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EXHIBIT 4.2
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THE AES CORPORATION
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
AS TRUSTEE
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
Dated as of March __, 1997
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions............................................. 2
ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.01. Designation, Terms, Amount, Authentication
and Delivery of Debentures.............................. 8
SECTION 2.02. Form of Debenture and Trustee's Certificate............. 10
SECTION 2.03. Date and Denominations of Debentures and
Provisions for Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest............................................ 10
SECTION 2.04. Execution of Debentures................................. 12
SECTION 2.05. Exchange of Debentures.................................. 14
SECTION 2.06. Temporary Debentures.................................... 15
SECTION 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures......... 15
SECTION 2.08. Cancellation of Surrendered Debentures.................. 16
SECTION 2.09. Provisions of Indenture and Debentures for
Sole Benefit of Parties and Debentureholders............ 16
SECTION 2.10. Appointment of Authenticating Agent..................... 16
SECTION 2.11. Global Debenture........................................ 17
SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers........................................... 18
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF DEBENTURES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal of (And Premium, if any)
and Interest on Debentures.............................. 19
SECTION 3.02. Notice of Redemption.................................... 19
SECTION 3.03. Debentures Due and Payable.............................. 20
SECTION 3.04. Sinking Funds for Debentures............................ 20
SECTION 3.05. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Debentures... 21
SECTION 3.06. Redemption of Debentures for Sinking Fund............... 21
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ARTICLE 4
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Principal of (And Premium, if any)
and Interest on Debentures.............................. 22
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agent for Payment of
Debentures, Designation of Office or Agency for
Payment, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of
Debentures.............................................. 22
SECTION 4.03. Duties of Paying Agent; Company as Payment Agent;
and Holding Sums of Trust............................... 22
SECTION 4.04. Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee........ 23
ARTICLE 5
DEBENTUREHOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to
Names and Addresses of Debentures....................... 24
SECTION 5.02. Trustee to Preserve Information as to Names and
Addresses of Debentureholders .......................... 24
SECTION 5.03. Annual and Other Reports to Be Filed by Company
With Trustee ........................................... 25
SECTION 5.04. Trustee to Transmit Annual Report to
Debentureholders ....................................... 26
ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND DEBENTUREHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default Defined .............................. 28
SECTION 6.02. Covenant of Company to Pay to Trustee Whole
Amount Due on Debentures on Default in Payment of
Interest or Principal (and Premiums, if any) ........... 31
SECTION 6.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee.............. 32
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Suits by Holders of Debentures ........... 33
SECTION 6.05. Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in
Exercise of Rights Not Waiver of Default................ 33
SECTION 6.06. Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount
of Debentures to Direct Trustee and to Waive
Defaults................................................ 34
SECTION 6.07. Trustee to Give Notice of Defaults Known To It,
But May Withhold in Certain Circumstances .............. 35
SECTION 6.08. Requirements of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in
Certain Suits Under Indenture or Against
Trustee ................................................ 35
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ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Upon Event of Default Occurring and Continuing,
Trustee Shall Exercise Powers Vested In It, and
Use Same Degree of Care and Skill In Their
Exercise, as Prudent Individual Would Use............... 36
SECTION 7.02. Subject to Provisions of Section 7.01 .................. 38
SECTION 7.03. Trustee Not Liable for Recitals In Indenture Or
In Debentures .......................................... 39
SECTION 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agent or Debenture Registrar May
Own Debentures.......................................... 39
SECTION 7.05. Moneys Received by Trustee to Be Held In Trust
Without Interest ....................................... 39
SECTION 7.06. Trustee Entitled to Compensation, Reimbursement
and Indemnity .......................................... 40
SECTION 7.07. Right of Trustee to Rely on Certificate of
Officers of Company Where No Other Evidence
Specifically Prescribed................................. 40
SECTION 7.08. Trustee Acquiring Conflicting Interest to
Eliminate Conflict or Resign............................ 40
SECTION 7.09. Requirements for Eligibility of Trustee ................ 47
SECTION 7.10. Resignation of Trustee and Appointment of Successor .... 47
SECTION 7.11. Acceptance by Successor to Trustee...................... 49
SECTION 7.12. Successor to Trustee by Merger, Consolidation or
Succession to Business ................................. 50
SECTION 7.13. Limitations on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor to
Obtain Payment of Certain Claims Within Four
Months Prior to Default or During Default, or to
Realize on Property as such Creditor Thereafter ........ 51
ARTICLE 8
CONCERNING THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 8.01. Evidence of Action by Debentureholders.................. 55
SECTION 8.02. Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding
of Debentures .......................................... 55
SECTION 8.03. Who May Be Deemed Owners of Debentures.................. 56
SECTION 8.04. Debentures Owned by a Company or Controlled or
Controlling Companies Disregarded for Certain
Purposes ............................................... 56
SECTION 8.05. Instruments Executed by Debentureholders Bind
Future Holders ......................................... 56
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. Purposes for Which Supplemental Indenture May Be
Entered Into Without Consent of
Debentureholders........................................ 57
SECTION 9.02. Modification of Indenture with Consent of
Debentureholders ....................................... 58
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SECTION 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures ...................... 59
SECTION 9.04. Debentures May Bear Notation of Changes By
Supplemental Indentures................................. 60
SECTION 9.05. Opinion of Counsel...................................... 60
ARTICLE 10
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 10.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture................. 60
SECTION 10.02. Successor Corporation Substituted....................... 61
SECTION 10.03. Opinion of Counsel ..................................... 61
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indentures................ 61
SECTION 11.02. Application of Trustee of Funds Deposited For
Payment of Debentures................................... 64
SECTION 11.03. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited For
Payment of Debentures................................... 64
SECTION 11.04. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent ............... 64
SECTION 11.05. Repayment of Moneys Paid by Trustee..................... 64
ARTICLE 12
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors of Company Exempt From Individual
Liability .............................................. 65
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 13.01. Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by
Indenture .............................................. 65
SECTION 13.02. Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor
Company Valid .......................................... 65
SECTION 13.03. Surrender of Powers of Company ......................... 65
SECTION 13.04. Required Notices or Demands May be Served by
Mail ................................................... 66
SECTION 13.05. Indenture and Debentures to Be Construed in
Accordance with Laws of the State of New York........... 66
SECTION 13.06. Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to
be Furnished Upon Application or Demands by
Company; Statements To Be
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Included In Each Certificate or Opinion With
Respect to Compliance With Condition or Covenant........ 66
SECTION 13.07. Payments Due on Sundays or Holidays..................... 67
SECTION 13.08. Provisions Required by Trust Indenture Act of
1939 to Control ........................................ 67
SECTION 13.09. Indenture May Be Executed by its Counterparts .......... 67
SECTION 13.10. Separability of Indenture Provisions ................... 67
SECTION 13.11. Assignment by Company to Subsidiary..................... 67
SECTION 13.12. Holders of Preferred Securities as Third Party
Beneficiaries of the Indenture; Holders of
Preferred Securities May Institute Legal
Proceedings Against the Company in Certain
Cases .................................................. 67
ARTICLE 14
SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 14.01. Agreement to Subordinate ............................... 68
SECTION 14.02. Payments to Debentureholders ........................... 68
SECTION 14.03. Subrogation of Debentures............................... 70
SECTION 14.04. Authorization by Debentureholders....................... 71
SECTION 14.05. Notice to Trustee....................................... 71
SECTION 14.06. Trustee's Relation to Senior and Subordinated
Debt ................................................... 72
SECTION 14.07. No Impairment to Subordination ......................... 73
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THIS INDENTURE, is dated as of the ____ day of March, 1997, between The
AES Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Company"), and The
First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (hereinafter sometimes referred to as
the "Trustee"):
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has fully
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of unsecured debentures (hereinafter referred to as the "Debentures"),
in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one
or more series in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, as registered
Debentures without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the
Trustee;
WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Debentures are
to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the
execution of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Debentures and the certificate of authentication to be borne
by the Debentures (the "Certificate of Authentication") are to be substantially
in such forms as may be approved by the Board of Directors (as defined below) or
set forth in any indenture supplemental to this Indenture;
AND WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Debentures issued
pursuant hereto, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the valid, binding
and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute a valid indenture and
agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed or will be done
and performed prior to the issuance of such Debentures, and the execution of
this Indenture has been and the issuance hereunder of the Debentures has been or
will be prior to issuance in all respects duly authorized, and the Company, in
the exercise of the legal right and power in it vested, executes this Indenture
and proposes to make, execute, issue and deliver the Debentures;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the
Debentures are and are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, and in
consideration of the premises and of the acquisition and acceptance of the
Debentures by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the
Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit (subject to the provisions of
this Indenture) of the respective holders from time to time of the Debentures,
without any discrimination, preference or priority of any one Debenture over any
other by reason of priority in the time of issue, sale or negotiation thereof,
or otherwise, except as provided herein, as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section (except as in
this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) for all purposes of this Indenture, any resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company and of any indenture supplemental hereof shall have the
respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms used in this
Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or
which are by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said
Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this
instrument.
"AES Trust" means such statutory business trust created under the laws of
the State of Delaware specified in the applicable Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture establishing a particular series of Debentures pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof.
"Affiliate" of the Company means any company at least a majority of whose
outstanding voting stock shall at the time be owned by the Company, or by one or
more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or by the Company and one or
more direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company. For the purposes only of
this definition of the term "Affiliate", the term "voting stock", as applied to
the stock of any company, shall mean stock of any class or classes having
ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors of such
company, other than stock having such power only by reason of the occurrence of
a contingency.
"Authenticating Agent" means an authenticating agent with respect to all
or any of the series of Debentures, as the case may be, appointed with respect
to all or any series of the Debentures, as the case may be, by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.10.
"Bank Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of May 20,
1996 among the Company, the Banks named on the signature pages thereof and
Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as such Agreement has been and may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and
includes any agreement extending the maturity of, or restructuring (including,
but not limited to, the inclusion of additional borrowers thereunder that are
Subsidiaries of the Company and whose obligations are guaranteed by the Company
thereunder) all or any portion of, the Debt under such Agreement or any
successor agreements and includes any agreement with one or more banks or other
lending institutions refinancing all or any portion of the Debt under such
Agreement or any successor agreements.
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"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company, or any
committee of such Board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by
the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company to have been adopted or
consented to by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Business day", with respect to any series of Debentures, means any day
other than a day on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City and State of New York, are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close.
"Certificate" means a certificate signed by the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
the Company. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section
13.06.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the following
events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a
series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of
the Company to any Person or group (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of Persons, (ii) a Person or group (as so
defined) of Persons (other than management of the Company on the date of this
Indenture or their Affiliates) shall have become the beneficial owner of more
than 35% of the outstanding voting stock of the Company, or (iii) during any
one-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
Board of Directors (together with any new director whose election or nomination
was approved by a majority of the directors then in office who were either
directors at the beginning of such period or who were previously so approved)
cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors.
"Common Securities" means the common undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the applicable AES Trust.
"Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per
share.
