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EXHIBIT 4.2
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TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AS ISSUER
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
AS DEPOSITARY
AND
OWNERS AND HOLDERS OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JULY 1, 1998
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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 1, 1998 among TESORO PETROLEUM
CORPORATION, incorporated under the laws of Delaware (herein called the Issuer),
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation (herein called the
Depositary), and all Owners and holders from time to time of Depositary Receipts
issued hereunder.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to provide, as hereinafter set forth in
this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of Shares (as hereinafter defined) of
the Issuer with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit
Agreement, for the creation of Depositary Shares representing the Shares so
deposited and for the execution and delivery of Depositary Receipts evidencing
the Depositary Shares; and
WHEREAS, the Depositary Receipts are to be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and
omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, it is agreed by and
among the parties hereto as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise
clearly indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Deposit Agreement:
SECTION 1.1 Depositary Shares.
The term "Depositary Shares" shall mean the securities
representing the interests in the Deposited Securities and evidenced by the
Receipts issued hereunder. Each Depositary Share shall represent 1/100 of a
Share and the same proportional interest in any and all other securities,
property and cash received by the Depositary in respect thereof and held
hereunder, until there shall occur a change in Deposited Securities covered by
Section 4.7 with respect to which additional Receipts are not executed and
delivered, and thereafter Depositary Shares shall evidence the amount of Shares
or Deposited Securities specified in such Section.
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SECTION 1.2 Article; Section.
Wherever references are made in this Deposit Agreement to an
"Article" or "Articles" or to a "Section" or "Sections", such references shall
mean an article or articles or a section or sections of this Deposit Agreement,
unless otherwise required by the context.
SECTION 1.3 Certificate of Designation.
The term "Certificate of Designation" shall mean the Certificate
of Designation adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer establishing and
setting forth the rights, preferences, privileges and limitations of the Shares.
SECTION 1.4 Closing Price.
The term "Closing Price" of any security shall mean on any date of
determination (i) the closing sale price (or, if no closing sale price is
reported, the last reported sale price) of such security (regular way) on the
New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") on such date, (ii) if such security is not
listed for trading on the NYSE on any such date, as reported in the composite
transactions for the principal United States securities exchange on which such
security is so listed, (iii) if such security is not so listed on a United
States securities exchange, as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market, (iv) if such
security is not so reported, the last quoted bid price for such security in the
over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar
organization, or (v) if such security is not so quoted, the average of the
mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for such security from each of at least
three nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Issuer for
such purpose.
SECTION 1.5 Commission.
The term "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission of the United States or any successor governmental agency in the
United States.
SECTION 1.6 Deposit Agreement.
The term "Deposit Agreement" shall mean this Agreement, as the
same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
SECTION 1.7 Depositary; Corporate Trust Office.
The term "Depositary" shall mean The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation and any successor as depositary hereunder. The term
"Corporate Trust Office", when used with respect to the Depositary, shall mean
the office of the Depositary which at the date of this Agreement is 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000.
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SECTION 1.8 Deposited Securities.
The term "Deposited Securities" as of any time shall mean Shares
at such time deposited under this Deposit Agreement and any and all other
securities, property and cash received by the Depositary in respect thereof and
at such time held hereunder.
SECTION 1.9 Issuer.
The term "Issuer" shall mean Tesoro Petroleum Corporation,
incorporated under the laws of Delaware, and its successors.
SECTION 1.10 Owner.
The term "Owner" shall mean the person in whose name a Receipt is
registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.
SECTION 1.11 Receipts.
The term "Receipts" shall mean the Depositary Receipts issued
hereunder evidencing Depositary Shares.
SECTION 1.12 Registrar.
The term "Registrar" shall mean any bank or trust company having
an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall be
appointed to register Receipts and transfers of Receipts as herein provided.
SECTION 1.13 Securities Act of 1933.
The term "Securities Act of 1933" shall mean the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as from time to time amended.
SECTION 1.14 Shares.
The term "Shares" shall mean the Issuer's 7.25% Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value per share, heretofore validly issued
and outstanding and fully paid, nonassessable and free of any pre-emptive rights
of the holders of outstanding capital stock of the Issuer or hereafter validly
issued and outstanding and fully paid, nonassessable and free of any pre-emptive
rights of the holders of outstanding capital stock of the Issuer or interim
certificates representing such Shares.
SECTION 1.15 Trading Day; Business Day.
The term "Trading Day" shall mean a business day on which the
security, the Closing Price of which is being determined, (i) is not suspended
from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter market at the close of business and (ii) has traded at least
once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter
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market that is the primary market for the trading of such security. The term
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which the NYSE, banking institutions or trust companies in The City of New York
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF SHARES,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER
AND SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS
SECTION 2.1 Form and Transferability of Receipts.
Definitive Receipts shall be substantially in the form set forth
in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions,
modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided. No Receipt shall be
entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose, unless such Receipt shall have been executed by the Depositary
by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the
Depositary and, if a Registrar for the Receipts shall have been appointed,
countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer
of the Registrar. The Depositary shall maintain books on which each Receipt so
executed and delivered as hereinafter provided and the transfer of each such
Receipt shall be registered. Receipts bearing the manual or facsimile signature
of a duly authorized signatory of the Depositary who was at any time a proper
signatory of the Depositary shall bind the Depositary, notwithstanding that such
signatory has ceased to hold such office prior to the execution and delivery of
such Receipts by the Registrar or did not hold such office on the date of
issuance of such Receipts.
The Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text
thereof such legends or recitals or modifications not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or
required to comply with any applicable law or regulations thereunder or with the
rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which Depositary Shares
may be listed or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which
any particular Receipts are subject by reason of the date of issuance of the
underlying Deposited Securities or otherwise.
Title to a Receipt (and to the Depositary Shares evidenced
thereby), when properly endorsed or accompanied by
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proper instruments of transfer, shall be transferable by delivery with the same
effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that the
Depositary, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, may treat the Owner
thereof as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person
entitled to distribution of dividends or other distributions or to any notice
provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
SECTION 2.2 Deposit of Shares.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement,
Shares may be deposited by delivery thereof by the Issuer to the Depositary on
any closing date for the sale of the Depositary Shares representing such Shares
to underwriters in connection with the public offering of such Depositary
Shares, accompanied by any appropriate instrument or instruments of transfer, or
endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such
certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the
provisions of this Deposit Agreement, and, if the Depositary requires, together
with a written order directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon
the written order of, the Issuer, a Receipt or Receipts for the number of
Depositary Shares representing such deposit. All Shares so deposited shall be
recorded in the name of the Depositary on the books of the Issuer.
Deposited Securities shall be held by the Depositary for the
account and to the order of the Depositary at its Corporate Trust Office or at
such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine.
SECTION 2.3 Execution and Delivery of Receipts.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of any deposit pursuant to Section
2.2 hereunder (and in addition, if the transfer books of the Issuer are open,
the Depositary may in its sole discretion require a proper acknowledgment or
other evidence from the Issuer that any Deposited Securities have been recorded
upon the books of the Issuer in the name of the Depositary or its nominee),
together with the other documents required as above specified, the Depositary,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and
deliver at its Corporate Trust Office, to or upon the written order of the
Issuer, a Receipt or Receipts, registered in the name or names and evidencing
any authorized number of Depositary Shares deliverable in respect of such
deposit requested by the Issuer, but only upon payment to the Depositary of all
taxes and governmental charges and stock transfer and registration
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fees payable in connection with such deposit and the transfer of the Deposited
Securities.
SECTION 2.4 Transfer of Receipts; Combination and Split-up of Receipts.
The Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Deposit Agreement, shall register transfers of Receipts on its transfer books
from time to time, upon any surrender of a Receipt, by the Owner in person or by
a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper
instruments of transfer, and duly stamped as may be required by the laws of the
State of New York and of the United States of America. Thereupon the Depositary
shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts and deliver the same to or upon the
order of the person entitled thereto.
The Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Deposit Agreement, shall upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts for the purpose
of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, execute and
deliver a new Receipt or Receipts for any authorized number of Depositary Shares
requested, evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as the
Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
The Depositary may appoint one or more co-transfer agents for the
purpose of effecting transfers, combinations and split-ups of Receipts at
designated transfer offices on behalf of the Depositary. In carrying out its
functions, a co-transfer agent may require evidence of authority and compliance
with applicable laws and other requirements by Owners or persons entitled to
Receipts and will be entitled to protection and indemnity to the same extent as
the Depositary.
