Blount, Inc./Blount International, Inc.]
Exhibit
4.8
[Xxxxxx,
Inc./Xxxxxx International, Inc.]
Company
AND
[Xxxxxx
International, Inc./Xxxxxx, Inc.]1
Guarantor
AND
[●]
Trustee
_____________
Indenture
Dated
as of
[ ]
1
If
Xxxxxx, Inc. is the issuer of the
Securities, Xxxxxx International, Inc. will be the Guarantor. If Xxxxxx
International, Inc. is the issuer of the Securities and the Securities are
guaranteed, then Xxxxxx, Inc. will be the Guarantor.
_____________
Xxxxxx,
Inc.
and
Xxxxxx
International, Inc.
and
[●]
Indenture,
dated as of
[ ]
Reference
is made to the following provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, which establish certain duties and responsibilities of the Company
and
the Trustee which may not be set forth fully in this Indenture:
Section
|
Subject
|
310(b)
|
Disqualifications
of Trustee for conflicting interest
|
311
|
Preferential
collection of claims of Trustee as creditor of Company
|
312(a)
|
Periodic
filing of information by Company with Trustee
|
312(b)
|
Access
of Securityholders to information
|
313(a)
|
Annual
report of Trustee to Securityholders
|
313(b)
|
Additional
reports of Trustee to Securityholders
|
314(a)
|
Reports
by Company, including annual compliance certificate
|
314(c)
|
Evidence
of compliance with conditions precedent
|
315(a)
|
Duties
of Trustee prior to default
|
315(b)
|
Notice
of default from Trustee to Securityholders
|
315(c)
|
Duties
of Trustee in case of default
|
315(d)
|
Provisions
relating to responsibility of Trustee
|
315(e)
|
Assessment
of costs against litigating Securityholders in certain
circumstances
|
316(a)
|
Directions
and waivers by Securityholders in certain circumstances
|
316(b)
|
Prohibition
of impairment of right of Securityholders to payment
|
316(c)
|
Right
of Company to set record date for certain purposes
|
317(a)
|
Special
powers of Trustee
|
318(a)
|
Provisions
of Act to control in case of
conflict
|
XXXXXX,
INC.
AND
XXXXXX
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND
[●],
AS TRUSTEE
Reconciliation
and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture,
dated as of
[ ]
Trust
Indenture
Act Section |
Indenture
Section
|
§310(a)(1)
|
609
|
(a)(2)
|
609
|
(a)(3)
|
Not
Applicable
|
(a)(4)
|
Not
Applicable
|
(a)(5)
|
609
|
(b)
|
608
|
610
|
|
§311(a)
|
613(a)
|
(b)
|
613(b)
|
(b)(2)
|
703(a)(2)
|
703(b)
|
|
§312(a)
|
701
|
702(a)
|
|
(b)
|
702(b)
|
(c)
|
702(c)
|
§313(a)
|
703(a)
|
(b)
|
703(b)
|
(c)
|
703(a)
|
703(b)
|
|
(d)
|
703(c)
|
§314(a)(1)(2) and (3)
|
704
|
(a)(4)
|
1008
|
(b)
|
Not
Applicable
|
(c)(1)
|
102
|
(c)(2)
|
102
|
(c)(3)
|
Not
Applicable
|
(d)
|
Not
Applicable
|
(e)
|
102
|
§315(a)
|
601(a)
|
(b)
|
602
|
703(a)(6)
|
|
(c)
|
601
|
(d)
|
601
|
(d)(1)
|
601
|
(d)(2)
|
601
|
_____________
Note:
This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the
Indenture.
Trust
Indenture
Act Section |
Indenture
Section
|
(d)(3)
|
601
|
(e)
|
514
|
§316(a)
|
101
|
(a)(1)(A)
|
502
|
512
|
|
(a)(1)(B)
|
513
|
(a)(2)
|
Not
Applicable
|
(b)
|
508
|
(c)
|
513
|
§317(a)(1)
|
503
|
(a)(2)
|
504
|
(b)
|
1006
|
§318(a)
|
107
|
_____________
Note:
This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the
Indenture.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
________________
PAGE
PARTIES
|
1
|
|
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
|
1
|
|
RECITALS
OF THE GUARANTOR
|
1
|
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
|
||
SECTION
101.
|
DEFINITIONS.
|
1
|
SECTION
102.
|
COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
|
7
|
SECTION
103.
|
FORM
OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
|
8
|
SECTION
104.
|
ACTS
OF HOLDERS.
|
8
|
SECTION
105.
|
NOTICES,
ETC., TO TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR.
|
9
|
SECTION
106.
|
NOTICE
TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.
|
10
|
SECTION
107.
|
CONFLICT
WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
|
10
|
SECTION
108.
|
EFFECT
OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
|
10
|
SECTION
109.
|
SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS.
|
11
|
SECTION
110.
|
SEPARABILITY
CLAUSE.
|
11
|
SECTION
111.
|
BENEFITS
OF INDENTURE.
|
11
|
SECTION
112.
|
GOVERNING
LAW.
|
11
|
SECTION
113.
|
LEGAL
HOLIDAYS.
|
11
|
ARTICLE
TWO
SECURITY
FORMS
|
||
SECTION
201.
|
FORMS
GENERALLY.
|
13
|
SECTION
202.
|
FORM
OF FACE OF SECURITY.
|
14
|
SECTION
203.
|
FORM
OF REVERSE OF SECURITY.
|
17
|
SECTION
204.
|
FORM
OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
|
21
|
SECTION
205.
|
FORM
OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.
|
24
|
ARTICLE
THREE
THE
SECURITIES
|
||
SECTION
301.
|
AMOUNT
UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
|
25
|
SECTION
302.
|
DENOMINATIONS.
|
27
|
SECTION
303.
|
EXECUTION,
AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
|
27
|
SECTION
304.
|
TEMPORARY
SECURITIES.
|
29
|
SECTION
305.
|
REGISTRATION,
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
|
30
|
SECTION
306.
|
MUTILATED,
DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
|
32
|
SECTION
307.
|
PAYMENT
OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
|
32
|
SECTION
308.
|
PERSONS
DEEMED OWNERS.
|
33
|
SECTION
309.
|
CANCELLATION.
|
34
|
SECTION
310.
|
COMPUTATION
OF INTEREST.
|
34
|
ARTICLE
FOUR
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
|
||
SECTION
401.
|
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
|
35
|
SECTION
402.
|
APPLICATION
OF TRUST MONEY.
|
36
|
SECTION
403.
|
DEFEASANCE
UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS.
|
36
|
ARTICLE
FIVE
REMEDIES
|
||
SECTION
501.
|
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT.
|
38
|
SECTION
502.
|
ACCELERATION
OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
|
40
|
SECTION
503.
|
COLLECTION
OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE.
|
42
|
SECTION
504.
|
TRUSTEE
MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
|
43
|
SECTION
505.
|
TRUSTEE
MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES.
|
43
|
SECTION
506.
|
APPLICATION
OF MONEY COLLECTED.
|
44
|
SECTION
507.
|
LIMITATION
ON SUITS.
|
44
|
SECTION
508.
|
UNCONDITIONAL
RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND
INTEREST.
|
45
|
SECTION
509.
|
RESTORATION
OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
|
45
|
SECTION
510.
|
RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
|
45
|
SECTION
511.
|
DELAY
OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
|
45
|
SECTION
512.
|
CONTROL
BY HOLDERS.
|
45
|
SECTION
513.
|
WAIVER
OF PAST DEFAULTS.
|
46
|
SECTION
514.
|
UNDERTAKING
FOR COSTS.
|
47
|
SECTION
515.
|
WAIVER
OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
|
47
|
ARTICLE
SIX
THE
TRUSTEE
|
||
SECTION
601.
|
CERTAIN
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
|
48
|
SECTION
602.
|
NOTICE
OF DEFAULTS.
|
48
|
SECTION
603.
|
CERTAIN
RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
|
48
|
ii
SECTION
604.
|
NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES.
|
49
|
SECTION
605.
|
MAY
HOLD SECURITIES.
|
49
|
SECTION
606.
|
MONEY
HELD IN TRUST.
|
50
|
SECTION
607.
|
COMPENSATION
AND REIMBURSEMENT.
|
50
|
SECTION
608.
|
DISQUALIFICATION;
CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
|
51
|
SECTION
609.
|
CORPORATE
TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
|
51
|
SECTION
610.
|
RESIGNATION
AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
|
51
|
SECTION
611.
|
ACCEPTANCE
OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
|
53
|
SECTION
612.
|
MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS.
|
54
|
SECTION
613.
|
PREFERENTIAL
COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
|
54
|
SECTION
614.
|
APPOINTMENT
OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
|
54
|
ARTICLE
SEVEN
HOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
|
||
SECTION
701.
|
COMPANY
AND GUARANTOR TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
HOLDERS.
|
56
|
SECTION
702.
|
PRESERVATION
OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS.
|
56
|
SECTION
703.
|
REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE.
|
57
|
SECTION
704.
|
REPORTS
BY COMPANY AND GUARANTOR.
|
58
|
ARTICLE
EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION,
AMALGAMATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER
OR LEASE
|
||
SECTION
801.
|
COMPANY
OR GUARANTOR MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
|
59
|
SECTION
802.
|
SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
|
60
|
ARTICLE
NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
|
||
SECTION
901.