"Company" means The AES Corporation, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the provisions
of Article Ten, shall also include its successors and assigns.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration.
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"Currency Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any foreign
exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against
fluctuations in currency values to or under which such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or a beneficiary on the date hereof or becomes a party
or a beneficiary thereafter.
"Debt" means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination
(without duplication), (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of
letters of credit or bankers' acceptance or other similar instruments (or
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (iv) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except Trade
Payables, (v) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases,
(vi) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether
or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; provided that, for purposes of
determining the amount of any Debt of the type described in this clause, if
recourse with respect to such Debt is limited to such asset, the amount of such
Debt shall be limited to the lesser of the fair market value of such asset or
the amount of such Debt, (vii) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person to
the extent such Debt is Guaranteed by such Person, (viii) all redeemable stock
valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference
plus accrued and unpaid dividends and (ix) to the extent not otherwise included
in this definition, all obligations of such Person under Currency Agreements and
Interest Rate Agreements.
"Declaration of Trust" means the Declaration of Trust of the AES Trust, if
any, specified in the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture
establishing a particular series of Debentures pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
"Debenture" or "Debentures" means any Debenture or Debentures, as the case
may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Debentureholder", "holder of Debentures", "registered holder", or other
similar term, means the person or persons in whose name or names a particular
Debenture shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for the purpose
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
"Default" means any event, act or condition which with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Depositary" means with respect to Debentures of any series, for which the
Company shall determine that such Debentures will be issued as a Global
Debenture, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing
agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as
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amended (the "Exchange Act"), or other applicable statute or regulation, which,
in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01
or 2.11.
"Designated Senior and Subordinated Debt" means (i) Debt under the Bank
Credit Agreement and (ii) Debt constituting Senior and Subordinated Debt which,
at the time of its determination, (A) has an aggregate principal amount of at
least $30 million and (B) is specifically designated in the instrument
evidencing such Senior and Subordinated Debt as "Designated Senior and
Subordinated Debt" by the Company.
"Event of Default", with respect to Debentures of a particular series
means any event specified in Section 6.01(a), continued for the period of time,
if any, therein designated.
"Global Debenture" means, with respect to any series of Debentures, a
Debenture executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary
or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with the
Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee.
"Governmental Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a) (2) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such
Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any
such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of such 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 Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.
"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person
directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other
Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or
pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or
other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, or by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in any
other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof
or to protect such
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obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the
term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.
"Guarantee Agreement" means the guarantee, if any, that the Company may
enter into that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of
Preferred Securities issued by a AES Trust.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed, or, if amended
or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
"Interest Payment Date" when used with respect to any installment of
interest on a Debenture of a particular series means the date specified in such
Debenture or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with
respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest
with respect to Debentures of that series is due and payable.
"Interest Rate Agreement" means, with respect to any Person, any interest
rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option
agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest
rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement
or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
against fluctuations in interest rates to or under which such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or a beneficiary on the date hereof or becomes a
party or a beneficiary thereafter.
"Lien" means, with respect to any Property, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
Property. For purposes of this Indenture, the Company shall be deemed to own
subject to a Lien any Property which it has acquired or holds subject to the
interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or other title retention agreement relating to such Property.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the President or a
Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Controller
or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such certificate
shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.06, if and to the extent
required by the provisions thereof.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel,
who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company and who shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements
provided for in section 13.06, if and to the extent required by the provisions
thereof.
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"Outstanding", when used with reference to Debentures of any series,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, means, as of any particular time, all
Debentures of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
under this Indenture, except (a) Debentures theretofore canceled by the Trustee
or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for
cancellation or which have previously been canceled; (b) Debentures or portions
thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental
Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set
aside and segregated in trust for the holders of such Debentures by the Company
(if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that if
such Debentures or portions of such Debentures are to be redeemed prior to the
maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as in Article
Three provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made
for giving such notice; and (c) Debentures in lieu of or in substitution for
which other Debentures shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
the terms of Section 2.07.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Predecessor Debenture" of any particular Debenture means every previous
Debenture evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Debenture; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debenture
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Debenture shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost,
destroyed or stolen Debenture.
"Preferred Securities" means the preferred undivided beneficial interests
in the assets of the applicable AES Trust.
"Property Trustee" means the entity performing the function of the
Property Trustee under the applicable Declaration of Trust of a AES Trust.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the
chairman of the board of directors, the president, any vice president, the
secretary, the treasurer, any trust officer, any corporate trust officer or any
other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be
such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Debentures of any series
which are held as trust assets of a AES Trust pursuant to the Declaration of
Trust of such AES Trust, means the distribution of the Debentures of such series
by such AES Trust in
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exchange for the Preferred Securities and Common Securities of such AES Trust in
dissolution of such AES Trust pursuant to the Declaration of Trust of such AES
Trust.
"Senior and Subordinated Debt" means the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on all Debt of the Company whether created, incurred or
assumed before, on or after the date of this Indenture; provided that such
Senior and Subordinated Debt shall not include (i) Debt of the Company that,
when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title
11, U.S. Code, was without recourse, (ii) any other Debt of the Company which by
the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing the same is specifically
designated as not being senior in right of payment to the Debentures, and in
particular the Debentures shall rank pari passu with all other debt securities
and guarantees issued to any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with
the Company which is a financing vehicle of the Company in connection with an
issuance of preferred securities by such financing entity and (iii) redeemable
stock of the Company.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation at least a majority of whose
outstanding voting stock shall at the time be owned by the Company or by one or
more subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries. For the
purposes only of this definition of the term "Subsidiary", the term "voting
stock", as applied to the stock of any corporation, shall mean stock of any
class or classes having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of
the directors of such corporation, other than stock having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
"Trade Payables" means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable
or any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created,
assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries arising in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or
services.
"Trustee" means The First National Bank of Chicago, and, subject to the
provisions of Article Seven, shall also include its successors and assigns, and,
if at any time there is more than one person acting in such capacity hereunder,
"Trustee" shall mean each such person. The term "Trustee" as used with respect
to a particular series of the Debentures shall mean the trustee with respect to
that series.
"Trust Indenture Act", subject to the provisions of Section 9.01 and 9.02,
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and in effect at the date of
execution of this Indenture.
"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities of the applicable AES Trust.
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ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
DEBENTURES
SECTION 2.01. Designation, Terms, Amount, Authentication and Delivery of
Debentures. The aggregate principal amount of Debentures which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Debentures may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate
principal amount of Debentures of that series from time to time authorized by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of Debentures of a particular
series. Prior to the initial issuance of Debentures of any series, there shall
be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an
Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto:
(1) the title of the Debentures of the series (which shall
distinguish the Debentures of the series from all other Debentures);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
of that series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Debentures authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Debentures of that series):
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Debentures of
the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Debentures of the series shall
bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if
any;
(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the
manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the
record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is
payable on any such Interest Payment Dates;
(6) the right, if any, to extend or defer the interest payment
periods and the duration of such extension;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Debentures of the
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
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(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Debentures of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of
future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a holder
thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices
at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Debentures of the
series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant
to such obligation;
(9) any exchangeability, conversion or prepayment provisions of the
Debentures;
(10) the form of the Debentures of the series including the form of
the Certificate of Authentication for such series;
(11) if other than denominations of $25 or any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which the Debentures of the series
shall be issuable;
(12) any and all other terms with respect to such series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture);
and
(13) whether the Debentures are issuable as a Global Debenture and,
in such case, the identity of the Depositary for such series.
(14) If the Debentures of such series are to be deposited as trust
assets in a AES Trust the name of the applicable AES Trust (which
shall distinguish such statutory business trust from all other AES
Trusts) into which the Debentures of such series are to be deposited
as trust assets and the date of its Declaration of Trust.
All Debentures of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any
such Board Resolution or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Debenture and Trustee's Certificate. The Debentures
of any series and the Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne by
such Debentures shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution
and as set forth in an Officers' Certificate, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification or
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designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any stock exchange on which Debentures of that series may be listed, or to
conform to usage.
SECTION 2.03. Date and Denominations of Debentures and Provisions for
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Debentures shall be issuable as
registered Debentures and in the denominations of $50 or any integral multiple
thereof, subject to Section 2.01(10). The Debentures of a particular series
shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect
to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Debentures of any
series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to
maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of
America which at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City and State of New York. Each Debenture shall be dated the
date of its authentication. Interest on the Debentures shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
The interest installment on any Debenture which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
Debentures of that series shall be paid to the person in whose name said
Debenture (or one or more Predecessor Debentures) is registered at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event
that any Debenture of a particular series or portion thereof is called for
redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with
respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date,
interest on such Debenture will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such
Debenture as provided in Section 3.03.
Any interest on any Debenture which is payable, but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Debentures of the same
series (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable
to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having
been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at
its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
Debentures to the persons in whose names such Debentures (or their
respective Predecessor Debentures) 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 such Debenture and the date of
the proposed payment, and at the
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same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect
of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in
this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
not be more than 15 nor 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 mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each
Debentureholder at his or her address as it appears in the Debenture
Register (as hereinafter defined), 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
mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
persons in whose names such Debentures (or their Predecessor
Debentures) are registered on such special record date and shall be
no longer payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Debentures in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Debentures 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.
Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures
supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of Debentures pursuant
to Section 2.01 hereof, the term "regular record date" as used in this Section
with respect to a series of Debentures with respect to any Interest Payment Date
for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment
Date is the first day of a month, or the last day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment
Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is business day.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debenture of a
series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other
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Debenture of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debenture.
SECTION 2.04. Execution of Debentures. The Debentures shall, subject to
the provisions of Section 2.06, be printed on steel engraved borders or fully or
partially engraved, or legibly typed, as the proper officers of the Company may
determine, and shall be signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman or Vice
Chairman of its Board of Directors or its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of the Chairman, Vice Chairman, President
or a Vice President and/or the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary in attestation of the corporate seal, upon the Debentures, may be in
the form of a manual or facsimile signature of a present or any future Chairman,
Vice Chairman, President or Vice President and of a present or any future
Secretary or Assistant Secretary and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on
the Debentures and for that purpose the Company may use the manual or facsimile
signature of any person who shall have been a Chairman, Vice Chairman, President
or Vice President, or of any person who shall have been a Secretary or Assistant
Secretary, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Debentures shall be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of such person shall have ceased to be
the Chairman, Vice Chairman, President or a Vice President, or the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, as the case may be. The seal of the
Company may be in the form of a facsimile of the seal of the Company and may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Debentures.
Only such Debentures as shall bear thereon a Certificate of Authentication
substantially in the form established for such Debentures, executed manually by
an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by any Authenticating Agent with
respect to such Debentures, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate executed by the
Trustee, or by any Authenticating Agent appointed by the Trustee with respect to
such Debentures, upon any Debenture executed by the Company shall be conclusive
evidence that the Debenture so authenticated has been duly authenticated and
made available for delivery hereunder and that the holder is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Debentures of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the
Company for the authentication and delivery of such Debentures, signed by its
President or any Vice President and its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer,
and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and
make available for delivery such Debentures.