SECTION 2.5 Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Shares.
Upon surrender at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary of
a Receipt for the purpose of withdrawal of the Deposited Securities (it being
understood that, with respect to any withdrawal of Shares, only whole Shares may
be withdrawn) represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt,
and upon payment of all taxes and governmental charges payable in connection
with such surrender and withdrawal of the Deposited Securities, and subject to
the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Owner of such Receipt
shall be entitled to delivery, to him or upon his order, of the amount of
Deposited Securities at the time represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced
by such Receipt. Delivery of
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such Deposited Securities may be made by the delivery of (i) certificates for
Shares being withdrawn in the name of such Owner or as ordered by him or by
certificates for Shares being withdrawn properly endorsed or accompanied by
proper instruments of transfer to such Owner or as ordered by him and (ii) any
other securities, property and cash to which such Owner is then entitled in
respect of such Receipt to such Owner or as ordered by him. Such delivery shall
be made, as hereinafter provided, without unreasonable delay.
A Receipt surrendered for such purposes may be required by the
Depositary to be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by proper instruments
of transfer in blank, and if the Depositary so requires, the Owner thereof shall
execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order directing the Depositary
to cause the Deposited Securities being withdrawn to be delivered to or upon the
written order of a person or persons designated in such order. Thereupon the
Depositary shall, subject to Sections 2.6, 3.1 and 3.2 and to the other terms
and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, deliver at the Corporate Trust Office
to or upon the written order of the person or persons designated in the order
delivered to the Depositary as above provided, the amount of Deposited
Securities represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.
SECTION 2.6 Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer and
Surrender of Receipts.
As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery,
registration of transfer, split-up, combination or surrender of any Receipt or
withdrawal of any Deposited Securities or the exercise of any conversion right
referred to in Section 2.10, the Depositary, any of the Depositary's agents or
the Registrar may require any or all of the following: (i) payment to it of a
sum sufficient to reimburse it for any tax or other governmental charge and any
stock transfer or registration fee with respect thereto (including any such tax
or charge and fee with respect to Shares being deposited or withdrawn or with
respect to the Common Stock (as defined in Section 2.9) of the Issuer being
delivered upon conversion); (ii) the production of proof satisfactory to it as
to the identity and genuineness of any signature and (iii) compliance with any
regulations the Depositary may establish consistent with the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 2.6.
The transfer of Receipts in particular instances may be refused or
the registration of transfer of outstanding Receipts generally may be suspended,
during any period when the transfer books of the Depositary are closed,
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or if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary or the
Issuer at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of
any government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of
this Deposit Agreement, or, with the approval of the Issuer, for any other
reason. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deposit Agreement or the
Receipts, the surrender of outstanding Receipts and withdrawal of Deposited
Securities may not be suspended subject only to (i) temporary delays caused by
closing the transfer books of the Depositary or the Issuer or the payment of
dividends, (ii) the payment of taxes, stock transfer or registration fees and
similar charges, and (iii) compliance with any U.S. laws or governmental
regulations relating to the Receipts or to the withdrawal of the Deposited
Securities.
SECTION 2.7 Lost Receipts, etc.
In case any Receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen,
the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt of like tenor in exchange
and substitution for such mutilated Receipt upon cancelation thereof, or in lieu
of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt. Before the
Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt in substitution for a
destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, the Owner thereof shall have (i) filed with
the Depositary (a) a request for such execution and delivery before the
Depositary has notice that the Receipt has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser and (b) a sufficient indemnity bond and (ii) satisfied any other
reasonable requirements imposed by the Depositary.
SECTION 2.8 Cancelation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts.
All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary shall be canceled by
the Depositary. The Depositary is authorized to destroy Receipts so canceled.
SECTION 2.9 Mandatory Conversion of Shares into Common Stock.
On the date fixed for mandatory conversion of the Shares by the
Certificate of Designation (the "Mandatory Conversion Date"), Shares represented
by Depositary Shares shall be mandatorily converted, and such Depositary Shares
shall be deemed no longer outstanding and all rights of the Owners of the
Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive (i) the
shares of common stock, par value $0.162/3 per share (the "Common Stock") of the
Issuer to which such Owner is entitled upon conversion, (ii) any cash payable
with respect to any fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable by
the Depositary upon conversion, (iii) any cash for accrued and unpaid dividends
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on such Shares (other than previously declared dividends payable to an Owner as
of a prior date) and (iv) any other securities, property or cash to which such
Owner is entitled hereunder) shall cease and terminate. Upon surrender of the
Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares at the Corporate Trust Office or at
such office or to such agent of the Depositary as the Depositary may designate
for such purpose (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, as the Depositary
or such agent shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be converted into,
subject to adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designation and this
Deposit Agreement, (i) a number of shares of Common Stock per Depositary Share
equal to one-one hundredth of the number (including fractional shares) of shares
of Common Stock which each Share converted into at the applicable rate specified
in the Certificate of Designation, (ii) cash in lieu of fractional shares of
Common Stock otherwise deliverable by the Depositary upon such conversion,
calculated in accordance with Section 4.11 hereof, (iii) the right to receive
cash for any accrued and unpaid dividends on the Shares represented by such
Depositary Shares (other than previously declared dividends payable to an Owner
as of a prior date) and (iv) the right to receive any other securities, property
or cash to which Owners are entitled hereunder.
On the Mandatory Conversion Date, for each Owner of a Receipt or
Receipts, the Issuer shall deposit with the Depositary (i) certificates for the
number of shares of Common Stock and (ii) the amount of cash in lieu of
fractional shares determined as set forth in the preceding paragraph into which
the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts shall convert on the
Mandatory Conversion Date (assuming proper surrender of such Receipt or Receipts
to the Depositary or any of its agents) and (iii) subject to the Certificate of
Designation, an amount in cash equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends on the
Shares represented by such Depositary Shares to the Mandatory Conversion Date
(other than previously declared dividends payable to an Owner as of a prior
date). With respect to Owners which hold a Receipt or Receipts evidencing more
than one Depositary Share on the Mandatory Conversion Day, the number of shares
of Common Stock and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares to be
deposited by the Issuer with the Depositary on that date shall be computed on
the basis of the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt
or Receipts. The Depositary shall as promptly as practicable deliver to each
Owner of a Receipt or Receipts which properly delivers such Receipt or Receipts
to the Depositary or any of its agents certificates for the number of shares of
Common Stock and
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the amount of cash, without interest, to which such Owner is entitled pursuant
to the preceding provisions.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered by the
Depositary in connection with mandatory conversion of Shares represented by
Depositary Shares on the Mandatory Conversion Date.
SECTION 2.10 Optional Conversion of Shares into Common Stock.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, at
any time after July 26, 1998 and prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, an
Owner of a Receipt or Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing whole
or fractional Shares may surrender such Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate
Trust Office or at such office or to such agents of the Depositary as the
Depositary may designate for such purpose, together with a notice of conversion
duly completed and executed, thereby directing the Depositary or any such agent
to instruct the Issuer to cause the conversion (which may include partial
conversions) of the number of Shares (which instruction may be given by
reference to the number of Depositary Shares representing such Shares) specified
in such notice of conversion into shares of Common Stock at the rate specified
in the Certificate of Designation, and an assignment of such Receipt or Receipts
to the Issuer or in blank, duly completed and executed (and, if such conversion
is to occur after the close of business on a record date for any payment of
declared dividends on the Shares and before the opening of business on the next
succeeding dividend payment date, payment in cash of an amount equal to the
dividend payable on such date on the Shares so converted). To the extent that an
Owner delivers to the Depositary for conversion a Receipt or Receipts evidencing
Depositary Shares representing Shares which in the aggregate (including
fractional Shares) would result in a fractional share of Common Stock being
deliverable by the Issuer upon such Shares' conversion at the rate specified in
the Certificate of Designation, the Issuer shall deliver to such Owner payment
in cash in lieu of such fractional share of Common Stock, calculated in
accordance with Section 4.11 hereof. If a Receipt or Receipts evidencing more
than one Depositary Share shall be surrendered for conversion of the Shares
represented thereby at one time by the same Owner, the number of shares of
Common Stock and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares deliverable by
the Issuer upon such conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
number of Shares (including fractional Shares) represented by Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered.
