above
shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder until a Responsible Officer
assigned to and working in the Trustee's corporate trust department has actual
knowledge thereof or until a written notice of any such event is received by the
Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and such notice refers to the facts
underlying such event, the Securities generally, the Company and the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, if the
principal or any premium or interest on any Security is payable in a currency
other than the currency of the United States of America and such currency is 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, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities
by making such payment in the currency of the United States of America in an
amount equal to the currency of the United States of America equivalent of the
amount payable in such other currency, as determined by the Trustee by reference
to the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such
currency ("Exchange Rate"), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made
available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 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 501, any payment made under such circumstances in the currency of the
United States of America where the required payment is in a currency other than
the currency of the United States of America will not constitute an Event of
Default under this Indenture.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(5) or 501(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that
series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice
in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable. If (a) an Event of Default specified in Section
501(5) or 501(6) occurs and is continuing, then in every such case, the
principal amount of all of the Securities of that Series then Outstanding shall
automatically, and without any declaration or any other action on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder, become due and payable immediately. Payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities shall remain
subordinated to the extend provided in Article Sixteen notwithstanding that such
amount shall become immediately due and payable as herein provided.
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At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter
provided in this Article Five, the Event of Default giving rise to such
declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been
waived, and such declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be
deemed to have been rescinded and annulled, if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay:
(A) all overdue installments of interest on
all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) any Securities of that series which have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any
interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in
such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of
that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities
of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then
due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and
interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and
on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in
such Securities, and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the
Trustee, its agents and counsel under Section 607.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors'
or other similar committee.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust,
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and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of all
amounts owing the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 607, its
agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with
respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article Five shall be
applied, subject to Article Sixteen, in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or
property on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation
of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of all Senior Debt if and to the extend
required by Article Sixteen;
THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on such series of Securities
in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such series of Securities
for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the
Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator or
sequestrator (or other similar official), or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
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(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of security or indemnity has failed to
institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other Holders of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article Five or by
law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect
to the Securities of such series; provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of such series or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by
his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by
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any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 514
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security.
Neither this Section 514 nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to
authorize any court to require such an undertaking or such an assessment in any
proceeding instituted by the Company.
SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension 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 usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided,
however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the
purpose of this Section 602, the term "default" means any event which is, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of such series.
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SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine
to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or
by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
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(8) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or
conflicting requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders
of Securities, each representing less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities Outstanding, the Trustee, in its
sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall be taken; and
(9) the Trustee's immunities and protections from
liability and its right to indemnification in connection with the
performance of its duties under this Indenture shall extend to the
Trustee's officers, directors, agents and employees. Such immunities
and protections and right to indemnification, together with the
Trustee's right to compensation, shall survive the Trustee's
resignation or removal and final payment of the Securities.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such
reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in
such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in writing from
time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
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(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance
of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except those attributable to
its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of more than one series.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
609 and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital
and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at
any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 609, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article Six.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article Six shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
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The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by the Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a Board
Resolution, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
with respect to such series of Securities.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall
be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge
or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose
of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a
Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B)
subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
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respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders
of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to
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provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustee's co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder
separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the
extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on
request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article Six.