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
|
60
|
SECTION
902.
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
|
61
|
SECTION
903.
|
EXECUTION
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
|
63
|
SECTION
904.
|
EFFECT
OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
|
63
|
SECTION
905.
|
CONFORMITY
WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
|
63
|
iii
SECTION
906.
|
REFERENCE
IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
|
63
|
ARTICLE
TEN
PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
|
||
SECTION
1001.
|
PAYMENT
OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST BY COMPANY.
|
63
|
SECTION
1002.
|
MAINTENANCE
OF OFFICE OR AGENCY BY COMPANY.
|
64
|
SECTION
1003.
|
RESERVED.
|
64
|
SECTION
1004.
|
RESERVED.
|
64
|
SECTION
1005.
|
MAINTENANCE
OF OFFICE OR AGENCY BY GUARANTOR.
|
64
|
SECTION
1006.
|
MONEY
FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
|
65
|
SECTION
1007.
|
CORPORATE
EXISTENCE.
|
66
|
SECTION
1008.
|
STATEMENT
BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS TO COMPLIANCE.
|
66
|
SECTION
1009.
|
WAIVER
OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
|
66
|
SECTION
1010.
|
ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS.
|
67
|
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES
|
||
SECTION
1101.
|
APPLICABILITY
OF ARTICLE.
|
69
|
SECTION
1102.
|
ELECTION
TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
|
69
|
SECTION
1103.
|
SELECTION
BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
|
70
|
SECTION
1104.
|
NOTICE
OF REDEMPTION.
|
70
|
SECTION
1105.
|
DEPOSIT
OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
|
71
|
SECTION
1106.
|
SECURITIES
PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
|
71
|
SECTION
1107.
|
SECURITIES
REDEEMED IN PART.
|
71
|
SECTION
1108.
|
OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION DUE TO CHANGES IN TAX TREATMENT.
|
72
|
ARTICLE
TWELVE
SINKING
FUNDS
|
||
SECTION
1201.
|
APPLICABILITY
OF ARTICLE.
|
72
|
SECTION
1202.
|
SATISFACTION
OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
|
73
|
SECTION
1203.
|
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
|
73
|
iv
ARTICLE
THIRTEEN
GUARANTEES
|
||
SECTION
1301.
|
GUARANTEE.
|
74
|
SECTION
1302.
|
SUBROGATION.
|
74
|
SECTION
1303.
|
EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF GUARANTEES.
|
75
|
TESTIMONIUM
|
77
|
SIGNATURES
|
77
|
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
|
77
|
v
THIS
INDENTURE is dated as of
[ ],
among [Xxxxxx International, Inc./Xxxxxx, Inc.], a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx 00000, and [Xxxxxx International, Inc./Xxxxxx, Inc.], a corporation
duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called
the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, and [●], a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of [●], as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), having
its Corporate Trust Office at [●].
Recitals
of the Company
The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes
or
other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued
in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
Recitals
of the Guarantor
The
Guarantor desires to make the Guarantees provided for herein.
All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Guarantor,
in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
Now,
Therefore, This Indenture Witnesseth:
For
and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof,
as follows:
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
Section
101. Definitions.
For
all
purposes of this indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article
and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(2)
all
other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly
or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States; and
(4) the
words
“herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
Certain
terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that
Article.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section
104.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or common control with such specified Person.
For
the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities.
“Board
of
Directors”, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, means
either the board of directors, or any committee of such board authorized to
act
for it hereunder, of the Company or of the Guarantor, as the case may
be.
“Board
Resolution”, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, means a
copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the
Company or by the Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or
a
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been
duly adopted by its Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on
the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business
Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking or trust institutions
in
that Place of Payment are authorized generally or obligated by law, regulation
or executive order to close.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this
instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such
duties at such time.
2
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean
such successor corporation.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name
of the Company or of the Guarantor, in the case of the Company, by a Director
or
a senior officer, or, in the case of the Guarantor, by one of its Directors
or
any other Person duly authorized thereto by Board Resolution and by the
Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a Deputy Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“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 hereof is located at [●].
“corporation”
means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company or business
trust.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, as amended, specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
“Event
of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any successor statute, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“Executive
Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
“Global
Security” means a Security bearing the legend required by Section 206 evidencing
all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series
or its nominee and registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee.
“Government
Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America or any foreign government of a sovereign state for the payment
of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of an entity
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America or such foreign government the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America or such foreign government, as the case may be, which, in
either case under clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government
3
Obligation
or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository
receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of
the
Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of
the
Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
“Guarantee”
means any guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the guarantee set forth
in Section 1301.
“Guarantor”
means the Person named as the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean
such successor corporation.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof including, for all purposes
of
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the
Trust
Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and
any
such supplemental indenture, respectively, and shall include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section
301.
“interest”,
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its
terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity
of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal
of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed, in the case of the Company, by a
Director or a senior officer, or, in the case of the Guarantor, by one of its
Directors or any other Person duly authorized thereto by Board Resolution and
by
the Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a Deputy Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such Officers’ Certificate shall
contain the statements required by Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act
if
applicable.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or the Guarantor. Each such opinion shall
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include
the statements required by Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, if
applicable.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less
than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the
Company or the Guarantor (if the Company or the Guarantor shall act as Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided however,
that,
if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu
of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities
are
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided,
however,
that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (A) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date
of
such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated
Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as
specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301 (C) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units
shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as
contemplated by Section 301 on the date of original issuance of such
Security of the principal amount (or, in the case of a Security described in
clause (A) or (B) above, the amount determined pursuant to such Clause) of
such
Security and (D) Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor
or
of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
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upon
any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities
or
any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other
obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person (which may include the Company or the Guarantor)
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Periodic
Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the
specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate
or
rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof
and
the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined
by
the Company upon the issuance of such Securities.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Place
of
Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the
place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
the
Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section
301.
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price
at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the Chairman or any
Vice-Chairman of the board of directors, the Chairman or any Vice-Chairman
of
the executive committee of the board of directors, the Chairman of the trust
committee, the President, any Vice President or any Corporate Trust Officer
of
the Trustee.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities that have been issued, authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305.
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“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security
as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment
of
principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock
or
equity interest having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect
a
majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether
or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation
shall
have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency)
is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Guarantor
or by
one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Guarantor and one or more Subsidiaries.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable previsions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is than a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there
is
more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series,
provided that the Trustee shall not be the Company, the Guarantor or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor
or of
such other obligor.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust
Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and as in force at the date as of which this
instrument was executed, and as amended thereafter from tine to
time.
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after
the title “vice president”.
Section
102. Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
Upon
any
application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor
shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required
under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given
in the form of an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel and shall
comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture. Such an Officers’ Certificate shall
state that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with and such Opinion of
Counsel shall state that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any
such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any other
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provision
of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate provided under
Section 1008) hereof shall include
(1) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenants or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
Section
103. Form
of
Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In
any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or the Guarantor may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise
of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based
are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar
as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or the Guarantor,
as
the case may be, stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may
be, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Section
104. Acts
of
Holders.
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(a)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee
and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company and the Guarantor. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing
such instrument or instrument. Proof of execution of any such instrument or
of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee,
the
Company and the Guarantor if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
(b)
The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may
be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate
of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer
acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact
and
date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of
the
Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c)
The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act
of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same
Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or
the
Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(e)
Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder
with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any
part
of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents
each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or
any
part of such principal amount.
Section
105. Notices,
Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantor.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or by the Guarantor shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed
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in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Institutional Trust Services, or
(2) the
Company or the Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
made,
given, furnished or filed in writing, in the case of the Company, to or
with it
at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph
of this
instrument, Attention: Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished
in writing to the Trustee by the Company, with a copy to the Guarantor,
and in
the case of the Guarantor, to or with it at the address of its office specified
in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: Manager, Capital
Markets,
or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee
by the
Guarantor, with a copy to the Company.
Section
106. Notice
to
Holders; Waiver.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall
be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event,
at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest
date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed
for
the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by
mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed,
to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with
respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive
such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In
case
by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section
107. Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act.
If
any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this
Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that
may
be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may
be.
Section
108. Effect
of
Headings and Table of Contents.
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The
Article and Section headings herein, the Reconciliation and tie between the
Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section
109. Successors
and Assigns.
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or the Guarantor
shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section
110. Separability
Clause.
In
case
any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities or in the Guarantees shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section
111. Benefits
of Indenture.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities or in the Guarantees, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
Section
112. Governing
Law.
This
Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except that the
authorization and execution of this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees
shall be governed by the laws of the respective jurisdictions of organization
of
the Company and the Guarantor.
Section
113. Legal
Holidays.
In
any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of
any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of the Securities of any series which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place
of
Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case
may
be.
Section
114. Submission
to Jurisdiction.