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Upon receipt at any time after July 26, 1998 and prior to the
Mandatory Conversion Date by the Depositary or an agent of the Depositary of a
Receipt or Receipts, together with a notice of conversion, duly completed and
executed, directing the Depositary or such agent to instruct the Issuer to cause
the conversion (which may be a partial conversion) of a specified number of
Shares (which instruction may be by reference to the number of Depositary Shares
representing such Shares) at the rate specified in the Certificate of
Designation, and an assignment of such Receipt or Receipts to the Issuer or in
blank, duly completed and executed, the Depositary or such agent shall instruct
the Issuer, subject to adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designation
and this Deposit Agreement, (i) to cause the conversion (which may be a partial
conversion) at the rate specified in the Certificate of Designation of the
number of Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt
or Receipts so surrendered for conversion as specified in the written notice to
the Depositary or such agent and (ii) to cause the delivery to the Owner of such
Receipt or Receipts of (a) a certificate or certificates evidencing the number
of whole shares of Common Stock into which the Shares (including fractional
Shares) represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or
Receipts have been converted, and (b) the amount of cash to which such Owner is
entitled in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable by
the Issuer upon such conversion, calculated in accordance with Section 4.11
hereof. The Issuer shall as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof cause
the delivery of the certificate or certificates and cash referred to in (a) and
(b) above, and such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately
prior to the close of business on the date of such receipt and shall occur at
the rate specified in the Certificate of Designation in effect at such time and
on such date. Upon such conversion, the Depositary or such agent (i) shall
deliver to the Owner a Receipt evidencing the number of Depositary Shares
evidenced by the surrendered Receipt or Receipts in excess of the number of
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts that have been so
converted, (ii) shall cancel the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts
surrendered for conversion and (iii) shall deliver to the Issuer or its transfer
agent for the Shares for cancelation the number of Shares (including fractional
Shares) represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts so
surrendered and so converted. Upon the delivery of the Shares to be canceled due
to such conversion by the Depositary or such agent to the Issuer or its transfer
agent, the Issuer or its transfer agent shall deliver to the Depositary or such
agent, as applicable, a
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certificate or certificates evidencing the number of Shares, if any, that equals
the excess of the number of Shares evidenced by the surrendered certificate over
the number of Shares evidenced by that certificate that have been so converted.
Depositary Shares converted in connection with conversion of the Shares
represented thereby shall only be converted in whole, and not in part.
The Owner of a Receipt or Receipts on any dividend payment record
date established by the Depositary as provided in Section 4.5 hereof shall be
entitled to receive the dividend payable with respect to the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts on the dividend payment date
notwithstanding the conversion (which may be a partial conversion) subsequent to
such record date of the Shares represented by such Depositary Shares. However,
if a Receipt or Receipts are surrendered for conversion after the close of
business on a dividend payment record date established by the Depositary and
before the opening of business on the next succeeding dividend payment date, the
Owner of such Receipt or Receipts shall pay to the Depositary an amount equal to
the dividend payable on such dividend payment date on the Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for conversion. Any Owner
of a Receipt or Receipts on a dividend payment record date established by the
Depositary who (or whose transferee) surrenders such Receipt or Receipts with
instructions to the Depositary for conversion of the underlying Shares on the
next succeeding dividend payment date shall receive the dividend payable with
respect to the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or such Receipts and
shall not be required to include payment of the amount of such dividend on such
Depositary Shares upon surrender of such Receipt or Receipts for conversion.
Upon the conversion of any Share for which a notice of conversion
has been provided to the Depositary or an agent of the Depositary by the Owner
of the Receipt or Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares representing such
Share, dividends shall cease to become payable on such Depositary Shares, such
Depositary Shares shall be deemed no longer outstanding, all rights of the Owner
of the Receipt or Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right
to receive (i) the Common Stock to which such Owner is entitled upon conversion,
(ii) any cash payable with respect to any fractional shares of Common Stock
otherwise deliverable by the Issuer upon conversion, (iii) any Receipts
evidencing Depositary Shares representing Shares which were not so converted and
(iv) any other securities, property or cash to which such Owner is entitled
hereunder)
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shall cease and terminate, and the Receipt or Receipts evidencing such
Depositary Shares shall be cancelled.
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be deliverable by the
Issuer upon conversion of the Shares represented by the Depositary Shares.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF OWNERS OF RECEIPTS
SECTION 3.1 Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other
Information.
Any Owner of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file
with the Depositary such proof of citizenship or residence, to execute such
certificates and to make such representations and warranties, as the Depositary
may deem necessary or proper. The Depositary may withhold the registration of
transfer of any Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or sale or
distribution of rights or of the proceeds thereof or the delivery of any
Deposited Securities or the exercise of any conversion right referred to in
Section 2.9 and 2.10 or the delivery of any Common Stock upon such conversion
until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed
or such representations and warranties made.
SECTION 3.2 Liability of Owner for Taxes.
If any tax or other governmental charge shall become payable with
respect to any Receipt or any Deposited Securities represented by Depositary
Shares evidenced by any Receipt or with respect to any conversion right referred
to in Section 2.10, such tax or other governmental charge shall be payable by
the Owner of such Receipt to the Depositary. The Depositary may refuse to effect
any transfer of such Receipt or any withdrawal of Deposited Securities
represented by Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or any such
conversion until such payment is made, and may withhold any dividends or other
distributions, or may sell for the account of the Owner thereof any part or all
of the Deposited Securities represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt, and may apply such dividends or other distributions or the
proceeds of any such sale in payment of such tax or other governmental charge
and the Owner of such Receipt shall remain liable for any deficiency.
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SECTION 3.3 Warranties on Deposit of Shares.
The Issuer, upon depositing Shares under this Deposit Agreement,
shall be deemed thereby to represent and warrant that such Shares and each
certificate therefor are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of
any pre-emptive rights of the holders of outstanding capital stock of the Issuer
and that the person making such deposit is duly authorized so to do. The Issuer
shall also be deemed to represent that the deposit of such Shares and the sale
of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing Shares by the Issuer are
not restricted under the Securities Act of 1933. Such representations and
warranties shall survive the deposit of Shares and issuance of Receipts.
ARTICLE IV
THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES
SECTION 4.1 Cash Distributions.
Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other
cash distribution on any Deposited Securities (other than cash dividends or cash
distributions paid by the Issuer to the Depositary in lieu of fractional shares
of Common Stock otherwise deliverable by the Issuer upon conversion of the
Depositary Shares), the Depositary shall distribute the dividend or distribution
thus received to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion, insofar as
practicable, to the number of Depositary Shares representing such Deposited
Securities held by them respectively. In the event that the Issuer or the
Depositary shall be required to withhold and does withhold from any such cash
dividend or such other cash distribution an amount on account of taxes, the
amount distributed to the Owner of the Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares
representing such Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly. The
Depositary shall distribute only such amount, however, as can be distributed
without attributing to any Owner a fraction of one cent. Any such fractional
amounts shall be rounded to the nearest whole cent and so distributed to Owners
entitled thereto. The Depositary will forward to the Issuer or its agent such
information from its records as the Issuer may reasonably request to enable the
Issuer or its agent to file necessary reports with governmental agencies.
SECTION 4.2 Distributions Other Than Cash, Shares or
Rights.
Subject to the provisions of Section 4.7, whenever the Depositary
shall receive any distribution other than a distribution described in Sections
4.1, 4.3 or 4.4, the Depositary shall cause the securities or property received
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by it to be distributed to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion to the
number of Depositary Shares representing Deposited Securities held by them
respectively, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and
practicable for accomplishing such distribution; provided, however, that if in
the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately
among the Owners entitled thereto, or if for any other reason (including, but
not limited to, any requirement that the Issuer or the Depositary withhold an
amount on account of taxes or other governmental charges or that such securities
must be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 in order to be distributed
to Owners or holders) the Depositary deems such distribution not to be feasible,
the Depositary may adopt such method as it may deem equitable and practicable
for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including, but not limited to,
the public or private sale of the securities or property thus received, or any
part thereof, and the net proceeds of any such sale shall be distributed by the
Depositary to the Owners entitled thereto as in the case of a distribution
received in cash pursuant to Section 4.1.
SECTION 4.3 Distributions in Shares.
If any distribution upon any Deposited Securities consists of a
dividend in, or free distribution of, Shares, the Depositary may, and shall if
the Issuer shall so request, distribute to the Owners of outstanding Receipts
entitled thereto, in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares representing
such Deposited Securities held by them respectively, additional Receipts
evidencing an aggregate number of Depositary Shares representing the amount of
Shares received as such dividend or free distribution, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Deposit Agreement with respect to the deposit of Shares and
the issuance of Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts, including the
withholding of any tax or other governmental charge as provided in Section 4.10.