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case any
Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may
authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in
the name of such successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of
authentication shall have the full force which it is provided anywhere in the
Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor). For purposes of Section 311(b)(4) and
(6) of the Trust Indenture Act:
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(a) "cash transaction" means any transaction in which
full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after
delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders
drawn upon banks and payable upon demand; and
(b) "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, xxxx of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred
by the Company (or any such obligor) for the purpose of financing the purchase,
processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or
merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession
of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or
proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously
constituting the security; provided the security is received by the Trustee
simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company
(or any such obligor) arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring
of the draft, xxxx of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent The Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section
306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and binding obligations enforceable for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. In order to be eligible to serve as an
Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section 614, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 614, such Authenticating Agent shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 614.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent
shall be the successor Authenticating Agent
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hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section 614, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 614, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders
of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will
serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment
hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 614.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 614, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section 614, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date of authentication: _____________
_________________________,
as Trustee
By: _______________________,
as Authenticating Agent
By: _______________________
Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than January 15 and July 15
in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of
each series as of the preceding January 1 or July 1 as the case may be,
and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than
15 days prior to the time such list is furnished,
provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be Security
Registrar for Securities of a series, no such list need be furnished with
respect to such series of Securities.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
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Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not more
than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than January 31 in each calendar
year, commencing with the first January 31 after the first issuance of
Securities under this Indenture.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any
such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company may not (a) merge with or into or consolidate with, or (b)
sell, assign, transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its
properties and assets to any Person, other than, with respect to this clause
(b), a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and no Person
shall (x) merge with or into or consolidate with the Company, or (y) except for
any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, sell, assign,
transfer, lease or convey all or substantially all of its properties and assets
to the Company, unless:
(1) the Company is the surviving corporation, or in the
case the Company shall consolidate or merge with another Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entity to another Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by
conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of
the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity, shall be organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of
the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and
the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the
Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having
been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of the
transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or
lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture
is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with; provided, however, that the delivery of an Officers'
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel is not required with respect to
any consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease involving the
Company and any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company.
SECTION 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such
conveyance, transfer or lease the Company shall be discharged from all
obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and may be
dissolved and liquidated.
Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations
in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver
any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such provisions and any
Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and
delivered to the Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant to such
provisions. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same
legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or
thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all
of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease,
such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to
be issued as may be appropriate.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor
Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company
pursuant to Article Eight; or
(2) 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 the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such
additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series),
provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of
Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period
of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that
allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate
enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to
the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of
Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive
such default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or
to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities;
provided, however, that if such addition, change or elimination shall
adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of any series,
such addition, change or elimination shall become effective with
respect to such series only when no such Security of such series
remains Outstanding; or
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(6) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any
property to or with the Trustee or to surrender any right or power
herein conferred upon the Company; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition
to certificated securities; or
(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such
action pursuant to this Clause (10) shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series; or
(11) 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
Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; provided that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Securities of such
series or any other series of Securities; or
(12) to comply with the rules or regulations of any
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which any of the
Securities may be listed or traded; or
(13) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with
any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such action
does not adversely affect the rights or interests of any Holder of
Securities.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture (treated as one class), by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
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(1) except to the extent permitted by Section 307(b) or
Section 308 or otherwise specified in the form or terms of the
Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 with
respect to extending the Stated Maturity of any Security of such
series, change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the
principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security
which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of
Payment where, or the currency in which, any Security or any premium or
interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of
which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent
of the Holders of which is required for any waiver (of compliance with
certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and
their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902,
Section 513 or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or
to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this
clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with
respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant
changes in this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and
901(9), or
(4) if the Securities of any series are convertible or
exchangeable into any other securities or property of the Company, make
any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any
Security of such series (except as permitted by Section 901) or
decrease the conversion or exchange rate or increase the conversion
price of any such Security of such series, or
(5) modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect
to the subordination of any Security in a manner adverse to the Holder
thereof; or
(6) if the Securities of any series are secured, change
the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Securities of such
series are secured in a manner adverse to the Holders of the secured
Securities of such series.
An amendment under this Section may not make any change that adversely
affects the rights under Article Sixteen of any holder of Senior Debt unless the
Holders of each issue of Senior Debt pursuant to its terms consent to the
change.
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A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more 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.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article
Nine, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and
every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and
shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the
Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company initially appoints the Trustee, acting through its
Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purpose. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate to the extent required by law and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium
and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will provide to a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series,
such sum to be held as provided
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by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section 1003, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable may be paid
to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New
York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication,
any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.
SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company, is in default in the performance and observance of any of the
terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to
any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
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SECTION 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal
existence.
SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of
any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(20),
901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section
1005, if the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and,
until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in
accordance with this Article Eleven.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section
301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the
Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such
redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, not less than
45 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the
Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be
redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of
any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or unless such
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redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be
redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously
called for redemption, pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series;
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not
previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of
the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in
the Securities selected for redemption.
