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CENDANT CORPORATION
TO
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as January __, 1998
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CONVERTIBLE AND NON-CONVERTIBLE
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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CENDANT CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of January , 1998
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section ---------
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ss. 310(a)(1) ....................................... 607(a)
(a)(2) ....................................... 607(a)
(b) ....................................... 608
ss. 312(c) ....................................... 701
ss. 314(a) ....................................... 703
(a)(4) ....................................... 1004
(c)(1) ....................................... 102
(c)(2) ....................................... 102
(e) ....................................... 102
ss. 315(b) ....................................... 601
ss. 316(a)(last
sentence) ....................................... 101 ("Outstanding")
(a)(1)(A) ....................................... 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) ....................................... 513
(b) ....................................... 508
(c) ....................................... 104(e)
ss. 317(a)(1) ....................................... 503
(a)(2) ....................................... 504
(b) ....................................... 1003
ss. 318(a) ....................................... 111
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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(1)
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PARTIES......................................................................1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY......................................................1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions................................................. 1
Act......................................................... 2
Additional Amounts.......................................... 2
Affiliate................................................... 2
Authenticating Agent........................................ 2
Authorized Newspaper........................................ 2
Bearer Security............................................. 2
Beneficial Owner............................................ 2
Board of Directors.......................................... 3
Board Resolution............................................ 3
Business Day................................................ 3
Capital Stock............................................... 3
CEDEL S.A................................................... 4
Commission.................................................. 4
Common Depositary........................................... 4
Company..................................................... 4
Company Request or Company Order............................ 4
Corporate Trust Office...................................... 4
corporation................................................. 4
coupon...................................................... 4
Currency.................................................... 4
Currency Conversion Date.................................... 4
Currency Conversion Event................................... 4
Debt........................................................ 4
Default..................................................... 5
Defaulted Interest.......................................... 5
Dollar or $................................................. 5
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit...................... 5
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency................... 5
ECU......................................................... 5
Election Date............................................... 5
Euroclear................................................... 5
European Communities........................................ 5
European Monetary System.................................... 5
Event of Default............................................ 5
Exchange Date............................................... 5
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(1) Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
Exchange Rate Agent......................................... 5
Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate......................... 5
Federal Bankruptcy Code..................................... 6
Foreign Currency............................................ 6
Government Obligations...................................... 6
Holder...................................................... 6
Indenture................................................... 6
Indexed Security............................................ 6
interest.................................................... 7
Interest Payment Date....................................... 7
Issue Date.................................................. 7
Lien........................................................ 7
Market Exchange Rate........................................ 7
Maturity.................................................... 7
Officers' Certificate....................................... 8
Opinion of Counsel.......................................... 8
Optional Reset Date......................................... 8
Original Issue Discount Security............................ 8
Outstanding................................................. 8
Paying Agent................................................ 9
Person...................................................... 9
Place of Payment............................................ 9
Predecessor Security........................................ 9
Principal Property.......................................... 9
Redemption Date............................................. 10
Redemption Price............................................ 10
Registered Security......................................... 10
Regular Record Date......................................... 10
Repayment Date.............................................. 10
Repayment Price..............................................10
Responsible Officer......................................... 10
Securities.................................................. 10
Security Register........................................... 11
Special Record Date......................................... 11
Stated Maturity............................................. 11
Subordinated Indenture...................................... 11
Subsidiary.................................................. 11
Total Assets................................................ 11
Trust Indenture Act......................................... 11
Trustee..................................................... 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx............................................... 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx person........................................ 11
Valuation Date.............................................. 12
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Vice President.............................................. 12
Voting Stock................................................ 12
Yield to Maturity........................................... 12
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................ 12
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...................... 13
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders............................................. 13
SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company........................ 15
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver................................... 15
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.................... 17
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns...................................... 17
SECTION 109. Separability Clause......................................... 17
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture....................................... 17
SECTION 111. Governing Law............................................... 17
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays...............................................17
SECTION 113. Trust Indenture Act......................................... 18
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally............................................. 18
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication............. 18
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form.......................... 19
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................ 20
SECTION 302. Denominations............................................... 24
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.............. 24
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities........................................ 26
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange......... 39
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 Stated Maturity....................... 35
SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners....................................... 36
SECTION 310. Cancellation................................................ 37
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest..................................... 37
SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.... 38
SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate
Agent....................................................... 41
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SECTION 314. Designation as Senior Indebtedness.......................... 42
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................... 42
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.................................. 43
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default........................................... 43
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.......... 45
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee..................................................... 46
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................ 47
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities.................................................. 48
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.............................. 48
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits......................................... 48
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest........................................ 49
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................... 50
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................. 50
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................ 50
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.......................................... 50
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults..................................... 51
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................ 51
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults.......................................... 52
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee................................... 52
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities.................................................. 53
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities......................................... 53
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust......................................... 54
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.............................. 54
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..................... 54
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........... 55
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SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...................... 56
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.................................................... 57
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent......................... 58
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders................ 59
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee.......................................... 60
SECTION 703. Reports by Company.......................................... 60
ARTICLE EIGHT
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION AND SALE OF ASSETS
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms........ 61
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted................................ 61
SECTION 803. Securities to Be Secured in Certain Events.................. 62
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.......... 62
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders............. 64
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................ 65
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................... 65
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act......................... 65
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.......... 65
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures........................... 65
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest......... 66
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................. 66
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust........... 67
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SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance.................................. 69
SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts.......................................... 69
SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims........................... 70
SECTION 1007. Corporate Existence......................................... 70
SECTION 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants................................. 70
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.................................... 71
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee....................... 71
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed........... 71
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption........................................ 72
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price................................. 73
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date....................... 73
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part................................. 74
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.................................... 74
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities....... 74
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund................... 75
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.................................... 76
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities..................................... 76
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option.......................................... 76
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and
Payable..................................................... 77
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part................................... 78
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.................................................. 78
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.................................... 79
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance......................................... 79
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance............. 80
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provision........................ 81
SECTION 1406. Reinstatement............................................... 82
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called................... 83
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.......................... 83
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings........................ 83
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action.............................................. 84
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment
of Meetings................................................. 85
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings............. 86
TESTIMONIUM
SIGNATURES AND SEALS
EXHIBIT A FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE
EXCHANGE DATE
EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CEDEL S.A. IN
CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL
SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
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PARTIES
INDENTURE, dated as of January , 1998, between CENDANT CORPORATION, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 0 Xxxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW
YORK, a New York banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of New York, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee") having its
principal office at Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), which may or may not be convertible into or exchangeable for any
securities of any Person (including the Company), to be issued in one or more
series as provided in this Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
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 have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein, and the terms "cash transaction" and
"self-liquidating paper", as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the
Trust Indenture Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and,
except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation; and
(4) 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.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Three, are defined in that
Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English language or
in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays,
and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is
used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive
publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive
publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same
city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
"Bearer Security" means any Security except a Registered Security.