In lieu of delivering Receipts for fractional Depositary Shares in any such
case, the Depositary shall sell the amount of Shares represented by the
aggregate of such fractions and distribute the net proceeds, all in the manner
and subject to the conditions described in Section 4.1, or, if the Depositary
deems such sale and distribution not feasible, the Depositary may adopt such
method as it shall deem equitable and practicable in substitution for delivering
Receipts for fractional Depositary Shares.
SECTION 4.4 Rights.
In the event that the Issuer shall offer or cause to be offered to
the holders of any Deposited Securities any rights to subscribe for additional
Shares or any rights of
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any other nature, the Depositary shall have discretion as to the procedure to be
followed in making such rights available to any Owners or in disposing of such
rights on behalf of any Owners and making the net proceeds available to such
Owners or, if by the terms of such rights offering or for any other reason, the
Depositary may not either make such rights available to any Owners or dispose of
such rights and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the
Depositary shall allow the rights to lapse. If at the time of the offering of
any rights the Depositary determines in its discretion that it is lawful and
feasible to make such rights available to all Owners or to certain Owners but
not to other Owners, the Depositary may distribute to any Owner to whom it
determines the distribution to be lawful and feasible, in proportion to the
number of Depositary Shares held by such Owner, warrants or other instruments
therefor in such form as it deems appropriate.
In circumstances in which rights would otherwise not be
distributed, if an Owner of Receipts requests the distribution of warrants or
other instruments in order to exercise the rights allocable to the Depositary
Shares of such Owner hereunder, the Depositary will make such rights available
to such Owner upon written notice from the Issuer to the Depositary that (i) the
Issuer has elected in its sole discretion to permit such rights to be exercised
and (ii) such Owner has executed such documents as the Issuer has determined in
its sole discretion are reasonably required under applicable law.
If the Depositary has distributed warrants or other instruments
for rights to all or certain Owners, then upon instruction from such an Owner
pursuant to such warrants or other instruments to the Depositary from such Owner
to exercise such rights, upon payment by such Owner to the Depositary for the
account of such Owner of an amount equal to the purchase price of the Shares to
be received upon the exercise of the rights, and upon payment of any other
charges as set forth in such warrants or other instruments, the Depositary
shall, on behalf of such Owner, exercise the rights and purchase the Shares, and
the Issuer shall cause the Shares so purchased to be delivered to the Depositary
on behalf of such Owner. As agent for such Owner, the Depositary shall cause the
Shares so purchased to be deposited pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Deposit
Agreement, and shall, pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Deposit Agreement, execute
and deliver Receipts to such Owner. In the case of a distribution pursuant to
the second paragraph of this section, such Receipts shall be legended in
accordance with applicable U.S. laws, and shall be
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subject to the appropriate restrictions on sale, deposit, cancelation, and
transfer under such laws.
If the Depositary determines in its discretion that it is not
lawful and feasible to make such rights available to all or certain Owners, it
may sell the rights, warrants or other instruments in proportion to the number
of Depositary Shares held by the Owners to whom it has determined it may not
lawfully or feasibly make such rights available, and allocate the net proceeds
of such sales (net of all taxes and governmental charges payable in connection
with such rights and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit
Agreement) for the account of such Owners otherwise entitled to such rights,
warrants or other instruments, upon an averaged or other practical basis without
regard to any distinctions among such Owners because of exchange restrictions or
the date of delivery of any Receipt or otherwise.
The Depositary will not offer rights to Owners unless both the
rights and the securities to which such rights relate are either exempt from
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to a distribution to
Owners or are registered under the provisions of such Act. If an Owner of
Receipts requests distribution of warrants or other instruments, notwithstanding
that there has been no such registration under such Act, the Depositary shall
not effect such distribution unless it has received an opinion from recognized
counsel in the United States for the Issuer upon which the Depositary may rely
that such distribution to such Owner is exempt from such registration.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to
determine that it may be lawful or feasible to make such rights available to
Owners in general or any Owner in particular.
SECTION 4.5 Fixing of Record Date.
Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become
payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or whenever rights,
preferences or privileges shall be offered or issued with respect to the
Deposited Securities, or whenever for any reason the Depositary causes a change
in the number of Shares that are represented by each Depositary Share, or
whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of
Shares are entitled to vote or of which holders of Shares are entitled to
notice, the Depositary shall fix a record date (which shall be the same date as
the record date fixed by the Issuer in respect of the Shares) (i) for the
determination of the Owners who shall be (a) entitled to
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receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the
net proceeds of the sale thereof or (b) entitled to give instructions for the
exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or (ii) on or after which each
Depositary Share will represent the changed number of Shares.
SECTION 4.6 Voting of Deposited Securities.
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of
Shares are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, mail to the Owners a notice, which shall be provided by the Issuer
and which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of
meeting, and (ii) a statement that the Owners as of the close of business on a
specified record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.5 shall be entitled, subject
to any applicable provision of law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
the by-laws of the Issuer, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the
voting rights pertaining to the amount of Shares or other Deposited Securities
represented by their respective Depositary Shares and (iii) a statement as to
the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of
an Owner on such record date, the Depositary shall endeavor, in so far as
practicable, to vote or cause to be voted the amount of Shares or other
Deposited Securities represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. The
Issuer hereby agrees to take all reasonable action that may be deemed necessary
by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Shares or cause
such Shares to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the Owner
of a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting to the extent of the
Shares represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.
SECTION 4.7 Changes Affecting Deposited Securities.
In circumstances where the provisions of Section 4.2 do not apply,
upon any change in nominal value, change in par value, split-up, consolidation
or any other reclassification of Deposited Securities, or upon any
recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of assets
affecting the Issuer or to which it is a party, any securities which shall be
received by the Depositary in exchange for or in conversion of or in respect of
Deposited Securities, shall be treated as new Deposited Securities under this
Deposit Agreement, and Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts then outstanding
shall thenceforth represent the proportionate interest of Owners thereof in the
new Deposited Securities so received in exchange or conversion, unless
additional Receipts are
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delivered pursuant to the following sentence. In any such case the Depositary
may, and shall if the Issuer shall so request, execute and deliver additional
Receipts as in the case of a dividend in Shares, or call for the surrender of
outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing
such new Deposited Securities.
SECTION 4.8 Reports.
The Depositary shall make available for inspection by Owners at
its Corporate Trust Office any reports and communications, including any proxy
soliciting material, received from the Issuer which are both (i) received by the
Depositary as the holder of the Deposited Securities and (ii) made generally
available to the holders of such Deposited Securities by the Issuer. The Issuer
agrees that it shall deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary shall,
promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the Owners of the Receipts, in each
case at the address recorded in the Depositary's books, copies of all notices
and reports (including financial statements) required by law, by the rules of
any national securities exchange upon which the Depositary Shares are listed or
by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Certificate of Designation
to be furnished by the Issuer to holders of Shares. Such transmission shall be
at the Issuer's expense and the Issuer shall provide the Depositary with such
number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request. In
addition, the Depositary will transmit to the Owners of Receipts at the Issuer's
expense such other documents as may be requested by the Issuer.
SECTION 4.9 Lists of Owners.
Promptly upon request by the Issuer, the Depositary shall, at the
expense of the Issuer, furnish to it a list, as of a recent date, of the names,
addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares by all persons in whose names
Receipts are registered on the books of the Depositary.
SECTION 4.10 Withholding.
In the event that the Depositary determines that any distribution
in property (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) is subject to
any tax or other governmental charge which the Depositary is obligated to
withhold, the Depositary may by public or private sale dispose of all or a
portion of such property (including Shares and rights to subscribe therefor) in
such amounts and in such manner as the Depositary deems necessary and
practicable to pay any such taxes or charges and the Depositary shall distribute
the net proceeds of any such sale after deduction of such taxes or charges to
the Owners entitled thereto.
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SECTION 4.11 Fractional Shares.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered by the
Issuer or the Depositary, as applicable, to the Owners of Receipts upon
mandatory or optional conversion into shares of Common Stock.
In lieu of any fractional share otherwise deliverable in respect
of the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt or Receipts
of any Owner that are converted upon mandatory conversion, such Owner shall be
entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Closing
Price (as defined in Section 1.1 hereof) of the Common Stock as of the fifth
Trading Day (as defined in Section 1.1 hereof) immediately preceding the
Mandatory Conversion Date.