The
Company agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
based
upon the Indenture or the Securities may be instituted in any state or Federal
court
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in
the
Borough of Manhattan, Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America,
waives, to the extent it may effectively do so, any objection which it may
have
now or hereafter to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or
proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in
any
such suit, action or proceeding. The Company has designated and
appointed the Guarantor (or any successor corporation) as the Company’s
authorized agent to accept and acknowledge on its behalf service of any and
all
process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such
court and agrees that service of process upon said agent at its office at 0000
XX Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, attention of General Counsel
(or
at such other address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as
the
Company may designate by written notice to the Guarantor and the Trustee),
and
written notice of said service to the Company, mailed or delivered to it, at
0000 XX Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, attention of General Counsel
(until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee), shall be
deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any
such suit, action or proceeding and shall be taken and held to be valid personal
service upon the Company, whether or not the Company shall then be doing, or
at
any time shall have done, business within the State of New York, and any such
service of process shall be of the same force and validity as if service were
made upon it according to the laws governing the validity and requirements
of
such service in such State, and waives all claim of error by reason of any
such
service. Said designation and appointment shall be irrevocable until the
Indenture shall have been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article
Four. The Company agrees to take all action as may be necessary to continue
the
designation and appointment of the Guarantor or any successor
corporation in full force and effect so that the Company shall at all times
have
an agent for service of process for the above purposes in the Borough of
Manhattan, Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of
America.
The
Guarantor agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or
based upon the Indenture or the Guarantees may be instituted in any state or
Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America, waives, to the extent it may effectively do so, any
objection which it may have now or hereafter to the laying of the venue of
any
such suit, action or proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction
of
any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Guarantor has
designated and appointed the Company (or any successor corporation) as
the Guarantor’s authorized agent to accept and acknowledge on its behalf service
of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or
proceeding in any such court and agrees that service of process upon said agent
at its office at 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, attention
of
General Counsel (or at such other address in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, as the Guarantor may designate by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee), and written notice of said service to the Guarantor,
mailed or delivered to it, at 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000,
attention of General Counsel (until another address is filed by the
Guarantor with the Trustee), shall be deemed in every respect effective service
of process upon the Guarantor in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall
be taken and held to be valid personal service upon the Guarantor, whether
or
not the Guarantor shall then be doing, or at any time shall have done, business
within the State of New York, and any such service of process shall be of the
same force and validity as if service were made
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upon
it
according to the laws governing the validity and requirements of such service
in
such State, and waives all claim of error by reason of any such service. Said
designation and appointment shall be irrevocable until the Indenture shall
have
been satisfied and discharged in accordance with Article Four. The Guarantor
agrees to take all action as may be necessary to continue the designation and
appointment of the Guarantor or any successor corporation in full
force and effect so that the Guarantor shall at all times have an agent for
service of process for the above purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, Xxx
Xxxx
xx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America.
ARTICLE
TWO
SECURITY
FORMS
Section
201. Forms
Generally.
The
Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this
Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a
Board
Resolution of the Company or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of
any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities.
The
Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of each series shall be in
substantially the form set forth in Section 205, or in such other form as shall
be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Guarantor or in
one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other corrections as are required
or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the person duly authorized thereto
executing such Guarantees, all as evidenced by such execution. If the form
of
Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Guarantor, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary, a Deputy
Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery
of
such Securities.
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The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set
forth in this Article.
The
definitive Securities and Guarantees shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Section
202. Form
of
Face of Security.
[Insert
any required selling restriction and/or taxation legend.]
[Xxxxxx,
Inc./Xxxxxx International, Inc.]
[
…..%]
Guaranteed [Zero Coupon] [Note] [Debenture] Due …..
No.
…………………$…………….
[Xxxxxx,
Inc./Xxxxxx International, Inc.], a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to …………………………………., or registered
assigns, the principal sum of ………….. Dollars on ………………….. [If
the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert—,
and to
pay interest thereon from …………………… or from the most recent Interest Payment Date
to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
……………………….. and ………………………….. in each year, commencing ……………………….., at the rate
of …….% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment [If
applicable insert—,
and
(to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable)
at the rate of …..% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any
overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest, which shall be the .………… or …………. (whether or not
a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either
be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date
for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than
10
days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice
as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture].
If
any
deduction or withholding for any present or future taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges of the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing
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authority
thereof or therein) in which the Company is incorporated, shall at any time
be
required by such jurisdiction (or any such political subdivision or taxing
authority) in respect of any amounts to be paid by the Company of principal
of
or interest on a Security of any series, then the Company will pay to the Holder
of a Security of such series such additional amounts as may be necessary in
order that the net amounts paid to such Holder of such Security who, with
respect to any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge, is not
resident in such jurisdiction, after such deduction or withholding, shall be
not
less than the amounts specified in such Security to which such Holder is
entitled; provided,
however,
that the
Company shall not be required to make any payment of additional amounts (1)
for
or on account of any such tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by
the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein or (2) for or on account of:
(a)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but
for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder
(or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or
possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust,
partnership or corporation) and the taxing jurisdiction or any political
subdivision or territory or possession thereof or area subject to its
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary,
settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been
a
citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade
or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein
or
(ii) the presentation of a Security of such series (where presentation is
required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such
payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly
provided for, whichever occurs later;
(b)
any
estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax,
assessment or other governmental charge;
(c)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by
withholding from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any interest
on, the Securities of such series;
(d)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason
of
the failure by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security of such series
(i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity
of
the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other
similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirements, which,
in
the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation
or administrative practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition to
exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(e)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which such Holder would have been able
to avoid by presenting such Security to another Paying Agent; or
(f)
any
combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above; nor shall additional
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amounts
be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of, or any interest on,
any
Security of such series to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or
other
than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would
be required by the laws of the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income for tax
purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member
of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled
to
such additional amounts had it been the Holder of such Security.
The
foregoing provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to any withholding or
deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature of any jurisdiction in which any
successor Person to the Company is organized, or any political subdivision
or
taxing authority thereof or therein.
[If
the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert—
The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of …..% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of
such
default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand.
Any
such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall
bear
interest at the rate of …..% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of
such
demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if
applicable, insert—
any
such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in ……………..., [in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts] [specify other currency] [if
applicable, insert—;
provided,
however,
that at
the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register].
Reference
is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the
reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall
not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for
any
purpose.
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In
Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
Dated:
[XXXXXX,
INC./XXXXXX INTERNATIONAL, INC.]
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Section
203. Form
of
Reverse of Security.
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an
Indenture, dated as of [●] (herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company,
as Issuer, Xxxxxx International, Inc., as Guarantor (herein called the
“Guarantor”), and [●], as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and
all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the
respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the
Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of
the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited
in
aggregate principal amount to [$]…………..].
[If
applicable, insert—
The
Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’
notice by mail, [if
applicable, insert—
(1)
on
…………….. in any year commencing with the year ………. and ending with the year
……..... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption
Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after
…………………., 20……], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount):
If redeemed [on or before …………….., …..%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month
period beginning ………………. of the years indicated,
Year
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Redemption
Price
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Redemption
Price
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and
thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to …...% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if
applicable, insert—
(whether through operation of
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the
sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If
applicable insert—
The
Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’
notice by mail, (1) on …………… in any year commencing with the year .......
and ending with the year …... through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table
below, and (2) at any time [on or after ……………………], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise
than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning ………………… of the years indicated,
Year
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Redemption
Price
For
Redemption
Through
Operation
of
the Sinking Fund
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Redemption
Price For
Redemption
Otherwise
Than
Through Operation
of
the Sinking Fund
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and
thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to …...% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to …...……………., redeem any Securities
of this series as contemplated by [Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as
a
part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the
Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice)
of
less than …….% per annum.]
[The
sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on …………………. in each
year beginning with the year ....…...... and ending with the year ………… of [not
less than] [$]………..... [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than [$]…………..]
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this
series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory]
sinking fund payments
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may
be
credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required
to be made — in the inverse order in which they become due.]
In
the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name
of
the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
[If
the Security is not subject to redemption, —
This
Security is not redeemable prior to Stated Maturity[, except pursuant to Section
1108 of the Indenture. The date specified for the Securities of this series,
for
the purposes of said Section 1108, is ………] .]
[If
the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security,
—
If
an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared
due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.]
[If
the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,
—
If
an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert
formula for determining the amount.
Upon
payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii)
of
interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the
extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all
of
the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall
terminate.]
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series
to
be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive
compliance by the Company or the Guarantor, or both, with certain provisions
of
the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall
be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof
or
in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this Security.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect
to
the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other
remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in
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principal
amount of the Securities of this series at the time outstanding shall have
made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event
of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the
Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder
of
this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed or
provided for herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on
this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency
of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by
a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series,
of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will
be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The
Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons
in denominations of [$]……….. and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities
of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested
by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior
to
due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company,
the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes (subject to Section 307 of the Indenture), whether
or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The
Indenture provides that the Company and the Guarantor, at the Guarantor’s
option, (a) will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the
Securities (except for certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange
of Securities, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Securities, maintain paying
agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust) or (b) need not comply with
certain restrictive covenants of the
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Indenture,
in each case if the Company or the Guarantor deposits, in trust, with the
Trustee money or Government Obligations which through the payment of interest
thereon and principal thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money,
in an amount sufficient to pay all the principal (including any mandatory
sinking fund payments) of, and (premium, if any) and interest on, the Securities
on the dates such payments are due in accordance with the terms of such
Securities and Guarantees, and certain other conditions are
satisfied.