"Beneficial Owner" of shares of Capital Stock means, with respect to
any Person, any such shares:
(a) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, has the sole or shared right to vote or
dispose of or has "beneficial ownership" of (as determined pursuant to Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or pursuant to any successor
provision), including, but not limited to, pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, that a
Person shall not be deemed the
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"Beneficial Owner" of, or to "Beneficially Own", any security under this
subparagraph as a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding to
vote such security that both (y) arises solely from a revocable proxy given
in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and
in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the rules and regulations
promulgated under the Exchange Act and (z) is not reportable by such person
on Schedule 13D promulgated under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or
successor report) without giving effect to any applicable waiting period,
or Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report) without giving
effect to any applicable waiting period; or
(b) which are Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by any other
person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such person (or
any of such person's Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement,
arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as
described in the proviso to subparagraph (a) above) or disposing of any
Capital Stock;
provided, that (i) no director or officer of the Corporation (nor any
Affiliate or Associate of any such director or officer) shall, solely by
reason of any or all of such directors or officers acting in their
capacities as such, be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of or to "Beneficially
Own" any shares of Capital Stock that are Beneficially Owned by any other
such director or officer, and (ii) no person shall be deemed the
"Beneficial Owner" of or to "Beneficially Own" any shares of Capital Stock
held in any voting trust, any employee stock ownership plan or any similar
plan or trust if such person does not possess the right to vote, to direct
the voting of or to be consulted with respect to the voting of such shares.
For the purposes of this definition, the terms "Affiliate" and
"Associate" shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in
Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended as in effect on June 14, 1996 (the term "registrant" in said Rule
12b-2 meaning in this case the Company).
"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
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors (or a committee of the Board of Directors empowered to
exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors) and to be in full force
and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York
or in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other
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equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
"CEDEL S.A." means Cedel, S.A., or its successor.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture 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.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, any Vice
President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall
be administered, which office on the date of execution of this Indenture is
located at One Liberty Plaza, N.Y., N.Y., except that with respect to
presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of transfer or
exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at
any particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency" means any currency or currencies, composite currency or
currency unit or currency units, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued
by the government of one or more countries or by any recognized confederation
or association of such governments.
"Currency Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section
312(d).
"Currency Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a
Foreign Currency both by the government of the country which issued such
Currency and by a central bank or other public institution of or within the
international banking community for the settlement of transactions, (ii) the
ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities or
(iii) any currency unit (or composite currency) other than the ECU for the
purposes for which it was established.
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"Debt" means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of
indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning specified in
Section 312(g).
"Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning specified
in Section 312(f).
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from
time to time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Election Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(h).
"Euroclear" means Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
Office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the
European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the
European Communities.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Exchange Rate Agent" means, with respect to Securities of or within
any series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant
to Section 301, a New York Clearing House bank, designated pursuant to Section
301 or Section 313.
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" means a tested telex or a
certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the
Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having
the
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lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 302
in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of any series on
the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, sent (in the case of a telex) or signed
(in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer, any Vice President or any
Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
"Federal Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Act of Title 11 of the
United States Code, as amended from time to time.
"Foreign Currency" means any Currency other than Currency of the
United States.
"Government Obligations" means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities which
are (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in which
the Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii) obligations of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such
government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of
such government payable in such Currency and are not callable or redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any
such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder
of a depository receipt; 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 depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest or
principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in
whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case
of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any
coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
"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,
and shall include the terms of any particular series of Securities established
as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more
than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall
mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such
Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall
include the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any
provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which
such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were
adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or
more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person
had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was
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not a party.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that
the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less
than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"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 at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue Discount
Security.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Issue Date" with respect to a Security means the date of first
issuance of such Security under this Indenture.
"Lien" means any pledge, mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance or
security interest except that a Lien shall not mean any license or right to use
intellectual property of the Company or a Subsidiary granted by the Company or
a Subsidiary.
"Market Exchange Rate" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion involving a
currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other,
the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars or such
Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 301 for
the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into
any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such
Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for
customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any
conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency,
the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance
with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which
conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from
which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York
City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased
Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, in
the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use,
in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or
quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or another
principal market for the Currency in question, or such other quotations as the
Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the
Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any
Currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to
be used in respect of such Currency shall be that upon which a non-resident
issuer of securities designated in such Currency would purchase such Currency
in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
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"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect
repayment or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman,
the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company, and who shall be
acceptable to the Trustee.
