EXHIBIT 4.2
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BENEFICIAL CORPORATION
and
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as Trustee
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Debt Securities
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INDENTURE
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Dated as of __________, 199_
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INDENTURE, dated as of __________, 199_ (the "Indenture"), between
BENEFICIAL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal
office at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, and
_________________, Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join
with it in the execution and delivery of this Indenture on the terms set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debt
securities (herein called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series
as provided in this Indenture;
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms have been done;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and
acceptance of the Securities by the holders thereof and of the sum of $1 duly
paid by the Trustee at execution of the presents, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company mutually covenants and agrees with the Trustee, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time
of the Securities or of the series thereof, as follows:
PARAGRAPH A. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Articles One through Thirteen of the Beneficial Corporation Amended
and Restated Standard Multiple-Series Indenture Provisions dated, and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on, July 1, 1997 (herein called the
"Standard Provisions"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex "A", are
hereby incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as though
fully set out herein.
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PARAGRAPH B. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
Each of the following provisions, which constitutes part of this
Indenture, is numbered to conform with the format of the Standard Provisions:
Section 7.15. At the date of this Indenture, the
office of the Trustee is located at
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(Attention: Corporate Trust Administration).
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 14.01. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
BENEFICIAL CORPORATION
By:_________________________________
Title:
ATTEST:
__________________________________
Title:
________________________________,
Trustee
By:______________________________
Title:
ATTEST:
__________________________________
Title:
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XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX )
) ss:
COUNTY OF SOMERSET )
On the day of , 19 , before me personally came ,
to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
of BENEFICIAL CORPORATION, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal
of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
_________________________
Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the day of , 19 , before me personally came ,
to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
of , one of the corporations described
in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
_________________________
Notary Public
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