[If
applicable insert— Except
in
the limited circumstances described in Section 305 of the Indenture, the
Securities of this series shall be issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities and ………. shall be the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities.] All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section
204. Form
of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
This
is
one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
[●],
as
Trustee
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Section
205. Form
of
Guarantee
Guarantees
to be endorsed on the Securities shall, subject to Section 201, be in
substantially the form set forth below; words enclosed in brackets shall be
inserted if applicable:
Guarantee
of [Xxxxxx International, Inc./Xxxxxx, Inc.]
For
value
received, [Xxxxxx International, Inc./Xxxxxx, Inc.], a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called
the “Guarantor”, which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed),
hereby unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which
this
Guarantee is endorsed and to the Trustee referred to in such Indenture due
and
prompt payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Security [and the due and prompt payment of the sinking fund payments provided
for therein,] when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
the
Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise, according to the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to
therein. In case of the failure of [Xxxxxx, Inc./Xxxxxx International, Inc.],
a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation
under such Indenture) punctually to make any such principal, premium, [or]
interest [or sinking fund] payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any
such payment to be made promptly when and as the same shall become due and
payable,
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whether
at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption
or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The
Guarantor hereby further agrees, subject to the limitations and exceptions
set
forth below, that if any deduction or withholding for any present or future
taxes, assessments or other governmental charges of the jurisdiction (or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the
Guarantor is incorporated, shall at any time be required by such jurisdiction
(or any such political subdivision or taxing authority) in respect of any
amounts to be paid by the Guarantor under this Guarantee, the Guarantor will
pay
to the Holder of a Security of such series such additional amounts as may be
necessary in order that the net amounts paid to such Holder of such Security
who, with respect to any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge,
is
not resident in such jurisdiction, after such deduction or withholding, shall
be
not less than the amounts specified in such Security to which such Holder is
entitled; provided,
however,
that the
Guarantor shall not be required to make any payment of additional amounts (1)
for or on account of any such tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed
by
the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or
therein or (2) for or on account of:
(a)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but
for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder
(or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or
possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust,
partnership or corporation) and the taxing jurisdiction or any political
subdivision or territory or possession thereof or area subject to its
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary,
settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been
a
citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade
or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein
or
(ii) the presentation of a Security of such series (where presentation is
required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such
payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly
provided for, whichever occurs later;
(b)
any
estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax,
assessment or other governmental charge;
(c)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by
withholding from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any interest
on, the Securities of such series;
(d)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason
of
the failure by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security of such series
(i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity
of
the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other
similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirements, which,
in
the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation
or administrative practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition to
exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or
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other
governmental charge;
(e)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which such Holder would have been able
to avoid by presenting such Security to another Paying Agent; or
(f)
any
combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above; nor shall additional
amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of, or any interest
on, any Security of such series to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership
or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such
payment would be required by the laws of the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income
for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary
or a
member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been
entitled to such additional amounts had it been the Holder of such
Security.
The
foregoing provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to any withholding or
deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature of any jurisdiction in which any
successor Person to the Guarantor is organized, or any political subdivision
or
taxing authority thereof or therein.
The
Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were
principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or
unenforceability of such Security or such Indenture, any failure to enforce
the
provisions of such Security or such Indenture, or any waiver, modification
or
indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto, by the Holder of such
Security or such Trustee, or any other circumstance which may otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor; provided,
however,
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall,
without the consent of the Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such
Security or the interest rate thereon or impose or increase any premium payable
upon redemption thereof. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment,
demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or
bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against
the
Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness
evidenced thereby [or with respect to any sinking fund payment required under
such Security] and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee
will not be discharged except by payment in full of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on such Security. This is a guarantee of payment
and not of collection.
The
Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security
against the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the
Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee; provided,
however,
that
the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments
arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal
of
(and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the same series issued
under such Indenture shall have been paid in full.
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No
reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Guarantee or of
such
Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the Guarantor, which is
absolute and unconditional, of the due and punctual payment of the principal
of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Security upon which this Guarantee
is
endorsed at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency prescribed
therein.
This
Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate
of authentication of such Security shall have been manually executed by or
on
behalf of the Trustee under such Indenture.
All
terms
used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the
meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
In
Witness Whereof, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be signed manually
or in facsimile by a person duly authorized in that behalf.
XXXXXX
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY |
Attest:
Dated
the
date on the face hereof.
Section
205. Form
of
Legend for Global Securities.
Any
Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form or such other form as may be determined
pursuant to Section 201:
“This
Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter
referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee of a
Depositary. This Global Security is exchangeable for Securities registered
in
the name of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the
limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this
Security (other than a transfer of this Security as a whole by the Depositary
to
a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in such limited
circumstances.”
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ARTICLE
THREE
THE
SECURITIES
Section
301. Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The
Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established
by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, as appropriate,
and set forth in (or determined in the manner set forth in) an Officers’
Certificate of the Company or the Guarantor, as appropriate, or established
in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series,
(1) the
title
of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
the
series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any
limit
upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may
be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304,
305,
306, 906 or 1107);
(3) the
Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest;
(4) the
date
or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is
payable;
(5) the
rate
or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any,
the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates
on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the
place
or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) if
applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company, including the date referred
to
in Section 1108;
(8) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the
series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option
of
a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price
or
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prices
at
which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall
be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if
other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if
other
than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration
of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(11) if
other
than such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public or private debts, the coin or
currency (including any composite currency) in which payment of the principal
of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of the series shall be
denominated or payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof
in
the currency of the United States of America for the purposes of the definition
of “Outstanding” in Section 101;
(12) if
the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series
are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a
coin
or currency (including any composite currency) other than that in which the
Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and
the
terms and condition upon which, such election may be made;
(13) if
the
principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series
will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated
Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such
Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder,
including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon
any
Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case,
the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
(14) if
the
amounts of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(15) the
Guarantee of the Securities of such series pursuant to Article Thirteen
hereof;
(16) whether
the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form
of
one or more Global Securities and, if so, the Depositary for such Global
Security or Securities;
(17) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities
of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the
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requisite
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and
payable pursuant to Section 502;
(18) with
respect to such series of Securities, the “Stated Intervals” and the “Record
Date” for purposes of Section 312(a) (in the case of non-interest bearing
Securities) and 316(c), respectively, of the Trust Indenture Act;
(19) if
additional amounts pursuant to Section 1010 will not be payable by the Company
or the Guarantor; and
(20) any
other
terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).
All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to
denomination and number and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to such Board Resolutions and set forth (or determined in the manner provided
in) in such Officers’ Certificates or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If
any of
the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, a copy of an appropriate record
of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the
Company or by the Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or
a
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered
to the trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting
forth the terms of the series.
With
respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board
Resolution (or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers’ Certificate or
supplemental indenture referred to above may provide general terms or parameters
for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of
particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order
or
that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with other
procedures specified in a Company Order as contemplated by the third paragraph
of Section 303.
Notwithstanding
Section 301(2) herein and unless otherwise expressly provided with respect
to a
series of Securities, the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities
may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up
to
the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such series
as
increased.
Section
302. Denominations.
The
Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons
in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301.
In
the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000
and
any integral multiple thereof.
Section
303. Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one of its Directors
or
senior officers. The signature of any of such director or officer on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time
the proper officers of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall
bind the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, notwithstanding that
such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices
at
the date of such Securities.
At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company having
endorsed thereon Guarantees executed by the Guarantor to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided,
however,
that in
the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with
such other procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the Trustee
of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized
agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be
specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior
to
the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. If the form
or terms of the Securities of the series or the form of the Guarantees endorsed
thereon have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions
as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation
to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
601)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(a) if
the
form of such Securities or Guarantees has been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) if
the
terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the
case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be,
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in
the
case of Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel;
(c) that
such
Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion
of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles, and
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(d) that
such
Guarantees, when the Securities upon which they shall have been endorsed shall
have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company
in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantor
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.
If
such
form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities or this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities
of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be
necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to
Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required
pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication
of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior
to
the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series
to be issued.
With
respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee
may rely, as to the authorization by the Company and the Guarantor of any of
such Securities and the related Guarantees, the form and terms thereof and
the
legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion
of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and
301 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication
of Securities of such series.
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No
Security or Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears
on
such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer,
and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and that such Security or Guarantee is entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture.
Section
304. Temporary
Securities.
Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute,
and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu
of
which they are issued, and having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed
by
the Guarantor substantially of the tenor of the definitive Guarantees, which
Securities and Guarantees may be printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
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authorized
denomination and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities and the person duly
authorized thereto executing such Guarantees may determine, all as evidenced
by
such execution.