"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.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption
or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than
the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company
(if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and
1403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or
covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) 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;
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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for
such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be
(or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated
in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is
originally issued by the Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officer's
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount (or, in the case
of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date
of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above),
of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may
be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of
such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with
respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) 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 making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, 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 such other
obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person (including the Company acting as
Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, when used with respect to the Securities of
or within any series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
"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
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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 or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen coupons appertains, as the case may be.
"Principal Property" means any reservation centers, leaseholds,
telecommunications contracts, computerized systems contracts, intellectual
property rights, or Franchise Contracts, owned by the Company or any Subsidiary
and located in the United States, the gross book value (without deduction of
any reserve for depreciation) of which on the date as of which the
determination is being made is an amount which exceeds 5% of Total Assets,
other than any such property which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors,
is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, 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.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered in the Security
Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Registered Securities of or within 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 pursuant
to this Indenture.
"Repayment Price" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or
any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer,
the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
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"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that if at any time there is
more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities" with
respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more
particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not
Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable, as such date may be extended pursuant
to the provisions of Section 308.
"Subordinated Indenture" means the indenture to be entered into
between the Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York in
connection with the January 1998 shelf registration of the Company.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at the time of
determination the Company, directly and/or indirectly through one or more
Subsidiaries, owns more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock.
"Total Assets" means the total amount of assets (less applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items), as set forth on the most recent
balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as
provided in Section 905.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture 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;
provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only
the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
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"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Xxxxxxx 000, xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxx (including the
states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and
other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity
created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or an estate or
trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation
regardless of its source.
"Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(c).
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" means stock of the class or classes having general
voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the
board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of
whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or
might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
"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 an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with
which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have
been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of
such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or request, including,
without limitation, the certificate of authentication provided pursuant to
Section 303, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to
Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
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(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, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company 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.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as
the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly
appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given
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or taken by Holders of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor
thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such
instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or
record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a
Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive
in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in
the manner provided in Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities
held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held
by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the
production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as
depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on
deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may
assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the
Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held
by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
Securities any
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request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to Board Resolution, fix in
advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA
Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or
pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the
date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection
therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but
only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall
be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not
later than eleven months after the record date.
(f) 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.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other documents 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, 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 it at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this Indenture 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 of any event to Holders of
Registered Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
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expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Security Register within the time prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities 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 of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided. Any notice mailed
to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to
have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives
such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when such notice is
required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be
deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified
with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an
Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities
as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, the
first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date, and not later
than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such notice
shall be deemed to have been given on the date of the first such publication.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect
in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any notice
to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
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.
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.
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SECTION 107. 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 108. 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 109. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon
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 110. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any
Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar and their
successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or coupons, any benefit or
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES AND COUPONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS INDENTURE
IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED,
THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO THE EXTENT
APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking
fund payment date or Stated Maturity or 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 any Security or coupon other than a provision in the
Securities of any series 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
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sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that
no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity,
as the case may be.
SECTION 113. Trust Indenture Act.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer
Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be in
substantially the forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange
or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or
coupons. If the forms of Securities or coupons 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 Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery
of such Securities or coupons. Any portion of the text of any Security may be
set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the
face of the Security.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Securities
in bearer form shall have interest coupons attached.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be
in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner,
all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
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SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form.
If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as
specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of
Section 301, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding
Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it
shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series
from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be
increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in
global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount,
of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in
such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section
303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver
any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given
by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order.
If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in
writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel.
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The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never
issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the
Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not
comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence
of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any
premium and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to
the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as provided
in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the
case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such
permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a
permanent global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL as specified by
the common depositary for such global securities.
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 and the Subordinated
Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted
by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth in, or
determined in the manner provided in, an Officers' Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of
which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (17) below), if
so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Company with respect to
unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such Securities of the
series when issued from time to time):
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(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other series of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will
be determined or extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
(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 Registered Security 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 on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and any interest on Securities of the series shall be
payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for
exchange and, if different than the location specified in Section 106, the
place or places where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which,
the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities
of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company, if the Company is to have that option;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in which, and
other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series
shall be issuable and, if other than the denomination of $5,000, the
denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
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(9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar
and/or Paying Agent;
(10) 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;
(11) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities of the
series shall be denominated and the particular provisions applicable
thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the
provisions of Section 312;
(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if
any, on) or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or
method may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies,
commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest,
if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election
of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which
such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or
periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner
of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the Currency in
which such Securities are to be so payable, in each case in accordance
with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 312;
(14) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(15) any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of
the provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable to the
Securities of the series;
(16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events
of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of the
series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent
with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(18) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer
Securities, whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable
initially in
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temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so,
whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global
Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of
like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances
under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner
provided in Section 305, whether Registered Securities of the series may be
exchanged for Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable
laws and regulations), whether Bearer Securities of the series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, and the circumstances
under which and the place or places where such exchanges may be made and if
Securities of the series are to be issuable in global form, the identity of
any initial depository therefor;
(19) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any
temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series
shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first
Security of the series to be issued;
(20) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in
which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the
series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender
of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the
extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a
temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other
than in the manner provided in Section 304;
(21) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of
such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents
or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and/or terms of such
certificates, documents or conditions;
(22) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the
exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of other
securities, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be
authenticated and delivered;
(23) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005 on the Securities of the
series to any Holder who is not a United States person (including any
modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax,
assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have
the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional
Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(24) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or
exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the
terms and conditions upon which such
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Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable;
(25) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or
limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act or the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in
the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to
Section 303) and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be
issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
All Securities shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities of any
series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions, the
Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued
in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer
Securities of such Series, other than the Bearer Securities issued in global
form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in a denomination of
$5,000.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed
on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its President or a Vice President,
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
or coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any
future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on
the Securities.