In authenticating such Debentures and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debentures, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
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of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debentures if the
issue of such Debentures pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under the Debentures and this Indenture or
otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.05. Exchange of Debentures. (a) Debentures of any series may be
exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company
designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of
New York, for other Debentures of such series of authorized denominations, and
for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in
this Section. In respect of any Debentures so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency
shall make available for delivery in exchange therefor the Debenture or
Debentures of the same series which the Debentureholder making the exchange
shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency
designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of
New York, or such other location designated by the Company a register or
registers (herein referred to as the "Debenture Register") in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the
Debentures and the transfers of Debentures as in this Article provided and which
at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The
registrar for the purpose of registering Debentures and transfer of Debentures
as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the
"Debenture Registrar").
Upon surrender for transfer of any Debenture at the office or agency of
the Company designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
and State of New York, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate
and such office or agency shall make available for delivery in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Debenture or Debentures of the same series as
the Debenture presented for a like aggregate principal amount.
All Debentures presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of
transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by
the Company or the Debenture Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments
of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Debenture Registrar,
duly executed by the registered holder or by his duly authorized attorney in
writing.
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(c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of
transfer of Debentures, or issue of new Debentures in case of partial redemption
of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 2.06, the second paragraph of Section 3.03 and Section 9.04
not involving any transfer.
(d) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register
the transfer of any Debentures during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less
than all the outstanding Debentures of the same series and ending at the close
of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Debentures of any series or portions thereof called for redemption.
The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Debenture,
subject to Section 2.11 hereof.
SECTION 2.06. Temporary Debentures. Pending the preparation of definitive
Debentures of any series, the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Debentures (printed,
lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination, and substantially
in the form of the definitive Debentures in lieu of which they are issued, but
with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for
temporary Debentures, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary
Debenture of any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by
the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and
with like effect, as the definitive Debentures of such series. Without
unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish definitive
Debentures of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Debentures of such
series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders),
at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and such office or agency shall make available for delivery in exchange for such
temporary Debentures an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive
Debentures of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect
that definitive Debentures need not be executed and furnished until further
notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debentures of such
series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Debentures of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.07. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debentures. In case any
temporary or definitive Debenture shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost
or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute,
and upon its request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, a new Debenture of the same series bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Debenture so
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted
Debenture shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee such security or
indemnity as
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may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and
to the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of the applicant's Debenture and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may
authenticate any such substituted Debenture and make available for delivery the
same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company.
Upon the issuance of any substituted Debenture, 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. In case any Debenture which
has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost
or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Debenture, pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case
of a mutilated Debenture) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the
Company and to the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to
save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the
satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of
such Debenture and of the ownership thereof.
Every Debenture issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section in
substitution for any Debenture which is mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or
not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debenture shall be found at any
time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debentures of
the same series duly issued hereunder. All Debentures shall be held and owned
upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Debentures, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights
or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.08. Cancellation of Surrendered Debentures. All Debentures
surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of
transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be
canceled by it, and no Debentures shall be issued in lieu thereof except as
expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On
written request of the Company, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company
canceled Debentures held by the Trustee. If the Company shall otherwise acquire
any of the Debentures, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Debentures
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.09. Provisions of Indenture and Debentures for Sole Benefit of
Parties and Debentureholders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debentures,
express or
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implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation,
other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Debentures, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under
any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants,
conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
of the holders of the Debentures.
SECTION 2.10. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. So long as any of the
Debentures of any series remain outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent
for any or all such series of Debentures which the Trustee shall have the right
to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of
the Trustee to authenticate Debentures of such series issued upon exchange,
transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Debentures 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. All references in
this Indenture to the authentication of Debentures by the Trustee shall be
deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series
except for authentication upon original issuance or pursuant to Section 2.07
hereof. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall
be a corporation which has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently
reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction
under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust
business, and which is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such
business and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice
of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
(and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or
cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an
eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor
Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
SECTION 2.11. Global Debenture. (a) If the Company shall establish
pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Debentures of a particular series are to be
issued as one or more Global Debentures, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, one or
more Global Debentures which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an
aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the
Outstanding Debentures of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of
the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (iv) shall bear a
legend substantially to the following effect: "Except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.11
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of the Indenture, this Debenture may be transferred, in whole but not in part,
only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a
nominee of such successor Depositary."
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Debenture
of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner
provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such
series, or to a successor Depositary for such series selected or approved by the
Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of Debentures notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series
or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered
or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or
regulation and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware
of such condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be
applicable to the Debentures of such series and the Company will execute, and
subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and make available for
delivery Debentures of such series in definitive registered form without
coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the Global Debentures of such series in exchange for
such Global Debenture. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that
the Debentures of any series shall no longer be represented by one or more
Global Debentures and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer
apply to the Debentures of such series. In such event the Company will execute
and subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers'
Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and
deliver Debentures of such series in definitive registered form without coupons,
in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Debentures of such series in exchange for such
Global Debentures. Upon the exchange of the Global Debentures for such
Debentures in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, the Global Debentures shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such
Debentures in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global
Debentures pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names
and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions
from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the
Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Debentures to the Depositary for
delivery to the persons in whose names such Debentures are so registered.
SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Debentures may use
"CUSIP" and "CINS" numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use
CUSIP numbers or CINS numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or
exchange as a convenience to Debentureholders and no representation shall be
made as to the
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correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Debentures or as
contained in any notice of redemption or exchange.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF DEBENTURES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal of (And Premium, if any) and Interest
on Debentures. The Company may redeem the Debentures of any series issued
hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established
for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
SECTION 3.02. Notice of Redemption. (a) In case the Company shall desire
to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the
Debentures of any series in accordance with the right reserved so to do, it
shall give notice of such redemption to holders of the Debentures of such series
to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such
redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed
for redemption of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the Debenture Register. Any notice which is mailed in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure
duly to give such notice to the holder of any Debenture of any series designated
for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Debentures of such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of
Debentures prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Debentures or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing
compliance with any such restriction.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption
and the redemption price at which Debentures of that series are to be redeemed,
and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Debentures to be
redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon presentation and surrender of
such Debentures, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be
paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will
cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case. If less than all the Debentures of a series are to be redeemed, the notice
to the holders of Debentures of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part
shall specify the particular Debentures to be so redeemed. In case any Debenture
is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Debenture shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall
state that on and after the redemption date,
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upon surrender of such Debenture, a new Debenture or Debentures of such series
in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(b) If less than all the Debentures of a series are to be redeemed, the
Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days' notice in advance of the date
fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures of the
series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such
other manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and which
may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to $50 or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Debentures of a
denomination larger than $50, the Debentures to be redeemed and shall thereafter
promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Debentures to be
redeemed, in whole or in part.
The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of
instructions signed on its behalf by its President or any Vice President,
instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the
Debentures of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of
redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the
name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem
advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the
Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the
case may be, such Debenture Register, transfer books or other records, or
suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such
paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the
provisions of this Section.
SECTION 3.03. Debentures Due and Payable. (a) If the giving of notice of
redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Debentures or
portions of Debentures of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice
shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice
at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption and interest on such Debentures or portions of Debentures
shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the
Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued
interest with respect to any such Debenture or portion thereof. On presentation
and surrender of such Debentures on or after the date fixed for redemption at
the place of payment specified in the notice, said Debentures shall be paid and
redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed
for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on
such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on
the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03).
(b) Upon presentation of any Debenture of such series which is to be
redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and the office or agency where the Debenture is presented shall
make available for delivery to the holder
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thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debenture or Debentures of the
same series, of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the Debenture so presented.
SECTION 3.04. Sinking Funds for Debentures. The provisions or Sections
3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement
of Debentures of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
section 2.01 for Debentures of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Debentures 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 Debentures of any series is herein referred to as on "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Debentures for any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Debentures of any series as provided for by the terms of Debentures of such
series.
SECTION 3.05. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments With Debentures. The
Company (i) may deliver outstanding Debentures of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) and (ii) may apply as a credit Debentures of a
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Debentures or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Debentures, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the
Debentures of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Debentures as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such
Debentures have not been previously so credited. Such Debentures shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price
specified in such Debentures for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 3.06. Redemption of Debentures for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45
days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debentures, 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 for that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Debentures of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and
the basis for such credit and will, together with such Officers' Certificate,
deliver to the Trustee any Debentures to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days
before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the
Debentures to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner
specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given
in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in
Section 3.02. Such notice having
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been duly given, the redemption of such Debentures shall be made upon the terms
and in the manner stated in Section 3.03.
ARTICLE 4
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
The Company covenants and agrees for each series of the Debentures as follows:
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Principal of (And Premium, if any) and Interest
on Debentures. The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debentures of that series
at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with
respect to such Debentures.
SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agent for Payment of Debentures,
Designation of Office or Agency for Payment, Registration, Transfer and Exchange
of Debentures. So long as any series of the Debentures remain outstanding, the
Company agrees to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City and State of New York, with respect to each such series and at such other
location or locations as may be designated as provided in this Section 4.02,
where (i) Debentures of that series may be presented for payment, (ii)
Debentures of that series may be presented as herein above authorized for
registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Debentures of that series and this Indenture may
be given or served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or
agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by its President or a
Vice President and delivered to the Trustee, designate some other office or
agency for such purposes or any of them. 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, notices and demands may be
made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
notices and demands.
SECTION 4.03. Duties of Paying Agent; Company as Payment Agent; and
Holding Sums of Trust. (a) If the Company shall appoint one or more paying
agents for all or any series of the Debentures, other than the Trustee, the
Company will cause each such paying agency to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Debentures of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by
the Company or by any
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other obligor of such Debentures) in trust for the benefit of the
persons entitled thereto:
(2) that it will give the Trustee written notice of any failure by
the Company (or by any other obligor of such Debentures) to make any
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Debentures of that series when the same shall be due and payable;
(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure
referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and
(4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set
forth in this Indenture.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any
series of the Debentures, it will on or before each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on Debentures of that series, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due on Debentures of that series until such sums shall be paid to such
persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify in
writing the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor
on such Debentures) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or
more paying agents for any series of Debentures, it will, prior to each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debentures of that
series, deposit with the paying agent a sum 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.
(c) Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) 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 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 terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were
held by the Company or such paying agent; and, upon such payment by any paying
agent to the Trustee, such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money.
SECTION 4.04. Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, in the
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manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be
a Trustee hereunder.
ARTICLE 5
DEBENTUREHOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and
Addresses of Debentures. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Trustee (a) on a monthly basis on each regular record date (as defined in
Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the holders of each series of Debentures as of such
regular record date, provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to
furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ
in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company
and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days
after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished; provided, however, no such list need be furnished for any series for
which the Trustee shall be the Debenture Registrar.