In lieu of any fractional share otherwise deliverable in respect
of the aggregate number of Shares represented by Depositary Shares evidenced by
a Receipt or Receipts of any Owner that are converted upon any optional
conversion, such Owner shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to
the same fraction of the Closing Price of the Common Stock as of the second
Trading Day immediately preceding the effective date of conversion.
If a Receipt or Receipts evidencing more than one Depositary Share
are surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Owner, the number
of shares of Common Stock and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares
deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered.
In the event that (i) mandatory conversion of the Depositary
Shares or (ii) voluntary conversions of the Shares represented by the Depositary
Shares result in any Owner of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares being
entitled to cash in lieu of a fractional share on the related date of
conversion, the Issuer will deliver (either directly or through the Depositary,
as applicable) to all such Owners cash in an amount equal to the total amount of
cash to which all such Owners of Receipts are entitled in lieu of fractional
shares on such date.
If payment in cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the preceding five paragraphs would result in the Issuer's
failure to be in compliance with any debt instrument to which it is a party, the
Issuer shall be entitled to deliver (either directly or through the Depositary,
as applicable) a whole share of Common Stock in lieu of cash to Owners entitled
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fractional shares of Common Stock (beginning with the Owners entitled to the
largest fractional shares) until delivery of cash in lieu of fractional shares
of Common Stock to the remaining Owners would no longer result in the Issuer's
failure to be in compliance with such debt instrument.
ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY AND THE ISSUER
SECTION 5.1 Maintenance of Office and Transfer Books by the
Depositary.
Until termination of this Deposit Agreement in accordance with its
terms, the Depositary shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, facilities for the execution and delivery, registration, registration
of transfers and surrender of Receipts in accordance with the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary shall keep books for the registration of Receipts
and transfers of Receipts which at all reasonable times shall be open for
inspection by the Owners, provided that such inspection shall not be for the
purpose of communicating with Owners in the interest of a business or object
other than the business of the Issuer or a matter related to this Deposit
Agreement or the Receipts.
The Depositary may close the transfer books, at any time or from
time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of
its duties hereunder.
If any Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby are
listed on one or more stock exchanges in the United States, the Depositary shall
act as Registrar or appoint a Registrar or one or more co-registrars for
registry of such Receipts in accordance with any requirements of such exchange
or exchanges.
SECTION 5.2 Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary or
the Issuer.
Neither the Depositary nor the Issuer shall incur any liability to
any Owner or holder of any Receipt, if by reason of any provision of any present
or future law or regulation of the United States or of any governmental or
regulatory authority or stock exchange, or by reason of any provision, present
or future, of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws of the
Issuer, or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond its
control, the Depositary or the Issuer shall be prevented or forbidden from, or
be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on
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account of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of this
Deposit Agreement it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the
Depositary or the Issuer incur any liability to any Owner or holder of any
Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the
performance of any act or thing which by the terms of this Deposit Agreement it
is provided shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of,
or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement.
Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Sections 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 of
the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.4 of
the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering
may not be made available to Owners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such
distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds
available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution
or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse.
SECTION 5.3 Obligations of the Depositary and the Issuer.
The Issuer assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to any
liability under this Deposit Agreement to Owners or holders of Receipts, except
that it agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in this Deposit
Agreement without negligence or bad faith.
The Depositary assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to
any liability under this Deposit Agreement to any Owner or holder of any Receipt
(including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth
of the Deposited Securities), except that it agrees to perform its obligations
specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad
faith.
Neither the Depositary nor the Issuer shall be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other
proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the Receipts,
which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity
satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often
as may be required.
Neither the Depositary nor the Issuer shall be liable for any
action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from
legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner
or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such
advice or information.
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The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made
by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission
of the Depositary or in connection with any matter arising wholly after the
removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the
issue out of which such potential liability arises the Depositary performed its
obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry
out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner
in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any
such action or nonaction is in good faith.
No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is
intended by any provision of this Deposit Agreement.
SECTION 5.4 Resignation and Removal of the Depositary.
The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by
written notice of its election so to do delivered to the Issuer, such
resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and
its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Issuer by written
notice of such removal effective upon the appointment of a successor depositary
and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign
or be removed, the Issuer shall use its best efforts to appoint a successor
depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having an office in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000. Every successor depositary shall execute and
deliver to its predecessor and to the Issuer an instrument in writing accepting
its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor depositary, without any
further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor; but such predecessor, nevertheless,
upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Issuer shall
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and
powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
all right, title and interest in the Deposited Securities to such successor, and
shall deliver to such successor a list of the Owners of all outstanding
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Receipts. Any such successor depositary shall promptly mail notice of its
appointment to the Owners.
Any corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged or
consolidated shall be the successor of the Depositary without the execution or
filing of any document or any further act.
SECTION 5.5 Distribution of Additional Shares, Rights, etc.
The Issuer agrees that in the event of any issuance or
distribution of (1) additional Shares, (2) rights to subscribe for Shares, (3)
securities convertible into Shares, or (4) rights to subscribe for such
securities, (each a "Distribution"), the Issuer will promptly furnish to the
Depositary a written opinion from U.S. counsel for the Issuer, which counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary, stating whether or not the
Distribution requires a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933
to be in effect prior to making such Distribution available to Owners entitled
thereto. If in the opinion of such counsel a Registration Statement is required,
such counsel shall furnish to the Depositary a written opinion as to whether or
not there is a Registration Statement in effect which will cover such
Distribution.
SECTION 5.6 Indemnification.
The Issuer agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors,
employees, agents and affiliates, and hold each of them harmless from, any
liability or expense (including, but not limited to, the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel) which may arise out of acts performed or omitted, in
accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as
the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by the
Depositary or its directors, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any
liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of
them, or (ii) by the Issuer or any of its directors, employees, agents and
affiliates.
SECTION 5.7 Charges of Depositary.
No fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary or any agent of
the Depositary hereunder or of any Registrar shall be payable by any person
other than the Issuer, except for any taxes (including transfer taxes, if any)
and other governmental charges and except as provided in this Deposit Agreement.
All other fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary and any agent of the
Depositary hereunder and of any Registrar incident to the performance of their
respective obligations hereunder shall be paid upon
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consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Issuer as to the
amount and nature of such fees, charges and expenses. The Depositary shall
present its statement for fees, charges and expenses to the Issuer once every
month or at such other intervals as the Issuer and the Depositary may agree.
The Depositary may own and deal in any class of securities of the
Issuer and its affiliates and in Receipts.
SECTION 5.8 Retention of Depositary Documents.
The Depositary is authorized to destroy those documents, records,
bills and other data compiled during the term of this Deposit Agreement at the
times permitted by the laws or regulations governing the Depositary unless the
Issuer requests that such papers be retained for a longer period or turned over
to the Issuer or to a successor depositary.
SECTION 5.9 Exclusivity.
Subject to the Issuer's right to remove the Depositary pursuant to
Section 5.4, the Issuer agrees not to appoint any other depositary for issuance
of Depositary Receipts so long as The Bank of New York is acting as Depositary
hereunder.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
SECTION 6.1 Amendment.
The form of the Receipts and any provision of this Deposit
Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between
the Issuer and the Depositary in any respect that they may deem necessary or
desirable. Any amendment that shall impose any fees, taxes or charges (other
than taxes and other governmental charges, fees and expenses provided for herein
or in the Receipts), or that shall otherwise prejudice any substantial existing
right of Owners of Receipts, shall not become effective as to outstanding
Receipts until the expiration of 90 days after notice of such amendment shall
have been given to the Owners of outstanding Receipts. Every Owner of an
outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be
deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such
amendment and to be bound by this Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. In no
event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement, of any Owner to surrender any Receipt or Receipts evidencing
Depositary Shares representing Shares with instructions to the Depositary or
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an applicable agent of the Depositary to deliver to the Owner such Shares or to
cause the conversion of such Shares into Common Stock and cash for fractional
shares of Common Stock and, in each case, all securities and other property, if
any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of
applicable law.
SECTION 6.2 Termination.