If
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities
of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series
upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency
of
the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of
any
series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor,
having endorsed thereon Guarantees duly executed by the Guarantor. Until so
exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities
of
such series.
Section
305. Registration,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
a
register (the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred
to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the
office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount
and tenor, each such Security having endorsed thereon a Guarantee duly executed
by the Guarantor.
At
the
option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount and tenor, each such Security having endorsed thereon
a Guarantee duly executed by the Guarantor, upon surrender of the Securities
to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange
is
entitled to receive.
All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, evidencing
the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
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Every
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or
his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
The
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business
15
days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities
of
that series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close
of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of
or
exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
Each
Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof
and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor,
and
each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes
of
this Indenture.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
any
Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 for
Securities registered in the names of Persons other than the Depositary for
such
series or its nominee if, but only if, (i) such Depositary notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or
at
any time ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such under the Exchange
Act, as amended, and the Company and/or the Guarantor notify the Trustee that
they are unable to locate a qualified successor Depositary, (ii) the Company
and/or the Guarantor executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that
such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred
and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series and beneficial owners of the Securities evidencing not less than 50%
of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Securities of such series advise
the Trustee and the Depositary through participants in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system is no longer in the best interests of the
beneficial owners of the Securities of such series. Any Global Security that
is
exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for
Securities registered in such names as such Depositary shall
direct.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, a Global Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary for such Global Security to a nominee of
such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another
nominee of such Depositary.
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Section
306. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If
any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute
and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount, having endorsed
thereon a Guarantee duly executed by the Guarantor, and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
If
there
shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any
agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company
or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new
Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount, having
endorsed thereon a Guarantee duly executed by the Guarantor, and bearing a
number not contemporaneously Outstanding.
In
case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about
to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing
a
new Security, pay such Security upon compliance with the foregoing
conditions.
Upon
the
issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every
new
Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company and the Guarantor, whether or not the destroyed,
lost
or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section
307. Payment
of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except
as
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series
of
Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid
or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person
in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest.
Any
interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“Defaulted
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Interest”)
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record
Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may
be
paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1)
or
(2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date
for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following
manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security or such series and
the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10
days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name
and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment
of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed,
first
class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his
address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior
to
such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities
of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company
to
the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under
this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any
other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section
308. Persons
Deemed Owners.
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Prior
to
due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of
(and
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and
for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company,
the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
No
holder
of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a
Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such
Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall impair, as between a
Depositary and such holders of beneficial interests, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary as Holder
of
any Security.
None
of
the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the
Guarantor or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section
309. Cancellation.
All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered
to
any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be
promptly cancelled by it. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in
any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for
delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of
by
the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures or as directed by a
Company Order.
Section
310. Computation
of Interest.
Except
as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of
a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Whenever in this Indenture or any
Securities issued hereunder interest at a specified rate is to be calculated
on
the basis of a period less than a calendar year, the yearly rate of interest
to
which such rate is equivalent is such
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rate
multiplied by the actual number of days in the relevant calendar year and
divided by the number of days in such period.
ARTICLE
FOUR
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE
Section
401. Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
This
Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except
as to
any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company or the Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1006) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all
such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have
become due and payable, or
(ii) will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are
to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name,
and
at the expense, of the Company,
and
the
Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in
the
case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity
or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
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(2) the
Company or the Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company
and the Guarantor to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the
Company and the Guarantor to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614
and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the
Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1006 shall
survive.
Section
402. Application
of Trust Money.
Subject
to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1006, all money and the
proceeds of any Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to
Section 401 or 403 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with
the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor
acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest to the Holders of the series of Securities for
the
payment in respect of which such money has been deposited with the
Trustee.
The
Company or the Guarantor shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 403 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is
for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities. The obligations of the
Company and the Guarantor pursuant to this paragraph shall be joint and
several.
Anything
in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver
or
pay to the Company or the Guarantor from time to time upon Company Request
any
money or Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 403 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Discharge or Covenant Defeasance,
as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
Section
403. Defeasance
Upon Deposit of Moneys or Government Obligations.
At
the
Guarantor’s option, either (a) the Company and the Guarantor shall each be
deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its respective
obligations with respect to any series of Securities on the 91st day after
the
applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (b) the
Company and the Guarantor shall cease to be under any obligation to comply
with
any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 801
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or
802 or
any covenant set forth in any indenture supplemental to this Indenture or
otherwise established pursuant to Section 301 and noncompliance with such
Sections or covenants shall not give rise to any Event of Default under Section
501(4) or under Section 501(7) (“Covenant Defeasance”), with respect to any
series of Securities at any time after the applicable conditions set forth
below
have been satisfied:
(1) the
Company or the Guarantor shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocably with the Trustee or its agent as trust funds in trust, specifically
pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders
of
the Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or
(ii) Government Obligations of the government in the currency of which the
Securities of such series are denominated which through the payment of interest
and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide,
not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii)
a
combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to
(ii)
and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to
pay
and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking
fund
payments) of and interest on, the outstanding Securities of such series on
the
dates such installments of interest or principal are due or to and including
the
Redemption Date irrevocably designated by the Guarantor pursuant to subparagraph
(5) hereof;
(2) if
the
Securities of such series are then listed on the New York Stock Exchange,
the
Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the exercise of the option under this Section
403
would not cause such Securities to be delisted;
(3) no
Event
of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event
of
Default under Section 501(1), (2), (3), (5) or (6) with respect to the
Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date
of
such deposit;
(4) the
Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that holders of the Securities of such series will
not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of
the exercise of the option under this Section 403 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 option had not been exercised, and, in the
case
of Securities being Discharged, such opinion shall be accompanied by a private
letter ruling to that effect received from the United States Internal Revenue
Service or a revenue ruling pertaining to a comparable form of transaction
to
that effect published by the United States Internal Revenue
Service;
(5) if
the
Company or the Guarantor has deposited or caused to be deposited money or
Government Obligations to pay or discharge the principal of (and premium,
if
any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of a series to and including
a
Redemption Date pursuant to subparagraph (1) hereof, such
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Redemption
Date shall be irrevocably designated by a Board Resolution delivered to the
Trustee on or prior to the date of deposit of such money or Government
Obligations and such Board Resolution shall be accompanied by an irrevocable
Company Request that the Trustee give notice of such redemption in the name
and
at the expense of the Company not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to such Redemption Date in accordance with Section 1104; and
(6) the
Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Discharge or Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
“Discharged”
means that the Company and Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities
of
such series and the Guarantees endorsed thereon and to have satisfied all the
obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series
and
the Guarantees endorsed thereon (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the
rights of holders of Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund
described in clause (1) above payment of the principal of and the interest
on such Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company’s or the
Guarantor’s obligations, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities
under Sections 305, 306, 1002, 1005 and 1006; and (C) the rights, powers,
trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.
Notwithstanding
any Covenant Defeasance with respect to Sections 801 and 802, any
corporation or Person that would otherwise have been required to assume the
obligations of the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to said Sections shall
be
required, as a condition to any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, transfer,
conveyance or lease contemplated thereby, to assume the obligations of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to the Trustee under
Sections 402 and 607.
ARTICLE
FIVE
REMEDIES
Section
501. Events
of
Default.
“Event
of
Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular
series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court
or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(1) default
in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
or
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(2) default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
of that
series at its Maturity; or
(3) default
in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms
of a
Security of that series; or
(4) default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
or the
Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default
in
whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely
for the
benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance
of such
default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee
or
to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(5) the
entry
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or the Guarantor in an involuntary case
or
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or the Guarantor
a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition filed
against
the Company or the Guarantor seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or
composition of or in respect of the Company or the Guarantor under any
applicable law, or appointing without the consent of the Company or the
Guarantor a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrate
or
other similar official of the Company or the Guarantor or of the whole or
substantially all of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of
its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or
any
such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive
days;
(6) the
commencement by the Company or the Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law
or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent,
or
the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect
of the
Company or the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it,
or
the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or
relief under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrater or similar official of the Company or the
Guarantor or of the whole or substantially all of its property, or the making
by
it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it
in
writing of
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its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of
corporate action by the Company or the Guarantor in furtherance of any such
action; or
(7) any
other
Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that
series.
Upon
receipt by the Trustee of any Notice of Default pursuant to this Section 501,
(i) with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is
represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established, which
record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives
such Notice of Default, and (ii) with respect to any other series of
Securities, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, establish a record
date, in each case for the purpose of determining Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series entitled to join in such Notice of Default. If such
record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated
proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such Notice of
Default, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided,
however,
that
unless Holders of at least the requisite principal amount (which amount shall
be
25% in the case of subclause (4) of this Section) of the Outstanding Securities
of such series, or their proxies, shall have joined in such Notice of Default
prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such Notice of
Default and the Act of Holders, or their proxies, joining in such Notice of
Default shall automatically and without further action by any Holders be
cancelled and of no effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder,
or
a proxy of a Holder, from giving, (i) after expiration of such 90-day
period, a new Notice of Default to the same effect as that cancelled pursuant
to
the proviso to the preceding sentence, or (ii) during any such 90-day
period in respect of any Notice of Default with respect to a prospective Event
of Default with respect to Securities of such series, an additional Notice
of
Default with respect to any other prospective Event of Default (other than
a
prospective Event of Default as to which such a 90-day period has not expired)
with respect to Securities of such series, in either of which events a new
record date shall or may, as the case may be, be established pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 501 in respect of such new or additional Notice
of
Default.