SECTION 5.02. Trustee to Preserve Information as to Names and Addresses of
Debentureholders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Debentures contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of
Debentures received by the Trustee in its capacity as Debenture Registrar (if
acting in such capacity).
(b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(c) In case three or more holders of Debentures of a series (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the
Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debenture for a
period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such
application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders
of Debentures of such series or holders of all Debentures with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under such Debentures, and is accompanied by a
copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose
to transmit, then the Trustee shall within five business days after the receipt
of such application, at its election, either:
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(1) afford to such applicants access to the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this Section 5.02; or
(2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders
of Debentures of such series or of all Debentures, as the case may
be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this Section 5.02, and as to the approximate cost
of mailing to such Debentureholders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.
(d) If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each holder of such series or of all Debentures, as the case
may be, whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the time
by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
Section 5.02, a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is
specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the
Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the
payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after
such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), together with a copy of
the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of
the holders of Debentures of such series or of all Debentures, as the case may
be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall
specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a
hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall
enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry
of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall
find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so
sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall
mail copies of such material to all such Debentureholders with reasonable
promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender;
otherwise, the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such
applicants respecting their application.
(e) Each and every holder of the Debentures, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Debenture Registrar shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names
and addresses of the holders of Debentures in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (b) of this Section, 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 said subsection
(b).
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SECTION 5.03. Annual and Other Reports to Be Filed by Company With
Trustee. (a) The Company covenants and agrees to 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 Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information,
documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the
Trustee and the Commission in accordance with the 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 Exchange Act, 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. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to
the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such
shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein,
including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to
which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with the 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 provided
for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, or reputable over-night delivery service which provides for
evidence of receipt, to the Debentureholders, as their names and addresses
appear upon the Debenture Register, 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 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
(d) The Company covenants and agrees to furnish to the Trustee, on or
before May 15 in each calendar year in which any of the Debentures are
outstanding, or on or before such other day in each calendar year as the Company
and the Trustee may from time to time agree upon, a Certificate as to his or her
knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under
this Indenture. For purposes of this subsection (d), such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under this Indenture.
SECTION 5.04. Trustee to Transmit Annual Report to Debentureholders. (a)
On or before July 15 in each year in which any of the Debentures are
outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
the Debentureholders, as their names
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and addresses appear upon the Debenture Register, a brief report dated as of the
preceding May 15, with respect to any of the following events which may have
occurred within the previous twelve months (but if no such event has occurred
within such period no report need be transmitted):
(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 7.09, and its
qualifications under Section 7.08;
(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship
specified in paragraphs (1) through (10) of subsection (c) of
Section 7.08;
(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee
elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making
thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the
date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or
may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debentures, on any
property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee if such
advances so remaining unpaid aggregate more than 1/2 of 1% of the
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding on the date of such
report;
(4) any change to the amount, interest rate, and maturity date of
all other indebtedness owing by the Company, or by any other obligor
on the Debentures, to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the
date of such report, with a brief description of any property held
as collateral security therefor, except any indebtedness based upon
a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in paragraph
(2), (3), (4), or (6) of subsection (b) of Section 7.13;
(5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the
possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(6) any release, or release and substitution, of property subject to
the lien of this Indenture (and the consideration thereof, if any)
which it has not previously reported;
(7) any additional issue of Debentures which the Trustee has not
previously reported; and
(8) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties
under this Indenture which it has not previously reported and which
in its opinion materially affects the Debentures or the Debentures
of any series, except any action in respect of a default, notice of
which has been or is to be withheld by it in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.07.
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(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
the Debentureholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture
Register, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any
advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding
the making thereof) made by the Trustee as such since the date of the last
report transmitted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section
(or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution
of this Indenture), for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien
or charge prior to that of the Debentures of any series on property or funds
held or collected by it as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported
pursuant to this subsection if such advances remaining unpaid at any time
aggregate more than 10% of the principal amount of Debentures of such series
outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after
such time.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Debentureholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with each stock
exchange upon which any Debentures are listed (if so listed) and also with the
Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Debentures become
listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND DEBENTUREHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default Defined. (a) Whenever used herein with
respect to Debentures of a particular series, "Event of Default" means any one
or more of the following events which has occurred and is continuing:
(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any
of the Debentures of that series, as and when the same shall become
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest
payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto, shall not constitute a default in the
payment of interest for this purpose;
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any of the Debentures of that series as and when the same shall
become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by
declaring or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or
analogous fund established with respect to that series;
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(3) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform
any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Company
with respect to that series contained in such Debentures or
otherwise established with respect to that series of Debentures
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof or contained in this Indenture
(other than a covenant or agreement which has been expressly
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more
series of Debentures other than such series) for a period of 90 days
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring
the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of
Default" hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the
Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the
Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Debentures of that series at the time outstanding;
(4) a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
shall have been entered adjudging the Company as bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
liquidation or reorganization of the Company under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State
law, and such decree or order shall have continued unvacated and
unstayed for a period of 90 days; or an involuntary case shall be
commenced under such Code in respect of the Company and shall
continue undismissed for a period of 90 days or an order for relief
in such case shall have been entered; or a decree or order of a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have been entered
for the appointment on the ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a
receiver or custodian or liquidator or trustee or assignee in
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of its property, or for
the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or
order shall have remained in force unvacated and unstayed for a
period of 90 days; or
(5) the Company shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a
voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy
proceeding against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent
seeking liquidation or reorganization under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, or shall
consent to the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the
appointment on the ground of insolvency or bankruptcy of a receiver
or custodian or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or
insolvency of it or of its property, or shall make an assignment for
the benefit of creditors.
(b) In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the
Debentures of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures of that series then
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outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee
if given by such Debentureholders), may declare the principal of all the
Debentures of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable,
anything contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures of that series or
established with respect to that series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof to the
contrary notwithstanding.
(c) Section 6.01(b), however, is subject to the condition that if, at any
time after the principal of the Debentures of that series shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of
the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the
Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all
matured installments of interest upon all the Debentures of that series and the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Debentures of that series
which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon
such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is
enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the
rate per annum expressed in the Debentures of that series to the date of such
payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06,
and any and all defaults under the Indenture, other than the nonpayment of
principal on Debentures of that series which shall not have become due by their
terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06 then and
in every such case the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures of that series then outstanding (subject to, in the case of any
series of Debentures held as trust assets of a AES Trust and with respect to
which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the
holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such AES Trust
as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such AES Trust), by written
notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration
and its consequences with respect to that series of Debentures; but no such
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default,
or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with
respect to Debentures of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings
shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or
annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the
Trustee, then and in every such case the Company and the Trustee shall be
restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all
rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as
though no such proceedings had been taken.
(e) If, prior to a Security Exchange with respect to the Debentures of any
series, a Default with respect to the Debentures of such series shall have
occurred, the Company expressly acknowledges that under the circumstances set
forth in the applicable Declaration of Trust, any holder of Preferred Securities
of the applicable AES Trust may enforce directly against the Company the
applicable Property Trustee's rights hereunder.
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In furtherance of the foregoing and for the avoidance of any doubt, the Company
acknowledges that, under the circumstances described in the applicable
Declaration of Trust, any such holder of Preferred Securities, in its own name,
in the name of the applicable AES Trust or in the name of the holders of the
Preferred Securities issued by such AES Trust, may institute or cause to be
instituted a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an
action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce the
applicable Property Trustee's rights hereunder directly against the Company as
issuer of the applicable series of Debentures, and may prosecute such proceeding
to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company.
SECTION 6.02. Covenant of Company to Pay to Trustee Whole Amount Due on
Debentures on Default in Payment of Interest or Principal (and Premiums, if
any). (a) The Company covenants that (1) in case default shall be made in the
payment of any installment of interest on any of the Debentures of a series, or
any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect
to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such
default shall have continued for a period of 10 business days, or (2) in case
default shall be made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any of the Debentures of a series when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of the Debentures of a series or upon redemption
or upon declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company
will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures of
that series, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all
such Debentures for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the
case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and
(to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law
and without duplication of any other amounts paid by the Company or the
applicable AES Trust in respect thereof) upon overdue installments of interest
at the rate per annum expressed in the Debentures of that series; and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section
7.06.
(b) In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall
be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in
equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any
such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the
Debentures of that series and collect in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or other obligor upon the Debentures of that series
wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or other judicial
proceedings affecting the Company, any other obligor on such Debentures, or the
creditors or property of either, the Trustee shall have the power to intervene
in such proceedings and take any
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action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be
otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other
papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Debentures of such series allowed
for the entire amount due and payable by the Company or such other obligor under
the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any
additional amount which may become due and payable by the Company or such other
obligor after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the
deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any
receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby
authorized by each of the holders of Debentures of such series to make such
payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to such Debentureholders, to pay to the Trustee
any amount due it under Section 7.06.
(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the terms established with respect to Debentures of that series,
may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debentures,
or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and
any such suit or 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 payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section
7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Debentures of such
series.
In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Debentureholder any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Debentures of that series or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Debentureholder in any such
proceeding.
SECTION 6.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee. Any moneys
collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.02 with respect to a particular
series of Debentures shall be applied in the order following, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on
account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the
several Debentures of that series,
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and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all
amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon
Debentures of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, 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 Debentures
for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively.
SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Suits by Holders of Debentures. No holder of
any Debenture of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an
Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to Debentures of
such series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided, and
unless also the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures of such series then outstanding shall have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any
such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Debenture of such series
with every other such taker and holder and Trustee, that no one or more holders
of Debentures of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by
virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Debentures, or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder,
or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein
provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of
Debentures of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section, each and every Debentureholder and the Trustee shall be
entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, however, the right
of any holder of any Debenture to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on such Debenture, as therein provided, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Debenture (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), or to
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institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without
the consent of such holder.
SECTION 6.05. Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise of Rights
Not Waiver of Default. (a) All powers and remedies given by this Article to the
Trustee or to the Debentureholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any others thereof or of any other powers
and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the debentures, by
judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce performance or observance of the
covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established
with respect to such Debentures.
(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the
Debentures to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default
occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or
shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence
therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy
given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Debentureholders may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Debentureholders.