Securities or coupons 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 or
coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series together with
any coupon appertaining thereto, executed
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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 such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities; provided, however, that, in connection with its original issuance,
no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in
the United States; and provided further that, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security
may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person
entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate in
the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15
days prior to the earlier of the date on which such Bearer Security is
delivered and the date on which any temporary Security first becomes
exchangeable for such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such
temporary Security and this Indenture. If any Security shall be represented by
a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for purposes of this Section and
Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner's interest therein upon
original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary
global Security shall be deemed to be delivered in connection with its original
issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in such permanent global Security.
Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and
deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then
matured have been detached and cancelled. If not all the Securities of any
series are to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set
forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities
and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest
rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall
accrue.
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 TIA Sections 315(a)
through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating:
(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance
with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as
such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders
of such Securities and any coupons;
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(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons and of the
supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with (except for the
federal securities laws, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and
the securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which no
opinion need be expressed) and that authentication and delivery of such
Securities and any coupons and the execution and delivery of the
supplemental indenture, if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms
of the Indenture;
(e) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities
and any coupons, and has duly taken all necessary corporate action with
respect to such issuance; and
(f) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will not
contravene the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or
result in any violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or
regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such
Counsel by which the Company is bound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two
paragraphs, if less than all the Securities of any series are to be issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate
otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of
Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or
at the time of issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered
prior to or at the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any 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.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication; and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date
specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon 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 duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an
authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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 together with a written statement (which need not comply with
Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that
such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes
of this
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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 in lieu of which they
are issued, in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or
more coupon or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities
may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall
be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), 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 (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations; provided,
however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for
a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that a definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303. 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.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any
such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be
delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the
"Common Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., for credit
to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to
such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay, but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global
Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after
the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to
be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in
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part, for definitive Securities without charge and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global
Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of
such temporary global Security to be exchanged. The definitive Securities to be
delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer
form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global
registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by
the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the
Common Depositary, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a
certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by
Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its
account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by CEDEL S.A. as to the portion of such temporary
global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301); and provided further that definitive
Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary
global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the
interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global
Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of
like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange on his
behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a
certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier
than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be
available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., the Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying
Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such
exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities
must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the
event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in
person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL S.A. Definitive Securities in
bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global
Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary
global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series
occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and
CEDEL S.A. to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest on or
after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who
are
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the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such Interest
Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the
case may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest
Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth in
Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established
pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein
contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the
certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section and
of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the interests of
the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global Security with
respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged for definitive
Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date or the
date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without
further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise provided in
this paragraph, no payments of principal or interest owing with respect to a
beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will be made unless and
until such interest in such temporary global Security shall have been exchanged
for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so received by Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee
immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment
Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 1003.
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 for each series of Securities (the registers maintained
in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee 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 Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The
Security Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being
converted into written form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times,
the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee
is hereby initially appointed as security registrar (the "Security Registrar")
for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of
Registered Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at the office or agency 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, one or more new Registered Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may
be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as
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contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange
for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable
Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable
Officers' Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as
contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of
any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any
authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor,
upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or
agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto
appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such
unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such
permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by
payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face
amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect
of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or
agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or
agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and
like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any
Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed
date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only
to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be
exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an
interest in a permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest
for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another
authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301
and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global
Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in
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any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so
exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial
owner's interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On
or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such
permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary or such
other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global Security to be
exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are not issuable both as
Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered
Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial
owner thereof; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of
Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the
Security for which exchange is requested may be among those selected for
redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange
for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered Security is
issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after the
close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any
Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and the
opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case
may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to
the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global
Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
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 Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 not involving any
transfer.
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The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for
redemption of Securities of that series under Section 1103 or 1203 and ending
at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only
as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of
redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered
Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer
Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be
exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor; provided
that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for
redemption, or (iv) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any
Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder,
except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons,
if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, or, in case any such
mutilated Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable,
the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with
coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered
Security, pay such Security or coupon.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security or coupon 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 or
coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of
any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security for
which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, or, in case any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security,
with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed,
lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or coupon.
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Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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 and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional
Interest Reset.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Registered Security which
is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that
each installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the Company's
option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the
written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to the
address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) transfer
to an account maintained by the payee located in the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case
of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a
bank located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every
permanent global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any
Interest Payment Date will be paid to each of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. with
respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its account
by the Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting each of Euroclear and
CEDEL S.A. to credit the interest received by it in respect of such permanent
global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is
payable, but is not
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punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date
by virtue of having been such Holder, and such defaulted interest and, if
applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the
rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and,
if applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called "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 Registered Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each Registered 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 in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in
Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) 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 on or prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days
and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner provided 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 given, such Defaulted Interest shall be
paid to the Persons in whose name the Registered 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
Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(b) 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
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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
Note. 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 Date 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.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 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.
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SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Stated 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 Stated 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.
SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered 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 Registered Security is registered as
the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
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interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of
the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto
shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of
any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and none of the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect
to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of
beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its
nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 310. Cancellation.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee.
All Securities and coupons so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly
cancelled 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 cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the
Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and
until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled
as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.
All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the
Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and certification of their
disposal delivered to the Company unless by Company Order the Company shall
direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.
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SECTION 311. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any Securities, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.