This Deposit Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on
the Mandatory Conversion Date upon distribution by the Depositary to each Owner
entitled thereto of (i) shares of Common Stock and cash (whether in lieu of
fractional shares or otherwise) received by the Depositary from the Issuer for
mandatory conversion of, and/or dividend payments on, the Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts held by such Owner and (ii) all other
securities, property and cash then held by the Depositary hereunder. On and
after the date of termination, the Owner of a Receipt will, upon surrender of
such Receipt at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary and payment of any
applicable taxes or governmental charges, be entitled to delivery, to him or
upon his order, of the amount of Deposited Securities represented by the
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt. If any Receipts shall remain
outstanding after the date of termination, the Depositary thereafter shall
discontinue the registration of transfers of Receipts, shall suspend the
distribution of dividends to the Owners thereof, and shall not give any further
notices or perform any further acts under this Deposit Agreement, except that
the Depositary shall continue to collect dividends and other distributions
pertaining to Deposited Securities, shall sell rights as provided in this
Deposit Agreement, and shall continue to deliver Deposited Securities, together
with any dividends or other distributions received with respect thereto and the
net proceeds of the sale of any rights or other property, in exchange for
Receipts surrendered to the Depositary (after deducting, in each case, any
applicable taxes or governmental charges). At any time after the expiration of
one year from the date of termination, the Depositary may sell the Deposited
Securities then held hereunder and may thereafter hold uninvested the net
proceeds of any such sale, together with any other cash then held by it
hereunder, unsegregated and without liability for interest, for the pro rata
benefit of the Owners of Receipts which have not theretofore been surrendered,
such Owners thereupon becoming general creditors of the Depositary with respect
to such net proceeds. After making such sale, the Depositary shall be discharged
from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement, except to account for such
net proceeds and other cash (after deducting, in each case, any applicable taxes
or
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governmental charges). Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the
Issuer shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement
except for its obligations to the Depositary under Sections 5.6 and 5.7 hereof.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.1 Counterparts.
This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of such
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of this
Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and shall be open to
inspection by any holder or Owner of a Receipt during business hours.
SECTION 7.2 No Third Party Beneficiaries.
This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties
hereto and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim whatsoever to any other person.
SECTION 7.3 Severability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected,
prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
SECTION 7.4 Holders and Owners as Parties; Binding Effect.
The holders and Owners of Receipts from time to time shall be
parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and
conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance thereof.
SECTION 7.5 Notices.
Any and all notices to be given to the Issuer shall be deemed to
have been duly given if in English and personally delivered or sent by mail or
cable, telex or facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to Xx.
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000 (facsimile: (000) 000-0000) or any other place to which the Issuer
may have transferred its principal office.
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Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary shall be deemed
to have been duly given if in English and personally delivered or sent by mail
or cable, telex or facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to The
Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
American Depositary Receipt Administration, or any other place to which the
Depositary may have transferred its Corporate Trust Office.
Any and all notices to be given to any Owner shall be deemed to
have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or cable, telex or
facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to such Owner at the
address of such Owner as it appears on the transfer books for Receipts of the
Depositary, or, if such Owner shall have filed with the Depositary a written
request that notices intended for such Owner be mailed to some other address, at
the address designated in such request.
Delivery of a notice sent by mail or cable, telex or facsimile
transmission shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed
letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a cable,
telex or facsimile transmission) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post-office
letter box. The Depositary or the Issuer may, however, act upon any cable, telex
or facsimile transmission received by it, notwithstanding that such cable, telex
or facsimile transmission shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter as
aforesaid.
SECTION 7.6 Governing Law.
This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts shall be interpreted and
all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be
governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of
the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK have duly executed this agreement as of the day and year first set forth
above and all Owners shall become parties hereto upon acceptance by them of
Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof.
TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, as
Issuer
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Depositary
By: /s/ XXXXX XXXXX
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A to Deposit Agreement
NO.
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DEPOSITARY SHARES
(EACH DEPOSITARY SHARE
REPRESENTS 1/100 OF A
DEPOSITED SHARE)
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR _____
SHARES OF THE 7.25% MANDATORILY
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK,
NO PAR VALUE PER SHARE, OF
TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE)
The undersigned, as depositary (hereinafter called the "Depositary"),
hereby certifies that ______________, or registered assigns IS THE OWNER OF
________________________
DEPOSITARY SHARES
representing interests in deposited shares of 7.25% Mandatorily Convertible
Preferred Stock, no par value per share (herein called "Shares"), of Tesoro
Petroleum Corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the "Issuer"). At the date hereof, each Depositary Share
represents 1/100 of a Share which is deposited under the deposit agreement at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary. The Depositary's Corporate Trust
Office is located at a different address than its principal executive office.
Its Corporate Trust Office is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, X.X.
00000, and its principal executive office is located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, X.X. 00000.
THE DEPOSITARY'S CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE ADDRESS IS
000 XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, X.X. 00000
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1. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT.
This Depositary Receipt is one of an issue (herein called "Receipts"),
all issued and to be issued upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
deposit agreement, dated as of July 1, 1998 (herein called the "Deposit
Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, the Depositary, and all Owners and holders
from time to time of Receipts issued thereunder, each of whom by accepting a
Receipt agrees to become a party thereto and become bound by all the terms and
conditions thereof. The Deposit Agreement sets forth the rights of Owners and
holders of the Receipts and the rights and duties of the Depositary in respect
of the Shares deposited thereunder and any and all other securities, property
and cash from time to time received in respect of such Shares and held
thereunder (such Shares, securities, property, and cash are herein called
"Deposited Securities"). Copies of the Deposit Agreement are on file at the
Depositary's Corporate Trust Office in New York City.
The statements made on the face and reverse of this Receipt are
summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are qualified by
and subject to the detailed provisions of the Deposit Agreement, to which
reference is hereby made. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Deposit Agreement.
2. SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS AND WITHDRAWAL OF SHARES.
Upon surrender at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary of this
Receipt, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, the
Owner hereof is entitled to delivery, to him or upon his order, of the amount of
Deposited Securities (it being understood that, with respect to any withdrawal
of Shares, only whole Shares may be withdrawn) at the time represented by the
Depositary Shares for which this Receipt is issued. Delivery of such Deposited
Securities may be made by the delivery of (i) certificates for Shares being
withdrawn in the name of the Owner hereof or as ordered by him or by
certificates for the Shares being withdrawn properly endorsed or accompanied by
proper instruments of transfer to such Owner or as ordered by him and (ii) any
other securities, property and cash to which such Owner is then entitled in
respect of this Receipt to such Owner or as ordered by him. Such delivery will
be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary.
3. MANDATORY CONVERSION OF SHARES INTO COMMON STOCK.
On the date fixed for mandatory conversion of the
Shares by the Certificate of Designation (the "Mandatory Conversion Date"),
Shares represented by Depositary Shares shall be mandatorily converted, and such
Depositary Shares
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shall be deemed no longer outstanding and all rights of the Owners of the
Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive (i) the
Common Stock to which such Owner is entitled upon conversion, (ii) any cash
payable with respect to any fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise
deliverable by the Depositary upon conversion, (iii) any cash for accrued and
unpaid dividends on such Shares (other than previously declared dividends
payable to an Owner as of a prior date) and (iv) any other securities, property
or cash to which such Owner is entitled under the Deposit Agreement) shall cease
and terminate. Upon surrender of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares
at the Corporate Trust Office or at such office or to such agent of the
Depositary as the Depositary may designate for such purpose (properly endorsed
or assigned for transfer, as the Depositary or such agent shall so require),
such Depositary Shares shall be converted into, subject to adjustment as
provided in the Certificate of Designation and the Deposit Agreement, (i) a
number of shares of Common Stock per Depositary Share equal to one-one hundredth
of the number (including fractional shares) of shares of Common Stock which each
Share converted into at the applicable rate specified in the Certificate of
Designation, (ii) cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise
deliverable by the Depositary upon such conversion, calculated in accordance
with Section 4.11 of the Deposit Agreement, (iii) the right to receive cash for
any accrued and unpaid dividends on the Shares represented by such Depositary
Shares (other than previously declared dividends payable to an Owner as of a
prior date) and (iv) the right to receive any other securities, property or cash
to which Owners are entitled under the Deposit Agreement.
On the Mandatory Conversion Date, for each Owner of a Receipt or
Receipts, the Issuer shall deposit with the Depositary (i) certificates for the
number of shares of Common Stock and (ii) the amount of cash in lieu of
fractional shares determined as set forth in the preceding paragraph into which
the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts shall convert on the
Mandatory Conversion Date (assuming proper surrender of such Receipt or Receipts
to the Depositary or any of its agents) and (iii) subject to the Certificate of
Designation, an amount in cash equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends on the
Shares represented by such Depositary Shares to the Mandatory Conversion Date
(other than previously declared dividends payable to an Owner as of a prior
date). With respect to Owners which hold a Receipt or Receipts evidencing more
than one Depositary Share on the Mandatory Conversion Day, the number of shares
of Common Stock and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares to be
deposited
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by the Issuer with the Depositary on that date shall be computed on the basis of
the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts.