Section
502. Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If
an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or
the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities
of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to
the
Company and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon
any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable.
At
any
time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of
any
series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due
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has
been
obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders
of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series,
by
written notice to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the
Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
(A) all
overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which
have
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest
thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities,
(C) to
the
extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest
at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all
sums
paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;
and
(2) all
Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become
due
solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 513.
No
such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Upon
receipt by the Trustee of any written notice declaring such an acceleration,
or
rescission and annulment thereof, (i) with respect to Securities of a
series all or part of which is represented by a Global Security, a record date
shall be established, which record date shall be at the close of business on
the
day the Trustee receives such notice, and (ii) with respect to any other
series of Securities, the Trustee may, but shall not be. obligated to, establish
a record date, in each case for the purpose of determining Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series entitled to join in such notice. If such
record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated
proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided,
however,
that
unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the
case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage
having joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such
record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment, as the case may be, and the Act of Holders, or their proxies, joining
in such notice shall automatically and without further action by any Holders
be
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cancelled
and of no effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy
of a Holder, of Securities of any series from giving, (i) after expiration
of such 90-day period, a new written notice of declaration of acceleration,
or
rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, to the same effect as
that
cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, or (ii) during
any such 90-day period in respect of any written notice of declaration of
acceleration or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case may be, with
respect to any Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series,
an
additional written notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and
annulment thereof, as the case may be, with respect to any other Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default as to which such a 90-day period has
not
expired) with respect to Securities of such series, in either of which events
a
new record date shall or may, as the case may be, be established pursuant to
the
provisions of this Section 502 in respect of such new or additional written
notice.
Section
503. Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The
Company covenants that if
(1) default
is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
or
(2) default
is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security
at the Maturity thereof,
the
Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any
overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the
rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto,
such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If
the
Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee,
in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial
proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute
such
proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the
Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect
the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out
of
the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such
Securities, wherever situated.
If
an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its
rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any
covenant or agreement in this
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Indenture
or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other
proper remedy.
Section
504. Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
In
case
of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other similar judicial
proceeding relative to the Company, the Guarantor of any other obligor upon
the
Securities or the property of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal
of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made
any demand on the Company or the Guarantor for the payment of overdue principal
or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding
or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture
Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized,
(i) to
file
and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities in accordance with the
terms thereof and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary
or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(ii) to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and
any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrate or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to
make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section
505. Trustee
May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable
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compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
Section
506. Application
of Money Collected.
Any
money
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the
distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully
paid:
First:
To
the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and
Second:
To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit
of
which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority
of
any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively.
Section
507. Limitation
on Suits.
No
Holder
of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment
of
a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee
hereunder;
(3) such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(4) the
Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the
Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of
the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it
being
understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any
right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to
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affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain
or to
seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section
508. Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security
on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the
case
of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent
of such Holder.
Section
509. Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
If
the
Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to
such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, the Company and the Guarantor shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights
and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
Section
510. Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
Except
as
otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306,
no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section
511. Delay
or
Omission Not Waiver.
No
delay
or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any
right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
Section
512. Control
by Holders.
The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any
series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting
any
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proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series,
provided
that
(1) Such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,
(2) the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is
not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject
to the provisions of Section 601, 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.
Upon
receipt by the Trustee of any written notice directing the time, method or
place
of conducting any such proceeding or exercising any such trust or power,
(i) with respect to Securities of a series all or part of which is
represented by a Global Security, a record date shall be established, which
record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Trustee receives
such notice, and (ii) with respect to any other series of Securities, the
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, establish a record date, in each
case for the purpose of determining Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series entitled to join in such notice. If such record date is fixed, the
Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided,
however,
that
unless the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have joined in such notice prior
to
the date which is 90 days after such record date, such notice and the Act of
Holders, or their proxies, joining in such notice shall automatically and
without further action by any Holders be cancelled and of no effect. Nothing
in
this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving,
(i) after expiration of such 90-day period, a new notice to the same effect
as that cancelled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, or
(ii) during any such 90-day period in respect of any notice, a new notice
giving directions contrary to or otherwise different from such notice in either
of which events a new record date shall or may, as the case may be, be
established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 512 in respect of such
new notice.
Section
513. Waiver
of
Past Defaults.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities
of
such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and
its
consequences, except a default
(1) in
the
payment of the principal and (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security
of
such series, or
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(2) in
respect of covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot
be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security of such series affected.
With
respect to any series of Securities, the Company may, but shall not be obligated
to, establish a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled
to waive any past default hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders
on
such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons,
shall
be entitled to waive any default hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided,
however,
that
unless such Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have waived such default prior
to
the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver
previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder
be
cancelled and of no effect.
Upon
any
such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
514. Undertaking
for Costs.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or 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, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company,
the Guarantor or the Trustee.
Section
515. Waiver
of
Stay or Extension Laws.
The
Company and the Guarantor each covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully
do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension
law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and the
Guarantor each (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will
not
hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though
no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE
SIX
THE
TRUSTEE
Section
601. Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
The
duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture
shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly
so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section
602. Notice
of
Defaults.
Within
90 days after the occurrence known to the Trustee of any default hereunder
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail
to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register, notice of all such defaults hereunder, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived provided,
however,
that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding
of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series;
and provided,
further,
that,
in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with
respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given
until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of
this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or
lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of such series.
Section
603. Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 601:
(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, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to
have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any
request or direction of the Company or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall
be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or
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Company
Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or the
Guarantor shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’
Certificate;
(d) the
Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or
any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance thereon;
(e) the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(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, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the relevant
books, records and premises of the Company and the Guarantor, personally or
by
agent or attorney; 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
604. Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company
or the Guarantor, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations
as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee
or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application
by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section
605. May
Hold
Securities.
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The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar
or
any other agent of the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the
same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section
606. Money
Held in Trust.
Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability
for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed
with the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section
607. Compensation
and Reimbursement.
The
Company and the Guarantor agree
(1) To
pay to
the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered
by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision
of law
in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents
and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to
indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising
out of
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against (but
not
of instituting) any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As
security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property
and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust
for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such
Securities.
The
obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this Section shall be joint
and several.
The
provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this
Indenture.
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Section
608. Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests.
If
the
Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the
Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, as soon as practicable and in any event
within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, and
if
the Event of Default (as defined in Section 501 hereof) to which such
conflicting interest relates has not been cured or duly waived or otherwise
eliminated before the end of such 90-day period, either eliminate such
conflicting interest or resign to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and
subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To
the
extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of more than one series or by virtue of being a trustee
under this Indenture and under any indenture listed in Annex A
hereto.
Section
609. Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There
shall at all times be one and only one Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be a Trustee hereunder for Securities
of
one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination
by
Federal or state authority. If such Person publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising
or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such
Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in
its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
Section
610. Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a)
No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 611.
(b)
The
Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more
series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
(c)
In
accordance with the requirements of Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any
series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of
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such
series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company and the
Guarantor.
(d)
If
at any
time:
(1) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor
by
the Company or the Guarantor or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of
a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or the Guarantor or by any
such
Holder, or
(3) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt
or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed
or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then,
in
any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee
with
respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, subject
to
the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If
the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the
Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities
of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee
may
be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series
and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the Guarantor and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611,
become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and
to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If
no
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been
so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
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(f) The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice
of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities
of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to
the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
Section
611. Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
(a)
In
case
of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company, the Guarantor 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, the Guarantor 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
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor,
the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities
of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as
to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees cotrustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee
shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any
trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein
and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the
Company and the Guarantor or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
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property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities
of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates.
(c)
Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in 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 the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section
612. Merger,
Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation
to
which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
qualified under the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and eligible under
this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on
the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities.
Section
613. Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.
If
and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company, the Guarantor
or
any other obligor upon the Securities, the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company, the Guarantor or other such obligor.
Section
614. Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
At
any
time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint
an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or
partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall
be
valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America,
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any
state
thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state
authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital
and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible
in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Section.
Any
corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust
business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating
Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part
of
the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to
the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency
of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice
of
such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will
serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under
the
provisions of this Section.
The
Company and the Guarantor agree to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time
to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If
an
appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section,
the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of
authentication in the following form:
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This
is
one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
[●],
As
Trustee
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By | |
As
Authenticating Agent
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By | |
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Authorized
Signatory
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ARTICLE
SEVEN
HOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section
701. Company
and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders.