SECTION 6.06. Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of
Debentures to Direct Trustee and to Waive Defaults. The holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of any series at the time
outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04 (with, in the case of
any series of Debentures held as trust assets of a AES Trust and with respect to
which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of holders
of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such AES Trust as may
be required under the Declaration of Trust of such AES Trust), shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee with respect to such series; provided, however, that such direction
shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or unduly
prejudicial to the rights of holders of Debentures of any other series at the
time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 not parties thereto.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of any series at the
time outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with section 8.04
(with, in the case of any series of Debentures held as trust assets of a AES
Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore
occurred, such consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities of such AES Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust
of such AES Trust), may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debentures of
such series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants
contained herein or established pursuant to section 2.01 with respect to such
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series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal
of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Debentures of that series as
and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Debentures otherwise
than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been
deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.01(c)) or a call for
redemption of Debentures of that series. Upon any such waiver, the default
covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture
and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Debentures of such series
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively;
but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.07. Trustee to Give Notice of Defaults Known To It, But May
Withhold in Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of a default with respect to a particular series, transmit by mail,
first class postage prepaid, to the holders of Debentures of that series, as
their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture Register, notice of all
defaults with respect to that series known to the Trustee, unless such defaults
shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term "defaults" for
the purposes of this Section being hereby defined to be the events specified in
subsections (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Section 6.01(a), not including any
periods of grace provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of notice
provided for by subsection (3) of Section 6.01(a)); provided, that, except in
the case of default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any of the Debentures of that series or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment established with respect to that 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 interests of the holders of Debentures of
that series; provided further, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 6.01(a)(3) with respect to Debentures of such series no
such notice to the holders of the Debentures of that series shall be given until
at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default, except
(i) a default under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of Section 6.01 as long as the
Trustee is acting as paying agent for such series of Debentures or (ii) any
default as to which the Trustee shall have received written notice or a
Responsible Officer charged with the administration of this Indenture shall have
obtained written notice.
SECTION 6.08. Requirements of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain Suits
Under Indenture or Against Trustee. All parties to this Indenture agree, and
each holder of any Debentures by his or her acceptance thereof shall be deemed
to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for
the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or
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omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Debentureholder, or group of
Debentureholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Debentures of any series, or to any suit instituted by any
Debentureholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture of such series, on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Debenture or established pursuant to this
Indenture.
ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. Upon Event of Default Occurring and Continuing, Trustee
Shall Exercise Powers Vested In It, and Use Same Degree of Care and Skill In
Their Exercise, as Prudent Individual Would Use. (a) The Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to Debentures of a series and
after the curing of all Events of Default with respect to Debentures of that
series which may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to
Debentures of such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to
Debentures of a series has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the
Trustee shall exercise with respect to Debentures of that series such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to
Debentures of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such
Events of Default with respect to that series which may have
occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with
respect to Debentures of such series be determined solely by
the express provisions of this
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Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to Debentures of such series except for the performance of
such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in
this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall
be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may with respect to Debentures of such series
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
facts stated therein;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of
the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Debentures of any series at the time outstanding
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect
to the Debentures of that series; and
(4) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably
assured to it.
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(5) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of
or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Article 7.
SECTION 7.02. Subject to Provisions of Section 7.01. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it
to the genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties;
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by the
President or any Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer (unless other
evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein);
(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection 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 or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the Debentureholders, pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Debentureholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby; nothing herein contained shall, however, relieve
the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default with respect to a series of the Debentures (which has not
been cured or waived) to exercise with respect to Debentures of that
series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture,
and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs;
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken 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;
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(f) 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, consent,
order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents,
unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than
a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures of the
particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in
Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is,
in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee
by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the
Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs,
expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The
reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the
Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company
upon demand; and
(g) 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.
SECTION 7.03. Trustee Not Liable for Recitals In Indenture Or In
Debentures. (a) The recitals contained herein and in the Debentures (other than
the Certificate of Authentication on the Debentures) shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness of the same.
(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Indenture or of the Debentures.
(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any of the Debentures or of the proceeds of such Debentures, or for
the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with
any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for
the use or application of any moneys received by any paying agent other than the
Trustee.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agent or Debenture Registrar May Own
Debentures. The Trustee or any paying agent or Debenture Registrar, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debentures
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or
Debenture Registrar.
SECTION 7.05. Moneys Received by Trustee to Be Held In Trust Without
Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all moneys received by the
Trustee shall, until
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used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which
they were received, but 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 moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the Company
to pay thereon.
SECTION 7.06. Trustee Entitled to Compensation, Reimbursement and
Indemnity. (a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time
to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation as
the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing (which
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) for all services rendered by it in the execution of
the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the
powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and the Company will pay or
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not
regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify
the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold
it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense including taxes (other than
taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee)
incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of
liability in the premises.
(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder.
Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the
Debentures upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such,
except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Debentures.
SECTION 7.07. Right of Trustee to Rely on Certificate of Officers of
Company Where No Other Evidence Specifically Prescribed. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of
this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established
by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in
the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full
warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by
it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
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SECTION 7.08. Trustee Acquiring Conflicting Interest to Eliminate Conflict
or Resign. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as
defined in this Section, with respect to the Debentures of any series and if the
Default to which such conflicting interest relates has not been cured, duly
waived or otherwise eliminated, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has
such conflicting interest, it shall either eliminate such conflicting interest,
except as otherwise provided herein, or resign with respect to the Debentures of
that series in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10 and the
Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee in the manner provided
herein.
(b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions
of subsection (a) of this Section, with respect to the Debentures of any series
the Trustee shall, within ten days after the expiration of such 90-day period,
transmit notice of such failure by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Debentureholders of that series as their names and addresses appear upon the
registration books.
(c) For the purposes of this Section the Trustee shall be deemed to have a
conflicting interest with respect to the Debentures of any series if a Default
has occurred and is continuing and:
(1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the
outstanding Debentures of any series other than that series, or is
trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or
certificates of interest or participation in any other securities,
of the Company are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a
collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists
of Debentures issued under this Indenture; provided that there shall
be excluded from the operation of this paragraph the Debentures of
any series other than that series and any other indenture or
indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest
or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding
if (i) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures and all
series of securities issuable thereunder are wholly unsecured and
rank equally and such other indenture or indentures (and such
series) are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act,
unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order
pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 305 or subsection (c) of
Section 307 of the Trust Indenture Act, that differences exist
between (A) the provisions of this Indenture with respect to
Debentures of that series and with respect to one or more other
series or (B) the provisions of this Indenture and the provisions of
such other indenture or indentures (or such series), which are so
likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it
necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors
to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture
with respect to the Debentures of that series and such other series
or such other indenture or indentures, or (ii) the Company shall
have
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sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission
and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that the trusteeship
under this Indenture with respect to Debentures of that series and
such other series or such other indenture or indentures is not so
likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it
necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors
to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture
with respect to Debentures of that series and such other series or
under such other indentures;
(2) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an
underwriter for the Company;
(3) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or
indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common
control with or an underwriter for the Company;
(4) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is a
director, officer, partner, employee, appointee or representative of
the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself)
for the Company who is currently engaged in the business of
underwriting, except that (A) one individual may be a director
and/or an executive officer of the Trustee and a director and/or an
executive officer of the Company, but may not be at the same time an
executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company; (B) if and so
long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is more
than nine, one additional individual may be a director and/or an
executive officer of the Trustee and a director of the Company; and
(C) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or by an
underwriter for the Company to act in the capacity of transfer
agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow
agent, or depository, or in any other similar capacity, or, subject
to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), to act as
trustee whether under an indenture or otherwise;
(5) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is
beneficially owned either by the Company or by any director,
partner, or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting
securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more
of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the
Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the
Company or by any director, partner, or executive officer thereof,
or is beneficially owned, collectively by any two or more such
persons;
(6) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral
security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in
this subsection (c)
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defined), (A) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of
any other class of security, of the Company, not including the
Debentures issued under this Indenture and securities issued under
any other indenture under which the Trustee is also trustee, or (B)
10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for the
Company;
(7) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral
security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in
this subsection (c) defined), 5% or more of the voting securities of
any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of
the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is
under direct or indirect common control with, the Company;
(8) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral
security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in
this subsection (c) defined), 10% or more of any class of security
of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more
of the voting securities of the Company;
(9) the Trustee owns, on the date of Default upon the Debentures of
any series or any anniversary of such Default while such Default
upon the Debentures issued under this Indenture remains outstanding,
in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter
vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other
similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting
securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the
beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have
constituted a conflict of interest under paragraph (6), (7), or (8)
of this subsection (c). As to any such securities of which the
Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator
or testamentary trustee of an estate which includes them, the
provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period
of two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that
such securities in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting
securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after the
dates of any such Default upon the Debentures issued under this
Indenture and annually in each succeeding year that the Debentures
issued under this Indenture remain in Default, the Trustee shall
make a check of its holding of such securities in any of the
above-mentioned capacities as of such dates. If the Company fails to
make payment in full of principal of or interest on any of the
Debentures when and as the same becomes due and payable, and such
failure continues for 30 days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a
prompt check of its holding of such securities in any of the
above-mentioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such
30-day period, and after such date, notwithstanding
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the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (9), all such securities
so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over such
securities vested in it, shall, but only so long as such failure
shall continue, be considered as though beneficially owned by the
Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of this
subsection (c); or
(10) except under the circumstances described in paragraph (1), (3),
(4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of Section 7.13 the Trustee shall
be or shall become a creditor of the Company.
For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), and of Section 6.06,
the term "series of securities" or "securities" means a series, class or group
of securities issuable under an indenture pursuant to whose terms holders of one
such series may vote to direct the indenture trustee, or otherwise take action
pursuant to a vote of such holders, separately from holders of another such
series; provided, that, "series of securities" or "series" shall not include any
series of securities issuable under an indenture if all such series rank equally
and are wholly secured.
The specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of
this subsection (c) shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of
such percentages of securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient
to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of paragraph (3) or
(7) of this subsection (c).
For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (9) of this subsection
(c) only, (A) the terms "security" and "securities" shall include only such
securities as are generally known as corporate securities, but shall not include
any note or other evidence of indebtedness issued to evidence an obligation to
repay moneys lent to a person by one or more banks, trust companies or banking
firms, or any certificate of interest or participation in any such note or
evidence of indebtedness; (B) an obligation shall be deemed to be in "default",
when a default in payment of principal shall have continued for 30 days or more
and shall not have been cured; and (C) the Trustee shall not be deemed to be the
owner or holder of (i) any security which it holds as collateral security (as
trustee or otherwise) for any obligation which is not in default as defined in
clause (B) above, or (ii) any security which it holds as collateral security
under this Indenture, irrespective of any Default hereunder, or (iii) any
security which it holds as agent for collection, or as custodian, escrow agent
or depositary, or in any similar representative capacity.
Except as above provided, the word "security" or securities" as used in
this Indenture shall mean any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture,
evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any
profit-sharing agreement, collateral trust certificate, pre-organization
certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting
trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided
interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, or, in general, any interest or
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instrument commonly known as a "security", or any certificate of interest or
participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee
of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.
(d) For the purposes of this Section:
(1) The term "underwriter" when used with reference to the Company
shall mean every person, who, within one year prior to the time as
of which the determination is made, has purchased from the Company
with a view to, or has offered or sold for the Company in connection
with, the distribution of any security of the Company, or has
participated or has had a direct or indirect participation in any
such undertaking, or has participated or has had a participation in
the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking, but
such term shall not include a person whose interest was limited to a
commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual
and customary distributors' or sellers' commission.