The Depositary shall as promptly as practicable deliver to each Owner of a
Receipt or Receipts which properly delivers such Receipt or Receipts to the
Depositary or any of its agents certificates for the number of shares of Common
Stock and the amount of cash, without interest, to which such Owner is entitled
pursuant to the preceding provisions.
4. OPTIONAL CONVERSION OF SHARES INTO COMMON STOCK.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement, at any time after July 26, 1998 and prior to the Mandatory Conversion
Date, an Owner of a Receipt or Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares
representing whole or fractional Shares may surrender such Receipt or Receipts
at the Corporate Trust Office or at such office or to such agents of the
Depositary as the Depositary may designate for such purpose, together with a
notice of conversion duly completed and executed, thereby directing the
Depositary or any such agent to instruct the Issuer to cause the conversion
(which may include partial conversions) of the number of Shares (which
instruction may be given by reference to the number of Depositary Shares
representing such Shares) specified in such notice of conversion into shares of
Common Stock at the rate specified in the Certificate of Designation, and an
assignment of such Receipt or Receipts to the Issuer or in blank, duly completed
and executed (and, if such conversion is to occur after the close of business on
a record date for any payment of declared dividends on the Shares and before the
opening of business on the next succeeding dividend payment date, payment in
cash of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such date on the Shares so
converted). To the extent that an Owner delivers to the Depositary for
conversion a Receipt or Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing
Shares which in the aggregate (including fractional Shares) would result in a
fractional share of Common Stock being deliverable by the Issuer upon such
Shares' conversion at the rate specified in the Certificate of Designation, the
Issuer shall deliver to such Owner payment of cash in lieu of such fractional
share of Common Stock, calculated in accordance with Section 4.11 of the Deposit
Agreement. If a Receipt or Receipts evidencing more than one Depositary Share
shall be surrendered for conversion of the Shares represented thereby at one
time by the same Owner, the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount of
cash in lieu of fractional shares deliverable by the Issuer upon such conversion
shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Shares (including
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fractional Shares) represented by Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or
Receipts so surrendered.
Upon receipt at any time after July 26, 1998 and prior to the Mandatory
Conversion Date by the Depositary or an agent of the Depositary of the materials
specified in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, the Depositary or
such agent shall instruct the Issuer, subject to adjustment as provided in the
Certificate of Designation and the Deposit Agreement, (i) to cause the
conversion (which may be a partial conversion) at the rate specified in the
Certificate of Designation of the number of Shares represented by the Depositary
Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered for conversion as
specified in the written notice to the Depositary or such agent and (ii) to
cause the delivery to the Owner of such Receipt or Receipts of (a) a certificate
or certificates evidencing the number of whole shares of Common Stock into which
the Shares (including fractional Shares) represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts have been converted, and (b) the amount of
cash to which such Owner is entitled in lieu of fractional shares of Common
Stock otherwise deliverable by the Issuer upon such conversion, calculated in
accordance with Section 4.11 of the Deposit Agreement. The Issuer shall as
promptly as practicable after receipt thereof cause the delivery of the
certificate or certificates and cash referred to in (a) and (b) above, and such
conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close
of business on the date of such receipt and shall occur at the rate specified in
the Certificate of Designation in effect at such time and on such date. Upon
such conversion, the Depositary or such agent shall deliver to the Owner a
Receipt evidencing the number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the surrendered
Receipt or Receipts in excess of the number of Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt or Receipts that have been so converted. Depositary Shares
converted in connection with conversion of the Shares represented thereby shall
only be converted in whole, and not in part.
The Owner of a Receipt or Receipts on any dividend payment record date
established by the Depositary as provided in the Deposit Agreement shall be
entitled to receive the dividend payable with respect to the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts on the dividend payment date
notwithstanding the conversion (which may be a partial conversion) subsequent to
such record date of the Shares represented by such Depositary Shares. However,
if a Receipt or Receipts are surrendered for conversion after the close of
business on a dividend payment record date established by the Depositary and
before the opening of
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business on the next succeeding dividend payment date, the Owner of such Receipt
or Receipts shall pay to the Depositary an amount equal to the dividend payable
on such dividend payment date on the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt
or Receipts being surrendered for conversion. Any Owner of a Receipt or Receipts
on a dividend payment record date established by the Depositary who (or whose
transferee) surrenders such Receipt or Receipts with instructions to the
Depositary for conversion of the underlying Shares on the next succeeding
dividend payment date shall receive the dividend payable with respect to the
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or such Receipts and shall not be
required to include payment of the amount of such dividend on such Depositary
Shares upon surrender of such Receipt or Receipts for conversion.
Upon the conversion of any Share for which a notice of conversion has
been provided to the Depositary or an agent of the Depositary by the Owner of
the Receipt or Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares representing such
Share, dividends shall cease to become payable on such Depositary Shares, such
Depositary Shares shall be deemed no longer outstanding, all rights of the Owner
of the Receipt or Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right
to receive (i) the Common Stock to which such Owner is entitled upon conversion,
(ii) any cash payable with respect to any fractional shares of Common Stock
otherwise deliverable by the Issuer upon conversion, (iii) any Receipts
evidencing Depositary Shares representing Shares which were not so converted and
(iv) any other securities, property or cash to which such Owner is entitled
under the Deposit Agreement) shall cease and terminate, and the Receipt or
Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares shall be cancelled.
5. TRANSFERS, SPLIT-UPS, AND COMBINATIONS OF RECEIPTS.
The transfer of this Receipt is registrable on the books of the
Depositary at its Corporate Trust Office by the Owner hereof in person or by a
duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Receipt properly endorsed for
transfer or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer and funds sufficient
to pay any applicable transfer taxes and upon compliance with such regulations,
if any, as the Depositary may establish for such purpose. With the approval of
the Issuer, the transfer of Receipts in particular instances may be refused, or
the registration of transfer of outstanding Receipts generally may be suspended,
for any reason, and such transfer and registration may also be refused or
suspended in certain circumstances described in the Deposit Agreement. This
Receipt may be split into other such Receipts, or may be combined with other
such
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Receipts into one Receipt, evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary
Shares as the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
6. LIABILITY OF OWNER FOR TAXES.
If any tax or other governmental charge shall become payable with
respect to any Receipt or any Deposited Securities represented by Depositary
Shares evidenced hereby or with respect to any optional conversion right with
respect to any Depositary Shares, such tax or other governmental charge shall be
payable by the Owner hereof to the Depositary. The Depositary may refuse to
effect any transfer, split-up, combination or surrender of this Receipt or any
withdrawal of Deposited Securities represented by Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt or any such conversion until such payment is made, and may withhold
any dividends or other distributions, or may sell for the account of the Owner
hereof any part or all of the Deposited Securities represented by the Depositary
Shares evidenced by this Receipt, and may apply such dividends or other
distributions or the proceeds of any such sale in payment of such tax or other
governmental charge and the Owner hereof shall remain liable for any deficiency.
7. FILING PROOFS, CERTIFICATES, AND OTHER INFORMATION.
Any Owner of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file with
the Depositary such proof of citizenship or residence, to execute such
certificates and to make such representations and warranties, as the Depositary
may deem necessary or proper. The Depositary may withhold the registration of
transfer of any Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or sale or
distribution of rights or of the proceeds thereof or the delivery of any
Deposited Securities or the exercise of any conversion right until such proof or
other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such
representations and warranties made.
8. CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY.
The Issuer will pay all fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary,
except for taxes (including transfer taxes, if any) and other governmental
charges and such charges as are expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary may own and deal in any class of securities of Issuer
and its affiliates and in Receipts.
9. TITLE TO RECEIPTS.
It is a condition of this Receipt and every successive holder and Owner
of this Receipt by accepting or holding the same consents and agrees, that title
to this Receipt when properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of
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transfer, is transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a
negotiable instrument; provided, however, that the Depositary, notwithstanding
any notice to the contrary, may treat the person in whose name this Receipt is
registered on the books of the Depositary as the absolute owner hereof for the
purpose of determining the person entitled to distribution of dividends or other
distributions or to any notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement and for all
other purposes.