The
Company and the Guarantor will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee
(a) semi-annually,
not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date for any series of
Securities at the time Outstanding (or after each of the dates to be specified
for such purpose for non-interest bearing Securities as contemplated by Section
301), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of
the
names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of such
Regular Record Date, and
(b) at
such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company or the Guarantor of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
list is furnished;
excluding
from
any
such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.
Section
702. Preservation
of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a)
The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished
to
the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders
received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee
may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of
a
new list so furnished.
(b)
The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their
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rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights
and
privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c)
Every
Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable
by reason of any disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of
the
Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section
703. Reports
by Trustee.
(a)
The
Trustee shall, within 60 days after each January 15 following the date of
this Indenture, transmit annually by mail to all Holders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report with respect to any
of
the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months
(but
if no such event has occurred within such period, no such report need be
transmitted):
(1) any
change to its eligibility under Section 609 and its qualifications under
Section
608;
(2) the
creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in
Section 3l0(b)(l) through Section 3l0(b)(l0) of the Trust Indenture
Act;
(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 Securities,
on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that
the
Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances to
the
Holders of Securities of any series if such advances so remaining unpaid
aggregate not more than ½ of 1% of the principal amount of the Securities of
such series 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 the Guarantor (or by any other obligor on the
Securities) 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 an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising
in
any manner described in Section 311(b) (2), (3), (4) or (6) of the Trust
Indenture Act;
(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
additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported;
and
(7) any
action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which
it
has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially
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affects
the Securities, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has
been
or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 602.
(b) The
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security 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 Subsection (a) of
this
Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of
execution of this instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may
claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities, on property or funds
held or collected by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported
pursuant to this Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required
(but
may elect) to report such advances to the Holders of Securities of any series
if
such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the
principal amount of the Securities 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 Holders, be filed
by
the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed,
with
the Commission and with the Company and the Guarantor. The Company will notify
the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section
704. Reports
by Company and Guarantor.
The
Company and the Guarantor shall:
(1) file
with
the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, 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 or the Guarantor may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of
the Exchange Act; or, if the Company or the Guarantor is not required to
file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then
it
shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the 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;
(2) file
with
the Trustee and the Commission, such information, documents and other reports,
and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act at the times and in the manner provided in such Act; and
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(3) transmit
by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security
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 or the Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to paragraphs (1)
and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION,
AMALGAMATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER
OR LEASE
Section
801. Company
or Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Neither
the Company nor the Guarantor shall consolidate with or amalgamate with or
merge
into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and neither the Company
nor
the Guarantor shall permit any Person to consolidate or amalgamate with or
merge
into it nor shall the Company permit any Person to convey, transfer or lease
its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company,
unless:
(1) in
case
the Company or the Guarantor shall consolidate or amalgamate with or merge
into
another corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the corporation formed by such
consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company or the Guarantor is
merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases,
the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor substantially as
an
entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States or a political subdivision thereof and shall expressly assume,
by
an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form
satisfactory to the Trustee, in the case of the Company, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the
Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part
of the Company to be performed or observed, and, in the case of the Guarantor,
the due and punctual performance of the Guarantees and the performance of every
covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or
observed;
(2) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which
becomes an obligation of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
or
any of its Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been incurred
by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or such Subsidiary at
the
time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice
or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened
and be continuing; and
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(3) the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has delivered to the Trustee
an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if
a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
Section
802. Successor
Corporation Substituted.
Upon
any
consolidation or amalgamation by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may
be, with or merger by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, into
any
other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and
assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, substantially as
an
entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor corporation formed by
such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Company or the Guarantor,
as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease
is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right
and
power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture
with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, except
in
the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities or the
Guarantees, as the case may be.
ARTICLE
NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
Section
901. Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
the Guarantor, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution and the
Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any
of
the following purposes:
(1) to
evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company or the Guarantor
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or
the
Guarantor herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees; or
(2) to
add to
the covenants of the Company or of the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders
of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants
are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;
or
(3) to
add
any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any
series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for
the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
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additional
Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series); or
(4) to
add
any additional present, future or contingent payment obligation of the Guarantor
under any Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of
Securities (and if such additional payment obligations are to be for the benefit
of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional payment
obligations are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
or
(5) to
add to
or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest
coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(6) to
add
to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect
of
one or more series of Securities, provided,
however,
that
any such addition, change or elimination shall become effective only when there
is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of
such
supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
or
(7) to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series or the form of
Guarantees as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to
or
change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or
(9) to
cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture,
provided,
however,
that
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section
902. Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture,
by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee,
the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Guarantor, when
authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter
into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of
this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series under this Indenture;
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provided,
however,
that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of
or
interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate
of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce
the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other
Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where,
or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or the interest
thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement
of
any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce
the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series,
the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture,
or
the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with
certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify
any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1009, except
to
increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of
this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of
each
Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided,
however,
that
this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with
respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in
this Section and Section 1009, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance
with the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(8), or
(4) change
in
any manner adverse to the interests of the Holders of Securities the terms
and
conditions of the obligations of the Guarantor in respect of the due and prompt
payment of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest thereon
or
any sinking fund payments provided in respect thereof.
A
supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
With
respect to any series of Securities, the Company may, but shall not be obligated
to, establish a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled
to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed,
the
Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether
or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided,
however,
that
unless such consent shall have become
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effective
by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date
which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given
shall
automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of
no
effect.
It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be
sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section
903. Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of
Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized
or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section
904. Effect
of
Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall
be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall
form
a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound
thereby.
Section
905. Conformity
with Trust Indenture Act.
Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section
906. Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities
of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required
by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company and the Guarantor
shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform,
in
the opinion of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, to any such
supplemental Indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company, the
Guarantees endorsed thereon may be executed by the Guarantor and such Securities
may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities of such series.
ARTICLE
TEN
PARTICULAR
COVENANTS OF COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section
1001. Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest by Company.
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The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that
it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the
Securities and this Indenture.
Section
1002. Maintenance
of Office or Agency by Company.
The
Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities
an
office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered
for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration
of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of
the
Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive
all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes or where such notices or demands may
be
served and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however,
that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in
the location of any such other office or agency.
Section
1003. Reserved.
Section
1004. Reserved.
Section
1005. Maintenance
of Office or Agency by Guarantor.
The
Guarantor will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities
an
office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered
for payment under the Guarantees endorsed thereon and where notices and demands
to or upon the Guarantor in respect of the Guarantees endorsed on the Securities
of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Guarantor will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location,
of such office or agency. If at any time the Guarantor shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Guarantor hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
The
Guarantor may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for
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such
purpose or where such notices or demands may be served and may from time to
time
rescind such designations; provided,
however,
that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Guarantor of
its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Guarantor will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of
any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section
1006. Money
for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If
the
Company or the Guarantor shall at any time act as Paying Agent with respect
to
any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
a
sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities,
it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming
due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than
the
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,
that such Paying Agent will:
(i) comply
with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying
Agent and
(ii) during
the continuance of any such default by the Company (or any other obligor on
the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment
in
respect of the Securities of such series.
The
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same
trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any
money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company
or
the Guarantor, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
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any)
or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be,
on
Company Request, or (if then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company and the Guarantor for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company or the Guarantor
as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided,
however,
that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment,
may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section
1007. Corporate
Existence.
Subject
to Article Eight, the Company and the Guarantor will preserve and keep in full
force and effect their respective corporate existences.
Section
1008. Statement
by Executive Officers as to Compliance.
The
Company and the Guarantor will each deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Guarantor ending after the date hereof,
an Executive Officer’s Certificate (which need not comply with the requirements
of Section 102), stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the
signers thereof the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has complied
with all conditions and covenants on their part contained in this Indenture,
and
if such signers have obtained knowledge of any default by the Company or the
Guarantor in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any such condition
or
covenant, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge. For the purpose of this Section 1008, such
compliance with the terms, conditions and covenants of the Indenture shall
be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder.
Section
1009. Waiver
of
Certain Covenants.
The
Company and the Guarantor may omit in any particular instance to comply with
any
term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant set forth in any
indenture supplemental to this Indenture or otherwise established pursuant
to
Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series or the Guarantees
endorsed thereon if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance
or
generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to
the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective,
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the
obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee
in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force
and
effect.
With
respect to any series of Securities, the Company may, but shall not be obligated
to, establish a record date for the purpose of
determining
the Persons entitled to waive any such term, provision or condition. If a record
date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated
proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to waive any such term,
provision or condition hereunder, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided,
however,
that
unless the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall have waived such term, provision or condition
prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such waiver
previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder
be
cancelled and of no effect.
Section
1010. Additional
Amounts.