(2) The term "director" shall mean any member of the board of
directors of a corporation or any individual performing similar
functions with respect to any organization whether incorporated or
unincorporated.
(3) The term "person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, an
unincorporated organization or a government or political subdivision
thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term "trust" shall include
only a trust where the interest or interests of the beneficiary or
beneficiaries are evidenced by a security.
(4) The term "voting security" shall mean any security presently
entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or
management of the affairs of a person, or any security issued under
or pursuant to any trust, agreement or arrangement whereby a trustee
or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such
security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or
management of the affairs of a person.
(5) The term "Company" shall mean any obligor upon the Debentures.
(6) The term "executive officer" shall mean the chairman of the
board of directors, president, every vice president, every assistant
vice president, every trust officer, the cashier, the secretary, and
the treasurer of a corporation, and any individual customarily
performing similar functions with respect to any organization
whether incorporated or unincorporated.
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(e) The percentages of voting securities and other securities specified in
this Section shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) A specified percentage of the voting securities of the Trustee,
the Company or any other person referred to in this Section (each of
whom is referred to as a "person" in this paragraph) means such
amount of the outstanding voting securities of such person as
entitles the holder or holders thereof to cast such specified
percentage of the aggregate votes which the holders of all the
outstanding voting securities of such person are entitled to cast in
the direction or management of the affairs of such person.
(2) A specified percentage of a class of securities of a person
means such percentage of the aggregate amount of securities of the
class outstanding.
(3) The term "amount", when used in regard to securities, means the
principal amount if relating to evidences of indebtedness, the
number of shares if relating to capital shares and the number of
units if relating to any other kind of security.
(4) The term "outstanding" means issued and not held by or for the
account of the issuer. The following securities shall not be deemed
outstanding within the meaning of this definition:
(i) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to
securities of the issuer of the same class;
(ii) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating
to another class of securities of the issuer, if the
obligation evidenced by such other class of securities is not
in default as to principal or interest or otherwise;
(iii) securities pledged by the issuer thereof as security for
an obligation of the issuer not in default as to principal or
interest or otherwise; and
(iv) securities held in escrow if placed in escrow by the
issuer thereof, provided, however, that any voting securities
of an issuer shall be deemed outstanding if any person other
than the issuer is entitled to exercise the voting rights
thereof.
(5) A security shall be deemed to be of the same class as another
security if both securities confer upon the holder or holders
thereof substantially the
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same rights and privileges; provided, however, that, in the case of
secured evidences of indebtedness, all of which are issued under a
single indenture, differences in the interest rates or maturity
dates of various series thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to
constitute such series different classes; and provided, further,
that, in the case of unsecured evidences of indebtedness,
differences in the interest rates or maturity dates thereof shall
not be deemed sufficient to constitute them securities of different
classes, whether or not they are issued under a single indenture.
(f) Except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Debentures issued under this Indenture, or
in the payment of any sinking or analogous fund installment, the Trustee shall
not be required to resign as provided by this Section 7.08 if such Trustee shall
have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after
opportunity for hearing thereon, that (i) the default under the Indenture may be
cured or waived during a reasonable period and under the procedures described in
such application and (ii) a stay of the Trustee's duty to resign will not be
inconsistent with the interests of Debentureholders. The filing of such an
application shall automatically stay the performance of the duty to resign until
the Commission orders otherwise.
Any resignation of the Trustee shall become effective only upon the
appointment of a successor trustee and such successor's acceptance of such an
appointment.
SECTION 7.09. Requirements for Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all
times be a Trustee with respect to the Debentures issued hereunder which shall
at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of
Columbia, or a corporation or other person permitted to act as trustee by the
Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million dollars, and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid 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. The Company may not, nor may any person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company,
serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.
SECTION 7.10. Resignation of Trustee and Appointment of Successor. (a) The
Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any time resign with
respect to the Debentures of one or more series by giving written notice thereof
to the Company and by
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transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Debentureholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the
Debenture Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall
promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Debentures of such series
by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
mailing 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 Debentures of such series, or any Debentureholder of that series who
has been a bona fide holder of a Debenture or Debentures for at least six months
may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.08, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a
successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may
deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
subsection (a) of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Debentureholder who has been a bona fide holder of
a Debenture or Debentures for at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Debentureholder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in
any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to
all Debentures and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee. If no
successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of
removal, the Trustee so removed may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect
to Debentures of such series, or any Debentureholder of that series
who has been a bona fide holder of a Debenture or Debentures for at
least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.08, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
such court for the removal of the Trustee and the
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appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after
such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures of any series at the time outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee with respect to such series and appoint a successor trustee.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee with respect to the Debentures of a series pursuant to any of
the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11.
(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be
appointed with respect to the Debentures of one or more series or all of such
series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Debentures of any particular series.
SECTION 7.11. Acceptance by Successor to Trustee. (a) In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Debentures,
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.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with
respect to the Debentures of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Debentures of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which shall (1)
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 Debentures of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, (2)
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 Debentures 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) 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
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indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, 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 that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to act on the
part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall
with respect to the Debentures of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor trustee relates have no further responsibility for the
exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and
obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, 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 Debentures 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, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture,
the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to
the Debentures of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor trustee relates.
(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 such rights, power 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.
(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Debentureholders,
as their names and addresses appear upon the Debenture Register. If the Company
fails to transmit such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by
the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be
transmitted at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 7.12. Successor to Trustee by Merger, 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 substantially all of the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Debentures shall have been
authenticated, but not made available for delivery, by the Trustee then in
office, any
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successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and make available for delivery the Debentures so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Debentures.
SECTION 7.13. Limitations on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor to Obtain
Payment of Certain Claims Within Four Months Prior to Default or During Default,
or to Realize on Property as such Creditor Thereafter. (a) Subject to the
provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall
become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company
within three months prior to a default, as defined in subsection (b) of this
Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default
shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for
the benefit of the Trustee individually, the holders of the Debentures and the
holders of other indenture securities (as defined in subsection (c) of this
Section):
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and
owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or
interest, effected after the beginning of such three months' period
and valid as against the Company and its other creditors, except any
such reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition of any
property described in paragraph (2) of this subsection, or from the
exercise of any right of set-off which the Trustee could have
exercised if a petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or against
the Company upon the date of such default; and
(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claim as
such creditor, either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or
composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such three
months' period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such
property, if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any,
of the Company and its other creditors in such property or such
proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of
any such claim by any person (other than the Company) who is liable
thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such
claim by the Trustee to a third person, and (iii) distributions made
in cash, securities, or other property in respect of claims filed
against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in a case for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Code or applicable
State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it as
security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to
the beginning of such three months' period;
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(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the
claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as
security for any such claim, if such claim was created after the
beginning of such three months' period and such property was
received as security therefor simultaneously with the creation
thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of proving that
at the time such property was so received the Trustee had no
reasonable cause to believe that a default, as defined in subsection
(c) of this Section, would occur within three months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B) or
(C), against the release of any property held as security for such
claim as provided in such paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be,
to the extent of the fair value of such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted
after the beginning of such three months' period for property held as security
at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the
property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the
extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in
renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding
any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have
the same status as such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held
in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned between
the Trustee, the Debentureholders and the holders of other indenture securities
in such manner that the Trustee, the Debentureholders and the holders of other
indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account
and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or
receivership or in a case for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy
Code or applicable State law, the same percentage of their respective claims,
figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account of the
receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special account
and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee, the
Debentureholders and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on
claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in a case for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Code or applicable State law,
but after crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented
by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and
from the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this
paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term "dividends" shall include any
distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or in a
case for reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Code or applicable
State law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities, or other
property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the
secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy,
receivership or a case for reorganization is pending shall have
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jurisdiction (i) to apportion between the Trustee, the Debentureholders and the
holders of other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and the proceeds
thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to
the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness
of the distributions to be made to the Trustee, the Debentureholders and the
holders of other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims,
in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value
of any securities or other property held in such special account or as security
for any such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as
between the secured and unsecured portions of such claims, or otherwise to apply
the provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula.
Any Trustee who has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such
three months' period shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection (a)
as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has
resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such three months' period, it
shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection (a) if and only if the
following conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim which would have
given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had
continued as trustee, occurred after the beginning of such three
months' period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within
three months after such resignation or removal.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of subsection (a) of this
Section a creditor relationship arising from:
(1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any
indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one
year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of
competent jurisdiction, or by this Indenture, for the purpose of
preserving any property other than cash which shall at any time be
subject to the lien, if any, of this Indenture or of discharging tax
liens or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of
such advance and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof
is given to the Debentureholders at the time and in the manner
provided in this Indenture;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the
capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar,
custodian, paying
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agent, subscription agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other
similar capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or
premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or
securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in subsection (c)
of this Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a Company
organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal
Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a creditor
of the Company; or
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any
drafts, bills of exchange, acceptance or obligations which fall
within the classification of self-liquidating paper as defined in
subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) As used in this Section:
(1) The term "default" shall mean any failure to make payment in
full of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest upon any
of the Debenture or upon the other indenture securities when and as
such principal (or premium, if any) or interest becomes due and
payable.
(2) The term "other indenture securities" shall mean securities upon
which the Company is an obligor (as defined in the Trust Indenture
Act) outstanding under any other indenture (A) under which the
Trustee is also trustee, (B) which contains provisions substantially
similar to the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section, and (C)
under which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the
funds and property held in said special account.
(3) The term "cash transaction" shall mean any transaction in which
full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days
after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks
or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand.
(4) The term "self-liquidating paper" shall mean any draft, xxxx of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated
or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the
purchase, processing, manufacture, shipment, storage or sale of
goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents
evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon , the goods,
wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the
sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously
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constituting the security, provided the security is received by the
Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing,
negotiating or incurring of the draft, xxxx of exchange, acceptance
or obligation.
(5) The term "Company" shall mean any obligor upon any of the
Debentures.
ARTICLE 8
CONCERNING THE DEBENTURES
SECTION 8.01. Evidence of Action by Debentureholders. Whenever in this
Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage
in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of a particular series may take
any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any
notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at
the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified
percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument
or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of
Debentures of that series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
If the Company shall solicit from the Debentureholders of any series any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination
of Debentureholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have
no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given
before or after the record date, but only the Debentureholders of record at the
close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Debentureholders for
the purposes of determining whether Debentureholders of the requisite proportion
of outstanding Debentures of that series have authorized or agreed or consented
to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, and for that purpose the outstanding Debentures of that series
shall be computed as of the record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by such Debentureholders on the record date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
SECTION 8.02. Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Debentures. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of
any instrument by a Debentureholder (such proof will not require notarization)
or his agent or proxy and proof
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of the holding by any person of any of the Debentures shall be sufficient if
made in the following manner;
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any
instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the
Trustee.
(b) The ownership of Debentures shall be proved by the Debenture
Register of such Debentures or by a certificate of the Debenture
Registrar thereof.