SECTION 1104. 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 to be redeemed, at his address appearing in
the Security Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice
of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP
numbers, if available) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed,
the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the
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particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the
Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security
are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to
be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such
notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the
notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in
part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any
other Security.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption
given as provided in Section 1104, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or
with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which
are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to (but excluding) the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, in the event the Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date such installments of interest
will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of any Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment", and any sinking fund payment in excess of such minimum
amount which is permitted to be made by the terms of such Securities is herein
referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms
of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may
be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for
by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by
the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited
have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price,
as specified in the Securities so to
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be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount
of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof,
if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to
Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 15 nor more than 45 days prior to each such sinking
fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon
such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Repayment of securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at
the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such
Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at
the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms
of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof,
together with interest and/or premium, if any, thereon accrued to (but
excluding) the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such
Securities. The Company covenants that on or before the Repayment Date it will
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as
its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003)
an amount of money sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the
terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, the
premium, if any, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment
Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case
may be, to be repaid on such date.
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SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option.
Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the
Holders thereof will contain an "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse
of such Securities. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so
providing for such repayment, with the "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the
reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the
Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such
other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the
Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days
prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the entire principal amount of such
Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the
principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum
denomination for Securities of such series, the premium, if any, to be paid, and
the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to
the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered
that is not to be repaid, must be specified. The principal amount of any
Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be
repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such
Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of
the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise
may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the
option of the Holder thereof and as provided in Sections 307(b) and 308,
exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless
waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and
Payable.
If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of
the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article
Thirteen and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such
Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall
become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date
therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest.
Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such
provisions, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid
by the Company, together with accrued interest and/or premium, if any, to (but
excluding) the Repayment Date; provided, however, that in the event the Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date such installments of interest, if
any, shall be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall
default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall
not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the
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Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Security which is to be repaid in part only, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the
Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered
which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1402
or Section 1403 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be, (unless designated pursuant to Section 301 as not being defeasible
pursuant to such Section 1402 or 1403), in accordance with any applicable
requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article Fourteen. Any such election shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities.
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
1402 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be,
the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with
respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter called
"Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities
and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002
and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and (4) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article
Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section 1402
applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if
any) to have Section 1403 applied to such Securities.
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SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
1403 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be,
(1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Article Eight and
under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 901(2) or 901(7) for
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any
event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to Article Eight and to any
such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(20), 901(2) or 901(7)), and
501(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case
with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1403 on and after
the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter
called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means
that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of
Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such
Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section
1402 or Section 1403 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which
satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to
comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it)
as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an
amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled
payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with
their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each
case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall
be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such
Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, "U.S.
Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a direct
obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either
case (i) or (ii), is not callable or
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redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary
receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government
Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank
for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with
respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S.
Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make
any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or
interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1402
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has
been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since
the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable
federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that,
and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be
effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times
as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not
to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1403
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not
recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case
if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor
any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any
securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time
or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5)
and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
satisfied until after such 90th day).
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(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of
the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within
the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an
investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act
unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act
or exempt from registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
agreement whereby the Company irrevocably agrees to forfeit its right,
if any, (A) to reset the interest rate of such Securities pursuant to
Section 307(b) and (B) to extend the Stated Maturity of such Securities
pursuant to Section 308.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 1405. Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee.
Subject to Section 1407 below and after the Company has delivered to
the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent referred to in Section 1404 relating to the
defeasance or satisfaction and discharge, as the case may be, of this Indenture
have been complied with, the Trustee upon request of the Company shall
acknowledge in writing the defeasance or the satisfaction and discharge, as the
case may be, of this Indenture and the discharge of the Company's obligations
under this Indenture.
SECTION 1406. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this
Section 1406, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such
Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal
and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
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The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 1404 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such
Securities.
