EXHIBIT 4.6
NAVISTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AND
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
4.75% SUBORDINATED EXCHANGEABLE NOTES DUE 2009
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FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 11, 2004
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BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY,
AS TRUSTEE
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FIRST Supplement to Indenture
This First Supplement to Indenture (the "First Supplement")
is dated as of June 11, 2004 by and among Navistar Financial
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Navistar
International Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Navistar"),
and BNY Midwest Trust Company, an Illinois banking corporation
(the "Trustee"), with respect to the Company's 4.75% Subordinated
Exchangeable Notes due 2009 (the "Exchangeable Notes").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this First
Supplement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Indenture (hereinafter defined). To the extent terms defined
herein differ from the Indenture, the terms defined herein shall
govern.
WHEREAS, the Company, Navistar and the Trustee entered into
that certain Indenture, dated as of March 25, 2002 (as may be
further amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance
with its terms, the "Indenture");
WHEREAS, Article 13 of the Indenture provides that Navistar
may, at its option, assume the obligations of Company under the
Exchangeable Notes and the Indenture provided that the conditions
outlined in such Section 13.1 of the Indenture are satisfied;
WHEREAS, Navistar desires to assume the obligations of the
Company under the Exchangeable Notes and the Indenture in
accordance with Article 13 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the
execution and delivery of this First Supplement have been
complied with or satisfied;
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplement
a valid agreement of the Company, Navistar and the Trustee, in
accordance with its terms, and a valid supplement to the
Indenture, have been done; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of
the Exchangeable Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE I
ASSUMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS
Section 1.1 Assumption of Obligations. In accordance
with and pursuant to Section 13.1 of the Indenture, Navistar
hereby assumes the obligations of the Company under the
Exchangeable Notes and the Indenture and the performance of each
of the Company's covenants under the Exchangeable Notes and the
Indenture except as provided in Section 13.1 of the Indenture.
Section 1.2 Effects of Assumption. Upon the assumption
provided by Section 1.1 of this First Supplement, the
Exchangeable Notes will be general unsecured obligations of
Navistar and will be subordinated in right of payment to all of
Navistar's existing and future senior indebtedness, and Navistar
will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company, and may
exercise the Company's right and power, under the Indenture with
the same effect as if Navistar had been named as the Company in
the Indenture and all references in the Indenture to the Company
shall be to Navistar, except that (1) clauses (1)(b), (2)(b) and
(3)(b) in the definition of Change of Control shall not apply to
Navistar as successor and (2) Navistar, as successor, shall be
permitted to effect a Permitted Joint Venture notwithstanding the
prohibition on the Company from selling, assigning, transferring,
leasing, conveying or otherwise disposing of all or substantially
all of its assets.
Section 1.3 Release of the Company. Upon the assumption
provided by Section 1.1 of this First Supplement, the Company
will be relieved of all further obligations and covenants under
the Exchangeable Notes and the Indenture.
ARTICLE II
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 2.1 Instruments to be Read Together. This First
Supplement is an indenture supplement to and in implementation of
the Indenture, and said Indenture and this First Supplement shall
henceforth be read together.
Section 2.2 Confirmation. The Indenture, as amended and
supplemented by this First Supplement, is in all respects
ratified and confirmed, and nothing herein shall affect the
validity or enforceability of the Indenture as amended and
supplemented by this First Supplement.
Section 2.3 Counterparts. This First Supplement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 2.4 Effectiveness. This First Supplement shall
become effective immediately upon its execution by the parties
hereto.
Section 2.5 GOVERNING LAW. THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE COMPANY AND NAVISTAR AGREE TO
SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENT.
Section 2.6 Disclaimer of Trustee's Responsibility. In
executing this First Supplement, the Trustee shall be entitled to
all the privileged and immunities afforded to the Trustee under
the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
Section 2.7 No Recourse Against Others. No director,
officer, employee, shareholder or Affiliate, as such, of the
Company or Navistar from time to time shall have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or Navistar under this First
Supplement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of such obligations or their creation. Each of such directors,
officers, employees, shareholders and Affiliates is a third party
beneficiary of this Section 2.7.
Section 2.8 No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements. This First Supplement may not be used to interpret
another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or
Navistar or any of their respective subsidiaries. Any such other
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret
this First Supplement.
Section 2.9 Successors. All agreements of the Company
and Navistar in this First Supplement shall bind their respective
successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this First
Supplement shall bind its successor.
Section 2.10 Severability. In case any provision in this
First Supplement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 2.11 TIA Controls. If any provisions hereof
limits, qualifies or conflicts with a required or deemed
provision of the TIA, the required or deemed provision in the TIA
shall control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplement to be duly executed as of the date first above
written.
NAVISTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
Name: X.X. Xxxxxxx
itle: Vice President