(c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter
referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
SECTION 8.03. Who May Be Deemed Owners of Debentures. Prior to the due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Debenture, the Company, the
Trustee, any paying agent and any Debenture Registrar may deem and treat the
person in whose name such Debenture shall be registered upon the books of the
Company as the absolute owner of such Debenture (whether or not such Debenture
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon
made by anyone other than the Debenture Registrar) for the purpose of receiving
payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 2.03) interest on such Debenture and for all other purposes; and neither
the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Debenture Registrar
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 8.04. Debentures Owned by a Company or Controlled or Controlling
Companies Disregarded for Certain Purposes. In determining whether the holders
of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Debentures of a particular series
have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture,
Debentures of that series which are owned by the Company or any other obligor on
the Debentures of that series or by any Subsidiary of the Company or of such
other obligor on the Debentures of that series shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for
the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such direction, consent or waiver, only Debentures of such series which the
Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Debentures so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the
purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Debentures and
that the pledgee is not a person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any
such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the
Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the
Trustee.
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SECTION 8.05. Instruments Executed by Debentureholders Bind Future
Holders. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as
provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the
majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of a
particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action,
any holder of a Debenture of that series which is shown by the evidence to be
included in the Debentures the holders of which have consented to such action
may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as
provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debenture.
Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Debenture shall
be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and
owners of such Debenture, and of any Debenture issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or
not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debenture. Any action taken
by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and
the holders of all the Debentures of that series.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. Purposes for Which Supplemental Indenture May Be Entered
Into Without Consent of Debentureholders. In addition to any supplemental
indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the
consent of the Debentureholders, for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants
of the Company contained herein or otherwise established with
respect to the Debentures; or
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the
holders of the Debentures of all or any series as the Board of
Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of
the holders of Debentures of all or any series, and to make the
occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any
of such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions
a default or an Event of Default with respect to such series
permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies
provided in
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this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that in
respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or
provision such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular
period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer
than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for
an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit the right of
the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures of such series to waive such default; or
(c) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision
contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein
or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions
in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture and
shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the
Debentures of any series; or
(d) 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 Debenture outstanding of any series created
prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
entitled to the benefit of such provision.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution
of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained, but the Trustee
shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section
may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the
holders of any of the Debentures at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of
the provisions of Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.02. Modification of Indenture with Consent of Debentureholders.
With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debentures of each
series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time
outstanding (and, in the case of any series of Debentures held as trust assets
of a AES Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore
occurred, such consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities of such AES Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust
of such AES Trust), the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act as
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then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders
of the Debentures of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that
no such supplemental indenture shall (i) extend the fixed maturity of any
Debentures of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the
rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, without the consent of the holder of each
Debenture so affected or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debentures, the
holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture,
without the consent of the holders of each Debenture (and, in the case of any
series of Debentures held as trust assets of a AES Trust and with respect to
which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the
holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such AES Trust
as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such AES Trust) then
outstanding and affected thereby.
Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the
filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Debentureholders (and, in
the case of any series of Debentures held as trust assets of a AES Trust and
with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such
consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such
AES Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such AES Trust)
required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the
Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental
indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but
shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Debentureholders of any
series affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the
Debentureholders of all series affected thereby as their names and addresses
appear upon the Debenture Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section
10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be
modified and amended
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in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the
Company and the holders of Debentures of the series affected thereby shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all
respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the
terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.04. Debentures May Bear Notation of Changes By Supplemental
Indentures. Debentures of any series, affected by a supplemental indenture,
authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a
notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the
requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any
matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Debentures of that series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company,
authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Debentures of
that series then outstanding.
SECTION 9.05. Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that
any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or
permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is proper
for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the execution
thereof.
ARTICLE 10
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 10.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. The Company shall
not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the
Company shall not permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge into the
Company, unless:
(a) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation, or
the corporation (if other than the Company) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entity are
transferred or leased shall be a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof
or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of
the Company under the Debentures and this Indenture; and
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(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no
Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time
or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and
be continuing.
SECTION 10.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. The successor
corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or
to which such 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 corporation had been named as the Company
herein, and thereafter (except in the case of a lease to another Person) the
predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under
the Indenture and the Debentures and, in the event of such conveyance or
transfer, any such predecessor corporation may be dissolved and liquidated.
SECTION 10.03. Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that
any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition,
and any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indentures. (A) If at any
time (a) the Company shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and
interest on all the Debentures of any series Outstanding hereunder (other than
Debentures of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07) as and when the same
shall have become due and payable, or (b) the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation all Debentures of any series theretofore
authenticated (other than any Debentures of such series which shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 2.07) or (c) (i) all the Debentures of series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called
for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii) the Company shall have
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds
the entire amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying
agent to the Company in accordance with Section 11.04) or Government
Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such
amounts as will insure the availability of cash, or 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 (A) the principal and interest on all
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Debentures of such series on each date that such principal or interest is due
and payable and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which
such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
and the Debentures of such series; and if, in any such case, the Company shall
also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company,
then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights
of registration of transfer and exchange of Debentures of such series and the
Company's right of optional redemption, if any, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures, (iii) rights of holders of
Debentures to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon
the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and
remaining rights of the Debentureholders to receive mandatory sinking fund
payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder, (v) the rights of the holders of Debentures of such series as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee
payable to all or any of them, and (vi) the obligations of the Company under
Section 4.02) and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction of
and discharging this Indenture; provided, that the rights of Holders of the
Debentures to receive amounts in respect of principal of and interest on the
Debentures held by them shall not be delayed longer than required by
then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities exchange upon
which the Debentures are listed. The Company agrees to reimburse the Trustee for
any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to
compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly
rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Debentures of
such series.
(B) The following provisions shall apply to the Debentures of each series
unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution or indenture
supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 2.01. In addition to discharge
of the Indenture pursuant to the next preceding paragraph, the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Debentures
of a series on the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) below,
and the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Debentures of such
series shall no longer be in effect (except as to (i) rights of registration of
transfer and exchange of Debentures of such series and the Company's right of
optional redemption, if any, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed,
lost or stolen Debentures, (iii) rights of holders of Debentures to receive
payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due
dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the holders
of Debentures to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the
rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v) the
rights of the Holders of Debentures as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (vi)
the obligations of the Company under Section 4.02) and the Trustee, at the
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Company, shall at the Company's request, execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same, if
(a) with reference to this provision the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Debentures of
such series (i) cash in an amount, or (ii) Governmental Obligations
maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such
amounts as will insure the availability of cash or (iii) 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 (A)
the principal and interest on all Debentures of such series on each
date that such principal or interest is due and payable or is
earlier redeemed (irrevocably provided for under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee), as the case may be, and (B) any
mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such payments
are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
and the Debentures of such series;
(b) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
based on the fact that (x) the Company has received from, or there
has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y)
since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable
Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such
opinion shall confirm that, the holders of the Debentures of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income
tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in
the same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case
if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;
(d) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this provision have been complied with; and
(e) no event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 14.02 or 14.03, would prevent the Company from
making payments of the principal of or interest on the Debentures of
such series on the date of such deposit.
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SECTION 11.02. Application of Trustee of Funds Deposited For Payment of
Debentures. Subject to Section 11.04, all moneys deposited with the Trustee (or
other trustee) pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by
it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the
Company acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular
Debentures of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys
have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon
for principal and interest; but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 11.03. Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited For Payment of
Debentures. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to Debentures of any series, all moneys then held by any paying
agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of
Debentures shall, upon demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the
Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys.
SECTION 11.04. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. Any moneys
deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the
principal of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but
remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal or
interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of
the Company and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Company by the
Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Debentures
of such series shall, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only
to the Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect, and
all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such moneys
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such paying agent,
before being required to make any such repayment with respect to moneys
deposited with it for any payment series, shall at the expense of the Company,
mail by first-class mail to holders of such Debentures at their addresses as
they shall appear on the Debenture Register, notice, that such moneys remain and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty days
from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 11.05. Repayment of Moneys Paid by Trustee. The Company shall pay
and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or
assessed against the Governmental Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
11.01 or the principal or interest received in respect of such obligations.
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ARTICLE 12
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of
Company Exempt From Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any
obligations, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Debenture, or
for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had
against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or
future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation,
either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statue or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach
to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or
directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debentures or implied therefrom;
and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at
common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such
rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director as such, because the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Debentures or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly
waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution
of this Indenture and the issuance of such Debentures.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 13.01. Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture. All
the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained
by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION 13.02. Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Company
Valid. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or
required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the
Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the
corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the
time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.
SECTION 13.03. Surrender of Powers of Company. The Company by instrument
in writing executed by authority of two-thirds of its Board of Directors and
delivered to
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the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company and
thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and
as to any successor corporation.
SECTION 13.04. Required Notices or Demands May be Served by Mail. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or demand which by any
provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by
the Trustee or by the holders of Debentures to or on the Company may be given or
served by being deposited first class postage prepaid in a post-office letterbox
addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the
Trustee), as follows: The AES Corporation, 0000 Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel and Secretary. Any notice, election,
request or demand by the Company or any Debentureholder to or upon the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if
given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
SECTION 13.05. Indenture and Debentures to Be Construed in Accordance with
Laws of the State of New York. This Indenture and each Debenture shall be deemed
to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all
purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State (without
regard to principles of conflicts of laws thereof).
SECTION 13.06. Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to be
Furnished Upon Application or Demands by Company; Statements To Be Included In
Each Certificate or Opinion With Respect to Compliance With Condition or
Covenant. (a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture 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 have been complied with, except that in
the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
in this Indenture (other than the certificate provided pursuant to Section
5.03(d) of this Indenture) shall include (1) a statement that the person making
such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion
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as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4)
a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 13.07. Payments Due on Sundays or Holidays. Except as provided
pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and as set forth in an
Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to
the Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal
of any Debenture or the date of redemption of any Debenture shall not be a
business day then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) may be
made on the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if
made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue
for the period after such nominal date.
SECTION 13.08. Provisions Required by Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to
Control. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 13.09. Indenture May Be Executed by its Counterparts. This
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 13.10. Separability of Indenture Provisions. .In case any one or
more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Debentures of any
series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Debentures, but this Indenture
and such Debentures shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or
unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
SECTION 13.11. Assignment by Company to Subsidiary. The Company will have
the right at all times to assign any of its rights or obligations under this
Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company;
provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain
jointly and severally liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing,
this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties thereto
and their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be
assigned by the parties hereto.