SECTION 1407. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article Fourteen with respect to any Securities by reason
of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations
under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been
discharged or released pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403 shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Fourteen
with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent
is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1405 with
respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article Fourteen; provided,
however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or
interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such
Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1501. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this
Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer,
director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company, any
Subsidiary, or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the
Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations of the Company, and that no such personal liability
whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
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stockholders, officers, directors, or employees, as such, of the Company, any
Subsidiary, or of any successor corporation, or any of them, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of
the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal
liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of,
and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator,
stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, because of the creation of
the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of
such Securities.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 1601. Agreement to Subordinate.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for any
series of Securities, the Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a
Security issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and
agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this
Article Sixteen; and each person holding any Security, whether upon original
issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof accepts and agrees to be
bound by such provisions.
The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any,
interest and other amounts due, if any, on all Securities issued hereunder
shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated
and junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt, whether outstanding at the
date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article Sixteen shall prevent the occurrence of
any default or Event of Default hereunder.
SECTION 1602. Default on Senior Debt.
In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company
in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other amounts due on any
Senior Debt, if any, beyond the applicable grace period, if any, specified in
the instrument evidencing such Senior Debt, or in the event that the maturity of
any Senior Debt has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case,
no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of,
premium, if any, interest or other amounts due, if any, on the Securities until
such default shall have been cured or waived in writing or shall have ceased to
exist or such Senior Debt shall have been discharged or paid in full.
In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of
any series, then no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the
principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amounts due, if any, on the
Securities until the Holders of all Senior
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Debt outstanding at the time of such acceleration shall receive payment in full
of such Senior Debt (including any amounts due upon acceleration, if
applicable).
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be
received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment is prohibited by the
preceding paragraphs of this Section 1602, such payment shall be held in trust
for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of
Senior Debt or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior Debt may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear.
SECTION 1603. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
Upon any payment by the Company or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshaling of assets
and liabilities or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of the
Company, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Debt shall first be
paid in full, in cash or cash equivalents, or payment thereof provided for in
accordance with its terms, before any payment is made on account of the
principal of, premium, if any, interest, or other amounts due, if any, on the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, and upon any such liquidation,
dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment, marshaling or
proceeding, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders or the
Trustee under this Indenture would be entitled, except for the provisions of
this Article Sixteen, shall be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee
in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, or by the Holders or by the Trustee under this Indenture if
received by them or it, directly to the Holders of Senior Debt (pro rata to such
Holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Debt held by such
Holders) or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such
Senior Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to
the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full (including, without
limitation, except to the extent, if any, prohibited by mandatory provisions of
law, post-petition interest, in any such proceedings), after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the Holders of Senior Debt,
before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders of the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities or to the Trustee under this Indenture.
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, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the
Trustee under this Indenture or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior
Debt is paid in full or provision is made for such payment in accordance with
its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit
of and shall be paid over or delivered to the Holders of such Senior Debt or
their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Debt
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application
to the payment of all
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Senior Debt remaining unpaid until all such Senior Debt shall have been paid in
full in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment
or distribution to or for the Holders of such Senior Debt.
For purposes of this Article Sixteen, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other Person
provided for by a plan of arrangement, reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated (at least to the extent provided in this
Article Sixteen with respect to the Securities) to the payment of all Senior
Debt which may at the time be outstanding; provided, that (i) the Senior Debt is
assumed by the new Person, if any, resulting from any such arrangement,
reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the Holders of the Senior
Debt are not, without the consent of each such Holder adversely affected
thereby, altered by such arrangement, reorganization or readjustment. The
consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another
Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance
or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to
another Person upon the terms and conditions provided in Article Eight shall not
be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the
purposes of this Section if such other Person shall, as a part of such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated
in Article Eight. Nothing in Section 1602 or this Section 1603 shall apply to
claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Article Six, except
as provided therein. This Section shall be subject to the further provisions of
Section 1606.