(a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant
to Section 301, with respect to Registered Securities of any series not
permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of
which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, and with
respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as provided in paragraph (d)
below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest, if
any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be made in the
Currency in which such Registered Security or Bearer Security, as the case may
be, is payable. The provisions of this Section 312 may be modified or
superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to
Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject
to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of (and
premium, if any, on) or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any
of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to
the Trustee a written election with signature guarantees and in the applicable
form established pursuant to Section 301, not later than the close of business
on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a
Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election
will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until
changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but
any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the
Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for
the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change of election may
be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such
series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect
to which the Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article Four or with
respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a
notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such
transferee). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have
delivered any such election to the Trustee not later than the close of business
on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable
payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 312(a). The
Trustee shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the
Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for
which Holders have made such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the
election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to
Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not
later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment
date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will
deliver to the Company a
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written notice specifying, in the Currency in which Registered Securities of
such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be
paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable
in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered
Securities of such series shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as
provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (b)
above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at least one Holder
has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date the Company will
deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities an Exchange
Rate Officer's Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency
payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of
Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in
paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the
applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the
"Valuation Date") immediately preceding each payment date, and such
determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(d) If a Currency Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign
Currency in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than
pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then with
respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on)
and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in
such Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign
Currency was used (the "Currency Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall be the
Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company
to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such
Securities with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign
Currency other than a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign
Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the
Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the
manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder
of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be
paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above, and a Currency
Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder
shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in
the absence of such election; and if a Currency Conversion Event occurs with
respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of
such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in
paragraph (d) above.
(f) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent
payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the
Market Exchange Rate on the Currency Conversion Date.
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(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined
by the Exchange Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph (h) below
shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of
each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such
Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 312 the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
A "Component Currency" shall mean any Currency which, on the Currency
Conversion Date, was a component currency of the relevant currency unit,
including, but not limited to, the ECU.
A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the number of
units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were
represented in the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to,
the ECU, on the Currency Conversion Date. If after the Currency Conversion
Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency
shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the
Currency Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated
into a single currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component
Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to
the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall
thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter
be a Component Currency. If after the Currency Conversion Date any
Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of
such two or more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at
the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the
Dollar Equivalent value of the Specified Amount of such former Component
Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division and
such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies
shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the Currency Conversion
Date of the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU,
a Currency Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this
definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect to any Component
Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable
Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for
purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be
converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the
Currency Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
"Election Date" shall mean the date for any series of Registered
Securities as specified pursuant to clause (13) of Section 301 by which the
written election referred to in paragraph (b) above may be made.
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All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding
the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the
Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as
specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the
Company, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable
in the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written
notice to the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a Currency
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company
will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange
Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner
provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Currency
Conversion Date. In the event the Company so determines that a Currency
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the ECU or any other currency
unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company will
immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate
Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner
provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Currency
Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the
Currency Conversion Date. In the event the Company determines in good faith
that any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the
definition of Specified Amount above has occurred, the Company will similarly
give written notice to the Trustee and the Exchange Rate Agent.
The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and
acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate
Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine the
accuracy or validity of such information independent of the Company or the
Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate
Agent.
(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so long
as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency other than
Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as
it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company
will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so
required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company will cause the Exchange
Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time
and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of
determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose
of converting the issued Currency into the applicable payment Currency for the
payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, pursuant to
Section 312.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a
successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective
until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as
evidenced by a written instrument delivered to
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the Company and the Trustee.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange
Rate Agent for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a
successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301, at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with
respect to the Securities of any particular series that are originally issued
by the Company on the same date and that are initially denominated and/or
payable in the same Currency).
SECTION 314. Designation as Senior Indebtedness.
The Company hereby confirms the designation of the Securities as
"Senior Indebtedness" for the purposes of any securities of the Company that
may be issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any surviving
rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series
herein expressly provided for and the obligation of the Company to pay any
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005) and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than
(i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange
for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose
surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Xxxxxxx
000, (xx) Securities and coupons of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Xxxxxxx 000, (xxx) coupons appertaining to Securities
called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date,
whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv)
Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment money has
theretofore been
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deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company,
as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii)
below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, 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 irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount, in
the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable,
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) 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
(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 as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 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.
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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, the
coupons 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
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited
with the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to 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 on any Security of that
series, or any related coupon, when such interest or coupon 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 premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of the Securities of that series and Article Twelve; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a default in the performance,
or breach of a covenant or warranty which is specifically dealt with
elsewhere in this Section), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring
it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises
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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 the Federal Bankruptcy
Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a
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 unstayed and in effect for a period of 90
consecutive days; or
(6) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or
the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment
of a 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 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
(7) (A) there shall have occurred one or more defaults by the Company
or any Subsidiary in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on
Debt aggregating $50 million or more, when the same becomes due and payable
at the stated maturity thereof, and such default or defaults shall have
continued after any applicable grace period and shall not have been cured
or waived or (B) Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary aggregating $50
million or more shall have been accelerated or otherwise declared due and
payable, or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by regularly
scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or
(8) of Section 501 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 (or, if the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series 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 portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 occurs and is
continuing, then the principal amount of all the Debt Securities shall ipso
facto become and be immediately due and payable without declaration or other
act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
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At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case may be) has been made
and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series (or
of all series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in
Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)),
(A) all overdue interest on all Outstanding Securities of that
series (or of all series, as the case may be) and any related coupons,
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case
may be) which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on 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
(or of all series, as the case may be), other than the non-payment of
amounts of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on Securities
of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) 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.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration
of acceleration in respect of the Securities because of an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(7) shall have occurred and be continuing, such
declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the Debt that is
the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or the holders thereof
have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Debt, and
written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have
been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of
such Debt or a trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days
after such
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declaration of acceleration in respect of the Securities, and no other Event of
Default has occurred during such 30-day period which has not been cured or
waived during such period.