SECTION 13.12. Holders of Preferred Securities as Third Party
Beneficiaries of the Indenture; Holders of Preferred Securities May Institute
Legal Proceedings Against the Company in Certain Cases. The Company hereby
acknowledges that, to the extent specifically set forth herein, prior to a
Security Exchange with respect to the Debentures of any series held as trust
assets of a AES Trust, the holders of the Preferred Securities of such AES Trust
shall expressly be third party beneficiaries of this Indenture. The
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Company further acknowledges that, prior to a Security Exchange with respect to
Debentures of any series held as trust assets of a AES Trust, if the Property
Trustee of such AES Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as
the holder of the Debentures of a series held as trust assets of such AES Trust,
any holder of the Preferred Securities of such AES Trust may institute legal
proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such Property Trustee's
rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings
against such Property Trustee or any other person or entity; provided that, if
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributed
to the failure of the Company to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on
the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a holder of Preferred Securities of
such AES Trust may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to
such holder of the principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal
amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of
such holder (a "Holder Direct Action") on or after the respective due date
specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Holder Direct Action, the
rights of the holders of the Common Securities of such AES Trust will be
subrogated to the rights of such holder of Preferred Securities to the extent of
any payment made by the Company to such holders of Preferred Securities in such
Holder Direct Action. Except as provided in the preceding sentences, the holders
of Preferred Securities of such AES Trust will not be able to exercise directly
any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures. Reference to a
"holder" of Preferred Securities or Common Securities herein shall mean a
"Holder" of such security as defined in the Declaration of Trust.
ARTICLE 14
SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES
SECTION 14.01. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company covenants and agrees,
and each Debentureholder issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise
covenants and agrees, that all Debentures shall be issued subject to the
provisions of this Article; and each person holding any Debenture, whether upon
original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof accepts and
agrees that the Principal of and interest on all Debentures issued hereunder
shall, to the extent and in the manner herein set forth, be (i) subordinated and
subject in right to the prior payment in full of all Senior and Subordinated
Debt and (ii) structually subordinated to the liabilities of the Company's
subsidiaries.
SECTION 14.02. Payments to Debentureholders. No payments on account of
principal of, Change of Control purchase price, or interest on the Debentures
shall be made if at the time of such payment or immediately after giving effect
thereto there shall exist a default in any payment with respect to any Senior
and Subordinated Debt, and such event of default shall not have been cured or
waived or shall not have ceased to exist. In addition, during the continuance of
any other event of default (other than a payment
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default) with respect to Designated Senior and Subordinated Debt pursuant to
which the maturity thereof may be accelerated, from and after the date of
receipt by the Trustee of written notice from the holders of such Designated
Senior and Subordinated Debt or from an agent of such holders, no payments on
account of Principal, Change of Control purchase price, or interest in respect
of the Debentures may be made by the Company for a period ("Payment Blockage
Period") commencing on the date of delivery of such notice and ending 179 days
thereafter (unless such Payment Blockage Period shall be terminated by written
notice to the Trustee from the holders of such Designated Senior and
Subordinated Debt or from an agent of such holders, or such event of default has
been cured or waived or has ceased to exist). Only one Payment Blockage Period
may be commenced with respect to the Debentures during any period of 360
consecutive days. No event of default which existed or was continuing on the
date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the
Designated Senior and Subordinated Debt initiating such Payment Blockage Period
shall be or be made the basis for the commencement of any subsequent Payment
Blockage Period by the holders of such Designated Senior and Subordinated Debt,
unless such event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not
less than 90 consecutive days.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any
liquidation, dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment
for the benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets and liabilities or any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of the Company, all amounts due or
to become due upon all Senior and Subordinated Debt shall first be paid in full,
in cash or cash equivalents, or payment thereof provided for in accordance with
its terms, before any payment is made on account of the Principal of, Change of
Control purchase price, or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the
Debentures, and upon any such liquidation, dissolution, winding up,
receivership, reorganization, assignment, marshalling or proceeding, any payment
or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, to which the Debentureholders or the Trustee under
this Indenture would be entitled, except for the provisions hereof, shall be
paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the
Debentureholders or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or
it, directly to the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt (pro rata to such
holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior and Subordinated Debt
held by such holders) or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or
trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any of
such Senior and Subordinated Debt may have been issued, as their respective
interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior and Subordinated
Debt in full (including, without limitation, except to the extent, if any,
prohibited by mandatory provisions of law, post-petition interest, in any such
proceedings), after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to
or for the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt, before any
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payment or distribution is made to the holders of the indebtedness evidenced by
the Debentures or to the Trustee under this Indenture.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the
Trustee under this Indenture or the holders of the Securities before all Senior
and Subordinated Debt is paid in full or provision is made for such payment in
accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust
for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of such
Senior and Subordinated Debt or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments
evidencing any of such Senior and Subordinated Debt may have been issued, as
their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all
Senior and Subordinated Debt remaining unpaid until all such Senior and
Subordinated Debt shall have been paid in full in accordance with its terms,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the
holders of such Senior and Subordinated Debt.
For purposes of this Article, the words, "cash, property or securities"
shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or
readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for
by a plan of arrangement, reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which
is subordinated (at least to the extent provided in this Article with respect to
the Securities) to the payment of all Senior and Subordinated Debt which may at
the time be outstanding; provided, that (i) the Senior and Subordinated Debt is
assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such arrangement,
reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of the Senior
and Subordinated Debt are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by
such arrangement, reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the
Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer
of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another
corporation upon the terms and conditions provided in Article 10 shall not be
deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes
of this Section if such other corporation shall, as a part of such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated
in Article 10. Nothing in this Section shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Article 7, except as provided therein. This
Section shall be subject to the further provisions of Section 14.05.
SECTION 14.03. Subrogation of Debentures. Subject to the payment in full
of all Senior and Subordinated Debt, the holders of the Debentures shall be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt to
receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company
applicable to the Senior and Subordinated Debt until the principal of and
interest on the Debentures shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such
subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
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and Subordinated Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the holders
of the Debentures or the Trustee on their behalf would be entitled except for
the provisions of this Article, and no payment over pursuant to the provisions
of this Article to the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt by holders of the
Debentures or the Trustee on their behalf shall, as between the Company, its
creditors other than holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt and the holders of
the Debentures, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the
Senior and Subordinated Debt; and no payments or distributions of cash, property
or securities to or for the benefit of the Debentureholders pursuant to the
subrogation provision of this Article, which would otherwise have been paid to
the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt shall be deemed to be a payment by
the Company to or for the account of the Debentures. It is understood that the
provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the holders of the Debentures, on the one hand,
and the holders of the Senior and Subordinated Debt, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Debentures is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt, and the
holders of the Debentures, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Debentures the principal of and
interest on the Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative
rights of the holders of the Debentures and creditors of the Company other than
the holders of the Senior and Subordinated Debt, nor shall anything herein or
therein prevent the holder of any Debenture or the Trustee on his behalf from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under
this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders
of Senior and Subordinated Debt in respect of cash, property or securities of
the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article 7, and the
holders of the Debentures shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such liquidation,
dissolution, winding up, receivership, reorganization, assignment or marshalling
proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or
distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the holders of the Debentures, for
the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior and Subordinated Debt and other
indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or
to this Article.
SECTION 14.04. Authorization by Debentureholders. Each holder of a
Debenture by his acceptance thereof authorizes the Trustee in his behalf to take
such action as may be
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necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this
Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION 14.05. Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee and to any paying agent of any fact known to the Company
which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or
any paying agent in respect of the Debentures pursuant to the provisions of this
Article. Regardless of anything to the contrary contained in this Article or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
the existence of any Senior and Subordinated Debt or of any default or event of
default with respect to any Senior and Subordinated Debt or of any other facts
which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee,
unless and until the Trustee shall have received notice in writing at its
principal Corporate Trust Office to that effect signed by an officer of the
Company, or by a holder or agent of a holder of Senior and Subordinated Debt who
shall have been certified by the Company or otherwise established to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or agent, or by the
trustee under any indenture pursuant to which Senior and Subordinated Debt shall
be outstanding, and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the
Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Article 7, be entitled to assume
that no such facts exist; provided that if on a date at least three Business
days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys shall
become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of
the principal of, or interest on any Debenture) the Trustee shall not have
received with respect to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section,
then, regardless of anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall have full
power and authority to receive such moneys and to apply the same to the purpose
for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary which may be received by it on or after such prior date.
Regardless of anything to the contrary herein, nothing shall prevent (a)
any payment by the Company or the Trustee to the Debentureholders of amounts in
connection with a redemption of Debentures if (i) notice of such redemption has
been given pursuant to Article 3 prior to the receipt by the Trustee of written
notice as aforesaid, and (ii) such notice of redemption is given not earlier
than 60 days before the redemption date, or (b) any payment by the Trustee to
the Debentureholders of amounts deposited with it pursuant to Article 11.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written
notice by a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior and
Subordinated Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such
notice has been given by a holder of Senior and Subordinated Debt or a trustee
on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good
faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any person
as a holder of Senior and Subordinated Debt to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount
of Senior and
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Subordinated Debt held by such person, the extent to which such person is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the rights of such person under this Article, and if such evidence
is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending
judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment.
SECTION 14.06. Trustee's Relation to Senior and Subordinated Debt. The
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior and Subordinated
Debt which may at any time be held by it in its individual or any other capacity
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior and Subordinated Debt and
nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee or any such agent, of any of
its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Article 7.
With respect to the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Article, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to
owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior and Subordinated Debt and,
subject to the provisions of Article 7, the Trustee shall not be liable to any
holder of Senior and Subordinated Debt if it shall pay over or deliver to
holders of Debentures, the Company or any other person moneys or assets to which
any holder of Senior and Subordinated Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article or otherwise.
SECTION 14.07. No Impairment to Subordination. No right of any present or
future holder of any Senior and Subordinated Debt to enforce subordination as
herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any
act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to
act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any
knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, hereby accepts the trust
in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein
above set forth.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
THE AES CORPORATION
By ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By ________________________
Name:
Title:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE
By ___________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By ______________________
Name:
Title:
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On March __, 1997 before me, ____________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared ______________________ and
/ / personally known to me -OR -
/ / proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s)
whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies),
and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the
entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
Witness my hand and official seal.
_____________________________
Signature of Notary
CAPACITY CLAIMED BY SIGNER
/ / INDIVIDUAL(S) _______ ______________
/ / CORPORATE OFFICER(S)
/ / PARTNER(S)
/ / ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
/ / TRUSTEE(S)
/ / GUARDIAN/CONSERVATOR
/ / OTHER:
SIGNER IS REPRESENTING:
NAME OF PERSON(S) OR ENTITY(IES)
THE AES CORPORATION
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On March __, 1997 before me, __________________, Notary Public, personally
appeared ___________________ and
/ / personally known to me - OR -
/ / proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s)
whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me
that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies),
and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the
entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
Witness my hand and official seal.
_____________________________
Signature of Notary
CAPACITY CLAIMED BY SIGNER
/ / INDIVIDUAL(S) _________________________
/ / CORPORATE OFFICER(S)
/ / TRUST OFFICER
/ / ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
/ / TRUSTEE(S)
/ / GUARDIAN/CONSERVATOR
/ / OTHER:
SIGNER IS REPRESENTING:
NAME OF PERSON(S) OR ENTITY(IES)
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