SECTION 1604. Subrogation of Securities.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt, the rights of the
Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities
of the Company applicable to the Senior Debt until the principal of, premium, if
any, interest and other amounts, if any, due on the Securities shall be paid in
full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to
the Holders of the Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the
Holders of the Securities or the Trustee on their behalf would be entitled
except for the provisions of this Article Sixteen and no payment over pursuant
to the provisions of this Article Sixteen to the Holders of Senior Debt by
Holders of the Securities or the Trustee on their behalf shall, as between the
Company, its creditors other than Holders of Senior Debt and the Holders of the
Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the
Senior Debt; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to
or for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this
Article Sixteen, which would otherwise have been paid to the Holders of Senior
Debt shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or for the account of the
Securities. It is understood that the provisions of this Article Sixteen are and
are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Senior Debt,
on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company, its creditors other than
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the Holders of Senior Debt, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of
the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the
Securities the principal of, premium, if any, interest and other amounts due, if
any, on the Securities 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 the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than
the Holders of the Senior Debt, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the
Holder of any Security or the Trustee on his behalf from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject
to the rights, if any, under this Article Sixteen of the Holders of Senior Debt
in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the
exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article Sixteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six,
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 liquidation,
dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment or marshaling
proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or
distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for
the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the Holders of the 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
Sixteen.
SECTION 1605. Authorization by Holders.
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article Sixteen and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 1606. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and to any
Paying Agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of
any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in respect of the
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article Sixteen. Regardless of
anything to the contrary contained in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any Senior Debt or of any default or event of default with respect to any Senior
Debt or of any other facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of
moneys to or by the Trustee, unless and until the Trustee shall have received
notice in writing at its principal Corporate Trust Office to that effect signed
by an officer of the Company, or by a Holder or agent of a Holder of Senior Debt
who shall have been certified by the Company or otherwise established to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such Holder or agent, or by the
trustee under any indenture pursuant to which Senior Debt shall be outstanding,
and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall, subject
to the provisions of Article Six, be
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entitled to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if on a
date at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms
hereof any such moneys shall become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of, or interest on any Security) the
Trustee shall not have received with respect to such moneys the notice provided
for in this Section 1606, then, regardless of anything herein to the contrary,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys and to
apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after
such prior date.
The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to
it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a Holder of Senior
Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such Holder) to establish that such notice has
been given by a Holder of Senior Debt or a trustee on behalf of any such Holder.
In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a Holder of Senior Debt to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Sixteen, the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person,
the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under
this Article Sixteen, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may
defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right
of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 1607. Trustee's Relation to Senior Debt.
The Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Sixteen with respect to any
Senior Debt which may at any time be held by it in its individual or any other
capacity to the same extent as any other Holder of Senior Debt and nothing in
this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any such agent, of any of its rights
as such Holder. Nothing in this Article Sixteen shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Article Six.
With respect to the Holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article Sixteen, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the Holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the Holders of Senior Debt and, subject to the provisions of
Article Six, the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder of Senior Debt if it
shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or any other
person moneys or assets to which any Holder of Senior Debt shall be entitled by
virtue of this Article Sixteen or otherwise.
SECTION 1608. No Impairment to Subordination.
No right of any present or future Holder of any Senior Debt to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or
impaired
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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, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless
of any knowledge thereof which any such Holder may have or otherwise be charged
with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the Holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders, without incurring
responsibility to the Holders and without impairing or releasing the
subordination provided in this Article Sixteen or the obligations hereunder of
the Holders of the Securities to the Holders of such Senior Debt, do any one or
more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or
extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, such Senior Debt, or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner such Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing
the same or any agreement under which such Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii)
sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged
or otherwise securing such Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any
manner for the collection of such Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company, as the case may be, and any other
Person.
SECTION 1609. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
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 Sixteen shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) 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 Sixteen in addition to or in place of the Trustee.
SECTION 1610. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments
from money or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under
Article Four and Article Fourteen of this Indenture by the Trustee for the
payment of principal of and interest on the Securities shall not be subordinated
to the prior payment of any Senior Debt or subject to the restrictions set forth
in this Article Sixteen, and none of the Holders shall be obligated to pay over
any such amount to the Company or any Holder of Senior Debt or any other
creditor of the Company.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
RELIANT RESOURCES, INC.
By: _______________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
___________________________
Name:
Title:
(SEAL)
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
(SEAL)
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