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 installment of interest on
any Security and any related coupon when such interest becomes due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and coupons, the whole amount then
due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any)
and to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful on any overdue
interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (or of
all series, as the case may be) 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 (or of all series, as the case may be) 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.
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SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest)
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any), or such portion of the principal amount of any series of
Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities as may be
specified in the terms of such series, and interest owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may
be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of
the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding
relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect
of which such judgment has been recovered.
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SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both,
as the case may be, 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
606;
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities and
coupons in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
Third: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto
including, without limitation, the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall
have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect
to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series in the case of any Event of Default
described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in
the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section
501, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities, shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name
as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of at least a
majority or more in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2),
(3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in the case of any Event of
Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, by the Holders of a
majority or more in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any Event of Default
described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or of
Holders of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in
clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, 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 Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any
Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section
501, or of Holders of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default
described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501.
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, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article
Fourteen) and in such Security, of the principal of (and premium, if any, on)
and (subject to Section 307) interest on, such Security or payment of such
coupon on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon
(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 of
Securities and coupons 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,
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destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive
of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security
or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time
to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
With respect to the Securities of any series, the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
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, relating to or arising under clause (1),
(2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, and, with respect to all Securities,
the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities 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, not relating to or
arising under clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, provided
that in each case
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in
personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities
of such series not consenting.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, 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
described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501 (or, in the
case of a default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, the Holders of
not less than a majority in
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principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may waive any such past
default), and its consequences, except a default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) or interest on any Security or any related coupon, 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, any 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of 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 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.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the
manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default
hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of
such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons; and provided
further 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.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d):
(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 reasonably 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 may 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;
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(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 of Securities of any series or any coupons
appertaining thereto 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 not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder; and
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within
the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, and in any coupons 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 or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company
are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. 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 604. May Hold Securities.
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The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, 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 605. 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 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of 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.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the
Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and
advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such
obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as
such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium,
if any, on) or interest on particular Securities or any coupons.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility;
Conflicting Interest.
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(a) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1). Each successor trustee
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
or to the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) The Indenture dated as of ___________, 1998 between the Company
and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York providing for the
issuance of convertible and non-convertible subordinated debt securities shall
be deemed to be specifically described herein for purposes of clause (i) of
the first proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b).
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 609.
(b) 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 609 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.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA
Section 310(b) 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 607(a) and
shall fail to resign 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
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee with respect
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to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), 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.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause,
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). If, within one year
after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment, 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 hereinafter provided, 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.
(f) 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 the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for 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 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) 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.
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(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer
and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of
such supplemental indenture to 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. Whenever there is a successor
Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all) series of securities
issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms "Indenture" and "Securities" shall
have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of
those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(c) 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 rights, powers and trusts referred to
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper
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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 with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities; and in case at that time any of the Securities
shall not have been authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such
Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of
the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the
full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided
that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the
right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or
to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply
only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, 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 and the Trustee shall give written
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided
for in Section 106. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes
as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Company. 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.
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 $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority. If such corporation 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, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent 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, it shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
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 the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without
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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, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in
Section 106. 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.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 606.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
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.
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By
----------------------------
as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.
Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company or the
Trustee or any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May
15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the
Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the
extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15
if required by TIA Section 313(a).
SECTION 703. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then
it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and
regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided
in TIA Section
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313(c), within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by
the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be
required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION AND SALE OF ASSETS
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation 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 (A) shall be a corporation, partnership or trust organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and (B) shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company's obligation for the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest
on all the Securities and the performance and observance of every covenant
of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company or such Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
This Section shall only apply to a merger or consolidation in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation and to conveyances, leases and
transfers by the Company as transferor or lessor.
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company
into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person
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 or transfer, the Company (which term
shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore
become such in the manner described in Section 801), except in the case of a
lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture
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and the Securities and the coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated.
SECTION 803. Securities to Be Secured in Certain Events.
If, upon any such consolidation of the Company with or merger of the
Company into any other corporation, or upon any conveyance, lease or transfer
of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety
to any other Person, any Principal Property of the Company or of any
Subsidiary, would thereupon become subject to any Lien, then unless such Lien
could be created under the Indenture without equally and ratably securing the
Securities, the Company, prior to or simultaneously with such consolidation,
merger, conveyance, lease or transfer, will, as to such Principal Property,
secure the Securities Outstanding hereunder (together with, if the Company
shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company now existing or hereafter
created which is not subordinate to the Securities) equally and ratably with
(or prior to) the Debt which upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease
or transfer is to become secured as to such Principal Property by such Lien, or
will cause such Securities to be so secured; provided that, for the purpose of
providing such equal and ratable security, the principal amount of Original
Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities shall mean that amount which
would at the time of making such effective provision be due and payable
pursuant to Section 502 and the terms of such Original Issue Discount
Securities and Indexed Securities upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof, and the extent of such equal and ratable security shall be
adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, as and when said amount changes over
time pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Securities and
Indexed Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or
pursuant to 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 and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
contained herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities and any related coupons (and if
such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such covenants are 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 (and if such Events of
Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such Events of Default are being
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included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to
change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any
premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be
issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities
to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized
denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in
uncertificated form; provided that any such action shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any
related coupons in any material respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture;
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit
of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section
803 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 609(b); or
(9) to close this Indenture with respect to the authentication and
delivery of additional series of Securities, to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with
any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series and any related coupons in any material respect;
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and
1403; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related
coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(11) to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized
by or pursuant to 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 which affect such series of Securities or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment
of 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
change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by
Section 1005 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section
901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in
bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment
at the option of any Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment
where, or the Currency in which, any Security or any premium or the 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 or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption
Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or adversely affect any right to
convert or manage any Security as may be provided pursuant to Section 301
herein, or
(2) reduce the percent in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of
Section 1504 for quorum or voting.