Unless
otherwise specified in any Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor
establishing the terms of Securities of a series or the Guarantees relating
thereto in accordance with Section 301, if any deduction or withholding for
any
present or future taxes, assessments or other governmental charges of the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein) in which the Company or the Guarantor is incorporated, shall at any
time be required by such jurisdiction (or any such political subdivision or
taxing authority) in respect of any amounts to be paid by the Company of
principal of or interest on a Security of any series, or by the Guarantor under
the Guarantees, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay
to
the Holder of a Security of such series such additional amounts as may be
necessary in order that the net amounts paid to such Holder of such Security
who, with respect to any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge,
is
not resident in such jurisdiction, after such deduction or withholding, shall
be
not less than the amounts specified in such Security to which such Holder is
entitled; provided,
however,
that the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall not be required to make
any
payment of additional amounts (1) for or on account of any such tax, assessment
or governmental charge imposed by the United States or any political subdivision
or taxing authority thereof or therein or (2) for or on account of:
(a)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but
for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder
(or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or
possessor of a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust,
partnership or corporation) and the taxing jurisdiction or any political
subdivision or territory or possession thereof or area subject to its
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary,
settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been
a
citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade
or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein
or
(ii) the presentation of a Security of such series (where presentation is
required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such
payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly
provided for, whichever occurs
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later;
(b)
any
estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax,
assessment or other governmental charge;
(c)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by
withholding from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any interest
on, the Securities of such series;
(d)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason
of
the failure by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security of such series
(i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity
of
the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other
similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirements, which,
in
the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation
or administrative practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition to
exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(e)
any
tax,
assessment or other governmental charge which such Holder would have been able
to avoid by presenting such Security to another Paying Agent;
(f)
any
combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above; nor shall additional
amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of, or any interest
on, any Security of such series to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership
or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such
payment would be required by the laws of the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income
for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary
or a
member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been
entitled to such additional amounts had it been the Holder of such Security.
The
foregoing provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to any withholding or
deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature of any jurisdiction in which any
successor Person to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is
organized, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein; provided,
however,
that
such payment of additional amounts may be subject to such further exceptions
as
may be established in the terms of such Securities established as contemplated
by Section 301.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions, whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned,
in
any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on,
or
in respect of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon
or
the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional
amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context,
additional amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant
to
the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of additional
amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
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construed
as excluding additional amounts in those provisions hereof where such express
mention is not made.
If
the
terms of the Securities of a series established as contemplated by
Section 301 do not specify that additional amounts pursuant to the Section
will not be payable by the Company or the Guarantor, at least 10 days prior
to
the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or
if
the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the
first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made), and at
least
10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest
if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the
below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company or the Guarantor will furnish
the Trustee and the Company’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other
than the Trustee, with an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any
premium or interest on the Securities of that series or under the related
Guarantees shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series without
withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge described in the Securities of that series or the related Guarantees.
If
any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers’ Certificate shall
specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments
to such Holders of Securities and the Company or the Guarantor (only if a
payment under said Guarantees is then due), as the case may be, will pay to
the
Trustee or such Paying Agent or Paying Agents the additional amounts required
by
this Section.
Each
of
the Company and the Guarantor covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee and
any
Paying Agent for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by
any
of them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this
Section, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense is due
to
its own negligence or bad faith.
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES
Section
1101. Applicability
of Article.
Securities
of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be
redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified
as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
Section
1102. Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company,
the
Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the
Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify
the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities
of
such series to be redeemed. In the case of any
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redemption
of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject
to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
Section
1103. Selection
by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If
less
than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for
redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral
multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a
denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities
of
that series.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected
for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The
provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to
any
redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be
redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the
unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination for such Security).
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the
redemption
of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities
which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section
1104. Notice
of
Redemption.
Notice
of
redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not
less
than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder
of
Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security
Register.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date,
(2) the
Redemption Price or, if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation
thereof,
(3) if
less
than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a
single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the
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case
of
partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding
Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed,
the
principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that
on
the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will
cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the
place
or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price, and
(6) that
the
redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice
of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall
be
given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company.
Section
1105. Deposit
of Redemption Price.
Prior
to
any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and
hold
in trust as provided in Section 1006) an amount of money sufficient to pay
the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed
on that date.
Section
1106. Securities
Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice
of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date; provided,
however, that
installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
If
any
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest
from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
Section
1107. Securities
Redeemed in Part.
Any
Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place
of
Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement
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by,
or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in
writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and
deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security
or
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested
by
such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security surrendered; provided,
that if
a Global Security is so surrendered, such new Security so issued shall be a
new
Global Security in a denomination equal to the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Global Security so surrendered.
Section
1108. Optional
Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment.
With
respect to each series of Securities, if, as the result of any change in or
any
amendment to the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision
or
taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or any change in an
application or interpretation of such laws either generally or in relation
to
any particular series of Securities, which change or amendment to such laws
becomes effective on or after the date specified for such series pursuant to
Section 301(7) or which change in application or interpretation is notified
to
the Company or the Guarantor on or after such date, it is determined by the
Company or the Guarantor that the Company or the Guarantor would be required
to
make payments of additional amounts (i) in respect of interest on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date pursuant to the terms of the Securities or
the
Guarantees endorsed on the Securities of such series, as applicable, assuming
a
payment in respect of such interest were required to be made pursuant thereto
on
such Interest Payment Date, or (ii) in respect of the principal of any
series of Original Issue Discount Securities at the date of such determination
pursuant to the terms of the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed on the
Securities of such series, as applicable, assuming a payment in respect of
such
principal were required to be made pursuant thereto on such date, in either
case
the Company or the Guarantor may, at its option, redeem such series of
Securities in whole at any time (except in the case of a series of Securities
that has a variable rate of interest, which may be redeemed on any Interest
Payment Date) at a Redemption Price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption (except in the
case of any series of Outstanding Original Issue Discount Securities which
may
be redeemed at the Redemption Price specified by the terms of such series).
Prior to any redemption of such a series of Securities pursuant to this Section,
the Company or the Guarantor shall provide the Trustee with an Opinion of
Counsel that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company or the
Guarantor to redeem such series of Securities pursuant to this Section have
occurred. Such Opinion of Counsel shall be based on the laws and application
and
interpretation thereof in effect on the date of such opinion or to become
effective on or before the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
ARTICLE
TWELVE
SINKING
FUNDS
Section
1201. Applicability
of Article.
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The
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking
fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption
of
Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series.
Section
1202. Satisfaction
of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The
Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities
of a
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case
in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to
the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as provided for by the terms of such series, provided,
however,
that
such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall
be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
Section
1203. Redemption
of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not
less
than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is
to
be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202 and stating the basis for such credit and that such Securities
have
not been previously so credited and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not more than 60 days before each such sinking
fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon
such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and
cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms
and
in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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ARTICLE
THIRTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section
1301. Guarantee.2
The
Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security of
each
series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee the due
and
prompt payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Security and the due and prompt payment of any sinking fund payments provided
for pursuant to the terms of such Security, when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration,
call for redemption or otherwise, according to the terms of such Security and
of
this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any
such principal, premium, interest or sinking fund payment, the Guarantor hereby
agrees to cause any such payment to be made promptly when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were
made
by the Company.
The
Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were
principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or
unenforceability of any Security of any series or this Indenture, any failure
to
enforce the provisions of any Security of any series or this Indenture, or
any
waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto,
by the Holder of any Security of any series or the Trustee, or any other
circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
of a
surety or guarantor; provided
however,
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, modification or indulgence shall,
without the consent of the Guarantor, increase the principal amount of a
Security or the interest rate thereon or increase any premium payable upon
redemption thereof. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand
of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy
of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company,
protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced
thereby or with respect to any sinking fund payment required pursuant to the
terms of a Security issued under this Indenture and all demands whatsoever,
and
covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any
Security except by payment in full of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and
interest on such Security. The Guarantees shall constitute guarantees of payment
and not of collection.
Section
1302. Subrogation.
The
Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of a Security against
the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the Guarantor
pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee; provided,
however,
that the
Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising
out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the relevant series shall
have been paid in full.
2
If
Xxxxxx, Inc. is the issuer of
the Securities, Xxxxxx International, Inc. will be the Guarantor. If
Xxxxxx International, Inc. is the issuer of the Securities and the Securities
are guaranteed, then Xxxxxx, Inc. will be the Guarantor.
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Section
1303. Execution
and Delivery of Guarantees.
To
evidence its guarantee set forth in Section 1301, the Guarantor hereby agrees
to
execute the Guarantee in a form established pursuant to Section 205, to be
endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Each
such
Guarantee shall be signed manually or by facsimile by a person duly authorized
thereto by Board Resolution of the Guarantor.
Guarantees
bearing the facsimile signature of any individual who was at any time such
an
authorized person of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding
that such individual shall have ceased to be such an authorized person prior
to
the authentication and delivery of the Securities upon which such Guarantees
are
endorsed or was not such an authorized person at the date of such
Securities.
The
delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed thereon
on
behalf of the Guarantor.
* * *
This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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In
Witness Whereof, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereto have caused
this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above
written.
[XXXXXX, INC./XXXXXX INTERNATIONAL, INC.] | |
By | |
Name: | |
Title: |
[XXXXXX INTERNATIONAL, INC./XXXXXX, INC.] | |
By | |
Name: | |
Title: |
[●], as TRUSTEE | |
By | |
Name: | |
Title: |
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