10. VALIDITY OF RECEIPT.
This Receipt shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit
Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless this Receipt shall
have been executed by the Depositary by the manual or facsimile signature of a
duly authorized signatory of the Depositary and, if a Registrar for the Receipts
shall have been appointed, countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of
a duly authorized officer of the Registrar.
11. REPORTS.
The Depositary will make available for inspection by Owners of Receipts
at its Corporate Trust Office any reports and communications, including any
proxy soliciting material, received from Issuer which are both (i) received by
the Depositary as the holder of the Deposited Securities and (ii) made generally
available to the holders of such Deposited Securities by the Issuer. The Issuer
will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt
thereof, transmit to the Owners of the Receipts, in each case at the address
recorded in the Depositary's books, copies of all notices and reports (including
financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national securities
exchange upon which the Depositary Shares are listed or by the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or the Certificate of Designation to be furnished
by the Issuer to holders of Shares.
12. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash
distribution on any Deposited Securities (other than cash dividends or cash
distributions paid by the Issuer to the Depositary in lieu of fractional shares
of Common Stock otherwise deliverable by the Issuer upon conversion of the
Depositary Shares), the Depositary shall distribute the dividend or distribution
thus received to the Owners entitled thereto, in proportion, insofar as
practicable, to the number of Depositary Shares representing such Deposited
Securities held by them respectively. In the event that the Issuer or the
Depositary shall be required to withhold and does withhold from any such cash
dividend or
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such other cash distribution an amount on account of taxes, the amount
distributed to the Owner of the Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares
representing such Deposited Securities shall be reduced accordingly.
The Depositary shall distribute any distribution other than a
distribution described in the preceding paragraph (including distributions of
securities, property, Shares and rights to subscribe for additional Shares) in
accordance with the Deposit Agreement.
13. RECORD DATES.
Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become
payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or whenever rights,
preferences or privileges shall be offered or issued with respect to the
Deposited Securities, or whenever for any reason the Depositary causes a change
in the number of Shares that are represented by each Depositary Share, or
whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of
Shares are entitled to vote or of which holders of Shares are entitled to
notice, the Depositary shall fix a record date (which shall be the same date as
the record date fixed by the Issuer in respect of the Shares) (i) for the
determination of the Owners who shall be (a) entitled to receive such dividend,
distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale
thereof or (b) entitled to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights
at any such meeting, or (ii) on or after which each Depositary Share will
represent the changed number of Shares.
14. VOTING OF DEPOSITED SECURITIES.
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of Shares
are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter,
mail to the Owners a notice, which shall be provided by the Issuer and which
shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting,
and (ii) a statement that the Owners as of the close of business on a specified
record date fixed by the Depositary pursuant to the Deposit Agreement shall be
entitled, subject to any applicable provision of law, the Restated Certificate
of Incorporation or the by-laws of the Issuer, to instruct the Depositary as to
the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Shares or other
Deposited Securities represented by their respective Depositary Shares and (iii)
a statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the
written request of an Owner on such record date, the Depositary shall endeavor,
in so far as practicable, to vote or cause to be voted the amount of Shares or
other Deposited Securities represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by
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such Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. In
the absence of specific instructions from the Owner of a Receipt, the Depositary
will abstain from voting to the extent of the Shares represented by the
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt.
15. FRACTIONAL SHARES.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered by the Issuer or
the Depositary, as applicable, to the Owners of Receipts upon mandatory or
optional conversion into shares of Common Stock.
In lieu of any fractional share otherwise deliverable in respect of the
aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt or Receipts of any
Owner that are converted upon mandatory conversion, such Owner shall be entitled
to receive an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price of
the Common Stock as of the fifth Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory
Conversion Date.
In lieu of any fractional share otherwise deliverable in respect of the
aggregate number of Shares represented by Depositary Shares evidenced by a
Receipt or Receipts of any Owner that are converted upon any optional
conversion, such Owner shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to
the same fraction of the Closing Price of the Common Stock as of the second
Trading Day immediately preceding the effective date of conversion.
If a Receipt or Receipts evidencing more than one Depositary Share are
surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Owner, the number of
shares of Common Stock and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares
deliverable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate
number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered.
In the event that (i) mandatory conversion of the Depositary Shares or
(ii) voluntary conversions of the Shares represented by the Depositary Shares
result in any Owner of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares being entitled to
cash in lieu of a fractional share on the related date of conversion, the Issuer
will deliver (either directly or through the Depositary, as applicable) to all
such Owners cash in an amount equal to the total amount of cash to which all
such Owners of Receipts are entitled in lieu of fractional shares on such date.
If payment in cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the preceding five
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paragraphs would result in the Issuer's failure to be in compliance with any
debt instrument to which it is a party, the Issuer shall be entitled to deliver
(either directly or through the Depositary, as applicable) a whole share of
Common Stock in lieu of cash to Owners entitled to fractional shares of Common
Stock (beginning with the Owners entitled to the largest fractional shares)
until delivery of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock to the
remaining Owners would no longer result in the Issuer's failure to be in
compliance with such debt instrument.
16. LIABILITY OF ISSUER AND DEPOSITARY.
In general, neither the Issuer nor the Depositary assumes any
obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to
Owners or holders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their
obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence
or bad faith. In addition, neither the Issuer nor the Depositary shall be
subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or holders of
Receipts in certain circumstances described in the Deposit Agreement.
17. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITARY.
The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary under the Deposit
Agreement by written notice of its election so to do delivered to the Issuer,
such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary
and its acceptance of such appointment as provided in the Deposit Agreement. The
Depositary may at any time be removed by Issuer by written notice of such
removal, effective upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its
acceptance of such appointment as provided in the Deposit Agreement.
18. AMENDMENT.
The form of the Receipts and any provision of the Deposit Agreement may
at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Issuer and
the Depositary in any respect that they may deem necessary or desirable. Any
amendment that shall impose any fees, taxes or charges (other than taxes and
other governmental charges, fees and expenses provided for in the Deposit
Agreement or in the Receipts), or that shall otherwise prejudice any substantial
existing right of Owners of Receipts, shall not become effective as to
outstanding Receipts until the expiration of 90 days after notice of such
amendment shall have been given to the Owners of outstanding Receipts. Every
Owner of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective
shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to
such amendment and to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. In
no
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event shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of the
Deposit Agreement, of any Owner to surrender any Receipt or Receipts evidencing
Depositary Shares representing Shares with instructions to the Depositary or an
applicable agent of the Depositary to deliver to the Owner such Shares or to
cause the conversion of such Shares into Common Stock and cash for fractional
shares of Common Stock and, in each case, all securities and other property, if
any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of
applicable law.
19. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT.
The Deposit Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on the
Mandatory Conversion Date upon distribution by the Depositary to each Owner
entitled thereto of (i) shares of Common Stock and cash (whether in lieu of
fractional shares or otherwise) received by the Depositary from the Issuer for
mandatory conversion of, and/or dividend payments on, the Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts held by such Owner, and (ii) all other
securities, property and cash then held by the Depositary under the Deposit
Agreement. On and after the date of termination, the Owner of a Receipt will,
upon surrender of such Receipt at the Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary
and payment of any applicable taxes or governmental charges, be entitled to
delivery, to him or upon his order, of the amount of Deposited Securities
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt. If any Receipts
shall remain outstanding after the date of termination, the Depositary
thereafter shall discontinue the registration of transfers of Receipts, shall
suspend the distribution of dividends to the Owners thereof, and shall not give
any further notices or perform any further acts under the Deposit Agreement,
except that the Depositary shall continue to collect dividends and other
distributions pertaining to Deposited Securities, shall sell rights as provided
in the Deposit Agreement, and shall continue to deliver Deposited Securities,
together with any dividends or other distributions received with respect thereto
and the net proceeds of the sale of any rights or other property, in exchange
for Receipts surrendered to the Depositary (after deducting, in each case, any
applicable taxes or governmental charges). At any time after the expiration of
one year from the date of termination, the Depositary may sell the Deposited
Securities then held under the Deposit Agreement and may thereafter hold
uninvested the net proceeds of any such sale, together with any other cash then
held by it under the Deposit Agreement, unsegregated and without liability for
interest, for the pro rata benefit of the Owners of Receipts which have not
theretofore been surrendered, such Owners thereupon becoming general creditors
of the Depositary with respect to such net proceeds.
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