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. Any such
supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in any manner
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, shall not 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 to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall
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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 or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company 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.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company
shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected,
in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of
each series of Securities and any related coupons that it will duly and
punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the
Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any
coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any
interest installments due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such
interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If the Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, 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, where Securities of that
series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, if applicable,
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the
Company will maintain (A) in The City of New York, an office or agency where
any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer
Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered
for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not
otherwise); (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a
Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an
office or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that, if the
Securities of that series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the
United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will
maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in any required city
located outside the United States so long as the Securities of that series are
listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable
thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United
States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may
be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series
may be surrendered for 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.
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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, except that Bearer Securities of any series and the
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at the offices
specified in the Security, in London, and the Company hereby appoints the same
as its agents to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities
shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that,
if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and interest on any Bearer Security shall be made at
the office of the Company's Paying Agent in The City of New York, if (but only
if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or
interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United
States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
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
any such designation; 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 accordance with the requirements set forth above 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. Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for
each series of Securities the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee, as Paying
Agent in such city as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated
in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other
than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the
Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of
Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
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 and any related coupons, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of (and premium,
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if any, on) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and
hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series
and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e))
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or 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 and any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each due
date of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency
described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, 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 (other than the Trustee) for
any series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and interest on Securities of such series in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any
payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on the
Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The 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 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 sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, 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 (and premium, if any, on) or interest
on any Security of any series, or any coupon appertaining thereto, and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company
Request, or (if then held by the Company)
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shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or coupon
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 an Authorized Newspaper,
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 as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her
knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under
this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 1004, such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under
this Indenture.
SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional
amounts to any Holder who is not a United States person in respect of any tax,
assessment or governmental charge ("Additional Amounts"), the Company will pay
to the Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto
such Additional Amounts as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of
the principal (or premium, if any, on) or interest on, or in respect of, any
Security of a series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds
received on the sale or exchange of any Security of a series, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts
provided for by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301 to
the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be
payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the
payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall
not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof
where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of
Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to
Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal (and premium, if any)
is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal (and
premium, if any) or interest if there has been any change with respect to the
matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company
will furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent or Paying
Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing
the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of
principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on the Securities of that
series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related
coupons who are not United
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States persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or
other governmental charge described in the Securities of the series. If any
such withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall
specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments
to such Holders of Securities of that series or related coupons and the Company
will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by
the terms of such Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying
Agent, as the case may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned
certificate, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be entitled to (i)
assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with respect to any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest with respect to any
Securities of a series or related coupons until it shall have received a
certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to make all payments of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest with respect to the Securities of a series or
related coupons without withholding or deductions until otherwise advised. The
Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to
hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred
without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection
with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all material taxes, assessments
and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary
or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and
(2) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if
unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon any Principal Property of the Company
or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment,
charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1007. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and the rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company
and any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole and provided further that the
foregoing does not prohibit any mergers or consolidations between Subsidiaries
or between the Company and one or more Subsidiaries so long as any such merger
or consolidation complies with Article Eight.
SECTION 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may, with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition which
affects such series set forth in Section 803 or
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Sections 1006 to 1007, inclusive, if before the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities of any series, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such
instance 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 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.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at
the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall
deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the
Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. 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, the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of such series; provided,
however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the
principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 301.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice
of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 106 not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are
to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price (together
with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as
provided in Section 1106) will become due and payable upon each such
Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities, together in the
case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if
any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case,
(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date
or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted
from the Redemption Price unless security or indemnity satisfactory to
the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished, and
(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if
such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not
subject to redemption on such Redemption Date
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pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by
the Company, on which such exchanges may be made.
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.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d)
and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and 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 in the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in
Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and
the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with
all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date,
such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together
with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section
1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon
presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest, and provided further
that installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
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be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save
each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth
in the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the
provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve) 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 such Holder's
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, 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.
Retirements of Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund
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.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory 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 Securities of such series.
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SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in
cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding
Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption)
theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company together in the case
of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining
thereto, and/or (2) receive credit for the principal amount of Securities of
such series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company
or for Securities of such 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
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same
series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided
for by the terms of such series; provided, however, that such Securities have
not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited
for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such
Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount
of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any,
which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 1202 (which Securities will, if not previously
delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to
exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with
respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its
delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments
therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such
certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be
sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to a
mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit
Securities as provided in Section 1202 and without the right to make any
optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.
Not more than 60 days before 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
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of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in
Sections 1106 and 1107.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the
Trustee or a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) in cash a sum
equal to any interest that will accrue to the date fixed for redemption of
Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date
pursuant to this Section 1203.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for any
series of Securities, if at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such
sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date, together with
any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or payments for such
series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless
requested by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the
redemption of Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking
fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking fund shall be
added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company,
shall be applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities
of such series, by public or private purchase, in the open market or otherwise,
at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding accrued interest and
brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent will be
reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF 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.
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, if any, thereon accrued to 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 in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to
pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the
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Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, 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.
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, 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, 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 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 and
the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together
with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment
Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by
the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date;
provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or
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prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section
1002) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon
presentation and surrender of such coupons, and provided further that, in the
case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms
and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as
provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing
coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by
the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however,
that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or
agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
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 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 Registered 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 Registered 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.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply
to each series of Securities, and the Company may, at its option, effect
defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402, or
covenant defeasance of or within a series under Section 1403 in accordance with
the terms of such Securities and in accordance with this Article.
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SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall
be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this
purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid
and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons, which shall thereafter be deemed to be
"Outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of
this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its
other obligations under such Securities and any related coupons and this
Indenture insofar as such Securities and any related coupons are concerned (and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons (i) 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 premium, if any, on) and
interest on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments are due,
and (ii) to receive shares of common stock or other Securities from the Company
upon the conversion of any convertible securities issued hereunder, (B) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305,
306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if
any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1005, (C) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this
Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company
may exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such Securities and
any related coupons.
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall
be released from its obligations under Section 803 and Sections 1006 through
1008, and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under any
other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any
related coupons shall thereafter be deemed not to be "Outstanding" for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders
(and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but
shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For
this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, 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 covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of
reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event
of Default under Section 501(4) or Section
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501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any related coupons shall
be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section
1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and
any related coupons:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements
of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this
Article Fourteen applicable to it) in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated
solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any related
coupons, (A) money in an amount (in such Currency in which such Securities
and any related coupons are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity),
or (B) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on
the basis of the Currency in which such Securities are then specified as
payable at Stated Maturity) 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 of
principal (including any premium) and interest, if any, under such
Securities and any related coupons, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be
applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge,
(i) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the Stated Maturity (or
Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or
installment or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons on the day on which such payments are due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any
related coupons; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably
instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government
Obligations to said payments with respect to such Securities and any
related coupons. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the
Trustee, in accordance with Section 1102 hereof, a notice of its election
to redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future
date in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and
Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable. Such irrevocable
redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the
foregoing.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities or
any related coupons shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit or, insofar as paragraphs (5) and (6) of Section 501 are
concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be
deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
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(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it is bound.
(4) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of execution of this
Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax
law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion
shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(5) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result
of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations in connection
therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 1402
or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as the case may be) have
been complied with.
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SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant
to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee--collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of such Outstanding Securities
and any related coupons shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any related coupons 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 Holders of such Securities and any related coupons of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to
Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has been made,
(a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a
Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 312(d) or 312(e) or by the
terms of any Security in respect of which the deposit pursuant to Section
1404(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any
related coupons shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and
satisfied through the payment of the principal of (premium, if any, on), and
interest, if any, on such Security as they become due out of the proceeds
yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any
such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such
Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result
of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange
Rate for such Currency in effect on the third Business Day prior to each
payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such Currency in
effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the 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 such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons.
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 Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds
therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an
equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as
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applicable, in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1406. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 1405 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Company's obligations under this Indenture and such
Securities and any related coupons shall be revived and reinstated as though no
deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403, as the case may be,
until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money in accordance with Section 1405; provided, however, that if the Company
makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any
such Security or any related coupon following the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Securities and any related coupons to receive such payment from the money
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting
of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time
to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series.
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held
at such time and at such place in The City of New York or in London as the
Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the
manner provided for in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days
prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution,
or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of
the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section
1501, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed
to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first
publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such
request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series
in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and
the place in The City of New York or in London for such meeting and may call
such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in
paragraph (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by
such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or
to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the
Person entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives
of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its
counsel.
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SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that, if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a
series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum.
In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities
of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned
for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the
meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at
any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for
a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening
of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(a), except
that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the
date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the
reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as
provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series which shall constitute a quorum.
Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned
for lack of a quorum the Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities at the time shall constitute a quorum for the taking
of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum
is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to
Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture
expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified
percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned
meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related
coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any
action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made,
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given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of
all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series
and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in
determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this
Indenture.
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment
of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may
make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to
the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote,
and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as its shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations,
the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section
104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in
Section 104 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy
witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by
Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations
may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face,
may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or
other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the
meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.
A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected
by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series held or represented by him (determined as specified
in the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101); provided, however, that no
vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security
challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be
not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote,
except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
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(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from
time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the Secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if
applicable, Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
This Indenture 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 Indenture.
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.
CENDANT CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
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XXX XXXX XX XXXX XXXXXX TRUST
COMPANY OF NEW YORK
Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set forth
below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned
by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic
partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source
("United States persons(s)"), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that
are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial
institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
2.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions")
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s)
who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial
institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such
United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through
its agent, that you may advise [Name of Issuer] or its agent that such
financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States
or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or
foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not
also described in clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further certify that such
financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale
directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the
United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the states and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the
date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your
Operating Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such
date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this
certification applies as of such date.
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This certificate excepts and does not relate to [U.S.$] of such
interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able
to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a
Permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive
Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until
we do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior to (i) the Exchange Date or
(ii) the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date,
as applicable]
[Name of Person Making
Certification]
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(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A. IN
CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description
of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that based solely on written certifications that we
have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from
each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion
of the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations")
substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S.$]
principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by person(s)
that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships,
domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source ("United States
person(s)"), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as
defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein
referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or
for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through
foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the
Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof
(and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on
its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise [Name of Issuer] or its
agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements of
Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or
foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted
period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further effect, that financial institutions
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of
resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within
the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the states and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the
temporary global Security representing the above-
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captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member
Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the
statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the
part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any
interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date or the relevant Interest Payment
Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[XXXXXX GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
BRUSSELS OFFICE, as Operator of the Euroclear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By
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